Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1917 — Page 1

No. 61.

PTHE Q RINCES 0 TONIGHT 1 ' . Ethel Clayton AND ’ Tom Moore “Dollars and the Woman” By Albert Payson Terhune This is an intensely, interesting story and one that is sure to please. taken from the hook “Dollars and Cents.” Don’t fail to see this show at the Princess tonight.—-- . - 5 and 10c

Cries "Hoeh der Kaiser” And is Strung Up.

Theimopolis, Wyo., April 2.— A. suranger, believed to be a German, wlio si routed “Hoch der Kaiser” as he stood drinking at a bar here, narrowly averted lynching. A miner knocked him down, u rope-appeared as if by magic, and in a moment the dazed man was hanging from a beam. Before life was extinct, however, the town marshal cut down the rope. Re- ■ vived with cold water, he was forced io kneel and kiss the American flag. I He then was warned to get out of, town. He did.

Dr. E. N. Loy Called to Ohio.

Dr. E. N. Loy was called to Finley, Ohio, Monday afternoon on account of the death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. W. H. Loy, the wife of his older brother. She was about sixty years of age and the cause ofher death was Brights disease. The doctor wall return Thursday.

Christian Church Notes. The missionary society of the Christian church, wil Ihold their meeting Wednesday evening from. 7 to 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Asa McDaniel. -AIL aye urged to be present.

*■' Mrs. Firmian Thompson will entertain sew club ti'hs week. Join the U. S. Army or Navy Now Your Country Needs You Your postmaster is a qualified recuiting officer

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The Evening Republican .

WAR IS PRACTICALLY DECLARED ON GERMANY

Wilson Asks Congress to Declare War State Is Now Existing— Official Action Today. Washington, April 2. —President Wilson tonight urged congress, asj sembled in joint session, to declare a I state of war existing between the United States and Germany. In a dispassionate but unmeasured denunciation of the course of the imperial German government, which he characterized as a challenge to all mankind and a warfare against all . nations, the president declared that neutrality no longer was feasible or

’ desirable where the peace of the (world was involved; that armed neutrality had become ineffectual enough at best and was likely to produce what it was meant to prevent, and urged that congress accept the" gauge of battle with all the resources of the nation. . When the president had finished speaking, resolutions to declare a state of war existing were introduced in both houses of congress, referred to appropriate committees and will be debated tomorrow. There is no doubt of their passage. ‘ The objects of the United States m entering the war, the president said, were to vindicate the principles of peace and justice against “selfish and autocratic power.” Without selfish ends, for conquest or dominion, seeking no indemnities or material °ompensations for the sacrifices it shall make, the United States must enter the war,' the president said, to make the world'safe for democracy, as only one of the champions of the rights of mankind, and would be satisfied when those rights were as secuer as the faith and freedom of nations could make them. The president’s address was sent in full to Germany by a German official news agency. The text also went to England and a summary of its contents was sent around the world, to other nations. . ~ To carry on an effective warfare against the German government, which he charactedized as a natural foe to liberty.' ’the president reoommendedz _. B Utmost practical co-operation in counsel and action with the governments already at war-with Germany. Extension of liberal financial credits to those governments, so that the resources of America may be added, so far as possible, to theirs. Organization and mobilization at all the material resources of the country. Full equipment for the navy, particularly for means of dealing with submarine warfare. An army of at least 500,000 men, based on the principle of universal liability to service and the authorization of additional increments of 500,000 when they are needed or can be handled in training. * Raising necessary money for me United States government, so far as possible without borrowing and on the basis of equitable taxation.

Pay Harrington Bros. Co.

Having sold our elevator to The Farmers’ Grain Co. and being requiredtogive possession very soon, "we hereby notify all persons owing us to call and settle on .or before April 1,191 Y. . _ _ Harrington Bros. Co.

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

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1917. t

PASTURE IS BOON TO HOG BREEDER

Increases Growth at Much Less Expense Than Grain, But Value Is Not Generally Known. I By G. I. Gristle, Supt. of Agricultural Extension, Purdue University. Pastures have proved profitable in the production of pork. Demonstrations shdw that gains on hogs made with pasture crops are made at 20 to 30 per cent less cost than gains produced largely with grain alone. The increased exercise, the succulent feed and the supply of protein, the and muscle producer, offered by good pastures are all conducive to the good health and rapid growth of young pigs.

“Yet the proper appreciation of pasture has not been readlzed by hog feeders,” says C. G. Starr, of the Purdue animal husbandry department. “This lack can often be explained by men following one or all of the following thUee bad practices: (1) Overpasturing, (2) pastures not used for a long enough time during the year, and (3) not feeding proper grain rations for the pigs and for Hie pastures in use. It is rather common upon small farms or those that have a large proportion of their total in cash crops, such as con., wheat and oats, to see the horses, cows and 'hog,s aill running in a small, pasture lot, sandpapered by overgrazing. In many other pastures there are more weeds than grass. “Under such conditions it is foolish to expect much return '”om a pasture. Again the hogs are often too many for the acreage of pasture. For a short time pastures such as clover, alfalfa and rape will afford cheap feed for a large number of hogs per acre, but at the expense of future uggfulness. No pasture should ‘be so grazed that it has no chance to keep ahead of the hogs.” Red clover is the crop to be principally depended upon for hog pasture in Indiana. This is time not only because of its importance for completing the rotation of mops, but also because of its high vaule as a forage. So universal is the use of clover that when there is a great shortage of this crop the hog raiser is often at a very serious loss to know what to do forpasture. Very often the hogs are sold or kept on inadequate -msbure. Neither course is necessary. Tt is both possible and economical to sow .some quick growing crop or a series of crops in the spring and summer that will furnish an abundance of hog pasture of almost the same feeding value as clover and at very little extra cost in time and labor.

Rape is one of the most satisfactory crops for early hog pasture when clover is not available. It closely resembles cabbage in appearance and manner of growth, except that it does not produce a head. It has large, coarse, succulent leaves and ordinarily grows from twenty to thirty inches tall. It is a cool weather plant and can be sown early in the spring, as soon as there is no further danger of severe frost The Dwarf Essex and Dwarf Victoria are the varieties commonly grown. .... The oowpea is a legume producing much forage and co..siderable grain. It requires about ninety days from the time it is planted until it is developed sufficiently for pasturing. However, varieties differ in this respect, and late plantings develop more quickly than early paintings. It is ready to pasture when the first pods show signs of ripening. The Whippoorwill and New Era varieties are widely grown in Indiana. The Early Blackeye and Michigan Favorite are also grown to some extent. The last two are somewhat earlier than the others and are mostly used in the northern part of the state. The New Era usually produces more seed than the other three. While the cowpea has given good returns in all parts of the state, it is more certain in the southern half.

The soy bean is another legume. Some varieties grow tall, slender and weak, and show a tendency to vine, but most varieties have an upright, bushy growth. The soy bean is both a grain and a forage producer. There is a wide variation in the time of development of different varieties, but those 'best adapted to Indiana will be ready to pasture on about eighty to ninety days from planting. Midsummer sowingswill develop more quickly than the early sowings. The Ito San, Early Brown, Kikado, Black Beauty and Hollybrook are wellknown varieties. The Ito San and Early Brown are adapted to any part of the state, the others to all parts except the northern counties. Oats will furnish a good pasture during the spring and early summer. For pastures the seeding should be heavy, about three bushels or more o seed per acre. It is sown on either plowed or stubble ground. When sown on plowed land it is usually driller, while on the stubble ground it is frequently sown with a broadcast seeder and covered by disking am harrowing. When sown for hog pas- ' ture alone it is better to sow in con- ’ nection with rape or Canadian fiek peas, because both .he quantity and quality of pasture is improved.

i. Yes, the four wheel planter is what the fanner wants. And he wants the best. That is, of course, the Moline, sold by the up-to-date hustlers, Kell- . ner & Callahan. I Who said “High Cost of Living?’ Wait for Fendig’s big one cent Rexall Sale, April 5,6, and 7. 1

VAN RENSSELAER CLUB HELD ANNUAL MEETING

Will Occupy fcjlegant New ’Quarters In Ellis Opera House Building In the 'Near Future. The regular annual meeting of the ‘Van Rensselaer Club was held in the quarters in the Hollingsworth bufid-. ing Monday night. The election of the board of directors resulted in the selection of the following members: Vernon Nowels, Samuel Fendig, Van R. Grant, B. <L Jarrette and George Hopkins. , The directors reported having contracted with James H. S. Ellis for the rental of quarters in the opera house building. The second floor of this building is to be converted into one of the most elegant club rooms in th's part of the state. The entire second floor will be occupied by the club. In front there will be two large rooms elegantly furnished. The Lower room will be used for billiard and card tables and reading room. Just above this room there will be another of tire same size and will be arranged for a reception room. The front window in the building will be changed and the long one will be replaced by shorter ones for each room. Off of the lower room will be a gent’s cloak room, toilets and baths. Similar apartments will he arranged for the ladies off of the upper room. The remaining part of the building will be converted into a dancing room. It will be 41 feet 9 inches wide by 60 feet long. The walls will be 16 feet high and they are to be beautifully The floor is to be of the very best hard wood and to be

highly polashed. At the south end of this room there is to be a kitchen which is to ‘be arranged so that it can be used when banquets are served. Mr. Ellis’ architect of Chicago has the plans and specifications almost completed. These plans are to be submitted to the board of directors and no expense is to be spared in making for the club a home which is to be palatial in all its apartments. The club now has a membership of eighty-eight resident and four nonresident members, making a total membership of ninety-two members. A booster membership committee consisting of ten members of the club has been appointed and a number of Rensselaer’s busihess and professional men will be invited to become members. A number of persons outside of Rensselaer and Marion township will be invited to become non-resident members. A committee was appointed to suggest needed revision of the club’s bylaws. One of the points this committee will recommend and which the club will no doubt adopt is the raising of the initiation fee. • This club provides a most excellent place for the fellows of the city to meet and enjoy themselves and furnishes a splendid recreation from the hum-drum of a strenuous business life. It fosters to a very great degree the sociability and good fellowship that is so essential to real enjoyment.

More Light Shed on the Kankakee River Tragedy.

Further light has been shed on-the Kankakee river tragedy, in which fenry Bruns, a hunchback resort owner murdered Babe Harker-4n—a cabin near Conrad. The motive for he killrihg pFovfMLa- mvsterv to the officers and the consensus* of opinion at first was that Bruns was attempting to prevent the girl leaving him when the tragedy occurred, but it appears that this conclusion is wrong if a story which was told in this city by one familiar with the financial condition which existed between Bruns and the woman. It seems that Bruns had accumulated conisderable property during his notorious career as a lawbreaker in the Kankakee section. Some time ago the Harker .woman, who is said to have originally come from Terre Haute, met Bruns and continued to live with him up to the time of her death. It is saad the woman grew tired of Bruns and told him she was going to leave him. Bruns demanded the deed back which he had given her to his property and the girl refused, which caused the fracas between the pair which resulted in the double tragedy. .. '

Local Grain Market.

April 3.—Corn $1.16, oats 63c, wheat $1.95 and rye $1.50.

PASTURE FOR RENT.

Have pasture 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.

Young man, you must see those buggies at Kellner & Callahans. They are the latest creations, up to the minute in style and elegance. We cannot describe them. They must be seen to be admired. If you want something in live stock attend the Eger-Flesher sale Thursday, April sth. Get your trees for «rrL.g planting now from Pefly. Every" tree guaranteed.

GERMANY AT BAY.

The article headed “Germany at Bay”, was sent us by our friend, W. B. Austin, of Chicago. The Economist. The definite avowal by the Republic of China that she is in the ranks of Germany’s enemies might naturally be dismissed as a trivial incident Tn view' of that country’s powerlessness in a military way but it has its significance as one more expression of hostility to the ruling classes of the German empire, which is sharpened by the memory of the humiliation to which” China was subjected by the kaiser’s government after the Boxer incident. It is the latest, perhaps the least, recruit to the forces antagonistic to the Prussian idea, and the number of the recruits is now so great as to present a startling picture in world politics. The two great nations of Asia are now on the side of Germany’s enemies, the western liemisphere as far south as the Mexican border, practically all of Africa and nine nations of Europe. In addition one must 'believe that all the neutral powers of western Europe would join the entente powers if choice could overcome fear, except Sweden and possibly also Spain. Particularly imprssive is it when one remembers that it is not really the Germain people that the rot of 'the world is antagonizing but simply a small percentage of that people, consisting mainly of the ‘ruling classes of one state, that is Prussia. It is the Prussian idea that ’is fighting this war and the power that idea has over so large a number of people is a tremendous example of the influence of tFm monarchic idea and also of the

ability of the Hohenzollern family. Almost one might say that the rest of Germany is unimportant and its allies negligible except as they have become the tools consisting of a few thousand .individuals. Here is an aggregate of 150,000,009 people subject to Hie dictation of this military clique, victims of their ambition, their greed, their whims. Practically the rest of the 1,800,000,000 people of the world are against them, the continents of tha earth, the islands of the sea, all classes of races and nationalities. Even little Switzerland from time to time shows its glittering teeth among her mountains and that too with such effect that the Teutons dare not make a move skyward to dislodge the moun* taineers, convenient though that country might be for military purposes. Thus far the control over Germany’s allies is almost complete. Austria is under domination at the

head, for her legislative body has not been in session these two years. Turkey bos been fagged out for a century but receives some new life from the vigor of her master. Bulgaria was dragged in. Possibly more than half of her people would have preferred alliance with the entente powers. This tremendous disparity of numbers is not without meaning. The nations of the earth have not wantonly combined against st weak power as a band of ruffianly boys pick upon a weakling. The aggressor was Germany. There is a great moral principle back of this situation. Men of whatever type, of whatever civilization, of whatever personal development, have a clear conception of fair play, and except Where they are overcome by some strong selfish motive they commonly take rides with a contestant who is in the right. It cannot be that Germany is all right and that the-jest—of he world is all , wrong. Indeed, he merits of this affair are on tiie surface and easily grasped by any person of fair intelligence who not biased by some antecedent condition. The case is so clear and the attitude of the German leaders is so strange that one often hears the inquiry “Are the Germans crazy or are all the rest of us crazy ? ” The lover of mankind looks upon this situation with infinite sorrow. The German people have long been an object of the highest admiration to all human beings who are familiar with tiie course of world affairs for several centuries past. Their power was always a great menace to the greatest empire of ancient times, their history in the past 2,000 years has been full of achievement,! evidencing superior intellect and qualities that contribute to the higher civilization. The more is the pity that they have wrought such destruction upon them-

eelevs and their neighbors. ——- But with the brain of a god the ruling class of Germany has the heart of a hyena. Thence comes the curse of these days since the first of August, 1914. As the war possibly is approaching its end, that is perhaps has only a few months more of life, W”S for the Germans themeelves and civilized persons all over the world to realize the evils that have led up to the present situation and devise some cure. Retribution ther must be, with or"without the intent of man, for the wrongs of he past thirty-two months and those that will be penetrated from this time on, but it scomts a P J ty that it shall be visited upon those engaged in the war who are not responsible ’ but who have snmoly folfowed the lead of bad rulers. _ But the world should not think of retribution. It should think rehabilitation. It should demand that the great abilities of this people shall be appropriated hereafter to the welfare of oT tMt ersd it necessary 7 that the autocracy shall be subverted and that democracy shall take its place.

NOTICE. IAII dogs must be kept up or they will be killed. VERN ROBINSON, < City Marshal.

At The Star Theatre TODAY EDMOND BREESE IN “THE SPELL OF THE YUKON” A METRO PICTURE WEDNESDAY Paramount Day. The Woman The last episode of Glorias Romance ALSO The first episode of Mrs. Vernon Cuties serial of PATRIA Special matinee a 2 and 3:30

Former Residents Return to Their Cincinnati Home.

The many friends and acquaintances of Mrs. C. D. Martin and her son, Delaney and wife, have been enjoying a visit since last Saturday from them. The Martins now live in Cincinnati, where Delaney is engaged in the wholesale coal business, at which he has made a decided success. They were accompanied by Wm. Lear, of West Virginia. Mirs. Martin came about a week ago tor a visit with her arothe/, E. D. Rhoades, and the rest of the party drove through in Delaney’s car, in wihoh the return trip to Cincinnati was started this mornThe Martians lived in Rensselaer about twenty years ago, Robert Y. Martin being engaged in the practice of medicine. Tliis is the first trip that Dejaney has made to his old home in thirteen years, and his many boyhood friends were extremely glad to see trim. Mrs. B. K. Zimmerman and daughter, lone, made the return trip to Cincinnati with the party, whore they will visit for a few days.

Easter Dance Has Been Called Off—War Cause.

Owing to the uncertain state of affairs now existing between the United States and Germany, the annual Easter dance, which was to have been given by the Van Rensselaer Club, has been called off; for the present at least, although it may be given at a later date. This procedure was taken because it was not lp*own whether it would be possible to get the armory for 'Monday night, as it may be occupied by the soldiers of -the militia company if the troops are called out at any time between now and that day, __ ■ There will be a smoker at the dub Monday night instead.

Home Philosophy,

If honesty is the pest policy, why not change your policy over into that company? You can lead a young American up to a fortune but you cannot make him keep it.

Abundance of Money.

I can losa you all the money you want on tnat farm. My ra*e is 5 per cent ani my limit is |IOO per acre.— P. D. Wells, Morocco, Indiana.

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