Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1917 — Page 1

No. 121.

PTHE Q RINCES U TONIGHT Wm. S. Hart NI ' . The Apostle of Vengeance Triangle ADMISSION 5 and 10c.

The Streets That Are To Be Oiled By Petition.

Many are interested to know what streets are to be oiled in ’Rensselaer. The following streets are being oiled which have been petitioned for by the property owners: ' Cullen street from Walnut stree. south to Cornelia. Clark steret from. Cullen west to College avenue. . Angelica street from alley tn Block 17 to College Ave. Front street from Susan street north to College Ave. e —— - College Ave. from Jackson street south to river bridge. MioKinley Ave. from Elm street north to Walnut street. ; The cost of the oiling of these streets will be assessed against the abutting property owners. Petitions for several other streets were hied with the council but were defeated with remonstrances. The streets for one block m every direction from the brick street will be oiled at the expense of the city. Parts of several other streets will be oiled by the adjacent property owners at their o\w expense and by -private arrangement with the property owners. . ... 'Many are opposed Co street oiling owing to the expense and the damage done by the oil bping carried into the houses on the feet, and some are unnecessarily worked up over the matter, thinking that their streets are to ibe oiled at their expense. Those who will be forced to pay. for trolling are those who live on streets tna. have been petitioned for by the property owners.

NOTICE. <ll dogs must be kept up or they will be killed. n ROBINSON, - City Marshal. REMOVAL NOTICE —— —— l — ; ~ ' You will find us in our new quarters in the White Building formerly occupied by the Lange music store Somers & Cornwell Plumbers and Sheet Metal Work of All Kinds. Hot Water, Steam, Vapor and Warm Air Heating. All work guaranteed. Phone 57.

Would be pleased to * *do your Carpenter Work Large andsmall jobs. given the best attention Pk©B« 464

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CANADA SUPPORTS SOLDIER’S FAMILY

National Patriotic Fund, Now Over $35,000,000, Gives Wife a Generous Living; The population of the United States is over one hundred million people. That of Canada one-thirteenth of this number or about 8,000,000. Canada has sent to the war over 400,000 men. It cost a thousand dollars to put a soldier in the field. It cost another thousand to maintain that soldier one year. That great loyal colony has already spent $52,5000,000 and has just voted to raise an additional $500,000,000. . Every loan offered in Canada has been oversubscribed. The government pays to the wife of every soldier while in the service, S2O per month. The Canadian Patriotic Fund is spent to increase this amount so that his family is properly cared for and the amount the wife receives is often as much as $55.00 per month. The above facts were taken from an article written by Sir Humbert B. Ames, a - member of the Canadian Parliament. We quote the following from the article: “The thousands of Canadians in the trenches know that there is nothing to worry about at home. It is be~cause~we treat theF people at home in Canada well that we have been able to recruit our Canadian army. “There is a ten-mile strip in France that is held by Canadians, where no German has broken through. The hearts of those of us who are left behind are on that ten-mile strip most of the time, and there are tens of thousands of homes in Canada wthere thev open the paper in the morning With a gulp in their throat to see if there are any of their loved ones among the two or three columns of casualties that are published every day. We know that there are twentyfive thousand of our 'best men lying below ground over there never to return. . ... “The more we spread this spirit of sacrifice over the whole Dominion of Canada, until we have every man, from the richest to the poorest, going without the things they want in order to make it possible for us to fight this war through to a successful finish, the more likelihood there will be of our ultimate success; when that spirit of sacrifice is universal, then only, then, will we be able to accomplish out purpose. - “Don’t you suppose the thousands who have fought and suffered have done so to protect the institutions of liberty undef which we live and to prevent them from being abused in the future? If the patriotic fund does nothing else for Canada and Canadians than to supply a ’hannel by. which the man who cannot fight can satisfy his conscience by making sacrifices in another- -way, it- will-be worth all it is coSting us.”

Over 266,000 Hoosiers Heed the War Call.

Indianapolis, June 6.—Official reports, unofficially compiled from 89 of the 92 counties of Indiana and estimated results from th? other three, indicated that more than 266,000 men subject to selective draft registered yesterday and today. The figures, heavier than expected b-' the county conscription boards in which was based on the 1910 census. Following the statement that a number of negroes of military age at Princeton and Jeffersonville had failed to register, officers there began investigations which probably will lead to arrests. Names of socialists at Princeton who previously are said to have declared they would not register, were found on the registration lists.

Emma Herschy, sister of Mrs. Oscar Hauter, went to Chicago today and wil Ivisit with relatives. Mrs. Frank Hamilton and children came up from Lafayette todav for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bott. 0. H. Gant was down from Gary today. Orphie has a good position there with the E. J. & E. railroad. He has not been well for a few days. Harvey Wood left this morning for Dayton, Ohio, where he will meet his comrades in the annual gathering of the survivors of the 93rd Ohio Vol uniteer Infantry. Homer Jordan, youngest son of Mrs. S. L. Jordan, went to Chicago this morning, where ne has a good position. He had just completed his Work in the Tri-®t&te College at Angola, Ind. - ? Misses Olive, Opal and Fannv Pollard went to Chicago today, where They will attend the wedding this afternoon of their brother, Leslie Pollard, and Grace Peyton. The wedding will, take place at 4451 Vincennes Ave., the home of Mrs. Peyton, the mother of the bride, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Orwig, Mrs. Orwig being a daughter of Mrs. Peyton. We will be open Wednesday and appointment.—C. E. PRIOR. For aM the news sroficribe for The Republican, |

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1917.

THE GAYETY TONIGHT Skinner’s Bubble 5 Act v K. E. S. E. Feature Featuring Bryant. Washburn and , Hazel Daly FRIDAY “Mary Lauson’s Secret” SATURDAY 2nd Episode jof “The Mystery of the Double Cross.” WITH REGULAR PROGRAM 5c and 10c.

Otis Crandall Pitching Great Ball On Pacific Coast,

Otis Crandall, the Newton county boy, formerly with the New York Giants, is reported to be pitching great ball on the coast. Recently Ote went fourteen frames against Portland, winning his game 2to 1. Ote is with Los Angeles and his brother, Carl, is in the same league, playing with Salt bake City. Through the fourteen frames the veteran labored and never once did he falter. iSuch pitching as this by Otis makes one turn back the pages of time when the Crandall of Old was pitching with Mike Donlin in right, Cy Semour in center and Barry in loft. One can almost hear the noisy chatter of the Giant infield, in reading of Ote’e performance with Devlin on third, BriOwell at short, Doyle and Tenney at first, with Matty barking from the pi t through cupped hands. Those days are gone and the old Giants are but Otis is still here... '. ,*■ . . . = .

Do You Aid the Mail Carrier On Your Route?

Many patrons on rural free delivery routes are not as careful and accommodating as they should be in locating their boxes at convenient places and keeping approaches of them in good condition. At some of them it takes more time to ret to the boxes and more gasoline to pull in and out of the mudholes and ruts m front of them than it would take to run a mile on good roads. This ought not to be. It would take only a little time and trouble on the part of each patron to place his box in a convenient place and see to it that the approaches were always kept in good condition, and this little effort on the part of each would result in better and quicker service on the part of the earners. A new regulation just issued by the rural route department of the mail service, reads as follows: “Eich box shall, if practicable, be erected on the right hand side of tne road regularly traveled by a rural carrier and in such position as to be easily and safely accessible for the delivery and collection of mail by the carrier without leaving his conveyance. Patrons shall .as far as practicaole, keep clean the approaches to their boxes by promptly removing obstr jetions which may render difficult or impossible the delivery of mail by the carrier.” New boxes erected, or boxes removed by the patrons from one route to another must conform to the regulations established by the department last July.

WEATHER Probably fair tonight and Friday.

1,348 young men registered in White county Tuesday.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO VOTERS "OF REGISTRATION • ’ V • Every voter of the county is required to register between the 22nd day of June, 1917, and the 20th day of August, 1917, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 5:00 p. m., at the office of county clerk in court house at Rensselaer, Jasper county, Indiana, by filing with the registration board a properly written or minted application for registration, or by causing a properly printed or written application for registration to he filwl with said registration board by some legai voter or by sending to said registration board by mall in a properly addressed, stamped and sealed envelope, a proper written or printed application for registration, all as provided for in the registration law. If the voter mails his k . registration application, he shall address’ the envelope in which he mails his application substantially as follow®: „ . . . rT “County Board of Registration Commissioners, Court House, Rensselaer, Indiana.” If Any Voter Fails to so Register Ho CANNOT vote

Cause of Wheatfield Election Mixup Is Explained.

Valparaiso Vidette. Indianapolis, June 6.—The cause of the turmoil at Wheatfield, Ind., over the recent option election there, at which the women voters carried the election for the drys, it being discovered laterthatthe women-wore not entitled to vote, apparently was discovered yestrday at the office of Governor Goodrich. The governor, in response to a telegram from C. P. Clager, of Wheatfield, May 29, telegraphed Clager that the acts of the 1917 assembly were “not” in force. The copy of the telegram that reached Clager made the word “not” read “now,” according to Clager’s letter received yesterday by the governor. The duplicate of the telegram sent by the governor shown the word was written “not*. The acts were not promulgated by the governor until the next day and so the woman suffrage lew was not in effect and the women were not entitled to vote. The wets will carry the election, it is reported, under these circumstances.

Dunkards to Claim Exemption From the War.

All members of the Church of the Brethren (Dunkards), even those who - registered''ruesdayincompliance”wltir the law, claim exemption from military draft on the ground of religious scruples. In claiming this exemption, members of the church filed certificates of membership, on which is printed a resolution passed at the annual conference held at Winona Lake in 1916, and also the nosition of the church toward war since its organization. This may be summed up for their claim for exemption as follows: “Not to go to war, nor to learn the art of war,” has been one of the conditions of membership of the Church of Brethren from its beginning over two centuries ago. The minutes of the conierence of 1781 “exhort in union all brethren in all places to hold themselves guiltless and take no part in war or bloodshed.” The conference of 1786 clearly declares that the church of the Brethren “can not see or find liberty to use any (carnal) sward.” ' -—yDuring the civiF war the members of the Church of Brethren not only did not take any part in the struggle, but tried only to do good to all men. At the general conference at Winona Lake, June, 1916, the church of the Brethren again declared itself on the same subject in the following maq.nC “The church reaffirms its position in favor of peace even at the cost of suffering wrongfully, if need be, and its unalterable onnosition to war and bloodshed under any condition of provocation and all preparations for war as one of its primal teachings, maintaining that any disputes, national and international, not settled by those involved, Should be submitted to a committee of arbitration as the highest and final appeal of nations. And sine- the government of the United States, in its just oealmgs with the citizens, has graciously provided for the free exercise of conscience in these matters, by authority of this conference, copies of the resolution shall, applying therefore, which shall be used in connection witn a certificate of membership local church in which occasion arises, be presented to the authorities of our “government m seeking exemption from military service 'n accordance with the provisions of the United States laws.” There are several hundred thousand- members of the Church of Brethren —in —the United States and 4t is declared by the leaders that no male members will consent to go to war even if drafted.

Wagner Wire.

Paris, France, June 7. —American wardhips have arrived and anchored off, the coast of France.

LOCAL MARKETS.

June 7.—Corn $1.50, oats 56c. Poultry, chickens 16c, eggs 30c. Butterfat 40c.

Kentucky is the latest victim of a tornado. Five were killed and twenty injured near Central City Wednesday. Missouri was also visited.

Washington Now Waiting On States’ Reports.

Washington, June 6.—The mighty roll of honor of American manhood had begun to reach Washington tonight from the states that had completed their count of the men of military age registered yesterdlay. From-only twostates, Delawareand Vermont, and the District of Columbia, complete reports had been received when the provost marshal general’s office closed tonight, but preliminary unofficial returns were offered to show that millions of men await the call to arms. The official figures were tod scant for an accurate estimate of the total of the men who have registered. The first reports showed that the census bureau estimates of eligibles had not been equalled, but officials pointed out that the numbers by which one or two cities alone had evceeded the estimates would wipe out the entire deficiency of the several smaller states sending in the first official returns.

Until the records of the great manufacturing centers are completed results of the registration cannot be gauged accurately. General Crowder said tonight that it was not to be expected that the registration figures would check with the census esti..mates r d£—for -iio other- reason-than because some hundreds of thousands of men in the army and navy and national guard who were not required to register. (Messages from governors all over the country showed that there are relatively few slackers to be dealt with. Alerady the machinery of the government is moving to bring these few to a reckoning. The chief fadtor, in bringing them to book, however, will tot be legal processes. General Crowder and the forces of the department of justice place full reliance in the people themselves in bringing forward these shirkers. No plan that would serve that end will be overlooked. No man skulking in temporary safety because he is a stranger in his community or because his age is not known will escape if the processes of law can bring him to an accounting. But it is upon the indignation of men and women whose sons or other kin have faced the issue with courage and cheerfully recorded their names that the government chiefly depends to bring slackers into the open.

Potatoes at 18c Bushel— Just a Minute—In 1896.

(From a Chicago paper dated April 30, 1896.) New grass butter was fairly plentiful in the market yesterday and the demand was good. The season is fully three weeks earlier than it was last year. Abundant rains have put the meadows in fine condition, and the prospects are that prices will rule low. There is no reason why the grocer should not furnish customers with nice, sweet, new butter at 16 cents to 18 cents a pound as an outside price. Eggs declined cent. The freshest eggs obtainable sold wholesale yesterday at 9% cents a dozen. The grocery price was all the way from 10 cents to 14 cents a dozen. Fair eggs coulld be bought by the case containing thirty dozen, at the rate of 6 cents a dozen in South Water street. Potatoes declined a cent a bushel, making the top price for car lot quotations 18 cents a bushel. This means, of course, old crop potatoes. Many grocers were selling choicest Burbanks at 7 cents to 9 cents a peck.

New School Superintendent Arrives. —— Born, Wednesday, June 6, to Mr. and Mrs. C.. R. Dean, a boy. NOTICE. Thete win be a meeting ot the Sons of Veterans, Friday evening, May 8, \917. All members are urged to be present. Hopkins’ Oi.y Transfer Line. Transfer business formerly operated by Billy Frye. Calls will receive immediate attention. Call phones 226 or 107. Ancil Potts and F. M. Goff went to Lafayette today.

UNITED STATES' LIBERTY BONDS We will receive subscrip- - tions and forward same without expense. First National Bank

TODAY * The Star ’ FRANCINE LARRIMORE IN The ROYALPAUPER One of those quaint stories f the satisfying kind of Princesses. Fairys Ogres and Fairy Godmothers. A NOVEL PAGINATING STORY FRIDAY Fannie Ward in an unusual Lasley Production Witchcraft This will grip and hold your interest throughout ALSO A FORD WEEKLY SATURDAY Matinee, “Conquest of Canan Night, Gail Kane in “As a Man Made Her?” AT THE STAR THEATRE

Mrs. Adaline Stalbaum Died at Tefft Tuesday.

Mrs. Adaline Stalbaum, 70 years of age, died at her home in Tefft Tuesday morning. Nine children survive her. Mrs. Ray Anderson, of Crown Point; Charles and Fred Stalbaum, of Tefft, and William Stalbaum, of this county, are four of the children.

Hospital Notes.

There are now seven patients at the hospital. The death of Joseph Fred occurred at 7 a. m. Thursday. His trouble is thought to have been a tumor on the brain. It is understood that a postmortem was held Thursday afternoon, but we had not received the result of that investigation at the time we went to press. Dr. Charles F. Neu, a brain specialist of Indianapolis, was here Wednesday. Dr. Neu and the Rensselaer and Remington doctors held a meeting at the hospital in Die evening. Mr. Faber, the Newland merchant, is recovering very nicely from his recent injury and will be able to return to his home today or tomorrow. Mrs. Henry Wood is at the hospital. She has tonsilitis. Dexter Jones, the ex-county commissioner of this count”, 's reported to be very low at his home in Remington. Delos Thompson went to Chicago this morning. His son, Alfred, is preparing to go to France in the near future. If possible he will leave the I United States about June 15th.

OH! MY BACK!

The Expression of Many a Kidney Sufferer in Rensselaer. A stubborn backache is cause to suspect kidney trouble. When the kidneys are inflamed and swollen, stooping brings a sharp twinge in the small of the back, that almost takes the breath away. Doan’s Kidney Pills revive sluggish kidneys—relieve aching backs. Here’s Rensselaer proof: Mrs. R. W. Burris says :“I was suffering from a steady ache in my back and could hardly move without having knife-like pains through my kidneys. When I went to stoop ove* - to tie my shoes or get up out of a chair, that pain caught me. My head ached and I felt nervous and tired. I was often so dizzy I could hardly stand. My kidneys acted too often and caused me much distress. I used several boxes of Doan’s Kidnew Pills and they nut me in good shape.” Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy-—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Burris had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.

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