Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1912 — Page 1

No. 306.

For Real Bargains In Suits, Overcoats Fur Coats, Sheep-Lined Coats Sweaters, Trousers, Underwear, Socks, Shirts **- (both Dress and Work), Hats, Caps, , and in the Clothing and /wf/7/ Furnishings Line, a visif to Rensselaer’s II \X/ v, GREATEST CLOTHING STORE will II jf 1 | certainly pay you. fl /®|\ 1. YOU CAN SAVE I 4 j ! BIG MONEY ' t|VjW j by buying now. This is the season of the year UV ~ T , when we must make big reductions in order to 11 \ K ■ help clear our stocks, as we must begin to think ’ \ M seriously of next season. m VI We want you to take your time in buying. \1 \i | We don’t ask or expect you to jump right in |\l|\ 1 and buy the first thing that is shown you, but - I yfcJ we desire that you examine everything and I E see for yourself the splendid bargains ja await you at Traub & Selig’s. * TRAUB & SELIG “The New York Store” Given away absolutely free each Odd Fellows Building week. Call at the store for particu- * Rj»ncej»l» Ir»/1 lars.—Traub & Selig. -- IxenSSeiaei, IUQ.

WIFE AND MOTHER DESERTS FAMILY

Mrs. Wilbur Criswell Tucked Little Ones in Bed and Then Left, Husband Says With Man. Mrs. Wilbur Criswell, mother of four young children, left the. home of her husband and the little ones Monday evening and the Husband and his brothers declare that she went away with a married man in his buggy and presumably accompanied him to Chicago. Mr. Criswell and his wife have dwelled together in happy married life, he states, until a few weekVago when he discovered that she was receiving attention from this man. She then left home and came to Rensselaer, where she workeed for some time at a. hotel. He tried to talk with her one evening and ran after her, catching hold of her arm and when each pulled she fell and he fell over her and the screams of the woman several neighbors to rush into the street. That was several weeks ago. Soon afterward she returned to him and again they were very happy, so he says, and he believes that she was going to remain with the family where she was so much needed. In a touching note headed "The Neighborhood of Sorrow,” Mr. Criswell relates that his wife and himself had been in town Monday and went home at about 2 o’clock, everything seemed all right and no trouble was looked for as she seemed perfectly contented. At about 7 o’clock or possibly a little before she took the two younger children to bed, tucked them in and then removed he l ' shoes, slipped down stairs and out of the house. Some fifteen minutes later Wilbur went upstairs to see why his wife had not come down an 4 she was not there. The children told about her taking off her shoes and going so quietly away. A search was at once started but it was dark and no trace of her., could be found The next mbptiing Mr. Criswell and brothers fotmd what they regarded as a certain dew. Horse hoofs had left marks In the road where the horse

The Evening Republican

PRESIDENT-ELECT SPENT XMAS IN BED

Governor Woodrow Wilson Contracted Severe Cold in Auto Monday and Had Fever. President-elect Wilson spent a good portion of Christmas day in bed. He is suffering from a slight attack of grip and a severe cold. He caught cold on Monday and on Tuesday was exposed considerably in an from Trenton to Princeton. lie seemed to be much better in the evening. Tomorrow he is to go to Staunton, Va., his birthplace, and where extensive preparations have been made for his coming.

All of Moore Family at Home Except Son in West.

There was a joyful gathering at the home of William Moore, in the east part of town, Christmas day, when all of the children were present except their son, Forg Moore, and family, of LaMar, Mo. Those present were eight of the sons and daughters, five sops-in-law and two daughters-in-law knd seven grandchildren. They Were, Mr. and Mrs. G. Deschand, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Potts, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cheesman, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hickman, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Lyons, Miss Florence Moore and Mr. James Moore. All are residents of Rensselaer except Mr. and Mrs. Cheesman, of Lafayette, and Mr. and Mrs. Potts, of McCoysburg. Forg was not forgotten and will receive The Republican for the next six months as a Christmas present.

was turned around at the crossroads south of the house The tracks were recognized. They were pony tracks. The horse had been driven east after leaving the corner. Two neighbors stated that they had seen Mrs. Criswell talking with the owner of the pony in a Rensselaer store Monday. Investigation proved that the man was away from home. He returned Thursday, so the Criswells say, but Mrs. Criswell did not come back and Christmas was a sorrowful day for the distracted husband and the four children. *

Entered January 1, 1897, as eeoond claw mail natter, at the poet-offloe. at Beueelaer, Zndlaua, under the aet of March 3, lt7».

STORAGE HOUSE TO BE BUILT IN SPRING

B. Forsythe Will Erect Plant of 25,000 Bushels Capacity on Ground Near Elevator. B. Forsythe recently purchased ground east of the Harrington elevator and abutting on the railroad right-of-way and in the spring expects to erect a cold-storage plant of 25,000 bushels capacity. The building will be 25x125 feet in dimensions and 20 feet high. Mr. Forsythe expects to raise 10,000 bushels of onions and potatoes himself next year and to store them in his plant. He will buy enough more to fill it or will rent storage room in it. The building will be started after his return from his wedding tour of the west and south.

Try Duvall Bros, for feed. Phone 135 and try our $1.20 per hundred cow feed. We feed it, why not you? Three men were injured when they jumped from a window on the third floor of the Arlington Hotel at Rochester, this state, Sunday afternoon, down an air shaft to a roof twenty feet below, In an effort to escape a raid on a poker game. No arrests were made. Not an hour passes in Chicago without seeing at least one woman arrested. Figures just compiled by the police department show that in the first ten months of the year 36,090 women were brought face to face with the law. The figures were presented to show the need of more police matrons. There are many “broken lots” of men’s, boys’ and children’s Suits and Overcoats which must be sold. It would even pay you to buy them for next year and lay them away. The prices will certainly tempt you to do that in case you are already supplied for this season.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1912.

Feed—Feed—Feed.

TRAUB & SELIG.

Genuine Jackson Hill coat at Hamilton & Kellner’s.

SPLENDID CHRISFMAS FOR GOOD FELLOWS

Brought Cheer Into Many Homes and Found Real Delight in Work of Charity.. The Good Fellows found lots of real enjoyment in carrying into execution the charity that was inspired by the organization started some ten days ago. Rex Warner was Santa Claus, Moses Leopold was St. Nicholas and Charles R. McFarland w r as Kris Kringle. Arthur Tuteur was scribe, Don Wright was commissary and Charley Porter and John Braddock were in charge of the deliveries. Attorney Leopold turned his office over to the Good Fellows and they made it look like Santa Claus headquarters for sure. There were many boxes of candy, nuts, sugar, coffee, chickens, roasts, fruit, shoes, underwear, caps, suits of clothes, gloves and other things. Occasionally a doll baby could be seen in one of the baskets and here and there a toy of some sort protruded. Thirty families were visited and with the aid of Mrs. C. A. Roberts, wh® had the local charity needs well in mind, they believe the remembrances were placed in the proper places. The heavier and bulkier groceries were delivered by the grocery wagons, ..while the two automobiles were used in taking the candies, poultry, ’toys, dolls, etc, One of the Good Fellows said that he never saw so much happiness as was evident in the homes where they left their packages. “You can not imagine how well the gifts were received,” said one of the Good Fellows, “why, I was never so pleased in my life as I was to know that I h&d taken part in this plan to bring Christmas cheer into the homes.” The total expenditures did not exceed SBO, and thus is left quite a lib tie fund to he used later as need of it is observed.

MORE ABOUT KOHN; ALLEGE BIG PLOT

Thought That He May Have Had Something to Do With Fire at North Judson Tear. The North Judson News contains a complete story about Ben Kohn, who is under arrest charged with arson. The authorities have evidence of a gigantic arson conspiracy. Associated with "Kohn was Ben Franklin, alias Fink, alias Finkelberg, called “The Torch,” because he has had so many fires. Kohn was a traveling man for some time and only last year he and Dave Rosenberg ran a gent’s furnishing store at North Judson. A fire there is thought to be traceable to the arson gang. Of the fire and explosion at South Bend, the Times of that city say*: ‘The explosion and fire which partially wrecked the building and destroyed the stock of the Farmers’ & Workingmen’s Friend store, operated by Ben Kohn, was one of the most- spectacular as well as suspicious which* ever occurred in this city. Indications of the dse of oil, the force of the explosion which,, it was evident, could not have been spontaneous and Kahn’s actions before and after the event all pointed toward incendiarism, according to local authorities who made a probe of the affair. “Suspicious actions of Kohn and strange men about the store were uncovered by tlje authorities. Customers who were in the store on the night before the fire told the police that Kohn came up out of the basement to wait on them, that he was dirty and nervous and seemed anxious for them to leave. “It was also alleged by persons living in the vicinity of the Kohn store that shortly before the fire Kohn and an assistant were seen packing gooeft in large boxes in the rear lot. The boxes were taken away on a dray, it is said.” Kohn was running the store at Remington when the fire occurred in February, 1910. He carried SIB,OOO insurance on a stock that was believed not to exceed SB,OOO. He is said to have collected $&100. He then went to Seattle, Wash., and a business venture there is said to have been a failure.

New Cash Feed Store

Duvall Bros. have opened up a general feed store and will hkve a complete stock on hand When you want feed give us a ealL Try our $l5O per hundred cow feed. We know it will suit you. We have installed a 5-ton pair of scales for general weighing. Phone 135.

Saturday Evening Post.

As I will be out of town, Ralph Wiseman will sell The Saturday Evening Post for me this week.

LINN PARKINSON.

DEATH OF DAUGHTER BROUGHT ANGUISH

Catherine Maloy, Aged Ten, Died Tuesday Afternoon at Lowell After Short Sickness. Catherine Maloy, aged 9 years and 9 months, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloy, in Lowell, Tuesday afternoon, after a brief sickness that defied the skill of the Lowell physicians and of the Chicago specialist who was called in consultation. The little girl had not been strong since she suffered a severe attack of scarlet fever when somewhat younger, her heart being as fected. She was a very bright and attractive child apd was a great favorite in. Lowell, where all the people of the town showed an anxious concern for her. From tfie very start her sickness was extremely severe and only the faintest ray of hope was held out for her recovery and the little life slowly ebbed away. The parents, both of whom are former Rensselaer people and both graduates of the Rensselaer high school, are heart-broken at their loss and their Christmas, which had given promise a"few days before of being such a cheerful one, has brought anguish into the home that it will take a long time to relieve. The relatives here are burdened with sorrow, for all had loved the little sunbeam and have keenly felt the sacrifice of ner death. Nine of the relatives went to Lowell this Thursday morning and accompanied the grief-stricken parto Rensselaer on the 2 o’clock train this afternoon and the funeral will he held here and burial he made In Weston cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Maloy have only one other child, a son of about 11 years.

E. of P. Special Meeting.

A special meeting of the Knights of Pythias Is called for Saturday night, Dec. 28th, for the purpose of nominating officers. Let there be a full attendance.

W. A. DAVENPORT,

Chancellor Commander.

Notice to Odd Fellows. Work will be given by the Odd Fellows Lodge in the first and third degree on Thursday evening, Dec. 26. Arrangements will be made the same evening for a roll call and banquet to be held Jan. 9. All resident and visiting Odd Fellows are invited to attend.

Start Off Right Start Off the New Year with the Right Foot Place a policy on your life in the Right Company. If your life is not amply protected get right in the NORTH WESTERN MUTUAL. The Company with the right contract; the right premium, the right dividend. This company has scores of policy holders in this county in the aggregate covering an amount of over a quarter of a million dollars. Many of them re insured in the company. Not one single dissatisfied policy holder. This company does more than it agrees. Get right with yourself now, and start off the new year with a policy in the GRAND OLD NORTHWESTERN. “It’s right if I write it.” C. Arthur Tuteur I write accident insurance, too.

BASKET BALL At The Armory CoTm •vs.. Wheatfield - - Dec. 27 Goodland - - - Jan, 1 Delphi - - ■ - Jan. 3 Gdn. Admis. 25c. Ladies 15c

WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Friday; somewhat eolder Friday.

ONE OF THE PIONEERS. BgggPi§LJOSEPH V. PARKISON Born in Logan county, Ohio, May 16, 1829, came to Jasper county in 1837 and helped develop and improve what was then a new country. Moved to Bucklin, Kans., eight years ago and died there Dec. 18, aged 83 years, 7 months and 2 days. NOTICE. After Janhary Ist, we close at 6 o’clock except Saturdays. ROWLES & PARKER.

Ellis Theatre J. H. S. ELLIS, Manager. FOR ONE WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, DEC. 30 Che Comeli-Price Players IN Repertoire SEATS ON SALE AT JESSEN’S.

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