Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1918 — Page 1

No. 136.

We have been selling THE HOOVER ELECTRIC SUCTION SWEEPER faster than we could get them-Today we have three in stock. If you are interested telephone and we will send one out for a demonstration. W. J. WRIGHT

RETURNS MONEY TO COUNTY

WHEATFIELD TRUSTEE DID NOT PUT MONEY IN BANK AS REQUIRED BY LAW. W. L. Blodgett, staff correspondent of the Indianapolis News, under a Rensselaer date of last Friday, has the following account of the result of the examination of the State board of accounts into the affairs of Albert S. Keene, trustee of Wheatfield township: Turning for the time being from the subject of road building to another line of investigation carried on by the state board of accounts, attention is directed to the report of Ed. A. Major and M. Frazer, field examiners, into the affairs of Albert F. Keene, trustee of Wheatfield township, Jasper county, from Jan. 1, 1916, to Dec. 31, 1917. The report on file at the courthouse here shows that Mr. Keene, as the result of the investigation, made by the state board of accounts, reimbursed Jasper county more than $3,000. The summary as set forth in the report, shows the following: Charges: Shortage in deposijiory ...... $3,015.33 Overpayment teacher .. 50.00 Excess per diem and expenses. . 231.00 Depository inter- ” est 38.27 Credits: By deposit March 9, 1918. .$3,288.18 By deposit April 9, 1918.. 46.42 Totals $3,334.60 $3,334.60 “The trustee’s service and expense account for 1916 and 1917, including office rent, shows that there was due the trustee the sum of $1,761,” the report says. “He drew for said period the sum of $1,992, which was $231 in excess of the amount due. Said excess amount was returned to the township and proper entry made

PICTURES WORTHWHILE SEEING AT GAYETY AND. PRINCESS THEATRES You can tee pictures, that is the common ordinary pictures any old place or any old time, but if you are a little particular and seek entertainment and amusement you will h ave to be a patron or the Princess or Gayety theatres. For our pictures are selected. We don t bore you with the same old line of stuff day in and day out, but give you a>varied PrO *OUR t STARS C °THE BIGGEST —OUR PLAYS ARE THE BEST —OUR COMEDIES THE FUN NIEST—OUR WEEKLIES THE LATEST# The world’s greatest producers and authors produce and write the plays we present to you. This week’s program contains about everything that is good in pictures. * \ _ TONIGHT' AT THE PRINCESS Blue Bird Plays . DOROTHY PHILIPS in "TRIUMPH” A truly wonderful play. Also good comedy. 10c for everybody. '' " ■ TUESDAY—BIue Ribbon Production ' ■« EARLE WILLIAMS in “THE HAWK” And Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew Comedy. WEDNESDAY— L “MACK SENNETT COMEDY.” Mack’s gang are the greatest fun makers in the world—See this one. “SCREEN TELEGRAM.” News from all over the world in pictures. Also feature at both Princess and Gayety. THURSDAY—BIG SPECIAL- , \ <

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upon the cash book debiting the township fund. , . “The records show that Mary Sherwood, teacher, was overpaid the sum of SSO for teaching during the 1916-1917 school year, which amount was returned to the township by the trustee and proper entry made upon i the cash book. I “The records show that funds belonging to the township were not upon deposit, but in the hands of the trustee. If said funds had been on deposit they would have earned $38.27 more depository interest; therefore the township had suffered the Iqss of said sum, which the trustee deposited in the township, depository and the tuition fund debited with the amount. “The appropriations were made in gross by funds and not as to the subdivision of funds. We directed the trustee that in the future appropriations should be made for each class of expenditures completed.” The report of the examiners show that Mr. Keene took office January 1, 1915, and gave a personal bond of SB,OOO. He did not, the report said, comply with the law in buying supplies, but bought the supplies in open market. In Wheatfield township there are five schoolhouses, on which is carried $1,950 fire insurance and $450 in tornado insurance. The pay of teachers in 1916 cost $1,812 and in. 1917 cost $2,065.75. Road supervisorships have paid $334 in 1916 and $215 in 1917, and the advisory board was paid sls each year. Road labor in 1916 cost $281.81, and in 1917 $72.72. Gravel, stone, and so forth, in 1916 cost $863.93, and in 1917 the cost was $253.03. ■ Bridges and culverts in 1916 cost $126.75, and in 1917 collapsible culvert forms cost $175. In J 916 sewer pipes cost $318.56 and in 1917 sewer pipes cost $144. In 1916 maps, charts and globes cost $lO3 and other school supplies $102.84. In 1917 the same kind of school supplies cost $113.47. Transportation in 1916 cost $440 and in 1917 it cost $601.75. The total disbursement for medical aid, food and clothing, fuel, and burials in 1916 and 1917' was $838.54, and in 1917 the trustee paid $134.50 for stock killed or maimed. The total taxable property in the township, including incorporated cities and towns, is $900,984.20.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1918.

SERVICE FLAG IS DEDICATED

UNION TOWNSHIP FIRST IN COUNTY TO HONOR SOLDIERS. . ■ ( One of the most (beautiful and impressive ceremonies ever held in this county, was held at Parr Sunday. Forty men from this township have entered the great struggle that now holds the world in breathless attention. There was a large crowd present and alt were deeply interested in the exercises. A large number of the Liberty Guards and the Rensselaer band were in attendance and did much to make the meeting the success that it was. A procession formed at the school house and marched to the Parr park. It was headed by those in charge of the meeting, the speakers, then followed the band, then the Union township Red Cross ladies and the Liberty Guards. A stand had been erected with patriotic decorations, including the pictures of Washington, Lincoln and Wilson. The programme consisted of patriotic music by the band and the singing of patriotic songs by the people present. Addresses were delivered by L. H. Hamilton, W. L. Wood and John Alter. Mrs. Harvey Messman gave a delightful reading. The addresses were well received and each speaker paid fitting tribute to the forty men whose names were to be represented by a star upon the service flag. . Rev. Downey, pastor of the Fair Oaks Methodist church, was in charge of the part of the programin which the forty stars were placed upon the service flag. He made a very touching address and the placing of the stars upon the flag by the mothers of the soldiers filled the moments with intense emotion. Where the mother was not present some other relative attached the star to the flag. If no relative was in attendance a beautiful little girl with tender hands placed the honor star. When the stars had been placed the flag was raised upon the flag pole just under Old Glory. Two ’ mothers with tears streaming down their faces gently drew .the rope which sent the two emblems of glory and patriotism toward the blue dome of the heavens. These moments were made more impressive by the band as it most solemnly played America. After the service flag had been raised the band gave a short concert and the Liberty Guards gave a short drill.

This beautiful service flag is worthy of the effort of everyone of the thirteen townships of the county. The forty-one boys in honor of whom the stars were placed and the service flag floated with Old Glory are: Lestie Zellars, Solomon Yoder, Earl Wiseman, Herb Bozell, James Hill, Hervey Myers, Jacob Davis, Stan „S. Brusnahan,' Allen Bowser, Orville Bowser, M. H. Myers, William Gundy, William F. Reed, Willie A. Potts, Paul Karr, Frank McCurtain, Daniel Leichty, Max’ Schultz, Leo Zellars, Alfred Longstreth, Charles Porter, S. E. Randolph, E. C. Henry, William Tesky, Lonnie Davisson, Leo Kruger, Firman Schultz, Roscoe Reeder, t Ernest Garriott, James Browhard,' Jesse Browhard, Grover E. Wood, Ross Wood, Wallace Miller, John Rhoda, Dudley Myers, John Kauffman, John E. Kimble, Edgar Kruger, Don Sutton and Jasper Williams. Great credit for the success of this meeting is due the Rensselaer band and the Liberty Guards of Rensselaer and Parr. The Liberty Guard organization should have the

U. S. FOOD ADMINSTRATIONS NEW RULING—NO FOOD STUFF OF ANY KIND SHALL BE SOLD ON •. . .." * Sunday except ice cream and restaurant goods, bread not included IF YOU WANT BREAD AND CAKES FOR SUNDAY, YOU must buy them before. ANYONE SELLING BREAD OR FOOD OF ANY KIND EX- ' cept as above mentioned is violating the law and is subject to punishment therefor. ■ ‘ ' v . Buy Golden Loaf Bread / " i———— O’RILEY’S

SEE SOLDIER DROWNED IN FLINT LAKE

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coen and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McFarland; of Rensselaer, drove to Valparaiso Sunday. They went out to Flint Lake which is about three miles north of that city. While at the lake a very unfortunate accident happened at Sheridan Beach. William Kenyon, who was a soldier at the Valparaiso camp had gone to the lake to go in bathing.lt seems that he could not an< after diving into the deep water he did not come to the surface and it was about eighteen minutes before his body was recovered, it having gone out-into the lake much farther than it was thought that it would. All attempts to resusticate him were of no avail. ■ The soldier had come to the Valparaiso camp about two weeks ago from Jefferson Barracks. This is the first death at this camp.

WAR SUMMARY.

The Italian and allied armies are sustaining the weight of the Austrain forces which 'are {attacking along the front of the Italian theatre from the northwest of the Asiago plateau eastward to the Piave river and thence along that stream to where ** joins the headwaters of the Adriatic sea, a front of nearly 100 miles. The Austrians, having brought up strong reinforcements in men and guns, many of them from Roumania and Galicia, are using them without stint in the effort to debouch from the mountain passes and cross the Piave river and gain the Venetian plains. Everywhere the fighting is of an extremely sanguinary character, especially east of the Asiago plateau, in the Brenta valley, and on Monte Grappa. The enemy succeeded . in capturing several front line positions in the mountain region from the British and also in crossing the Piave. Counter attacks, however, have restored all the positions in the mountains, including territory to a depth of 1,000 yards along a 2,500 yard front captured from the British. At last accounts the allied troops everywhere were strongly holding the enemy and King Victor Emmanuel's men were gallantly striving to throw back the invaders across the Piave. The Italians have taken more than 3,000 Austrian prisoners, among them eighty-nine officers. The Vienna war office says the Austrian armies b*ve invaded the Setti Comuni plateau, 'lying at. an altitude of 3,400 feet northwest of Asiago, and that up to noon Sunday more than 10,00 Italian, English mid French soldiers and a considerable number of guns bad been captured.

ASKS FOR DIVORCE.

Emma M. Johnson has filed suit in the Jasper circuit court asking that she be granted a divorce from Albert H. Johnson. They were married Dec. 20, 1916, and since that time they have lived apart and the defendant has wholly refused to support the plaintiff. Plantiff allege? that she had filed suit in the Newton circuit court seeking judgment for separate maintainence. That defendant then offered to do better and promised to support her and provide her a - home. But this he failed to do and the plaintiff asks that the bond of matrimony be dissolved, that she be granted a divorce and that she prefers her maiden name of Emma M. Zacher. Attorney G. A. Williams represents the plaintiff.

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co-operation of every able bodied man in this county. . The Red Cross women of Union township are very active and are doing a splendid work. Saturday evening and Sunday. they had made $125.00 at the stand erected in the Parr park.

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“LEFTY” STILL PLAYING BALL

HOWARD CLARK AND HAROLD FIDLER ALL THAT IS LEFT OF - ORIGINAL BUNCH. Camp Taylor, Ky., June 14, 1918. Dear Folks: Received' your letters the other day and was surprised to learn that you had given up coming this way. Seven weeks tomorrow since I left Rensselaer —seven weeks full of interest and many changes. Next Monday I will be the only Rensselear boy left in this company, Dean and McGlinn going to other parts of the camp and Hill, Bunning and M)cGinnis moving to “somewhere.” Strange how our tittle group has been broken up—twenty-four men originally and npt one of them to be here but me. ’ No, I forgot, there is one, Harold Fidler. He and I are members of the cadary and will remain here for—oh, I know not how long, one does not know anything here.

Commencing tomorrow a 1,500 troop movement is to be started, so I suppose our barracks will soon be almost empty. The movement is to continue throughout the coming week and there is a possibility that even the cadary will move. Whether I move I know not, for I am first, string pitcher on the battalion base-' ball team and am required to report each afternoon for practice under orders from the major. The club is composed of only the fastest players from the entire battalion, so you see I had to show some “stuff” to land the job. Seems rather strange to have to play ball whether you want to or not-—(but orders are orders and one does not ask “why” such and such things are done. My maiden debut on the mound was a clean-cut victory over the Ninth Company. The first time I pitched the battalion team to a victory, defeating a Southern league hurler. Hooked up with him again Wednesday after our pitcher had been driven from the box, with our team trailing Bto 2. The final score was 9 to 7, so I believe I would have won had I started. Played practice game yesterday and today and won them both, rapping out a homer besides today. The 10th company is going to try and borrow me July 4th to go with them to Paris, 111., and I sincerely hope they, are successful in getting me away. Suppose you are wondering if I am still working as hard as I did. No, I am not, I’m a corporal and am telling the rest what to do and get out of all the dirty work, so I am feeling more at home than I did formerly. Believe me, they bring the new men through the recruit period in. a hurry—and then out they go for some place. Strange, fascinating game, this, in some respects and dull and devoid of interest in others. No one really enjoys it, but one has to make up his mind, too, anyway. The way those Germans are getting whipped these days makes it appear that the conflict will be over before many more months pass. They apparently are making every possible effort to force a decision before America is fully prepared, but they might as well toss up the sponge now if the work of the American forces is to be taken as any criterian.

u Have had an easy time this week—no work yesterday because the new bunch got another “shot.” Today, Flag Day, is a holiday and we never work on Saturdays and Sundays. They tell me Rensselaer is a prethy dull old place, but believe me she will liven up when this war is over and all of the fellows get back. See Fred Hamilton is still up and after them—they’ll never get that boy. , Returned from drill the other day and found Jack Montgomery sitting

lon the steps waiting for me. I sure J was glad to see liim. In the even- . ing Dean and I went to town with , him and sure fed up at his expense. You might ask him how he likes our * stride. We had him grunting and panting for breath, but the old vet I never once gave up and did his best ,to keep up with us. Have got to hand it to him, for he sure took punishment and we couldn’t make him say he was tired. Get some mail from some at home occasionally, but it seems some of them there either have the brain fag or paralysis of the arm, so I will forgive them—maybe they donot like to write better than I do. Well, will slip a “thirty” on this for tonight, with promise to let you know soon of any further developments. Love to all, HOWARD.

WILL WORK ON A FARM.

City Treasurer Charles M. Sands is arranging to spend several weeks on a farm- During his absence his office will be in charge of Miss Bernice Long, who took up her duties there today. Mrs. Sands and children are in Canon City, Colo. They have been gone some three weeks and will continue there for sometime. Mr. Sands’ sister, Belle Sands, is a nurse in Canon City, and they have other relatives there also.

MONDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mothers Garvin and Lambom and babies returned to'their homes day.* ‘ A. * Dollie Lowman went to herxnpme Saturday. Mrs. , . Brown; of Brook, Bert Lewellyn, of DeMotte, Wm. Kresel, of Marion township and Foster Fairchild, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Fairchild, of DeMotte, underwent an operation today. Charles Eggleston, who underwent an operation May 5, died Sunday evening at 4 p. m. Charles VanArsdel went to his home in Barkley township today. The two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, of near Fair Oaks, had her eyelid severely cut Sunday. The wound was dressed at the hospital and the child was taken home. County Commissioner D. S. Makeever, is suffering from the effect of a badly broken hand. The injury is the result of being kicked by a horse.

STAR THEATRE —The House of Good Pictures TODAY MONDAY—FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN end BEVERLY BAINE fat RED WHITE AND BLUE BLOOD TUESDAYPEGGY HIGHLAND in “THE OTHER WOMAN” Also PATHE NEWS. WEDNESDAY—WILLIAM RUSSELL ta Western comedy drama, I "IN BAD” Also Billie Rhoades .omody THURSDAY—BUSHMAN AND BAINE "in a six act western drama “THE ADOPTED SON” — . ~ ... FRIDAYGEORGE WALSH In a big comedy drama act “THE YANKEE WAY” Also WEEKLY NEWS

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