Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1919 — Page 1

No. 159.

PUSH CARTS ■ ■ - —..... 7... 5 -L_ 1 . t J~r rsr— —T-T- " w^~ -t- - - T —--- —: —: We are showing six different styles of pursh-carts as follows,: One style, not collapsible at $2.75 One style, not collapsible at $3.75 One full collapsible,without hood $7.50 One full collapsible, brawn leather, with hood priced at - SB.OO One full collapsible, black leather, with hood priced at $12.50. One reed body, without hood - $lO '■ • '.’.T.T'-Z..'" ’ ■. •’■ ~ x ~~ ~~ ' 77 - W. J. WRIGHT.

“HINDY” PLEADS TO FOCH.

Field Marshal von Hindenburg, former chief of the German staff, has written Marshal Foch, appealing for his support in efforts to prevent the extradition of the former kaiser. Von Hindenburg offered, also, to place his own person “fully and absolutely at the disposal of the allied powers.” ... Field Marshal von Hindenburg sent a telegram to President Ebert of the German government on Fri- 1 day, in which the former German i commander assumed full responsi-' bility for the war orders and proc- ‘ lamations issued in the name of the former German emperor, according to a Copenhagen dispatch received in London Saturday.

We have a complete line of Club House teas and coffee, positively the highest grade to be had at any price. IDEAL GROCERY, phone 344. «*- —. Sure as the sun works up and down; sure as we “hocked” der Kaiser's crown; sure as Willard’s box was thin—them that had Oaklands buy agin.—HUGH KIRK. Advertise In The Republican

‘OCCIDENT As we said before It costs a little more. But we stand back of every sack And you know that a flour which BAKES BETTER EATS and more is cheaper than the ordinary ROWLES & PARKER

PRINCESS THEATRE , —TONIGHT— Vivian Martin “You Never Saw Such a Girl”

WEDNESDAY Ethel Clayton “The Mystery Girl”

The Evening Republican.

SENATOR NEW’S STATEMENT AS TO MURDERER’S CLAIM.

Senator Harry S. New of this state issued the following statement Monday night regarding the arrest in Los Angeles on a charge of murder of Harry S. New, who claims to be a son of the senator: “I have just this to say about the whole deplorable matter. More than thirty years ago, when I was in my twenties and unmarried, I knew Mrs. Burger. There was never any question es marriage between us. Conditions arose which I do not care to dispute which resulted in my doing everything in my power to make amends then and later. Whatever I did in that direction was of my own accord and no one else had anything to do with it whatever. The affair was ended thirty years ago. Since that time the people of my home city are the best judges of what my life has been. I never have shirked any responsibility that has come to me and never shall.”

Two oases have been filed with Clerk Jesse Nichols as follows: July 5, No. 9071. Edna May Tilton vs. Bertie G. Tilton. Plaintiff avers that she and defendant were married on the 24th of June, 1913, and have not lived together since that time; that defendant was guilty of cruel arid inhuman treatment; that defendant deserted her on the 24th of June, 1913, and was married to another woman much to her humiliation! without having first marriage annulled. Wherefore, t the plaintiff asks alimony in the sum of two thousand dollars. July 7, No. 9072. Arthur Jones vs. Edward Oliver et al; complaint. Plaintiff asks to be given control ! and management of certain lands near Newland and for settlement of money which he alleges is due him from defendants. ’

FRENCH AND ITALIANS IN FIUME CLASHES.

Rome, July 6.—‘According to dispatches to the Giornale D’ltalia serious incidents have occurred within the last day or two at Fiume. The French soldiers are alleged to have maltreated Italian children. French soldiers are reported to have insulted Italian grenadiers, who remonstrated. The French fired on the grenadiers and then fled to their barracks from which they fired when crowds gathered.

Mrs. F. Peikins and children returned to their home at Rock Island today after relatives.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, + JUNE 10 AND 11 Mary Pickford “Daddy Longlegs” SATURDAY ‘ IL Alice Brady “RecfHead” Also Mack Sennett Comedy

DIVORCE SUIT FILED.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1919.

YOUNG WIFE SHOOTS HERSELF

MRS. GLEN OBERLEY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON. Mrs. Oberley, the 19-year-old wife of Glen Oberley, attempted suicide. Monday afternoon at her home in the northern pant of this city. / The deed was committed about 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon. The young wife and her mother-in-law, who is an invalid, were in the house. Mrs. Oberley secured a revolver which her brother had brought back with him from overseas, walked to the window and pointing the gun at her breast pulled the trigger. The bullet passed entirely through her body just above and a little to the left of her heart. The shot was heard by neighbors, who rushed to the Oberley home. A physician was summoned and after working with the unfortunate woman the Worland ambulance was called and she was taken to the hospital, where she is hovering between life and death with about one chance in forty to recover. Since committing the act, Mrs. Oberley has been conscious and is very anxious to live. It is difficult to account for the act, but domestic trouble seems to have been the cause. It is reported that she had been away from her home for a feiw weeks and had just returned. In the home with the husband and wife lives Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Smith. Mrs. Smith is Mr. Oberley’s mother. She has been an invalid for many years. It is reported that Mrs. Oberley wanted her husband to move into a home ■of their own. Just how serious this disagreement was is not easy to ascertain. Mrs. Oberley is reported to have been sopiewhat nervous and of a peculiar disposition. The infelicity of the tome seems not to have been such as would ordinarily cause one to attempt so rash a remedy as suicide. Mrs. Oberley was raised in Munfordville, Ky., where her parents and a number of brothers and sisters * still live. Her maiden name was Line. She was married to Oberley May 24, 1917, by Justice of the Peace D. Delos Dean. The application shows that the license was issued on May 24, 1917 to Glen Olen Oberley born 1889, that he had been previously married and that he had been divorced from his first wife in 1911. Mrs. Oberley’s name before her marriage was Olive Carroll Line. ’ She was • born in Kentucky April 24, 1900. At the time of her marriage she was but seventeen years of age and the license was issued upon the written consent of her parents, David and Emma Line, of .Munfordsville, Ky. Mrs. Riley Miller and Mrs. Charles Pharis are sisters of the unfortunate woman, who is very near death’s door at the hospital. In answer to an inquiry at the hospital this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock we were informed that Mrs. Oberley was not holding her own and that the chances were decidedly against her recovery.

LOOK WHAT THE BOY SCOUTS ARE TO MISS.

Harmount’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, bigger and better than ever, is again to cast joy into the hearts of our citizenry by appearing here Saturday evening, July 12, on the Saidla grounds, just east of the cemetery. Already gayly bedecked posters are appearing on the barns and billboards announcing the arrival of the greatest of all shows and Rensselaer can hardly wait the coming of the show, since it has been such a long time since any outside attraction has visited the city. Topsy, Liza, the blood hounds, little Eva, Uncle Tom and Simon Legree, portraying the Legreesque type as accredited him by the author, will be here, and it will be a heartless person who does not permit himself to be again taken back to the ante-bellum days by witnessing the play. .

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. National League. Pittsburg, 14; St. Louis, 9. New York, 10-7; Philadelphia, 5-2. / American League. St. Louis, 3; Cleveland, 2., J Wr York, 3; Washington, 2. Chicago, 8; Detroit, 3 Boston, 2-5; Philadelphia, 0-4.

ABE MARTIN.

Th’ feller that used t’ say, “Have another one?” now says, “Do you know where any more is? Lase Bud threw a surprise bVeakr fast fer her husband this mornin, as the resturint burned down last night. , -

We want to C U B' A regular customer and at any time you are not satisfied with any article purchased at our place please inform us and we will cheerfully make it right. IDEAL GROCERY, phone 844.

“ALL MUST WORK,” WORD TO FRANCE BY CLEMENCEAU.

I Paris, July 6.:—[Delayed.]—Premier Clemenceau today began a visit to the devastated regions, entering the zone of protracted warfare at st. Quentin. Everywhere he was given a splendid welcome. ! The premier encouraged the peo- ! pie to question him and bring fori ward any complaints which they had 'to make, and they were not slow in ■so doing. In addressing the popula'tion of St. Quentin, M. Clemenceau ! declared that now that peace is (concluded the work of construction 1 and reform would be the government’s foremost care. “The difficulties we meet at every step,” he said, “cannot be solved by old rules. New methods must be found for new requirements and we must, above all, learn to use that free individual initiative which the republic must strive to develop. It is not good practice for a democratic country to leave everything to. the government. “You will have to rebuild your homes and perhaps the habit thus acquired by the Frenchman of depending on himself to make the effort will contribute to still further democratize our country. You must not think that peace is a contract which ends all difficulties. “No country escapes the law of work. ‘We provide you with the conditions of existence, arid it is for you to make them bear fruit and to, extract from them all benefits. “One of the advantages of peace is that it is based on the unions of peoples who have saved the world. We each have need of the other. “Barbarism is definitely destroyed, 'but only on condition that we all see to it that the stipulations of the treaty are executed.”

BIG CHANGE IN FACULTY AT NOTRE DAME.

South Bend, Ind., July 7. —In the biggest shake-up ever made at Notre Dame,’ Very Rev. Dr. James A. Burns, C. S. C., has been elected president of the university; Very. Rev. John Cavanaugh appointed a professor of theology and advanced English at the Holy Cross house of studies, Washington, D. C.; Rev. Dr. Matthew Schumacher appointed president of St. Edward’s college, Austin/ Tex.;, Rev. Dr. Eugene Burke appointed president of Columbia university, Portland, Ors., and a score of other important changes have been effected. Announcement of the appointments was made by the Very -Rev. Andrew Morrissey, provincial of the congregation of the Holy Cross, late this afternoon. . The change in the presidency was made necessary by a new ruling on an old canon law which now makes it imperative on all superiors of religious orders to relinquish jQieir directorates after three years bf service.

THREE HUNDRED ARE IN COURT AT CAPITAL.

Indianapolis, Ind., July 7.—More than 300 defendants, many from Lake county, were to be arraigned in federal court here today to enter pleas. Rollin H. Bunch, mayor of Muncie; Horace G. Murphy, Delaware county prosecutor, and thirteen others are among those indicted in the Muncie swindle who were to 'be arraigned, besides a number charged with miscellaneous offenses. In the Marion county criminal court George Kessler was to be arraigned on a charge of murdering Miss Minnie Mae Wilkins, whose body was found in a cistern at her home May 28.

THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Fair tonight and Wednesday, except probably thunderstorms in extreme north portion. Somewhat warmer northeast and central portions tonight.

Shock Absorbers $6.00 not installed y. . ■ Large Steering Wheels $225 « * ■ Spotlights $2.29 ~, ... —.. \ CENTRAL GARAGE CO. 'Phone 319. / w Rensselaer, Ind.

-2tlU^ vL SOME men tKink they are lucky when a tie, shirt or suit gives satisfactory service. WHY attribute your satisfaction to luck? IF our things don’t give all that the word stands for— YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK! 11" R

CHARGES WILSON VIOLATED LAW BY SECRET GOVERNMENT.

Washington, July 7.—Seven men formed a “secret government” of the United States, which working “behind closed doors” determined all of the so-called war legislation “weeks and even months” before war was declared against Germany, Chairman Graham, of the house committee investigating war department expenditures, charged today after reading into the record a digest of the minutes of the council of national defense. Names Seven Men. The seven men were named by Mg. Graham as Hollis Godfrey, Howard E. Griffin, Bernard M. Baruch, Samuel Gompers, Franklin H. Martin, Julius Rosenwald and Daniel Willard, members of the advisory commission of the council. This commission, he added, was designed by law to act in purely an advisory capacity to the council, composed of six cabinet officers, but the president, he asserted, made *them the real executives.

Reavis Interrupts. After Mr. Graham had read to the investigating committee a digest designed to show that the military draft, food control and press censorship had been discussed by the commission several weeks before war was declared, Representative Reavis, republican, Nebraska, interrupting, asked if all this was speaking of the president’s speech in Which he said he was not “contemplating war.” The chairman answered affirmatively. Later in the recital of the digest Mr. Graham said that censure of the council and commission, uttered in senate and house, led Mr. Coffin to urge that a definite channel of contact be established between the council and congress. Need Educated Congress.

"In either words,” commented the chairman, “congress ought to be educated.” In brief, Mr. Graham’s digest charged the president organized the council in violation of the law and that it, in addition to framing legislation, dict&ted policies the country was to pursue, and befriended “'big business.” Included in the report read into the record was a letter by Judge Gary, advising the commission it was disregarding the Jaws “supposed to’ regulate _ business.”

LITTLE LADIES TO HAVE HOUSE PARTY AT GARY.

Mrs. Ray D. Thompson accompanied her daughters, Virginia and Ruth, and Dorothy , Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Firman Thompson, to Gary today,- where they will be guests at a house party to be given by little Miss Elizabeth Myers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Myers. Two other little ladies of Gary will be guests at the party. Wednesday the woung i folks will go to Chicago where they ;will spend a day in the parks and ' attend a theatre in the evening.

THE LOUDEST CRACKER

wa< sent by special delivery from Jade to Jess. You can still hear the report any place on earth. I . was worth a lot of money to stanc up and face hungry death as you did, Mr. Willard, but Jess think, you can buy an Oakland now.

Club House flour is not guaranteed to be just an good as any other flour, but is guaranteed to be BETTER than any flour on. the market Sold exclusively anteed by the IDEAL GROCERY, pihpne 344. < . _

LIEUT SPITLER ARRIVES HOME

| RENSSELAER MAN WHO SAW I MUCH ACTIVE SERVICE IN RUSSIA DISCHARGED. From (the ice-bound fields of Bolshevik! infested Russia to the old (home town within a period of six weeks, is the traveling record of Lieut. Woodhull J. Spitler, son of Mayor and Mrs. C. G. Spitler, who arrived this Tuesday afternoon from 'Camp Custer, Mich., from which cantonment he received his discharge Monday. Perhaps no Jasper county soldier experienced greater thrills or was assigned more hazardous tasks than those given to Lieutenant Spitler. For months his division was stationed in Russia as a part of the small American force which had been sent there th combat the Bolsheviki element. Periled on every side by every imaginable danger, the American soldiers came in daily contact with the enemy and emerged with but few losses. Theirs was a most trying task, perhaps more trying than that of those who were in France. The chaotic conditions, made their task a hopeless one and there was little to gain by their remaining there. For this reason the war department a short time ago ordered their return to England immediately and from there they were speedily returned home. Lieutenant Spitler’s division arrived in America the latter part of June and on July 4th reached Detroit, where they were entertained by the citizens of that city. The following day found them on their way to Camp Custer to be mustered out. Lieutenant - Spitler is in the best of health and is well pleased with the wonderful experience which fell to him, although he is extremely glad to again be home with his family and back in civilian life.

U. S. PRACTICALLY OWNER OF WORLD’S GOLD STOCK.

Already possessed of the greatest single stock of gold in history, the United States could lay claim today to most of the remaining free gold of the world in payment of its favorable merchandise balance, the Federal Reserve Bulletin will say in its July issue. The balance approximated $9,000,000,000 in the last three ye'ars and bids fair to continue at the same rate this year, affording a problem to arrange payments without bankrupting debtor nations and still further-enhancing the cost of living here through the importation of more metal. Under the gold embargo, which recently was lifted, making the United States practically the only free gold market in the world, the federal reserve board issued 1,142 licenses for the export of $152,326,976 of gold and 1,500 licenses for the shipment of $502,756,003 in silver. About 755 application of all classes were declined. ThSwnet movement under the embargo was $5,293,632 excess of gold imports and $281,732,589 excess of silver exports, heavy shipments of the latter metal having been made to British... I India, Hong #ong and France.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Min. July 8 54

The Germans use their national colors consecutively, the black flag n war, the white when they are whipped, the red when bluff :'or an easy peace.—Syracuse PostStandard.

AT THE STAR THEATRE - TONIGHT - THE HOUSE’oF GOOD PICTURES ■ ~ . j TODAY Jack Abbe "Mystic Faces” Also, Mack Swain \ \ in ' ■■ ■ “His Naughty • Thought” ’ WEDNESDAY * | Bessie Barriscale “The White Lie” A Paralta Play

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