Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1919 — Page 1

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DEATH OF JOSEPH FITZHUGH.

Joseph Fitzhugh, who had been a patient iff the Jasper county hospital for a Pong time, died at noon Sunday, June 15. He was a.bachelor and was about fifty years of age. Until recently he owned a fifty-acre farm in Milroy township. He has* a brother, Albert Fitzhugh, who lives in • that township, and the remainder of his relatives, including a number of sisters, live in England. His body will be laid ito rest in Weston cemetery at ? p. m., Tuesday, June 17, at which time, if the weather permits, a short service will be held which will be in charge of the Rev. E. W. Strecker.

THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; but little change in temperature.

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PRINCESS THEATRE TONIGHT * Priscilla Dean —IN—“She Hired a Husband” - CURRENT EVENTS FROM ALL V OVER THE WORLD

TUESDAY. Monroe Salisbury IN “Hugon the Mighty” —ALSO— - EDDIE POLO —IN— Nineteenth and Twentieth Episode of THE LURE OF THE CIRCUS” WEDNESDAY Wallace Reid » —IN—“The Dub”

The Evening Republican.

JOHN J. EDDY.

MONNETT SCHOOL ENJOYS BEST YEAR IN HISTORY.

The school year for the Monnett School for Girls, which just closed, was the most successful in the history of that institution, according to figures recently compiled, showing that the school is on a firm financial basis and that the number of students attracted to the school each year is steadily growing. Receipts of the institution during the 1918-19 term approximated SIO,OOO, while the disbursements reached a figure between $9,000 and SIO,OOO. Truly a wonderful showing for a school which was founded only a short time ago and which has faced many discouraging obstacles during its brief career, and a tribyte to the efficiency of those who have so successfully managed it. During the term just' closed there were forty young ladles from various parts of the United States in attendance, and there would have been a great many more had the facilities of the school been greater. During the year it was found necessary to rent one of Earle Reynolds’ residences on Washington avenue to accommodate the increased number of students. The Mbnnett school is steadily and surely growing and bids fair in time to become the leading schooLof its kind in the country. The commencement exercises of the school were held last week, seven young ladies receiving their diplomas. The Rev. William Grant Feaman, of the First Methodist church of Gary, delivered the commencement address. The cantata was under the direction of Mrs. Loren Sage, of this city, and the performers acquitted themselves in an admirable manner and the children’s chorus was unusually good.

NOTICE. All the suits contesting the will of the late Benjamin J. Gifford, are now disposed of, and I am in a position to sell land. I have yet unsold several hundred acres of good land located in Jasper and Lake counties, which I will sell as executor on reasonable terms, but cannot take any trade. Call at my office or at the office of T. M. Callahan, at Renßselaeß, Indiana, for particulars. GEO. H. GIFFORD, Executor.

THURSDAY Rupert Juliaft IN “The Fire Flingers” FRIDAY Elsie Ferguson IN “Under the Greenwood Tree” ■■■. ~- , , [■' ■ •i , . ■ . V . • 1 ■ . r

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1919.

SEEK TO BREAK WILL

RELATIVES DECLARE INVALID WILL OF LATE SARAH KENNEDY, OF MOROCCO. • Through their attorney, John A. Dunlap, relatives of the late Sarah A. Kennedy, of Morocco, today filed in the Newton circuit court a complaint seeking to set aside the will of Mrs. Kennedy, declaring that said will is invalid and that she was unduly influenced by two of her daughters, who are named as defendants, through their having received the greater benefit by the will. t The plaintiffs in the case are: Samuel Kennedy, Earl Kennedy, Kinder Kennedy, Ruby Hunter, Grace Hunter, Bertha Whaley and Emmett Ellis Kennedy, through his next friend, Luther Brunton. Those named as defendants are: Nellie Cbizum Kennedy and Frieda Kennedy. The plaintiffs in their complaint allege that the defendants did corruptly contrive, through continuous and persistent persuasion and importunities, and did thereby gain an overpowering influence over Mrs. Kennedy, which they exercised at the time the will was made. The plaintiffs further seek to show that at the time the will was made that Mrs. Kennedy was of unsound mind and in such an enfeebled condition that the will as drawn up was unduly executed. It is said that Mrs. Kennedy bequeathed to the defendants valuable real estate, her household effects, the profits from the sale of the grains, the farm stock and machinery to an amount far in excess of what they were legally entitled to. The complainants further allege that Frieda Kennedy took advantage of her mother’s enfeebled condition and thereby influenced the latter to name her as executrix of the will; also that she obtained money from her mother for her personal use which wds derived from the sale of grains and stock during the several months prior to the death of the testatrix. Mrs. Kennedy was a lady of great wealth and it is expected that the case, which will come to trial in October, will parallel that of the one which followed the death of her husband several years ago, and at which time the same relatives sought, with success, to have his will set aside as invalid.

AN EVENING OF MYSTERY AND MIRTH.

Arthur Irwin, who will appear at the Methodist church Tuesday evening, June 17th, is a magician far above the average in ability and is bound to please by his versatility and ability. He divides his program into two parts, as follows: Impersonator —Is given to readings, character impersonations, pantomine acting and sketches. In some of his character impersonations Mr. Irwin uses wigs and funny make-ups making still more variety to an already varied program. His “old country fidler” always proves a big laugh getter. Magician—He brings surprise after surprise as he takes you through mysteries guided by his magic wand. When he makes a ringing alarm clock vanish before the very eyes of the audience th§y always say: “How did he do it?” He is original, and not only • makes you wonder, but also keeps you laughing with his ever bubbling humor. Given by the Monnett Guild, benefit Monnett sehdol. At Trinity M. E. church. Admission: Adults, 25c; children, 15c. ,

NOTICE, GIRL SCOUTS! (The products to be sold are at the Red Cross .rooms. ’ Get your share and begin work as soon as possible. THE CAPTAIN.

MONDAY HOSPITAL NOTES. Cecilia and Leo Kellner, children of Lawrence Kellner, of Remington, had their tonsils removed today. William Ragel left yesterday. Ralph Davis, sixteen-months-old baby, remains the same.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date Indicated: Max. Min. June 5 . -96 June 6 93 66 June 7 .92 65 June 15 93 66 June 16 .95 65

Clarence E. Messenger, who was arrested Saturday and lodged in jail here on a charge of grand larceny, appeared befbre Squire S. C. Irwin this morning and waived preliminary hearing and was bound over uqtal the fall term of court. He gave bond in the sum of SIOO and was permitted Ito go free. Messenger is charged I with having stolen school books, stoves and other articles 'from the Curtis Creek school house in Newton township about a year ago. ,The authorities had a warrant for his arrest for almost a year, hut only Recently learned that he was living in Monon.

FLYERS SPAN SEA IN ONE HOP

VIMY PLANE COVERS THE J,900 MILE* IN SIXTEEN HOURS—REMARKABLE FEAT. London, June 15. —Captain John Aleock and Lieutenant Arthur Brown, in their Vickers-Vimy biplane, landed at Clifden, Ireland, this morning, completing the first nonstop airplane flight across the Atlantic. Their trip from St. Johns, N. F., was made in sixteen hours, twelve minutes. The landing was made at 9:40 d’clock, British summer time. In ing the ground the machine struck heavily and the fuselage ploughed inthe" sand. Neither of the occupants was injured. Much of the flight was made through a fog, with an occasional drizzle. This hampered the airmen considerably during their journey. Captain Alcock explained the silence of his radio instrument during the trip by saying that the wireless propeller blew off soon after the airplane left Newfoundland. “We were much jammed by strong wireless signals not intended for us,’’ he added.

London, June 15.—The final goal of all the ambitious which flying men have ventured to dream since the Wright brothers first rose from the earth in a heavier-than-air machine, was realized this morning, when two young British officers, Captain John Alcock and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown, landed on the Irish coast after the first nob-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean. Their voyage was without accident and without unforseen incident, as far as can be learned. It was a straightaway, clean-cut flight achieved in sixteen hours and twelve minutes —from Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland, a distance of more than 1,900 miles. But the brief and modest description which comes from the airmen at Clifden tells of an adventurous and amazingly hazardous enterprise. Fog and mists hung over the north Atlantic and the VickersVimy biplane climbed and dove, struggling to free herself from the folds of the airplane’s worst enemy. She rose to 11,000 feet, swooped down almost to the surface of the sea, and at times the two navigators found themselves flying upside doWn, only ten feet above the water. < coming to earth near the Clifden wireless station, Alcock circled the wireless aerials seeking the best spot to reach the earth. But no suitable ground was found, so he chanced it in a bog. The wireless staff rushed to the aid of the aviators. They found Brown dazed and Alcock temporarily deafened by the force of the impact. As soon as they were able to be es- t corted to the wireless station, they 1 telegraphed the news to their friends, then had breakfast. “That is the best way to cross the Atlantic,” said Lieut. Brown after he had eaten.

DR. ENGLISH AND FAMILY LEAVE FOR EASTERN TRIP.

Dr. andlKrs. E.\C. English and son, Harry, and Mrs. Philip Steele, of Chicago, left this Monday morning in the doctor’s automobile for a tour of the east. During absence they will visit Niagara Falls, New York City, Washington, D. C., and other points, of interest. The tourists expect to be gone about three weeks. The trip is being made in the interest of Mrs. English’s health. *

ABE MARTIN.

[lndianapolis News.] Lem Smiley, who never had a chance on earth, is now a mail clerk on a airplane. It’s been jest a year t’day since Mrs. Winsor Kale went t’ th’ altar supported by her father, an’ he’s still supportin’ her.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. National League. Brooklyn, 3; St. Louis, 2. New York, 5; Chicago, 4. American League. St. Louis, 1; New York, 0. Detroit, 8; Washington, 0.

MONDAY PRODUCE MARKET.

Cream, 47c. Eggs,, 31c. Hens, 24c. Fries—Under 2 lbs, 39c; over 2 lbs., 35c. Cocks, 13c.

MONDAY GRAIN MARKET.

Oats, 64c. Corp, $1.68, , Rye, $1.35. Wheat, $2.30,

NOTICE. I have a fifteen-year-old girl for whom I diesire to secure a home. CHARLES M. SANDS, * ; Probate Officer, The luxury tax on soft drinks adds the “kick.” —Long Island City Star.

OUoQ v 7 First Shipment gs Fall Caps Arrived Today $1,5043

ANYWAY, JUST SO IT’S NEAR FOWLER.

Benton Gounty Tribune-®- # The national-state highway proposition is being discussed by th% various towns interested, and Fowler is standing pat on the proposition that it wants the highway, and is willing to extend its sympathy and aid in anyway that will bring about that result. Kentland wants a line that would pass west of Fowler, and before it got to Lake county would look like a streak of lightning against a dark back-ground. Goodland is asking us to meet them in a discussion of the most direct line on the map. It -is to run from Lafayette to Oxford, then a jog to Fowler, and from there to Thayer, where there is another jog of one and one-half miles, straight into Crown Point. This highway would follow the line of road past the Dinwiddie farm, just east of Fowler, and would pass Goodland about one-half mile west of the town. Mr. Washburn, an expert in that line, of Goodland, has drawn a very fine map of the three proposed routes, including the one from Lafayette by way of Rensselaer. We aTe for all of them if they come near Fowler, but some of them look more like a profile of Snake river than a public highway.

DEATH OF FORMER RENSSELAER PASTOR.

The Rev. R. D. Utter, a former ipastor of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church of* this city, died at the State Soldiers’ home, near Lafayette, Thursday, June 12. Funeral services were held m the Trinity M. E. church in Lafayette Monday at 10:30 a. m. The services partook of the nature of a memorial service and were under the direction of the district superintendent, Dr. W. E. McKinzie. Dr. Utter was at one time a very popular pastor of the Methodist church in this city and was one of the oldest and most honored members of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist church. The body was taken to Thomtown for interment.

NOTABLE FEAT.

The flight of the Vickers-Vimy biacross the Atlantic was one of three recent notable and daring achievements by airmen. To Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown goes the high honor of having made the first non-stop air passage of the Atlantic, the achievement going to the credit of Great Britain. The Atlantic had already been spanned in an air journey, however, the feat having been performed by American naval officers in the seaplane Nc-4 with a stop at the Azores enroufe from Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal, the journey beginning Masr 16 and ending May 27. Less successful, but no less daring than the achievement of the VickersVimy pilot and navigator, was the recent flight by two other British airmen, Harry G. Hawker and Liev»t. Commander Mackenzie Grieve, on May 19. They covered more than hdlf the distance across the Atlantic before being forced to alight in midocean. For nearly a week they were given up for lost, but finally turned up safe on board a small craft which took them almost to Ireland before news of their dramatic tescue was relayed to shore by a British destroyer. 7 j

One can buy ten cents’ worth of alt most anything now for thirty cents. —Toledo Blade. >

SERVICE PLANT DAM GIVES WAY

WATER POURS THROUGH FIFTYFOOT BREAK—MACHINERY IS BADLY WRECKED. Monticello, Ind., June 15.—A break in a damn across the Tippecanoe river here at 3:20 o’clock this afternoon caused between $30,000 and $40,000 damage. The dam is 350 feet long and 10 feet high. The break starts at the west end and extends about fifty feet into the river. There is three miles of backwater between fifteen and twenty feet deep which must pass through the opening. The east end of the modern power plant, which extends into the river, is being swept away and the two thousand people who came from miles around to see the water rushing through the opening in the dam, heard thousands of dollars worth of machinery drop into the water and roll on with the current. The plant and dam are owned by the Interstate Public Service company anff furnished light and power to twelve cities and towns. However, all, with the exception of Monticello, are equipped with steam plants in case of emergency, but Mionticello’s emergency steam plant was put out of commission when the east end of the power plant was washed away. Monticello is in darkness tonight, lanterns, lamps and candles being brought back into use, and tomorrow will be a holiday, for there is no power with which to run the various shops and manufacturing plants. Churches were dismissed tonight and the town had ith6 appearance of London during an air raid. Frank Nipple was the only man on duty at the plant when the break occurred. He said that there were two “kick-ins” and that almost immediately after the water under - mined the wall of the building and started on its mad rush for freedom. A “kick-in” was explained to be a leavy charge of lightning on a high (tension wire, lessening the load in the engine room of the plant, and in turn slackening the speed of the turbines. Mr. Nipple stated that immediately after two “kick-ins” registered, the water undermined the wall of the building and began to tear out the ..plant. The dam was originally built fifty years ago and was formerly used in the operation of grist mills. . However, the present dam, which is of \ concrete construction, was built, but eight years ago. The power plant was of modern construction and housed the most modem equipment. Thousands of fish, the finest in the Tippecanoe river, are now passing through the opening in the dam and will eventually be carried down into the Wabash river, restocking that stream with game fish. f Hundreds of people from surrounding to\vis were in Monticello today and there was excitement a plenty.

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