Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — Page 1

No. 242.

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SUFFRAGE LAW HELD INVALID

INDIANA SUPREME COURT SAYS LEGISLATURE CAN NOT FRANCHISE WOMEN. Indianapolis, Oct. 26.—The Indiana supreme court, in an opinion handed down today, declared unconstitutional the woman part suffrage law that was passed by the 1917 legislature. John W. Spencer, chief justice, wrote the opinion, which was concurred in as to general conclusions by Judges David Myers and Moses B. Lairy, while Judge Lawson Harvey dissented. It ujdield the decision of Judge John J. Rockford, of the Marion county superior court.

While the test case was filed in a Marion county court, and Judge Rockford’s injunction was directed against only the election commission of Indianapolis, the decision of the supreme court takes from the women of the entire state the right to vote under the law for any public officer. The opinion based its declaration that the law Was void on the fact that the constitution specifically defines the electorate as male citizens and on the court’s belief the legislature has no power to change the constitution’s definition of the electorate. Apparently there is only one way now for Indiana women to obtain the right to vote, and that is through the long process of constitutional amendment, or by means of a new constitution. The supreme court already has denied the power of the legislature to call a constitutional convention without a vote by the people on the question, and, therefore, ' little hope apparently is held out to the women of the state from the possibility of constitutional revision in the near future. The decision has been expected for weeks from the supreme court and, since the death of Judge Richard K. Erwin, of Ft. Wayne, left the supreme court with only four members, the possibility that two of them might take one view of the case and that the other two might take the opposite view always has existed. The original test suit against the law was brought by William K. Knight, of Indianapolis, to prevent the Indianapolis election commissioners from preparing ballots for the women of the city at' the coming municipal election. Mr. Knight’s complaint against the unconstitutionality of the law was upheld by the lower court and the case then was taken to the state’s highest judicial body. All over the state the news went flashing by.many channels to the women’s organizations and leaders, as soon as the supreme court decision became public. Edgar D. Bush, lieutenant-gover-nor, and now acting governor as a result of Governor Goodrich being sink, who presided over the 1917 senate, in which the final action on the law was taken, was told of the opinion from the court almost as soon as it was placed in the hands of the court. Mr. Bush declined to make any comment.

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The Evening Republican.

Hattiesburg, Miss., pct. 24.—Gen. E. M. Lewis, commanding general at Camp Shelby, is some trust buster. He knocked out the jitney trust today and at the same time deprived a Hattiesburg bakery and a grocery store of soldier patronage. The bakery and grocery store were in an unsanitary condition, so Gen. Lewis issued an order that the soldiers must not patronize the two places or eat food that came from them until they met with the required sanitary rules, but the big job that Gen. Lewis did was to make the road between the camp and the city of Hattiesburg much safer for the innocent bystander than it has been since the camp J opened and at the same time he i fixed a rate of fare that does not put a dent in an ordinary bank roll. Folks at home must understand that the great song here is “Get the money,” and the chorus is also “Get the money. The worst pirates were the drivers of the jitneys that carry passengers to and from the camp and the city. They charged all sorts of prices, even as high as $5. In fixing the fare, Gen. Lewis insisted that 50 cents a passenger each way, day or ■ight, should be the tariff. It was at night that the jitneys pulled a big graft, because many officers and soldiers who missed the train, at 10 o’clock were anxious to get back to camp, so as not to overstay their leave, and of course, they were easy victims. _

George Jordan and family returned today to their home near Francesville. They had been to Remington to attend the funeral off Sanford Casey, who was the father/ of Mrs. Jordan. Don Beam and Don Wright, members of the naval band, came today and will remain until Monday evening for a visit. They have been •working hard of late, aiding in the Liberty loan campaign at various places. Louise Perry, of Buffalo, N. Y., was the guest Friday of Miss Simpson, superintendent of the Monnett School for Girls of this city. Mrs. Perry is the field secretary for the Deaconess’s work of. the Methodist Episcopal church. *• Miss Blanche Creek, of Hancock, Md., is now teaching the grammar grade in the Monnett School for Girls. This work has been in charge of Mrs. John I. Gwin, pending the securing of a regular teacher.

WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED.

Have an unlimited amount of timber that we* want worked up into corn wood at McCoysburg, Rensselaer, Parr and Fair Oaks and want a large force of men at once for this work.—James Walter, Manager Lawler Ranches, Rensselaer, Ind., Phone 337.

NOTICE. When in need of put flowers or floral designs for any and all occasions, we would be pleased to furnish same for you. Your trade will indeed be appreciated and I will guarantee entire satisfaction. Yours as ever.—Mrs. J. W. King, Phone 216Green.

Jitney Trust Busted.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917.

OVER $200,000 OUR OFFERING

JASPER PASSES $190,000 MINIMUM MARK BY 10 TO 15 PER CENT. Chairman of the second Jasper county Liberty loan, James H. Chap- ■ man, reported at 2 o’clock this Sati urday afternoon that the county had 'passed the $190,000 minimum mark ! assigned to her and that before evening ten to fifteen per cent over the minimum amount would be subscribed. The chairman was of the opinion that the total amount of subscriptions from the county would be in the neighborhood of $220,000. Several of the prominent men of the county within the past week have subscribed large amounts and the number of small purchasers have been very gratifying to the loan committee. Many of those who were thought to be financially unable to purchase a bond to help down the Kaiser, have come forward and taken one of the smaller bonds. Many instances have been related of people who are practically penniless, coming forward to subscribe for one of the smaller bonds. This spirit has gripped the entire country and such spirit means that the United States government need have no fear that they will not have the hearty financial support of the people, Even small children are scraping together their savings to do their part in aiding the country in her Hour of need. Today is the last day for the second Liberty loan drive and those who wish to purchase one of the bonds must do it before the day is over. If it is impossible for you to get ot the bank yet this afternoon, you should call by telephone and have the bond laid aside for you. Although the maximum asked for from Jasper county was not subscribed, the second bond sale was a success and the committee in charge feels well pleased with the showing made.

Mrs. Joseph Spaulding and daughter, of Remington, were passengers here today enroute to Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Osborne returned today to their home at Elizabethtown, Ohio, after a visit with the family of James Poshend. Miss Marie Hamilton, who is attending Butler college, came home today to spend the week end with her parents and her uncle, Charles O. Robinson, of Mitchell, S. Dak., who is also here for a short visit Henry Parker Childers orders the address of his paper changed from Headquarters Co., Training Brigade, 151st Infantry, 63rd Depot Brigade, to Supply Company, 137th Field Artillery, at Camp Shelby, Miss. Prof. Kaitz, of Lafayette, will render a selection on the violin both at the Sunday school and at the morning church service tomorrow morning at the Methodist church. The professor is an accomplished musician whom it will be a delight to hear. The Moose lodge, a steadily growing organization, will give the annual Thanksgiving dance at the armory this year. The lodge members are also planning for a . big turkey supper at their hall on the same evening, The evening’s entertainment is expected to be one of the most enjoyable affairs of its kind ever held in the city. Burch’s orchestra, of Pontiac, 111., has been secured to furnish the music.

SUNDAY DINNER COLLEGE INN MENU MT"" Fried Chicken * or Potted Veal Mashed Potatoes Dressing Gravy Green Beans Potato Salad Lemon Pie Bread and Butter Coffee 35 Cents WM. WAYMIRE Phone 118

MONTICELLO HAS COAL FAMINE

DEALERS’ SUPPLY EXHAUSTED AND SCHOOL MAY HAVE TO CLOSE. Monticello Journal. r A fuel administrator is to be appointed in each county of the state to work in conjunction with the new state fuel director, Evans Woolen. If it would help out the fuel situation right now in Monticello and the county it would please the anxious public as well as the harrassed dealers if the appointments were already made. L . The coal situation today in Monticello is about as dark and gloomy as it could well be. About all the coal there is in towns is in private bins. The dealers have very little. And what coal there is is mostly anthracite. The problem seems to be to get soft coal, although there is also a woeful shortage of hard coal. Woolen, the new fuel administrator, has asked for reports from all local dealers as to amounts being received. One dealer reported that he had not received shipment of a single car of soft coal during the last four weeks. How could anything be worse than that?

Inquiry of the dealers this morning brought the information that there is very little coal of any kind in the yards. Some hard coal has been an*?ving, but very little comparatively, and this is shipment* made on last summer’s orders. There is not a dealer in town who can bank on giving a present order for coal of any kind with the assurance that it will be shipped. The factories and mills are also getting down to the bottom of present supplies. With the exception of the water pumping station, which has been extremely fortunate in getting shipments of steam coal, there is not an industry in the city that it not on the edge of a coal famine. The thread mills is the next institution that is better fixed than the average. They have enough coal to last two or three weeks, but no new shipments in sight. Loughry Bros, have enough on hand to run the big mill two or three days. The schools are right up against it, too. Supt. Elder thought they had enough coal to heat the buildings today and possibly Monday. Unless coal can be secured by Monday the schools will be forced to close. But before that is permitted, it is quite likely that the dealers with their meagre supplies, or even individuals who have a fairly good supply of. coal on hand, will come to the rescue.

High School Notes.

Rev. Strecker gave a very interesting talk to the school Friday. Friday afternoon the school was entertained with music furnished by the orchestra and a song by Alice Thomas. Following was the program: Royal Emblem, March. Laughing Sam. Song—Rockin’ in de win’—Alice Thomas. Underneath the Stars. Hong Kong. The high school is certainly proud of the orchestra. The Junior English classes have finished Addison’s “Sir Roger de Coverly Papers,” and are taking up Tennyson’s “Idylls of the King.” At present there is $110.03 in the school saving bank.

New Case Filed.

No. 8848. Filed Oct. 26, 1917. I. Shapire vs Joseph J. Miller, J. W. Carmell and Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Ry. Co. The plaintiff complains of the defendants and says that he is the owner and entitled to the possession of twelve tons of cabbage now Idaded in Car No. 6100, C. I. & L., on track of defendant railway company in Rensselaer, Jasper county, Indiana, of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars, of which the defendants have the possession without right and which is unlawfully detained from this plaintiff. That the property has not been taken by virtue of any execution or writ against this plaintiff. Wherefore, plaintiff demands judgment for the recovery of said property and fifty dollars for the detention there-, of, and for all other proper relief. Schuyler C. Irwin, attorney for plaintiff.

Real Estate Transfers.

Fred H. Brown et ux to Josiah Davisson, Oct. 15, 1917, n% sw 11-31-7, se sw 11-31-7, 120 acres, $4,800. W. D. Josiah Davisson et ux to Charles G. Spitler, n% sw 11-31-7, se sw 11-31-7, 120 acres, $6,000. W. D.

Sour Stomach. Eat slowly, masticate your food thoroughly, abstain from meat for a few days and in most cases the sour stomach will disappear. If it does not, take one of Chamberlain’s Tablets immediately after supper. Red meats are most likely to cause sour stomach and you may find it best to cut them out, 0

Five Million Mark Totters As Drive Nears Finish.

The Liberty loan was gathering momentum Friday evening sas the drive neared the finish. Four hundred and thirty-five million dollars measured the day’s advance and with the total nearing $4,000,000,000, it looked as if the tremendous driving power of two million field workers might carry it across the 5,000,000,000 line.

Brazil Enters War Arena Against Germany.

The chamber of deputies of Brazil Friday by a vote of 149 to 1, voted that a state of war existed between Brazil and Germany. The senate gave the deputies their unanimous support. Brazil was forced into the war in much the same manner that the United States was. Germany interfered with the sea rights of Brazil and committed atrocities which the government of that country felt they could no longer endure.

Asks $10,000 For the Death of Her Husband.

Mary J. Roach, administratrix of the estate of ex-sheriff W. L. Roach, filed suit Tuesday for SIO,OOO damages against the Wabash railroad company for the death of her husband, which occurred last August. The affidvait charges negligence on the part of the Wabash railroad in leaving the cars across the highway in such a manner’ as to obstruct the view of approaching trains, and also charges neglect on the part of the crossing watchman.

REPUBLICAN CITY TICKET.

For Mayor—Charles G. Spitler. For Clerk—Charles Morlan. For Treasurer—Charles Sands. For Councilmen at Large—Conrad Kellner, Rex Warner. For Councilman First Ward—H. Ray Wood. For Councilman Second Ward— Frank W. Tobias. For Councilman Third Ward— Frederick R. Waymire.

Year End Corn Outlook.

Wagner Letter. The Chicago board of trade is decorated with a Liberty Bond sign thermometer showing the huge success progress of the second war loan. In addition, Liberty “auto sirens” from the trading floor of the board sound loud rallying calls down LaSalle street. Grain, finances and war banners now combine as LaSalle street features. In two out of the past six seasons, Chicago corn stocks have been large at end of December. January 1, 1917, they were 11,200,000. Jan. 1, 1914, 6,800,000. Otherwise they have been nominal prior to the enormous annual January and February corn receipts. Our reports of Oct. 24 indicate lowa husking operations will be general around November Ist. The season is mainly regarded as two weeks late. a Champaign, Hl., expects activity early next week. Waterloo, la., says: “Labor shortage chief difficulty. Husking started. Will be general in two weeks.” May com and oats promise a continuance around current levels. May com around sl.lO represents hogs at 11c to 12c and com at $1 on the farm. Frosty, drying out weather is required. The labor difficulty on the farm may meet a slow cure and this problem suggests moderate husking deday. Nothern Illinois reports tend to confirm the claims of unfavorable repeated frost visits. Labor and car conditions along with the restrained Chicago oats supplies do not suggest beyond moderate oats declines for a time. May oats, of course, represent the ample farm stores. The corn markets of November 1 to 15 will presumably be affected by a volume of active husking news. Beyond these influences we must not overlook the demand for moderate necessity costs at a time when Liberty Bond buttons are on every lapel.

WEATHER. Fair tonight and Sunday.

Warnings have been issued Against the wearing of soldiers’ uniforms by men not in the service, on Hallowe’en night for costumes. Those violating this order will run the risk of arrest and imprisonment. .1 ■ II Cbambarlain’* Cough Remedy the Moat Reliable. After many years’ experience in the use of it and other cough medicines, there are many who prefer Chamberlain’s to any other. Mrs. A. C. Kirstein, Greenville, DI., writes. “Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has been used in my mother’s home and mine for years, and we always found it a quick cure for colds and bronbronchial troubles. We find it to be the most reliable medicine we have used.” C John H. Holden states that his tulip bulbs have 1 arrived and those desiring to get some of them should see him at once. They are nice, large, well matured bulbs and those intending to purchase this fall should not delay.

SAY FARMER IS NOT SLACKER

EXTENSION MEN DECLARE TRIBUNE EDITORIALS DO THE FARMER INJUSTICE. Making a stand for the patriotic I intentions of the Indiana farmer, the twentieth conference of Indiana came to a close Friday by adopting a set of resolutions taking to task the Chicago Tribune and other leading papers for intimating that the farmer is a slacker. The resolutions were proposed by J. D. Harper, county agent of LaPorte county, and met with the favor of the men of the state who know what actual farm conditions are. The resolution as adopted is as follows: “Whereas the Chicagp Tribune and someother leading papers of the country have editorially stated that farmers will not fight, buy bonds or pay income tax, and implies that the farmer is a slacker, and that work for stimulating of food production is being misdirected: “We, the agricultural workers and farmers of Indiana, in annual conference assembled, do protest against such statements as being untrue and unfounded as well as unjust, to the men who often in the absence of sufficient labor are struggling long hours daily that sufficient food may be produced to feed the misinformed journalist and the opulent food speculator as well as the industrial worker and the army and navy, defender of our liberties.”

GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY Methodist Church Notes. 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:45 a. m. Morning worship and sermon by the pastor. 6:00 Epworth League. Topic: “Christ’s Yoke Made Easy.” Leader Bernice Carson. 7:00 p. m. The pastor will preach the third of the series of sermons on “Life’s Laws.” James School House: 2 p. m. Sunday school. 3p. m. Preaching. First Christian Church. Bible school at 9:30. Communion and sermon at 10:45. Evening worship at 7. “Religion in Childhood.” Baptist Church Notices For Sunday, October 28th. 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:45 rs. m. Morning worship and preaching service. Prayer meeting on Thursday evenings at 7 o’clock. Services at Milroy: 2 p. m. Sunday school. 3p. m. Preaching. Services at Parr: 10 a. m. Sunday school. 6:45 p. m. Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. m. Preaching. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 o’clock. D. C. HILL, Pastor. Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Minister. 9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon, subject: “The Four-Hundredth Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.” 7:00 Evening worship and sermon, subject: “The Earth a Gift to Man.” 7:30 Thursday evening, round table and prayer service, subject: “Food Conservation,” text Matt. 14:13-21.

AT THE STAR TODAY ETHEL CLAYTON in SOULS ADRIFT A World Picture. MONDAY —The Primary Classes of The Methodist Sunday School will give their benefit today. Matinee and night. Holders of ticket* take notice that Ann Pennington will present THE LITTLE BOY SCOUT. TUESDAY—JuIius Steger in THE STOLEN TRIUMPH. WEDNESDAY George Behan in THE BOND BETWEEN. Also Pearl White in the 14th episode of the FATAL RING. I THURSDAY Anna O’Nilsson in THE MORAL CODE. FRIDAY—Mae Murray in FIRST. SIGHT.

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