Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1919 — Page 1

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——— , _ y. ----- —... ........ '/'■ \ ' ... • . ' • ' ' V DO YOU REALIZE ONE THIRD OF YOUR TIME IS SPENT IN BED? Buy a Sealy EE The Sealy contains a single 5-foot batt of pure y new long-fibre cotton. No tufts to break the s mooth oval surface-no humps and hollows-no leather tabs to catch di rt. Luxuriously comfortableEconomical. • * W. I WRIGHT

GOVERNOR GOODRICH’S MESSAGE IN BRIEF

In his message to the Sefentyfirst General assembly, delivered Thursday, Governor Godrich recommends the following: A tax reform bill to get at intangibles and give the state tax commissioners exclusive assessment jurisdiction over public utilities and greater supervision over local taxing authorities. A constitutional amendment to open the way for classification of property and for a personal income tax. A new statg highway law vesting in state authorities the right to establish maim market highways. A conservation commission that w ould appoi nt certain officials now elected. Measures to abolish the office of state statistician and the oil inspection department, the work of the latter to be transferred to the pure food and drug department, and to create departments of banking and insurance separate from the state auditor’s office; and to make the attorney-gea-erals’s office appointive instead of elective. Constitutional amendments for equal suffrage; Igniting the right to vote and hold office to citizens of the state;, abolishing the elective offices of state superintendent of public instruction and clerk of the supreme court, these offices to made appointive; providing for the budget system, and authorizing the Governor to veto any item of an appropriation bill; preventing an increase in the salary of any official for the term for which he is elected; authorizing the legislature to classify counties for registration purposes; striking the word “white” from the Constitution so that colored men may be permitted to become members of the Indiana state militia and national guard. Repeal of law requiring the teachirig of German in the public schools. A bill empowering cities to adopt the commission or city manager form of government. • . Creation of a commission to study and report on social insurance. Law to require all-time health officers. ’ Establishment of colony for the feeble-minded in the southern part of the state and farm colonies in connection with all hospitals for the in-

PRINCESS THEATRE COMPLETE PROGRAMS OF THE BEST PHOTOPLAYS PRODUCED. TONIGHT PARAMOUNT PROGRAM PAULINE FREDERICK "HER FINAL"RECKONING” ALSO MACK SENNETT COMEDY 7 reels in aQ - r- —— - SATURDAY—" ARTCRAFT PICTURES PRESENT _ WM. S. HART GREATEST PORTRAYER OF WES TERN LIFE IN "RIDDLE GAWNE” ALSO FATTY ARBUCKLE COMEDY MONDAYSELECT P ROGRAM 7? NORMA TALMADGE “THE FORBIDDEN CITY" ¥ PRI N CESS L UNC H EVERYTHING THAT’S GOOD TO EAT. FRESH OYSTERS, BRICK

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sane. s Removal of the state reformatory from Jeffersonville to a more central location. Legalizing of expenditures b” ‘be state council of defense, and expenditures to bear high wartime cost of state institutions. * An appropriation for a monument to Charles W. Fairbanks in the statehouse grounds or in University park.

TFFFT SOLDIER MARRIED AT KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS

A Kankaketf, 111., newspaper reports the issuance of a marriage license in that city Wednesday to John Wickline, aged 29, and Mrs. Rose Cook, aged 46, both of Tefft, this The groom gave his occupation as a United States soldier, and stated chat he was on his way back to camp after a furlough.

Obituary of Mrs. Edward Jenkins.

Lora Ellen Hurley was born in Jasper county, Oct. 6, 1885, She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hurley of Rensselaer. December 25th, 1900 she was married to Edward Wilson Jenkins. She was a member of the M. E. church. She was a constant and faithful Christian. She was a kind and loving wife and mother and was much respected and loved by all who knew her. Her soul departed to the Great Beyond Jan. ,6th, 1919. At the time of her death she was a patient at the Jasper county hospital. She was 33 years and three months of age. She leaves to mourn their loss six children, Mildred, Eva, Florence, Pearl, Gladys and an inf ant son three days of age, a mother and father, five brothers and three sisters, Mrs. D. A. Comer, Mrs. John Parkison and Miss Bertha Hurley of Rensselaer. The brothers are Abraham and Robert of near Rensselaer, Willard of Peoria, Illinois and Ira and Andrus of Camp Taylor, Kentucky. A son, Lawrence, preceded her to the Great Beyond,

All persons are hereby notified to remain off of the ice on my pond, as we hope to have same ready for harvest soon. H. E. WHITE,

STAY OFF OF ICE POND.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919.

WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN CLAIMED BY INFLUENZA

The hand of adversity was laid heavily last week upon the Otto Weitz in home at Francesville, where the f youhg mother and fwo small daughters died within two days. From a happy family of five, the group was suddenly - reduced to the i bereaved father and one young son. Influenza caused all three deaths. An almost identical situation has occurred at Wheatfield, in this county only there is no remaining child. Mrsr Fred Pickner died of inf luenza on Jan 4, and [the day following Vera Lqrretta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pickner passed away. An 11 months old baby’ was also afflicted with influenza and was brought to the hospital in this city, where she died Wednesday evening.

GERMANS BREAK TERMS, SAYS LONDON DISPATCH

7 ’Lon don’.Jah- Germans have broken the armistice terms by faiiling to surrender 865 heavy-guns, 7,000 machine guns, 1,000 trench mortars, 600 airplanes, 4,736 locomotives, 130,819 trucks and 5,000 lorries it was learned this afternoon.

CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness during the sickness and death of our beloved wife, mother and daughter, also for the beautiful floral offerings.—Adam Flesher and Children, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Snow. . .

Charles G. Spitler, President Judson J. Hunt, Sec’y-Treas. Edd J. Randle, Vice-President Charles H. Mills, Asst Sec’y-Tr. The Trust & Savings Bank Condensed statement of the conditi on of THE TRUST & SAVINGS BANK of Rensselaer, Indiana at the close of business on Dec. 31, 1918.

RESOURCES Loans and discounts ...$428,427.70 Overdrafts 2,277.78 Bonds and stocks ,180,980.00 United States Certificates of Indebtedness . 65,000.00 Company’s building 36,000.00 Furniture and fixtures.. 2,863.64 War Savings Stamps. .... 779.75 Advances to Estates ... 212.94 Due from Banks and Trust Companies .... 86,507.79 Cash on hand 17,137.67 Cash items 4,175.24 Taxes and interest paid. . ' 6,232.00 Current expenses .. . 12,174.72 Total re50urce55842,769.23

State of Indiana, County of Jasper, .as:— L Judson J. Hunt, Secretary-Treasurer of The Trust and Savings Bank of Rensselaer, Indiana, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true. JUDSON J. HUNT. Secretary-Treasurer. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this Bth day of January, 1919. Maude E. Spitler, Notary Public. My commission expires December 13, 1919.

DR. M. D. GWIN WRITES AGAIN

The following letter was received by George Long from Dr. M. D. Gwin. Base 109, Vichy, France, Dec. 14, 1918. Dear Folks: ——- Xmas will soon be here and still we have raining and muddy I understand it gets cold in January and February. We have about -10,000 patients in our five hospitals and I dm looking after cases and also in the medical supply offices of 109. I have all the ordering, transferring and>keeping all departments supplied in five different hotels which make up our hospital. For instance mess utensils, beds, blankets, mattresses, stationery, chairs, besides all stuff used for patients, bed clothes, slippers and crutches, pans etc. Also all medicines, dressings, instruments sterilizers, etc., come under me. I have one sergeant in my office, one sergeant in my dispensary, two assistants for dispensary and two in the office. One of the latter is my personal orderly. He tends my room, shines my shoes etc. Thus you see I am the responsible and accountable man in the Base to the government. Of course I am training my help to do all the work and I will check them up. But in getting started I simply had to do or see done everything, besides my own medical and surgical work. So_ you see I have riot gained any in weight. I have heen recommended for promotion but it can’t be acted upon over here yet because they have a ban on all promotions, so< am S. O. S. for awhile. Every boy in the unit wants to work for me it seems. I promote them as they should be for one thing. Some of them would knock the block off a colonel for me if he thought I needed it for anything. Last week I was sick and staid in bed three days.—l had three waiting on me, bringing me mess, etc. Of egurse it is certainly a good business eotrisp for me (ie the extra work) but I am charged up and responsible to the government for scads of stuff. For instance I will look up my record on three or four items for example: “ Blankets army—No. 2351/ _ ' Chairs —No. 373. Operating caps—394. Sheets—3ooß., etc. < So I will be glad do get home. We mess in ouf own quarters, .then each night the Red Cross movies (free) and on Saturday nights a local vaudeville.and movie. The former is really good. • Sometimes a Y. M. C. A. , Jfent, r Thos. F. Ryan’s son Joseph has

RECEIVED LETTER FROM HER DECEASED BROTHER

Miss Lucille Knox received a letter yesterday from het brother, John Knox, who died in France on December* 5. The letter was postmarked December 7 but was undated by the writer, however, it was probably written shortly prior to his taking sick, as it was in his own handwriting. He spoke of there being much influenza but not refer to being ill ‘himself.

LADIES OF THE G. A. R. INSTALL NEW OFFICERS

The ladies of the Grand Army met at the hall at the court house Thursday afternoon and installed the following officers: Prep. Mrs. Nell McColly; S. V. Hettie Nichols; J. V. Sarah Daniels; Tres. Capitola Ramey; Con. Ella Kresler; Asst. Hattie Randle; Chap., Anna Stevens; Sec., Mary C. Wood; Guard Rebecca Stevenson, Asst; Mts: Eldridge. After the- installation a five o’clock supper was served to the husbands, and a number of the Post, there being about 50 present and all pronounced it one of the best suppers ever served.

NEW SUITS FILED.

No. 9002. John A. Dunlap vs. Vern J Crisler, suit on note. No. 9003. Louis A. Schatzley vs. Emma Hallier, et al., to quiet title. Robert Blue came down from Highland today to visit relatives and friends.

/ LIABILITIES Capital stock $100,000.00 Surplus 10,000.00 Undivided profits—net .. 2,521.69 Interest, discount and other earnings 28,451.12 Demand deposits, except banks 538,002.12 Time deposits 89,657.48 Savings deposits 14,920.65 Special deposits . 58,976.75 Reserve for taxes 239.42 Total liabilitiessß42,769.23

been here as driver for our colonel, but is now advanced t> a lieutenant. All told the time passes quickly and I am counting on returning in March or April so watch for my smoke but don’t be disappointed if I am not per Love to all and a happy New Year. - ~ GWIN.

BERGER FOUND GUILTY.

Victor L. Berger, Milwaukee politician and publisher, and the only Socialist ■ elected last fall to the Sixtysixth congress, and four other national leaders of the Socialist party, were found guilty of sedition and disloyalty under the espionage act by a jury in Judge Landis’ court late Wednesday. Berger’s conviction bars him from congress.

BIRD LAW RULED OUT.

The federal migratory bird law of 1913, under which the government for the first time exerted authority and /prescribed “closed seasons” for wild birds which habitually migrate from state to state with the varying seasons, has, in effect, been declared invalid by the Supreme Court of the United States, which dismissed on the government’s motion an appeal from a decision of the Arkansas federal district court holding the statute unconstitutional

RECORD DISBURSEMENTS.

Ordinary disbursements for the United States treasury for Monday wers $125,900,000, the largest amount ever expended in a single day by this or any other country.

FRIDAY’S WEATHER.

Forecast: Fair tonight and Saturday, warmer in east and central portions tonight. Colder in north portion Saturday.

WAR MOTHERS TO MEET.

The War Mothers of America will meet in the G. A. R. room in the court house Saturday, January 11, * *■ _• e •; Mrs. J. W. Johnston, of Hoopston,' IIJ,, wife of the well known traveling salesman for the W. D. Mesenger paper company, of Chicago, who has> made regular trips to Rensselaer for a number of years and has many friends here, died December 30, in ‘a hospital at Englewood, following an ■ -J': n;r ,

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AWARDSMADEAT POULTRY SHOW

EXHIBITS DECLARED THE BEST EVER MADE IN JASPER COUNTY. The most successful show of poultry and corn ever held in the county is in progress at the Armory this week. Secretary A. E. Wallace states that the number of birds on exhibition not only exceeds all previous records, but the quality is far above that of any previous show. E. C. Troyer, expert dorn* judge, states that the quality of the com is the best he has found in any show held in the state this year and the number of entries has been exceeded only by the Johnson County Show, held in a locality which has long been known for its interest in com. Attendance has been excellent, the hall being well filled during the afternoons and evenings. Breeders report a brisk demand for birds and many have changed hands at from $5 to $25. ' ■ The unparalled success of the Jasper County Show is. due in a large measure to the untiring efforts of County Agent Stewart Learning. The show is free to everybody and farmers and townsmen alike will enjoy spending ah hour or so at this exhibitioiiH

Judging of the corn has not yet been completed and announcement of awards will, be made later. The following poultry awards have been announced: Barred Plymouth Rock*. Jesse Snyder, Rensselaer—2 cock; 1,2, 3, hen; 1,2, 4 cockerel; 1,2, 3, 4 pullet; 1 pen. A. D. Hershman, Medaryville—l, 3 cock; 4 hen; 3 cockerel. Charles Fleming, Brook—--1 cock. Buff Plymouth Rock*. Oren Bell, Parr —1,2, 3 hen; 1, 2 cockerel; 1,2, 3, 4 pullet. Partridge Plymouth Rock*. Frank Snow, Rensselaer —3 hen; 1, 2, cockerel; 1,2, 3, 4 pullet. Frank Foltz, Rensselaer —1, 2 hen. White Plymouth Rock*. John M. Johnson, Rensselaer —1,2, 3 cockerel; 1,2, 3 pullet. S. C. Buff Orpington*. Fred Linibeck, Pleasant Ridge—l, 2,3, 4 hen; 1,2, 3 cockerel; 1,2, 4 pullet. G. B. Porter, Rensselaer — 3 pullet. Clyde Randle, Pleasant Ridge—4 cockerel. - S. C. R. I. Red*. Fred Linback —1 cockerel; 2 pen. Snyder & Robertson, Rensselaer—l, 2, 3 hen; 1, 3 cockerel; 1,2, 3, 4 pullet; 1 pen. Mrs. H. Winters, Goodland—2 cockerel. I. J. Carson, Rensseladr—M cockerel.

R. C. R. 1. Reds. p John L. McGraw, Goodland —1 cockerel; 1 pullet. S. C. White Orpington*. Tom Lonergan, Surrey—l, 2 hen; 1 cockerel; 1, 2 pullet. Blaqk Langshan*. Thompson & Kepner, Rensselaer—1, 2 cock; 1,2, 3, 4 hen; 1, 2 cockerel; 1,2, 3, 4 pullet. Blue Andalusion*. John C. Hill, Rensselaer —1 cockerel; 1, 2 pullet. . Dark Cornish. John Webber, Rensselaer—l, hen. Charles- Leavel, Rensselaer — 1, 2 cockerel. R. C. White Wyandotte*. R. G. Burns, Rensselaer—2, 3 cockerel; 3, 4 pullet. J. M. Sauser—l* cock; 1/2 hen; 1 cockerel; 1, 2 pullet; 1 pen. Partridge Wyandotte*. Frank Snow—l cock; 1,2, 3, 4 pullet. ’ White Pekin Duck*.

FORMER RAIL PRESIDENT IS BURIED AT WINAMAC

Winamac, Jan. B.—The funeral of James M. Gill, 66 years old, for many years president of the Baltimore & Ohio railway, was held from his old home here today, a large crowd attending. He resigned from the railway fifteen years ago and came to his former home here to lead a retired life. He is reputed to have accumulated a fortune of $1,000,000. His wife has been dead twelve years. He is survived by two sisters, one brother and a grandson, Gill Gordon, a student at Indiana University.

GUARD OF HONOR AT T. R’S. GRAVE 30 DAYS

Oyster Bay, Jan. 9.-—A guard of honor will be maintained ait CoL Theodore Roosevelt’s grave in Young’s Memorial Cemetery for 30 days. Dr. C. T. Reynolds, recently discharged as a lieutenant in the medical corps for phisaeal disability, stood the first watch, from 4 p. m. yesterday until 8 a. m., today.

PEACE ENVOYS TO FIX KAISER’S FATE

Paris, Jan. 9. —The correspondent of the Universal News said tonight that the extradition of the ex-Kaiser and Crown Prince will be the subject of a general conference and that demands on that score will be incorporated in the final peace terms.

HAS PURCHASED A HOME.

In a note to this paper giving his new address John Donnelly says that he has purchased a home at 978 So. Pennsylvania St., Denver, Colorado. John is the son of our good natured onion king, Alfred Donnelly, who lives two miles north of this city. John seems to be like his father in his ability to make money and invest it well.

FRIDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mrs. Floyd Gratner underwent a minor operation today and is doing nicely. Mrs. Ernest Lamson is slightly improved. f ~~ > Hattie Pickner, an aunt of the little child that died at the hospital Wednesday evening, was brought to the hospital last evening, also suffering with influenza. All other patients are doing nicely.

GET A BRICK.

Your boy carrying’your Evening Republican will put your paper under a brick if you will provide same and then your paper will not blow away. J. W. Nagel and family went to Delphi today to yisit F. Schmitter.

young duck. ,A. D. Hershman —1 adult drake; 1, 2 adult duck. John Johnson —1 young drake. Barbom Red Turkey*. Oren Bell—l hen; 1 cockerel; 1 pullet. White Holland Turkey*. Tom Lbnergan—l hen; 1 cockerel. White Embden Geese. Tom Lonergan—l young gander; 1 young goose. Toulouse Geese. J. Dunn, Rensselaer—l young gander; 1 young goose, __J____ Champion*. _ Best Male Barred Plymouth Rock, Jesse Snyder. Best Female, Dark Cornish, John Webber. Best Pen, White Wyandotte, J. M. Sauser. Best Breed Display. Water Fowl, White Pekin ducks, A. D. Hershman. Barred Plymouth Rocks, Jesse Snyder. Buff Rocks, Oren Bell. Partridge Rocks, Frank Snow. Buff Orpingtons, Fred Linback. Blank Langshane, Thompson & Kepner.White Wyandottes, J. M. Sauser. S. C. R. I. Reds, Snyder & Robertson.

Star Theater —The House of Good Pi* tor— TODAY y FRIDAYTOM MIX —IN JL “WESTERN BLOOD” Full of Action and Pep SATURDAY—ETHEL CLAYTON In a Six Reel Production “A SOUL WITHOUT WINDOWS” A Romantic Drama of the moat pleasing type, showing Mi** at her best. v ** ' -ALSO 2 19th EPISODE OF “LIBERTY” MONDAY—VIOLA DANA —IN- 1 — . _ “THE ONLY ROAD” TUESDAY— CASTLE “THE GIRL FROM BOHEMIA” E r— ——— * -*•>

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