Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1919 — Page 1

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j Reduced in Price ; . . . - s —— : Odd Pieces Some Slightly Damaged. I : S4O Ivory Dresser will sell for S2O. $45 Ivory Dresser “ “ “ $25. S2B Ivory Princess Dresser will sell for S2O. ; . = S3O Mahogany Dresser will sell for $25 S4O Mahogany Chiffonier will sell for S2O. $18.50 Birds Eye Maple Dressing Table will sell for $12.00. W. J. W RIGHT

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IS IN A DILEMMA

Thomas Pickerill, prosecuting attorney of Marion,.lnd., would like a receipt for stopping the sale of Jamaica ginger. Pickerill says that since Indiana has become Sahara-like, topers are imbibing freely of the ginger-stuff, offering as an excuse for drinking,, the flu and the fear of pneumonia. The prosecutor learns from those who have drunk the concoction that two or three swallows makes the drinker see little green birds ’n everything.

When you bpy a Duvall’s Quality Shop suit you always have the satisfaction of knowing you get more than your money’s worth. Every garment guaranteed.

BASKET BALL GAME TONIGHT = LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL RENSSELAER ‘HIGH SCHOOL Last game of the season on the local court. Admission by ticket until 8 o’clock, then cash admissions accepted if room remains. GAME CALLED B:OO—ADMISSION 25c

The schedule for troop movements for troops Overseas has been published and shows what troops will be brought back between the first of March and the last of July. Several Rensselaer- boys belong to di vi sions that have not been mentioned among those to return’by the end of July, and now their relatives are wondering: if they are to be kept in France the same as a regular soldier. The war department hopes to have the number of ' American soldiers in France cut down to 300,000 by fall, all regulars, and likewise hopes to have all drafted men back in the United States at least. Up to the present time about half of- the total American army has been discharged.

PRINCESS THEATRE ~~ TONIGHT . .. ■ - 1NORMA TALMAQGE “THE HEART OF WETONA” - 1 —■ ' ' . ■ FRIDAY— A Select Special“RULING PASSIONS” * Also —• GOOD COMEDY SATURDAY—ELSIE FERGUSON “THE DANGER MARK” ~~ ' MONDAY—- .. ALICE BRADY “THE HOLLOW OF HER HAND” ' Coining Next Week—“THE FIGHTING ROOSEVELTS” Also, —• “THE HEARTS OF THE WORLD”

The Evening Republican

FRIDAY’S LOCAL MARKETS.

Oats 53c. Corn sl.lß. Wheat $2.11. Rye $1.20. Hens 25c. Roosters 14 c. Geese 16c. Ducks 20c._ Springs 20c. Eggs 32c.

We have a car of middlings m transit. Will make special prices if taken at car. Kellner & Callahan. Phone 273. WANTED—Ladies to sell entirely new household article. Easy seller. Big money. Address Home Supply Co., Greenfield, Ind.

The St. Joseph college basketball five defeated the Brook high school team at Brook last night by a score of 23 to 15. The collegians were surprised at the strength shown by the Brook five and were forced to extend themselves throughout the contest to win. Although many critics are picking the Gary five to win the sectional meet next week, there are many who are supporting Brook and assert that the Newton county five has an equal chance with Gary of coming through and copping the sectional meet.

Schulzes Luxury Bread, the bigger and better loaf of brgad. Rowles & Parker.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 191 d.

SOLDIERS MAY RECEIVE BOUNTY FROM STATE

A bounty of S6O to each honorably discharged soldier and sailor who enlisted, in the world war from Indiana is proposed in a bill introduced jointly by Senators Cravens and Retherford The bounty would be paid on approval of the adjutant general. Providing this bill passes, every enlisted soldier from Jasper cdunty will have one hundred and twenty dollars coming as a reward following his discharge, half of the amount coming from the government, and the other half 'coming from the state.

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

——- ■ y ■ / The State Department sent the following licenses to County Superintendent Stenrett for distribution this week: Ethel Johnstone, Remington; Beatrice Tilton, Rensselaer; Lena Williamson, Remington; Mary Luther, Surrey; Daza M. Brown, Fair Oaks; Grace Warnock, Remington; A. C. Campbell, Fair Oaks; Mabel Ellis, Mt. Ayr; Marie Nevill, Rensselaer; R. C. Allen, DeMotte; Grace Knapp, Wheatfield. Common school licenses were issued to the first four applicants mentioned above and high schol licenses were issued to the others. The state is withholding seven high school licenses, for training certificates. These will be issued as soon as the applicants can get duplicates issued from the various schools where the professional training was The schools in Union township are still operating. Trustee Harrington has entered into a separate contract with his teachers to continue the schools month. The attendance at Virgie, Gant, Aix and Center has been very unsatisfactory and has made a very mean situation to solve. The other schools of the township seem to have a fair attendance. The reports from the teachers rendered monthly shows that there are about 180 eighth grade pupils this year‘in the county. They are distributed as follows: Barkley, 21 5 Carpenter, 11; Gillam, 15; Hanging Grove, 10; Jordan, 18; Kankakee, 10; Keener, 15; Marion, 11; Milroy, 9; Newton, 19; Union, 19; Walker, 18, Wheatfield, 5. This report shows about forty more this year than last. No beginning teachers were able to make a license on the January examination. Several took state and were unable to make it there also. There were fourteen wh<? wrote for their first time. The beginning teacher who has a firm conviction to teach school will appear on each examination with a little more teaching knowledge. An applicant who accidentally makes a license and follows this by accidentally teaching usually becomes very expensive to the taxpayers of the community where she firm conviction that the applicant will teach school the following year usually results in a license, a school and a success.

CIRCUIT JUDGE RULES FEDERAL RATES ILLEGAL

Following a ruling by Circuit Court Judge Louis B. Ewbank, ingranting a temporary injunction against the telephone rates put into effect by order of Postmaster General Burleson, that the rates were illegal, the Indiana public service commission Saturday announced that>it would assume complete jurisdiction over all telephone matters in the state. The restraining order granted by Judge Ewbank was directed against the Indianapolis Tel ephone com pan y ahd the receivers of the Central Union Telephone company. The decision was handed down at 9 o clock in the morning and at 2 o’clock in the afternoon the companies put into effect the old rates. . . - The public service commission holds that in effect the ruling gives it authority to regulate rates and other matters which came under the jurisdiction of the commission prior to government control. The commission in a statement said that the installation and moving charges instituted by the Federal deparmtne in December are illegal because they have not been approved by th state commission. <

ATTENTION MOOSE.

There will be a special meeting of the members of the Moose lodge at the lodge hall at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, March 2. All members are asked to be in attendance. <

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 ;00 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Min February 28 ......49 31

This is the season for dried and evaporated fruits. We have a big line of evaporated peaches, both peeled and unpealed, apricots, pears, apples, raisins and prunes. We will save you money on same. Eger’s GroceryThrough the misinterpretation of a message received by the mother of "Virgil Dunlap, it wds announced that Virgil had been wounded during the fighting in France and was being brought back to the United States. Virgil was brought back all right and he came on a boat bearing sick and wounded soldiers, but there was nothing physically wrong with him,- and i he is now at Camp Taylor, from which I place he exipects to 'be discharged ; within a short time. *

MT. AYR WORKING HARD FOR ELECTRICAL PROJECT

Mt, Ayr Tribune: —At the mass meeting. Monday night to consider the matter of electricity for our town, a fine representation of citizens was out and a very fine and enthusiastic feeling prevailed. After talking the subject over, thereby gaining all the light poyssible, the meeting was organized and a chairman and secretary elected in the persons of W. R. Lee and Lloyd Hopkins. An invitation having been extended our town, by the City of Rensselaer to be present on March 10th at that city’s council meeting to go into the electric problem, it was decided that a committee be appointed to make a complete and thorough canvass of the town and report the complexion at another meeting which was set for tyonday evening, March 3rd. The matter of electricity members of the delegation to represent us before the Rensselaer city council two weeks hence was delayed until the next meeting, at which time the investigating committee will furnish th’ delegation with the results of their canvass. A rising vote was takdn to determine who in the meeting ■-••••■5 for and against the proposition. And when the call for the affirmative ■'••me every one present scrambled to their feet so quickly that it was niseis to call for the negatives/ In the general conversation' Which preceded the organizing, it was learned, from those who had conversed with members of the Rensselaer council that'Rensselaer could hardly be depended on to extend the line, inasmuch as they would be required to gain permission from the Public Utilities Commission, which would be objected to by some of the citizens of Rensselaer. —They indicated their willingness to sell us the current, the price of which, of course, would be regulated by the utilities board, and so long as the cost of construction does not represent a sum beyond our ability it would of a certainty be the better planfor we would construct it for service and satisfaction while an outsider would naturally consider also the profits it would declare. Several plans were advanced by which this could be carried through, but as it was yet too early to consider this phase of the matter, only suggestions were made. The meeting adjourned with a fine feeling prevailing.

WILSON DARES G. O. P. TO BEAT LIBERTY LOAN

Washington, Feb. 27.—1 n conference at the capitol late today .with members of the senate, President Wilson reiterated, with emphasis, his decision not to call Congress in extraordinary session until he returned again from. France. He requested administration leaders to so advise Republicans. Administration leaders advised the President that they 'believed the Republicans were determind to defeat the Victory Liberty loan bill and thus force an early call of the new Congress. . . -—— President Wilson, it was said, set his jaws and with emphatic gestures told the Democratic leaders to tell the Republicans that they would be responsible for the failure of the bill, and that, regardless of their- attitude, he would not ca'll Congress together until he returned. He also made it plain that he does not intend to address Congress before he sails on March 5» . /..—___— Confidence in the success of plans for a League of Nations was reiterated by the President during the conference with senators. “Its success is inevitably,” the President was quoted as saying. “The United States cannot afford to fail the world in this emergency.” The President spent two hours at the capitol, conferring with scores of Democratic members of Congress. He discussed innumerable legislative affairs, measures to expedite the work of congress before adjournment next Tuesday, patronage, the League of Nations and questions related To his work at the peace conference. From 3:30 to 5:30 o’clock a constant stream of callers filed into the chief executive's private room off the senate chamber, while the President, standing throughout, gave and receive dsuggestions on a multitude of subjects. Throughout the president’s stay, both senate and house continued engaged at high pressure on their congested calendars, and much headway was made during the day. Ultimate failure of several . important measures, however, still was regarded by leaders as almost certain.

TALKED TO MINUTE MEN.

Mt. J. W. Gardner, of Reynolds, was in Rensselaer Thursday, the guest of Judgon J. Hunt and Rev. E. W. Stre&er. In the afternoon Mr. Gardner, who is president of-the laymen’s association and also district chairmen of the Minute Men of the Centenary Movement in the Methodist church, addressed the local Minute Men concerning the great work in hand; He will probably return here in the near future to address an open meeting, and being a pleasant speaker with a wealth of knowledge, will no doubt be enthusiastically welcomed. W. L. Bott, of this city, was chosen as group chairman of the Minute Men, and will have charge of- the work itt this vicinity. Among the vfisting pastors present were Bev. Brown, of Lowell; Rev. Dean, of. Barkley, apd Rev. C. W. PostilJ, of this city.

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FERMON SCHULTZ WRITES RENSSELAER FRIENDS

Dear Friend:— Received your kind and most welcome letter a few days ago and decided to answer it today, as it is Sunday and we are free. The censorship has been modified and one can tell a great deal of the events worthy of thought, so I guess I should tell you a bit of history. I left Camp Merritt, New Jersey, at 4 a. m. July3l, and marced over the mountains to the' Hudson river; such a march I shall never forget. We took a river steamer, the “Henry Hudson,” down to the harbor where we went on board the big steamer, “Sibpey.” (I saw the big ship, “Fatherland,” in the harbor.) We left America at about 4 p. m. August Ist. Only a short time out we came upon a sail boat which, upon closer investigation, we found to be feeding subs. It was sunk the same night. On August 10th we were attacked three times by subs but got through all right although we did a lot of shooting. I saw a torpedo go to the rear of us, and saw the depth bombs explode, throwing water and smoke, also saw cannon balls light on the water, bounce and explode. We arrived in Brest, France, on August 12. We marched to Camp Pontasene near the city, and here we staid for about ten days, after which we went by rail for about six days and'nights when we arrived at Gondrecourt, from where we marched to Abenville and took a narrow guage to a town named Sarcy, where we staid for about a week, when we moved back to Void. We worked on the narrow guage at Void for about six weeks. Then we started on a march to the front, marching by nights for six or seven nights. On the last night of our march -the bullets were whistling overhead and bursting all around us. We arrived at Aubreyville on September 22 and remained there while the big drive started, when myxompany went on after the infantry to rebuild narrow grfage railroads and to carry up provisions to the doughboys. I was left behind with a number of sick men to assemble steel at Aubreyville. After four weeks we moved to Sheppy (near Dead Man’s Hill and Hill 304) where we staid until December 1, when we moved to Bantheville and joined the company, where I have been ever since working on the narrow guage railroads. Well, there is nothing much to write, so I will close by thanking you for your kind invitation, and with best regards to Mrs. Meader and Marion, I remain, Sincerely yours, FERMON SCHULTZ.

MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED.

. February ’ 27. Clifford Vernon Ralph, born February 1, 1899, Gillisvapille, Ohio, occupation, electrician, and Viola Mae Bichamond, born April 29, 1901, Rensselaer, Ind. Father’s name, William Richmond; occupation, housekeeper. First marriage for epch. With pecan and walnut kernels at $1.20 a pound, why not use shelled almonds at 75c or shelled filberts at 60c? You will get just as good results in your fruit salads. We also have some fancy California white cherries in No. 1 tins at 25c. Eger’s Grocery.

BOSTON FERNS,, Must have the room. You may have these beautiful Boston ferns, regular price $1.50. for SI,OO as long as they last F. O. B. Greenhouse. John H. Holden. Phone 426. . f .

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REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON ATTACKS COURT MARTIAL

Washington, Feb. 27.—Criticism of the present court-martial system in the army was renewed in the house today by Representative Johnson, of Soutlj Dakota, who recently returned from France after serving in action as a first lieutenant. He cited a list of cases in which he said excessive penaltie shad been imposed. Representative Johnson declared that Gen. Pershing within the last few days has refused to send pending court-martial cases to the judge advocate general for review. “I ant informed,” he said, “that by general order No. 84 the war department, since the discussion of this question, ordered the commander in chief of the American expeditionary forces in France to return for revision all cases of'men sentenced under court-martial and the commander in France has absolutely refused to comply with that order on the theory that the articles of war do not provide that he shall be forced to make the return.“I am informed and believe it to be the fact that among those cases there are about six where men are sentenced to death, and will die unless some action is taken by this house prior to the next session.” Mr. Johnson said that if followed, the existing military code in many -cases doel not permit of justice. “The code and procedure under it are an offense to any enlightened sense of natural justice and to fundamental principle of law,” said Mr., Johnson. “The secretary of war has admitted the unjust judgments of court-mar-tial during this war and has resorted to .partial palliation through the pardoning power. High officials in the war aepartment have said that the whole system is crude, archaic and unjust. “I will give the record of some of the cases I know about. These are only a small portion of the cases that have been considered.”

GUARANTEE BILL FOR 1919 WHEAT PASSES SENATE

Washington, Feb. 28.—The administration bill appropriating the sum of $1,000,000,000 to fulfill the government’s guaranteed wheat price to the farmer for the 1919 crop was passed at 12:30 this morning bj» the senate, without material amendment, and now goes to conference. _ iNo change was made by the senate in the house provisions for import and export restrictions, or i n the limitation to June 1, 1920, of the operation of the act. Efforts to reduce the appropriation and to strike out the 'licensing provisions failed. After adopting an amendment to deny benefits of the bill to growers of 1919 spring wheat, who did not grow 1918 spring wheat, the senate reversed its action and by a vote of 31 to 21 struck out the amendment. The only important amendment adopted by the senate was a rider amending the cotton futures act, so as to restrict speculation in cotton apd give the government larger control over exchanges. Upon motion of Senator Reed of Missouri, Who denounced as “barbarous” the penalties for violation of the bill’s licensing and other regulations, the senate reduced the penalties to a maximum fine of SI,OOO. Efforts of southern searators to add a rider to the bill calling for the removal of all export embargo restrictions against the bill failed.

You should buy one of those spring Derby hats. Very latest blocks at $4.00. Duvall’s Quality Shop. Try some of our good old sour kraut. It is a good spring tonic and liver regulator. Eger’s Grocery. You haven’t bought that sweater yet with $3.00 off. It will pay you to buy now. Duvall’s Quality Shop. atThestar TODAY THE FOX KIDDIES JANE AND CATHERINE LEE U ■ .. ; - i “DOING THEIR These children are considered the best child actors on the screen. SATURDAY—JUNE ELVIDGE and FRANK MAYO —In—•TH ZERO HOUR" Miss Elvidge plays a dual role in this Also “THE LEAGUE OF SILENCE" - - -i i/.IN ii r— — “THE HAND OF VENGEANCE” MONDAYEDITH STORY —IN—“THE DEMON” TUESDAYANNA LUTHER ——IN—“HER MOMENT”

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