Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1917 — Page 1

No. 68.

D THE Q I RINCES 0 TONIGHT BEN WILSON —• * - -5 *- —7—; : r-> ;S' 7 ---------- IN “The MAIN SPRING” Red Feather 5 and 10c

Your Child’s Eye Sight You are responsible for 'the eyesrof your child. Watch out for frowns and squints. When he reads oi» looks at a picture book does he hold it too near *or too far ? These little things grow fast, but in m.'uiy eases can be overcome if discovered in time. - / We Insist on Your Bringing the Children in. You may save them a lifetime of strain and weak sight. Defects of vision never disappear of their own accord.and in most cases grow worse. It’s a duty you owe your child. No charge for advising you. CLARE JESSEN OPTICIAN • With Jessen the Jeweler. Phone 13.

Join the U. S. Army or Navy Now Your Country Needs You! Your postmaster is a qualified recuiting officer

BULLETINS.

Chester, Pa., April 10.-r-Two suspects were arrested 'late tonight in conneetion with the explosions. The prisoners are Samuel SoLen,2s years old, who gave an address in Philadelphia, and his father, who is described as being between 50 and 55 years old. It is said the older man was well supplied with money and neither is an American citizen. Officials asserted that papers found on one of the men were “incriminating and very important” Chester, Pa., April 10.—One hundred and twelve nersons, most of them women and girls, are known to have lost their lives and 121 were injured by a series of terrific explosions today in the shrapnel building of the Eddystone Ammunition corporation at Eddystone, one mile from this city. Many of the injured were mortally hurt and it is feared the final death loss will reach 150, while others probably will be maimed for life.

Maxwell Automobiles to Advance In Price.

Maxwell cars will advance in price $30.00 on May Ist. Orxiers will be filled as received at present prices. MAIN GARAGE,

Get your trees for spring planting now from Pefly. Every tree guaranteed. ----- Miss Avelyn Kerr will be at the White Boarding House in Rensselaer for one week. Miss Kerr is representing Mr. John L. Stoddard, the famous lecturer. Due to the interest in foreign countries caused by the wai*, *Mt. Stoddard’s works are in such demand that a special credit plan has been arranged so that these books are within reach r .of every man, woman and child. Anyone interested kindly phone Miss Kerr for an appointment. Phone 352. iZ • '■ ' '7*~' y " -r- --y-—- : * LJ ‘

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The Evening Republican .

“Batter Up”, Cry Through Major Circuits Today.

' l< Bat6ar Up” will 'be the cry which will issue forth from the voices of eight major league umpires today, for today is the day of all days to the bleacher bugs and the followers of the great national pastime. The opening of the major league season is here and the sixteen major teams, judging from weather prospects, will get into action today in the first lap of the pennant race. Fair weather with low temperature is the prediction of the weather sharps. The White Sox open in St. Louis and the Comiskey pets will not be back to the south side again until April 19. The Cubs open at their northside part with Callahan’s pirates. The games scheduled for the first day are: ; National— Pittsburg at Chicago. St. Louis at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. N. Y. at Boston. No game, snow. American— Chicago at St. Louis. Cleveland at Detroit. Washington at Philadelphia. Boston at New York.

U. S. to Repair Seized Vessels; We Need Them.

Washington, April 10.—With a view to using commercially the German merchant vessesl in American harbors to meet the shortage of ocean carriers, government agents have begun thorough examination of the ships to fix definitely the cost and time required to make them seaworthy. The machinery of most of them was seriously damaged by their crews when the United States broke relations with Germany Preparations also have been made to rush to completion as rapidly as possible wooden cargo carrying vessels to be ibuilt under the shipping board. Major General George W. Goetlials, (builder of the Panama canal, probably will be asked to take (general charge of this work. In addition the government is seriouslyconsidering the advisability of requisitioning a portion or all of the fleet of American vessels engaged in the Atlantic coastwise trade, some of which are owned and operated by railroad interests.

Attept to Destroy Monon Bridge Near Crawfordsville.

What is believed was an attempt to wreck the Monon railroad bridge over Sugar Creek, a half mile north of Crawfordsville, was frustrate! Tuesday night when the night iguard came upon two men, who spoke with foreign accent, prowling around. When the guard accosted them they showed fight The guard was assaulted before he could draw his revolver and received several bruises. When the men saw the flash of a revolver they ran. The guard fired several shots and is of the opinion that one of them took effect. He stated that one of the men screamed as if in pain. One of the men is described as bing about 5 feet 7 inches, with a stubby mustache. A search was instituted by the police but no trace of the men was found.

Indiana Mayors Meet at Indianapolis Today.

The mayors of the various cities of the state are attending a meeting at Governor Goodrich, to be held at the state -house. The meeting is being held for the purposo of dtßCnßGtag the mobilization of the food resources of the state. It will follow the same lines embodied in the county meetings except that the meeting today is expected to have to do more largely with the production of food stuffs on ’city lots and to size up the present food supply in the state and plan for its conservation.

Monon to Guard Their Property ; Fear German Sympathizers.

The Monon railread company has taken extraordinary precautions to safeguard its property. At every viaduct, bridge and trestle along the route an armed guard has been placed on duty, both day and night. It is feared that German sympathizers will wreck the bridges and impede traffic when troops begin to move. Similar actions are being taken by other roads throughout the country.

Dal Gilson Now at The Schroer Garage.

Dal Gilson, who 'has been employed as a mechanic at another garage in this city for the .past two or three years, has resigned his position at that garage and is now at the Schroer garage, where he is working independently. Although Messrs. Schroer and Gilson have formed no partnership, they will both take care of their customers at the same place, 'having formed a working agreement.

Jasper Auto License Share From State is $608.11.

County Treasurer May has received $608.11 from the state, which represents Jasper county’s share of the auto license fund during the last six months. This payment makes a total of $6,691.96 received for 1916 and is a considerably larger sum than the amount that was paid in from this county. *

I can loan you an the monev you want on that farm. My rate is 5 per cent ana my limit is SIOO per acre.— P. D. Wells, Morocco, Indiana,

Abundance of Money.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1917.

RYAN DITCH NOW BEFORE THIS COURT

Improvement of Great Magnitude Before Court For Second Time— Attempt Compromise. The Ryan ditch. oneof the largest drainage improvements ever proposed in tl.is county, is now being considered in the Jasper circuit court. Attorney George F. Marvin, of Monticello, occupies the bench and each side of the improvement is represented by a large number of attorneys. The automies for the improvement are George A. Williams and Frank Foltz, of Rensselaer, and Emery Sellers, of Monticello. Against the improvement are Attorneys Moses Leopold', John A. Dunlap, W. H. Parkinson, S. C. Irwin, A. H. Hopkins, Abraham Halleck, E. P. Honan, of Rensselaer, W. A. Guthrie, of Monticello, and George Hershman, of Ciown Point. A motion was made today for a ciiauge from Judge Marvin. This motion was overruled. Court then adjourned until 9 o’clock Thursday morning. It is understood that there is a movement under way to try to effect a compromise so that the improvement can be ordered established. The improvement affects a great area of land in this county and if adequate drainage could be provided it would be worth thousands of dol-> lars to this county.

War Does Not Scare Jasper Youths Into Matrimony.

Although the larger cities of the country and many other smaller ones are reporting unprecedented runs on the county clerks for marriage li? censes, Jasper couhty appeans tu be one of the places where the young men and women are not bothered by the war with Germany and the probabilities of the draft measure going into effect shortly. Since the declaration of war with Germany, thousands have applied in Chicago, while Crown Point, the Gretna Green of Indiana, has also had scores apply for papers, giving them the right .to marry. County Clerk Nichole and his assistants have not had to work overtime and during the past few days there have been no licenses issued, which that patriotism is not a lacking quality in the makeup of our youths.

Billy Sunday Favors War— Government Can Have Tabernacle.

“I <jon’t know how the war will effect my New York revival, but I am not worried,” said Rev. Billy Sunday as he'boarded the Pennsylvania flyer for New York, where he will open the greatest of his campaigns Sunday. “I am satisfied that it will work out for the best. I am heartily jin accord with the administration in dedlaring war. What I can’t understand is how they have kent out of A so long. Now that we are in it we want .to show the Kaiser and his crowd that America is some factor when it comes to fighting. I won't say that I am ready to go to war and fight. I am too old for that, but if the government needs my big New York tabernacle for training quarters or for’imy other purpose, it can have it.”

Mrs. Leslie Clark Operated Oil at the Hospital Today.

Mrs. Leslie Clark was at the Jasper county hospital this Wednesday morning for the removal of her tonsils, by a local physician. The operation was not a very severe one but the throat becomes quite sore following such an operation and the patient will probably be confined for several days in the hospital.

WAGNER WIRE.

Hog receipts 28,000. Top $16.40. Cattle receipts 22,000. 10-15 c-lower. Sheep receipts 17,000. Steady. May Wheat 210. 206%, 208 3-4 to %. July wheat 182 7-8,179, 181180 3-4. Sept, wheat 168, 164%, 166166 1-8. Oats, May, 64 1-8, 62 3-4, 63 1-8. July 62 3-8, 61 1-8, 61%. Sept. 56 5-8, 55% 55%. Corn, May, 128%, 125%, 127% to %. July 126 7-8, 124%, 125 5-8-%. Sept. 124 318, 121%, 123% to 123.

NOTICE. All dogs must be kept up or they will be killed. VEEN ROBINSON, City Marshal. “ Notice to Moose. All Moose and) their friends are cordially invited to attend the old fiddler ’s contest and smoker at the Moose home Thursday evening. All come z PASTURE FOR RENT. Have pasture for 250 head of stock water and fine grass. All cattle SI.OO per month. All horses $1.50 per month. For season from May let and Nov. Ist T , Phone James Walter, Mgr. Lawler Ranches. - Mrs. W. H. Beam and Mrs. W. C. Babcock are spending the day at Lafayette with the farmer’s daughter, Mirs. Frank Buaha.

Hoosier Fort May Be Made Headquarters.

Washington, D. C., April 10. —Fort Benjamin Harrioon is to be made the concentration point for two divisions of the army, numbering approximately 40,000 men, if plans of the war department do not go astray. Whether these men will be a part of the emergency army or whether they will W national guardsmen and regulars is not made clear, but it is understood that the two divisions to be formed at Fort Harrison probably will be made up of all these classes, with national guardsmen and regulars forming the nucleus. In general, the two divisions will be drawn from Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. It was the former plan of the war department to form a division from the nationail guard of Indiana and Illinois, but this plan has been ad-tcrod Most of the troops of the emergency army will receive their training probabl y in s mal ler concent ration camps in the three states. It is the intention of the war department to decentralize the process of preliminary training as much as possible, as smaller units are easier to handle. As the men become experienced, how* ever, they gradually will be shifted to Ft. Harrison for maneuvers in large units. It is presumed that a battlefield will be constructed at Ft. Harrison to resemble the trenches of France. Here the troops will receive 'instructions in building trenches and dugouts, in doing observation work, in rushing enemy trenches and bayoneting the enemy forces, in throwing bombs, in repelling gas attacks and in repelling enemy charges. Much of the training will ibe based on the lessons of the European war, and every trooper, from the most experienced regular down to the rawest recruit, will start even on this work, as little of it has been done in the United States. - - ----- If the congress should not accept the plans for raising the new army that have been drawn up by the general staff, the plans for Ft. Harrison might be altered materially.

THE FOOD QUESTION.

The following timely suggestions with reference to the food question and the conservation of the available supply, are made by the information bureau of the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture : Don’t be finicky. Be will ing to try new foods. Learn to know all the good things, not a few only. People too easily get into food ruts; insist on eating only the feed they are used to, and refuse to .give a fair trial to others. This causes undue demand for certain staples with resulting scarcity or 'high prices when crops are short. At the same time other valuable foods may be cheap and available. A striking instance of this is failure fully to appreciate rice, a valuable source of starch, when potatoes are scarce and high. Another example is refused in certain section to use anything wheat as a 'breadstuff, when corn, a valuable cereal widely used elsewhere as a breadstuff, is plentiful and relatively cheap. Learn how to cook all kinds of staple food® and to serve them in a variety of ways. Simple dishes well prepared are better than expensive foods badly cooked. Most individual prejudice again sr widely popular foods are either imaginary or baseless. Try to like every simple food; give it a fair trial.

Brazil and Peru to Enter Arena and Mexico Neutral.

Washington, April 10.—Much of the uncertainty as to Latin-America’s attitude in the war between the United tSates and Germany was cleared away today by definite advices that Chile and Mexico will remain neutral and increasing indications that Brazil, Guatemala and Peru will join Cuba and Panama on the side of the United States. Mexico’s decision caused no surprise and is regarded as certain to have little influence with her sister republic. Reports that General Carranza was softening to a distinct proAmerican attitude have not been credited by officials here and neither have they believed wid'ly circulated stories that he vzas preparing to ally himself with Germany.

Funeral of A. J. Abbott To Be Held Thursday Afternoon.

The funeral of A. J. Abbott will be held Thursday afternoon at tue Methodist church at 2 o’clock and will be conducted by Ryv.• E. W. Strecker. Burial will be made in Wesson cemetery. The casket will not be opened at the church, but the remains will lie in state at the Abbott home Thursday morning, where they may be viewed.

LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.

April 11.—Gom $ 1 .25, oats 64c, wheat $1.95 and rye $1.60.

John O’Connor has the flag in his yard ?t today in memory of* Richard Olney, statesman, who was buried today. Olney is the man who twisted the lion’s tail in defense of feeble Venezuela during Cleveland’s second administration.

THE WEATHER. Overcast tonight and Thursday; probably showers in southeast portion; cooler Thursday and in extreme northwest portion tonight.

YEAR MAPPED OUT

United Staes and Allies Have Reached Agreement on Plan of Go-opera-tion For First Year of War. Washington,D. (X, April 9.—The United States and the entente allies have reached a complete agreement on the plan of co-operation that will be followed during the first year of the joint war on Germany. A commission of Amedrcan naval officers is due to arrive in London in a few days to attend a series of war conferences at which the participation of the American'navy in the warfare on submarines and in the larger operations expected later will be mapped out. A commission of British naval officers is now on the way to the United States to advise the American government on the patrol of the waters of allied possessions on this side of the Atlantic which is to be taken over by the U. S. navy. The understanding reached with the allies provides for American assistance in the war during the first year to this extent: The employment of all available American naval craft up to and including the dass of destroyers to fight submarines in European waters and to guard' the sea lanes for the protection of shipping. The assignment of American cruisers to patrol allied possessions from Nova Scotia and Panama and to scout for and round up German raiders in the Atlantic. The strengthening of the American battleship fleet, no immediate use for which is contemplated. The raising and training of an army of 1,000,000 men, a part or all of Which will be needed in Europe if the war .lasts more than a year longer. The reduction of the rate of exchange by the extension of 'liberal credits to the allies, the loan of $3,000,000,000 proposed by the administration being the first step to accomplish this purpose. The employment of the German and Austrian merchantment for the transportation of supplies to the allies. The development of a vast shipbuilding industry in the. United States to furnish bottoms badly needed as the result of submarine destruction of tonnage. The supply of a vast quantity of steel to England and France. The supply of railroad rolling stock and rails to Russia and American engineers to organize railroad transportation in Russia.

Don’t Let the Chickens Ruin Your Garden.

In view of the fact that every ■home garden is a step in the defense of the nation, Chief of Police Ben Phillips, of Marion, told an irate gan -dener to shoot marauding chickens and throw the carcasses over the fence to the yard from whence they came. A number of chickens are expected to pay the death penalty.

FRE^H FISH. For. sale. Phone 647. Charles Leave!. Sow Doing Her Beat ... Tb Combat H. C. of L. It is reported that Henry Ropp, of Union township, has a sow which is doing her best to combat the high cost of living. The sow in question recently gave birth to twenty pigs, 'which feat probably has never been equalled in this county. Nine of the little ones died, but there are still eleven left, and hogs are now selling at $16.20 a hundred, and Mr. Ropp should be able to realize quite a little money when the hogs are ready for market.

TRY THIS TO BANISH ALL RHEUMATIC PAINS

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Storage Batteries RECHARGED AND REPAIRED Electric Starters, Generators, Ignition Lighting Systems Repaired and Rewired Rensselaer Garage Official Service Station for Vesta Doable Life Batteries.

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Precaution May Prevent Destruction of Infants.

A warning to citizens to take precautionary measures against an outbreak of infantile paralysis has been issued in a number of cities. Several authorities in Chicago fear that there will be an outbreak of the disease in this section of the country this year, resembling that which caused so much terrible destruction in New York and other eastern cities last summer. While little is known about the disease, there ‘is reason to believe that it is transmitted by Ties and other insects. For this reason people are asked to take every precaution against the breeding of these carriers. To accomplish this, garbage should be placed only in metal cans with a tight fitting cover. There should be no accumulation or refuse on the premises and persons keeping horses should have a manure box with tightfitting metal cover. It should be sprayed every other day with a solution of sulphate of iron. Persons keeping food products of any kind on his premises should have a tight fitting screen for all window’s and doors to prevent the entrance of flies.

Dr. Williams Succeeds Dr. Jeffries.

Mrs. F. M. Williams, who has 'been very successful as a chiropractic at St. Anne, IIJ, has succeeded Dr. Jeffries at this place. Dr. Williams is a graduate of Palmer School of Chiropractic at Davenport, lowa. She will occupy the office formerly used by Dr. Jeffries in the Forsythe building.

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