Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1917 — Page 1

No. 34.

y THE 0 I RINCES O ;—. — .. ~ . I, - s .. TONIGHT Wm. Fox Presents Richard Mansfield in “A Parisian 1 Romance” Fox Film .5 and 10c

WEATHER. Fair and warmer -Saturday,; Sunpartly cloudy and--warm. —Tomperature last night, maximum 3 below; minimum 4 below.

Weekly Church Activities

St. Augustine’s Church Notes. —Next Sunday, Sexagesma Sunday, the following will be the order of service: First mass at 7:30. The Young Ladies’ sodality will receive communion at this mass. Rosary highmass and sermon at 10. At 2:30 Christian Doctrine, devotional exercisesand benediction. The Christian Mother:.’ Sodality will meet at the hall immediately after the afternoon service. Much important business pertaining to the sodality will Be considered at this meeting. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected. The Holv Name Society will meet at 7:30. Daniel Morrisey, Leonard Nagle an 1 Aloys Kohley have prepiirpd pape-s which they will read-at the meeting. . The junior dramatic club will give an entertainment on Friday, Feb. 16, and one of the main features of this program will be a three act musical playlet entitled “Alice In the Land of Dreams,”, by Lon Healy, written especially dor the Junior -Dramatic Company.

Service at St. Johns.

German Evangelical Lutheran service at 10:30 a. m., Feb. 11th, at St. John’s church, northeast of Parr. Sermon by Rev, H. F. W. J. Kf<*hn, Pastor.

Brushwood Church Notes.

Revival" meeting at Brushwood church at Aix beginning Feb. 11. The pastor will preach Sunday ffioraing and evening. Momin?; service 11:00. subject Divine—Human Partnership.” Evening service 7:30, subject, The Glory of 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‘ Parr Church Notes.

’ The revival closed Monday night, Jan. 29. As a result there were seven who confessed, six united with the church. The Ladies Aid served dinner at the Miller sale and 'cleared S2O, which makes a good payment on the furnace which these ladies installed ia the new church. Sunday .services as follows: Sunday ‘school 10 u. m. worship and sermon at 11 a. m. Christian Endavor at 6:45 p m. Evening worship -and sermon at 7-15. Public cordially invited.

Basket Ball Results.

Intercollegiate. Purdue 29, Ohio 28. Indian.-- 61, Central Normal 9. Wabash 25, Notre Dame 18. Butler 26, Rose 21. : Interscholastic. Jerrson 17, Crawfordsville 11. New Richmond 26, W. Las. 14. Lebanon 39, Rochester 30. Monon 2, .Cutler 0 (forfeit). Kokomo 43, Anderson 9.

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Jesse Nichols, Abe Hardy and Mr. and Mrs. Summers attended the funeral of John J. Porter at Remington yesterday.

The Evening Republican .

GERMANY MUST TAKE INITIATIVE

?•V ' _ In War Declaration, So Says PresTdent Wilson—No War Declaration From United States. / Washington, Feb. 9.—The course o be taken by the United States if Germany compels the use of force to safeguard American lives and _ rights has been determined when it was learned authritatively after today s cabinet meeting that in the event Preisdent Wilson goes before congress again, it will not be to ask for a declaration of war, but to follow liberally the words of the address in which he announced the of diplomatic relations, and request authority to use means deemed necessary to protect American seamen and president, it was stated, is as anxious as ever to avoid war with Germany, but also is as determined as ever that American citizens and ships shall be free to travel the seas unmolested. His next step, if taken, will be to enforce that right and even then the issue of war or peace will be with Germany. Any hostile action will have to come in the form of an interference with an American right. Details of the governments plans are not discussed. It is known, however, that convoying and arming of merchant ships are being considered. ‘ No new development came today to indicate that the overt act by GerTnany regarded as inevitable was near at hand. Fewer reports of ships sunk came in, and none told officially of the loss of an American life. Further information received about George Washington, the negro fireman lost in the Turino, indicated that he probably was a British subject. The cabinet met today with air the members present except Secretary McAddbr every member took to the cabinet information about the activities of his department in connection with the general precautions being taken. Questions discussed included proposed emergency legislation, steps for protecting property, mail problems precipitated by the failure of ships to said for Europe, economic issues and the army and navy preparations. The effect of the tying up of ships in American harbors because of fear that they will be sunk if they pass through the war zone is one of the questions being given careful consideration.

(From the Enterprise.) Warren T. McCray was in Chicago on business yesterday. Miss Genevieve Briggs spent Sunday at her home in Lafayette. Mrs. Reuben Hess spent last week in Chicago, the guest of friends, returning Friday evening. Miss Adah E. Bush returned Monday evening from a week’s stay witn her sisters in Indianapolis. Melvin Hewins, of Oakdale, Cal., a nephew of H. H. Healy, was the, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Healy Saturday and Sunday. . . Miss Mary Remsburg was in Watseka Friday and Saturday the guest of Miss Wauneta Daniel, and was the guest of honor at a linen shower at the home of Miss Daniel. J. E. Hooker was at Rochester on business yesterday. Mrs. Jennie M. Conrad will leave shortlyTor-tbe-seuth to spend the-re—-mainder of the winter. C. E. Hosier was at Morocco Sunday to see his father, who was injured in a fall, and reports him lmproving. Miss Maude Thomas and Miss Nettie Buck were guests of the formers sister in Indianapolis from Friday until Sunday. „ , . T S. R. Sizelove left Tuesday for Indianapolis to see how the law makers are acting and will then go to Ohio to see his mother. Miss Ethel Bosh, home for a time with the measles, returned to Kankakee Monday to resume her studies in the Kankakee Business Colley . Mrs. Terrence Cunningham, who is spending some time at the home of her son at Pennfield, 111., was quite sick last week, but is now reported

improved. , , „ James Withrow, who has served as operator at—the passenger station here for several years, has been promoted to the agency at MoroccoramLwill take up his new duties Saturday. Mr. Withrow is one of the must competent young men in the service Mr. and (Mrs. L. W. Ross have left on a trip to the Pacific coast. They go by the southern route, stopping two days at New Orleans^ and will re-, turn over the Canadian Pacific. They expect to be absent about six weeks, their longest stop being with relatives at Santiago, Cab ""When Florence Sammons becomes mistress of the White House, or a grand opera star, or whatever high calling fate holds for her, she can point back with pride to the time she served as “newsy” in Kentland. As business of the Blue and White, the Kentland high school paper, Florence gets out and hustles, and comes home with the pennies.

TW WWti all the nttitiey you want on that farm. My rate is 6 per ‘ cent and my limit is SIOO per acre—l I P. D. Wells. Morocco* Indiana. / | i ' -

KENTLAND NOTES.

Abundance of Money.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917.

OUR SENATOR IS STILL HANGING ON

rDwight Kinder Proposes Two New Bins* WniCii Wouiu l.eip saiOons In Indiana. Senator Dwight Kinder, of Lake county, who represents this county in the senate, has not yet given up entirely to the drys and has .come forth with two new bills, through which he hopes to gain the saloon forces in Indiana a little leeway. Senator Kinder, it will be remembered, was probably the most ardent supporter of the wets in the recent prohibition fight and one of the eleven who voted against the bill. The two new bills presented by iKnder, which have been brought before the senate, are: First: To permit the board of county commissioners to issue liquor-.li-censes for part of the year. Second: A provision to make th» limit of township school tuition levy SI.OO on each SIOO of property valuation. The first bill further provides that all licenses issues after April 2, 1917, shall terminate April 1, 1918. The present township tuition tax limit is fifty cents on each thousand dollars of property valuation. State liquor license fees now go to the tuition fund. ... . The recent overwhelming defeat of the wets should -servo —to quiet, the wets for some time, but this seems not to be the case and there are still a few determined ones who have not yet given up. The defeat rankles and every possible effort during the present legislature will be made to gam some leeway for jhe saloons and not put them entirelv out of business before adjournment day. The bills as presented by Senator Kinder will probably make but little headway if any. .Probably the senator realizes this as well as anybody and it is probably only a move on his part to gain some consideration from the w r ets at the next meeting of the legislature, and not with thei dea of getting any results at this time. The senate bill Friday, 26 to 17, requiring autos and bicycles to stop six feet frornan unloading street car "or interurban and remain there until passengers are alighted.

Ed Thacker Says the Peach Crop Is Safe.

Ed Thacker, of the MonticeMo Journal, who is an authority on almost everything, says that the peach crop m Monticello is safe. Ed says: “We were wondering the other day if all the peaches had been killed by the severe winter. But we wonder no moj-e. After seeing that bunch of visiting schoolmar’ms that were with us during Friday and Saturday, dressed a la mode with reference to height of shoe and length of skirt, with most artistic taste displayed in the harmony of colors, we are prepared to say that the White county peach crop is all right.”

Four Cities Unite to Beat Gary in Population Race.

Alarmed by the rapid stride that is being made in Gary in her industries and population, four northern Indiana cities have taken up the plans of uniting under one municipal government. Thb four cities in nuestion are Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, who have a total population of over 100,000. Gary herself has a population of 50,000 people, many thousand more than any of her competitors and her remarkable advancement has created fear in the hearts of the cities who are in such close proximity -to her. Many times it has been suggested that Gary and her four rivals should amalgamate and be known as Gary, and this did not meet with favor with the other cities. Gary is the youngest city of any importance in Indiana, hence has incurred the jealousy of other cities. There is no question but that these cities should be united, in fact the whole Calumet region could not take a better step, and it is only a question of a few years until it will become imperative that they da 'sa.at the rate they are growing notsgg^s

Fowler High Failed to Put In Appearance Friday Evening.

Rensselaer basketball fans .were keenly disappointed Friday night when the Fowler high school team, which was scheduled to meet the locals, failed to put in an appearance. There was a large crowd on hand to witness the clash. A telephone call to Fowler disclosed that the team of that, city had stopped at Goodland and were playing the team of that plate. No reason was given for their failure to fulfill their contract here. It is hardly likely that they could have made a mistake in their schedule and if they do not have a sufficient excuse they may find themselves in an embarrassing position with Indiana High School A. A. :

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WHY NOT HAVE A PAY-UP WEEK HERE?

! Merchants Would Be Greatly Pleased to Have a Pay-Up Week Set Aside Here in Rensselaer.' The practice of having a “pay-up week” each year has taken up well over the country, and has become a national habit to consider the importance, in a business sense, of a pay-up week. The idea is steadily gaining in favor throughmit the United States and many communities have already set aside an annual pay-up week. In practically every community every line of business has a large book account, the most of the accounts being of several months’ standing. Merchants don't mind extending credit and are glad to do so in many cases. Too many of us get into the habit of having things “charged.” It is so handy, so like getting things without pay- We are atH in-clined to feel that we are going to y have much more money some "tfther day than we find in our pockets today. The reason that pay-up week takes so well is that it has been found to be of inestimable value to the world of credit. One of the principal slogans used for the occasion has come to be: “I’ll pay my bills, so you can pay yours.” A moment’s reflection will show what a splendid thing this is. Think of how many times a single dollar ™py Enm »vpr in a single day, with a practice like this. Every thinking person realizes the part that credit plays in modern commercialism and the baneful result of unpaid bill 3. Credit has been so abominably abused that every business man and citizen feels the drag of the heavy credit loans he is forced to carry.

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The student council met Wednesday after school. * * * The Webster program committee met Tuesday after school. * * * . Th sen! or and junior classes had a joint meeting Tuesday after school. The Lincoln program committee held a meeting Thursday afternoon. ;'« » « : The next literary program will be riven by the Webster society Thursday, Feb. 22. This will be a Scotch program. The second team will play the junior team of St. Joe in the curtainraiser for the Indiana Dental game at St. Joe Saturday evening. * * * Mr. John Dunlap gave a very interesting address before the assembly Friday morning on the subject of “Law." It is planned to have entertainment of some kind, speaking, musical, etc., every Friday morning. * * * An enthusiastic meeting was held Friday afternoon to work up some spirit for the • Lowell game Friday night. The drug corps was present »nd their music, “Bola-Bola,” “Owsky wow-wow,” and some of our other spirit makers, should have been a benefit to the rooters as well as the team.

The Monon Bank Safe Was Locked For Teh Days.

• The inner door of the safe containing the valuable papers of the Monon bank, including notes, deeds and mortgages, was opened Wednesday for the first time in ten days, says the Monon News, and then only after breaking the door to pieces. Something went wrong with the lock a .veek ago Monday and all attempts to onen the door proved futile. Friday an expert came from Chicago, "who, after pounding with a sledge hammer two days, was allowed to depart in peace. Last Monday a local force, with Andy Hazel and Will Saltsman in charge, introduced a drill, which the Chicago man had pronounced impracticable. After proceeding 3-4 of an inch through the hard steel, a revolving substance was encountered, whidh hindered further penetration. 1 Then heavy blows were resorted to and the door w«B'completely wrecked before the hidden treasure was once more within the reach of hank officials. The difficulty attending the opening of the safe proved its security as a receptacle for valuables.

Governor Goodrich Friday signed the Wright prohibition measure which will make the state dry after April 2, 1918. Moving picture cameras snapped the governor as he was affixing his signature to the document. Judge Hanley occupied the bench in the supeiror court Friday at Lafayette and heard argument on the remonstrance in the McLaughlin ditch case. The ditch starts in Clinton county and passes through Tippecanoe and Montgomery counties.

Milroy Circle Will Celebrate.

The Robert H. Ifilroy Circle Ladie3 of the G. A. R., will celebrate Lincoln's birthday on Monday evening, Feb. 12, at the G. A. R. hall. All members of Post 84 and wives are cordially invited to attend this Refreshments will be served at 6:00 o’clock. An interesting program will be rendered during the evening. By order,.of the committee of the Ladies of the G. A* R*

Dr. Rue Parcells a Basket Ball Mentor In Texas.

Rue Parcells, son of E. M. Parcells, of this city, and former high schorl, j football star, is still in athletics alj though not actively engaged himself, i Parcells was probably the best quar- • terback evpr turned out the local team and ' was also a basketball and baseball player of ability. He comes from Rensselaer’s old school of .athletes. Recently Dr. Parcells and family located at Armarillo, Texas, where ne has built up a large practice in dentistry. As a Sideline Rue has taken charge of the Armarillo high school basket ball team and is a letter written to a friend in this city sends a clipping from a local paper. An excerpt from the clipping follows: “Amahi walloped Panhandle and Ochiltree in a twin bill of basketball at the Woodman hall Saturday night. The Panhandle game was a 34 to 19 affair and the second game was all Amahi, 46 to 9. For strategy, Coach Parcells has no business in Amarillo. The Allies need him. In the first half of the ' Panhandle game the doughty mentor held his star forwards, Hare and Wiggins, out, starring Weigline and Bates in the point of getting positions. This pair did not warm up enough in the half to show their form. At the start of the second half, Weigline was moved to guard in place of Wheeler and Bates left the game. Good feeling and teamwork scoring twenty uoints to their opponents' eight, half of these coming from free throws.”

An Indication That Spring Is On the Way.

.The surest sign that we have yet had of spring was reported— Miss Mary Jane' Brown, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Brown, reports that she has some chickens hatching today, and that three of them were out already. This is the first report we have had of this kind this season and these are probably the first 1917 young chicks that have put in their appearance. '' ■ - \■’ - ;■

Obituary.

Mary Ann Cooley, the subject of this brief sketch, was bom in Nort'olk&hire, England, Oct. 3, 1834. She left her native country and moved to America in 1855. On March 18,1850, she was united in marriage at Peotone, 111., with George Gowland. This marriage was blessed with nine children, namely, Margaret Alice, Henry, John, Elizabeth, George, Martha Sophia, Mary Jane, William Edward and Edward. In 1899 she moved with her family to Rensselaer, where she resided until her death. In her early youth, while residing in the country of her birth, she was converted and united with the Methodist chuich. After coming to America she united with the Methodist mained a faithful member. The deceased was a kind mother and wife, and a devoted Christian, with a deep religious nature, ever faithful to every duty toward her neighbors, her family and her church. On the afternoon |of February 6th, 1917, she passed isPto the eternal world with her faith firmly founded in Christ, her Savior. She leaves to mourn her death one son, Henry, three daughters, Mrs. C. Hewett, of Sleeper, Mo.; Mrs. Thomas Redgate and Miss Clara Gowland, of this city; one brother, Robert Cooley, of Peotone, Ill.; one sister, Mrs. Bessie Pierce, of Chicago; twenty'grandchildren and three great grandchildren, and many friends.

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Republican Editors Pledge Support to Goodrich Program.

Casting aside party lines members of the Indiana Republican Editorial \ssociation Friday sounded a ringing note of undivided patriotism for the American nation in the face of the crisis with foreign relations, and gave unqualified endorsement of Governor Goodrich’s-program of economy and efficiency measures in the general assembly. Although the gathering was purely republican 1 in character, the speakers pledged unswerving loyalty to President Wilson In the crisis with Germany.

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GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY.

Met hodist" Church Notes. 9:80 a. m. Sunday school. 10:45 a. m. Morning worship and - sermon by pastor. 6 p. m. Epworth League. Topic: “Continuing the Work That Lincoln Began.” Leader, Henry Platt. 7 p. in. Evening worship and sermon by pastor.

First Christian Church.

Q -20 Hih T P ctn/lv suhiprf frtT a/inl* •’ .*>v 1 U C O vUU J ) BU UJWti IVM OUUt J classes: “Jesus and the Woman of Samaria.” All others have graded work. The Bible school begins at 9:80 and closes at 11:15. The church service begins at 9:80 and closes at 11:15. Tin y are one and the same thing. All study the Word of God and all worship; thus your spiritual needs are completely provided for in the unified service. Evening worship at 7:00. The pastor will speak on “The* Boy Scout Movement.” The Scouts will attend in a body. Rev. C. P. Hedges, of Longa, Africa, vi 11 speak at the morning service.

Presbyterian Church.

Rev. J. B adman Fleming, Minister 9:80 Sunday school. 10:45 M orning worship and sermon, subject “First Things First.” 2:30 Meeting of the Juniors, leader the pastor. Subject “What Christ Is to Us.” 6:00 Young Peoples meeting, subject “Confession.” Luke 19:1-10; Sfev. Fleming, leader. 7:00 Evening worship and sermon, . object: “Building Each Other Up.”

; NOTICE. All persons are warned not to trespass upon the lands of J. J. Lawler n Jasper and Newtpn counties without written permission. Obey this vaming and ovoid prosecution.— fame-: Walter, Manager Lawler Ranches. Lyceum Dates. Rob Roys, quartet. MarcL 5.

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