Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1917 — Page 1

No. 218.

ADDRESSES STIR AUDIENCE

LARGE CROWD ATTENDED JAS-PER-COUNTY PATRIOTIC MEETING FRIDAY. 2 . The Jasper county patriotic meeting held in this city Friday afternoon was a great success. Colonel Fred A. Phillips kindly gave the use of his large picture house, the Gayety airdome, for the meeting and the Rensselaer band furnished the music. But one of the four speakers promised by the State Council of Defense was present. Attorney L. C. Embree, one of Indiana’s very best lawyers, was here and made a most excellent address. Attorney Embree had attended three other meetings this week. He was at Delphi Tuesday, Monticello Wednesday and at Winamac Thursday and said that the crowd here was much the largest he had addressed. Attorney Embree is not a great orator, but he made an address that gave the audience a most excellent idea of the fundamental principles underlying the war and showed that England was our true friend and Germany our worst enemy. The point which he pressed home with an earnestness that made a great impression upon the audience was that everyone was to be loyal and do everything in their power to help win the war. Criticism of the president and the congress was the act of traitor, he said. After the address by Attorney Embree, Chairman Welsh presented Representative W. L. Wood, of Parr. Mr. Wood made a great speech and arraigned the Kaiser with an array of historical facts that showed clearly the wickedness of the Prussian government. Dr. J. Budman Fleming, pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city, was then called upon and his address was one calculated to put enthusiasm and earnestness into all who heard him. The Reverend gentleman is an ardent patriot and his speech made a great impression upon the. large audience. The closing address was made by Attorney Moses Leopold, who urged all men between the ages of seventeen and forty-five to join the Jasper county militia company. It is believed that the meeting will have a most excellent effect upon the people of this county and that all will try in every way possible to do whatever they can to let the soldiers who are to do the fighting know that the home folks are anxious to help them in making their work as effective as possible and in helping to defeat the Kaiser just as quickly as possible. The members of the Jasper county, council certainly appreciate the cooperation they have received from the people and hope that the work man continue until the victory has been won and the world has been made safe for democracy.

Condition of Governor.

Indianapolis, Sept. 28.—The condition of the governor at 12 o’clock today was about the same as during the morning. His temperature was 99.4, his pulse 10T), and respiration 28. Tlie governor's condition at 2 o’clock was practically unchanged find continues to be satisfactory to the physicians. His temperature was 101.2, pulse 110 and respiration 27. The governor spent a restful night and enjoyed a low temperature, which had enabled him to gain further strength. A progressive improvement was noted during the last 24 hours.

New Yorkers are claiming that their Giants will take the world’s title, but will not back their predictions with better than even money.

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Celebration of Fire Prevention Day in the Schools.

. Betails of the arrangements com--pleted for celebration of Fire Prevention Day in schools are as follows: The distribution of thousands of fire prevention pamphlets, containing statistics on the fire waste, and instructions for preventing fires; and questionaries, enough to supply every school child in the state, intended to receive the report of the child as to the presence of hazardous conditions about the home. Fire Prevention Day programs have also been mailed to superintendents and teachers and contain the following suggestions for schoolroom exercises : Patriotic music; statement of cause of the gathering by principal or teacher ; essays on causes of conflagrations and fires in general; address by chief of fire department, insurance man or member of the school board; essays on hazards of matches, gasoline, etc., to life and property; recitation. “The Fireman,” essay on fire waste and its effect on the national wealth; reading of the pledge, “Fire Warden in the Home”; music; dismissal with fire drill. The Fire Marshal suggests to principals and teachers that in arranging programs for schools, an effort should be made to stimulate interest on the part of the children in the subject by calling attention to recent fires in the community, with which they are familiar, and point out the causes and how they could be prevented.

Work of Weeding Out Defectives Under Way.

Louisville, Sept. 28.-—Two hundred and seventy-one men, about one in every 120 in the first two corttinments of the national army now at Camp Taylor, have been rejected on physical examination and will be discharged at once. Approximately one-third of these are Indiana men, so that the proportion of those disquiaifieds corresponds to the proportion of Indiana men in camp. The giving out of the official list also indicates that the percentage of rejections will run close to the war department’s advance estimate of 10 per cent. The reasons for which the Indiana men were turned down were of many sorts. Defective vision, insufficient teeth, hernia and flat feet put out *he greatest number of Hoosiers. A few suffered from trachoma or had crippled legs or arms. The purchase of 201 more acres of land and the erection of 182 new buildings has been approved and Camp Taylor is to keep an spreaiing out. The new buildings will be barracK;.

Send LaFollette and His “Shadow Huns” to Kaiser.

St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 28.—0 n the platform of the auditorium where Senator LaFollette last week decried America’s entry into the war on what he termed a “violation of technical rights,” Col. Theodore Roosevelt, classing the Wisconsin senator among “the Huns within our gates,” declared today he would like to send LaFollette and his “shadow Huns’’ to Germany as. a “free gift to the Kaiser.” Among the “shadow Huns” the colonel included Senator Gronna, of North Dakota, and Representative Lundeen, of Minnesota. Col. Roosevelt declared at the outset that the public man who did not consider first of all the real and permanent welfare of the working man was no friend of democracy. “He is not true to the United States either, if he misleads the working men as to what is to their permanent interests,” he added, and then said: “The most sinister enemy of democracy in the United States is Senator LaFollette.” The colonel had been given a transcript of Senator LaFollette’s speech here last week. “I have not had time to read it all,” he said, “but I have already found two or three ‘gems.’ ” Senator LaFollette’s assertion that America’s participation in the war was due to American citizens being passengers on “a ship loaded with munitions for Great JJritain,” was declared by the colonel'to be a falsehood and “he knows it was a falsehood,” he added. . He said nothing about the sinking of the hospital ship Sussex, and the “technical right” of the doctors and Red Cross nurses who sank with her to be on board,” the former president continued. “I abhor Germany. I abhor the Hun without our gates, but more I abhor the-Hun within our gates, and I say that any man who excuses and condones such infamy and his ‘shadow Huns’ Gronna and Lundeen do not represent the American people.”

Fancy Price Paid for Shorthorns.

Medaryville Journal. L. H. Selmer bought two Shorthorn cattle at Maurice Winn’s sale at Lucerne, Ind., paying the fancy price of $1,026 for two hear—s6oo for one and $426 for the other. John Selmer bought one for $396, and Gus Selmer added one to his large herd at the price of. $4lO. These cattle will be shipped to Medaryville in a few days. Medaryville bids fair to be one of the fancy cattle markets of the world when we have such men as L. H. Selmer, Theodore Selmer, John SelmeY, Gus Selmer, Wm. Vollmer, Herschel Young and K. B. Clark in the Shorthorn business, and Dal Prevo, Ott Greiger, Charles Maddox; Lester Guild and Charles Guil 1 in the Hereford business.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SATURDAY, 29, 1917.

NEGRO KILLED AT MOROCCO

HARRY HANIGAN KILLED BY C. A E. I. TRAIN AT MOROCCO FRIDAY. Morocco, so many times within the past few months the scene of railroad tragedies, added another to her long list of horrors Friday,* when Harry Hanigan, colored, aged 33 years, was killed by a C. & E. I. train which was pulling into Morocco at about 4 o’clock Friday evening. Again, as so many times before, an automobile played a prominent part in the tragedy. Both legs and arms of the dead man were severed from his body, and ms head was crushed, from which the brains were oozing forth. Hanigan was a married man and worked as a farm, hand for Fred Bencke, a farmer living north of Morocco. In company with Mr. Bencke, Hanigan had come to town to make purchases and at the time the tragedy occurred the two of them were on their way home. Mr. Bencke was at the wheel of the car, which was a Dort. The car was nearing the C. & E. I. tracks on the road just next to the depot. The engineer had blown the whistle when a block from the station. The steam had been shut off and the train was coasting to the station, which no doubt was the cause of the occupants of the car not hearing the approcahing train. The view of the track was also shut off to the men by the electric light plant building. Bencke was almost upon the track when Hanigan noted the coming train and uttered a shriek. In a last desperate effort Bencke hastened the speed of the car, but when directly on the track the auto engine started missing and Hanigan thinking that the car would not be clear of the track in time, jumped. Bencke remained at the wheel and succeeded in crossing to safety, escaping the train by inches. Hanigan in jumping from the car, failed to alight clear of the tracks and the train passed over him. The funeral occurred this Saturday afternoon and burial was made in the Morgan cemetery 10 miles from Morocco. No blame is attached to the engineer and the fault seems to have entirely rested with the occupants of the car. Within the past several months Morocco has been the scene of many such accidents and only a short time ago three were killed when a New York Central train struck the automobile in which they were riding. Suits have been fildd in the Newton court by relatives of the deceased and one occupant who escaped. Whether the approaches to the tracks are bad or the drivers of automobiles in that section are criminally careless, we cannot say, but it seems as if it is time that the railroads and drivers of automobiles should co-operate in preventing such disasters. Such tragedies are terrible and are very shocking to the community, andrsuch accidents should serve as a warning to drivers crossing railroad tracks \.in automobiles.

Editor L. H. Hamilton went to Terre Haute today, where he will meet Bruce Elmore, who is the head of a theatrical company. Mr. EL more’s home is in Canada and during Fred Hamilton’s visit in Canada he met Mr. Elmore and the latter took a gre&t liking to Hamilton and has corresponded with him since he has been in France.

Hm High Opinion of Chamberlain’• Tablets. “I have a high opinion of Chamberlaiifs Tablets for biliousness and as a laxative,” writes Mrs. C. A. Barnes, Charleston, IIL “I have never found anything so mild and pleasant to use. My brother has also used these tablets with satisfactory results.” C Pocahontas Market. Saturday, Sept 29th at Bowen’s Grocery. . Dressed chickens, homemade bread, fresh eggs, pies, cakes, everything good. .

GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY Boptist Church Notes. 9:30 a. m. Sunday school 10:46 a. m. Morning worship and preaching service. Services at Parr: Sunday school 10 a. m. Christian Endeavor 6:46 p. m., subject. Home Mission Work Among Immigrants. 7:30 p. m. preaching. Services at Milroy: Sunday school at 2p. m. Preaching at 8 Presbyterian Church. ' ✓ - , 9:30 Sunday school. 10:46 Morning worship and sermon, subject: “Morals.” 7:30 Evening worship and sermon, subject: “The Joy of Worship.” 7:30 Thursday, round table and prayer service, ... subject: “Play, ’ Prov. 17:22; Mark 6:31. “Godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.” Chris tiah Science. Christian Science services at 11 o’clock Sunday in the auditorium of the library. Public cordially invited.

Still On a Hunt For The Fleeing Patrick.

Prosecuting Attorney Reuben Hess, Sheriff Arthur Spmney and Marshal Amos Bagjjelder made a raid on the Pat Miller home northeast of Morocco Saturday and Marshal Bachelder returned again Sunday, with the result that the officers secured about four barrels of bottled beer, some poker chips, cards and a chuck-luck game, but were unable to capture Miller, who is charged with selling liquor without a license and running a gambling house. Miller is only out of the penitentiary on parole and if he is captured the parole will no doubt be revoked and he will be returned to the pen again.

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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

Fire drills were held Friday. The girls held a yell fest at recess Monday, but they will not do it again. Mr. Kratli said: “Thou shalt not yell on the school grounds, since it disturbeth the pupils of the other buildings. Therefore, let us refrain from indulging in such sports, except in the high school building.’ 4 Both the girls and boys have held enthusiastic yell fests indoors, and they certainly can make some noise. The Kentland boys will meet our eleven on the field of glory this afternoon. We are hoping for and ex T pecting a big victory. Our boys have been practicing hard and are in fine shape.

Born, Sept. 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Henley, of near Newland, a son. ' Anyone wishing to see me will find me in the Trust A Savings Bankon Saturday afternoons. —BL O. Harris, phone 184. j September leaves us tomorrow and as is her custom, she has given us some fine weather; although it has been $ trifle cold at times. The present price of lard almost prohibits the use of same. Try a 36c can of Mazola cooking oiL Guaranteed to be equal to two lbs. of lard or butter. Your money back if it fads to ple gos3g S & PARKER. *

11 TO DEPART WEDNESDAY

JASPER COUNTY WILL FURNISH TWENTY PER CENT MORE OF HER QUOTA. The Jasper county contingent of conscripted men at Camp Taylor, near Louisville, Ky., will be swelled on next Wednesday evening to the number of eleven men. These eleven men will represent twenty per cent of the quota asked for from this county on the first draft and will bring the number of men at Camp Taylor from this county to a total of thirty-seven, which leaves nineteen more rpen to be called on the succeeding calls. The .government has issued a ruling that earn and every one of these men must report and be ready to leave on the third day pf October. The government has also added another duty for the men in con-

Religion Brings Up Problem At Camp Taylor, Kentucky.

Camp Taylor, home of the Kentuck and Indiana conscripted men, became a hotbed of war interest Friday when the Mennonites and Quakers among the selected men declared they would submit to imprisonment and even death before they will fight. When orders were issued Friday for the daily drill work, members of these two Religious sects refused to appear and declared their intention to resist afty effort to compel them to fight. Pending settlement of the trouble, officers immediately assigned the men to the wprk of handling coal and service in v the kitchen camps. • Leaders of the protesting soldiers announced their intention of appealing to Secretary of War Baker and a report of the trouble, has also been forwarded to the war department by the camp officials. How many of the protesting soldiers are from Indiana is unknown, but it is known some of them were sent to Camp Taylor from cities in this state. • . The “religious” problem is only one of the questions confronting the officers in charge of the camp. A great number of aliens are in camp and it is doubtful whether some can be compelled to serve.

Bicycle tires, the largest line in the city. All new stcok at the old low prices. Also bicycle repairs and repairing.—Main Garage. _ _

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junction with the steps which they must take prior to their departure. The selected men must appear before dentists appointed by the conscription board^for an inspection of their teeth. Dr. H. L. Biofn and Dr. W. L. Myer have been authorized to inspect the teeth of the eleven. The men have been notified to appear before these dentists for an examination some time today. This added step has been taken as a result of the physicians having found so many of the men now in Camp Taylor having imperfect teeth. Those who have been selected and notified to appear, follow: Jesse Grimm. Virgie James. William Klinnert. Leslie Zellers. Lewis O. Claussen. John Harmon. Herman Goepp. Harold Fidler Earl W. Caster. Charles P. Porter. George Davis. Ernest Smith.

WEATHER Gair tonight and Sunday; little change in temperature.

SATURDAY AT THE STAR THEATRE SEE KITTIE GORDON IN THEBELOVED ADVENTURESS ONE OF THE BIG ONES t ______ MONDAY —Fannie Ward wU! appear in THE UNCONQUERED. TUESDAY—EmiIy Stephen* In THE WAGER, a Metro Quality. WEDNESDAY—Huff * Piekf ordin THE DUMMY. 11th episode of THE FATAL RING. THURSDAY —Mary Piekford in THE LITTLE AMERICAN. Matinee for children at 5 and 10c. At night all seats 10c.