Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — Page 1

N®. 45.

Order your Hoover well in advance r I shortage in Hoover Electric Suction -*■ Sweepers is only partly due to the war. Nearly twice as many Hoovers were made last year as in the year preceding. The war board’s ban, reducing thejjoover output, was in effect but a few weeks and then lifted. • ~ The reason why Hoovers are scarce is that all -—truer the them has increased fully three times. The Hoover factory is constantly being en'arged. The Hoover output today is the largest in the world. We are securing more Hoovers now than ever before. But they simply can’t be made fast enough. ' - The reason is simple: Hoovers are far and away the best. And so everyone wants a Hoover. We ask patience. Hoovers are worth waiting for. If you plan to have one later, order it now. That insures its deliverv when expected. ■ ; , ' Hjust run your nOVER OVER ITIUR. ,| AS IT SWEEPS AS IT CLEANS W. J. WRIGHT

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E. M. ABBOTT Agent. 816 N. Cullen St. Rensselaer, Ind. Phone 536-Red. NOTICE TO I. O. O. F. MEMBERS. All members of lroquois Lodge, No. 143, are requested to meet at the hair at 1:00 p. m. Sunday, to attend the funeral of Brother Frank " Tobias. RICHARD SHIRER, N. G. C. J. Hobbs, the He bron banker, was in Rensselaer today.

PRINCESS THEATRE TONIGHT. ANNA CASE “HIDDEN* TRUTH” You have heard her on your Victrola. Come and mo her in Pictures. Also CHARLIE CHAPLIN —In—“DOG LIFE” THIS IS ONE 0F CHAPLIN’S 'WlHigfe LATEST PICTURES CHARLIE CHAPUN , Jr’A DOGS LIFE "] k fins- mhuoh optima 18c and 2Sc 1 ;—Xs—.—,— . -.- MONDAYCONSTANCE TALMADGE o In — . - “A LADY’S NAME” TUESDAY—ALICE JOYCE 4< THE SONG~OF~ THE SOUL” GOODJCOMEDY

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MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.

February 17. Theodore Philip Roy, born Benton county, Ind., Oct. 17, 1892, present residence Hammond, Ind., occupation assistant foreman, father’s name Philip Roy, mother’s name Bessie Caise, and Angela Kolhoff, born Jasper i county, Ind., Jan. 6, 1893, present residence Jasper county, father’s name Henry Kolhoff, mother’s name 'Josephine Meadowbrook. First marriage for each. February 17. Fred William Thews, bom Danville, 111., Oct. 19, 1875, occupation dredge runner, present residence Wolcott, father’s name, Julius Thews, mother’s maiden name Minnie Drukey, and Zelah Wiseman, bom Dec. 27, 1887, occupation housekeeper, present residence Jasper county, fathr’s name James Wiseman, mother’s maiden name Maggie May Cover. First marriage for each. The parties were married at the home of the bride near Virgie by Rev. E. W. Strecker, of the Methodist church, of this city.

G'Tir*Tyirer, who is now the local manager for the Standard Oil Co., went to Monon today. William Gordy went to Judson, Parke county, today, for a visit with his brother, E. C. ‘Gordy.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1919.

SON OF FORMER BANDMASTER KILLED ON RAILROAD

Word' reached here Friday that ' lans Braun, oldest son of Mrs. Otto 3raun, had been killed about forty miles out of Chicago. He was brakeman on the Chicago, Milwaukee and •St. .Paul'railroad, and his run was between Chicago and (Milwaukee?-He was caught in a frog in some manner and before he could extricate himself the train struck him. His body was oadly mangled. The remains were brought back to Chicago and the funeral was held in that city Saturday at 1:30 p. m. Interment was made in Chicago. Hans formerly lived with his parents here, but after the delath of his father he Went to Chi- , cago with his mother and has -since - resided there. He is survived by his mother, three sisters and one brother. The bereaved family have the sym>athy of their many Lowell friends^— Lowell Tribune. Hans was the son of Otto Braun, deceased, who for a number of years was the leader of the Rensselaer band, and resided in this city for a number of years. — ■ - . i. at. ,

HOLIDAY SATURDAY, SALUTE GEORGE WASHINGTON

■George was independent. He wanted us to have a little nation of our. own. King George objected. He sent over some hired - German soldiers, but George gave them a little surprise party Christmas eve. Washington started a little nation that no one has ever been able to finish, Eng-_ land in 1812 and Merico, Spain and K tried.to.finish us, but they all saw stars. We hardly think aijy .other nation will try to put the skids under us for awhile. We have grown a little since George knew usz Our area is three times as great as that of Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy and Japan combined. Our population exceeds any nation except China, India and Russia, which are all second rate powers. Our wealth and resources are unequaled.

FARMERS’ ELEVATOR OF FRANCESVILLE REORGANIZES

At a meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers’ Elevator Company of Francesville, which was held this week at Francesville, it was decided to reorganize it as a cooperative company and increase the capital stock from SIO,OOO to $25,000. The elevator was placed in the hands of the receiver a few weeks ago, and W. F. Brucker of Monticello was named as assignee. The shortage or losses, it is said, will reach between $15,000 and $25,000, and it is mostly due to a sharp drop in grain prices, and a disregard of instructions, it is reported, by the manager, Mjelvin Maxwell.. The latter is reported short some in his accounts also, but his father, Sidney Maxwell, of near Delphi, and his father-in-law, B. F. Slenker, of Francesville, have assured the directors that they will make good any losses of funds.

DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE; SIGNS LIFE CONTRACT

Henry Parker Childers, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Childers, overseas soldier recently discharged from the service, surprised his many friends in this city today by the announcement of his- marriage on Februar y 19 at Vernon, Ind., to Miss Kathryn Coquerille, a charming young lady, of Mt. Vernon, Ind. The marriage was a quiet one, the bride’s father being the only witness at the ceremony. The newlyweds came to Rensselaer today and will make their future residence on the Floyd Amsler farm near this city, where Mr. Childers will be employed.

METHODIST CHURCH NOTES. 9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 a. m., morning worship and sermon. The pastor’s theme will be, “Following the Crowd.” 6:00 p. m., Epworth League, topic, “The‘Rebuilding of Europe.” 7:00 p. m., evening worship and stereopticon lecture. Subject, “Religious Conditions in the United States.” This will be educational in nature. The public is most cordially invited to be present. '

ATTENTION BOY SCOUTS.

AH Boy Scouts are requested toi meet next Monday evening at 7:00 o’clock. Come prepared to renew certificate for new scout year. Boys desiring to join the troop are invited to come to this meeting.—J. M. Sauser, Scout Master.

CARD OF THINKS.

We desire to express our thanks to the friends and neighbors for their kindness in the death and burial Of Gladys Shaeffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaeffer.—Mrs. Charles Shaeffer and Sisters, Wilson Shaeffer and Emma Shaeffer.

LABORATORY TEST—FINAL.

. When your flour dealer tries to sell you a sack of Kansas flour at a fancy price, ask him to explain why the flour made from Kansas wheat fell so far below the BLUE RIBBON BRAND OF FLOUR in bread making quality in the test made by the Columbus Laboratory, of Chicago, recently. '■

We have the greatest-line of hose in the city. In pure silk, fibre silk, silk lisle and mercerized, prices 25c to |I.OO. Duvall’s Quality Shop.

MANY GOOD 5’S TO COMPETE

COMPARATIVE SCORE ROUTE Sfe CHOSING STATE CHAMPION IS UNSATISFACTORY. (Special to The Republican.) Lafayette, Feb. 21.- —Was ever the basketball question in Indiana more perplexing? 1 When one attempts to figure the dope via the comparative score route his efforts end in a muddle of figures and lead directly in a circle. About the onlyway tobe sure df seeing the ; winning team in action is to attend the state high school tournament, which will be held at Purdue university, Lafayette, March 13, 14 and 15. Because there are so many good teams over the state much will depend on the luck of drawing opponents when ’the tourney schedule is made out. »' The big show at Purdue will undoubtedly be the best every held, for there will be more good teams, closer competition and better accommodations for players and fans than ever before, and all Lafayette is exerting itself to make comfortable the enormous crowd of visitors expected to attend the annual classic. The sectional tournaments will be held in twenty cities March 7 and 8, and in practically every district these are one or more teams favored, but all will have to play real basketball if they are to be numbered among the score of quintets to battle for the state title in the final tourney at Purdue.

Because of some of the more noticeable upsets inthe dope many fans are claiming that favorites are tossing games to other teams to as to draw attention to other fives. This, the fans claim, is being done because teams usually try harder to beat the favorites and therefore the playing life of the favored five is one of bumps and knocks. In the Frankfort district Jt will be a hot race between Lebanon, the state champs, Thorntown and Advance. Advance has beaten both teams. If there is a dark horse club this year it will probably hail from the northern section of the state, although the southern district always puts at least one speedy five in the field. Three counties Montgomery, Boone and Tippecanoe—have always had the honor of capturing the state tournament since it was first held in 1911 and many teams believe the 1919 title winners will hail from one of this trio of counties.

FORDSON DEMONSTRATION.

A meeting of especial interest to the farmers in the vicinity of Rensselaer will be held at the Princess Theatre at 2 o’clock Tuesday, Feb. 26, under the auspices of The Central Garage Co., dealers for the Fordson tractor. There will be no admission charged and the meeting will consist of an illustrated lecture of 120 slides on the composition of the soil and proper preparation of the seed bed, by Mr. C. F. Rogers, of the Oliver Chilled Plow Works, who has made -an extensive study of this subject. InaddltibhthereWillJEeorfereedlof motion pictures showing the Fordson tractor in operation. County Agricultural Agent Stewart Learning has -been invited to assist in making the arrangements and it is expected that Mr. Learning will have something of interest to say to the farmers. In his illustrated lecture Mr. Rogers goes into detail, to show the farmers the latest methods which aid in the development, conservation and attainment 'of the necessary plant food -and moisture to secure a maximum yield. Mr. Rogers is an expert in his line and comes well recommended to make a talk of real value to the farmers.

FRUIT TREES AND NURSERY STOCK

Now is the* time to place your order for fruit trees and nursery stock. Every tree and plant I sell is absolutely guaranteed in every respect CHARLES PEFLEY.

Barnes' Restaurant SUNDAY MENU Roast Beef Brown Gravy K ■ ' • ... l_ Roast Pork Dre»ing Baked Chicken Mashed Potatoes Cream Slaw Escalloped Corn Fruit Salad Pickles Cocoanut or Apple Pie r-r-- - TEA COFFE MILK PINNER SO CENTS

'w - lin. r,,. HATS same model as here above illustrated. $4-50 —V —I

MONON MEN FINED FOR STEALING FREIGHT

Monticello Journal: Five men who were-implicated’in the stealing which has been going on in the freight transfer department of the Monon railroad at Monon for the past 'two years, were brought to Monticello from Monon on the afternoon train yesterday and were taken before the White circuit court last night. Those who were brought here yesterday in the custody of the county officials were: Ralph Anderson,*Oscar Pauley, Walter Martin, Homer Haskins and Clayton Cadwalder. _ All five were arraigned before Judge Carr last night, and Ralph Anderson, Oscar Pauley and Clayton Cadwalder entered pleas of guilty. These three were found guilty of petit larceny as charged, and fined $25 and costs, and were given a sentence of six months in the Indiana State Farm. The sentence was suspended during good behavior. Walter Martin and Homer Kaskins were also taken before the court and were each releasd on a SI,OOO bond. Several other men are also alleged to be implicated in the same affair and it is probable that other arrests will be made in connection with this stealing. It is probable that several who at first were thought to be connected with the affair will not be taken into custody .because of insufficient evidence. It is charged that these men, all of whom are employed on the freight platform at Monon, were guilty of taking numerous articles of merchandise from shipments pf goods when they were in their custody.

LEWIS-LEATHERMAN HOG SALE J. N. Leatherman and John R. Lewis will hold a Hampshire bred sow sale in Rensselaer on March 22. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP Rensselaer, Indiana, February 1, 1919. To Whom It May Concern: Notice is hereby given that the partnership lately subsisting between us, the undersigned Allen M. RobertSon and Charles B. Viant, carrying on the business of a restaurant, ait Rensselaer, IndSaraa. under the firmname and Style of Robertson & Viant, was, on the 31st day of January, 1919, dissolved by mutual consent, and in the future the said business will be carried on by the said Allen M. Robertson alone, who will pay and discharge all debts and liabilities, and receive all moneys payable to the late firm. A. M. ROBERTSON, r C. B. VIANT.

MENU FOR CAFETERIA DINNER Following is the menufbrfhecafeteria dinner to be given under the auspices of the M. E. Sunday School on Tuesday evening, Feb. 25, at 5:45 p. m.: Baked ham with horseradish. . .$ .15 Creamed chicken .15 Mashed potatoes with gravy... .05 Noodles .... . .05 Baked beans . .............., .07 Spaghetti with tomatoes . 05 Cabbage salad . .07 Fruit salad -.10 Pickles -01 Rolls .02 Butter % -02 Pie 05; Icecream •’ -10’ Cake 05 Coffee*. • ••• 05 The-public cordially invited.

’/ TEMPERATURE. 4 /The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 71:00 a. m/on the date indicated: , Max. MixFebruary 21 ........... 38 , 35 February 22 36 38 .-ar

MICHIGAN RUM RUNNERS CONTINUE WILD FLIGHT

Detroit, Mich., Feb. 21,—Armed with a blanket injunction, the state constabulary today waged mere drastic war than ever on the rum -runner, and 350 mounted police are now patrolling the southern border of the state, in an effort to turn back smugglers from Ohio and Illinois. The injunction, according to Attorney General Groesbeck, was in the nature of a riot procedure designed to fit the emergency created by the overthrow of the Damion act by the Supreme court Tuesday. Copies of the notice are posted at various points along the border, and persons who violate them will be arrested for contempt of court and their liquor confiscated. Those who choose to abide by the injunction have no choice but to abandon their liquor before CTOgsing the tine. * In spite of the activity of federal agents in Toledo and the police in Detroit, thirsty Detroiters today continued their pilgrimage to the Ohio city. News of arrests in Ohio seemed not to affect the faithful, although the Toledo bound cars were not so congested as they were Thursday. A conservative estimate places the value of liquor carried openly across the Ohio-Michigan border during the last three days at $1,500,000. An official estimate made today placed the number of people traveling over steam and electric lines between Toledo and Detroit Thursday at 15,800. Automobiles were estimated at an average of seventy-five an hour, both day and night, that made the 120 mile round trip.

Toledo Cupboard Grow* Bare. Toledo, 0., Feb. 21.—Federal officials in their efforts to stamp out smuggling of liquor to Michigan arrested thirty persons and seized four barrels, 309 cases, 20 gunnysacks, 25 suitcases, 68 jugs, and 150 bottles of whisky. Hundreds of Michigan visitors, unable, to get home last night, spent the night here in doorways, in railway stations, and in hotels. Early cars and trains from Michigan pointe today brought hundreds of persons with suitcases and traveling bags. Several of Toledo’s largest saloons and wholesale houses were closed today, their shelves bare. Double Croa* Booxer*. - Montgomery, Mb., Felb. 21.—-Boot-leggers played a new game on crowds at the Fulton stock sales by clandestinely selling bottles filled with vinegar instead of liquor. This is dry territory, but it is lawful to sell vinegar.

WANTED Meat Cutter At Once Good Wages for the Right Party Apply in Person - at The CO-OPERATIVE MEAT MARKET

HIGH SCHOOL RESULTS.

Crawfordsville 21; Jefferson 9. Anderson 22; Lebanon 5. Thorntown 39; Technical 17. Darlington 20; Advance 18—(Ten minutes overtime.) Brookston 55; Delphi 13.

We have a car of middlings in transit. Will make special prices if taken at car. Kellner & Callahan. Phone 278.

AT THE STAR TODAY LEWIS STONE AND MARGUERITE CLAYTON —IN—"THE MAN OF BRONZE** ALSO “THE GRAY LADY” ——ln -■ “THE HAND OF VENGEANCE” A Story of Mystery and Revenge - -1 - ■ MONDAY——. ' - MAE ALLISON , “A SUCCESSFUL ADVENTURE” A Charming Story of the South TUESDAYLITTLE GLORIA JOY jrjM , “THE MIDNIGHT BURGLAR” WEDNESDAY—“THE STAFFORD MYSTERY”

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