Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1919 — Page 1

No. 128.

It Beats, As It Sweeps, As It Cleans The Hoover Is an electric vacuum cleaner—and more. The Hoover Is an electric carpet-sweeper—and more. For the Hoover is also an electric car-pet-beater. It is three cleaners*in one. And, therefore, neither buried dirt nor clinging dirt nor surface dirt can remain when you just run the Hoover over. The Hoover is a thorough cleaner. That is why you hear “The Hoover is the best.” That is why it is the most widely bought and used. Insist upon having a Hoover. For only the Hoover beats—as it sweeps, as it cleans. _ ■ . W. J. WRIGHT

WILL ASSIST SOLDIERS IN GETTING TRAVEL PAY DUE.

Washington, D. C., May 29, 1919. The Republican, Rensselaer, Indiana. Gentlemen: A great many of our soldier boys, at the time they were discharged, received travel pay at only three and one-half cents per mile when, as a matter of fact, they were entitled to five cents per mile. This difference is now being paid under order of the war department, and I am informed a great many collecting agencies throughout the country are soliciting these claims. This money should be paid to each soldier entitled to receive it without any cost to him, and it is not necessary for him to pay anything for this service. • it will be a pleasure for me to provide those who are entitled to receive this money with the necessary blanks upon which to make proofs and when returned to me I will have them presented personally to the war department and expedite payment. I will esteem it a favor if you will give publicity to these facts. Yours truly, WILL R. WOOD.

WAS WITH THE 32ND DIVISION.

Adrian Brusnahan, nephew of S. A. Brusnahan, of Parr, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brusnahan, formerly of this county but now of arrived in Rensselaer on Thursday. Mr. Brusnahan had just been discharged from the army at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. He was with the thirty-second division ana : with that unit saw a great amount of active service at the front and was in Germany several months after the signing of the armistice.

CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to take this means of expressing to our many kind friends and neighbors our heartfelt thanks ( for their many acts of kindness during the sickness and following the death of our beloved wife and moth-er-also for the beautiful floral tributes. CHARLES ROWEN AND CHILDREN.

Republican classified column gets results.

PRINCESS THEATRE TONIGHT * : A Douglas Fairbanks "Arizona” ■ —ALSO—- - MACK SENNETT COMEDY ' "Never Too Old” MONDAY— Bryant Washburn • ■ • IN t "The Way off a Man With a Maid” . ■>' < \ TUESDAY— ' ' < \ Ruth Clifford '• —IN— ‘ - "Lure Of Luxury* 9 " g • —ALSO—15th and 16th Episode of 1 Eddie Polo ‘ —IN— • 'THE LURE OF THE CIRCUS”

The Evening Republican.

OUR MEMORIAL DAY VISITORS.

Among the out-of-the-city people to visit this city Memorial day were the following: Harry Hartley, of Lafayette; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hickman and John Huffman, of Hammond; Adrian Brusnahan, of Wisconsin; Mrs. Frank Maloy, of Lowell; Helen Murphy, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Beam, of Monon; Charles Passon, of Chicago Heights; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kight, of Thayer; F. B. Meyers, of Gary ; Homer Hopkins, of Monticello; Mrs. Chester Zea, of Hammond; Jacob Moore, of Racine, Wis.; Mrs. George Dolson, of Chicago; H. W. Beam, President H. R. Kurrie, his itwo sons, Miss Ida Milikin and Marion Learning, of Chicago; Newton Pumphrey, Mrs. George Pumphrey and Clifton Spurrier, of Columbia City; Mr. and Mrs. Leland McClanahan, of Hammond; Mark Schroer, of Amboy, Ill.; Ray Laßue, of Chicago, and J. H. Willey, of Plymouth.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Minister. The sermon message is for you, not for the other fellow. The Sunday sehool will care for the Bible study hour. The pastor will preach two sermons on practical subjects and Mr. Baumgartner will sing at the morning service “Fear Not Ye, Oh Isreal,” by Dudley Buck, 'pry going to church for a spiritual tonic.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH,

W. T. Barbre, Pastor. The pastor will preach next Sunday morning on the “Three Christian Verbs,’ and in the evening on “Sons of God.” The ordinance of baptism will be administered at the close. of the evening service. Two “four-minute” speakers will appear before the Bible school Sunday morning and will present the Children’s day plan. The Children’s day program will be given Sunday, June 8.

SATURDAY GRAIN MARKET.

'Oats, 64c. Corn, $1.65. Rye, $1.35. Wheat, $2.30.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1919.

WAR HEROES ARE HONORED

COMMUNITY PAYS HOMAGE TO THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR OLD GLORY.

The Memorial services in honor of the Grand Army of the Republic in this city Friday were largely attended and exceptionally impressive. In the line of march to Weston cemetery were the Sunday school children, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Soouts, the members of the Independent Order'of Odd Fellows, the Grand Army of the Republic and the soldiers of the late war. This procession was lead by the city band.

At the cemetery the program was very interesting and was in charge of Comrade D. H. Yeoman. There was music by a male quartette, consisting of Dr. E. W. Strecker, William Waymire, C. E. Prior and Dr. W. L. Myer. Miss Mary Potter recited in a very impressive manner Lincoln’s Gettysburg address Comrade H. W. Wood read General John A. Logan’s first order. This was followed by the address of the day by Rev. W. T. Barbre, of the First Christian church. Rev. Barbre was a lieutenant in the late war and he gave the soldiers of the conflict much praise, but his address was in the main a tribute to the Grand Army of the Republic. He said Americans had fought and won six great wars. This he thought had been done not by advantage of position or in war equipment, but by the “American Spirit,’’ or Americanism. The address was one of the best ever delivered here on Memorial day. . , . ' Following the program in honor ot the Grand Army of‘the Republic, the Wat Mothers, assisted by the boys in khaki, dedicated eighteen trees in honor of those who had passed into the great beyond while soldiers of this laat great war. A short address was made by Richard Bowie, of Wheatfield, after which a War Mother and soldier marked each tree and marked it in honor of the fallen hero. Those thus remembered were : Died in action oversears: Wilferd Steveson Dewey McGlinn Died from disease overseas: John Knox Dewey Biggs Raymond Lanham Joseph Meehan Died from disease in American camps: Earl Caster Thomas V. Budd William R. Myers • Arthur Murray George Fritz William Stath Lonnie Davisson John Stein / George Gratner Clark Warfel Calvin Maddox Virgil White.

SON OF CREATOR OF “ABE MARTIN” DROWNS FRIDAY.

Indianapolis, May 30.—The year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank K. Hubbard was drowned and Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard and their daughter, Virginia, injured in an automobile accideift near Danville, Ind., this afternoon. Mr. Hubbard, who is the creator of “Abe Martin,” was driving the automobile, which became unmanageable as it was coasting down hill and ran over an embankment into a pool of water about four feet deep. The body of the baby was found under the machine. The Hubbards were returning from Greencastle, where they had gone to decorate the grave of Mrs. Hubbard s mother. , ’ . . . Physicians said that the injuries sustained by Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard and their daughter were not serious.

TO ENJOY COLLEGE FUNCTION.

Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Allman and daughter, Florence, went to Evanston, 111., Thursday, where they will visit with Miss Aileen Allman, who is soon to be graduated from Northwestern university. The Allmans wil be away about a week and among the many college functions they expect to enjoy is the musical festival, which is one of the very best in this country. Among those appearing on the program is John McCormack.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperatme for the twenty-four hours ending at 7*oo a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Mir. May 29 .... .......90 28 May 31 • • ■ • -95 63

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Off For the Rio Grande Valley.

Harvey Davisson left on Decoration day for the Rio Grande valley , of Texas. He had in charge the fol- ! lowing persons, who are thinking of; investing in that garden spot of the, United States: Mrs. Alda Parkinson, Charles -Paxton, Vance Collins, | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schleman, Mr. and Mrs. Orville L&mbert and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hayes. Mrs. Parkinson already owns land ' there and took the trip this time to ■ see how her crops are progressing I ' The McAllen Monitor, published at' McAllen, Texas, near where this land j lies, has the following article on this , year’s crops, which will be of inter- ■ est to those living here who have in- , vested in land in the valley: | “Statistics gathered by the Me Al-, len Chamber of Commerce show that, in the McAllen territory extending two miles west, one and a half miles east, six miles north and six miles south, there is in cultivation this year 25,000 acres of land now covered with the best crops in the history of this territory. s . • I “The crops in this McAllen district are divided this year as follows: 7,000 acres cotton, 10,000 acres corn, 6,000 acres broom corn, and 2,000 acres in grass and truck. A careful-inspection by Secretary R. L. Lewis and other members of the Chamber of Commerce verify the fact that these crops are in ideal condition and indications at this time are thht corn, cotton and broom corn will approach the bumper , stage. This means that there will be , more money in McAllen this fall than ever before in the history of the city. Prices on all of the crops being raised are high. “Already broom corn is beginning to get under way of harvest and roasting ears have been served over the state from the McAllen fields for two weeks. Cantaloupes and other truck are coming in while McAllen has made a record on cabbage marketing. “Jn view of the progress of this city and the splendid crop prospects, added to the attraction of the oil indications, there probably is no other city in the United States the size of McAllen that is attracting such wide- . spread attention from all lines of bus- , iness. " Every ’ day men are coming into McAllen looking for business opportunities and a majority of them gpe preparing to locate here.”

McCRAY PAYS $100,000 FOR 500 ACRES OF LAND.

Warren T. McCray has bought a 500-acre faitm, known as the old Lilly place, fourteen miles southwest of the Indianapolis stockyards, from Albert and Ira Cox, farmer bankers of Darlington, Ind., for SIOO,IOO. Mr. McCray plans to operate the farm as a branch live stock farm to the lome farm of 4,300 acres at Kentand, where recently he sold at public auction cattle for approximately ! >500,000. Mr. McCray paid $175 an acre for the Lilly farm, and the live stock, crops, etc., were invoiced for As part payment he transferred, a farm of seventy-one acres in Lawrence township, at Apple crossing, to the Cox brothers, valued in the transaction at $24,000. The remainder of the consideration was cash. The Lilly farm is regarded as one of the best live stock and grain farms in the state. It is well improved .with silos, barns and buildings. Mr. McCray also has a farm of 860 acres in lowa, which he operates as a branch live stock farm, and a sheep ranch of 3,200 acres at Lake George, Mich. The negotiations were made through Luke W. Duffey, of the Duffey Farm Sales company. Mr. Duffey also reports the sale of a farm of 208 acres twenty-two miles west of Indianapolis, on the National road, by William Kreigh to John E. and Corrie Vestal, of Hendricks county, for a consideration of $31,200, which is $l5O an acre. The farm lies on both sides of the National road.

MENU Sunday Dinner Rensselaer Candy Kitchen and Restaurant. ■ Stewed Chicken with noodles or Roast Pork Mashed Potatoes, Dressing Creamed Asparagus Combination Salad Brown Steam Pudding with Caumel Sauce Bread, Butter Coffee, Ice Tea, Milk sOc ■'

7, 1 / Just Arrived — More Caps from New York City $2. CO

TELLS NEW SIGNIFICANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY.

Washington, D. C., May 29. President Wilson has cabled the following Memorial day message to the American people: “My fellow countrymen—Memorial day wears this year an added significance, and I wish, if only by message, to take part with you in its observation and in expressing the sentiment it inevitably suggests. In observing the day we commemorate not only the reunion of our own country, but also now the liberation of the world from one of the most serious dangers to which free government and free life of men were ever exposed. We have buried the gallant and now immortal men who died in this great war of liberation with a new sense of conscience. Our thoughts and purposes are now consecrated to the maintenance of the liberty of the world and of the union of the people in a single comradeship of liberty and of right. It was for this that our men conscientiously offered their lives. They came to the field of battle with the high spirit and pure heart of crusaders. We must never forget the duty that their Sacrifice has laid upon, us of fulfilling their hopes and their purposes to the utmost. This, it seems to me, is the impressive lesson and the inspiring mandate of the day. “WOODROW WILSON.”

ENORMOUS GAS CLOUD HOVERS O’ER SUN’S EDGE

Chicago, 111., May 29.—Announcement of an unusual celestial phenomenon, an enormous cloud of gas gathering on the eastern edge of the sun, was made from the Yerkes observatory of the University of Chicago today. . It was announced m connection with the total eclipse of the sun at 8 a. m., today, central time, which was visible at Brazil and equatorial Africa. * Thelgas cloud, said Prof. E. B. Frost, of the Yerkes observatory, must have caused a brilliant spectacle, where the total eclipse was cloud was first discovered two days ago. It has grown to one of the largest of its kind ever observed at Yerkes, where it is paid to be now entirely detached worn the sun and to extend for about 340.000 miles in an arc along the sun’s edge, probably 125.000 miles away from the edge. The distance from the sun to the top of the cloud is estimated at 200,000 miles. A sun spot is becoming visible beneath the cloud on the sun’s edge.

BLIND SOLDIERS ARE DISCHARGED.

Washington, May 29.—Discharge from service of sixty-seven soldiers, blinded while serving in France, was announced tonight by the bureau of war risk insurance. The men have been under treatment at Roland Park, Baltimore. . Some of the cases still retain sufficient vision to enable them to see objects dimly, but all are totally blind in an industrial sense and on that basis will be paid com--1 pensation of fIOO a month inaddiSon to >57.50 which they will receive from their government msur“"The number of men in the Ameri,'ean forces who were left blinded total 125. .

' THE WEATHERi ' ( Forecast for Indiana: Showers and thunderstorms tqnight and Sunday; cooler Sunday. 7

Everything electrical. Phone 113; Babcock Electrical Co.

MULFORD UP; DEPALMA NEXT

AT THE 150-MILE MARK IN TODAYS GRIND AT INDIAN. ’ APOLIS OVAL Ralph Mulford, at the wheel of a Frontenac, led the field of thirtythree starters at the 150-mile mark in the eighth annual 500-mile sweepstakes classic at the Indianapolis pvUl. Ralph DePalma, the doughty Italian and general favorite with the public, was pushing the Frontenac entry hard and the sentiment of the crowd was that he would win. DePalma is at the wheel of a twelve-cylinde? Packard. 'Mulford, the- leader, has long been known as the “Morning Glory,” being a brilliant starter and pace-setter, only to fall by the wayside later in the race when his mount wilts beneath his terrible pace. Aside from the intense heat, the weather is reported as ideal and to the liking of the drivers.

EMORY MILLS REPORTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION.

Mention has been made of Howard Mills being called to Muncie on account of the serious illness of his brother, Emory, of that city. Friday Mrs. Emory Mills wired Mrs. Howard Mills to come at once. Mrs. Howard Mills and daughter, Dotftha, left for Muncie Friday, reaching that city in the evening. About 10 o’clock Friday night H. E. Parkison talked to Howard Mills over the telephone. Howard said that Emory was in a very serious condition; that during the day they had a specialist from Indianapolis. He diagnosed the case as inflammation of the brain and said nothing could be done either in the way of an operation or medicine. Not much hope is entertained of Emory’s recovery. Mrs. Charles Mills, mother of Emory, is with her son, Edward, at Woodside, Montana. LATER: A message was received at 2 p. m. saying that Emory Mills died at 10 o’clock this Saturday morning. The body will be brought here Tuesday and the funeral services will be held Wednesday.

NEWBY STARTS FOR DEVASTATED FRANCE.

Grand Captain General L. P. Newby, accompanied by ex-Governor W. T. Durbin, of Amderaon, left Wednesday night on his trip to Europe. He, however, received word Monday that the “Carmania,” on which they are to take passage, would come only as far as Halifax, consequently they must journey to that port to board the vessel. They expect to be absent for two months and a half, during which time they will visit many sections of Europe in the interest of the Knights Templar of America. They will also view some of the war-ridden districts of France and Belgium, go over the hallowed ground where many American heroes fell, and finally wind up at Jerusalem. Their first stop after boarding the “Carmania” will be at Liverpool, England. Knightstown Banner. . , . _ _ L. P. Newby is an uncle of C. G.. Newby, of this city.

Frank W. Fisher and Lee Glazebrook, of Kankakee towrfShip wtere in Rensselaer Saturday. . Mr. and Mrs. Ross Knickerbocker and Margaret Norris motored to Kankakee, 111., today to spend the day with Mrs. Knickerbocker’s mother. .Try a classified, ad.

AT THE STAR ' THEATER THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES TODAY Mantagu Love IN 1 “The Hand Invisible” ALSO EPISODE NO. 8 OF “HANDS IIP” —— " MOND "the virile actor Hale Hamilton 1N “Five Thousand an Hour” TUE Jack Livingston IN “The Price of Applause” ■ * ALSO A COMEDY

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