Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1919 — Page 1

No. 95.

This is The Week To Buy Victory Bonds ♦ * ; W. J. WRIGHT

THIEVES STEAL AUTO

While Frank Geitenauer and wife were enjoying themselves at the dance given at the Armory Tuesday evening by the Van Rensselaer club, having no fear that their faithful Ford would remain where it was parked on Washington street, and would be in readiness to take home when the dancing had ceased, they emjoyed the evening to the full extent. But when the fantastic toe had made its last movement to the tune of the Jazz band and all were leaving one of the very best dances ever given in the city, what should be their surprise when Mr. and Mrs. Geitenaur discovered that their Ford had taken leave. Something told Mr. Geitenaur that the faithful car had been taken south. He secured another car and at once started for Remington. He drove a Dodge car and the teriffic speed enabled him to over take the parties who were making a get away with his Ford some six miles south of this city. Mr. Geitenaur was driving so fast tljat he ran considerable distance past the Ford calling out for the parties to stop as he went by them. The parties stopped suddenly and before iMr. Geitenauer could get back to the car they had made their getaway. iNo clue as to who the parties were had been found when we went to press this afternoon.

FORD CAR STOLEN ON WASHINGTON STREET

While attending the dance given by the Van Rensselaer club last evening, a Ford car belonging to Frank Getzenaur was taken from in front of the Armory, where it was parked. The thieves were overtaken while attempting to escape with it to the south. When overtaken the thieves ran into the woods, seven miles south of town and escaped. To prevent your car being stolen use a thief proof lock, for sale by the Central Garage.

BLUE JACKET BAND

Of 25 pieces from Great Lakes Naval Training station will be in Rensselaer, Thursday, May Ist, from 10:36 a.m.. to 1:57 p.m. Speakers will accompany the band and will deliver addresses, as follows. Overseas front line trenches—Dr. Owen D. O’Dell; Mexican border service—Dr. L.'A. Harrison; Overseas Red Cross service—Dr. Tom White. >lf weather is favorable the band concert and speaking will be held on northside of court house. Come and hear them. —Liberty Loan Committee.

PRINCESS "THEATRE TONIGHT

William Farnunm in “Riders of the Purple Sage” Taken from Zane Grey’s thrilling novel. A great American drama of the man who was not afraid. —AUo—- ■" X ’V~ ; \ , ' v 1 . V- V Fatty Arbuckle in “CAMPING OUT”—This is Us latest Picture.—Nine Reels in All Children 10c; tea I—lie Adelts 20c; tax 2c-—22c.

The Evening Republican.

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

The township commencements are well under headway in Jasper county. Union township made an excellent record this year in the face of much contention. There were nineteen, successful applicants on the eigth grade diploma examination. This unusual number of successful applicants is due, no doubt, to the fact that all teachers employed in Union township were experienced teachers. Kankakee township has a record duplicating that of Union in that all teachers there were experienced teachers. 1 It is also true that Kankakee, like Union, had as many successful applicants as it had pupils, to try for high school privileges. Those eighth grade pupils who will receive diplomas on Wednesday night of April 30th, at Tefft, from Kankakee township are: Edna Jean DeArmond, Wesley W. Myers, George K. Turner, Theodore B. Sands, Ruby Grace White, Katherine Shepard, Hettie Jefferies and Chloe Hamlett. Katherine Shepard made the highest general average in the county. Her average was 95.7 percent. The roll of successful applicants from Union township is: Ear! Wilcox, Frank Cooper, Wayne Davission, Teddy Wood, Millie McCurtain, David Warran, Ruby Norman, Leo Ogle, Bernard Lockard, Robert Cover, Ardath Cover, Arthur Florence, Helen Todd, Doris McKay, Evalyn Abell, Gaylord flumes, Myrtle Hall and Frances Fross. JPhe Union township commencement will be held at Fair Oaks on Thursday night, May Ist. Rev. J. B. Fleming will give the baccalaureate sermon in the church at Fair Oaks, Sunday evening, April 27th. The high school at Fair Oaks is permitting the eighth grade commencement to 'be held with them. This is also the situation at Tefft. Heretofore the commencements have been crowded to the utmost by patrons and friends of education. Preparations on a large scale have been made to accommodate the large crowds and provide them with an excellent program. Prof. Thomas F. Moran, of Purdue university, will deliver the commencement address at Fair Oaks, on Thursday night, May Ist. He is accepted as one of the best speakers on the school platform, in Indiana. Prof. Moran will also deliver the address at Tefft, on Wednesday, April 30th. The names of the graduates from the high schools will appear in the notes of next week.

Mrs. R. L. Harwood and two sons, who had been visiting relatives in Newton county, returned today to their home in Indianapolis.

THURSDAY, 24 Lila Lee - la “Such a Little Pirate” FRIDAY, 25 i> ' John Barrymore in “ON THE QUIET” lun shine Comedy “Wild Women and Tame Lions” SATURDAY, 26 Fred Stone “THE GOAT”

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1919.

BABCOCK LETS CAT OUT OF BAG

PEEVED AT NOT BEING GIVEN NOTICES OF PETITIONS FOR PUBLICATION.

The editor of the Jasper County Democrat has again indicated his vital point of interest in man or measures. He is against the highway improvements of all kinds because the petition for the same were published in the Republican and that that paper and not the Democrat wil get the fee for the same. Undoubtly had the petitions been published in the Democrat every, movement would have been regular, the laws would have been par excellent and the attorney general of the state, though a Republican, may have had just a little intelligence. ; . But failing to get the fee, Babcock, true to form howls and knocks. He says the Republican does not care a rap for the improvements, that Representative Wood is not wise and to quote his exact estimate of a state official he says: “The attorney general, who has about as much legal ability as the ordinary backwoods justice of the peace.”

The wise, patriotic Mr. Babeock signed Representative Wood’s petition. Yet he knew, he says, tha* the road laws were so badly muddled that is was impossible to tell whether they were made to apply to the earth or to the sky above for airplane routes. The seer of the all home grown oracle gets in bad. With him it is either patron or enemy. He is able

The Victory Loan War Train Will Arrive in RENSSELAER Wednesday, April 23rd at 6:00 p. m. It will consist of TWO FLAT CARS BAGCAGE CAR SLEEPING CAR

to see a vast difference between a fortune teller and a fake faith curer and that difference is allways in favor of his patron. The Republican is for good roads, and lots of them. The legislature has passed some exeeellent laws upon the subject. The highway law providing for the building of roads with state and federal funds is all right and Jasper county will undoubtedly be benefitted by the same by having a road built through it from the Benton county to the Lake county line.

The county unit law stands in the same relation to the townships as the state law does to the county. We believe the state highway commission will honestly and efficiently discharge its duty under this the best road law ever put upon the records in Indiana. Likewise we believe that the county commissioners and county council will discharge their duty faithfully, honestly and for the best welfare of the people of the county. There is a demand for good roads. The general use of the highways ■everywhere make them a matter of county, state and national concern. The rural routes under government control necessitates the construction many miles of hard surface "roads. The farmer, who has helped to build the improved roads in his township is entitled to access to these roads. The legislature thought so and under the sanction of the county commissioners and county council he may have this relief if in their judgment his road should be improved. Any man, much less a nwespaper, is not wise that will attempt to stand in the way of progress and improvement. Every person in the county should get back of the proposed improvement by the state. It is the one thing that Mr. Babcock has tried to father and now as the child is about to he born he claims that it is illegitimate. 1 The operation of the county unit law will, we believe, built many miles of roads that are necessary of for the general good.

INSTRUCTING IN MUSKETRY

COL. HEALY HAVING VARIED EXPERIENCE IN MILITARY DUTIES. The following letter written by Colonel Healey in his usual entertaining manner has been received by B. F. Fendig, and contains much of interest to all:

Serrigny, Yonne, France, March 22, 1919. My Dear Ben: Your letter of Feb. 17th reached me the 20th of this month, having been forwarded from place to place after reaching France. While I have on three or four occasions had letters only three weeks old they are generally from four to six and some times four or five months. For instance, I had two letters from my wife on March 10th. One Was written F.eb. 7th and the other Oct. 6th. I have had a rather varied experience in France, having been a regimental and brigade commander, a school lecturer, a student, and now an instructor in Musketry. My last school was at Chatillon-sur-Seine, where aeroplane observation was a part of the course and I had several flights. I bad made some good trips while in the states but I can not say I am ready to enter that service as a regular game. Last December I had a good trip over the Argonne, Verdun and St. Mihiel American sectors and since then I have had command -of a §outh Carolina regiment that did good work alongside the British

and the New York national guard, so I have learned quite a little about the part America played in the war. Now I am serving with a Texas regiment that was in the fight for only 23 days hut which performed a good work. It’s colonel was relieved after the tljird days’ fight and a regular army officer placed in command and he is still in command and was decorated two days ago for conspdcious gallantry. I witnessed the ceremony and it was a very pleasing one. Other officers and men of the regiment are to be decorated soon. Yesterday I drove the colonel to Bar-sur-Aube to witness the 36th division football game, which was also witnessed by the king and queen of Belgium, by General Parshing, Lt. Generals Liggett and Bullard and a large number of Major and Brigadier Generals. The 36th division, the one I am temporily with, won the football game and this puts them into the finals with the 1 89th division. The queen, who is very attractive and apparently sensible little lady photographed the football game from her station in a .special stand and General Pershing proposed three rousing cheers for the king and queen of Belgium and thir-ty-five thousand joined heartily in the cheers. Then General Pershing and the king shook hands with the captains of the teams. The French people surely turned out in fine shape for the king and queen, showered them with flowers from the windows as they passed through the streets and presented the queen with great boquets of flowers. Royalty is still greatly admired here as the fine reception gave evidence. Our drive was some 80 kilometers, (50 miles, and we stopped at Bar-sur-Seine for supper. The town has a population of 2,000 and we paid 6 franca for the meal, that is about sl.lO. We had soup, veal with sweetbreads, potatoes and gravy, salad, rice prepared in meat dripplings, another course of veal, bread and for desert cream cheese. The French are wonderful cooks. No pastries are yet served except m a few of the very expensive cases in Paris. Deserts are either cheese or oranges. They are wonderful olieese

WEATHER For Indiana—Showers tonight in north, partly cloudy south portion, colder northwest portion; Thusday colder and generally fair.

Edward Meyers, brother-in-law of William McKinney, went to Rockville today, where he will enter the tuberculosis hospital.

makers here in Europe. We encountered a snow as we left Bar-sur-Seine and the driver had a hard time of it, having to get out of the car and wipe off the windshield many times. The roads here are Wonderful, all macadamized, and generally 16 to 20 feet wide. Our big American trucks are cutting them up a lot -and about half of our army is working on road repairs. It would be a great thing to tour through Prance and Italy and Switzerland with ones family. 1 imagine the tourist trade will be very extensive during the next few years. I hope to have a leave and spend it either in England or Italy and southern France and plan to apply for it right soon. I am one of very few national gaurd surplus colonels left in Prance and presume they will be shipping me lome quite soon. My French is very limited. I have been thrown with them very little and have not Jiad an opportunity for instruction. There are a number of expresssions which every one learns and I am sure they will be popularized in America. Probably one of the most used in theif expression for immediately or at once. It is “tout de suite” and is pronounced “toot d’sweet” or even very generally just “toot sweet.” This was the name of the play Jimmie. -Hanley wrote the music and most of the songs for. I saw him and had a good talk with him. There are many soldier shows in the A.E.P. and one very interesting thing is the impersonation of girls. Certainly there are some remarkable results. Jimmie says that he will move his mother and the family to New York when he gets back and that he is making a lot of money from his music. He wrote “Indiana,” and that made him a good sum. He works with Joe Goodman, who is a well known New York musician and composer. . , Presume Dr. Washburn is home now. I am glad he had the experience and wish he might have visited Prance. Some way I can’t get myself entirely straightened out to know whether I like these people or not. The better classes are surely fine but the peasantry, which constitutes the great majority in the sections I have been in, do not meet up with my expectations. Seen conditions, however, when not depressed by the hardships and sacrifices of a long war, they might be more attractive. Pans is a wonderful city and I have also been in a number of other good cities of from 60,000 to 100,000 that are fine. Everything is built of stone, there are no porches, the houses are poorly ventilated, bathtubs are almost unknown, inside toilets are rare, outside ones are filthy, walks are inadequate, but the beds are the finest imaginable. Those who drink say the wine and cognac are fine also. The cooking, as have said, is excellent. They make wonderful salads, splendid omelets, prepare •their meats most tatefully, garnish them attractively, serve promptly and with a fine charm of manner. The homes of the better classes are wonderfully furnished, and there is a fulsome manner of reception that we would call extravagant but with them perfectly sincere and graceful. But I am making my letter too long and it is near supper time. I can hardly tell you how much I appreciated your letter. I don't get enough letters. Some times it is two weeks between them and then I get a number all at one time but never as many as I should like. Have not seen a paper from home for three months. Leland Jessen showed me a number of Republicans last December. He told me Ross Benjamin was near where we were at the time but I was transferred before I could look him up. Sincerely, GEORGE H. HEALY, Col. U.S. Inf.

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GALLOP FOR BUNTING STARTS TODAY FOR SIXTEEN CLUBS

With war time conditions a thing of the past, moat of the stare released from the military service and the Federal league out of existence, the prospects for basball were never brighter. Once again the fan and player will be carefree, and the things which put a damper on the greatest of all games will no longer be foremost in their minds. A shorter season and mediocre clubs characterized the season of 1918, stars were drafted into Uncle Sam’s machine, and minor league talent had to fill the gap left vacant by their departure. A hush of expectancy has fallen over the fans as they await the appearance of the diamond celebrities on major league circuits Wednesday. Sixteen clubs will go into action as the upms howitzer sounds. Its a long stretch between now and the time when the flag falls beneath next October's sun, but a glimpse at the marathoners at this time shows that sixteen major managers find their dpbs occuping the following cells at the end of the 1919 chase: American National Boston Chicago New York, New York Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago / Pittsburg Detroit Brooklyn Washington Boston Philadelphia St. Louis St. Louis Philadelphia.

COME EARLY

Our stock of budding plants will be here about May first. Will have many kinds and quality goods. Vegetable plants, many kinds, ready now. Garden huckleberry plants for everybody. KING FLORAL CO., Phone 216 Green.

GIVE BOND TO APPEAR

Edward Oliver, H. J. Kuppers, Ed. Cavindish, who were arrested Tuesday and brought to this city, gave bond for their appearance in the circuit court. They gave Attorney S. C. Irwin as surety.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending a* 7:00 a. m. on the date indicated: Mtf- lifeApril 22 67 43 April 23 76 61

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