Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1919 — Page 1

No. 125.

Hoover Suction Sweeper We have just received another small shipment of Hoover Sweepers. We sell these on an absolute guarantee. If at any time they fail to do the work we will refund your money. We will also keep these machines in repair without extra charge. Ask the woman who owns a Hoover Sweeper what she thinks of it. Telephone 252 and we will send a machine down and show you how easily it will clean your rug. W. J. WRIGHT

LAST CHANCE FOR GOLD FISH Just Received The last and only shipment until October. Extra fine, large Gold Fish. First come, first served. JARRETTE’S . VARIETY STORE

ST. JOSEPH COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD JUNE 10-11.

The twenty-fourth annual commencement of St. Joseph’s college will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, June 10 and 11. On Tuesday evening the Columbian Literary society will render the play, “Under the Flag,” in the auditorium of the new gymnasium building. The baccalaureate address will be delivered Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock by the Rev. Robert J. Pratt, pastor of St. Patrick’s church, at Kokomo. Following the address will be the* awarding of medals and diplomas by the Rt. Rev. Herman J. Alerding, D. D., Bishop of Ft. Wayne.

EX-SOLDIERS, ATTENTION!

All world war soldiers are requested to be at the Red Cross rooms at 8 o’clock this Wednesday evening for the purpose of discussing Memorial day plans. Please make every effort to be present. Rev. W. T. Barbre, Cope J. Hanley.

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The Evening Republican.

THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Fair tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature.

ST. JOSEPH PLAYS ST. VIATOR TODAY.

The St. Joseph college base ball team went to Kankakee, 111., today, where they will play the St. Viator team of that city. The local college team is -playing good ball and will give the Kankakee boys a good, stiff fight for the long end of the score.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

Ira B. Norris, by A. J. C., to Emmet L. Hollingsworth, May 22, lots 14, 15, block 17, Rensselaer, Weston’s add,, $lB. Tax title deed. Joseph P. Hammond et. ux., to Ralph O’Riley, April 14, lot 11, pt. lot 12, block 12, Rensselaer, $5,300. Etta M. Grant, et baron, to' Emmet L. Hollingsworth, Oct. 9, 1918, lot 2, block 36, Rensselaer, Weston’s add. S2OO. George H. Gifford, Exr., to Edgar H. Cavendish, May 9, lot 6, block 1> Newland, $650, Myrtle E. Casper, et baron, to Elmer Daniels, May 24, w 1-2 lots 11, 12, block 22, Rensselaer, $l,lOO. Anna Mohr to W. F. Boehmer, May 24, nw, nw sw, e 1-2 sw, nw se, sw ne, 9-31-7, Union, 360 acres, $lO. Abraham Leopold et. ux., to Theresa Ann Hoover et. al., May 26, lot 7, 10, block 7, Rensselaer, Leopold’s add., S3OO. John Hardebeck et. ux., to Maurice B. Peck, May 26, 1919, out lots 2,3, Remington, pt ne 25-27-7, S7OO. Methodist Protestant of Jordan township to John Simonin, March 8, 1919, pt se 19-28-7, .50 acres, sl. Nell Meyers to. Peter J. Grove, May 21, 19'19, se ne 5-31-6, 40 acres, $3,800.

Jesse Heath, of the Jasper County Telephone company, has received a letter from his parents, who went to Deposit, N. Y., this spring. They purchased a hundred and three acre farm and hre well pleased with their investment.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1919.

Wheatfield.

Mr. and Mrs. George -Luse entertained to 6 o’clock dinner Sunday evening Mr. and Mrs. Simon Fendig, Mrs. W. E. Allen, Mrs. Martha Marble, Mris. M- B. Fyfe and children, Mrs. Berenice Clark and H. W. Marble. ' T Mrs. Robert Manz went to North Judson Wednesday to visit with Mr. Manz’s mother a few days. Mt. and Mrs. Maurice Gorman and Miss Elsie Marchand went to Indianapolis Wednesday for the purpose of driving back two new Fords. Chester Huff and L. W. Brown motored to Culver Wednesday on a business trip. Russell Wooden, of Wolcott, came last Wednesday for a few days’ visit with friends. Russell just recently received an honorhble discharge from the army, after having served about one year.' . He had just completed his third year as instructor in our public schools here when called, and we hope to see him in our school rooms again. John Karch, son of Mrs. Fred Karch, returned home Wednesday morning after several months’ absence with the American expeditionary forces. He was mustered out of the service at Camp Taylor, Ky. John was a member of the 114th machine gun battalion of the 29th division, with which he served overseas from September, 1918, until May 6, 1919. Miss Frances Davis and Miss Halleck, of Demotte, visited here last week with Miss Anna Hunsicker. Mrs. Robert Manz went to North Judson Thursday evening and from there will go to South Bend for a visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. Charles Spitler, of Rensselaer, returned to' her home Tuesday evening after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Fyfe and family. Mrs. Arthur Dean and baby, of Gary, came Tuesday for a few days’ visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Clark, and other relatives. Mrs. L. B. Snowden and daughter, Alberta, of Gary, visited over Sunday at the Dr. Beecher home. Frank Ferguson and Cecil Nees went to South Bend Monday morning and returned Monday night with a new Overland touring car. L. W. Brown was a business visitor in North Judson Monday. Alfred Barlow went to Rensselaer last Thursday because of his wife’s condition being less favorable than usual. But on returning here Friday stated that she was improving again and expected her to be home soon. . Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Theis, of Porter county, motored here Sunday and visited at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Andrew Misch, Jr., and family. " „ George Myers and family, of Walker township, visited here Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clager and family.

DeMotte.

Frank Hart and family motored Sunday to, Medaryville and visited relatives. Charles Curtin and family went to Monon Saturday evening and visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Fairchild and family. John DeCook returned to Chicago Saturday after a week’s visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John DeCook. . * Hannah DeCook went to Chicago to meet her best John, who has just returned from overseas duty with the A. E. F. William Alfring, of Hammond, visited here a few days last week with his sister, Mrs. Otto DeYoung, and family. John DeCook .went one day last week to deliver a load of groceries* and he was gone so long visiting with the ladies that Henry Swart thought he was lost. Bert Robbins and wife and George Mosier and wife motored to Monon Sunday. , Jake Kamstra and family are moving this week to Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Al'Konovsky motored to Kankakee Sunday, and the water was fine. William Harrington snd wife, of Hammond, visited here over Sunday with her parents, Mr., and Mrs. William Barker. John Sparling and family, of Porter county; George Lane and family, of Kouts, and George Clark, of Momence, 111., who had just returned from overseas duty with the A. E. F., 33rd division, visited hCte Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. O.| Spender. The next excursion to the Rio Grande valley of Texas will leave Chicago Thursday night Come and j oin us on this excursion. A low rate for the round trip from Rensselaer will be made. You can make this trip cheaper than you can remain at home and you will have the most enjoyable time’ of your life op the tpip. See me for particulars. J. P. Hammond.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperatn-o for the twenty-four hours ending, at 7:00 a. m. on the date indicated:' Max. Min May 27 ....82 67 May 28 .87 55

LOCAL GRAIN MARKET HIGHER.

Oats, 65c. ’Wheat, $2.30. Rye, $1.30. .I . V

BEG PARDON.

Lem Griggs is mowing the court house lawn. Len mowed it several weeks ago, 'at which time the Republican gave the credit to Charles Morlan. Mr. Griggs was greatly incensed over what appeared as an intentional slight and proceeded to tell us all about it, which is the reason we are so hasty in making announcement of Len’s achievement this time. We don’t blame Mr. Griggs for feeling slighted. If we mowed a plot of ground as large as hell’s half acre, we’d want honorable mention, too. But, don’t worry, we’re not going to mow it even though we would get our name in 14-point Gothic. We’ll let Len do the mowing.

TO COMPILE WAR HISTORY OF JASPER COUNTY.

The Indiana Historical commission is outlining plans and gathering together its forces for the purpose of publishing the war history of all Indiana boys and girls who participated in any branch of the service during the recent world war. The task undertaken is a huge one and the combined efforts of the historical society, the conscription boards of the counties and those who participated in the war will be necessary to unearth all the data which will be used in editing the book. Several volumes will be necessary for the complete history as the roster of soldiers from each courfty will be published. Short biographies of those who gave their lives will also be included. A complete history of the various Indiana divisions will be given, of which there were several, including the national guardsmen and the Rainbow division. Miss Lucy Elliott, of Indianapolis, was in Rensselaer this week to start the work here, and reports that George A. Williams will gather the data for this county and will be aided by Mrs. C. W. Hanley, of the War Mothers.

MRS. A. S. BARLOW DIED THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.

Mrs. A. S. Barlow, wife of the Wheatfield hardware merchant, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Gilbranson, in this city, at 4 o’clock this Wednesday morning after an illness of over a year’s duration. Mrs. Barlow recently underwent an operation at the Jasper county hospital, her second within a year, and for a time it was thought that she would recover, but the improvement in her condition was only temporary. . The deceased leaves to mourn their loss her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Henry Gilbranson, and other relatives and friends. The funeral arrangements have not been completed, but will probably be held in Wheatfield Friday.

INFANT DAUGHTER OF DR. CATT DIES SUDDENLY.

Margaret, the four-months-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Catt, died suddenly about 11 o’clock this Wednesday morning, death coming without warning. Heart and stonyach trouble are thought to have been the cause of death, with which the little one had been troubled since birth. ’ ■ The funeral arrangements will be announced in a later edition of the Republican. Mrs. Bruce White and Rudolph Ritter, who had been confined to the hospital, were able to return to their homes today.

ATTENTION, CAR OWNERS!

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RENSSELAER BANKERS AT SOUTH BEND MEETING.

G. E. Murray and wife, Charles G. Spitler and wife and Judson J. Hunt drove to South Bend today in Mayor Spitler’s Premier automobile and will attend a bankers’ meeting to be held there Thursday. ■ ■ "

♦ —5 —— Saw a couple of small boys buying fish hooks this morning and wondered why we couldn’t all be small boys with nothing to worry us. Also asked them what they were going to fish for and they said, “fish,” which made us know that some day they are going to be a legislator. Representative W. ,L. Wood called at' this office Tuesday, which ain’t no news at all, because Mr. Wood is nearly always here anyway—but what we were about to say was that Mr. Wood was here and tried to charter our gasoline-eater to take him to Oxford Friday, where he is to make the Memorial day address, offering as an inducement to permit us to hear his address, which, as far as we are concerned, was no inducement at all—rather something for which the audience should, be paid for attending than to pay for.

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A FEW PEACE POINTERS.

What hath Gott wrought!—New York Evening Post. Well, what Germany wanted was a “strong” peace, wasn’t it? ; —Des Moines Register. Any strike by the map-makers’ union just now would be treason. — Wall Street Journal. “Bring on the Bolsheviki!” exclaitns a German delegate at Versailles. All right, but the bill will be waiting when the spree is over.— Omaha Bee. German .leaders who prefer Bolshevism to- the peace terms may get both.—Wall Street Journal. Whatever else the treaty may be it certainly is a sockdolager.—Charleston News and Courier. ' Germany has the blues. They are Prussian blues. Also, they are fast color, guaranteed.—Brooklyn Eagle. The Germans don’t like the peace terms, but they ought to remember that if they did nobody else would. — Philadelphia North American. The German newspapers assert that the peace terms are a defeat for President Wilson. Well, if the Huns can stand it he can.—Shreveport 'Times. The London Post fears Germany will not accept the treaty save under -duress.. Well, we have plenty of duress left over, if it should be needed.—Omaha Bee. * If the first meeting of the league is held in Washington, the baggage of visiting diplomats will splash when handled.—-Greenville (S. C.) ' Piedmont. ‘To the victors belong the broils.Boston Herald. Clemenceau can be trusted to take the rant out of Rantzau.—Wall Street Journal. The shot that sank the Lusitania sank the German Empire.—New York Commercial. Detroit is to have a world peace exposition •in 1923. The necessity for putting the date that far ahead is, of course, apparent.—Detroit News. Looks as if the peace terms have taken the “germ” out of Germany.— New York Morning Telegraph. Hindenburg line is beginning to look like a rope with a noose on the end.—Wall Street Journal. Germany’s ambition to get all that was coming to her has, apparently, been satisfied. —Philadelphia Enquirer. v The German spokesmen complain of “slavery.” It was their slavery to the Hohenzollerns that brought them where they are. —Troy Times. The world war has cost the United States $30,500,000,000 to date. More reason for making a peace that will last. —Little Rock (Arkansas) Gazette. •Much of this talk to the effect that everlasting peace is impossible is done by people who said a great war was impossible.—Greenville (S. C.) Piedmont. We would feel indebted to Mr. Bryan if he would mail the Berlin government one of his arbitration treaties and remind them that they once turned it down.—Greenville (S. C.) Piedmont.

NEGRO FUGITIVE IS DROWNED.

The body of Thomas Washington, the negro who escaped from the Columbus jail May 13, was found in White river last Friday. Identification was made by the finding in the pockets of the man’s clothing pieces of the steel saw which fitted exactly with the bits of saws which Were in the possession of Stanley J. Cooper, Columbus chief of police. Washington was charged with having shot and killed Elmer Robbins, a Big Four railroad detective, at Greencastle. '

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.

National— Chicago, 5; Boston, 0. St. Louis, 4; Brooklyn, 0. Philadelphia, 4; Cincinnati, 1. New York, 10;. Pittsburg, 2. American— Chicago, 4; Washington, 3. St. Louis, 5; New York, 3. Detroit, 3; Philadelphia, 1. Cleveland, 6; Boston, 4.

AMERICANS WIN FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

Ponta DelGada, May 27.-—The Atlantic ocean has been crossed in an aerial passage, the American navy winning the honor. The American naval seaplane NC-4 accomplished the feat by winging its way to Lisbon today from the Azores, whence it had already flown from the shores of Newfoundland. The arrival of the NC-4 at Lisbon marks the completion of the first trans-Atlantic air flight, with the coveted honor going to a machine designed, built and manned by Americans. Flotilla Commander Wortmann at Ponta DelGada has received a radio message relayed from the plane, saying: “We are safely on the other side of the pond.” No Engine Trouble. r Later messages reported the crew as well and gave brief details of the arrival in Portugal. The engines worked splendidly and apparently there was no untoward incident of any kind. The NC-4 was greeted by the cheers of great crowds on the water front, the shrieking of whistles and the ringing of bells. The plane covered the distance at a speed of more than eighty miles per hour. Sirens Give Welcome. x As soon as the news was received here, Admiral Jackson ordered all the war craft in the harbor to blow their whistles and sirens. This was up for five minutes, the sailors and officers meanwhile cheering the great American triumph. Commander Read, according to information here, plans to remain at Lisbon over night and continue to Plymouth tomorrow, weather permitting.

TRIAL TESTS THRILL THE RAIL BIRDS.

Rene Thomas, winner of the 1914 five hundred mile race at the Indianapolis speedway, qualified for the race to be run next Saturday when he stepped a mile at the rate of 104 miles an hour in his new Ballot car. The daring of the Frenchman made the spectators gasp for breath as he took the turns without diminishing the speed of his car. Thirty-three cars will be entered in the race Saturday and all will be cars which have made the minimum qualifying time of ninety miles an hour or better. The drivers who qualified Tuesday in the time trials were: Rene Thomas, Howdy Wilcox, Albert Guyot, DePalma, E. O’Donnell, Paul Bablot, Art Klein, E. Hearne, Earl Cooper, Ira Vail and Charles Kirkpatrick.

BOY SCOUTS.

<Boy scouts of troop No. 1 are requested to assemble at Milroy park at 8 o’clock this evening. Uniform. Scouts of troop No. 2 are invited to come. J. M. Sauser, S. M.

Tire* For Sale* Just received a big shipment of automobile tires, all sizes. A big bargain as long as they last. Come and see before you buy. * DR. J. H. HANSSON. MEMBERS OF I. O. O. F.» ATTENTION. All members of the I. 0. O. F. lodge are asked to meet at the lodge hall at 1 o’clock May 30.

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