Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1919 — Page 1

No. 235.

of rugs inf the city. ■ Allsizes and all grades. You can buy a rug this fall at least 15% cheaper than you can buy the same rug next spring. • - • ■ W. 1 WRIGHT Rensselaer Indiana

A FINE LOAF--O’RILEY’S GOLDEN LOAF BREAD A lovely, big, loaf of most excellent bread.. It keeps well and “eats” fine. Of all breads the Golden Loaf is first choice. Just t*;■• ; ; 7 . Try It. O’RILEY Quality Baker

MONDAY GRAIN MARKET.

Oats, 63c. C0rn,1.32. Rye, SIJ27. Wheat, No. 1, $2.11; other grades lower.

NOTICE. All the soits contesting the will of the late Benjamin J. Gifford, are now disposed of, and I am in a position to sell land. I have yet unsold several hundred acres of good land located in Jasper and Lake counties, which I will sell as executor on reasonable terms, but cannot take any trade. Call at my office or at the office of T. M. Callahan, at Rensselaer, Indiana, for particulars. --- ' ’ - GEO. H. GIFFORD, Executor. I will offer for sale at the Samuel Holmes sale on October 1 an extra good Shetland pony, Harness and buggy.—Francis Walter. Nucoa Nut, 35 cents at Murphy’s. ’Phone 71.

PRINCESS THEATRE Matinee—2:l6. Night—7:ls. —TONIGHT— Priscilla Dean -in- ' I "Kiss o’ Kill”

TUESDAY ’ Shirley Mason “The Finaiciose-Up” • I 7T ~ 7 : r WEDNESDAY I Tom Moore “Just for*Tonight”

The Evening Republican.

Mrs. Peckham announces special courses in voice culture The old Italian method as well as the most approved modem training will be used both in technique and interpretation. Special attention given to correcting mannerisms; to giving definite- instruotion-in platform art ence. Voices tried without charge. Hour for interviews at the Methodlist church parlors this week 1 o’clock, Wednesdays excepted. Telephone 455.

Cream, 60c, Eggs, 45c. i ...... Hens, 21c. Fries, 20c. Cocks, 13 c. Ducks, 16c. Geese, 12c.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Min. September 28 -72 55 September 29 78 69

Just received, large shipments of Goodyear tires and Eveready Storage Batteries. Best in their field. MAIN GARAGE. -

THURSDAY Constance Talmadge •A “Happiness a la

VISIT JOHN WERNER The Tailor in his NEW APART ENTS over the POST OFFICE HIGHGRADE A Gentlemen Tailoring _ Alw i ’ Dry Cleaning and Pressing

VOCAL MUSIC.

MONDAY PRODUCE MARKET.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, SEPT. 29, 1919.

ALBERT BRANCH IS SUCCEEDING IN CALIFORNIA.

The following are extracts from a letter written by A,L.:B»anch, formerly a very successful business man of this city who is now located in Stockton, Calif.: Aetna and I, together with my brother and family spent a month at Santa Gruz, an ocean summer resort. lam feeling much better than before taking my vacation. You spoke of the progress of Rensselaer, of which I am glad to know. Coming west has been a great thing for me. The property I have bought here has doubled many times in value. A lot by the side of the one I bought for $3,500 is now worth $15,000. I built an apartment house on my lot and get a rental of over SSOO per month. I could tell you some great stories of the productive value of the land in this valley. A man who lives just across the street from me has ten acres in onions. He averaged four hundred sacks to the acre and got on an average of $4.00 per sack,' which netted him $16,000. There is river land here which rents for SSO per acre, cash. This land is planted in potatoes, onions, and asparagus. The opportunities in this country are great. lam glad Fred is out here, for I feel confident if he lives here a few years he will become a booster for California and will probably be the meansbf inf Iu - encing his parents to give up thecold winters of Indiana for tlje balmy air of California. _ Woodrow Wilson paid us a visit this morning for thirty or forty minutes at the statiOTZ“rrTr3ave=3iot fully decided whether he is right on the league of nations or not, but, of course, our next president will be Hiram Johnson, of California! Aetna and I have often spoken of the resemblance of -Hiram Johnson and L. H. Hamilton. He (of course Mr. Branch means Hiram) was a great man as governor of California, whether he ever becomes president or not. Sincerely, A. L. Branch and family.

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., Sept. 28. President Wilson returned from his western tour suffering from a serious, though not alarming, nervous breakdovgi. He was able to go driving late in the afternoon, but retired early and was allowed to receive no callers. Dr. Grayson said that he would endeavor to prevent the president from transacting any public business or conferring with senators until he regains his strength. —o— As an illustration of the use of American troops to guarantee territorial integrity of European states without the consent of congress the operations of American marines against the Italians at Trau will figure in the senate debate on the league of nations. X The American marines are said to have chased the Italians out of Trau at the command of the British admiralty, which is directing allied naval operations. —o•— RHrnardßarachis_scheduledYui chairman of the president’s conference of the representatives of capital and labor and has promised the farmers a larger representation in the body. President Wilson has protested ‘ against the ’ Anglo-Persian treaty, . placing Persia under the domination of Great Britain, but the state department declines to make public the correspondence. —o —' The league of nations may be called upontosettle the boundary dispute between Chile and Peru.

JIM DOWNEY CELEBRATES 41ST DIAMOND SEASON.

Having played base ball for forty-one consecutive years is the record of James Downey, of Monticello, who celebrated his fifty-fifth anniversary of his birth Sunday. In honor of the occasion the Monticello baseball team met the Buffalo’ club at Monticello. Mr. Downey spent his boyhood days in Buffalo and began his career as a ball player there when he was fourteen years of age. Mr. Downey has managed a base ball team in Monticello for many years, but resigned early this season, and has, he played his last season. Many fans attended the game to pay tribute to .the veteran diamond performer.

Mr. Downey is well known here and at one time had several local players as members of his team. .

INFLUENZA CLAIMS LITTLE GIRL IN HANGING GROVE.

Dena May, the 16-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Brown, of Hanging Grove township, died Sunday after an illness of about two weeks with intestinal influenza. The funeral services were held this afternoon at the Christian church in this city and interment was made in Weston cemetery;

SUGAR SHORTAGE HERE.

Rensselaer not to be out of style is enjoying a quite severely stringent sugar shortage. Many of the stares are entirely out of sugar.

GEORGE MOSS IS INNOCENT

REFUSED TO BE A PARTY TO WILDCAT CAREER PROPOSED BY FRENCH. The following article is taken from the Frankfort Crescent-News, of which Col. George H. Healey is the editor. The article-, appeared in that paper under date of September 26 and will be pleasing news to the many Rensselaer friends of Mr. and Mrs. Moss, both of whom were reared in this county and were members of two of Jasper county’s very best families. H. C. Sheridan, attorney for George V. Moss, and Markwood Slipher made a trip to Chicago the earlier part of the week and it will 'be gratifying to the acquaintances of these gentlemen to learn that the information he obtained and which confirmed their statements shows no connection in any manner with C. W. French that was not entirely proper and 'there should be no trouble to entirely exonerate them when the case comes to trial and they are anxious that it shall be tried without delay. - Not only were they in no manner connected with any of the questionable transactions that resulted in the indictment of French, but it is entirely probable that the refusal of ■ Messrs. Moss and Slipher to permit French to indulge in some attempted high finance in connection with the concern with which they were connected was largely responsible for bringing French’s career to an end. The facts as ascertained by AttorThey had known French for some time and he was apparently in good financial standing when he organized a Motor transit company, which proposed the construction of a motor roadway "for truck transportation out of Mt. Carmel, 111. They were asked by H. P. Leavitt, a Chicago lawyer, to permit the temporary use of their names as trustees of the company. They did so and attended a meeting of the proposed company for the purpose of organization. The plan proposed was the issuing of 2,000,000 shares of common stock, which was to sell for 10 cents a share, the money thus raised to be held in trust by the board of trustees until the plans could be made for selling preferred stock for construction purposes.

The company was not incorporated and the trustees did not authorize the issue of the stock and so far as Messrs. Moss and Slipher are concerned the proposition rested at that point until last April, when : dr. Moss met Leavitt in Chicago and was informed by him that Mr. French was in Califofnia in an effort to dispose of $2,000,000 worth of paper for a Chicago brokerage firm styled Collins & Co. Leavitt said that California creditors had asked for additional security in the handling of the Collins matter and hat French had offered to put up two million shares of stock in the' transit company.- : T4r; ? Moss told Leavitt that the stock in the transit company was valueless and that it could not be utilized without making it worth what it was proposed to sell for. He wrote to French after returning to Frankfort and informed him that his proposition smacked of high finance and that it would not be tolerated by himself or Mr. Slipher. French replied and sent his letter through Mr. Leavitt, of Chicago, to be shown to the other trustees before being sent to Mr. Moss. It ridiculed the protest of Mr. and suggested that he, French, needed no advice on the business • he was proposing in , fornia. Mr. Moss again—wrote To French and an exchange of letters in which Moss defied French in the matter of putting up the transit company’s Stock unless it included a plan to protect that company by depositing to its credit $200,000 which the stock was to bring upon sale. French did not do this but later returned to Chicago and there Moss and Slipher met. him and other trustees of the transit company for a conference. It was arranged by Moss and Slipher that they would retire from the company and they so informed French. He was very ifidignant and created quite a scene at the meeting, but Moss and Slipher stood firmly by their decision. It was not long after this meeting that French was exposed .because of his illegal transactions. Indictments were returned against him and also against a number of his business associates, including those whose names were employed as trustees of the transit company. While the facts show nothing whatever against Messrs. Moss and Slipher, they will be compelled to go to some expense in making their defense and the unfavorable publicity given the case is extremely embarrassing to them. Fortunately Mr, Moss has a complete file of the correspondence with French, showing his insistence that the transit company could not be used as. a means of floating other securities, I and when these are introduced there is little doubt.that complete exoneration will come to the Frankfort men. Not only is this their due, bat

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also they are deserving of commendation for 'having been instrumental in bringing French to the end of what seems to be a career in high finance that was largely wildcat.

BURRIS’ BOND PLACED AT $2,500; PLEADS NOT GUILTY.

John Burris, brought here from Danville, 111., and lodged in jail on a charge of having committed a criminal assault upon the person of Edith Smith, a 16-year-old girl, was arraigned before Judge Hanley shortly after noon Saturday, at which time he entered a plea of not guilty. His bond was set at $2,500. So far the defendant has been unsuccessful in providing bond and continues to make his home at the jail. It is thought, however, that a sister living in Illinois will be here today to go on his bond. Burris’ case has been set for trial Thursday of this week.

OBITUARY.

=^hristian"H^^afiegg F=i vv^ = born near Berne, Switzerland, August 22, 1858, and died at Payton, Colo., where he had gone to visit with his daughter, Mrs. Burlie Herrod. He was stricken with paralysis and died September 21, 1919, at the age of 61 years and 29 days. He was united in marriage to Mary Ann Gurtner February 5, 1880, who preceded him to the great beyond December 26, 1916. To this union were born seven children, one son, William, dying January 2, 1902. He leaves to mourn their loss six children, Chris Morganegg, of Briston, Ill.; Mrs. -LeslieT'Schreiner, of near Moody, Ind.; Mrs. Burlie Herrod, of Payton, Colo.; Mrs. Frank Brown, Eva and Anna, who live at home; fifteen grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends who will greatly miss him among their midst.

ORGANIZING TRAINING CLASS.

A meeting will be held at the Christian church this Monday _eyerang for the purpose of organizing a class in teacher training. Anyone from any of the churches who desires to take the training work is invited to come this evening at 7:30 o’clock. The time, place and teacher will be chosen.

WAIT! WAIT!

For car load of extra fancy Early Ohio potatoes which will arrive in a few days. Samples of these potatoes may be seen in the First National bank. They are guaranteed to be of the very best quality.— CHARLES PEFLEY.

ABE MARTIN.

[lndianapolis News ] t Most of us are opposed t eveFthing we can’t run. Tell Binkley stays he saw a naturally purty girl on th’ street t’day. ,

THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Rain tonight, except fair southwest portion; cooler. Tuesday, fair and cooler.

“KATCHA-KOO” COMING.

Brilliant Amateur Production I» the Leading Topic of Interest Tickets for “Katcha-Koo” are selling like hot cakes on a cold day —who has not heard of this brilliant, spectacular and above all unique production winch is to be given at the Gayety Thursday and Friday as a benefit for the charity board. “Katcha-Koo” brings with it the atmosphere of the far east. It carries the audience from the palace of the Maharajah of Hunga—an East Indiana potentate—back to New York City. There is something doing every minute —those who have seen the rehearsals declare that such a thing as a “dullspot” is positively unknown. In addition to the story itself—an hilarious farce-comedy, by the way—the pageantry, taWeaxu and scenic- effects will leave nothing to be desired. It is said by those who have had a peep “behind scenes” that the costuming is really superb. That the play, enlisting as it does," the services of the best talent in the city—and with an expert professional director in charge—will be an artistic success goes without saying—but there are other cpnsiderationsof importance.lt is the intention of the committee to sell every seat in the house for each performance. This means hard work on the part ofail, butent indications their desire will be realized and the charity board will receive a nice sum, as the proceeds from the play will be turned over to that worthy cause.— - --"~

MONDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Oren Parker underwent an operation for appendicitis Saturday. He is getting along nicely. Clarence Holliday, of Kersey, had bis tonsils removed Satuiday and returned to his home Sunday. Mrs. S. B. Bell entered the hospital Saturday for iriedical attention. Her condition is not serious. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harmon Sunday, September 28. . Mis. Bert Campbell Winainsabout the same. Clarence Rush underwent a slight operation this forenoon and . was able to go to his home immediately afterwards. The following are reported as Mrs. Bradford Poole-,-Mrs. George Fulk, Mrs. Alfred Fairchilds, Curtis Gifford, Ira Dewey, Raymond Messinger and Earl Adams.

TRINITY CHURCH HAS VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

Dr. W. E. McKenzie, superintendent of the Lafayette district of the northwestern Indiana conference, delivered the sermon Sunday morning at the Trinity M.E. church in this city, and also presided at the quarterly conference held Sunday afternoon. The church has made a splendid showing this year and its finances are in excellent condition, all obligations having been discharged. The church has contributed largely to the benevolences and this year’s record is possibly one of the very best in its history. Dr. McKenzie preached at McCoysburg in the evening. The Rev. E. W. Strecker will attend the annual meeting of the northwest Indiana conference which will be held in Frankfort this year. It is understood that it is the will of the congregation that he be returned here to this charge another year, and this will undoubtedly be the decision of the bishop in charge. The Frankfort Crescent-News, of which Col. George H. Healey is the editor, issued the programs for this conference, and the pamphlet was a very neat one.

WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST. Generally fair; temperature be*-, low normal early days, with frost probable, nearly normal thereafter.

AT THE 3 STAR THEATRE THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES -TONIGHTSee Hale Hamilton The Breezy Comedy Drama „ “That’s Good” An Exceptional Offering TUESDAY Pauline Frederic Highly Sensational * 1 i i .. 7■' l 1 „ .'"-.'‘y WEDNESDAY J. Warren Karrigan “Three-XGordon”

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