Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1917 — Page 1

No. 127.

MAXWELL AGENT ONE OF WINNERS

PRIOR CAR FINISHED NINTH IN GASOLINE TEST RUN. ——— Nelson Shafer today received SSO from the Maxwell corporation, one of the fifty prizes given out by that corporation for having been among the fifty who made the best record for distance on a single gallon of gasoline on. May 23rd. On that day Vern Sanders, a mechanic in the Main Garage, at the wheel of the C. E. Prior car, made 36.8 miles on a single gallon of gasoline. But eight cars in the United States and Canada, in which the dealers in cities of 3,000 population or less were entered, bettered this mark. MrShafer has not yet learned what position was secured by the local car among the fifty highest cars. Mr. Shafer will a little'later on use the fifty dollars for a r celebration of some sort for the owners of the cars entered in the test, the garage employes and other friends.

Two-Thirds Claim Exemption In Cass County.

The tabulation of the registration returns from the 48 precincts in Cass county, together with the checking and re-checking of the same, has been completed by the county conscription board. According to the official statement of the registration for the selective draft, there are 3,229 who are between the ages of 21 and 30 inclusive in the county, who registered. Of the number who registered and are eligible for the draft, 2,068 claimed exemption, leaving 1,158 who claim no exemption.

Burrows Bank Will Pay Creditors In Full.

Notice has been received by F. A. Duffy, receiver for the Farmers State Bank at Burrows, that judgment has been given in the Carroll county circuit court at Delphi against Randolph and Dixon on notes for $14,200, and against Goldie Sings for $6,250, on overdraft. The receiver stated that the payment of these judgments will guarantee that the depositors in the bank will be paid in full.

Stockton Caso Goes to Jury.

Both sides completed the taking of evidence in the Stockton trial Wednesday and the argument was begun in the afternoon and was to have been completed by noon today. This has been one of the greatest trials ever held in this part of the state and has been watched with the greatest of interest. Splendid legal talent has been engaged, on noth sides and every possible step forward has been fought bitterly. ■ The tremendous efforts made by the attorneys has been matched by an enormous outlay of time and money made by the principals.

ON TRACK SOON. Another car extra good quality middlings $2.00 per cwt., at car. Give us your order and we will. notify you when car arrives.—-Iroquois Roller Mills, Phone 456. » NOTICE. All dogs must be kept up or they will be killed. ROBINSON, City Marshal.

THE WEATHER. Fair tonight and Friday. • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill went to Indianapolis on the 11:18 train.

P' THE Q RINCES U TONIGHT FRANK KEENAN IN “THE PHANTOM” ■ -■»< *■- 3b TRIANGLE

The Evening Republican .

VERY BAD ROADS FOR AUTOS

Rensselaer Tourists Find Traveling In Illinois Unsatisfactory— Auto On Fire.

Last week J. J. Montgomery and C. Arthur Tuteur drove from here to Rockford, 81. They found the roads in miserable condition and almost impassable. Mr. Tuteur returned by rail and Mr. Montgomery had to have his car shipped back part way by freight. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Meyer, who started for «a trip in lowa this week, found the roads in such bad condition that they returned to their home here Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig, who had gone to Chicago with them, came back with them also. Johnny Webber went to the city with them but he returned by rail Tuesday eveningWhile in Chicago Wednesday Mr. Meyer's big Stanley Steamer took fire and only for the help of his and a fellow traveler’s fire extinguishers was the car saved. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, in company with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Fendig, were driving on Michigan Avenue, and were near Adams street when the incident occurred. In about two minutes a crowd of a thousand or more people were gathered about the car and our Rensselaer people seemed., to be the center of attraction in that great city for a short time. The car was only slightly damaged and was driven home in good time.

BIG JUDGMENT AGAINST MONON

U. S. COURT AWARDS SB,SOO TO WIDOW FOR DEATH OF * HER HUSBAND.

A judgment of $8,500 was rendered in the United States federal court of Chicago Tuesday against the Monon railroad company in favor of Mrs. Myrtle Eager, widow of Sherman Eager. Eager was a car inspector of the Monon and met his death in a peculiar accident on the night of November 18, 1914, at Lafayette. Eager was returning to the yards on northbound frieght No. 44. When the train reached a point opposite Morley street the air brakes were applied and a small wreck took place. - . .. Eager was on a flat car that was followed by a box car. When the air brake was applied the flat car buckled and Eager was caught between it and the box car in such a position that he was not released for thirty minutes, and died a short time after.

Hearing of Remonatrance Postponed Until Later.

Today, June 14th, was the day set for the hearing of the remonstrance from Wheatfield township, which asks that the sale of liquor in that township be discontinued. Some of the commissioners were unable •to be present today, owing to the fact that they are attending the Stockton trial which is still going on at Kentland, and for that reason the hearing had to be postponed until a later date.

Leo Dufrene to Be Ordained At Fort Wayne Today.

Leo Dufrane, of Hammond, Ind., is to be ordained at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Ft. Wayne Friday by Bishop Herman J. Alerding, D D., and will say his first high mass at All Saint’s church in Hammond at 10 o’clock Sunday. The young man graduated from St. Joseph’s college of this city and St. Mary’s, of Cincinnati, and is quite well known in this city.

George Donnelly, Ethel IVeese, Catharine Chapman, Louis Trulley, Harold Reeves and a daughter of Adam Flesher were operated on at the hospital Wednesday for the removal of their tonsils. Mrs. Henry Wood was able to return to her home today after having been confined to the hospital for the past week with a case of tonsiutis.

A MOTOR RUN BY MULE POWER.

Reno Weibourn, who lectures on science and performs experiments with apparatus on the stage, wffl bo here the fifth day of the Chautauqua. Ono night up In lowa ho had arranged bls batteries and things to show the audience that a motor oouM bo run by sound. ’’Now, thia wheel will ran very rapidly when the Draper sound is made,” ho told his audience. Just then a mule tied somowhsra outside the tent began to pour forth a joyful noise. It happened to be just the right pitch to make the motor go, and the motor went. Weibourn usually makes the Draper notee with a dote. Uris mule happened to sing the same note that Weibourn plays on ths fiute. The age of barter is still here—and an ad may exchange for you something you no longer need for something you need urgently.

COUNTY HOSPITAL.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917.

PUTTING ON CITY AIRS

PAINTERS WHO HAVE BEEN DECORATING COURT HOUSE GO ON STRIKE.

Six of the painters who have been working at the court house have gone on a strike. They are demanding the Chicago scale, which is < 72 cents per hotlr. They have been receiving 60 cents per hour. The work at the court house has been progressing very nicely and most of the work on the third floor has been completed. The east court room is practically finished and it is very beautifully decorated.

LINCOLN CHAUTAUQUA AT RENSSELAER JULY 6

MISS WILLIS.

Miss Willis possesses the most charming personality of any interpreter of plays on the Chautauqua and lyoeum platform. Because of this valuable asset and her dramatic skfll, it matters but little which of the powerful plays she wffl present, as her work Is always the acme of dramatic art She will be hero the third night of the Chautauqua.

THE GAYETY TONIGHT HENRY B. WALTHALL IN “THE SAINT’S ADVENTURE” K. E. S. E. FRIDAY Pearl White IN “MAY BLOSSOMS” IN Pathe Colors SATURDAY 3rd Episode of The Mystery of the Double Cross

DEATH OF OUR OLDEST CITIZEN

MRS. JARED BENJAMIN PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-THREE. Mrs. Jared Benjamin, Rensselaer’s oldest citizen, passed into the great beyond this Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock. Had Mrs. Benjamin lived until the eighth day of next August she would have been 83 years of age. The vitality of this old lady was remarkable. . As late as last Sunday she went to Remington and back in an automobile. For the past two weeks she has not been as active as formerly, but she had been up and about the house until the last two days. She was the wife of Jared Benjamin, who came to this county in 1838, his age at that time being eighteen years. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin took place Sept. 10, 1848. Before her marriage Mrs. Benjamin was Miss Lottie Halstead. Her brother, David T. Halstead, preceded her in death, he having died June 22 1914. Mrs. Benjamin was for a number of years before her marriage a teacher in the schools of Porter county. She was a woman of strong personal character and took a vital interest in matters relating to the church and education.

Mrs. Benjamin was the mother of four daughters two living and two dead. The living are Mattie Benjamin, with whom she was living at the time of her death, and Mrs. John Martindale. •

JAPS ANGERED BY U. S. NOTE

NOTE TO CHINA ASKING THAT SETTLEMENT OF TROUBLES BE MADE AROUSES JAPAN.

The American government’s note to China expressing regret over the dissensions in that country and a sincere desire that tranquility and political co-ordination be forthwith established, caused surprise and unfavorable criticism in Japan, where the action is regarded as ignoring Japan’s special position in China. “Glaring Interference.*’ The feeling as expressed in official circles is that the situation would have been better treated by first exchanging views with the entente and especially Japan, which is described as rigidly adhering to a policy of» non-in-terference in Chinese domestic affairs. *• The newspaper called the action of the United States glaring interference and warns the government that it is probably an epoch-making precursor of further activities. Unfavorable criticism in Japan of the American note to China was based upon a distorted version of the document appearing in the Tokio Asahi, a leading newspaper of the Japanese capital and purporting to have been cabled from New York. As the United States had not communicated the official text to the Tokio foreign office, the version, apparently intentionally misquoted to convey the impression that the American government was seeking to interfere unduly in China’s internal affairs, was commented on as genum The situation’ was brought to the attention of the state department several days ago, and steps were taken to see that the text of the note as given out at Peking was published in Japan. It is not known in America how this was received. Officials cannot account for the publication in Asahi. It is suggested that probably there was no cablegram from New York, and that the matter appearing under a New York date was sent from China or activity written in Tokio. This is not the first case of misrepresentation of the government’s foreign policy in an apparent effort to cause trouble.

Lad Takes Hard Fail.

Heath Putt, the six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Putt, of Jordan township, stepped through the man-hole in the loft of his fathers barn and fell eight Teet to the cement floor below, alighting on his head. The accident happened Wednesday evening about 6 o’clock and the doctor who attended the lad reports that it caused only a slight concussion of the brain and that he will get along very nicely. No serious results are expected.

MUZZLE YOUR DOG.

Orders have been given the city police department to shoot any and all dogs running loose that are not muzzled. _ , . _ ~, By order City Board of Health office

Hopkin*' City Transfer Line. Transfer business formerly operated by Billy Frye. Calls will receive immediate attention. Call Phones 226 or 107. g

BIRTHDAY OF THE U. S. FLAG

Flag Day Being Observed Tbrougbout U. S.—Let Us Realize Worth. W- ■ - Lafayette Journal. Today, June 14, 1917, is Flag day and throughout the nation the Stars and Stripes will ripple gaily like things of life from a million staffs. Old glory is the most beautiful flag on earth; compare it with every other and it is in a class by itself. We could love it for its beauty alone, but we reverence it for the things that it signifies—deep and abiding patriotism, loyalty and courage, and ideals that scale the sun-kissed heights of imagination and blaze the way for a world struggling upward out of the mire of ignorance and greed and selfishness. The Stars and Stripes was not the first flag that flew over the colonies in the new World. There were numerous predecessors of the emblem that was established by resolution of our continental congress on June 14, 1777. Of this flag Washington said: “We take the star from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing liberty.” John Paul Jones is said to have been the first to fly the Stars and Stripes on the high seas, on the Ranger, in November, 1777. Today the Stars and Stripes are floating over innumerable troop camps, but it made its first appearance over American troops at Fort Schuyler, Rome, N. Y., on August 6, 1777. Our flag is not the emblem of a house or a family, but the flag of a whole people, emblem of liberty and freedom, individual independence, and yet symbolic of a united and closely bonded people. It represents the constitution and government of a hundred million free people, and records the history of the people themselves. Prior to 1834 the army did not carry the Stars and Stripes in battle, although the navy universally displayed the national flag from the time of its* adoption. In 1834 the war department regulations gave the artillery the right to carry the Stars and Stripes. In 1841 the infantry acquired the right to carry the flag and in 1887 the cavalry was given a similar privilege. However, the artillery branch of the service even now does not carry the flag into action, although It floats over the headquarters. . - . . ' So today let us fly the flag. Let us realize what it really means to us as individuals and as a nation. The times are pregnant with portent of evil, and under the brilliant folds of Old Glory we are commanded to rally to the defense of those things that.have been purchased at amazing cost, the rarest jewels in the earthly crown of humanity. “Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching.” Marching away to battle, and in the vanguard there ripples the stripes of the flag unfurled; its stars seem to dance and twinkle and beckon us on. It recalls the stirring scenes of ’6l. “Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twiljght’s last gleaming?” Yes, yes, we see it; we feel it emblazoned upon our hearts. We will follow where it leads for it goes only forth to battle in behalf of the rights of mankind. It would droop and lose its lustre and its inspirational force would flee away if its presence were invoked in any other cause. “The Star Spangled Banner, long may it wave, o’er the home of the free and the land of the brave.”

Postmasters to Encourage Use of High Denomination Stamps.

As a measure of economy postmasters and postoffice employes are directed to encourage the public to use stamps of the highest denominations suited to the amount of postage required on all mail. For example, a 2c stamp instead of two 1c stamps should be affixed to letters needing 2c postage; and a 10c stamp instead of five 2c stamps should be attached to parcels requiring ten cents postage Co-operation between postoffice employes and the public in the sale and use of stamps of higher denominations will effect a large saving to the government in the cost of producing, transporting and cancelling them, and will benefit the public m minimizing the number of Bta l?P 3 handled and affixed to mail. This benefit will be especially important to business concerns mailing large quantities of letters and parcels, and postmasters are directed to bring the suggestion particularly to their notice.

Lafayette Officials Found Short In Accounts.

Field examiners from the state board of accounts have completed an examination of the books of the Tippecanoe county officials for the year 1916, and an investigation of the records in the office of County Auditor Baxter and County Clerk Johnson reveals the fact that as a result of the examination nearly $1 200 has been refunded to the county treasure. It is said that some of the officials had overcharged for certain work and were compelled to refund the money.

Bicycle tires, aH new stock. Phone. 218. Jim Clark.

LIVESTOCK BREEDERS MET

LIVESTOCK SHOWS PROBABLY WILL BE HELD IN JASPER COUNTY THIS FALL. About forty-five livestock breeders met at the office of the county agent Saturday afternoon and organized the Jasper County Livestock Breeders* Association which has for its object the improvement of the livestock of the county. The meeting was called to order by County Agent Learning, who stated the object of the meeting and called on Prof. J. W. Schwab who spoke at length on the Advantages and disadvantages of County Breeders’ Organizations. He stated that the day of the small livestock breeder had arrived and that it is now necessary for the men to co-operate to more advantageously advertise and sell their surplus stock, control animal diseases, and furnish a means of exchange of desirable breeding stock. He spoke of the good work which is being done by the Huntertown and the Ft. Wayne District Breeders’ Associations and stated that he saw no reason why Jasper county breeders could not be equally successful if they were willing to work together. . 4 Fred Phillips stated that he had been observing live stock sales for twenty years and has noticed the great difference in price between well bred and scrub stock. He stated that every farmer can well afford to have a pure-bred sire, at least, and that the day is coming when there-will be a great improvement throughout the country. He stated that he was a strong advocate of the proposed organization. W. C. Rose stated that an organization would be especially valuable in assisting the sales. A large number of breeders have but a few animals for sale each year and by holding a county sale these might be disposed of at a good price. O. S. Bell stated that he was familiar with the work of the Pulaski Association and felt that it was doing a thing for the men who were in it He also spoke of work that he knew was being done by Illinois Associations- • x A nuntbjr of other goo I talks were made by some of the men present and* it was unanimously decidea to form an organization at once. The following officers were elected : _ President —Fred Phillips. Vice-president—H. J. Dexter. Secretary-treasurer, Chauncey H. Wood. Directors—--George Putt, Russell Sage, Rolland Stewart, O. S. Bell, W. C. Rose, John R. Lewis, J. H. Guild, R. J. Yeoman, Chas. Lakin, Jess Austin, Russell Van Hook and V. Peer It was decided that if possible stock shows would be held in the three leading towns of the county this fall. C. M. Dewey and M. J. Delehanty and John R. Lewis were placed in charge of the show at Wheatfield. Chauncey Wood, Kenton Parkison and Henry Paulus were placed in charge of the show to be held in Rensselaer. ■ A number of other plans for _ the betterment of livestock conditions were discussed but it was decided to postpone final action on these matters until the next meeting, which will be held in the county agent’s office Saturday afternoon, June 23, at 2 o’clock. Everyone interested is invited to attend.

Abundance of Money.

I can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate is 5 per cent and my limit is >IOO per acre.—P. D. Wells, Morocco, Ind.

SEE MARY CHARLSON IN i A 5 Reel Special TONIGHT AT THE STAR THEATRE FRIDAY Ann Pennington in ” The Rainbow Princess Also the Ford Educational SATURDAY J Matinee 2 to 5 P. M. 1 Alma Hanlon in THE BRADLEY MYSTERY h NIGHT ETHEL CLAYTON <* IN Man’s Woman THE STAR THEATRE

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