Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1919 — Page 1

No. 137.

The Dirtiest Months off the Year Are Here—Get a Hoover. "'H.’ T ■ t Unaprinkled atrects, windy day., open window.—du.t streaming in— —hou.ecleaning work doubled. That picture, the coming weeks. Makes a Hoover Electric Suction Sweeper more necessary ' ’ - . ' - ' . • ' ” ■ ... • - than ever. , r - There’s danger in that dust, too! Don’t let that deadly street dirt remain in your home. Don’t scatter it throughout the house by broom sweeping. Don’t let it settle in your rugs where the broom can’t reach it. . 1,. Remove it daily—remove it completely—remov f it dustlessly—remove it easily. Beat, sweep and suction-dean it out as you only can with a Hoover. For when you JUST RUN YOUR HOOVER OVER —IT BEATS—AS IT SWEEPS —AS IT CLEANS. v —; W. J. WRIGHT

LITTLE EXTRA HELP NEEDED.

Lafayette, Ind., June 10.—No extra labor will be required to harvest Indiana farm crops this year, except in the heaviest wheat producing counties, according to W. H. Brumfield, farm help specialist ion the Purdue university extension staff. This statement was based on reports from county agricultural agents throughout .the state. Pooling of labor and the placing of returning soldiers on the farms are the principal ways in which the labor problems are being solved in many counties.

■Mrs. H. P. Milner, of Remington, was the guest today of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wagoner. Mrs. Walter Congdon, who had been visiting relatives here, returned to her home in Detroit, leaving here on the forenoon train. Friday evening, June 13, at 8:20 o’clock St. Augustine’s Literary club will present a play. The name of the play is J “LADDIE” and it’s as lively and full of pep as the name implies. Every lane full of interest. To make the evening s entertainment still more complete, they will present the farce, Th® Meeting,” between the acts. You re bound to enjoy the whole affair, so be sure and come. Place —-(Parochial school hall. Benefit —New church fund. Admission —Thirty-five cents.. You can get tickets from any n. of C, ATTENTION, CAR OWNERS! I am prepared to half-sole your tires with Gates Half-Soles on tires of all sizes. These are puncture proof and guaranteed 3,500 miles. Cost only one-half as much as you nay for standard tires. Tire and tube repairing at reasonable prices. Also handle Gates’ tested tubes in all sizes Ford Special Oil, lubricating oil and grease. Free air and -water Come and see how Gates Half-Sole tires are put on. All w ,°*£ ™ U IO9 careful

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ELEVATORS MUST PAY FULL PRICE TO FARMERS.

Announcement is .made by Stanley Wyckoff, official representative of the United States Grain corporation for Indiana, acting on instructions received from the grain corporation, that owners of grain elevators in Indiana who have failed to pay farmers the full price for their wheat, in accordance with the fair price schedule, will be compelled to make restitution to the farmers or surrender their licenses. Mr. Wyckoff said an investigation' had been started and would be continued through every county agricultural 'agent in the state to Check up with the farmers to determine whether pr not they have received the government price. The government price is $2.08 for No. 2 red, and $2.11 for No. 1 red, delivered at primary points.

NATIONAL GUARD TO BE PRESERVED AND EXPANDED.

Plans for the carrying out of a programi, whereby the national guards of the various states Will be preserved and expanded, are under way at Washington and the war department has stated that they are ready to approve ‘the plans. It has also met with the approval of congress. Under the plans it is possible to increase the number of guardsmen to 424,000. Eight hundred enlisted men will be allowed for each senator and representative in congress. This would mean provision for 3,000 guardsmen in Indiana. Under the maximum allowance of tine law Indiana would be permitted to increase the enlisted force to 12,000 men. , \ _ Every state, of course, must snow that its national guard unite have attained a Certain degree of efficiency before it can get federal assistance.

“O’LARRY.”

The play, “O’Larry,” and a minstrel play will be given at the Farr school house beginning at 8:30 p. m. Wednesday evening, June 18, for the purpose of obtaining Union township’s quota for securing a county assistant for the home economics department of the Jasper County betterment association. Ice cream will also be‘available at the close of the plays. Admission*, 10 cents. Chairman of Union township finance committee.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1919.

CABLE WILSON ASKING THAT HE STOP DRY ERA.

Washington, D. C., June 10.— (Special.)—Representative Dyer, of Missouri, republican, by cable today requested President Wilson to issue a proclamation' declaring the war ended and demobilization completed to prevent war-time prohibition from going into effect, go far as it pertains to Beer and light wines. In his cable Mr. Dyer asked the president for an immediate statement as to his intentions in this respect, on the ground that the people of the United States are entitled to know at the earliest moment possible whether war-time prohibition is to become effective. The cable, in pant, says: “The judiciary committee of the house of representatives, of which I am a member, 'has been considering bills to carry out your recommendation to repeal the recent act of congress providing for prohibition July 1, so as to except beer and light wines. The matter has developed far enough in our committee for me to be able to state definitely that there is no opportunity in our committee to obtain favorable report on. such a “I feel, therefore, that you should exercise the authority, which I am sure you possess, to issue a proclamation to the effect that the war is ended and that demobilization of troops has been complied with sufficiently to meet the law and, therefore, there is it 6 need for the wartime prohibition, so far as it affects light wines and beer, to go into effect.”

SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.

“If a man goes into a clothing stoi e tp, get a hat or a suit of clothes that he expects to wear himself, and Which will be of use or benefit to no other person, he pays for it as a matter of course. For he knows that the clothing men are not giving clothing away; that they can’t afford to; that they make their living by adding a profit to what they sell,'else they couldn’t stay in business. Strange that some people expect the publisher of a newspaper to print for them free of charge everything they want printed. What they submit for publication may not be of interest to another single reader of the paper; it may be of a purely personal nature, and may have concealed about it a camouflaged advertisement. The person who submits it may expect to reap some financial benefit from it. And yet almost daily people go to the newspaper office and request the publication of just such items. Evidently such persons do not stop to think, as in the case of a visit to a store,, that the newspaper publisher has an inyestment the same as a merchant; that he 'has an overhead expense that must bd’met, and that if ,he ’did everything for nothing he would land in the poor house in a very short time. His columns are his stock in trade, the same as a shelf filled with hardware or a table covered with clothing. It is his business to print the news of general interest, but it is not his business and he should not be expected to print items that are not of general interest and which should properly be paid for as coming the head of personal publicity. . Value for value is the rule of business, and publishing a newspaper is a business and a very legitimate one at that. No one Should expect the publisher of a newspaper to J<xept for free publication items that nave no general news value and which are of interest only to the person submitting them. The P erß °. n ing such a request must realize that the publication of the item will have a value of a very personal nature, else what would be the object m having it printed and circulated? If it fam a value to the person submitting 'the item it should be paid for as a matter of business right. If persons thus disposed to ask for gratuitous publication of matters ~ of personal imfport tor knew that he would have to take Vnonev out of the earnings of his business and lavish it on a dead in the form of remuneration to the machine man who puts the matter into type lines, the makeup man who nuts it into the forms for printing, the pressman who prints the paper and the clerk who mails it out, Probably such requests would be / ewer - Everything that enters into the printing of a newspaper costs the publisher money. Nobody is giving him any free material, white pajer, ink or other ing • plant. Why should he be ex nested to gratuitously put his plant and his salaried force at the dlß P°® al Jf those who would ride his generosity to the' extent that they wouM take something of value from him and rive nothing of value m return. While a newspaper as in a sense a seiS-public institution, it is somewhat different * rom * h ® Tt is a hard matter to drink tne weu dry by fqequent manipulations °tthe pump handle, but busmess of B newspaper office wodld soon reach the bankrupt stage if €V ? ryd ® dy it as freely as they do the town pump. The Editor welcomes itemt that have a general news value. , Monticello Journal

I Dr. W. L. Myer, S. P. Hilliard and Ernest Lamson went to Indianapolis today to attend Shriners big meeting in that city. and M . A G Catt ore in Indianapolis, having gone to that city last Saturday.

"UNDER THE FLAG” RENDERED

BY ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE COLUMBIAN LITERARV SOCIETY TUESDAY NIGHT. 1 I Among the many delightful functions of commencement week at St. Joseph’s college was the presentation of “Under the Flag,” a drama in prologue and four acts, presented by the Columbian Literary society at the college auditorium Tuesday evening, June 10. The various characters presented their parts in a masterly manner, Which won for them the commendation of the audience and brought forth rounds of applause. The following had leading .parts and displayed exceptional ability: Joseph Hiller, as a diamond broker; Joseph Raible, as chief clerk; Thomas Duffy, as second clerk, and Harry Schaeffer, as janitor. The synopsis of the play follows: The drama has an interesting background in the revolutionary period of Cuba, shortly before the Spanish supremacy over the island was ingloriously ended—in the spring of 1898 —by the brilliant naval victories of Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay and of Commodore Schley in Santiago harbor. The scene of the prologue, which is merely preparatory for the action of the play, is laid in New York City. Mr. Blake, a diamond broker of shady reputation, is a suitor for the hand of Miss Alice Firman who, however, is promised in marriage to George Morris, his chief clerk. In order to ruin the character and reputation .of his rival suitor, Blake endeavors to entrap him in a cleverly devised, scheme of a diamond theft and subsequent escape to Canada. The scheme fails and Blake’s villainy is revealed. Act 1. —'George Morris is entrusted with the management of Mr. Firman’s estate in Cuba. Blake follows him thither. An occasion to satisfy his desire for vengeance presents itself When he learns that a wounded insurgent is being sheltered and nursed in Morris’ house, contrary to the orders of the governor. Morris is accused of treason and confined to prison, along with his friend and adViser, Fr. Delgato. Act 2.—The innocent languish in prison. Blake gains entrance and attempts to extort a confession of guilt from Morris. In*tihe attempt to forestall Morris’ escape he is seriously wounded.

Act 3.—The efforts of Mr. Firman with Gutierrez in behalf of George Morris and Fr. Delgato have been successful in so far that a reprieve Js obtained for the priest and the manner of Morris’ execution is changed from “hanging’’ to, “shooting.” Blake’s revenge is about to be satisfied; the command for the execution is given: Tn the last extremity Larry’s wits save the life of his friend. Act 4.—Mr. Firman once more intercedes with Gutierrez in behalf of Morris. Inordinate ambition and deep seated hatred for the Americans have actuated the governor in his unreasonable and unyielding policy. These finally give way when the true motive of Blake’s remorseless pursuit of Morris is revealed. The accused is pardoned and set free. After another futile attempt on the part of Blake to kill his antagonist, the scoundrel puts an end to his own life in order to elude capture by his pals, whom also he has basely betrayed. The college orchestra rendered selections between acts and proved itself to be composed of musicians far above the average. The commencement exercises were held this Wednesday forenoon, thirtythree . students receiving their diplomas. The year just closed has proved one of the most successful in the history of the institution and St. Joseph is becoming to be one pf the best of its kind in the middle west.

LITTLE CHANCE FOR PROHI REPEAL LAW.

Washington, June 10. —Appeak was made by Representative Dryer, republican, of Missouri, in- a cablegram to President Wilson today to issue a proclamation declaring wartime prohibition void in view of the apparent of congress to let the law stand. The Missouri representative in his message stated that the public hearings had gone far enough to satisfy him that the repeal measures had no chance with the house judiciary committee. Hope was expressed that the president would take action on his own authority at once.

NOTICE. All the suite contesting the will of the late Benjamin J. Gifford, are now disposed of, and I am in a position to sell land. I have yet unsold several hundred acres of good land located in Jasper and Lake counties, winch I will sell as executor on reasonable terms, but cannot take any trade. (Call at my office Or at the office of T. M. Callahan, at Rensselaer, Indiana, for particulars. GEO. H. GIFFORD, ; Executor. Electric wiring and supplies. Phone H 3. Babcock Electric Co. _

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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOLD SPECIAL SESSION.

County Commissioner H. W. Marble arrived here this Wednesday forenoon from Chicago, where he had been on business. He and the other commissioners spent the remainder of the day in inspecting the roads proposed to be improved under the recent law passed by the legislature and called the unit law.

STREETS SHOULD BE OILED.

We believe that experience will prove that streets that are oiled will wear better than those that are not oiled. The oil cements the stone and also sheds the water off better. But the most important reason for oiling is the keeping down of dust. Dust is offensive and expensive. It ruins the clothing and causes the housewife a great amount of unnecessary work. : Dust conveys disease germs. It carries the filth of the street into the home, where the injurious portions are breathed into the lungs. Now that the war is over this matter should be attended to and the people living along streets upon which there is considerable travel should be allowed to provide the relief necessary by having these main traveled streets oiled. The expense of oiling will not compare with the damage done by dust to clothing and household goods, to say nothing of the unpleasantness and the filth. The oil will preserve the streets and not allow the ppwdered stone to blow away and- is a good investment for that purpose alone. Most objection has been made against oiling on account of putting the same on carelessly and of allowing the street to ibe used too soon after the oiling., The right kind of oil properly applied is a splendid investment. It will preserve the roadbed, prevent the filth ’Starts of the street being carried into the homes and will save clothing and other articles from the damage done by dust and dirt.

SEVEN GRADUATES AT THE MONNETT SCHOOL THIS YEAR.

The cantata, “In a Flower Garden,” will be given at the Methodist church this evening at 8 o’clock by the Monnett school girls, and Thursday night the commencement exercises will be held at the same place. The alumnae picnic will be held Friday. The seven graduates from the school this year are: Clara Frahces Carlisle, Elizabeth M. Flemming, Helen Adelaide Gerard, Thelma Lucille McDaniel, Nellie Margaret Teague, Mary Viola Vennard, Marjorie Frances Walker.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS.

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

TEMPERATURE. * . The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at ’7 a. m. on the date indicated: ' Max. Min. June 10 g June 11 .......•• -95 «9

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SUBMIT PLANS OF GOVERNMENT RAIL OWNERSHIP.

Atlantic City, N. J., June 10.—A proposal that organized labor insist upon public ownership of the railroads of the country was submitted today to the delegate* attending the reconstruction convention of the American Federation of Labor by Glenn E. Plumb, counsel for the railroad brotherhoods. Representatives of the railroad workers received unanimous consent from the convention for Mr. Plumb to explain the plan, the salient principles of which have received their endorsement. The speaker’s statement that the ownership of the systems should be acquired ' immediately was greeted with prolonged applause. The Cheering was renewed when Mr. Plumb said that with the government substituting government tbonds for outstanding securities, the railroads would be “removed from the dictatorship of Wall street.” “Government ownership of the rail transportation system,” said the speaker, “would mean an annual saving in interest cost of from four to six hundred miMon dollars annually and probably would, permit a reduction of ten per cent in current transportation rates. The plan, as detailed by Mr. Plumb, proposes the ’'operation of the roads by a single corporation regulated and accountable to the government for all its acts and expenditures. “Such a corporation,” said the spokesman for the brotherhoods, “would require no capital.” “It should be organized under federal laws. It should be authorized to take and hold and operate these properties under the full regulatory power of the governmlent. It should be required to meet all costs of operation and fixed charges upon the capital employed, Which had been guaranteed by the government. A certain agreed percentage of the net results of operation should belong to it. The stock of this corporation should be held in trust for the benefit of the employes. J The earnings should constitute a trust fund to be declared as a dividend upon the amounts paid to the labor which it employes, every employe receiving that proportion of this trust fund which his annual wage bore to the Oittal annual compensation of all employes.

RETURNS FROM TOLEDO; CAN’T SEE DEMPSEY.

William Frye and family returned from Toledo, 0., Monday evening, where they had been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stephenson. Toledo is the meeca for the fight sane these days who have gathered to await the bout between Dempsey and Willard on July 4th. During his stay in Toledo Billy visited the Dempsey camp three times and that of Willard twice. After watching both of the battlers in their workouts, Mr. Frye is of the opinion that the smaller, Dempsey, hasn’t a chance with the bulky champion, and he will be ‘forced to resort to all of the ring strategy he possesses to avoid being knocked out by the huge Willard. “Dempsey is too small,” is Billy’s verdict in brief.

WILSON AGED IN MONTH.—ORLANDO

Rome, June 10.—“ We have aH been agng rapidly in the course of a month,” Premier Orlando said in an interview before returning to Paris the other night “Even President Wilson has aged incredibly. Only Premier Lloyd George seems unchanged.” Signor Orlando confirmed that he had proposed to President Wilson that the conference should either indorse and stand by the pact of London or accept the compromise on the Adriatic problem offered by Andre Tardieu, of the French delegation.

THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Generally fair tonight and Thursday.

AT THE STAR • THEATER THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES TODAY J. Warren Kerrigan . 1 IN “A Burglar for a Night” THURSDAY— Gloria Swanson ——lN—“Shifting Sands” also A COMEPY FRIDAY Nel! Shipman —IN— . . j “The Giri from Beyond”

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