Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1918 — Page 2

HAPPENINGS in the CITIES

Something New Under the Sun: Woman Gun-Fighter fOS ANGELES.—-The last of the Jones-Lewis bandit gang has been wiped la out in the suburb of Arcadia. Their murderous performances match those of the bandits Who terrorized the western country after the Civil war. In one

jmsting feature* however, this gang outdid the old-time bandits —a woman gun-fighter, twenty years old, who drought beside her husband to the vteath. Dale Jones, her husband, was ,but twenty-ooe. He began his criminal career In 1914 at Los Angeles by stealing an automobile. His murdertons depredations have ranged from (the Pacific coast to Indiana. He was la leader, if not the head, of a gang •which killed without hesitation. C< J-

Itairrty he and his wife were the gun- , ■men of the gang. ‘The killing of Chief of Detectives John W. Rowan at Colo trade Springs in broad daylight September 13, and the unc^ g ® Tones distant, is attributed to Jones and his wife, while there is ho doubt that ;. • ones »hot his way through a cordon of police and soldiers in Kansas City Septemiber 26, tie only one of three bandits to escape. . Deputy Sheriffs Van Vliet and Anderson found Jones and his wife and ’their automobile at night in front of a supply station. “Throw up youi Shands!” they shouted, covering the pair with sawed-off shotguns. „. . Jones, appearing to comply, drew an automatic pistol from a specitd ipocket and mortallywounded Van Vliet with his first shot H s second missed Anderson who sprang into the shadows. Jones crouched behind the machine and began firing. His wife got into the car, emptied her revolver and took W thereupon Anderson, who had balked at killing a woman, sent one of his two loads of buckshot into her body, which crumpled up over the steering Whe jones, seeinghls wife dead, left cover and headed for Anderson, firing as he went The deputy gave him the other charge of buckshot in the head. “Isn’t That Funny?” Says Louis. It Surely Is ZVRAND RAPIDS, MlCH.—Louis Latega, 339 Bridge street, is home again U after quite an interesting experience in Chicago. Louis was walking down State street in the Windy Cift looking ffi windows waiting for train time and marveling in his own mind how feath-

much money he has got no money at all., He has his brother’s money, thousands of dollars of it, but he can’t spend a cent of it. He can’t even pay for a doctor for himself, and he is sick. Now, if he could borrow some money for a few days he could give his brother’s money for security.” “Fve got a little money,” said Louis. “He will give you $3 for each $1 you will loan him,” said the man who led the weeper. The weeper choked his sobs and nodded assent. “How much have you got?” asked the stranger. “I’ve got $l,lOO, but it is in a bank in Grand Rapids,” said Louis. “Go and get it Get it all!” Louis came to Grand Rapids and got it aU. He took it to Chicago, and they met him at the train, the stranger and the sobbing man. The sobbing man felt better. Louis was coming to his help. “I don’t see how in the world they did it but they did,” says Louis. “They took my money and their money, thousands of dollars of it! They counted it all out right in front of my nose. They nailed it all up to a box and gave me the box. When I opened the bog there wasn’t anything in it but paper. “I saw ’em put the money in and I saw ’em nail up the box. Isn’t that funny?” Everybody agrees withJLouis. “How Comes It Such Little Legs and Big Body?” /CHICAGO. —“H-m-m-m!” exclaimed Policeman Emil Harder, or words to V that effect “How comes it such little legs have such a big body?” Then Policeman Harder squinted again. It was an odd sight Here was a wee bit

of a fellow whose body was round, like a ball, and the front protruded in a most extraordinary manner. Behind the first came another little boy with a large sack on his back. He looked like Atlas holding up the world or a Prussian soldier going home with his loot The kids were moving away from the Clark street bridge as fast as they could stagger and weave along under their loads. Policeman Harder took his catch

to the central station. When little Leo Holtz, eight years old, 1137 North Branch street, caught sight of the redheaded sergeant he forgot to hold onto his burdened stomach and through / some opening in his clothes out flew a pigeon. It fluttered about the police station and alighted. • „ ~ _ . _ _ Leo never batted an eye. He deigned not to see the bird. Then out flew another pigeon. ' , Leo did not smile. He stood solemn and dignified. Pigeon after pigeon Wde its exit from his garments. The coppers began to snicker. Leos eight--jfear-old dignity persisted. z With each bird’s flight his circumference grew less—it diminished as a rubber balloon might slowly go down. • _ When the collapse was complete the police turned, to Casimir StazaiKa, ten years old, 1049 West Chicago avenue, who carried the Back. “What’s in there?” demanded the red-headed sergeant. “Chickens,” said Casimir. “Where did you kids get all these birds” he asked. ' • “Me an* my brother and Casimir and two other boys I don’t know got em off of a truck standing on the Clark street bridge,” said little Leo, now reduced by a couple of dozen pigeons. ( f 5 ' > Are Women of Denver Entitled to an Apology? DENVER.— Arise, you sons of Ananias, and salute your king! Go yet forth, you villfiers of womankind, and beg pardon of your fair "bisters, for Denver girts insist they are not bow-legged. When Dame Fashion and Madame

upon three things: First, the kind of shoes they wear; second, the faulty adjustment of the stockings, and, third, corsets that don’t fit One of the chief requisites of a chic woman Is perfect fitting footgear. And, experts «SXA.whenever a woman has on shoes run over at the heels she gives the imprelwon of being bowlegged. So after these explanations the spokeswomen for the Denver girls say they are not bow-legged and that the charge is mk-kM, 1

ers and furs can cost so much. Pretty soon he saw a man leading a crying man up the street. “His brother is very rich,” said the man leading the weeping man. “For that should he cry?” “His brother is dying and he himself will soon be very rich,” said the straffger. “And he cries?” asked Louis. “Sure, he cries,” said the stranger. “He is crying because while he has so

Conservation decreed shorter skirts fastidious men immediately began to spread the charge that the underpinnings of .most girts were marked by a slight curvature. Now, ’tis said, nine out of ten appear to possess knees which stand ht least several inches apart - The libel is declared, even by women, not to be altogether groundless, inasmuch ,as a great many young women do appear to belong, to the bandy-limbed class. They blame this

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Smart Frock for Youthful Wearers

The school girl or the college girl, whose retrospective mental glance takes in years of middles and skirts, will cast a fond and lingering look on the pretty two-piece frock shown above. It is not so different from the middy, having all 'lts points of advantage in comfort and easy adjustment. But it has a style of its own, and that greatest of all allurements, it is in the mode. This is the twopiece street dress, with straight hanging over-garment, as worn by fashionable women, but so delightfully toned down into girlishness that the “subdeb” or even the flapper may wear it The foundation of this good and smart model for youthful wearers, is a plain frock of serge or other stalwart wool cloth. The unadorped skirt and underbody are joined at the waist line and the close fitting coat sleeves set in a rather snug armhole. sleeves are finished With a band cuff, being varied in this particular from

Blouse Styles From Many Sources

Whether modeled upon the lines of the original tailored shirtwaist, or drawing inspiration from the easy, flowing lines of Chinese coats, or from any other quarter of the globe, our spring blouses are to be made of dainty and of exquisite materials. The world has grown small and there is not much of it too remote for the inquisitive couriers of merchandising, to call upon; in blouses the styles and materials come from many sources. But women demand sheer and silky fabrics and the taste for fine needlework grows and grows. The blouse of crepe georgette in a dark color, which is shown in the illustration above, is one of the late models launched upon the sea of styles. It is interesting to study its details and consider the several sources from which they may have sprung. We owe to France the lovely material—georgette crepe—named in honor of Georgette the modiste,) whose name it has made a new word in our luggage. But this fabric is a French Interpretation of crepe de chine—Chinese crepe. The sleeves are patterned after the kimono sleeve, but modified-, so that they are more practical for Americans than the original Japanese model. The decoration of beads and silk Instantly brings to mind the adornments that American Indians lavished on their garments of

those worn by older people which are very long and cuffless. The over garment is sleeveless, with a border of silk braid about the bottom Instead of the wide band of silk embroidery that enriches the dress for older wpmen. Another modification for the sake of youthfulness is revealed in the substitution of a belt of the material (bound with braid) for the heavy cords and tassels of silk that are too rich for young wearers. The badk hangs straight and the round neck Is finished with a binding of braid. Plain silk, or satin, be substituted for this braid. A very pretty finishing touch which delights everyone appears in the small flat bow of satin, with two long, hanging ends, placed at the back of the neck opening. The ends are finished with very short of beads. The flat buttons that are set in a row at each side may be of bone or mother-of-pearl'and the front of. the overdress Is provided with slit pockets.

wonderfully-dressed skins. The neat rows of gmall buttons at each side of a shprt peplum lead the attention back to France, where attention to details of finishing does ( sp much io maintain the precedence of the French as designers. i , The picture portrays this blouse so faithfully that very little description is needed. It is a development of the slip-over style, with plain, square neck, that is made with a light underbodice as a foundation. The blouse fastens with tiny snap fasteners on the shoulders and along the underarm at the left. The sleeves are made In three sections, set together with a piping. This piping, more or less large, is a feature which has proved useful In blouses. Fine pipings finish all the edges in satin shirtwaists and heavier cords are used as a decoration on them. The acid test, which the taste of southern tourists applies to the new models, is about to be met by this interesting bit of apparel.

A topless chemise combination of the step-in style is of black mousseline de sole, trimmed with narrow salmon pink ribbon velvet Needless to nay, this la a Paris-made design.

HOME TOWN HELPS

SIGNAL AT DANGEROUS CURVE Automatic Apparatus Eliminates Hazard Where It Is Imperative Cars Should Not Meet. The danger signal therewith illustrated is now in operation in California, and has been so efficient in eliminating the hazard certain sharp, blind curvethatS petition has been circulated, favor!ng'the installation of the device at other dangerous turns and blind crossings. At the particular turn where the signal has been tried, the road is so narrow that it is absolutely necessary that cars should not meet; if they do, there will either be a collision or” a backing out by one of them to the neck of the bottle. Moreover; the curve is sharp and blind. The apparatus which has been put in to meet this condition consists o£ a trigger trap in a box 12 inches wide and any length. This is buried the surface of the highway, with the trigger projecting about two Inches above the , trap. When this trigger is run ovenby-gn automobile the wheel presses It downward, and in this way pulls a wire

Highway Block Signal and the Trap at the End of the Dangerous Stretch Which Operates It .

which nips underground to a signal post. This wire is connected with a ratchet which revolves the arm on the signal post, warning any autoist who may be coming in the-.opposite direction to wait for the first car to pass him before he ventures on the dangerous stretch. Of course it would be out of the question to employ here a signal that had tq be reset. The car which set It might fail'to run over a resetting trigger; and the car coming the other, way could not be left to (reset It, because there is nbt always such a car. So advantage is taken of the fact that while highly dangerous, the narrow piece of road is fairly short. The danger indication consists merely in motion of the signal arm, not in any particular position thereof; and a car which is near enough to the signal post to enable its driver to see such motion will not reach the curve until the signaling car has passed off it. — Popular Science Monthly.

Laying Out Residence Districts.

Employment of taste in the laying out of new residence districts need not be expensive. It is, in the highest sense, economical. It is possible to get far more attractive and beautiful homes at the prices we now pay for monotony and ugliness and frequently for unsanitary dwellings. What is needed is to plan for these things as carefully as the manufacturer plans his factory or the railroad manager his system of tracks.

Spade Deep.

Loosen up the soil to catch and store the winter rains. Vegetables and fruits arp mostly water. Get all the water you can for war service for your growing crops next spring. If you put your garden into condition of a sponge and next spring prevent surface evaporation, you will be safeguarding against a drought Spade deep unless you would bring to the surface poor garden sofi.

End of the Dream.

“It looks as if Jones is better satisfied with his wife.” “Yes, he is. You see, he went back home on a visit and saw the girl he has been dreaming of for the past twenty years.Life.

MAKE YOUR FUTURE SECURE

Easy Farming Methods in West** ern Canada and Certain Financial Benefits. With your crop harvested and marketed, with the disposal of your cattle and hogs completed, you are ready to prepare your financial statement for the year. You will soon know what yon have gained, apd If the gain made in your farming operatons has been up to your expectations and will meet your requirements. Probably you may have been the loser. , Your land' mar have been productive, but it may have been too high priced. The cost of production has been too great. If you have had thy remuneration you sought and are satisfied this article may not Interest you. If yopr returns have not been satisfactory, or if your ambition leads you to the laudable desire of bettering your condition, if you have dependents for whose future you have anxiety, you will naturally look around for some place, some opportunity that offers greater advantages and brings satisfactory returns. To the north and west of you He hundreds, of thousands of unbroken acres tn Western Canada awaiting the husbandman, and ready to give of its richness to place ydu where you desire to be placed. For thousands of farmers from' nearly every state in the Union the prairies of Western Canada have afforded wealth beyond what they had been led to expect The excellence of the soil of Western Canada, which comprises/'the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, can only partially be told by the knowledge of some facts. Every year for-some years past the world’s highest prizes for wheat, oats and barley have been carried off by grain grown’ on Western Canadian Prairies. Beef fattened on the grasses of these same prairies recently brought the highest prices dver paid on the Chicago market Throughout the entire world the quality- of- Canadian grain, and Canadian beef and mutton, is recognized. To recite what Individual farmers have done, the riches they have acquired would fill volumes. The case of James Wiahart of Portage la Prairie is not an exceptional one. His wheat crop this past season yielded him forty-five bushels per acre, and the land upon which it was grown was broken forty-four years ago, and it has been continuously under crop except for an occasional summer fallow. At Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, samples of the wheaf of 1918 weighed 68 pounds to the bushel, others 66 and some 65% pounds. Wheat crops at Coaldale. Alberta, went as high as 88 touslwis acre, while wheat crops near Bitrons, Alberta, had yields of from 25 toXSO bushels. . ' ) Records such as these ing terms of the excellence of the soil of Western Canada. The war Is over, and we are all settling down to a peace basis. There is a great world beyond the seas to feed and clothe, and thus Is afforded the opportunity to lend a hand in the great work. Aside from the philanthropy in which you can play a part, there is the satisfaction of knowing you are amply providing for yourself and for the future of those who may be dependent dpon you. Greater progress can be made to this and your own development by availing yourself of the advantages that Western Canada offers in its low-priced lands and- high yielding values, There are good schools, desirable socialeondltions, low taxation (none on improvements) with an enjoyable climate, and the satisfaction of possessing a well tilled soil capable of producing abundant crops for,which good prices prevail, at easily accessible marketing places.— Advertisement.

Rich Yield.

' Doctor X-r“Dld old Moneygrub’s case yield to treatment?” Doctor Y—“lt did?—something like S4OO in six months.” 1 ■’ - ■

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