Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1917 — Page 1

No. 143.

MRS. MARY FOLTZ DEAD

PASSED AWAY MONDAY AT LO-GANSPORT-FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY. Mrs. Mary A. Foltz passed away at the asylum at Longcliff Monday r afternoo.n at 2 o’clock, after an illness which has extended over the past four or five years. Mrs. Foltz at the time of her death was slightly past eighty years of age, having been born February 3, 1837. Deceased was born in Darke county, Ohio, and with her parents came to Indiana a few years later, locating just east of Crawfordsville, Ind. Later the family moved to Rumley, Ind., twelve miles from Lafayette, where she grew to womanhood. »In 1856 her marriage to Cyrus Foltz occurred, to which union two children were born, Frank Foltz, of this city, and Mrs. May Susan Thompson. Mrs. Foltz when a very young girl joined the Methodist church and throughout her lifetime was an earnest believer in that faith. She was one of the kindest, sweetest, most patient and self-sacrificing women that could be found and her death removes a most noble woman and one whose goodness throughout life will always be remembered. The body will arrive in this city this evening. The funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Thursday afternoon at the house and burial will be made- in Weston cemetery. The services will be conducted by Rev. E. W. Strecker.

Alfred Thompson Arrives Safely In France.

Delos Thompson received a cablegram today from his son, Alfred, who stated that he had arrived safely in France. The message came from Bordeaux, France. Alfred left this city on June 16 and sailed for France on the 20th. He is a member of the ambulance corps.

District' Leaders to Meet.

The first district conference of persons directly interested in better farming association work will be held at the court house gext Friday, July 6, beginning at 11' o’clock. County agents, superintendents and better farming association officers from Lake,. Porter, St. Joseph, Pulaski, Laporte and Jasper counties are expected to be in attendance.

Abundance of Money.

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

CLEANING GLASSES is an accompaniment of their wear. But don’t mistake defective or non-suitable lenses for moisture or dust on them. If your glasses are not the enact kind you should wear, they will do you more harm than good. Perhaps you would do well to call on us anyhow and find out whether you have the RIGHT lenses or not. We’ll be honest with you—we can’t af-> ford to be otherwise. WE DON’T CHARGE FOR CONSULTATION. CLARE JESSEN OPTICIAN With Jessen the Jeweler. / , -. _ Phone 11. L—L——-

PTHE 0 RINGES U TONIGHT Lubin Features Presents The Bernhardt of the Screen NANCE O'NEILL -in SOULSJN BONDAGE l&BIN. From the Book by Daniel Carson Goodman. > EXTRA GOOD BILL JULY 4th.. J-

The Evening Republican.

Lads Broke Into Monon Store Also.

* 1 The two young boys by the . name of pitzer, who' are in jail here, pending their transfer to the state, formatory at Plainfield, have confessed to Sheriff McColly that they also robbed the Russell store at Monon last * Sunday. When Mr. Russell heard of the McCoysburg robbery today he immediately teleS honed to Sheriff McColly, telling im that his store had been robbed of $3. and a silver ring on the same day. “ ♦ -~ During the time the boys have been confined in the county jail they have persistently refused to give out any truthful information. The sheriff weot to the jail at once to communicate with the youthful robbers, telling them that If hey did not hand over the money and ring at once they would be punished. This/had thj desired effect aod they produced the three dollars and the ring. One of them had two dollars, which he had sewed underneath his hat band, while the other dollar and the ring was in the possession of the other boy. The ring was quite a valuable one and with the money will be returned to the proper owner.

K. OF P.’S TO PLAY PART

WILL OBSERVE WEEK OF JULY 23-28 IN U. S. TO HELP RED CROSS FUND. Knights of Pythias throughout the United States and Canada will observe .the week of July 23-28 as Patriotic week. One of the features will be an organized collection of funds for the Red Cross. Several hundred thousand dollars will be contributed to the Red Cross by the 725,000 members of the order, It is expected. Collections by each subordinate lodge will be turned over to the chapter in the vicinity, and the fund will be forwarded to supreme officers. Elaborate preparations for the observance of Patriotic Week have been made under the direction of the educational committee of the supreme lodge, co-operating with the officers of the insurance department, of which Harry Wade, of Intjjanapolis, is president. Two letters discussing the purposes of the week and suggesting plans for a celebration have been sent out. Each of the letters is signed by John J. Brown, of Vandalia, 111., supreme chancellor. The supreme chancellor has set aside the week by official proclamation. The plan of celebration is left largely to each subordinate lodge, but the general scheme includes a public parade with bands and flags preceding the meeting, which will be held in a large park or assembly hall.

The iron market has dropped and I am now paying 50 cents per 100 pounds delivered. Better bring in your iron now as the market is expected to go still lower.—Sam Karnowsky, Phone 577. Rev. Strecker’s Sunday school class has furnished five young men for the U. S. Navy. Raymond Dixey, Marquis Peek, William Tilton and James Barber are in the service, while Russell Warren has been examined and accepted and is awaiting orders. The Sunday school contributed |35 for the Red Cross last Sunday. * E. H. Peterson, who moved to Mt. Vernon, S. Dak.„ this spring, returned to Jasper county last Wednesday. He will make the return trip to his new home in Dakota in his _ automobile and will take with him his daughters, Pearl and Blanche, who had remained here to complete their year of high school work. Mr. Peterson reports that crop conditions in South Dakota are about the same as here. Gaylord Long, Floyd Hemphill and Frank Garvin, boys who went to Indianapolis Monday to take an examination to enter the navy, failed to meet the requirements. Harvey Phillips barely passed the test, but it is understood that he will have to be re-examined as his physical abili? ty did not impress the examining officers very much and it is feared that he, too, will be unable to pass. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Fendig came down from Chicago yesterday and with their daughter Miriam are visiting relatives here. Mr. Fendig spent the winter in the south buying vegetables in carload lots for the Chicago market. Mr. Fendig is very much impressed- with the money making opportunities of the south and as soon as he can dispose of his property here he expects to take up his residence in the southland. Yesterday he closed a contract here for a 40acre farm near Gloster, Miss., in the section where others from here are making investments. By fall it is expected that quite a colony from this vicinity will be moving to that section of Mississippi, as the land is cheap and the climate delightful. The fa l ™ Mr; Fendig secures is located three miles from Gloster and near Woodman Springs, a summer and winter resort. The farm is all cleared excspt five, acres.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. TUESDAY, JULY 3. 1917.

FARMERINGS NEAT SUM

A. C. STAUFFENBURG FARM IN MARION TOWNSHIP SOLD TO BROOK MAN. Harvey Davisson on Monday completed the sale of the A. C. Stauffen berg farm,, consisting of 308 acres, for $24,240, or SBO an acre. The deal was for cash. The farm is located 5% miles southeast of Rensselaer. The purchasers of the farm were J. D. Rich and Fred Lyons, of Brook. Mr. Stauffenberg purchased the farm about five years ago for $65 an acre. Messrs. Rich and Lyons will tile the land throughout and expect, when all improvements are completed, to have one of the most productive pieces of land in the vicinity.

Six-Inch Shell Now On Display.

Warner Brothers have on display one of the large six-inch English shells, which are manufactured in Lewiston, Pa. It was sent to them by a friend of theirs who works in the ammunition factory in that place. The shell is not loaded and is no doubt defective in some Way. The bullet may be loaded by unscrewing the cap and the explosive then inserted. The bullet as it is, weighs 105 pounds.

Paris Plans Celebration For “Sammies” On Fourth.

Paris, July 2.—Paris is going to make Wednesday the most glorious Fourth of July in history. It’s to be “America day." General Pershing has, of course, drawn lots of cheers, but what’s going to happen on the Fourth of July will just make the welkin ring. There are plenty of American soldiers in Paris now; plenty of navy officers. But the spectacle of serried ranks of France’s latest defenders marching is one that will be saved up for July 4. x Arrangements were completed with General Pershing’s approval today for the dispatch to Paris on Independence day of a full battalion of American “Sammies” in regulation marching order. They will exhibit their steps to the Parisian populace. They are due in Pari? early tomorrow morning, and from that time until they depart, probably on July 5, Paris proposes to show them a fine time. There will be speeches and special amusement—-and back of it all the solid, heartfelt gratitude of France expressing itself to its newest ally. First news of the American troops arrival was heralded by the biggest headlines Paris newspapers have used in many a day, and French editorial writers outdid themselves in welcoming the Americans.

More Silos Needed.

In co-operation with the Indiana Food Conservation Committee, the Jasper County Better Farming Association will conduct a campaign for more silos in the county, July 13-14. The food conservation committee has promised to furnish a speaker who is thoroughly conversant with silos and silage and who can speak with authority on the subject. Arrangements have been made for a meeting at Wheatfield Friday afternoon, July 13th, at 2 o’clock; one at Parr Friday evening, July 13, at 8 o’clock; one at the court house, in Rensselaer, Saturday afternoon, July 14, at 2 o’clock, and the fourth in Carpenter township, Saturday evening, July 14. Announcement of the speakers will be made in a later issue.

THE 6AYETY TONIGHT THE TELL-TALE STEP EDISON’S 5 PART DRAMA. With Shirley Mason. A DAY AND ANIGHT Hoyt Comedy. WEDNESDAY European War Pictures. With regular program THURSDAY •"< THE TRUFFLERS With Nell Craig.

M. L. Pass Writes About the West.

■I. * Ranley, Colo., June 28, 1917, Editors Clark & Hamilton: My dear friends: I wonder what you have been thinking of me during the last two years and if you have gritted your teeth when you did think of me. What have I been doing during these two years of silence? I can only say this much, I have been in a fight with Dame Fortune and lost out to a large extent. During this time I have resided in Las Animas, Colo., until the first of this month, when I went to Pueblo and came up here last Sunday and Monday. Am working in a mining camp shoveling ore, but my work is on the surface. I haven’t any business under ground yet. This camp is 11,000 feet above the top side of the Pacific ocean and we have considerable snow yet. While coming up last Monday I made snowballs right in the roadway, while about two blocks above camp snow and ice still covers the creek. Of course the water is splendid, being snow water. I want to tell you about my ride through the Grand Canon of the Arkansas river, as that may interest some of your readers. After leaving Canon City we passed in the suburbs, the abode of human misery and disgrace, the state penitentiary. After rounding a long curve we plunged into the Grand Canon, through which flows the Arkansas on its way from the highlands to the lowlands. The canon is 10 miles long and the train seems to be entering the very earth as it is seldom that one can see an opening ahead. At first the hills are steep and covered with sage brush and there is scarcely room between the river and the wall for a railroad bed and this las been made possible only by a marvel of engineering skill coupled with a free use of dynamite and ballast. We have now reached the narrowest portion of the Royal Gorge, which is but thirty, feet wide, and here the words of the poet-king and singer came to me. These were the words: “The Heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament showeth forth His handiwork, and at no place is his handiwork more exemplified than iin this Royal Gorge.” The wall of this wonderful freak of nature rises almost perpendicular to a height of 2,600 feet. The colors of the granite are numerous, but red predominates with immense patches of mica glittering here and there. The skyline is like a thread and the roar of the water as it leaps from rock to rock drowns that of the rain. I wonder how many have seen a bridge running lengthwise of a river. Well, here it is, the Hanging Bridge. I’ll venture the engineers scratched their heads when they came to this place. No room on either side of the river for a roadbed, while blasting would be an unending task, so some fertile brain built a bridge across the bend of the river and braced it from the opposite side of the canon by a long river bridge and the possibility of a hanging bridge was accomplished. So is my tale and I trust none of my readers are tired. Sincerely yours,

M. L. PASS.

Children, Here is Your Chance!

The great war is leaving thousands of little children in France without fathers, and although the government helps with a small allowance, it is not enough to provide the children with nourishing food. In October, 1915, a society was formed in America for the benefit of The Fatherless Children of France and works under that name. An urgent appeal for immediate assistance has come and the children of Rensselaer are asked to make this their work. Ten cents a day keeps a child one day in its mother's home. Three dollars a month keeps a child one month in its mother’s home. Thirty-six dollars and fifty cents keeps a child one year. Every cent collected goes to the child, as all expenses are met by a separate fund. The money is sent to the "Comite; de Repartition” in Paris and the distribution is made through the government postoffices, which guarantee a faithful and exact disbursement. The children of Rensselaer will receive the name and address of their “adopted” child and the little French boy or girl will write a letter acknowledging the receipt •of the money sent. Sixty-five cities in America have adopted fatherless French children. If the children of Rensselaer wish to help they can stop at the Red Cross room and sign their names on a paper there for the purpose and give their dimes or quarters or dollars to the person in charge. Several adults have placed their contributions under the names of baby friends or relatives. One little French boy has already been provided for by the generosity of Mrs. James Chapman. Cannot the children of Rensselaer “adopt” one?

Edward James Randle Here ’For the Fourth.

Edward James Randle, Jr., arrived at the hospital Monday evening. Edward is not a large fellow, but his arrival has brought happiness and joy to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edd J. Randle, Sr.

Just received a car of that famous B B range coal. No better on the market. Sold exclusively' by The Farmers Grain Co., successors to the Harrington Bros. Cp., Phone No. .7. ' Charles B. Steward went to Roselawn on business today.

JULY 10 LIKELY DATE FOR DRAFT

FOR FIRST DRAFT OF 1,000,000 MEN—PRESIDENT GIVES - OUT DRAFT RULES. President Wilson Monday promulgated a complete set of regulations designed to select the drafted armies of the United States with “the least inequality and personal hardship." Th rules are for the guidance of the exemption and appellate boards to handle the wqrk of the draft. The president’s action sets the machinery in motion. AJater proclamation will set the date for the draft and provide regulations for its operation. July 10 is the date most spoken of as the date for the draft.

The regulations promulgated by the president fill a booklet of more than fifty pages. In an accompanying statement the president characterizes them as “drawn with a view to the needs and circumstances of the whole country. He said: “I admonish every member of every local board and of every district board of review that their duty to their country requires an impartial ..and fearless performance of the delicate and difficult duties entrusted to them. They should remember as to each individual case presented to them, that they are called upon to adjudicate the most sacred rights of the individual and to preserve untarnished the honor of the nation.” The president’s proclamation* exempts the following classes of men: Officers pf the United States and of the seceral states and territories and the District of Columbia. Regularly ordained ministers of religion and students of divinity preparing for the ministry on May 18, 1917. Persons already in the armed force of the United States. Alien enemies and all other aliens who have not taken out their first papers. County and municipal officers. Customs house clerks. Persons employed in transmission of United States mails. Workmen in armories, gun factories, arsenals and navy yards of the United States. Steamship pilots. Mariners actually employed in the sea service of the United/ States or of any citizen or merchant within the United States. Members of well recognized religious sects, organized or existing May 18, 1917, whose creed forbids its members to participate in war. Moral 'deficients. (This class includes criminals.) The following classes, who are the sole support of dependent relatives. (a) Any married man whose wife or child is dependent upon him. (b) Any son of a widow dependent upon him. (c) Son of aged or infirm parent or parents dependent upon him. (d Father of a motherless c'.ild or children under sixteen years of age dependent upon him. (e) Brother of a child or children under sixteen years of age who has neither father or mother and is or are dependent upon him. Every citizen not a member of these definitely enumerated classes must, if drafted, appear before the exemption boards. If he has a claim for exemption he must present it, accompanied by affidavits supporting his statements. The board will then determine his status. The rules for the operation of the draft will provide, it is understood, for an immediate physical examination. If the conscript is found to be unfitted physically for armed service his case will be settled and in this way the exemption boards will be saved an immense amount of labor.

THE WEARY WAY.

Daily Becoming Less Wearisome to Many in Rensselaer. With a back that aches all day, With rest disturbed at night, Annoying urinary disorders, ’Tis a weary way, indeed. Doan’s Kidney Pills are especially for kidney trouble. Are endorsed by Rensselaer citizens. „ . . Mrs. C. Morlan, Hamson & Jefferson Sts., Rensselaer, says “I had a heavy, nagging ache in my back day and night. I could get only snatches of sleep and I got up feeling so tired and worn out that I could hardly do my work. Every time I leaned over, sat down or got up from a chair, a sharp pain shot through my back and I almost had to cry out. I felt nervous and unstrung. My head ached and I was often so dizzy I came near falling. Spots seemed to come before my eyes and my kidneys acted too often. I used two boxes of Doan’s Kidney Pills and they gave me wonderful relief from all these .kidney ills. . ' ~ Price 50c, at all dealers. Don t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Morlan had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.

ELECTRICAL work.

I have returned from Wisconsin University and have re-engaged in electrical wor^:.. . ~m.n-.rtv vX'

WM. BABCOCK, Jr.

If you want a real pleasure car, don’t fail to investigate the Silent Knight before buying a car.—Dr. J. Hansson.

Visited Wright Aviation Field.

- Mrs. Harvey Wood, Jr., has just returned from a visit with her parents, Mr. i>nd Mrs. .John Murray, who live near Dayton, Ohio. The Murrays live very near the Wright aviation field, which is said to be the largest in the world. The government has purchased 2,500 acres of land. Twenty-seven hundred men with over eight hundred teams, are busy preparing this great field. All fences, buildings, trees and other obstacles are being removed. After the trees are cut down the stumps are blown out and everything done that can be to put the field in excellent condition. There are a number of flying machines now on this ground. How many there are no one can tell, as everything is very carefully guarded and no information is given out. Many are of the belief that the war must be won by aeroplanes and are very anxious that our government take steps at once to put 100,000 of them in operation in Europe.

“Jim” Hanley Called America's Foremost Music Writer.

Lafayette Journal. Throughout the different states of the union Uncle Sam’s troops are marching to the tune of a spng which is the popular rage throughout the east, west, north and south, entitled “Indiana.” It is the most inspiring thing, musically, since “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.” In fact, it is more melodious from a harmonious standpoint than that song, because it possesses sweet counterparts and quartet effects which not only delight but allure'the listener. It is a song destined to sweep the country for time enduring. Some of the phrases of the song are plaintive, others martia]. The words are homelike and rural and natural and poetical. The music is written within only an. octave range but is so entrancing in quality as to make it haunting. The song was written by Ballard MacDonald, the man who wrote the famous “Trail of the Lonesome Pine,” and the music was created by America’s foremost young writer, James F. Hanley, who produced many original and fascinating modern day works. The tramp of Uncle Sam’s soldiers re-echoing the strains of “Indiana,” is a reverberant oddity. The fact that a song lauding a state has achieved such wide fame throughout the realm of Yankeedom bespeaks a marked tribute to the quality of true American song composition. Mr. Hanley is a Rensselaer boy, having been born in this city February 17, 1893. He is a nephew of Judge Hanley.

Farmers’ Club News.

The regular meeting of the Parr farmers’ club will be held at the Parr school building next Friday evening, July 6, at. 8 o’clock. Secretary G. H. Hammerton reports an interesting program with visitors from adjoining clubs and several business matters of importance are to be discussed. All interested are invited to attendThe North Union farmers’ club will hold its regular July meeting at Virgie next Saturday evening, July 7th. The principal topic on the program will be a discussion of. the laws enacted by the last session of the legislature. Mrs. H. J. Dexter reports that several other numbers will be rendered. Everyone invited.

FOR SAI.4. Step ladders and straight ladders for sale. The J. C. Gwin Lumber Company. Hopkins* City Transfer Lino. Transfer business formerly operated by Billy Frye. Calls will receive immediate attention. Call Phones 226 or 107.

WEATHER. Fair tonight and Wednesday; little change in temperature.

STAR THEATRE TONIGHT EDMUND BREESE in THE WEAKNESS OFSTRENGTH WEDNESDAY Fourth of July Special Matinee Everybody come and see Mae Murray in THE PLOW GIRL r THURSDAY Mr. and Mrs. V.mon Cast!. in Their Big 5 reel Specialty Act THE WHIRL OF LIFE FRIDAY Beautiful Snow White Marguerite Clark Special Children Matinee at 2 o’clock Don’t Miss This. | SNOW WHITE

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