Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1919 — Page 1

No. 56.

Reduced Price Sale : Of Ivory and Blue Enamel Utility Boxes : One cedar lined, priced at $17.50 marked to sell at $ll.OO : One cedar lined priced at $13.00 marked to sell at $8.50 One box priced $12.50 marked to sell at — — SB.OO Two boxes priced $9.00 marked to sell at $6.50. ODD DRESSERS Maple Dresser priced $35 to sellat $25 Walnut “ “ 35 “ “ “ 25 Ivory % “ 30 H “ “ 20 Birds Eye Maple Dressing table $18.50 marked to sell at $ll.OO W. J. WRIGHT

THEY’RE OFF IN TITLE MARATHON

332 Hl&i SCHOOL FIVES OPENED BATTLE FOR STATE NET SUPREMACY TODAY. RENSSELAER, 36; FRANCESVILLE, 9. EMERSON, 40; MONTEREY, 2. BROOK, 40; LOWELL, 7.

Rensselaer defeated Francesville in the opening tournament game at Gary this Friday morning, smothering their opponents under an avalanche of baskets. The final score was 36 to 9. During the second period the losers failed to garner a single point and presented practically no opposition to the Rensselaer machine. The weakness of the opposition permitted the Rensselaer coach to send in his second string men that his regulars might rest up for the gruelling contest at 8:30 o’clock this evening, •when they stack up against the flashy Emerson five from Gary. At tiie time the reports were received here Emerson has just defeated Monterey 40 to- 2. —Emerson rules a heavy favorite among the railbirds anc the Rensselaer quintet was the subject of much favorable comment due to their speedy, flashy style of play (displayed in the opener. o o o o off.” Those two magic words shot a thrill throughout all high school Hoosierdom at 9 o’clock this Friday morning when the starter’s gun signalizing the opening of hostilities among the 332 high school fives who get into action today in pursuit of the highest premium that is offered in the state in the way of basketball honor in the greatest classic of its kind since such tournaments were dedicated. The hearts of the followers of each team beat just a little faster as they saw their favorites take the court to defend their colors and honors against the enemy in the variolas sectional centers. The stay'-at-flimes had to be (Content with focusing&their eyes on -the tickers, but they did not let a tsringte thing escape them and were

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The Evening Republican.

GOV. GOODRICH MAY SWING WHIP ON LEGISLATURE

Indianapolis, March 6.—Conditions in the Indiana legislature (today were so critical that word was circulated that Gov. Goodrich was preparing to “read the riot act” to Republican leaders. Unless the appropriation bills are changed in many ways, a special session will be necessary, it was freely predicted. Hopelessly floundering in the maze of bills, the hou&e adopted a “gag rule,” giving five members virtual dictatorship over legislation to be considered between now and Monday night, when the session ends. Bitter feeling between the senate and house and factional jealousy threatens a breakdown of the legislative program. To date the assembly has enacted pnly seventeen laws out of several hundred bills introduced. Almost rowdylscenes prevailed today in the senate sitting as a committee of the whole on the tax bill when the majority, amid cries of “kaiser rule” from the element that is filibustering against the measure, adopted a rule to limit debate with a view of avoiding the necessity of an extra session. Despite a filibustering effort by Senator Eisner, Democrat, assisted by Senator McCray, Republican, progress on the tax reform bill was made in the senate. Eisner offered as an amendment to the tax bill the excise tax measure considered by the legislature two years ago. It was long and would-have consumed much time the reading. Eisner and McCray both insisted that it be read in full, but Chairman Negley directed the reading clerk to read extracts, and it was voted down. i Most of "the changes made by the senate in the afternoon were directed toward restoring the bill to the form in which it wa sprepared by the state tax commissioners before introduction in the house. The chief changes were on motions to amend by Senator Beardsley and Senator Masters. y

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just as enthusiastic as the more fortunate who were to view the battles first hand. It is a trying hour for all —players, spectators and ticker fans.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919.

TRAILING ALONG WITH CLARENCE

CROWN POINT’S LEADING HOSTLER GIVES IDEAS ANENT LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Gentle reader, we have with us again this evening the irrepressible Mr. C. P. Fate, of Crown Point, Indiana, b’gosh, who will proceed to entertain you for the next few minutes. Mr. Fate— Crown Point, Indiana, Dear Jack; — “My country—may she ever be right—-but right or wrong, my country.” The bird who pulled that was some “Yell Leader,” and they were playing on a shoe string in those days. You know, Jack, nothing but a deuce in the hole and playing it to win., And I guess they took everything m sight, besides snaking the world put on long pants. We haven’t been any styles lately, Jack. I see, they have out the cards for that league of nations stuff. Maybe a good idea, Jack. I can’t see it, but then I have always been an American League Fan. PH say* this though, if it doesn’t go any better than the “He kept us out of war” stuff, declare it off and call for a new deal. Meaning—attend to the important things at home, like changing the Calendar to thirteen months to the year, setting the clocks ahead and back, and raising rates and taxes. Those things surely have been neglected lately.— r This thing of beating the swords into plow shares, turning the other cheek and having nothing rougher in this game of beat the other fellow to it than Tiddle de Winks or Parlor Croquet, is a fine idea. But they are going to find a lot of people over there who don’t care for Tiddle de Winks or any other game that doesn’t have a slot machine in the middle of the table. And then they are going to prove ownership on that Slot. You know what I mean, Jack, they won’t be satisfied with marked cards and dealing from the bottom. They want a rake-off besides. Those Shylocks have been getting the best of it ever since Pharoah cornered corn down in Egypt. And, like Pharoah, they play seven years ahead of the draw. . Did you hear the first gun fired in this league of nations stuff? Sort of a preliminary like. We are to pay one hundred and seventy million dollars boat fare for our boys who went over there to help wind up their ball of yarn. Can you beat it? That is like calling your neighbor into your picture show to help put out a fire, and then charging him fifty cents admission, war tax not included. Or charging Santa Claus for the use of the chimney on .Christmas night. I’ve a hunch that when we read the box score of this world’s series new being played, that it will read— Umpire, Wilson. You know what I mean, Jack. We get an Honorable

Mention, while th6~S&cP6t Treaty li*xperts split the gate receipts and make us put new geographies in out schools. Did you ever notice the first two or three rounds of a sure thing Razzle Dazzle? The viatim or sucker comes to town with a lot of small town ideas, like “the world is honest, and if it isn’t I’m pretty crafty myself.” They meet him at the tram, with bells on. Ride him around m rubber-neck wagons, that he thinks were made for funerals and weddings only. Feed him white meat until he’s ready to bet there s nothing to a chicken but ibreast, on dishes he’s been kidding himself were for plate ranis and china closets. . Tell him that he is the dude who put salt in the sea. That the only reason Solomon beat him to it was because he started earlier. And (then —BangAfter he takes the count its back to the short sassafrass to pay off the mortgage on the old home place. . I may be wrong, Jack, but it looks as though that act is being pulled over Ithere, and going good. Only the folks at home are going to have to dig up their Christmas savings to pay the mortgage, in the shape of another Liberty Loan. You know what I mean, Jack. Our Woodrow is getting the glad hand, all right, but every itrime he shakes hands, he loses the shake. , , Looks to me as though as fat as we are concerned, "(and we are concerned about fifty billion dollars worth and a lot of the best boys m the world, who will never come back) that this is going to be another case of a successful operation—r-but the patient died. . , ~ Hoping (that (the copyrights don t run out on “America for Americans and that Mr. Wilson doesn’t lose the Monroe doctrine along with eve.rything else, I am, Yours in Hopes,

C. P. FATE.

NEW CASES FILED.

~ March 5. No. 9020. Peter T. Horedman and Emma Hordeman vs. Henry Henderson. Petitioners ask they be allowed to adopt Henry Tenderapn' as hedr-ait-law of them and each of them and that the name of said chil<i be changed to George Hordeman. . MarSh 6. No. 9021. Emmet L. J Hollingsworth vs. Amos J. Fess et al. j Suit on note and mortgage. Demand 14,780.00. r r • : -T • tr*

INVESTIGATE ARMY NOW

ADMINISTRATION ATTACKED FOR ITS TREATMENT OF ROOSEVELT, Washington, D. C., March 4.-rr-In a farewell speech to Congress,"delivered after 2 o’clock this morning, Captain Victor Heintz, of Cincinnati, demanded an investigation into the conduct of the war, denounced the failure of the regular army as a war suggested umversaT military training as the solution and vigorously hammered the administration for its failure to permit Colonel Roosevelt to enter the war. Captain Heintz was warmly applauded at every point he made. “The time to investigate is now,” he said, “and those who do the investigating should be civilian soldiers who have had wide experience in business and other affairs of life, who have been in touch with the war situation from the beginning and who went through the fighting in France.” “There are a few things so patent,” he asserted, “that no investigation is necessary to prove them, and the one most outstanding-is the failure of the regular army. Seventy per cent of the regular army officers were not in the zone of advance. Of those who were many learned noth"tfig and never will. Of course, there are capable men among them and they should be retained an the service, but the others should be released and make way for the bright civilian officers who made good at the front and who- desire to remain in the regular army.” He placed the responsibility for failure not so much on the officers as on the conditions created by those who “effectively prevented our officers from learning the methods of modern, warfare before it was thrust upon them.” “There is only one solution,” Captain Heintz continued amidst applause, “and that is universal service, not only military service, but vocational training as well. Our first purpose should be, not to develop a nation in arms, but to develop our citizenship. Every man, rich and poor, should be subject to a course Of universal service for possibly one year, during which time he will be made physically fit and confident, be given proper military training, and will learn the work he is best suited for.

“Most of our present Brigadier Generals in the regular army never comhianded more than sixty-five men before the war broke out and never were in battle. These men were placed j at the head of a business that practically represented over a hundred million dollars in cash, outside the immeasurable personal value of human life. Such men can not have the confidence of the men and that is one thing that was woefully lackmg iir this war*. The man they- all wanted was denied them. Naturally, all the fighting men wanted Roosevelt In the field. On that whole front there was not an eye that would not have brightened, a pulse that would not have quickened had ‘T. R.’ been out there with us. There can be nothing so selfish, so mean, and so unworthy as politics being allowed to deprive fighting men of the comfort, support and inspiration they so hungered for. “It was one great thing our men yearned for and Congress had granted them, yet it was coldly snatched from them and they were given 14 points and making the world safe for democracy instead.”

GRAND PATRON FLYNN VISITS HOME TOWN

Hallard A. Flynn returned Friday to his home in Chesterton, at which place he is engaged in the furniture and undertaking business. Mr. Flynn was here to attend a meeting of the local order of Eastern Star. He is the Grand Patron of that order for the state of Indiana. Hallie, as many of us remember him, is another young man who was raised in this city and has gone out and made gobd. Evidently the Rensselaer leaven is of such strength of character that it keeps working even after the loaf has left the mother lump.

MAKEEVER HOUSE UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Having, taken possession of the Makeever House, I will endeavor to the splendid service given by the management just retired. We are ready to take care of the public both in the dining room and lodging. <• We will endeavor to give you the very best service possible. ‘ JAY W. STOCKTON.

ATTEND LOIS PRICE FUNERAL

Mrs. Isabelle Price, James Whited, Ray and Glenn Burns motored to Otterbein Friday to attend the funeral of .Lois Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Price. M

ALL HOME PRINT TODAY. VREAP THE INSIDE PAGES.

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“HEARTS OF THE WORLD”

— <L Hearts of the W0r14,” one of tha motion picture sensations of the last three years, produced by D. W. Griffith, maker of “The Birth of a Nation,will be presented for the first time at the Princess on Monday, March 10th, and two performances will be given. War scenes on a vast scale, filmed on the battlefields of France, under the auspices of the British and French war offices, surround the main plot of a romance in a little French village.

The photoplay occupied eighteen months in the making, during which time Mr. Griffith and his entire company of players were almost continuously working within range of the German guns. Misses Lillian and Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, George Fawcett and Master Ben Alexander are the most prominent of the large interpreting company. As was the rule with all former Griffith productions, “Hearts of the World” will be presented with all the elaborate sound effects necessary to lend a reality to the picture, and a music score of unusual brilliancy will be performed by an augmented symphony orchestra.

HOSPITAL BOARD HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING

The trustees of the Jasper county hospital met in regular monthly session in the office of the superintendent Thursday evening. The affairs of the institution were discussed. The superintendent’s report for the month was as follows: Receipts ..... ~.51042.00 Expenses— - ' Salaries of superintendent, nurses, board and other help 808.22 Supplies and repairs...... 283.24 Total 1091.46 Deficit for the month 49.00

FORD TO BUILD NEW AUTO; TO SELL FOR &300

Los Angeles, Calif., March 6. Henry Ford left for his home in Detroit yesterday, after announcing that on his arrival there he would perfect plans for the manufacture, by a new corporation, of an automobile to sell for a lower price than any' now extensively marketed. It is understood ithe car will sell at from $250 to S3OO. Mr. Ford said he had designed the car while resting at Altadena. Mr. Ford indicated that his present associates except his son Edsel would not be interested in a new company if one was formed.

MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED.

March 4, 1919. James K. Delahanty, born in Ottowa, 111., Nov. 16, 1885, present residence Wheatfield, occupation farmer; father M. J. Delahanty, mother’s Christian and maiden name, Margaret A. Killela, and Vivian Jones, Warren, Ind., born Jam. 27, 1897, occupation school teacher, present residence Wheatfield, father Lenley Jones, mother’s Christian and maiden name, Millie Johnstone. First marriage for "both parties. Married by Howard H. Kemp, Justice of the Peace of Center township, Lake county, March 4, 1919. **

FRIDAY’S WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably rain in south and rain or snow in north por-1 tion Saturday; not much change in temperature.

FQR SALE OR RENT ON HALVES. Everything furnished, 20 acre onion farm, 2% miles from Rensselaer, Ind., and the only antifreeze storage, 1500 bushels capacity, in town. A golden opportunity for a family to make much more than a good living. Phone 287, or see B. FORSYTHE. S ~ ' ■" '■ 1 Simplicity marked the departure of President Wilson and his wife for France Wednesday. .

E. S. RHOADS PASSES AWAY

RENSSELAER BUSINESS MAN DIED AT HOSPITAL THIS FRIDAY MORNING. 4*. E. S. Rhoads, one of Rensselaer's oldest and most prominent business men, passed away at the Jasper county hospital this Friday' morning at about 9 o’clock, death being doe to pneumonia, from which the victim had been suffering for several weeks. His condition had been critical for several days prior to his death, bat it was thought that he was gradually growing stronger of late and his death was unexpected, as it was he was on the road to recovery. Mr. Rhoads would have been sixtytwo years of age in June, having been born in this county in the year 1857. His entire lifetime had been spent in this county and for the past several years he was the proprietor of a grocery store 1 on Washington street, where he had (butilt up a splendid trade. Deceased leaves to mourn their loss his wife, one daughter, Mrs. A. H. Davisson, of Home, TH.; two sons, Edwin and Donald, both of this city, and two brothers, Oliver, of Rensselaer, and Charles, of Hammond, Jnd., besides many friends. Mr. Rhoads was a member of the fraternal organization, the Knighta of Pythias. The funeral arrangements have not been rtiade, but it is probable that services will be held Sunday afternoon and burial made in Weston cemetery.

BUG PLAGUES DUE TO VISIT HOOSIERLAND

Two bug plagues are due to visit Indiana this summer, according _to Frank N. Wallace, state entomologist. Every indication points to the belief that grass-hoppers wall be more-num-erous than last year, he says, and in addition the seventeen year locusts are scheduled to appear. Mr. Wallace urges fanners and gardeners to prepare to aid the natural enemies- of the grass-hoppers in annihilating them. The most common natural enemies, he said, are the black blister beetle or the old fashioned potato .bug, the young of which feeds on grass-hopper eggs, and a fungus growth that attacks the young and kills them. Neither of these forces, he sadd, has been prevalent in recent years. ■ / As an asd to these forces, Mr. Wallace suggests that farmers spread a prepared poison along the roadsides and in their fields early in the season. This preparation consists of 50 pounds of bran, one pound of paris green, the juice of half a dozen lemons ,and a gallon of old fashioned New Orleans molasses. The last two ingredients are said to be essential to the preparation which, if sprinkled in the evening, attracts the grasshoppers from anything upon which they are feeding.

LOWEST OF THE LOWEST IN CRIMES AT BURROWS CAMP

A terrible story of parental depravity comes from Burrows Camp on the Kankakee river, a resort quite familiar in years gone by with sportsmen. In Jthe vkanity of the camp there is a shack where dwell Charles Kissinger and his son, Glen, and his daughter, Anna, who is but sixteen. The girl has become a mother and affidavits have been filed by her in the Porter circuit court charging father and son with a shocning crime. The girl made a sworn statement.

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