Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1919 — Page 1

No. 166.

The Two Things A Housewife Needs This Hot Weather is a Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet and a Hoover Electric Sweeper W. J. WRIGHT.

LOCAL COUPLE IN MICHIGAN CITY COURT.

Michigan City, Ind., July 15. Grace Swim, through her attorney, L. E. Kunkel, filed suit today in the superior count for divorce from Elza Swim. The plaintiff and the detfendant werex married June 18, 1917, and separated June 7, 1919. She charges abandonment, failure to provide, and association with Other women. The plaintiff asks for the custody of their child. Accompanying the complaint is an affidavit asking for a reasonable allowance while the suit is pending. The plaintiff was formerly Miss Grace Wood, of this city, and the defendant is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Swim, also of this city.

Aluminum Ware Regular $2.00 VALUES ALL WEEK BIG CHOICE $1.39 Rowles & Parker

PRINCESS THEATRE —TONIGHT—

William Brady Presents "Little Women” ALSO Charlie Chaplin “A Show for a Night” Announcement of the forthcoming presentation by any exhibitor of “LITTLE WOMEN,” a picturization of itihe world-famed novel by Louisa M. Alicott, is bound to attract widespread attention. What woman or girl hasn’t read this superb story, which has been translated into more languages than have the works of Charles Dickens? It is a splendid screen subject, one of such wholesome sweetness and purity, that it is almost certain to insure a great photoplay. Admission: Children, 15c, .war tax, 2c; adults, 25c, war tax, Ife. ». , ; , THURSDAY Lila Lee “Puppy Love” FRIDAY Cecile B. DeMille’s Production “Don’t Change You? Husband”

The Evening Republican.

At the meeting of the city fathers which vgas held Monday evening with the mayor and all members, except Councilman H. R. Wood, present, it was voted to finance the "band to the amount of S3O for each ' weekly ccfticert, the support to expend over a period of four months, ■the entire amount of the appropriation to be SSOO. It was ordered that Earl Gonderman be granted an electrician’s license, upon his filing a bond and J payment of the fee. j Permission was granted Chester Halstead to occupy Jefferson street ‘with building material during the 1 erection of his new residence. He is required to file a bond is the 'sum of SI,OOO. ■; The premium for boiler insurance at the city light and water . plant in the amount of $190.70 was I ordered paid. The city carries $40,1000 boiler insurance and the $190.70 pays the premium on the same for (three years. The report of the committed on ' finance was approved and claims were ordered paid.

GILLAM TOWNSHIP GIRL WEDS PULASKI COUNTY LAD.

Clerk of the Circuit Court Jesse Nichols issued the following marriage license July 15: ; Alonzo D. Norris, born in Gas iCity, May 17, 1896, occupation farmer, present residence Medaryvill, and Cora Inez Richardson, born in Pulaski county, December 11, 1898, occupation clerk, and present residence Medaryville. First marriage for each party. These young people were mamed by the Rev. William T. Barbre, pastor of the First Christian church of this city. The bridegroom was a soldier in" the late war and entered the service from Jasper county.

Charlie Chaplin SATURDAY Marian Davies —in—- “ The Burden of Proof” COMING “A Woman Thou GavestMe”

CITY TO FINANCE BAND.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1919.

CHARGE OFFICERS WITH CRUELTY

YANKS TESTIFY MERCILESS ASSAULTS WERE PERPETRATED BY U. S. OFFICERS.

Washington, July 15.—Six former American soldiers testified today before a special house committee investigating alleged cruelties to military prisoners in France, declared that merciless assaults were committed without provocation on the prisoners by arrogant officers in charge of the prisons and camps. Only one of the witnesses, all of whom were charged with being absent without leave, was convicted, the others having been acquitted or the charges withdrawn. (“The bastile,” “the stockade,” “prison farm number two” and “St. Ann’s Hotel,” also known as “The Brig,” were the places named by the witnesses as the scene of - the alleged cruelties, which were said to ihave been extended over several months in 1918. Some of the officers in charge of the prison camps it was said, had been convicted by courts martial and others were awaiting trial. —— ———— , Lieutenant “Hardboiled” Smith, one of the prison camp officers, was mentioned frequently, while others named were Lieutenant Mason and Sullivan and Sergeants Ball, Wolfmeyer and Bush. “Did they try the general in charge of the camp?” asked Chair-; man Royal Johnson, who left his seat in congress To serve with the army board. “Not that anyone heard,” responded a witness. “When Lieutenant ‘Hardboiled’ Smith was tried at Tours early this year, a hundred witnesses appeared against him, and he was convicted,” testified Sidney Kemp, 479 West 146th street, New York City, who was a corporal with Company F, 102nd engineers, 27th division. “Fifty witnesses who !■ can name will verify everything said here, and tell more, too,” asserted Kemp. Several of the soldiers testified that in addition to being beaten, food in small amounts and of poor quality was supplied and that the bedding was poor, sometimes the mattress (being in mud under a small tent. “A prisoner was smiling and an officer says: ‘Take that smile off, or I will.’ ” A. H. Mendleburg, 1410 East Fayette street, Baltimore, who served with base hospital 42, testified. “The officer did so by rolling the man in the mud,” Mendleburg added. “Did you get that officer s name?” asked Representative Flood, democrat, of Virginia. “I’m too sorry I did not take his name,” answered Mendleburg. When telling of poor food, Mendleburg said that “if you asked for an extra piece of bread you were flat on your back.” Meals, he and others said, consisted of a stew, made from canned beef, one slice of bread and part of a cup of coffee. Sometimes only the stew was served, witnesses said. Charles Goldberg, New York City, a corporal in Company G 28th infantry, third division, said that while at the “Brig” he was knocked down by an officer and one of his teeth was knocked out when he refused to surrender his money belt. Drawing a black jack, the officer and Goldberg fought a few minutes but the witness said he was forced ’to surrender because of the pain he suffered from blows on the arms. “Once, when I was scrubbing a floor, a sergeant swung a club at my head every five seconds,” testified Goldberg. Paul Boggs, Baldwin, N. Y., 318th field signal battalion, said men at the farm were often so hungry that they were “glad to eat dirty potato peelings.” He said that he dipped a tincup into a swill barrel so as to get some grease that he would eat “with a relish.” “Instead of giving a command, it wan generally given with a club,” asserted Boggs, who said he saw at least fifty men beaten. Alvin Bates, Brooklyn, who was with the headquarters troops, second army, said whenever “there was !a formation, a man was beaten up .every five minutes” at the prison farm. He and Boggs said that a Pole serving in the American army was brutally beaten';‘"and soon afterward the prisoner cut his throat with a razor. “Medical inspection was a farce,” said Bates, referring to the farm. “You went in one door and were kicked out another.” George L. Pallitto, Newark, N. J., private in Company M, 113th infantry, 29th division, testified that ‘he became known as a “nut f/ patient after he had said that he did not like a nurse.” Pallitto also told of many cruelstiea in the prisons in France, and admitted that he was absent withI out leave, for which he was senjtenced. '

The others said similar charges against them resulted when they were trying to reach their units, and they were acquitted and the charges dismissed. - t G. J. Jessen went to Chicago today.

FARMERS BATTLE AUTO THIEVES

ONE BANDIT CAPTURED IN NEWTON COUNTY GUN BATTLE. Kentland, July 15.—Automobile thieves created great excitement in Newton county this afternoon when they staged a running gun battle; with the authorities and /Wounded C. W. Owensby, deputy sheriff of Lake Village, who, with the aid of farmers, captured one of the desperadoes- and succeeded in trailing a second to a dense section of the Kankakee marshes in the northern part of the county. At a late hour tonight a large posse with two bloodhounds were ready to start into the marshes in pursuit of the lone (bandit, who is at bay with two Goltz automatics and a plentiful supply of ammunition. The captured robber gave the name of John Luptha, 352 Cedar street, Indiana Harbor, and says he is but sixteen years old. .., . by Farmers.— Three men in a Buick six roadster were first observed at about 2 :30 o’clock this afternoon in the northern part of Newton county, and were thought by farmers to be acting in a very mysterious manner. Three farmers, Earl Catner, G. E. Lowe and Joe Lunghi, attempted to interrogate the men, who were stopped along the road. One of them immediately started to run and got away. After a short fight the other 'two were overpowered and loaded into an automobile to be taken to Kentland. They had no more than started when the larger of the bandits pulled two automatic revolvers and after threatening his unarmed captors leaped out of the car and got away, running through the fields north. With their single captive, who gave the name of John Luptha, of Indiana Harbor, the three men raced to Lake Village for the purpose of procuring aid. Deputy Sheriff Shot. With the Lake Village deputy sheriff, C. W. Owensby, the pursuit was taken up for the two men who had escaped. The second bandit, who had leaped from the automobile, was soon sighted and a running gun battle ensued. The desperado fired repeatedly at his pursuers and one of the bullets struck the deputy sheriff, causing him to drop. The man escaped and is believed to be hiding in the Kankakee swamp region. Owensby was rushed to a hospital where medical attention was given him. It was learned that the stolen automobile 'belonged to A. M. Burkett, of Indiana Harbor, and it is thought that the thieves belong to a well organized band of automobile bandits operating from the northern part of the state. The robber captured is a mere boy 16 years of age and it is thought that his companions are between the ages of 19 . and 24.

The Buick car which the bandits had stolen was found by Earl Gonderman, of this city, where»it had been abandoned along the roadside near Lake Village. Mr. Gonderman was returning from Kankakee, and found ’the car in good condition. He then notified the authorities at Lake Village of his find. R. W. Knickerbocker, also of this city, passed through Lake Village following the gun battle. Attracted by the call of a woman, he stopped, and soon found himself surrounded by farmers bearing shotguns. The latter, soon satisfied that he had not been connected with the bandits, asked that he aid in the search for the desperadoes. However, their efforts proved fruitless.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Min. July 15 98 70 July 16 85 57 THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Fair tonight and Thursday. Somewhat warmer in east and south portions tonight.

There’s no horns on an Oldsmobile. They never look like the devil. -—Hugh Kirk.

IMPORTANT INSIST on getting GENUINE Ford Parts when your Ford Car needs repairing. Do not allow “bogus” or imitation Parts to go in your car. Central Garage Company Phone 319 Rensselaer, Ind.I ' • • • • ■

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WILL THE SKY BE THE LIMIT?

EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE GETTING HIS AND ENJOYING IT. Local shoe dealers tell us that shoes will be $25 next spring. Our clothiers say a suit of clothes will cost about $125 and every other article of wearing apparel seems to have its price hitched to an ascending airplane. Not only wearing apparel, but groceries and other necessary articles are getting higher every day. Will the sky be the limit? A butcher in this city carried an advertisement in this paper until a few days ago quoting the prices of hides at 17 cents. Today the price of beef hides is 35 cents and on calves hides 70 cents per pound. With all of these 'high prices, including higher wages, there seems to be no complaint and all take it as a matter of course. We believe that the merchants of this city are enjoying an unprecedented era of prosperity. A glimpse at the crowded condition of our streets Saturday night would convince anyone that a great amount of business was being transacted by the merchants of the city. Automobiles were parked entirely around the public square, and on Washington street from the river bridge to a considerable distance east of the Makeever ’hotel, and up and down Van Rensselaer street.

Undoubtedly the greatest prosperity has come to the farmer. Farmers on Wall street are reported to have cleaned up from $30,000 to $35,000. ' *The writer talked to a young farmer the other daly who had just sold his eighty acre farm at a very handsome profit. This young man had cleared some $17,000 in the past few years. With local conditions as above, ■why buy oil or mining stock or go elsewhere for investment? There are young farmers in Jas- ■ per county and young business men in Rensselaer that are succeeding I splendidly. They have the ability and the habits of industry, but they could not succeed as they are except for the unusual opportunities offered by this choice js'pot. of God’s creation. / ' . This is the 'harvest time and the fellow who is not picking his cherries and canning a portion of them will find an empty fruit jar as his possession after this era of plhen om in al prosperity has subsided. Here’s hoping that the wage earner may receive a liberal wage, that the merchant may enjoy large sale with good margins, that the farmer may have a bounteous yield of grain and that prices will be such that his prosperity may continue. Every hustler is a booster for a community. The world has a peculiar respect for the man who sueceeds. It is a good did planet on which we live, it is the choice hour of the centuries. If you are not happy and prosperous you are out of place and out of harmony with the time or your newspaper man. . „ - The Germans should cheer up. Even if they don’t get what they want, they should be glad they are not getting what they deserve. —Anaconda Standard. An appropriation of $55,000,000 i for the air service at Washington does not apply to hot air.—Philadelphia Public Ledger.

WEATHER PERMITTING, BAND CONCERT TONIGHT.

Providing the weatherman does not become cross between now and evening, the Rensselaer band will open the season with a concert. Well organized and assured of financial backing by the city, the members are now ready to put forth their best efforts and feel that they will be able to please the musicloving public. ; The program for this evening follows: March—National Emblem E. E. Bagley Overture—The Troubadours .... O. Grainger Fox Trot—The Tickle Toe Louis A. Hirsch Characteristic March—Trombonium. .. .Buell N. Withrow Overture—Sweet Briar. .F. Kennedy March—The Gladiators. .J. P. Sousa Overture—Operatic Mingle . ......... .Lon Lorendo March—The Stars and Stripes Forever J. P. Sousa

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. National League. Chicago, 7; Boston, 2. Other games postponed, rain. American League. Chicago, 3; Boston, 1. Deftroit, 13-0; New Yoitk, 2-3. Washington, 3; Qevealnd, 0. Philadelphia, 5; St. Louis, 4.

ATTENTION, MOOSE!

All members of the local lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose are hereby notified that there will be an important meeting at the Moose hall Thursday evening and you are requested to be present without fail.

U. S. RESUMES POSTAL SERVICE WITH GERMANY.

Washington, July 15.—Resumption of mail service between the United States and Germany, effective immediately, was provided in an order signed late today by Postmaster General Burleson. Mail matter addressed to any portion of Germany now will be accepted under the same regulations and at the same rates as apply to mail to other European countries. As direct steamship service between this country and Germany has not Ibeen established, mail will be sent by way of Holland, Norway and Denmark. The postmaster general’s order follows action of the war trade division of the state department in issuing blanket licenses for the resumption of trade -with Germany i and is designed to aid American business men in conquest for trade. In Columbia and Venezuela the American dollar is at a discount of 20 per cent. Here at home it is at a discount of about 50 per cent. —Paterson Chronicle.

The German government has agreed to abide by the treaty. Now all there is to do is make them do it. —Brooklyn Eagle.

AT THE STAR THEATRE THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES - TONIGHT - EXTRA SPECIAL The Great Russian Actress NAZIMOVA A 7-ACT SUPER-FEATURE “Eye for Eye” Don’t Fail to See This Fine Production. A .■ Admission: 10c and 20c. THURSDAY “THE ATONI” STARRING A Pauline Starke ALSO a COMEDY 1 ■« ’ Y

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