Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1917 — Page 1

No. 68.

PTHE Q BINGES 0 TONIGHT Frank Keenan in THE STEPPING STONE Triangle 5 and 10c

New Case Filed.

John G. Re idol bach, administrator of the estate of Edward E. Nicholas, vs. Guy-Beason. Demand $125. Reidelbach & Williams, attorneys for plaintiff.

Next Republican State Convention.

The next Indiana republican state convention will be one of the largest ever held by the party. The total of 341,005 votes rolled up by the republicans of Indiana last November was never exceeded but twice, and that wasTn 1904 when 368,229 votes wero counted for Roosevelt, and in 1908, when 348,993 votes were cast for the first Taft presidential elector. of 1916 there were 1168 delegates. In the republican state convention of 1918 there will be 1702 delegates, an -increase of 534. In the next state convention Jasper county’s representation will be 10 delegates, her vote in 1916 being 1995 votes.

PASTURE FOR RENT. Have pastuer for 250 head of stock near Fair Oaks. Plenty of good water and fine grass. All cattle SI.OO per month. All horses $1.50 per month. For season from May Ist and Nov. Ist. Phone James Walter, Mgr. Lawler Ranches. Pay Harrington Bros. Co. Having sold our elevator to The Farmers’ Grain Co. and being required to give possession very soon, we hereby notify all persons owing us to call and settle on or before April 1, 1917. Harrington Brcs. Co. Delos Thompson and W. C. Babcock went to Chicago on the early morning train. Swell Jerseys in all colors at DuQuality pxjVALL i' j • this week only, at less than presentwholesale prices: , 3 lb can Hawaiian sliced pineapple 20c 3 lb can California yellow peaches 15c 3lb can California apricots .... .15c 1 lb can California asparagus ... .15c 2 lb can Richelieu, Monarch, Fort Dearborn, Snow-Flake or Baxter’s Maine sweet corn, the finest com packed 15c 1 lb can tomato or vegetable soup .10c 1 lb can sliced peaches, white grapes, apricots or pineapple tidbits, for fruit salad 100 Searchlight matches, per box ... .5c We' will handle fresh fish during Lent JOHN EGER. Important Notice to Telephone Patrons. Work has started on a new directory, which willbe in.book form. Any changes in your name, number or location. changes of firm name, parties changing lines, parties contemplating having phones put in within next few months, those wishing to hold or have the SI.OO service on party lines, in fact, anv changes wanted made must be made at office. Qur desire is to get this- directory correct. There will be a limited amount of advertising space. No soliciting for advertisements, will be made. Call 636 for space. Home patrons will be given preference. This information must be in office before April first.—Jasper County Telephone Co.

? Storage Batteries RECHARGED AND REPAIRED Electric Starters, Generators, Ignition * , . ■ ■ i ' J Lighting Systems Repaired and Rewired Rensselaer Garage OOTTWTirn— - - liri.il 'j, -- ■ I ' ' ' "' —• n -wrr Official Service Station for Vesta Double Life Batteries. • ■ • f * •’■■■- . . ’■ ■ •- ■ ■ ’ ’ ", . t . ■' ■■ —.—: - -T-

The Evening Republican .

APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM OF JASPER COUNTY YOUTHS

Confronting War Evening Young Man Should At Once Seek to Receive Military Training.

1. • The fololwing appeal to the patriotism of the people is by Majo, ■ George H. Healey, and is timely an< should cause every person to responc with the full vigor of loyalty. Today we are facing war with Germany. Tomorrow may see us plunged into the great cataclysm .that has torn Europe to shreds. i Shall we continue to sit idly by and ignore our danger ? Or shall wo recognize it and do the reasonable thing to combat it? If we are to engage in war with

Germany it will be necessary that hundreds of thousands of young men enter the naval andmiiitary service. The sooner training is begun the better. The spirit of patriotism should inspire every yputh and every parent to a full regard of conditions and to cause every .sacrifice and pasttime in order to get all the preliminary knowledge of the service possible. There are at hand now in almost every community mdn capabel of imparting this' instruction and their services should ibe utilized while they are here and able to give it. Full ap-

preciation of conditions should inspire young men to enroll at once and start training. Nothing but danger lurks in delay and indifference. The local armory should be crowded each night with young patriots clamoring for training that will make them better able to render valuable service in case of war. We have now waited too long, for the past six weeks should have been utilized but even now the start may be made and in some the spirit of leadership instilled.

You can not hand a hundred rifles to a hundred young men and have them appoint officers and non-com-missioned officers and consider that a company has been formed. Weeks are required to make a good start in military training and when the militia companies are called out there won’t even be left a text book of instruction. • ••■.• For this reason it is not only important but it is the very essence of loyalty and patriotism that men qualified for leadership and others for service start now, today, at once, to get every bit of training possible. - Classes should be lormed. Schoos of drill and theory conducted, and the many features of training undertaken. Not only are the drills important, but the study of the rifle, the stuejy of signaling, of first aid, cf message writing, of the care of clotning. and equipment. The problem is a big one and for this reason and In order that some may receive trainiag in every branch of the service there should be classes formed to take UP the different work. Captain Tuteur has a large class of young men in training every ednWesday night at the armory. This is highly commendable, but now the time has come when the training should be followed every night of the week. On Friday .night of this week some of the local officers will go to Brook to present the matter of military duty at a mass meeting to be held there, who was a sergeant in the machine 'gun company, has interested a number in this duty and has arranged for a public meeting to be attended by parents and young men eligible for service. Arrangements will be made to have a drill sergeant visit every community where a number desire military training and can secure a hall for the drills. Certainly this opportunity should not be missed. „ Let every person brush the scales from their eyes; let them see things just as they are; let the realize that the present is possibly the most critical in our history and let their American spirit of patriotism lead them to do the very sensible thing and prepare for the worst that may happen. If, by unexpected good fortune, the catastrophe is averted, not a particle of harm will have been done by the action for training, and much permanent good will result to the individual and the community. Let my appeal at this time sink into the hearts of every loyal citizen and may he respond by measuring up to the fullest duty of citizenship and that at once. MAJ. GEORGE H. HEALEY. *

March 22, —Dealers here are paying 22c for eggs, 16c for chickens and -^BfidFeributte^afcrA Startle your starter with a new Vesta battery. You can’t buckle the plates. You can’t soften the paste.— Rensselaer Garage. If you want a rose bed that will bloom all summer see J. H- Holden.

LOCAL POULTRY MARKET.

'•’RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1917.

New Constitutional Convention Meeting Held Wednesday.

Wednesday afternoon Mr. Samuel Jackson came from Indianapolis to organize a new constitution forum tor Jasper county. There were- about twenty-five ladies and gentlemen of Rensselaer and surrounding country at this meeting held in the east court room who heard Mr. Jackson explain the purposes of the meeting and what the forum was expected to do. , Space will not here permit us to go into detail as to the Objects and aim of this organization, but in short it will be to hold open public meetings during the coming season where the needs for a new constitution will be discussed. It is proposed also that -speakers of some experience and training 'be engaged for these meetings who-will discuss some .particular phase of this question. Candidates |fpr nomination to the convention will also be invited to address these meetingsandgive some of their viewgjm. what they stand for and will support. - In other words, this will be an educational organization, where the citizens of the county will be given an opportunity to hear and be heard. It is distinctly understood that these meetings will not be political in their nature or purpose. Chas. M. Sands was appointed temporary chairman to arrange for the first regular meeting to be held at 7:36 p. m. on April 3, 1917, the place to be designated later.

Ward vs. Vernon.

Judgeßerry -was here -fl om Fowler to hear argument and make his decision in the case "of" Thomas W. Ward, against Thomas A. Vernon, and several other parties from Aledo, 111. This case was quite interesting and also important as it involved the title to some four, or five hundred acres of land near McCoysburg, formerly known as the old Zard farm. Mr. Ward, the plaintiff, is a brother of John Ward. The defendants, five in number, were bankers and business men of Aledo, 111. Mr. Ward and the defendants had owned stock in a corporation which owned a tile and brick factory in Aledo, and Mr. Ward owned the greater part of the stock. The corporation became involved and the property was sold to pay the debts of the corpoartion and purchased by Mr. Vernon, one of the defendants. It was claimed by Ward that a partnership had been formed between him and-the defendants and that the property was purchased for the partnership. This property was later traded for the land in this county, and Mr. Ward claimed-to own eighty-four per cent of the land in this county, and the action was brought to recover for Mr. Ward the part of the land he claimed. The court found that the partnership had not been formed ,and that there was no trust created, and decided the case in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff was represented by Attorneys John A. Dunlap, Moses Leopold, and Mr. Graves, of Morocco, and the defendants were represented by Attorneys Williams and Dean, o/ Rensselaer.

Elgin Six Driver Made Demonstrations Wednesday.

Charles J. Wilson, a special chauffeuriortheElgin Six Motor Co., of Chicago, entertained a large crowd which collected at the Makeever hotel corner Wednesday evening at 4 “p’ctuck*’ with - two - hurdle leaps.inan automobile, both of which were in the neighborhood of 35 feet, and also in fancy driving. At the endm.of.the brick street a hurdle, fourteen inches high, was placed. Wilson started from West Washington street in his car and was traveling at a good rate of speed when he hit the incline. The car was thrown a few feet in the air and traveled about thirty-five feet before alighting. W. G. A. Boyd, with three other gentlemen, is making a trip through Indiana demonstrating the car, for the purpose, it is said, of selling stock in the company. The above novel scheme was adopted to advertise the car, and was very interesting to all who witnessed the leap.

Fire Company Called To Quench Small Blaze.

The fire company was called at four o’clock Wednesday evening to the Donnelly planing mill, near the creamery bridge, to quench a blaze which had gained considerable headway and threatened the destruction of the large building. John Mohlman was cleaning and burning brush and ..the .fire made such headway that he. was unable to control it, with the result that a couple of the smaller sheds caught on fire and were destroyed. The prompt arrival of the fire conipany probably kept a fire—of much larger proportions from occurring..

Recent Ford Purchasers.

The Hoover Ford agency here has been able to dispose of all cars they could procure. Among the recent purchasers are: D. M. Worland, J. P. Hammond, C. W. Eger, Fred Chapman, John G. Culp, Ted Eger, Henry Timmons, Harry Watson, Frank Kresler (3), Rev. H. F. Krohn (pastor of Union township Lutheran church), Nick Schmitter, Mrs. John Beecher, Carl Somers, Dena Hanson, Tony Kanne and J. L. Jones. Attorney W. H. Parkinson returned last Saturday from Miidlavia and is now in fine physical condition- He wm in Kentland Wednesday onlSgal business. ■ W. L. Thomas is reported to have a case of measles.

LIFE-LONG JOB FOR LITTLEFIELD

Local. Postmaster May Serve Indefinitely According to Interpretation of New Order. According to semi-official advice which, has been received from Washington by all first and second class postmasters, all trouble regarding the appointment of postmasters of the first and second class are about to be removed. Under the new order, with the expiration of Mr. Littlefield’s term, which ends in October, 1917, he may continue to hold the office as long as he shall elect to do so, bv virtue of an order to be issued by President Wilson, which will become effective April 1, which places all first and second class postmasters under the civil .service system. - The order, however, does not mean that the incumbents will have to take a competitive examination along with countless scores of other applicants, for, it is understood, the order specifies that all incumbents who have conducted the affairs of the office in a. satisfactory manner will be exempt from civil service examination. This would mean that Postmaster Littlefield will have a life-time job, if he so elects, or can retain the position until he resigns. It is said that during the inauguration ceremonies at Washington, President Wilson called the Indiana democratic representative to his office and announced an order placing all postmasters, first and second class office, under the civil service commission. While it is generally .understood and has been accepted in certain quarters that such an order will become effective April 1, no official action has been taken by the president, it»is learned. It is known, however, that Postmaster General Burleson

has written a communication etnbodj - ing a request that such an order be issued. In the suggestion made by the postmaster general, there is nothing that would require a postmaster—one of the presidential appointees—to take a civil service examination if he has made a good record as a postmaster. Under the new system, which has for its general object the promoting of an official postoffice department, there will be appointments only on vacancies occasioned by death or resignation, and these appointments will be made in an examination. This would also mean the elimination of the postoffice entirely from politics and would relieve every representative in congress of the quadrennial task of recommending men for appointment as postmasters.

Come and see our swell Easter bonnets that we are now showing in Stetson and Kingsbury makes, all sizes, and the colors and shapes are just fine. Duvall’s Quality Shop. C. EARL DUVALL.

THE WEATHER. Fair and warmer tonight; Friday probably rain.

Last month for nursery stock, ornamental or nursery. See Gum Pefley.

EXTRA Specials this week listed less than cost Ladies’ white kid pump, very latest QQ Ladies’ seamless. Comfort shoes, sizes 3 to 5 easily worth Q ftfi $4. go at J«UU Men’s work shoes, all solid, bought Q An at old prices dsUU 100 pair of Women’s shoes, mostly small sizes 2% to 5 worth $3.50 to Mat 2.50 50 pair boy’s shoes easily worth $3.50 2 5Q And many others exceeding good values, which we are closing out at greatly reduccd prices, Inspect these goods and judge for yourself. FENDICS SHOE STORE Opera House Block

GERMANY DECLARES WAR IT IS RUMORED

Report From New York Stock Exchange States That Germany Has Declared .War On U. S. New York City, N. Y., March 22 1:29 p. m.—lt was rumored. here and throughout the United States early this afternoon, that Germany had declared war upon the United States of America and that official action would be taken in Washington immediately.

Higher Rates to Be Asked By the Railroads.

Congress at the coming session-will be asked to pass a law granting increased freight and passenger rates totfce rai 1 roads to reimburse them for rhe increased wages they will be compelled to pass under the Adamson; eighf-hour law, according to an announcement made by prominent railroad heads and members of the interstate commerce commission. “Since the supreme cinirt has decided that congress has the power to fix wages for the trainmen, then ap« plying the same rule, it has the right to legislate railroad rates,” a prominent government official said.

WAGNER WIRE.

Hog receipts 35,000. 10c lower. Cattle receipts 7,500. 10c lower. Sheep 9,000. Steady. Wheat: May 186 5-8, 183, 186%. July i 07%, 155%, 157 3-8. Sept. 144%, 143, 144 1-8. Corn: May 112 3-8, 1105-8,T12%. Juiy 1 /2 ,109%, 110" 3-8. Sept; 108 7-8, 107%, 108 3-4. Oats: May 59, 58%, 58 7-8. July 57 1-8, 56—, 57 1-8. Sept. 51 1-8, 50%, 51 1-8. ■.■ . ~ Born, March 24, to Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schroer, a girl. Miss Mattie Yeoman, daughter of Joseph Yeoman, was operated upon at the hospital today by Dr. A. C. Arnett assisted by a local physician. Mrs. Henry Randle is improving very nicely from the effect of injuries received from a fall a short time ago.

ALL TIRED OUT.

Hundreds More in Rensselaer in the Same Plight. Tired all the time; Weary and worn out night and day; Back aches; head aches, Your kidneys are probably weakened. You should help them at their work. Let one who knows tell you how. Mrs. Joseph Adams, Work & Van Rensselaer Sts., Renssealer, says: “I suffered very much from kidney disorders. My kidneys acted too often and I could get little rest at night. The kidney secretions were scanty and caused annoyance. I felt tired out all the time and was nervous and blue. Some times flashes of color kept coming before my eyes. My head adhed and it seemed as though I would go wild. Doan’s Kidney Pills, which we got at A. F. Long’s Drug Store, relieved me wonderfully.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get iJoan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Adams had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. ,~T

NOTICE. All dogs must be kept up or they will be killed. VERN ROBINSON, . City Marshal. Settle With Hamilton & Kellner. April 1, 1917, we will turn over to Healey & Tuteur all book accounts and past due notes for collection. If you do not want to have your account handled by this collection firm, settle with us .before that time. The accounts and notes are at the office of Kellner & Callahan. HAMILTON & KELLNER. Easter will soon be here and now is the time to order your tailor-made suit. We now have 2,000 samples io choose from. 11 Come in, have your measure taken and have your suit delivered to you a few* days before Easter. Prices $15.00 to $45.00. A” patterns and qualities are exceiptim ally great. C. EARL DUVALL. Rank Foolishness. You occasionally see i’ stated that colds do not result from cold weather. That is rank foolishness. Were it true colds would be as pre' alpi.t in midsummer as in midwinter. The microbe that causes colds flourishe in damp, c >ld weather. To get rid of a cold take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It la effectual and is highly recommended by people who have used it for many years as occasion required, ana know its real value. For sale by all deaL ere. __ 2. ; ?

For Your Spring Work in Paperhanging and Painting Call Lee Richards Phone 416, Work Guaranteed

Star Theatre TODAY a- ■ K line Edison Djuna The Chaperone Featuring Edna Mayo and Eugene O’Brian. " Pickford Day—A Paramount Drama “HUfcDA FROM HOLLAND” Featuring Mary Pickford. I Matinee 5 and 10c. Special Matinee for the Children. Night, all seats 10c.

The Auto Service Co. delivered to Erhardt Wuerthner a fine large Dodge touring car today. Easter shirts, neckwear, hose, belts, caps, vests and everything nobby for the men and boys. - C. BARL I>UVALL:~" The Pythian Sisters will hold a meeting at their hall Friday afternoon. Insist on fit when buying your footwear. We have the various lengths and widths to fit you properlv.—B. N. Fendig’s Shoe Store. Attorney A. D. Babcock, of Goodland, was here today looking after the interests of his clients in the Claude May ditch mgtteri Have you seen the swell Easter suits we are showing in Kunneniheimer, Collegian and Frat makes. The qualities are great and the tailoring and patterns are simply fine, at Duvall’s Quality Shop. C. EARL DUVALL.

~''—"■—■ - ■ ■*" ■ - DOj Goodies! DOQ QQ “. goodies that just QQ m-e-l-t in your mouth lOu fJtJ —light, fluffy, tender iQu DO® cakes, biscuits and hlQn doughnuts that just ee P y° u hanging jOC DO ’round the pantry —all fcQn |QQ| made with Calumet — the safest, purest, tnoet yfyfir economical Baking PowfcQr der. Try it—drive away DO bake-day failures.” KQu Received Highest Award* Unu Cooi Boot Fru S" 9Uf »• C«a. UK3U CQ the TROSL-M — 7

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