Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1917 — Page 1

No. 264.

Marriage License Issued

Nov. 21.—Cecil Luster Stowers born in Jasper county, Feb. 19, 1918, present residence Jasper county, occupation farmer, father, Lewis Stowers, Christian and maiden name of mother Mary L. Price. First marriage being under legal age, mother gives written consent and Ama Hazel Brouhard, born Jasper county, age 24, 1898, present residence Jasper county, occupation housekeeper, father Charles C. Brouhard, and Christian and maiden name of mother was Jane Shannaham, first marriage. Married by Rev. E. W. Stricker, Nov. 21, 1917. Nov. 21—Orvel W. Baxter, born Livingston county, 111., Sept. 1, 1893 present residence Remington, occupation clerk, father H. L. Baxter name was Sarah Copes, and Opal Wooden, born Jasper county, Mar. 31, 1817, present residence Remington, occupation housekeeper, father Arthur D. Wooden, Christian and maiden name of mother was Leona Crow, first marriage for both. Nov. 21, 1917.—Virgil John Sanders, born in Indiana (pretty large birth place) Sept. 14, 1898, present residence Rensselaer, occupation

THE UNIVERSAL CAR When you buy a Ford car you buy an established quantity, a proven quality—a motor car that is giving satisfaction in practically every form of service under every condition where an automobile can be used. A car that may be depended on in every circumstance. No one will dispute this fact. Then why not place your order for a Ford at once? Runabout, $346; Touring car, $360; Coupelet, $505; Town Car, $595; Sedan, $645; One-Ton Truck Chasis, S6OO. These prices f. o. b. 'Detroit. Your order will have prompt attention. / * Central Garage Company Phone JI9 Rensselaer, Indiana

ECONOMY SALE Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 21st The G. E. Murray Co. Will put on an EXTRAORDINARY TEN DAYS’ SALE of ready-to-wear garments Ladies’ and Children’s Cloaks, Dresses, Skirts, Etc. Values up to $20.00 t They will be priced Wednesday, Nov. 21, at 110.00 All not sold Wednesday will be priced: Thursday, Nov. 22, at 19.00 Friday, Nov. 23, at SB.OO ... Monday, *Nov. 26, at $6.00 Tuesday, Nov. 27, at $5.00 Wednes., Nov. 28, at $4.00 Thursday, Nov. 29, at $3.00 Friday, Nov. 30, at $2.00 Saturday, Dec. 1, at SI.OO Thin «ale should interest thosewho wish to economise on their Fall Buying. Come in and took them over. We will also make TEN BARGAIN DAYS in Men’s and Boys’ CLOTHING AND SWEATER COATS. Wednesday, Nov. 21, Bargains (or SIO.OO Thursday, Nov. 22, Bargains for $9.00 Friday, Nov. 23, Bargains for SB.OO Saturday, Nov. 24. Bargains for $7.00 Monday, Nov. 26, Bargains for $6.00 Tuesday, Nov, 27th Bargains for . $5.00 Wednesday Nov. 28. Bargain* for $4.00 Thursday, Nov. 29, Bargains for $3-00 . Nov. 30, Bargains for $2.00 Jx Saturday, Dec. 1, Bargains for SI.OO ■ . ,

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mechanic, father John H. Sanders, and full Christian and maiden name of mother was Emma Smith, being under legal age written consent given by mother, and Ama Ruth Castor, born in Jasper county, Jan f 5, 1899, present residence, Jasper county, father George William Castor and Christian and maiden name of mother was Martha Sutton, first marriage for both.

For a Weak Stomach. As a general rule all you need to do it to adopt a diet suited to your age and occupation and to keep your bowels regular. When you feel that you have eaten too much and when constipated, take one of Chamberlain’s Tablets. C A QUARTER BUYS ANY BOX OF 35c STATIONERY THIS WEEK AT BURCHARD’S

THE WEATHER Partly cloudy and somewhat colder tonight, Friday fair, slightly warmer, northwest winds diminishing and becoming variable Friday.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 22, 1917

ROBBERS MAKE A BIG HAUL

FRANCESVILLE BANK ROBBED OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EARLY TODAY. Professional crooks, arriving in Francesville at an early hour this Thursday morning by automobile, nitroglycerined their way through-the vault door of the State Bank of that place, securing between $5,000 anu $6,000 in cash, $5,000 worth of Liberty loan bonds and SBOO worth of stamps, escaping undetected while Francesville slept peacefully on. The robbery occurred between three and three-thirty o’clock. The robbers came into Francesville from the north via automobile and left the same way. The yeggs gained entrance to the bank by “jimmying” their way through the side door, after which they gained entrance to the vault with four shots of nitroglycerine. Only the main street of Francesville is lighted during the night and these lights were turned off by the robbers, leaving the city in . total darkness. The men went about their work so quickly and quietly that Francesville was not aware that anything unusual was occurring. One man, a bachelor who sleeps in a downtown business room heard each of the four reports when the men were blowing the vault door, but gave no thought to the matter and turned over on his side and went back to sleep. Not until hours afterwards did he make any report on what he had heard. Providing the stolen Liberty bonds are not registered ones, they can easily be converted into money by the thieves. The money derived from the sale of the stamps will make the total haul of the robbers -close to $12,000 —a pretty fair nights wage. Nearby . cities have been notified of the robbery and lookout will be kept for the men. No attempt has been made to trail them, as they are probably beyond reach by now. It is probable that they pursued the tatics -employed by others who have made frequent visits to small towns in northern Indiana to commit robberies. No doubt the car which they had was a stolen one and was used to take them back to some town where they caught a train for the city. David Beasly is the president of the bank.

Telephone 565 for Minnetonna Brand butter, made 'at home by J. C. Harris & Son. Price 45c per lb.— Snedeker’s Grocery. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Frogel and daughter, Laura, of Peru, returned to their home Wednesday after visiting friends and relatives in this city.

KROHN ASSERTS HIS LOYALTY

REQUESTS PUBLICITY OF HIS STATEMENT CLAIMING PATRIOTISM. J Dear Editor: I kindly ask that this article be given the same space as the article m which I was misrepresented and misunderstood. lam an American oy birth, have been, and am always lully loyal to the American cause, inis can De proved by an my sermons that 1 delivered here. They are all written out on manuscript and are at any time open for examination and would be giad to have mem examined. I have oicen come into heated debates with some ox these people to convince them tnat it is our duty to stand by our President and country, in tms . time of trial. It is our duty according to Holy Writ, the BiDie, to oe suoject to our government, ana 1 have earnestly endeavored to get all of my peopie to understand tms and to do so also, hut it some 01 my people do not do so, can you hoia me responsiole tor iff 1 Deg you to consider this, it hurts my heart to near such an accusation whicn is cased on musunderstanding and misintormauon of the use ot our cnurcn on last Saturday evening. I had the very best intentions for the cause of the collecting tor the X. M. C. A. . 1 had Deen to a conlerence of the pastors of northern Indiana and Uhio at New Haven, md. This was also reported in the rt. Wayne papers. 1 had been at this conterence trom Monday until ihursday evening. At this conference we dwelt on the Y. M. C. A. question of raising money in the very best way. I came home with the full intentions of speaking to my people on Sunday, holding an address especially for the Y. M. C. A. after my sermon. In this sermon I also referred to the necessity of being subject to our government. This I did, and I therefore advised to have our meeting of the Y. M. C. A. in church on Sunday during the regular services, when I was at Mr. Hammerton’s home, and I mentioned to my people that the men, who had charge of the Y. M. C. A. in Union township, would come around to collect in the afternoon.. But since Mr. Hammerton and Mrs. Wood did not go around to collect, since they understood that I would do, I then, after Mr. Hamilton asked me to do so, went to collect on Tuesday evening from the members of my church in Union township. Some were not home, there I left word with the neighbors that they could bring it in the morning. All that I called upon, 12 in number which all willingly contributed, and I* left word with the neighbors to tell the two that were not at wme, to bring their sum to my louse in the morning. In reference to the point by the other paper of the county as to my school, would say I have invited the school officers to visit same and I again urged the county superintendent and the township trustee, also any citizen to visit my school. The above is written witha Christian spirit, and I desire to make known by true attitude and a spirit of loyalty that I feel toward my fellowmen, my country and my God and Savior, Jesus Christ, and while the misunderstanding has wounded my feeling deeply, I feel no resentment toward those who have unintentionally misjudged me.

REV. H. F. KROHN.

Letter From Vern Davisson

At the Front, Oct. 27, 1917. Dear Father and Mother: We are packing our trunks and going to Paris tomorrow to get new Ford ambulances instead of Fiats. Then we will be sent to some other part of the front. We will only get 24 hours in Paris. A new section of Ford ambulances is here today to take charge of this front. They are all new fellows on the job and came from Allentown, Pa., and I would like to stay a day and see them perform under shell fire and bombardment. Some of them will wish they had never heard of the war. About the first time a shell strikes m the road ahead of them and tears the road all to pieces, and some more bursting all around the car < they wiU wonder why the Germans are so careless. We may not get any repose at all. They may send us with our new equipment down into Italy. I see Italy is getting trimmed proper. We are not certain we wiU go there, but it is thought so by the officers. There is not much news. We are all well and doing our best. . Received a letter from Lewis. Have not received a paper yet. We had another car struck by shrapnel but no one was hurt. We have a big laugh over anything like that. We don’t mind it any more. That was the fourth car hit up to date. The German shelled “L out of the railroad depot a quarter of a mile to the left of our mlain camp. We got up out of bed to see where the shells were hitting. A few days ago our observation post, at the poste where we get the wounded, was bombarded. 300 shells were dropped there. It was some sight to see after the shelling ceased.

VERN DAVISSON.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT OF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY CO. AGENT LEANING. Marl Deposits Located The most important “discovery” of the Better Farming Association of the year is the location of a bed of marl near the center of Wheatfield township. This bed is located near two stone roads and according to the tests contains from 100,000 to 125,000 tons of marl, analysing 76.3 per cent Calcium Carbonate. This material has the same effect in correcting soil acidity as ground limestone, in proprotion to its lime content. A the greater part of the county requires liming before clovers can be grown with best results, a number of farmers have been shipping in limestone and the practice of liming will become general within the next few years. The location of this deposit in the center of three townships where the need is greatest will doubtless serve as a stimulus to soil building. It will mean a saving of freight charges, and a shortening of the hauling distance. It will also permit individuals to serve the material in less than carload lots and at such odd times as they may haul it Steps are being taken by the Better Fanning Association to have the bed placed in working condition this fall. That the use of lime upon many of the soils of this county is highly profitable is beyond question. It it possible, however, that effort may be wasted by applying the material to soils which do not need it. It is recommended, therefore, that no soils be limed until they have been tested for acidity. The county agent will do this with out charge. A similar marl deposit has been located in Walker township which may have even greater ecomonic importance than the one in Wheatfield.

—o— Ear-To-Row Test Completed R. L. Budd of Union township has completed an ear*'to-row corn variety test for the County Better Farming Association. This test showed that Mr. Budd, out of 100 carefully selected ears, had strains ranging in yield from 20.5 to 35.0 bushels per acre, or that his better strains were yielding 73 per cent more corn than his poorer strains. The ear-to-row variety test is a method by practical farmers and corn breeders to increase the yielding powers of their strains of corn. 100 carefully tested ears are numbered. 300 kernels are shelled from each ear and placed in a paper bag which is given a number corresponding with that of the ear from which the kernels were taken. The original ears are then stored for future reference. The uniform plot of ground is selected for a trial and 100 hills are planted in a row with the seed from each bag. The first row and everv fifth row thereafter (row numbered 0,5, 10, 15, etc) are planted with uniform corn of the same variety in order to detect any difference of fertility of the soil. All the rows are given the same care during the growing season and at harvest time the yield of each row is recorded separately and serves as a measure of the producing power of the corresponding original ear, most of which is stored and available for planting. The breeded can then go to his stored corn and pick out the high producing ears and plaqt them in his seed plot the next season knowing that they will produce a superior yielding strain of corn. The average yield of the 5 highest rows was 33.6 bushels per acre, of the 5 lowest 22.8 bushels and the average of the entire number was 28.0 bushels. This work was carried on for the purpose of interesting more farmers in adopting this method of corn improvement. It is quite common in many good farming districts and a number of our own farmers have begun to use it A wider use is to be recommended. —o— — Farmer* Club* The regular meeting of the Wheatfield Center Farmers’ Club will be held at the Kennedy school house, Thursday evening, November 29th, President Grube reports the following program. > “Livestock and Soil Improvement” —Stewart Learning. “The Shorthorn,” Chauncey Wood, president of the Shorthorn Breeders Association. Several important business matters will be transacted. The regular meeting of the West Carpenters Farmers’ Club will be held at the Welch school house Friday evening, November 30th. The matter of liming will be discussed. All persons desiring soils tested for acidity are invited to bring samples. Sheep production will be given .a place on the program. . The North Union Farmers Club will hold its regular meeting at Virgie, Saturday evening, Dec. 1. Plan* Made For Fam Engineering School The Farm Engineering school will be held the first week in January according to the plans made at an enthusiastic meeting of the committee in charge. Professor D. C. Kins-

WAGNER GOSSIP

R*port*d Italian* have taken 8,000 prisoner* and British taking 20 town*. Trying to verify Italian statement*. Heavy snowfall reported in Chicago today. Report on exchange that government will finance railroad* Heavy British gun* aaid to bo shelling Cambria, and Gorman wore utterly demoralized. Reported in New York that Germans have lost over 80,000 men in the past few day*. Gormans are destroying many of evacuating.

Mr*. P. O. Studnfl Tell* How She Cured Her Son of a Cold. “When my son Ellis was sick with a cold last winter I gave him Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It helped him at once and quickly broke up his cold,” writes Mrs. P. O. Stuehell, Homer City, Pa. This remedy has been in use for many years. Its good qualities have been fully froven by many thousands of people. t is pleasant and safe to take. C Mrs. R. Sprague spent Wednesday in Monon.

man will be at the head of a subcommittee to arrange for speakers, who will discuss the care, management, and adjustment of farm implements, power machinery, household conveniences, and other farm appliances. A committee consisting of W. H. Pullins, Erhardt Wuerthner, George Myers, Conrad Kellner, Rex Warner and Ed Herath was appointed to arrange for a suitable and display space. Four days instruction will be given by the best authorities obtainable. This will be the second school of the kind ever held in the state and the committee has high hopes of making it a valuable feature of the winters’ work. —o — The Mor* Th* B*tt*r Floyd Amsler returned from Flora, 111., last week where he purchased an entire herd of 47 registered shorthorn cattle. These are all excellent individuals and 20 of them are straight Scotch. Mr. Amsler has now about 90 head of good shorthors, which is probably as large as any in the state. James W. Amsler purchased a Scotch shorthorn bull and two Scotch heifers at a sale at Bloomington, Hl., recently. AU of the animals are very well bred and give him an excellent foundation for a high class herd. —o— B.aver* Talk* On Lima “Much of the land in this county will not be at its best until it is limed,” said Prof. J. C. Beavers of Purdue at one of the lime meetings last week. “While most of our farms are already under capitalized, this is one thing for which a farmer can afford to borrow money, as it will soon come back. The great effect of lime is that it greatly increases the growth of clover, adding fertility which is manifested in succeeding crops of corn and small grain.”

—°~ S**d Potato** The yield of potatoes was reduced 20 bushels per acre in this state on account of the use of poor seed this year, according to the Bureau- of Crop estimates. Potato growers who have stocks suitable for seed are asked to report them to their county agent, who will arrange for inspection. Should they be approved by the inspector, assistance will be given in distributing them to those desiring seed for spring planting. - —o— Soft Corn For Hors** “Don’t forget that soft corn aften developes molds that are dangerous to horses,” this is a warning issued by President Henry Paulsus of the Better Farming Association.” Everyone knows that moldy com is injurious to this class of livestock but sometimes it is forgotten. I know of two horses having been lost lately through this oversight

AT THE STAR TODAY DOROTHY BENARD and JACK SHERRELL in THE ACCOMPLICE FRIDAY—Lou T*ll**an in THE LONG TRAIL, and th* FORD EDUCATIONAL. SATURDAY—Jun* Elvid** and Carlyl* Blackw.il in THE MARRIAGE MARKET. _ MONDAY—Wall*** Raid and Anita Kin* in THE SQUAW MANS SON. also TRAVEL PICTURE. TUESDAY—MabeI Taliaferro fa* A WIFE BY PROXY. WEDNESDAY— Paulin* Frederick in SLEEPING FIRES. Admission 10c, wn pay th* War Tan

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