Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1919 — Page 1

No. 237.

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BOYS, HERE’S GOOD NEWS! RADIO RESTRICTIONS OFF.

War time- restrictions governing the operation of radio stations and radio equipment by amateurs will be removed October 1, it was announced today at the navy department. The removal applies ,to technical and experimental stations at schools and colleges and to all other stations except those transmitting or receiving commercial traffic. The restrictions on commercial traffic /stations wall remain in effect until -ihe president proclaims peace.

CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our sincere thanks to our many friends for their kind words of love and sympathy following the death of our dear father. Especially do we want to thank the organist and the singers for their beautiful selections.—The Morganeggt Children.

Gayety Theatre Thursday and Friday October 2 and 3 Katcha-Koo (Cental Musical Comedy■ 150 IN CAST 150 GET YOUR TICKETS NOW Auspices Charity Board. Admission 35c and SOc.

COAL FAMINE THREATENED There is grave danger of a shortage of coal this winter BUY YOUR COAL NOW LABOR TROUBLE AND CAR SHORTAGE Is sure to cause a shortage of coal. We have a LARGE STOCK NOW Andean take care of you if you ' Will Place Your Order Now FARMERS GRAIN CO. Phone 7

PRINCESS THEATRE Matinee—2:ls. Night—7:ls. " —TONIGHT— Tom Moore “Just for Tonight”

THURSDAY y Constance Talmadge g n » “Happiness a la Mode”

The Evening Republican.

SELLS HAMPSHIRE BOAR FOR THOUSAND DOLLARS.

John R. Lewis, Jasper county’s famous breeder of Hampshire hogs, left Tuesday evening for Des Moines, lowa, where he will attend the National Swine show, which is the greatest show of its kind in the world. Mr. Lewis was at the Tri-State fair at Memphis, Tenn., last week and was a good winner as he has been at many other fairs this year. Some of his winnings were: Junior‘sow, first; aged sow, first; herd, second; junior board, third; under six months old boar, first; aged herd, second. At this fair Mr. Lewis sold one of his boars to the Cossett Hampshire Farms, Cossett, Ark., for ? 1,000. If you need a Duroc gilt or a Spotted Poland China gilt or sows, attend Duvall & Morlan’s public sale October 9 th.

FRIDAY Dorothy Dalton -in—- “ Extravagance” ” ' . ’ '*7 SATURDAY • Dorothy Phillips “Destiny”

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1, 1919.

TAX REFORM PLEDGE KEPT

NEW LAW FULFILLS REPUBLI- °=” CAN STATE PLATFORM'S PROMISE TO PEOPLE. How the Republican party has ; kept its platform pledges to reform taxation in Indiana and what effect the present reform tax law has on ’ intangible property assessments are presented in the most recent article i Carl H. Mote has prepared for the 1 republican state central committee, j “If the fulfillment of pledges and 1 promises made Lo—the voters of In- * diana counts as the people are inclined to believe, the Republican party should be able to :win a handsome victory in 1920,” writes Mr. Mote. “The Republican : party Will be able to go (before the voters in 1020 with a complete recI ord of promises fulfilled and pledges kept. I “The republican state platform in 1916 contained the following declarationon the subject of taxation: | ‘“We favor a constitutional irate and giving the legislature power ,tb effeS taxafioii”r3brm, ahd upon ! the adoption of such amendment, we 1 pledge our support to a thorough revision of our system of taxation to the end that all property and persons shall bear equitably the burden .oL. governmental suppbrt.L_2 “Every citizen 'of Indiana will remember that the legislature, of 1917 provided for a constitutional convention and that the provision of the legislature subsequently was set aside by the supreme court. The only remaining methodof changing the constitution was by.an amendment. While the proposal to provide a constitutional limitation on the rate of assessment was abandoned and a legislatuve limitation provided instead, the general assembly of 1919 adopted two joint resbTutibnsprovldfngf6r“anafnendment to the constitution, one of which, if adopted, will give the general assembly power to levy and collect taxes on incomes, and the other the power to provide by law for any system of taxation which it may consider equitable and fair. These amendments must await the approval of the legislature of 1921, and if approved, must be submitted to the voters of the state for their approval. Unless a special election should be held, the earliest possible date at which the amendment may be approved will be the general election of 1922. “The legislature of 1917 having failed in its immediate purpose of providing a thorough revision of our system of taxation, the legislature of 1919 did the next best thing. It provided the best tax law that could be devised under the constitution as it now stands. “This is true, because under the constitution as it now stands only a general property tax can be provided. The legislature has no power to classify property for purposes of lature of 1919 did. provide for a limitation upon the tax rate which will apply so long as the law is in force.

“In his address October 7, 1915, before the Corn Growers’ association at Lagrange, Governor Goodrich asserted that the increasing tax rate under the law of 1891 had driven intangible property froth the tax duplicate. It was the governor’s opinion that intangible property did not pay 5 per cent of the taxes. The high rate, the governor pointed out, tended to absorb the entire income from intangible property. Under the new tax law, the burden bn intangible property is certain to be much less than it was under the old

law, though the sfate'“wiirnever succeed probably in bringing out the intangible property and putting it on the tax duplicate until the legislature is able to classify property and to establish different rates for different kinds of property. “Demagogues maintain that this will be unfair- to the owners- of tangible property, though the answer is plain: If the owners of intangible property are taxed at a low rate — a rate they can afford to pay—they will to that extent relieve the burden on tangible property. In other words, the owners of tangible property will pay less taxes if the owners of intangible property pay some taxes at a low rate rather than if the owners of intangible property pay no taxes at a high rate; “At the time he affixed his signature to the present law, Governor Goodrich stated: ‘I have not believed nor <lO I now believe that a full solution of the tax question will be worked out in Indiana until a constitutional amendment is adopted giving the general assembly full power to deal with the tax question.’ “The governor did not believe the I reduction in the tax rate possible (under the law would bring upon the I duplicate ‘any substantial increase in but, he added, ‘it can not bring any'less,’ for, as he said, ‘intangible wealth was then paying less than 1 per cent of the taxes in Indiana.’ “The material reduction in the tax

REDS MASSACRE THE WHITE SOX

CICOTTE DRIVEN TO SHOWERS EARLY—SCOREi >1 IN THE FIFTH. FINAL SCORE. R. H. E. CHICAGO .■.■■■■■■..■..l6 1 CINCINNATI 914 1 TODAY’S LINEUP. • WHITE SOX BEDS J. Collina . ...rf Bath , .2b E. Collins .... 2b Daubart lb Weaver 3b Groh3b Jackson If Roush cf TMBch —..of Duncan ,If Gandll lb Xopf Bisberg Beale rs Schalk c Wingo c Cicotte p Buether p Time of game—2:oo p. m. Probable attendance—3s,ooo. Weather prediction Fair and warmer. Redland Field, 2:30 p. m.—-Eddie Cicotte, premier Chicago hurler, was greeted with an avalanche of bate hits by the Cincinnati Reds in the .opening inning of the first world’s counted five timet before Wilkinson, Sox rookiej to the aid of the badly bruised Cicotte. Wilkinson had permitted but one more Cincinnati run at tne ena or tne fifth inning. The Hose counted once—isr theTTthird. ■ Ruether is pitcbing for-Cincinnati with Wingo receiving. Score by innings: t B 9 Cincinnati .... .5 0 0 1 0 Chicago .......0 0 1 0 0

SUIT TO TEST TAX LAW.

Frankfort, Ind., September 29. .Declaring that the increase in assessments in Clinton county which was ordered last month by the state board of tax commissioners is unconstitutional and that the board has no right to classify property, an injunction has been asked by three property owners against the enforcement of the order in the Clinton circuit court here. Abraham A. and Charles McClamroch, brothers, and Elonzo V. Temple, large property owners of the county, are named as plaintiffs in the action, although the suit is being brought on behalf of all the taxpayers affected by the ruling. Edward Spray, county auditor, .And Oliver M. Roush, county treasurer, are named defendants. It is asked that the auditor be restrained from making the changes on the tax duplicates and that the treasurer be restrained from collecting the taxes as increased by the state .board. The suit affects practically every taxpayer in the county. Through the ruling of the state tax board Clinton county property owners would pay thousands of dollars more than would have been paid according to assessments made by the county officials.

LAKE COUNTY CASE BEFORE COURT.

The case of the disbarment of Lazar Saric, venued here from Lake county, was before the Court here today. Saric was an attorney at Indiana Harbor. He was winner in a former trial in Lake county and the prosecution obtained a new trial and the case was sent to this county. The attorneys for the prosecution were George Hershman, John Peterson and Otto Bruce, of Crown Point. Saric is represented by Joseph H. Conroy, of Hammond, and J. W. Brisey, of Indiana Harbor. Two local attorneys are assisting “in the case. Attorney Halleck aiding the prose cuti on and M oses Leopold appearing with the defense.

ADVERTISED LETTERS. Letters advertised for the week ending September 29, 1919: Recie Colby, Miss Rose Dunn, G. R. Dye, Mrs. Etta Grant, Miss Stella Miller, Mrs. John H. Moore, M. Myers, Mrs. R. H. Poscupile, ’ John Klein, Mrs. Ed Felton. The above letters will be sent to the dead letter office on October 13, 1919. LITTLEFIELD, - Postmaster.

WIMMIN’S WAYS

keep me guessing. Women are now wearing overalls around the garden. They call them farmerette costumes or some such name. They also wear men’s hats. A friend of mine was pulling weeds and I playfully slipped up behind him and gave him a swift kick. That’s where I found out about his wife’s new fad. Many a time I’ve felt cheap. This time I felt like a sliver standin’ by an Oldsmobile. —Hugh Kirk.

'Z r (X 1 ’ rate under the present law should bring out a considerable volume of intangible property, though the rate is still likely to absorb a far larger proportion of the income frona intangible property than its owners can afford to pay.”

llnde/wea'i UNION SUITS Cotton $2.25 Mixed $3.00 Pure Wool, $5 GRAY OR ECRU

CAN’T LIFT LID UNTIL TREATY IS RATIFIED.

Washington, D. C., Sept. 30. Although the wag department declared in a statement today that “the accidents of war.and the progress of demobilization are at an end,” war time prohibition cannot be lifted until after the ratification of the peace treaty, in the opinion of Attorney General Palmer. The prohibit! on law provides that it shall remain in force until after the termination of the war and the demobilization of the army. Mr. Palmer has held that the state of war does not end until the peace treaty has been ratified. President Wilson took a similar position in asking congress early in the year to repeal the war time prohibition law in so far as it affected light wines and beer.

TO GO BACK TO OLD TIME OCTOBER 25.

Many inquiries have come to the Republican office regarding the date at which time the country will return to the old time, before the daylight saving law went into effect. .According to the congressional act, the date that has been fixed for the return to the old time is midnight of 'Saturday, October 25th. At that time all clocks in the country should be set back one hour, and if every one does this there will be no confusion whatever in making the

CHARLES SCHLEMAN BUYS ANOTHER RESIDENCE.

Charles Schleman, who not long ago bought the Jesse Nichols residence on Vine street, is is reported has bought the John Clouse property on the same street and just east of the Nichols property. The price is reported to have been >53,500.

PAY FOR CORN HUSKERS.

An average price of 6 cents a bushel will be paid to corn huskers in this part of Indiana, if the farmers of Tippecanoe and adjoining counties conform to an agreement the farmers’ associations in these counties at a conference in Lafayette September 30. The farmers’ associations sent delegates to Lafayette to meet the threat of huskers that they would demand 14 cents a bushel for husking this season. The farmers say that they will pay the 6 cents average, which means that where conditions are unusually difficult a higher price will be paid and in some cases the prices will go below 6 cents. Whether the huskers will accept this reduced figure is not known, but, as they are not organized, it is thought likely that they will not be able to command the price they wish. But it is likely that there will be a dearth of competent huskers as a result of the 6-cent rate being established. '

ABE MARTIN.

[lndianapolis News.] Mrs. Lase Bud’s gran’father died t’day. He wuz born in Wisconsin in 1840 an’ moved t’ this country in 1870. What’s , become o’ th* ole fashioned (woman that used t’ kiss her husband t’ see .if he’d been drinkin’?

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 Nar tional bank. They are guaranteed to be of the vtery best quality.— CHARLES PEFLEY.

WASHINGTON GETS READY FOR GIANT 1920 CENSUS.

With all but a few of the supervisors for the various census districts appointed and the task of selecting the large army of enumerators well under way, Director of the Census Sam L, Rogers, of Washing,ton, announced Saturday that final plans for the fourteenth decennial census were practically completed and that January 2, 1920, the date i#t for beginning the enumeration, would find the census bureau "all set for the grind.“ 2isS=^= “ Nearly 90,000 persons will be engaged in the work of collecting the facts and figures about Uncle Sam’s gigantic family. Of this number approximately 85,000 will be engaged in the field work, while the balance will comprise the Washington office force where the tabulation, classification and statistical work will be .done from the information secured by the field force. One of the large temporary buildings recently vacated by the war department has been turned over to the census bureau for its use during 'the census period.

CONCERT PROGRAM.

“Chicago Tribune,” March. “Pomposity,” March. “Luspiel,” Overture. “Heart of a Rose,” Waltz. “Beautiful -Ohio,” Walts; “Down on the Farm,” Two-step. “Arabian Nights,” One-stepf== “I’ll Say She Does,” Fox tarot. “Alabama Lullaby,” Waltz. “Reval Rovers.” March.

- TEMPERATURE. The fallowing is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: Min. September 30 70 54 October 1 70 59

DON’T AIM TOO HIGH

or you may miss your calling. A man’s ammunition is his energy. Don’t waste ammunition shooting out of range. Sight a good mark in '.life and don’t be afraid to pull the trigger. Enough energy shot in the 'rio-ht direction will bring success. That’s how the Franklin car was .perfected. Continual practice on a light weight, air-cooled gasoline vehicle as a target. The Franklin is ;not an invention. It was developed .by the ordinary events of manufacturing, the yearly improvement of the same basic idea. Today it stands alone at the peak of public opinion, and the Franklin climbed the stairs. Elevators don’t jun to success. —Hugh Kirk.

PUBLIC AUCTION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS.

I will offer at public sale at my residence on Abigail street Saturday, Oct. 4, 2 p. m., my household goods, consisting of heating stove, organ, dining table, chairs, cupjoard, rocking chairs and numerous other articles. Terms to be cash.

VANCE COLLINS.

THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Cloudy weather with thundershowers probable in north and central portiqM tonight and Thursday. Warmer in extremenorth portion tonight.

VOCAL MUSIC. Mrs. Peckham announces special courses in voice culture. The old Italian method as well as the most approved modern training will be used both in technique and interpretation. Special attention given to correcting mannerisms; to giving definite instruction in platform art —presentation, bearing and presence. Voices tried without charge. Hour for interviews at the Methodist church parlors this week 1 o’clock, Wednesdays excepted. Telephone 455. -r;- - ■ - THE " l STAR THEATRE THE HOUSE OF GOOD PICTURES - TONIGHT - J. Warren Karrigan “Three*X Gordon’” Harold Chester Winthrope Gordon had too much money, too much •pare time, too much sleep, too much wine and too much of a name. How he got rid of all these unnecei•aries ia attractively told in J. Warren Kerrigan’s latest photoplay—■"Three X Gordon.” Don’t Mlm It! THURSDAY Gloria Swanson “Wife or Country” Aho XJtoelMfceystone Comedy Heddhh otuo KiDwon re«iurw

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