Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1919 — Page 1

No. 91.

- * . ' - I. > • Our business has grown so fast that we have been . compelled to employ more help. From this date we will have Miss Lorene Warren in our office. She will keep our books and answer the telephone. r • ‘ • ■ ■■■■■■ I ii i ■ W. J. WRIGHT I '

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WEATHER For Jndiana —Fair warmer tonight and Saturday. TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7:00 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. MirApril 18 . . .42 32

CORN UP A CENT FRIDAY

Oats 63c. Corn $1.48. Rye $1.50. Wheat $2.30.

BREWERY TO RUN SOCIAL CENTERS

Toledo. 0., April 18.—Announcement was made today by the management that the Huebner-Toledo Breweries Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in Ohio, will devote its $3,000,000 plant here to the manufacture of temperance beer, and wilt continue to operate 175 saloons as social centers. The same policy is to be followed regarding Huebner saloon properties in various parts of the state. The company announces also the extensive manufacture of ice, which it expects to supply at lower prices.

MEETINGS WELL ATTENDED

The week of service at the First Christian church have been well attended. There have been confessions each day with only one exception. Last night there were three added, two confessions and one by letter. To-night will close the special week night services. All are invited.

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MULES RUN INTO AUTOMOBILE

As Fred Linback and family were passing the home of Simon Cook, in Hanging Grove township, Thursday evening at 8:30 o’clock they were met by a team of runaway mules belonging to Alfred Bisher. Mr. Linback pulled his automobile out to the side of the road as he saw the mules appreach. The rushing steeds passed two machines before they reached the Linback car. Just as they appreached the Linback car they swerved to that side of the road and the neckyoke holding the miules together was rammed into the radiator of the Linback car, doing damage to the amount of SIOO or more. Fortunately no one was injured. The car was insured and the damages will be paid by the insurance company. J '

BROTHER-IN-LAW OF W. C. BABCOCK DIES IN CALIFORNIA

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Babcock, of this city have received word of the death of Edward J. Murray, at Fresno, California. The particulars in regard to his death, which occurad Wednesday at 9:00 p.m. have not been received. The deceased is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Lulu Daughterly, sister of Mrs. W. C. Babcock, two sons, one of whom is in the aviation service, and one daughter. The body will be sent to Chicago for burial.

BIG FROST THURSDAY NIGHT

There was a very heavy frost Thursday night the thermometer reaching the freezing point. Several report that ice was frozen in places. By many it is thought no damage will be done on account of the fact that it has been so wet.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA. FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1919.

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VARIOUS TOWNSHIPS OF COUNTY RECEIVE LOAN APPORTIONMENTS FIFTH LOAN QUOTA OF JASPER COUNTY BELOW THAT OF PREVIOUS ONES. MARION TOWNSHIP RECEIVED LARGEST SLICE IN APPORTIONMENT WITH CARPENTER SECOND AND BARKLEY THIRD. CHAIRMAN SELECTED FOR EACH TOWNSHIP BY COUNTY CHAIRMAN. • 1 • . Chairman Charles G. Spitler announces the following lineup which is to put Jasper county over the top with the $275,000 Victory Loan quota, assigned to this county as its share of the work of finishing the job. Township Chairman Address* Allotment Carpenter, F. L. Lough Remington....,...s 58,000 Barkley Grant Davisson Rensselaer . 21,000 Gillam John F. Ryan Medaryville 9,000 Hanging Grove Robert McDonald - McCoysburg 9,000 Jordan John Kolhoff Rensselaer 12,000 Kankakee ___• R. V. Davis Tefft . . 8,000 Keener Farion D. Delos Dean Rensselaer 95,000 Milroy Charles N. Wood Monon .. . 3,000 Newton John Rush Rensselaer No. 3 . . 12,000 Union Amos Davisson Parr . . Walker William Hershman Medaryville 7,000 Wheatfield John Bowie Wheatfield 12,000 Mir. Davisson has divided Union Township into six districts, and appointed the following district chairmen, towit: Firman Thompson, F. R. Irwin, Frank Schroer, A. R. Schultz, I. r. Meader, C. A. Harrington. .. x x . Mr. Dean has divided Marion township into nine districts and appointed the following district chairmen, who are called to meet at the Trust & Savings Bank at 7:30 o’clock p.m., Friday, April 18, 1919, to-wit: iR. D. Thompson, Fred Arnott, Willis Lutz, George M. Myres, W. J. Wright, B. Frank Alter, A. H. Hopkins, George E. Collins, Charles M. Sands.

PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED

EYES OF SEVERAL COUNTIES FOCUSED ON BENTON •■ ■ ■ - LEGAL BATTLE. Marking the beginning of a new epoch in the history of Indiana, today, W. W. Evans, prominent citizen, farmer and contractor of Benton county, begins to await the verdict of twelve of his neighbors upon the question of his guilt or innocence of a charge of knowingly filing a false claim for money upon a contract for the construction of a highway in Pine township, Benton county. Facing him, Upon the verdict of guilty at the hands of his neighbors, is a punishment of not less than two years nor more than fourteen years in the state prison and a fine of not less than $lO and not more than SI,OOO. It is the first case of the exact kind in Indiana. The decision of the jury in the Evans case will doubtless pave the way for others of the land in other localities. Complaints similiar to those against Evans, have been frequent wherever public work has been done, but heretofore no such action has been taken as in the Benton county case. lit is said that the concrete used by Evans in the construction of a road was not according to the specifications; culverts constructed lacked the proper amount of concrete and small bridges and culverts were alleged to have been shortened. They are said to have been in some instances w feet Shorter than designated in the specifications. The grading is claimed to have been slighted, sand being used in large quantities where he was required, under his contract, to use a specified quality of gravel. Ultimately through investigations made by members of the state board of accounts, and following their report, a grand jury of Benton county returned a true bill against Evans in which he is charged with a felony under the false claim statute. « J (Prominent as is Evans, a man of good general Reputation, has caused an entire community to wonder at his indictment, which wonder grew

when it was learned that the county had appropriated a large sum of money with which to employ additional counsel in the prosecution, after the appropriating body had received certain information regarding the charges against him, has caused his same community to become divided upon the question as to his guilt or innocence. The defendant, Thursday, filed a motion to quash the indictment against him. The indictment as filed is in two counts, in both of which Evans is charged with filing a claim for a completed road and for a balance claimed to have been due him of $2,017 when in fact the highway had not been completed at all and when nothing was due him under the contract. By his motion to quash the indictment, Evans raises the following questions: First, that the indictment fails to charge or allege any unlawful intent. Second, that there is no chaise in the indictment that he ever received any money under the alleged false claim. Third, that the indictment charges mere conclusions of law and that there is nothing charged which is sufficient to put him upon his defense. The attorneys in the case for the prosecution are Wilbur Nowlin, prosecuting attorney, assisted by Ernest Hawkins and Messrs. Jones and Jack son, .of Lafayette. Those representing the defense are attorneys, Charles M. Snyder, Elmore Barce and E. G. Hall, of Fowler,

LARGEST CLASS IN HISORY TO BE GRADUATED

Despite the fact that the first ten months of the year 1918 took so man young men from civilian life that placed them in the military service, the graduating class this spring will be the largest in the history of Rensselaer high School, forty-three being the number of students whose names will be added to the alunini roll of the school. Previous to this year, the largest class of graduates ever leaving the school was forty-two in the year 1918.

D. Delos Dean has been selectee as the chairman of the Victory Loan drive in Marion township. ALL HOME PRINT TODAY. READ THE INSIDE PAGES.

THREE COUNTIES IN COMBINE

DELEGATES OF WARREN, BENTON AND NEWTON TO MAKE 1 ROAD FIGHT. (Fearful lest the counties lying to the east of them will obtain the trunk line highway through western Indiaana, if one is contsructed, delegates of Warren, Newton and Benton counties met at the hub of Newton county Wednesday to discuss plans for securing the proposed road for their counties. Our neighbors are thoroughly organized and are going to make the fight of their lives in an effort to obtain what will be the biggest trade-getter that could be added to their community, as may be seen from the following article: Kentland, Ind., April 17.—Anxious to secure early assistance from state and national sources in the constructtion of a trunk line of* highway through western Indiana, a large and enthusiastic meeting of delegates from Benton, Warren and Newton counties was held here yesterday. There is a general fear throughout the counties bordering on the Hindis fine that such a trunk line of highway will be secured by the counties lying to the east and that when the final location is made, this important artery of commerce will drain these counties of the vast amount of trade now enjoyed by them with tourists and others who now use the splendid road systems of these counties.

Action was taken to completely organize Warren, Benton and Newton counties and committees were appointed from each county were apconfer with and organize Lake county, so that there will be a powerful combination to convince the powers that be that the western tier of counties should receive first attention. Several propositions as to the location of the desired trunk line through Benton and Newton counties were considered by the delegates. Among these was one to locate an air line from Fowler directly north to the town of Thayer in Newton county. Another was to locate a line running into Crown Point in Lake County. Another was to have the line located oh what is now mown as the Earl Park-Kentland-Morocco road. The latter line met with the greater approval by the assemblage and will probably be a very popular route when the location for the proposed trunk line is being finally adopted. Great opposition developed to having the Crown Point ine considered at all.

With the possible exception of some portions of California, there are, perhaps, no other sections of country in the United States where there are as ipany miles o£ excellent highways as are to be found in the northwestern counties of Indiana. Here are splendid grades—well drained, and extending for miles through a most wonderful farming Country. The farms, as a rule, are well kept—well fenced and are virtually all accessible to stone and gravel highways that are in the best of condition the year round. During the summer months hundreds of tourits travel through this section by automobile and are amazed at the ease and comfort of travel, while at the same time a large amount of -revenue is received by the people of the section through the trade with these. The people of this section have not been slow to realize the benefits of good roads and hence there will be a determined effort made by them tri secure a great trunk line *to be constructed through state and federal aid. •

INTERESTING CASE OCCUPIES ATTENTION OF BENTON COURT

< Fowler, April 18.—The commencement of the trial of Wallace W. Evans, contractor and prominent citizen of this county, was postponed today because of the unexpected length of the Finch larceny case, which has been on trial in the Benton circuit court since last Tuesday. Finch is a wealthy farmer owning a large farm in the vicinity of Templeton, is charged .with having stolen two hogs from a neighbore named Kennedy. It has been the contention of the state during the trial that two hogs of the value of SBO and belonging to Kennedy were discovered in the possession of Finch, who later attempted to sell them to a McConnell. This case has attracted wide attention throughout Benton and adjoining counties because of the prominence of the parties and the peculiar chain of circustances surrounding the loss of the. hogs by Mr. Kennedy. A hard and bitter fight has developed during the trial and practically every legal point has been exhaustively contested.

TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL IS TO BE CONSIDERED

The proposition for the erection of a tuberculosis hospital by Pulaski, Starke, Fulton and Jasper counties is to be further considered at a meeting to be held at Monterey on Friday of this week, the 18th. „The commissioners and other officials of the four counties are expected to be present,' besides a' number of interested citizens, and it is possible that some definite action may be taken at the meeting.

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SIX O’CLOCK CLOSING WINS

SAME SCHEDULE OF WORKING HOURS TO BE IN FORCE FOLLOWING MEETING. Rensselaer merchants met at the Collins shoe store Thursday evening in response to a call from the secretary of the Merchants’ association to discuss the advisability of changing the opening and closing hour of their stores to one hour later in the day, the result of the government request which shoved the clock hands one hour forward several weeks ago. At a recent meeting of the city council, the merchants requested that body to declare the new time void, as far as Rensselaer was concerned, and to dedare the old time again in operation. However, it was found that the civic body had no power to declare a change of time which would conflict with the government luling, and the request of the merchants was natuarily refused. Matters remained in the same muddled and unclarified state in the minds of the merchants following the request made of the council. They were all at sea and found that it was impossible to satisfy all classes no matter what closing hour they decided upon, and for this . reason they determined to allow their working hours to remain the same as they have been, which seems to be the wisest decision that could have been arrived at. ■ ■ It is not improbable that a special session of congress will be called in May when the president returns, and it is believed that the war time measure daylight-saving plan law will be rescinded when congress convenes, which will take the matter out of the hands of communities and restore universal time. Not until then will all be satisfied.

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