Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 182, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1919 — Page 1

No. 182.

Day Beds Something New Day-beds, complete with felt mattress and pillow with fancy cretonne covering. W. J. WRIGHT

Human and Cordial Relations With Customers 'I. ' < It is the constant endeavor of this Bank to make its relations with customers and the public really human and cordial, not merely formal and perfunctory. Bring your business and financial matters to us, you may be sure that it will be fully appreciated. ■ • ■ Opens 9to 11:45 a. m. 1:00 to 4:00 p. m. _ and on Wednesday and Saturday 8:00 to 9:30 p. m. First National Bank

MONEY TO LOAN ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN.

Parties desiring ito build new homes, Lor to purchase hoopes and pay <for them in the same manner that rents are paid, should call on me for an interview on the very best and easiest plan for getting a home instead off paying rent, and having nothing to show for it. A great many homes are now being paid for by this installment plan, and now that rents are so high everyone Should investigate the opportunities to buy instead of renting. v ’ Call on me at my office in the Odd Fellows’ building. ARTHUR H. HOPKINS.

Orders now being taken for fall delivery from the Guaranteed Nursery company. Stock failing to live replaced free. Charles Pefley.

PRINCESS THEATRE —TONIGHT—"Eyes of the World” The most popular love and adventure story of the times translated into nine splendid acts- of motion pictures. i Matinee, 25c; war tax 3c; adults, 28c; children 15c, war tax 2c, 17c. 39c. Children 25c, war tax 3c, 28c.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, Enid Bennett "Partners Three” She wax cold to all love; she had worked in the cabarets too long to think that there was such a thing. Then a jnan came on the scorched Arizona desert. Blase as she was—that’s the big surprise in Tartaers Three,” Don’t miss this one.

The Evening Republican.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: , Max. Min. August 3 85 52 August 4 86 71

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, Lina Cavalieri "The Two Brides” She thought he was trying to buy her like so much dry-goods because she was an artist’s model. But he wasn’t. To convince her was the job, though! He had a predicament to get out of! Can you suggest any better method than he.used7 /Perhaps you can after you see “The Two Brides.” GOOD COMEDY

MONDAY PRODUCE MARKET.

Cream, 54c. Eggs, 39c. Fries, 30c. Hens, 25c. Cocks, 13c.

MONDAY’S GRAIN MARKET.

Oats, 67c. lOorn, $1.83. Rye, $1.44. Wheat, No. 1, $2.11. No. 2, $2.08. No. 3, $2.04.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919.

HOME UNDER LOCAL FIRE

RESTRAINING ORDER LODGED AGAINST PLYMOUTH ORPHANAGE BY HOME COUNTY.

Plymouth, Ind., August 1. —Suit by injunction to restrain the board of Marshall county commissioners from paying further moneys to Julia E. Work, for the care, training, or discipline of delinquent, dependent or orphan children at what is known as the Julia E. Work Training school, sometimes designated as “Brightside,” north of here, and to restrain said Julia E. "Work from receiving any moneys from the county, for such purposes’, was instituted in the circuit court here yesterday. A restraining order is also askpd against said. Julia E. Work further advertising said institution as an orphans’ home, or training school, declaring that it is not properly organized or incorporated a|s either, under the state laws, and is not entitled to public patronage or support under the laws of Indiana, and that Mrs. Work, the matron, is an unfit person to have charge of dependent, delinquent or orphan children under court decrees. Tells How She’s Paid. William O’Keefe appears as the plaintiff, in the petition for the injunction, and is represented by J. W. Kiltch and Martindale & Martindale, attorneys, though it is reported that a considerable number of the citizens of Plymouth and Marshall county are back of the proceedings. Mr. O’Keefe institutes the suit as a citizen and a taxpayer. He sets for that a contract has been entered into between the board of commissioners and Julia E. Work by which the latter is paid 50 cents per day for the care and training of each of the children entrusted to her by the courts of Marshall county, and it is to restrain further payments under such contract that the suit is brought. It is contended that the contract is illegal and void for the reason that “Brightside,” so-called, or the Julia E. Work orphanage or training school, is not a legally organized orphanage or training school, but is a private institution, operated for profit. Children Treated Cruelly. The petition recites the accumulation of a considerable amount of wealth by Mrs. Work, on the profits of “Brightside,” and .points out that these .profits have been accumulating, “orphan, dependent, and delinquent children have been * * * * most cruelly treated * * *; that they have been under-fed and food they get is so nauseating to many of the children that they cannot eat it and therefore go hungry for days, weeks and months; that when an inmate does not eat the food that is placed before it any meal, the food is set back and returned to it for the next meal and this plan is followed until starvation compels the child to eat; that the quantity of food is entirely insufficient to support a growing child, and the quality is stale, unpalatable, and unwholesome.” ' . ~

Proceeding to show that the institution has been operated for-profit and the extent of it, the petition sets forth (that the so-called “home” started with 17 acres of Hnd with a modest house and bam, but that the i acres have been increased to 200, and the buildings to several, at a I cost of $25,000 to $30,000, practically all derived from moneys paid /Mrs. Work for the care and custody of children; that the “(buildings in which said children are forced to dwell are all' wooden buildings, and i are unsafe, unsanitary and veritable fire traps; that large numbers of children, as many as fifty or more, are crowded in one small room, locked in part of the day and at nights compelled to sit in rows for hours and are not allowed to converse with each other except in a whisper.” It is asserted that the 1 rooms are lacking in air and ventilation and that inmates are required jto go for long periods without

'water. • . School Township Affair. Further complaint is made that ■the only schooling given inmates of this “training school” is provided at the district School of Center township, winch is appropriated without cost to Mrs. Work, and conducted at the expense of the township; that complaints and protests have repeatedly been made to the county commissioners and the state board of corrections and charities, but have brought no honest or efficient investigation; that children are placed in the institution, not only from Marshall county, but from other counties of the state, and that Mrs. Wonk should be restrained from advertising her business in such false colors as alleged, bringing such business to her from such counties. The petition asks that the restraints therein prayed for be made perpetual, but there will probably be no hearing until the September term of court, Judge Stevens now being on 'his vacation. Parties (back of the proceedings assert that there will be plenty of evidence to back up the charges made therein, notable, among which will be the testimony of Capt. A. E. Trevitt, representing the 'board of guardians of LaPorte county;

MRS. W. H. BEAM PASSES AWAY

BELOVED MOTHER DIES FROM EFFECTS OF SERIOUS OPERATION. Mrs. W. H. Beam died at the hospital in this city at 6:45 o’clock this Monday morning. She had undergone an operation for intestinal obstruction last Thursday. Her condition was found to be very bad at the time of the operation and her physicians seemed to hold out but little hope of her recovery. She was a woman of remarkable vitality and Friday her condition was such that relatives felt somewhat encouraged. Saturday her condition was not so favorable. Sunday she ibecarfie much worse and it was evident that she could not long survive. Mrs. Beam was so well known and so universally admired, being a woman of strong personality and of Charming disposition, that her death is a very great shock to this city. The passing of no other person in this community would sadden more hearts than has the death of this large-hearted mother. She is survived by her husband, three sons and three daughters, all of whom are here to share with one another this the deepest sorrow of their lives. The funeral may ibe held Wednesday, but no definite arrangements have been made at this time as a number of relatives have not been heard from.

Sheriff True Woodworth and C. M. Sands, probation officer, both of Jasper county, and a number of children who have been taken from the place during the past few weeks, through the appointment of guardians and withdrawal by parents. Get Former Record. Correspondence received here with reference to Mrs. Work’s fitness to conduct such an institution as “Brightside” is advertised to be, comes from LaPorte and Mishawaka, Ind., where she formerly operated in a similar capacity. She was one of the oiganizers of the South Bend and Mishawaka Orphans’ home, started in 1892 by the Mishawaka W. C. T. U., Of Which she was a member. Later, Mrs. Abbie Lugee, of LaPorte left $7,000 to the home and LaPorte people wanted it moved (to that city, whereupon Mrs. Work, then in charge, packed everything up and got ready to move, before the >oard knew anything about it. It required the services of an attorney to stop Mrs. Work in her plans, and though she left, going to LaPorte, the children and home were left behind. Mirs. J. M. Studebaker, widow of the late wagonmaker, was elected president of the South Bend-Mishawaka society to succeed her. Members of the Mishawaka board offered to testify in the injunction su|t if needed. One of them says, “when Mrs. Work left here for LaPorte, it was found that the children had been slept on straw piles and that bed bugs and lice were in abundance.”

— The conditions which existed at the school .and which are responsible for the above action on the part of the Marshall county authorities were first told of through the colilmns of The Republican, following reports of Sheriff Woodworth and Probation Officer C. M. Sands, who visited th esehool recently. Their sensational charges caused a sensation and many of the large city dailies featured the exposure.

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HOSPITAL TRUSTEES’ REPORT.

■Following is the report of the board of trustees of the Jasper county hospital for the year ending July 31, 1919: To the honorable board of county commissioners: Gentlemen: We take pleasure in handing you herewith a report of our stewardship for’the past year: The receipts amount to $11,905.50. The expenditures amount to $12,774.69. We wish to state that the deficit for the period from January 1, 1919, to August 1, 1919, was only $73.96. The expenditures are divided as follows: (Salaries, $7,157.43; supplies, $4,771.33; repairs and improvements, $739.90; permanent equipment, $106.03. The board, superintendent and nurses have tried to give the patrops the very best service and yet as reasonably as possible. We have not raised the prices and feel that we have made a splendid record in the face of soaring prices of supplies and salaries. We have charged off on a|ccount of dharity $386.00. • Number of patients admitted during the year, 461, 164 of which were surgical patients and 297 medical. Influenza patients, 201. Babies born, 28. We are badly in need of more room to care for maternity cases and a nursery. We should also have a cottage for tuberculosis patients. We are using a tent house for this purpose. (Respectfully submitted, Trustee Jasper County Hospital, By J. D. Allman, Chairman.

SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT IS THE IN NEBRASKA.

Lincoln, Neb., August 2,—Neibraska today joined the list of states that (have ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment when the houses of ithe state legislature, by a vote of 94 to 0,, passed a joint resolution providing ratification. The senate voted for ratification on Thursday of this week, 27 ito 0. Nebraska is the fourteenth I state to ratify.

IT’S A WONDERFUL AGE IN WHICH WE LIVE, BUT—

I miss that oil that didn’t carbon. I miss that gas a car would start on. I miss those drinks that used to trickle. I miss those high ones for a nickel. I miss sweet peace and all its iblisses. I miss those days of stealing kisses. I miss the skirts that made ’em hobble. I miss tight waists that made ’em wobble. I miss that syncopated dancing. I wish I could get some cars from L&nsing, cause when you’re out of Oldsmobiles you’re out of luck. —Hugh Kirk.

METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.

The official board will meet this evening at 8 o’clock at the church. The members are urgently requested to be present. A. Turfler staked Saturday evening on a trip to Boulder, Colo., where he is to address the stateconvention of osteopaths on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons of this week. He will probably visit a brother in Kansas City on his return trip. He expects to be home the first of next week.

! " f HE~ WEATHER. i‘ : - i Forecast for Indiana: Partly cloudy; probably and thunderstorms in north portion tonight «nd Tuesday. Not much change in (temperature. ■ .4*

OATS YIELD REPORTS SHOW ONLY A FAIR CROP.

* Farmers for the most part are binning their oats and the local elevators report that' no considerable amount of oats have been marketed here this season. However, meagre reports show that the average yield will run better than thirty bushels, which is not at all bad considering the dry weather we have had. The 1 quality is very good. [ Joseph Naigel, Sr., reports a yield of forty-seven bushels ,pdr acre for seventy acres, which graded thirty - two pounds per bushel. Frank Kanne states that his yield was slightly better than forty bushI els. Some other good yields of from .thirty-five to forty bushels have been reported. Carpenter township is averaging thirty-five to forty-five bushels. Tom May has a yield of forty-five bushels and George Wood of forty bushels. Floyd Gratner has the best yield reported to date with forty-eight bushels per acre. Gifford farmers find the average between thirty and thirty-five bushels, and the same condition is found in Kankakee township.

THE OLD FARM IS DEARER THAN EVER.

Lowell, Ind., August 2.—Regret over selling the old homestead and premature homesickness which attacked every member of the family before the time came to move caused Fred Bowman to pay out SB,OOO in cold cash to have the deal ncdlftdL Mr. Bowman owns 160 acres of good farming land in West Creek township. He wanted to move to town. About a month ago 8., F. Carlin, one of the heavy Sand owners of the (township and president of the Lake county farm bureau, closed a deal for the place, paying S2OO ap acre. As. it dawned upon the Bowmans that they were soon to leave the old homestead they began to regret the transaction and before long the whole family was actually sick, just pure homesickness. Bowman was trying to persuade Carlin to call it all off, but Carlin had been wanting the place for a long time. However, when Boiwman finally offered him SB,OOO more than he received for the place Carlin could no longer object and Bowman now owns the land once more. He bought it back at $250 per acre, which’ is a fair price for West Creek land.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

1 F 1 ’”’ Isaac J. Clark to Nellie B. Shrimplin, July 16, se nw, 24-28-6, 40 acres, Jordan, >1,200. Margaretta E. Otis Ito Charles T. Otis, July 12, und 1-4 w 1-2 sw, ne sw, sw ne, e 1-2 nw sw nw, 3-31-7, Keener, sl. William G. Sage et ux to Charles T. Otis, July 19, und 1-4 w 1-2 sw, ne sw, sw ne, e 1-2 nw, sw nw, 3-31-7, Keener, >l. q. c. d. Elias Julian et ux to Guss R. Merritt, June 14, lit 10, n 1-2 it 11, W 17, Remington, $2,000. Edward Van Arsdel et ux to Thomas Hilton, July 17, pt Its 11, 14, bl 3, Rensselaer, Weston’s add., S9OO.

NEW SUITS FILED.

No. 9079. John Ulna et al vs. Barbara Kelley et al; suit to set aside conveyance of real estate. No. 9080. Charles Armstrong vs. Premier Stock Farms’ association, a corporation. Demand, $151.70.

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 and other public meetings.—Kuboske & Walter.

AT THE STAR THEATRE THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES - TONIGHT - May Allison —in— ‘ ' - "In for Thirty Days” A COMEDY DRAMA. TUESDAY Frances McDonald “Tony America*’ Also a Good Comedy WEDNESDAY J. Warren Kerrigan "Prisoners of , the Pines” --•-- .

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