Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1919 — Page 1

No. 162.

LINOLEUM This is the time of year to buy linoleum; while it is hot and the hotter the better. \ Don’t wait until the. weather gets cold as the linoleum will crack with handling. The prices are bound to advance again this fall as linrleum is practically off the market. Qmdl Dniro We have a limited Ollldll nllgu number of small rugs in mottled Axministers size 27x54 that we will offer at $3.75. Couch Hammocks and Porch Swings We still have couch hammocks ranging in price from $6.50 to $30.00. Our stock is down to two wood porch swings. We still have a few wood porch chairs and rockers. W. J. WRIGHT.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. National League. All games postponed, rain. American League. Chicago, 9; Philadelphia, 2. St. Louis, 5-4; Boston, 1-3. Washington, 5-7; Detroit, 6-5; New York, 1-3; Cleveland, 0-7.

The funniest Topsy, Lawyer Marks and Aunt Ophelia). The meanest Legree. The most faithful Uncle Tom, and the most beautiful Eva, all combine to make C. B. Harmount’s big production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin the ideal attraction of the theatrical season. At Rensselaer, Saturday evening, on lots east of the cemetery. alThome print TODAY. READ THE INSIDE PAGES.

IF YOU KNOW OCCIDENT you can appreciate these prices. If you don’t its a good time to get acquainted. SATURDAY 49 lbs. - $3.49 24 lbs. - $1.79 ROWLES & PARKER

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YOUNG JACKS RELEASED FROM JULIA A. WORK HOME.

Upon hearing the report of County Probation Officer Sands as to the conditions found at the Julia A. Work home, near Plymouth, Judge Hainley Thursday issued an order for the release of Ernest Jacks. Young Jacks, who is only about 8 years old, was sent to the home a few weeks ago and is so changed in appearance since being incarcerated there as to be 'hardly recognized. As soon as the papers were issued for his release, Charles Jacks, his father, and Harve Moore drove to Plymouth and got the boy and he is now at home. It is to be hoped that steps will soon be taken for the release of the two other Jasper county boys now incarcerated in this charitable hell hole near Plymouth.

$833.33 AN ACRE PAID FOR NEWTON COUNTY LAND.

Kentland Enterprise— Charley White and Samuel G. Kindig met on the-street the other evening and after a few minutes dickering set a new price for Newton county land.'* Mr. White owned an eighteen acre farm adjoining Kentland on the north, and Mr. Kindig, disregarding the Biblical injunction, coveted his neighbor’s possession, arid in consequence laid down fifteen thousand good American dollars for Mr. White’s little farm. By simple division you will find this to be 833.33 an acre. The improvements cost Mr. White $4,200 ten years ago. Deducting these figures still leaves the land selling at S6OO an acre. Mr. Kindig Wanted the land to raise Big Type Poland China hogs ion, and he got what he wanted.

CHAMBERLAIN’S ICE CREAM.

We are handling exclusively Chamberlain's ice cream. There is no better made. Would be pleased to serve you.—Depot Restaurant.

ATTENTION, REDMEN!

All Redmen are urged to be present at the meeting in the hall Monday evening, July 14. There will be degree work and eats. Give this notice your perferred attention.

ARY PICKFORD DADDY LDNGLEGS PRICE 15c and 25c. Plus War Tax. ' SATURDAY Alice Brady “Red Head Also Mack Sennett Comedy TUESDAY Bryant Washburn —in— ■ L j “Poor Boob” WEDNESDAY William Brady Presents “Little Women” - - . , - COMING Charlie Chaplin “A Show for a Night”

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1919.

MONON OFFICES INCLUDED IN $178,000 FIRE

In one of the most threatening fires that has visited Lafayette in a number of years the warehause of the National Fruit Juice companyV formerly the old Salem street freight depot and passenger station, ■ the local offices of the Monon railroad, and the bajm and warehouse iof the Terre Haute Brewing company, were entirely destroyed yes- ; terday. The fire originated in the warehouses of the Fruit Juice company, and was discovered about 9 o’clock by employes of the company, and an alarm was - turned in. Such headway had the flames made when discovered, however, that when the first truck arrived the roof of the building was falling in, an 4 one of the big doors at the side of the building blew off just as the first fireman reached the place, and it was evident from the start that the building could not possibly be saved. At different times during the day seventeen buildings were on fire, and 'the total loss is conservatively estimated at $175,000, SIOO,OOO of which was sustained by the Monon company, $50,000 by the National Fruit Juice company, and the other $25,000 by the Terre Haute Brewing company and the owners of the houses and other property damaged by fire and water. Origin Unknown. Nothing is now known of the origin of the .fire. It is said that shortly before the fire was discovered a switch engine had been in the building, and it is thought that a spark from it might have ignited some of the inflammable material in the building and started the blaze. The blaze was discovered in the southeast comer of the building, and spread rapidly through great heaps of pine boxes, reaching bo the roof. It was the opinion of some that the fire originated from a defective electric wire, but Samuel Edwards, electrician with the Wolever Electric company, stated that the fire could not originate from that source. In connection with the origin of the fire, it is interesting to note that an attempt was made in the winter of 1918 to bum the building, in which the fire originated yesterday, and a great heap of fresh, oil-soaked waste was found burning against one of the doors on the east side of the building.

REMOVAL NOTICE. We have removed our millinery stock from our former location in the Rowles & Parker department store, and our millinery parlors are now occupying rooms in the Trust & Savings bank building on South Van Rensselaer street. We cordially extend an invitation to our many old and new customers to call upon us and inspect the wonderful display we are now showing. - , . All of the newest designs and creations, modes to please the most exacting; styles and shapes to meet the approval of the discriminating; hats that, possess distinctiveness — tihe final little dash which lends them chicness and -wins over .the buying public. Call today at our new parlors. JONES & BRINEY

NO REASON TO BE ALARMED BY INFECTED GRAIN.

Frank N. Wallace, entomologist dm tihe state department of conservation, before departing to. establish quarantines in three counties in which the take-all disease has been discovered on wheat, declared there is no reason why the farmers and grain dealers throughout the state should be alarmed in the least over the situation. In answer to personal calls and long distance calls Mr. Wallace advised the farmers in district outside of a half mile radius of the infected farms in Tippecanoe, Porter and LaPorte counties to go ahead with their threshing. He also advised the elewutor proprietors not to hesitate in accepting grain.

NOT MUCH CANNING BEING DONE THIS SEASON.

This is the canning season, but there is practically no canning, It is rapidly becoming a lost art, not because of any lack of interest and energy on the part of the housewives, biit on account of the fact that there is no fruit to can. With all the propaganda and renewed interest in the preserving of fruit and vegetables there is probably less of it being done thia year than ever. Vegetables are scarce enough; fruit seems practically extinct, save at prices that are prohibitive so far ias canning is concerned.

~~ For Saturday we will have oranges, bananas, grapefruit, watermelons, cantaloupes, lemons, tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, ceflery, new potatoes and old potatoes. Don’t forget to order fresh peanut butter. Call early. Ramey & Murphey.-

BANK ROBBERS GOT JASPER COUNTY ROAD BONDS.

When the Farmers’ State bank of Cambridge was robbed on November 11, 1918, among other valuables they secured was three Jasper county road bonds which were the property of Mary Kearney, of that city. iThe bonds stolen were of the series issued for the construction of the Maurice Gorman et. al., stone road in Marion and Jordan townships. They were issued November 15, 1916. The bonds stolen were No. 5, which was for $l9O due May 15, 1920, No. 6, $l9O, due November 15, 1920, and No. 7, $l9O, due May 15, 1921. The J. F. Wild & Co., state bank, of IndianapoJis, had 'bought the bonds and had sold them to the Cambridge band and they, in turn, had sold them to their customer, Mary Kearney. Miss Kearney had the bonds in the Cambridge bank at the time of the robbery. She filed her petition, together with a bond for twice the value of the bonds stdlen, with the county commissioners, who at their session Monday authorized the county auditor to issue copies of the stolen instruments. The bond, which is signed by Mary Kearney, C. W. Moffitt and George A. Williams, indemnified the county against the presentation of the stollen bonds by anyone illegally entitled to them. Moffitt makes affidavit that he is worth $25,000. The order to issue copies of the stolen bonds also provides for their payment at the time they are due.

PULASKI COUNTY FARM LAND ASSESSMENT RAISED 278%.

The Pulaski county board of review finished its session Wednesdaiy evening, July 9, at Winamac. The increase on farm land averaged 278 per cent over the assessment for four years ago, which was the last time real estate was assessed. The land assessment for 1915 averaged sls per acre, while the 1919 assessment averages $60.19, and increase of about 278 per cent. Sallem township has the highest valuation per acre in that county, its average being $lO4. The average valuation of this township in 1915 was $23. Franklin township has the lowest average Valuation per acre, the 1919 assessment being $34, as against $9 in 1915.

FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE.

Case No. 9074 was filed by Attorney Abraham Halleck in the Jasper circuit court July 10. This is an action brought by Alice N. McKay for a divorce from her husband, Oliver H. McKay. The complaint alleges that they were married March 8, 1901, and iJdved together until March 7, 1919. That he was guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment. He had a violent temper which he miade no effort to control and abused her in the presence of her children and other people. \ That he struck her and often threw articles alt her, and generally deported himself so as to render her nervous and unhappy. That the plaintiff and defendant have as fruit of their marriage two children, Raymond R., 16 years old, and Harriet A., aged 12. She further alleges that the defendant and plaintiff have not .lived together or cohabited since March 7, 1919. That they hold in joint title property in Jasper county to the value of $1,200 with blank dollars mortgage, upon the same. Plaintiff asks that she be granted a divorce, custody of their dhildren, SIOO per annum alimony and all other proper relief.

ATTENTION TO FARMERS. We are always in the market for good, second milling wheat and will pay a premium for same. See us 'before selling. ’Phone 456. IROQUOIS ROLLER MITLLS.

Shock Absorbers $6.00 not installed Large Steering Wheels $2.25 Spotlights $2.29 - ■■■!■■■ ■.«" . . CENTRAL GARAGE CO. ’Phone 319. Rensselaer, Ind. ; /.A ’ ' ’■ ’ ' -

lIPv. & SH-H-H! Our prices on shirts whisper They’re so low.

CALL BEER BAN TREATY “WHIP” OF PRESIDENT.

Washington, July 10. —President Wilson, in 'his talk to correspondents today, made it clear that demobilization of the American army would depend upon the speed with which the military conditions of the peace treaty were executed by Germany and the treaty was ratified by the various governments. Upon 'demobilization also depends the lifting of wartime prohibition. The president felt that troops should be maintained in Germany until' the Germans had complied with all the military terms of the treaty. It was pointed out that there were several million veteran soldiers in Germany and munitions sufficient for them to operate. (The Germans have from one to four months in which to deliver aM material except that sufficient for the reduced German army provided for in the peace treaty and the president believes that the American troops should stay on the Rhine until the material is delivered. The comment on this expressed conviction of the president among the politicians at the capital was that his position was designed to bring all of the liquor interests into line for an early ratification of the treaty.

For Saturday’s Market Cucumbers Tomatoes Cabbage Celery Watermelons Canteloupes Peaches Oranges Bananas ■+• New Potatoes t i j -v- ■; IDEAL GROCERY PHONE 344

THOSE MICHIGAN ROADS.

Jiggle, giggle, little car, Wotineli you think you are? If you got to dance, don*' 'ou glide? 1 ■ ■‘shook the shimmy” from my hide. If everyone thinking Oakland i eould only visit the factory in Pon- ; tiac, Mich., and then ride home over* those rut, hill and sand infested j should-be roads —well, he not only I would have deep respect—but, he’d! love the little thing.—Hugh Kirk.

MINERS WANT SIX HOUR DAY

RECOMMEND OUSTING OF BURLESON AND RECOGNITION OF IRISH REPUBLIC. Terre Haute, Ind., July 10.— Resolutions adopted by the convention of district number eleven, United Mine Workers of America, today announce a policy for nationalization of mines, six-hour day, five--day week and substantial increase of wages. The program formulated by the policy committee was incorporated in the resolutions with amendments which provide that the advance in wages be forty per cent on all classes of work with a minimum wage of $7 for a day of six hours. Other resolutions adopted recommend the resignation of PostmasterGeneral Burleson, recognition of the independence of Ireland, release of all political prisoners and government control of wholesale houses to fix prices on food products. , The legislative committee was directed in a resolution to ask the special session of the Indiana general assembly to define hazzard in industry and to enact legislation to make effective the workmen’s compensation law.

DEMPSEY NO CHAMPION.

The victory which Jack Dempsey won in Toledo Friday does not make him America’s champion fighter. There was a time when there was opportunity to fight, and something worth fighting for, but Dempsey refused it. He is a young man of 24 and in prime physical condition, but when the world was calling for fighters he could not hear the call. The Republican does not know on what grounds he escaped the draft, but he did escape it. It is hardly to be assumed that he kept out of ithe army by pleading that he was employed in an occupation essential to the maintenance of the industrial life of the nation. His employment was merely that of a prize fighter and it will not be seriously contended that that is a necessary business. , Dempsey was a slacker when the world needed fighters. His so-called honor won in Toledo is not to bd thought of in contrast with the record of Sergeant York, for instance. That championship belt bestowed upon him for dethroning the former champion should have engraved on it: “To Jack Dempsey, slacker.” One of the best of the writers of the news of sport, Gnantland Rice, does the subject ample justice in the following: “Let us have no illusions about our new heavyweight champion. He is a marvel in the ring, the greatest boxing or the greatest hitting machine even the old-timers here have ever seen. But he isn’t. the world’s champion fighter. Not by a margin of 50,000,000 men who either stood, or were ready to stand, the test of cold steel and exploding shells for anything from six cents to one dollar a day. It would be an insult to every young American who sleeps today in Flanders or Lorraine, from the Somme to the Argonne, to Crown Dempsey with any laurel built of fighting courage. He missed the big chance of his life to prove his own manhood before bis own soul, but beyond that he stands today as the ring marvel of the century, a puncher who will be unbeatable as long as he desires to ; stay off the primrose way and maintain the wonderful vitality of a won- ' derful system. But he lost his , chance for the big fight—ah, what a fight for brave men.”

Myrtle Dayton went to Monon today. wafßL. .■!,W,.WU 1 111111111 ■ % at the STAR THEATRE THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES - TONIGHTGladys Leslie “The Little Runaway” ■ _ „„ -a.-. ; • SATURDAY Montagu Love June Elvidge Carlyle Blackwell Evelyn Greeley and Johnny Hines "Three Green Eyes” i ~ COMING WEDNESDAY J . Nazimova | "Eye for Eye”

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