Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1919 — Page 1

No. 94.

This is The Week To Buy Victory Bonds * ' . .. \ •*'. - •*- - • V W. J. WRIGHT

The Door.

Fow person* r vULV what a rnoflern ifonvonl('?!<•(' ix iln' ailtar dour. No primitive people e. or ever did tii vp, doors; oil temples of Fcyp) and of t>reoc» had doorways, of course. lint no doors. Ofton ttiofe Worn silks and tapestries Irini! ov»'r tfi*' doorways or doors or states, hut itho door proper is absolutely an improvement. oven a luxury, of modern civilization.

Triumph Over Necessity.

Manhood begins when \vv lihvp in any wav tniiiir truce with Necessity; ibeghrs even when we have surrend■ert'ii io Necessity, as file most |>art onlv do; lutt begins’joyfully and hopefully only when w<* have reeoneiled ourselves to Necessity;' and thus in ■reality triumphed over it, and felt that in Necessity we are free. —Carlye (Kssays).

Quoting Omar.

A lawyer noted for his flowery oratory was speaking for the defense, and wishing to emphasize the tender relations that had existed between his client and the complainant, he exclaimed in the middle of an impas- j atoned speech : “What does Omar say on this subject? ‘A dog and a bone and a hank of hair, and thou beside ; me singing in the wilderness.’ ” —Bo#» Aon Transcript.

Expert Opinion.

“I attended a select reading of hi* awn poems by Jay B. Iden at an East side church the other. evening,” said J. Fuller Gloom.. “As an elocutionist Mr. Iden lias very dark' hjilfr. j tertalament was free and I was con- f ▼lnced almost from the start that It waa richly worth it," —Kans** Cltp Star. ; V , ~.. J.

He Remembered.

Little saw hla'Aunt Nellie Shewing some. gum. He said, "I*loßßo, Aunt N*»llle, glvemefliat gum.” “No, Frederick.” Aunt Nellie said, “there’s germs in It.” * Then- Frederick said, “Wash the germs’Nltft, Aunt Nel!le/\i A few w *cks later this little fellow ' was chewing a piece of gum; his aunt begged him tor-It. .He said. No, .Aunt Nciiie, germs in it."

PRINCESS- THEATRE 7 tonksht

Ruth Clifford in - . “Fires of Youth” Eddie Polo Eighth Chapter “THE LURE OF THE CIRCUS” WEDNESDAY William Farnum • ' 7; * . </, > in "Riders of the Purple Sage” •» Taken from Zane Grey’s thrilling novel. A great American drama of the man who was not afraid. • ■—Alsa— Fatty Arbuckle in "CAMPING OUT" —This is his latest Picture. —Niae Reels in All Children 10c; tt* S—-ilc Adults 20c; tan 2c—22c. ... •

The Evening Republican.

Mrs. H. F. McCracken and daughter came this afternoon for a visit with Dr. E. N. Loy and family. Mrs. McCracken is a sister of Mrs Loy. Dr. Paul C. Curnick, of Indianapolis, passed through here today enroute to Chicago where he is now giving some time to the great certtenary movement now going on within the Methodsit church. Dr. Curnick is having excellent success, having raised some “for this purpose. He is still connected with the Methodsit hospital, but i* taking some time from his ‘duties with that institution to assist—4n the centenary drive, . Mr. and Mrs. Samuel O. Duvall returned to Rensselaer Monday evening after an absence cf three weeks which they spent in touring the state in the interest of the Victory Loan. During their four they made the larger and most important cities of the state. They expect to remain in Rensselaer for several weeks before taking up their duties on the theatrical circuit..

Tn nil lives there is a crisis in the formation of character, wrote Disraeli. It comes from many causes, and from some which on the surface arc apparently even trivial. But the result Is the same; a sudden revelation to ourselves of our secret purposes and a reeognfi’i n of our perhaps long-shad-owed but now masterful convictions.

When . ■•-I' i«:»n gets* a sadden <t«rt if i* t<* vsftke his heart stop.

~ Try a classified ad.

LUMBER We will duplicate any Aladdin House and 5 per cent bstt,dr. This is no XYZ. J. C. GWIN & CO.

THURSDAY, 24 Lila Lee in “Such a Little Pirate” * FRIDAY, 25 John Barrymore k in “ON- THE QUIET” ! -,-r • SUN SHINE COMEDY “Wild Women and Tame Lions” 1 - •, \ • ' 41 i ■ - . _ _ . SATURDAY, 26 ~ r Fred Stone 1 “THE GOAT”

Disraeli on Character.

Peculish.

RENbSELAER, INDIANA. TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 0919.

OLIVER BOBS INTO LIMELIGHT

SENSATIONAL CHARGES TO BE FILED AGAINST ONION MAN, ’T!S SAID. i Like Game Purtelie’s mythical rail- , road, Ed Oliver and his Newland; onion land come to the surface ever so often. Gene had ideas; so does', Ed. Gene’s ideas looked promising on 1 paper so did Ed’s. Gene talked in i millions, so did Ed.. Gene was sin-! cere in his convictions in his prop-' osition, maybe Ed is and maybe he, isn’t anyway, both are passe now, Back again basking in the spot-' light is Edward Oiiver, founder of, Newland, alleged millionaire, 1 dreamer, the man whose attempts at 1 deals in frenzied finance if carried out would eclipse the combined oper-j ations on Wall streets, the husband of Mrs. Warren Springer, who has also managed to keep the glare of the spotlight focused oh her for many years through donations to various institutions throughout the country. She, too, was supposed to have millions. It’s not for us to say that the Olivers haven’t millions in American dollars—maybe they have, but from the way they have been forced to step around in local courts for these past few' months to meet the various suits lodged against them, I one is rather inclined to be—er—shall we say skeptical. Seven criminal charges, which it is understood will be filed against the svelte and debonair Edward some time today, are said to be of so sen- 1 sational a nature as Will set the entire confryside agog with excitement when jevealed, the result of OlrveFs latest exploits in the onion Country to the north. Many actions have been filed against Mr. Oliver before but it is understood that the latest court actions will far surpass anything that Edward has ever found himself confronted with before. Perhaps Mr. Oliver will extricate himself from the embarrassing position in which he has been placed, but from 4 the gossrip of the street it appears that the plaintiffis have sufficient cause for launching criminal proceedings against the handsome Colonel. Long has Edward dealt in Newland onion land, always it has been a land of mystery and always a veil of secrecy seemed to surround it. . Far and wide has it been heralded as the land of possibilities, the land where millionaires were to be made over night—in truth the only rival of the celestial abode of bliss, the modern Elysia. But somehow or other things never seemed to materialize. Land seekers laid down their cash for this diamond studded country only to meet with regret and broken hearts. There were' crop failures, poor markets when the land did produce fruit—always something that occurred with uncanny frequency. Some few braved the deluge of reverses, others gave up in disgust and turned ' their thoughts to other things. Maybe if fortune had srpiled the land which *Mr. Oliver has fathered would have fulfilled all promises, but it hasrix.’ It might well be termed “The Land of Sorrow.’’ The result of all this brought suits, lots of them, but never could it be shown that Oliver had been anything but fair in his dealing^. Even Oliver himself found that the profits derived from the land were insufficient to rtieet his obligations of operating it and aS the months went by he continued to dispose of as much of it as possible. As debts soared, so soared the scale of the land. In this way it is said Oliver managed to meet his creditors but was unequal to the task of apneasing the anger of those who had purchased the land of muck.

THE RIGHT OF WAY

A few weeks auo in an effort to dispose of the land by the wholesale, Oliver, through the medium of the Chicago Tribune, started an advertising campaign to lure land seekers to the Indiana paradise. They came, many of them, attracted by the glowing tributes of the land of such wonderful promise. With them came as UStlal—-tfoilb 1 e for Oliver; So the story goes they were to our wonderful little city, show® the sights and beauties, the moderiß up-to-date homes. Wall Street Row,] the pretty, fertile farms, in fact everything oif interest and of a pleasing nature to the eyepiece—but Newland onion land, that would have spoiled it ajl; at least that’s the wav the story goes as told by one prospect lured from the busy city of Chicago by Oliver and Co’s advertisements. But it appears that there has come a day of reckoning and that Oliver and his associates, whoever they may be, must now explain their actions. ■> Not so long ago a prospect stepped into Oliver’3 office in Chicago and inquired about the Tribune advertisements. Mr. Oliver gladly explained things to him with the promise of a trip to the onion fields at any time suitable to the prospect and his family. They came to Rensselaer a few , days later to the prospect, the above mentioned proceedure j was followed. He saw no land but 1 was impressed with the beauty of the surrounding country and was prevailed upon by his wife to lose no time in giving up the city for the land of perpetual bliss. Accordingly, the prospect closed up what interests he had in Chicago and shipped his household effects, valued at several hun-, dreds of dollars by an automobile truck to Newland, or as near Newland as the condition of the roads would permit. The truck-stalled and it was impossible to. move the goods any farther. A rain set in and it was imperative that the goods be' moved to some place of shelter if they were not to be rendered absolutely worthless. The house Mr. Oliver had promised them was not vacant, there was no place to move the goods except to a barn, which was done with the result that much of the furniture, including a piano, was ruined by the rain. The owner of the .goods had previously offered the driver of the truck SIOO to return the goods to Chicago immediately but that individual made the excuse that he had other work to do in another section of Indiana and could not return to the city at that time. Later, however, the prospect secured a truck and had part of his furniture that had not been ruined returned to Chicago, leaving the remainder which i had been ruined in the Oliver barn. He bought no land but it is understood is among those who have filed [ complaints against Oliver and will attempt to recover damages to a sum exceeding his actual losses. The climax of the Oliver opera- ! tions is said to have been reached last Saturday when it is said that with the aid of two “strong-arms” from Chicago he moved the household effects of a family named Grimm out of a house .which they had been occupying for four or five years. It ; seems that Oliver had ordered the | family to be out of the house by , Saturday and that when he found j that they had not complied with his order he became enraged and took (unto himself and his men the task oTcleaning out the house. His order came as a result of his having another “prospect” ready t© move into the dwelling. It seems that some few years ago Robert Grimm purchased a farm of Oliver which was to be paid for in yearly payments, Grimm was inducted into the military service, and at the present time is in France, consequently had been unable to meet his obligations to Mr. Oliver. The farm since the departure of Grimm has been operated by his father, who when ordered by Mr. Oliver to vacate the premises refused to do So, saying that Oliver was indebted to j them. Whereupon Oliver and his as- ‘ sociates, according to the plaintiff,

CONGRESSSMAN WOOD HERE

Congressman Will R. Wood, of Lafayette, was in Rensselaer today and met a number of the representative citizens of the city. **• Congressman .Wood was the first Republican returned to the national house of representatives from Indiana after the Democrats had swep th<* state due to the eruption caased by the split in the Republican party. He has been very faithful to the interests of the distcrict and deserves the faith that has ' been placed uff him in his re-election last fall by a very heavy majority. Congressman- Wood thinks that congress will be called to meet in extra session about May 12. He also is of the opinion that General Leonard Wood is one of the very promising candidates for the Republican nomination for president.

THE ETERNAL QUESTION

What would you do if you had a million dollars? I*d buy the whole quota and" an automobile. We are lucky to have what we have. Don’t hoard it. Spend now if you never spent before. Buy and build. Spend every cent you can spare. Buy bonds* fixtures, machinery, 'live-stock, cars, anything , you are needing. It’s your patriotic du-. ty to keep your surplus in circulation. A world full of spending money will get you over the blues and stamp out the Reds. After Bonds, Olds is a good buy. HUGH KIRK.

DR. C. E. JOHNSON ARRIVED IN AMERICA

Simon Thompson received a letter this Tuesday morning from*Dr. C. E. Johnson, saying that he had just arrived in New York and that he would go from there to Camp Dix, N. J., and that he expected to arrive in Rensselaer by the last of this week.

JVEATHER Indiana—ffhundershowers this igJußoon or tonight, warmer north PRft wrtion; Wednesday, probably fair.

GRAIN MARKET STRONGER TUESDAY

Oats fific. Com $1.52. Rye $1.55. Wheat $2.30. entered the house and tore up the rugs and threw them along with other furniture into the yard, that they threw water on the stove on which Mrs. Grimm was baking and then likewise removed it from the house. Mr. Grimm, naturally, became much incensed at the manner in which Mr. Oliver acted and at once started letgal proceedings. It is said that there are many other cases similar to the two related,above and there are many who allege they have been victims of fraud on the part of Oliver. There is said to be considerable feeling against Oliver in the Newland section and his associates, and that the people of that vicinity are very anxious that the cases be brought to the attention of the court that the situation relative to the land dealings there may be cleared up o>nce all. Whether or not Mr. Oliver has been dealing illegally is a matter'of conjecture and individual opinion as the Oliver affairs of the past few years have been a source of much trouble. - ■ ■ ■"— -* The Rens-selaer Boy Scoßts have volunteered to guard the war exhibit train while dinner is being served to the regular guard Wednesday evening. The latest information at hand about the state war train is that it will arrive in Rensselaer April 25. The tanks have experienced much trouble in keeping schedule time.

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* You man wko want “service” when yon buy shoos will appreciate our prompt business libs way of fitting feet. We know the. importance of giving you- what you want and having it right. Throe new styles received thia weekyou will liko.tkem sad we can fit almost any -J'.i.foot—wide; narrow* long or short. Buying shoes here ia a ple*»ure--try u«. _3( V 3(— l

CHRISTIAN CHURCH PROSPERS

The First Christian church has just , closed a week of meetings, the re- ! suits of which were much greater : uhan the average revival. The meet- ! ings were conducted entirely by home talent. Aside from the member* | added to the church, a fine spirit was' ■ developed in the congregation. The [-last night, which was Monday evening, was conducted primarily as a bastismal service. Although it was Monday evening, the largest crowd was present. With the exception of one other revivial and the Sundays, the largest number came forward in j this service. Not in many years had i there been as many baptized at one time in the church. It will be a beautiful sight next Sunday morning to see more than sixty people received into the church at the morning service . Because of the interest manifested to the last, it is evident , that many will come next Sunday i and the following Sundays. Already sixty-three have been added to the : church.

TEMPERATURE. The following i» the tamperatura for the twenty-four boon ending at 7:00 a. m. on tho data indicated . Max. Min. April 22 . 67 43

Everything electrical. s Phone 113. Babcock Electrical Gor -' ' - The following went to'lndianapolis Tuesday afternopt) to attend the annual convention' "of the Order of Eastern Star: Mrs. R. P. Benjamin and Frank Qyitser of .this city, L. E. Dowell, Mrs. Harry ‘ Spencer, Mint Alice Barley, Wf 'Remington. Mr. and M™. E. W. Bender, who have been visiting with Mt. and Mrs. J. L. Hagins, left today for .their home in San Francisco, Cal Mm. Bender is a neice of Mrs. Hsganr Mrs. Harry Little, of Goodland, was in Rensstdaer to meet Mrs. Edward Franklin White, of Indiapapolis. This is guest day for the women’s clubs of Goodland and Mt*. White will make the address, Mrs. Merritt. Strain and daughter, Mrs. Ears '-Whited went to Monon. today.

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