Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1919 — Page 1

No. 177.

Second Hand Furniture We have an extra fine lot of second hand furniture as we have just purchased all the furniture out of a summer cottage in the northern part of Newton county. Included in this furniture we have a few pieces in walnftt, cherry and mahogany that are very fine. There is one dining room suite, consisting of a table, large serving table with six diners and a host chair. The folowingis a partial list of,what we have: Library table, parlor stands, rockers, walnut dressers, walnut washstand, white enamel washstand, mahogany wardrobe, rag rugs in 6x9 and 8-3xlo-6 sizes, dining room tables, wash bowl and pitcher sets, oil lamps, about twenty yards good body Brussels carpet and a lot of good kitchen utensils. Z W. J. WRIGHT ZZZ

I SAID I WOULD AND I WILL.

Just as I proved the Olds to be the class 'of the small family cars; just as I’ve said the Oakland was the most sensible 'buy, the most car for the money, I am now ready to prove the Essex to be the ace of smla'll sport cars. Its rugged, powerful and speedy. The lines are sporty, the finish is good and the coach work is high class. Draw am ace and you’ll never feel like a “jack.”—Hugh Kirk.

Miss Florence Heit returned to her home in Fort Wayne today, after a visit with Miss Florence Ryan.

WE MIX Prompt Service With Good Groceries «— Your Money’s Worth all the Time and a Big Money Saving SPECIAL Every Saturday Remember there’s always a bargain for you at ROWLES & PARKERS

PRINCESS THEATRE —TONIGHT— ‘ —_ —— • r * ~ Shirley Mason _ “The Winning Giri” ford weekly

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, Marguerite Clark “Mrs. Wiggs of the i Cabbage Patch” COMEDY v .. 1 ■ THURSDAY, JULY 31, Marion Davis “ a “The Belle of New York” : - s' COMEDY

The Evening Republican.

DOINGS OF CITY COUNCIL.

The city council met in regular session Monday evening with Mayor .Spitler and all councilmen, except Fred Waymire, present. Paul Beam was granted an electrician’s license. City Attorney Leopold was instructed to investigate the charges being made the city on freight on stone it is using. Under' a ruling cities and counties are entitled to a discount of 10 per cent on stone used for road material. This is the amount of war tax. Frank Donnelly was granted permfesion to move the horse trough on Washington street near the corner of Washington and Cullen streets to McKinley avenue north of the railroad. On account of the fact that the use of this trough would interfere with the traffic»on this main street the trough in its present location has not been used for some time. City Engineer Bostwick was instructed to investigate the condition of the North Cullen street sewer. This sewer was in bad condition last spring and turned a number of i cellars into cisterns. - The report of the financial committee was approved and' the claims were ordered paid.

ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Letters advertised for the week ending July 28, 1919: Mr. Willard Banta Arthur Berkley Luther Chambers Miss Glenna Clever Viola Mikell T. M. Mount Mrs. J. Green Evert Evins I Mary A. Robinson I Miss Martha Dyer Mr. C. Ervin D. E. Vanvactor. I The above letters will be sent to 'the dead letter office bn August 11, I 1919. —N. Littlefield, Postmaster.

JUDGE HANLEY IMPROVING.

; Judge Charles W. Hanley is im- [ i proving quite satisfactorily from his ; attack of Shingles. The judge has ; ; been confined to his home'for four weeks, during which time he has suffered very severely.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, John Barrymore “Here Conies the Bride” NEWS AND COMEDY o SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, Mary Pickford “Captain Kidd, Jr.” Y<m don’t want to mis* this »» it is the last you will see of Mary for some time. DREW COMEDY—“SQUARED.”

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1919.

JUDGE HANLEY QUITS IN FAVOR OF WILLIE PLATT.

Sid Smith, cartoonist par excellence, who dials cast aside Old Doc Yack and Yiutch in favor of Andrew and Ninnie Gump, has lost an ardent admirer in Judge Hanley, who sits on the Newton-Jasper bench. His Hefner no- longer could remain . true to Sidney when the latter threw ; over Doe and Yultch, his prime favorites. The judge thought so 'much of Doe and his 348 that he ' bought a car resembling that of l Mr. Yack’s and had the same number, “348,” suspended on the rear axle that «he might be taken for the eminent practitioner. But the judge, angered by Sidney’s infelicity, tore away the number plate and did away with the old distinguihsing marks of a Yack car. But Willie Platt, express agent, has taken the judge’s place and Sid still has a representative in Rensselaer. Willie has purchased a “disease” which scoots over the ground in a typical Doc Yack fashion. It is low, it is ffittle; it has the same chug and consumes the same amount of gasoline; it has punctures the same as Old Doc Yack’s antagonizer; its horn has the same clarion call and soon the figures 3-4-B.will be dangling beneath the pretty little structure. Mr. Platt is as fully a competent representative as His Honor.

ICE CREAM TAX HAS BEEN REPEALED.

Washington, July 28.—After almost two hours’ debate and while the temperature in the chamber was hovering around the 100 mark, the house today voted to repeal the 10 per cent tax on soda water. The house also passed, without a record vote, the bid for reduction of the war tax on fruit juices. All amendments Were rejected from the ibdll, .which applies to nonalcoholic beveragels, including loganberry, graije and apple juice.

POOR OLD JESS! RECEIVED BUT $68,500.

Taxes levied by the government on the SIOO,OOO which Jess Willard received for taking a beating from Jack Dempsey when he lost the heavyweight title decreased the amount to $68,500, according to figures 'announced by an internal revenue agent. Dempsey received $23,970 of the $27,500 called for in his contract.

BAND CONCERT PROGRAM WEDNESDAY, JULY 30.

March —National Emblem C. E. Bagley Fox Trot.—Chong.... Harold Weeks Overture —The Altar of Genius.. H. L. King Dances —Hungarian. Nos. 5 and 6 J. Brahms One Step—Arabian Nights ...; Wm. Hewitt Characteristic —Attaque des Marines C. Bohns Waltz —Blowing Bubbles E. Kellette Fox Trot —Sweet Siamese .Mary Earl March—Chicago Tribune... Wm. P. Chambers PROF. TONNER, Director.

NOTICE. We will continue repairing automobiles under the big tent just east of the old garage. After the new garage is up, «our tent will be for rent for the use ’of public sales arid other public meetings.—Kuboske & Walter. ■ An American loam of’ $100,000,000 has been obtained by Martin Nordegg, representing the Deutsche Bank of Berlin, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Berlin. It was said 10 per cent o< the loan would be deposited in foreign bonds to the German (bank’s credit. «„ ~ I I - -I ■■■■■■- ( We will have a car of peaches -Wednesday and Thursday, July 30 land 31st. They will be fancy Albertas at $3.75 and $4.00 a bushel. ■ This will be your only chance to get fancy canning peaches this season I at’EGER’S GROCERY.

A team belonging to Roy Lewis broke the chain of monotony Monday afternoon by staging a runaway down Cullen street. The wagon drawn by the team was a new one and was damaged slightly when the bed was sent skidding over the brick pavement. I • Local merchants assert that business was never better than at the I present time. Everyone seems to have money and, having been edu* cated to high prices, is spending it | just as profusely as in the days of yore when prices were much lower. A car of fancy Alberta peaches for canning, Wednesday and Thursday, July 30 and 31st. Leave your orders and if the peaches are not fancy you will not have to take them.—EGER’S GROCERY. . ;—* The Home Economics club will hold its annual picnic at the Oscar Sauter farm, east of Rensselaer, Saturday evening, August -2. AH members and their families are invited to be present. Mrs. Joseph Sdheurick, Sr., was able to leave the hospital today.

RACE RIOTS CONTINUE ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE.

Chicago, July 28.—Seven persons were killed and more than two score wounded, many of them seriously, in a renewal of race rioting in the Chicago “black befit” tonight. For more than five hours the five mile area on the south side was a battle ground of scattered fights between whites and negroes and between poheemen and negroes who fired from housetops, from dark alleys and other points of vantage. The call for troops to quell the outbreaks resulted in four regiments of national guardsmen being mobilized, but at a late hour tonight they had not been dispatched to the disturbed district, and Chief of Police Garrity expressed the belief that the worst of the disorder had passed. Five of the dead are negroes and two are whites. The wounded, in most cases, were hurried to hospitals after which they were removed to their homes when conditions permitted.

ONE THING RENSSELAER NEEDS

There are several .things that Rensselaer is in need of, such as a community building of a sufficient size to provide for all who care to attend meetings of .interest to the community in general. Rensselaer needs a brand new playhouse and a new city hall. Plans for the' building of the latter have already .been proposed.. Another thing Rensseliaer needs and something that can be had for a far less financial outlay, is a municipal swimming' pool to which the citizens Could go and enjoy themselves during the hot summer months. The need of such an amusement place here was never more apparent (than it has been during the past few weeks.' Tired, perspiring business tmen and youths .have sought relief by going to nearby bathing resorts. Their .trips have taken them to Monon, Wolcott, Cedar Lake and the Kankakee river, and in some cases drives have been made as far as Miller Beach, near Gary, for the privilege of cooling 'off. There is no more healthful, invigorating sport than swimming and it is a sport that may 'be indulged in by aIKL It is too bad that Rensselaer citizens must forego the pleasure of such a sport when a swimming pool could be erected for such a small sum. Surely, of some one Would take an interest in the matter of providing a swimming pool, they would meet with a liberal response on the part of the citizens in a financial way. It would be a community enterprise in Which all could easily help and one which would be a source of much pride to all, as well as adding to .the popularity of the city. , Such a venture .has been discussed many times before, and a few years ago the city coundil agreed to donate a plot of ground near the .river for the erection of a pool thereon. No doubt the offer still stands and it would seem that the citizens should take advantage of the offer and see that the city does not pass another summer without such a pleasure-giving enterprise..

BAND CONCERT TO START AN HOUR LATER FROM NOW ON.

In order that the farmers may be given more time to do their evening work and still reach the city in time for the beginning of the weekly band concerts, it has been decided by the directors of the 'band to be- - gin the concerts one hour later during the remainder of the summer. Heretofore the concerts started at 8 o’clock, which will make the new starting hour 9 o’clock.

HOT SPELL BROKEN AS RAIN COMES TO RELIEF.

The back of the hot spell, in evidence these many days, was broken Monday evening when a cool, refreshing and much needed rain put in an appearance, giving the parched earth new life. However, not nearly as much rain fell as was desired and the earth quickly drank up all that fell. It served as a welcome respite and stayed the backward march of the crops for the time being at least. It is to be .hoped that more will fall soon, but the forecast is for warmer weather.

THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indited: Max. Mm. July 29 ..,.101 67

PLACE FERTILIZER ORDERS NOW.

Farmers desiring to use commercial fertilizers this fall should place their orders at once with the Farmers’ Grain company. Please give this matter your immediate attention so we may be able jo care for your warfts in this line.i—-H. H. Potter, Manager Farmers’ Grain company.

Van R. Grant, injured fire -fighter, is able to be ahQut again. William Traub is in Chicago on a three r days’ (business trip.

Following Fall M’d’se is now in TUdcwea/i Leather Jackets, Shoes are in transit

TOBACCO USERS IN ITALY SUFFER FROM HIGH COSTS.

While Americans complain of the advance of 1 “and 2 cents in the price of cigar® and cigarettes, the prices in Italy have advanced ten and twenty times what they formerly were. Cigarettes of the cheapest varieties, which sold before the war for 2 »cents a box, now sell for 20 cents and sometimes 30 cents. Cigars have mounted in price almost to the point where .they are unmarketable. Besides the difficulty of importing tobacco—which, of course, adds considerable to the price—there is increased taxation upon it. The governmental income from tobacco in pre-war days amounted to approximately $75,000,000 annually. During the last fiscal year tobacco users (have paid the government $170,000,000, wfcfile for the next year the budget anticipates a revenue from tobacco of nearly $300,000,000. The latter wiiiM be onesixth of the entire budget.

ATTENTION, LAND BUYERS! I am making regular trips to South Bend and woul be pleased to have persons interested in buying land in that part of the state accompany me.- —HARRY SWARTZELL, ’phone 947-1.

J. J. MILLER CEMENT CONTRACTOR TELEPHONE 168

TO WATER PATRONS.

Waiter ordinance No. 168, section 8: “It shall 'be unlawful for any patron of the water department to sprinkle laiwns, gardens or streets more than two hours during any ohe day, and only between the hours of 6 o’clock a. m., and 8 o’clock a. m. and 4 o’clock p. m., and 8 o’clock p. m., and in case of fire it shall be unlawful for any' such patron to permit any faucet or hydrant to remain open and running for any use.” Section 22: “For violation of any section of this ordinance, the offender dhaH 'be liable to a penality of not less than one dollar n«r more than fifty dollars.” City Water and Light, by C. S. Chamberlain, Superintendent.

GAYETY VAUDEVILLE SEASON TO OPEN.

The vaudeville season will open at the Gayety Theatre Friday arid Saturday nights. Those who attend can depend upon these being very high class attractions.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS! / National League. New York, 7; Brooklyn, 4. Boston, 5; Philadelphia, 3. Cincinnati, 8; Pittsburg, 7. Chicago-St. Louis, rain. American League. Boston, 5; New Yost, 1. > No other games scheduled.

CHILD'S MURDERER QUICKLY INDICTED.

Chicago, July 28.—Within an ‘hour after a coronor’s jury had held Thomas Fitzgerald, confessed murderer of six-year-old Janet Wilkinson, to the grand jury, the latter returned an indictment in the criminal count charging Fitzgerald with the murder, and asking for a speedy triad. Assistant State’s Attorney James O’Brien said that as soon aa counsel could he obtained for Fitzgerald the case would be brought to trial. Fitzgeradd yesterday confessed that he had strangled Janet, a neighbor’s child, to death x last Tuesday and later led officers to the body, which he had buried under a pile of coal in the basement of the apartment in which he lived. Mrs. Muriel Fitzgerald, his wife, who had been held by the police, was released this afternoon. Police warned her against returning to her home at this time, as feeling against her husband was running high in the neighborhood. Latter, she decided to remain in custody of the police until tomorrow.

HARRY GIFFORD BUYS S. S. SHEDD PROPERTY.

Harry Gifford has purchased of Mirs. S. S. Shedd her fine residence and five-acre tract of land at the south end of CuHtan street This is one of Rensselaer’s most elegant and commodious residences. It is prominently and conveniently located. The consideration was SIO,OOO. Mr. Gifford is to get possession by September 1. In the meantime he wild move into Mrs. Stockton’s property on South McKinley avenue. The property in which Mr. Gifford lives is owned by Col. George H. Healey, and his wife and children who have been here for some time are very anxious to move into the same. will possibly buy other property here or she may erect a bungalow.

GREAT SHORTAGE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOR.

A shortage of agricultural labor as well as common labor in the western states and a general surplus of men off professional and technical training and of clerks were noted as the outstanding featunft of the present employment situation in the United States hr the annual report of the division of operations of the federal employment srevice, made public yesterday. Surplus office help was attributed chiefly to the desire of many persons formerly engaged as laborers or mechanics to secure clerical employment while holding up of new industrial projects pending ratification of the peace treaty and clarification of industrial conditions was ascribed as the cause of the surplus of men of executive and professional and technical abilities.

MAY WEAR UNIFORMS ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

The war department has issued a circular advising honorably discharged soldiers that they are entitled Ito wear their uniform on special occasions, such as parades, patriotic celebrations, etc. The circular was issued because of numerous requests from discharged soldiers for such information. An act passed by (the last congress aßowed honorably discharged men in the military service, including the navy and marine corps, to retain one complete uniform and authorized it to 'be worn after the men had returned to private fife.

If you are going to want any •fancy peaches for canning, come Thursday morning, July 31st — EGER’S GROCERY.

AT THE CT ARTHE* TD,: THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES - TONIGHT - J. Barney Sherry “Who” Killed Walton?" ALSO KEYSTONE COMEDY “Oriental Love” WEDNESDAY THE FAMOUS Doily Sisters “The Million Dollar Dollies” An Elaborate Photoplay of »urp*Ming beauty and romance. • ■ \ THURSDAY Claire Anderson “The Grey - Parasol* ALSO A COMEDY

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