Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1919 — Page 1

No. 114.

We have another shipment of fibre rugs in blue, gray, tan and green colors. The sizes will run 9x12, 9x9, 7ft. 6 in. x 9 ft., 6x9, 4 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in., 30 in. x6O in. See Them in Our Window. W. J. WRIGHT

SPECIAL MUSIC AT CLUB SMOKER THIS EVENING

Special music has been provided for the Van Rensselaer Club smoker which will be held at the club rooms this evening and it is hoped that every member will be in attendance. Aside from the music, cards and refreshments will help to lend enjoyment to the evening program. The board of directors have drawn up 'tentative plans for the remodeling of the club rooms which will be" started some time this summer, and it is their desire that all the members be present that the plans Vnay be discussed. The club is exr panding rapidly and the present quarters as they now stand will soon prove too cramped.

WEATHER /Showers probably tonight and Friday.

THURSDAY PRODUCE MARKET

Cream 55c. Eggs 40c. •Hens 26c. ■Fries 23c. \ Cox 13c. i Ducks 20c. Geese 16c.

GRAIN LOWER THURSDAY

\ Oats63c. ‘ Corn $1.62. Rye $1.37. Wheat $2.30.

WANTED Everyone to ...low that I am. agent for the Singer Sewing machine. Mrs. Gilbert Albin, 235 S. Mil ton St., Rensselaer, Ind.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperatu.e for the twenty-four hours ending at 7:00 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Mir. May 13. 67 40 May 15 73 43

Now is the time to get your Pine ppples for canning. Medium sized 15 cts. and large sized 20 cts. each or $5.25 a crate. Eger’s Grocery. Everything electrical. Phone 113. Babcock Electrical Co. A beautiful Light Six Mitchell is here for demonstration. Dr. J. Hansson. Electric supplies. Phone 113. Babcock Electric Co. g

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NARROW ESCAPE FOR TWO

IRENE HOOVER AND MOTHER BURNED WHEN LAMP EX, PLODED WEDNESDAY Mrs. W. I. Hoover and daughter, Irene, narrowly escaped death at their home on North College avenue Wednesday evening when a kerosene lamp exploded,, setting fire to their clothing and burning each rather severely before the flames were finally extinguished by Samuel Karnowsky who heard their screams and rushed to their asistance. Irene suffered burns on her arms and face and about the neck, and Mrs. Hoover also received painful burns on her arms in attempting’to aid her daughter. However, their burns were not deep ones and it is thought at this time that no permanent disfigurement will result. Irene had put some wood alcohol in the lamp which she had purshased at a local drug store, and an immediate explosion resulted when she placed a lighted match to the wick The explosion caused her clothing to become saturated with the alcohol and in an instant she was enveloped in flumes. At this moment Mr. Karnowsky appeared and it was only after a hard fight that he was able to subdue the flames. He then turned his attentions to Mrs. Hoover and succeeded in routing the flames, which ha<l set fire to her clothing when she went to the assistance of her daughter, only after she had received severe injuries about the arms. It was a narrow escape for both the mother and daughter and but for the prompt assistance of Mr. Karnowsky a tragedy would have undoubtedly resulted.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS NATIONAL New York .3; Chicago 2. Brooklyn 7; Cincinnati 0. Boston 4; St. Lotfis 2. Pittsburg 8; Philadelphia 3. AMERICAN St. Louis 11; Philadelphia 0. Chicago 1; Boston 0. - New York 1, Detroit 0. Cleveland 11; Washington 2.

Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe, Charles Rishling and Mrs. Stella Ketchum went to Chicago this forenoon.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1919.

LOAN AMOUNTS TO $331,000

PROBABLE THAT TOTAL SUBSCRIPTION WILL EXCEED QUOTA BY $75,000 C. G. Spitler, chairman of the Victory Loan of Jasper county, has finished the compiling of figures to date, showing that Jasper county has far exceeded her loan apportionment, the incomplete figures at E resent showing that $331,000 have een subscribed, or fifty-six thousand dollars more than the amount assigned. Loan subscriptions will be accepted until May 20, and it is expected by that time $350,000 worth of bonds will have been disposed of within the county—certainly a wonderful showing when it is taken into consderation that many of the counties of the state fell by the wayside and did not even reach the quota assigned them. The following is the report to May 14th, inclusive: State Bank of Remington. . $117,500 Trust & Savings Bank, Rensselaer, $72,600. First National Bank of Rensselaer, $60,800. State Bank of Rensselaer, $58,000. Wheatfield Bank, $19,250. „ DeMotte Bank, $2,850. Total $331,000 Quota $275,000 Oversubscription $56,000.

MRS. DEVERE ZEA WANTS DIVORCE

Mrs. Mdry A. Zea has filed suit for divorce in the circuit court. She charges her husband, DeVere Zea, with failure to provide and with cruel and inhuman treatment. The parties were maried June 28, 1915, and separated April 22, 1919. Plaintiff asks for a divorce and restoration of her maiden name, Mary A. Cooper. S. C. Irwin is the attorney for the plaintiff.

| Started to push open the postofI fice door this morning and it failed I to respond until we had pulled and tugged ourself into ill-humor and ■ then we wondered why such little ! antagonizers as that door couldn’t be I remedied.

DID y OU KNOW THAT YOU CAN BUY The Very Best Cuts of Beef for 30 and 32 cents at the Co-operative meat market. Phone 92.

RED CROSS CHAPTER HELD WEDNESDAY EVENING

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Jasper Co., A. R. C. Wednesday evening, it was decided to occupy after June 1, the rooms over the Jessen jewelry store as office and work rooms. 4,400 yards of surgeons’ gauze was donated to the Jasper county hospital and 3,000 yards to the National Red Cross Society. The resignation of Mrs. Myra W. Beeler as secretary was accepted and J. M. Sauser was elected to fill the vacancy. Seventy-five persons were dealt with during April, 1919, and financial assistance rendered to the amount of $95 by the Home Service Section.

EX-SENATOR MILLS AND FAMILY VISITING HERE

Ex-Senator Mills, wife and daughter, of Osceola, Neb., came Wednesday for a visit with Mrs. J. W. Williams and the Stockton families and other relatives and friends. Senator Mills and family are on their way to, Philadelphia and New York, and will, visit with his son, Thomas Mills, in ■ the latter place, who is in the govern- ; ment employ. The senator is a couI sin of Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Stockton and made his home with John Makeever until fifteen years ago when he went west to make his home.

Call Office Phone 90; or residence phone 491-Red FOR AUTO LIVERY J. K. SMITH

BUSY WEEK FOR GRADUATES

HIGH SCHOOL OPENS THIRTYSEVENTH ANNUAL .< COMMENCEMENT. “Husbands on Approval,” the 1919 Senior Class Play, will be staged at the high school auditorium this evening in what will be the opening number of the thirty-seventh annual commencement of Rensselaer High School. Perhaps never in the annals of the high school’s history has such a series of delightful events been arranged for during a commencement week, and the public as well as the sweet girl and boy graduates is keenly looking forward to the graduating exercises. The present class, fortyfour in number, is the largest to have ever let the portals of the high school, which shows that our school is coming to be looked upon as among the best in the entire state for its size. The program for the week follows: , May 15, Class Play, H. S. Auditorium. May 16, Class Play H. S. Auditorium ; .J • ' * >■/.■ ■■ May 18, Baccaulaureate, Christian Church. May 20, Class Night, H. S. Auditorium. May 21, Commencement, Christian church. , May 22, -Senior-Junior Reception, Armory. May 23, Alumni Banquet, Armory. With the exception of the alumni banquet which will begin at 6:30 in the evening, each number will begin at 8 p. m. The class motto is: “We are rowing, not drifting. The class flower: Aaron Ward Rose. / , Class color: Royal purple and old gold. The baccalaureate will be delivered at the Christian church by Rev. William T. Barbre, pastor of the Christian church of this city, and the commencement address will be given by Dr. George R. Grose, President of DePauw University at Greencastle. Dr. Grose has appeared in this city before and has always delighted his audiences with his masterly addresses. . 1 i - -

<E. E. Malone went to Monticello today. m Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bott went to Lafayette today V Don Wright made a business trip to Lafayette today. Bert Viant, of Lowell, was in Rensselaer today. Attorney and Mrs. George A. Williams went to Indianapolis today. William Boyle, of Roselawn, was in Rensselaer today. Charles H. Meyers returned today to his home in Leßoy, 111. Ellen Waters, of South Raub, came today for a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Stewart Learning. Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Ringeisen of Hanging Grove were in Rensselaer today. The head work of the Hohenzollern availed but little, in spite of the motto “Fats will win the war.”—Washington Star. The Dorcas Class of the M. E. church will meet at the home of Hope Hurley. Miss Martha Heilscher and Mrs. Hugh Hurley will help to entertain. Mrs. Thomas Goodman and daughter left this morning for their home in Redlands, Cal. She had visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Hopkins for sometime. Mrs. A,rthur Nowels and son, Lieut. Russel Nowels, of Columbia City, who had been visiting relatives here went to Berwyn, 111., today for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Coen. teSir Barton, with Loftus tip, capred the Preakness stake at Pimlico ednesday, dupicating his feat in the Kentucky derby of last Saturday. The stake was for $24,000.

for Graduation Gifts $3 to $6 Silks $6 to $9 > 2(_

“TAKE ALL” APPEARS HERE

State Plant Patholigist Finds Some Of New Disease In Jasper County “Take All’ the Australian wheat disease has appeared in Jasper County. According to J. M. Gardner, Plant Patholigist, who at the suggestion of the writer came up to examine certain suspicious fields, the argest infected areas in Indiana are in a few fields near Rensselaer. Mr. Gardner stopped in Rensselaer on us return from a tour over the wheat i belt of the United States where he had been observing the disease. He states that it is impossible and very probable that other fields are infected and all farmers are asked to make an examination. Federal officials are asking a hurried survey to determine the extent of infection in the United States. Little is known in this country about the manner of dissemination or the methods of control or eradication. Farmers in some areas are plowing up infected fields, but the Department is not requiring this measure at the present time. After the general situation in this country is known, recommendation for control will be made.

EXHIBIT AT GRAMMER BUILDING SUNDAY P. M.

An exhibit of the Domestic Science Manual Training and Commercial work of the public schools will be held at the grammar school building Sunday afternoon from twd to four o’clock, to which the general public and the patrons of the schol are invited. The exhibit is held for the Surpose of showing what has been one in these departments of the school work during the present term, and to give the public an idea of the efficiency of these departments. The graduation dresses will also be on display. In no instance has the /cost of a graduation dress exceeded $7.50. The majority of the young ladies who are to graduate made their own dresses under the supervision of the sewing teacher. The D. A. R. chapter, as is its annual custom, will give a prize to the young lady who has succeeded in making the most attractive gown. It is the desire of Superintendent Dean that all who can possibly do so attend these exhibits.

THURSDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

James Halligan underwent a major operation today which was performed by local physicians. Rudolph Ritter who underwent an operation Tuesday is getting along fairly well. Mrs. Bruce White, Mrs. Randolph, Mrs. Loveless, Charles Peterson of Brook and Herbert Schultz are all doihg nicely. * Maggie Gleason has been taken to her home.

Leo Kruger, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Kruger, of Union Township, arrived home this morning, having been discharged at Camp Taylor. He came across over seas on the boat with Walter Nagel, who is now at Fort Benjamin Harrison recovering from an operation for appendicitis. The St Viator college base ball laced the St. Joseph college nine at the college diamond Wednesday afternoon in a one-sided contest 11 to 2. The offerings of two St. Joe slab artists were pounded to all parts of the lot, while the visiting hurler held the local collegians in check throughout. Mrs. Phillip Heuson and sister Evajing Michaels went to Lafayette today. Mrs. J. M. Wasson went to Hammond today for a visit with the family of Attorney Jesse E. Wilson.

ROAD MEETING WELL ATTENDED

EFFORTS BEING MADE TO HAVE JACKSON HIGHWAY NAMED CHOSEN. Lafayette Journal. Twelve representatives from Jmper county were here yesterday to get the people of Lafayette and Tippecanoe county interested in and to cooperate. in the efforts now under way to induce the state highway commission to designate the Jackson highway as a state highway between Indianapolis and Chicago, with certain modifications in Jasper and Lake counties. According to the proposed route the road will pass from -Indianapolis through Lebanon, Frankfort and Lafayette, then west to Montmorenci north to Wolcott west to Remington, and then north to Renselaer and Crown Point, and from there to Chicago. In order to further the work of securing the state highway on the I proposed route a mass meeting will I be held at Rensselaer at noon on Wednesday of next' week, at which representatives from Boone, Clinton, Tippecanoe, and the other counties through which the Jackson highway passes, will be present to discuss the matter and prepare further plans and suggestions. At this meeting committees will be appointed to confer with the chairman of the highway commission, and an organization for furthering the project will be perfected. Henry Rosenthal, of the city board of works, has been named as chairman of the local committee. At the meeting yesterday, besides Mayor Durgan and Mr. Rosenthal, as a representative of the board of works, the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ association was represented by Louis H. Busha, secretary, Moses Schultz, Samuel Loeb, Frank Best, and David Fishman. Mr. Rosenthal is already at work on the selection of delegates from Lafayette, and expects to go to Rensselaer next Wednesday with two automobile loads of Lafayette representatives. 'Much enthusiasm is being 'manifested in the attempt to have the highway commission dteaignate the Jackson highway as the state highway, and there are many and cogent reasons why such action should be taken. In the first place, the line is the most direct from Indianapolis to Chicago, which fact would mean the saving of great quantities of gasoline for tourists and truck drivers; the< proposed line would run over the “Corn Belt” line, which in all probability will be one of the east and west state highways selected by the state highway commission, and would there fore eliminate six miles of construction and maintenance, saving more perhaps than $120,000 in construction cost alone. Besides this, a the Dixie route north and south passes through Watseka, 111., it does not seem probable that the highway commission would favor parallelling the Dixie line with a line nearer than Remington, which is 19 miles west of the state' line, and some thirty-five miles east of Watsckft* The out-of-town men who attended the road meeting of the board of public works office yesterday afternoon were as follows: L. H. Hamilton, Vernon Nowels, F; E- Babcock, E. D. Nesbit, Mayor C. G. Spitler, E. P. Honan, Ex-Senator A. Halleck, City Engineer L. A. Bostwick, Representative W. L. Wood, Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery of Rensselaer, and H. W. Gilbert, W. E. Johnston, and Postmaster Qhinn O’Riley, from Remington.

We have some nice Wisconsin midium sized Rural Potatoes for your late seW. Stock at $1.25 a bushel. Eger’s Grocery.

STAR THEATRE AT THE , THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES TODAY “Wolves of " the Border” —STARRING—ROY STEWART ——Also—— A GOOD COMEDY HIS DISGUISED PASSION r FRIDAY—CART. SWIFT IN FIVE PARTS SATURDAY—LOUISE HUFF AND FRANK MAYO "Crooks of Dreams” ALSO STH EPISODE OF "HANDS UP”

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