Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 302, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1919 — Page 2

Do Your Christmas Shopping Early-ls You Can —But If You Can’t Remember ROWLES & PARKER WILL HAVE A complete line of clothing and men’s furnishings, dry goods, ladies’ coats, suits, and dresses, shoes and Xmas groceries and candies up to the last minute. Phone 95 Phone 275

A. Gangloff went to Lafayette today. Ralph Upjohn returned to his home in Kalamazoo today. Albert Brown, of Roselawn, was in Rensselaer today. W. E. Leek went to Indianapolis today. James Cook, of McCoysburg, was in Rensselaer today. Mrs. Emory Mills went to Indianapolis today. Rudolph and Edward Ritter went to Lafayette this forenoon. Dr. John Hansson went to South Bend today. Mrs. Vern Jacks, of Lee, was in Rensselaer today. Edson Murray and Frank Hill went to Chicago this morning. We make them look like new at the North Side Garage and Paint Shop. Best materials used. Livingston Ross, Ross Benjamin and John Eger went to Chicago this forenoon. . Have your auto painted at the North Side Garage. Work guaranteed, prices right H. A. Quinn returned to his home in Gary today after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Quinn. John Stockton, who is attending a military school in Louisville, Ky.,! is home for the vacation. Mrs. Benjamin King and children, of Union township, were in Rensselaer today. Mesdames W. L. Bott and Donald Beam went to Lafayette this forenoon. r W. L. Bott was called to Pulaski today to attend the funeral of a friend. Premier roses at 50c each or $6 a dozen; carnations 15c each or two for 25c. Scott McCosh, phone 358-Black. Wednesday’s local grain market was stronger and prices were as follows: Oats, 77c; corn, $1.32;-and rye, $1.45. It pays to have your auto painted ; whetJier yo'a AYe 1 going to sell it or. keep it. Bring it to the North Side Garage and Paint Shop. In renewing his mother’s subscription to the Republican, A. P. Sample, of Chili, Wis., says: “I wish the old paper and its force a merry Christmas and a happy 1920.” Roses, carnations and cut flowers of all descriptions for sale during the holidays. Roses 50c each; carnations 15c, or two for 25c. Telephone 358-Black. Scott McCosh. s *• - Mrs. Nate Keene returned today to her home at Gifford. She had been at the home of her sister, Mrs. Charles Dluzak, who is in a very critical condition from a stroke of paralysis. . .. William Pender, son and daughter, of New Mexico, went to Chicago today. They are visiting with his wife’s parents, Mr. and, Mrs. Robert Irwin, of Carpenter township. jj Beam was called to Chicago today to attend a meeting of the railroad officials at the LaSalle depot The matter of classification was to be discussed at the meeting. ® . John Bowie, the editor 'of the Kankakee Valley Review and trustee of Wheatfield township, was in Rensselaer today. He was accompanied by Attorney P. R. Blue, also of "the north end metroDolis.

Near East Situation Now “Most Desperate in World,” Says Hoover.

Syrian refu- • i* •sjszr'f- “«’' bo - H.*- h— • LU7 :r.t authority when he tells of human differing, says tn a formal tateroent: “In my opinion, the situation n the Near East Is the most lesperate in the world.” Mr. Hoover has sent a letter to Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer Near East Relief, 1 Madison avenue, New York, in which he jays: “In accepting your Invitation to become a member of the Exwcutive Committee of the Near East committee, I do so with reluctance, but out of a sense of duty towards one of the. most difficult situations in Europe. Until some political settlement can be obtained for the Near East and some government established In responsibility for the care and ‘.epatriatlon of the Armenian population in the Caucasus, this mass of people must live sheerly by the charity of the United States. There are in the Caucasus approximately 1,800,000 Armenians, of whom 800,000 are entirely destitute —refugees from Turkey—and amongst them a tremendous mass of children. “I cannot too strongly urge upon the members of the committee and their supporters the critical necessity of concentrating possible effort to support Colonel Haskell’s administration tn the amounts that he requites; otherwise we shall witness one of the greatest trag-

DEATH RATE DROPS WHEN RELIEF ARRIVES

Lives of thousands of Armenian children already have been saved by the Near East Relief taking over the Armenian orphanages, according to detailed reports, which have just reached the headquarters of that organization. These institutions had been run by the Armenians since the beginning of the war to care for the children whose parents had been murdered by the Turks, because of lack of food, clothing and medicine, the death rath among the children in these institutions averaged as high as twenty er thirty a day in some cases. When Armenian funds, became inadequate the Near East Relief took charge of the orphanage. Since that time the death rate has been greatly reduced. Given good food and care the children are quickly returning to normal physical and mental condition. It is estimated by persons who have made a survey of Armenia that 120,000 children will die during the next year unless they are given food and care. Near East Relief is the only organisation now operating in Western Asia and it is making an appeal to save these Christian children. p Our prices are right on lighting fixtures.—H. A. Lee.

Herbert Hoover, who has now become a member of the Executive Committee of Near East Relief, which Is car Ing tor nearlj 2,000,000 Armenian t. n d

Mrs. Rorah Daniels returned today from a visit with her'daughters, Alice and Bertha, who are employed by the Western Electric company of Chicago, and also a visit with her sister, Mrs. Frank Ott, of Chicago Heights. During the holidays we will be able to provide you with beautiful, fresh, cut flowers of all descriptions at prices that are reasonable and which you will be unable to duplicate at other places. Scott McCosh, phone 868-Blaek.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER, ITO.

AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

One of the finest constructive activities of the American Red Cross In the war was Home Service in the United States, the friendly connecting link between the soldier far from home and his loved ones. This branch of the,, work which under the peace program of the Red Cross will be expanded to benefit all who. need the assistance it can provide, is directed by scientifically trained social workers. Since instituted Home Service has assisted 800,000 soldiers' and sailors’ families. This photograph shows one of the innumerable Home Service, information bureaus where service men and their families eould bring their problems for solution.

Church Changes Eskimo Igloo Life Into Modem Home Making

Art is art, even in Eskimo circles, and “The Angelus” hangs on the wall of Oliver Ongoolpok’s parlor at Unalakleet, Alaska, where in olden days a smoked salmon probably decorated the icy wall of an igloo. That Oliver and his beaming bride have adopted the more intricate but less cumbersome garments of white clvilzation is shown in this photograph brought to the States by E. A. Mclntosh, a lay missionary speaking in this country in the interests of the nation-wide campaign of the Episcopal church. Oliver Is chief reindeer “herder for the United States government at

Home Service.

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ongoolook.

Unalakleet. Unalakleet means “south side” and Mr. Mclntosh suggests that it was probably applied to this point of Alaska because it is south of the north pole. There is no other reason apparent. h Chief Herder Ongoolook, who plays the guitar and piano when he is not herding reindeer, can also read and write English. His rise in the scale of civilization shows the beneficial effects of the missions and schools in Alaska. The Episcopal church has 25 missions in the frozen North and the church’s nation-wide campaign seeks to extend this work there greatly.

i ' Mrs. George Robinson, who had visited relatives here, left Wednes-, day for her home in Connersville. John and Lawrence Lebold, of near Brook, were in Rensselaer i Wednesday. C. E. Doctor and his father, A. H. Doctor, of near Brook, went Wednesday afternoon to Chicago to be present at the Washington Boulevard hospital where the father will undergo a second operation Thursday. |

ALLENBY STOPS GRAFT OF TURK

Persecution of Armenians and Confiscation of Property Prevented by English Officer.

‘The most arbitrary city boss In the world, it seems safe to say, as well as tlie most unscrupulous politician of modern times, has turned up in Alntab, Armenia, to judge from an official report recently made by Major Stephen Trowbridge, under Gen. Edmund H. H. Allenby’s orders. He Is aTurk named Beslm Bey. Until the Near East Relief agents stopped him, he practiced upon the terrified Armenians such forms of super-graft as might well make every other, corrupt politician In the world green with envy, and such cruelties as make all other heartless rulers, from Nero down, seem sweet and gentle characters. His office was that of Municipal Chief Accountant of Alntab; but, as all dishonest office-holders know, It isn’t the job that matters, but the sugar-plums that go with It Beslm Bey plucked sugar-plums with both hands, night and day. Even inspired city bosses have their day. Beslm Bey's cami when the Near East Relief agents found that no thorough Armenian relief work could be done in that city* while such tions of terrorization existed. General Mac Andrew ordered the arrest and removal of the six worst Turks in the ring that ruled the city, and Beslm B. - i -lified, as usual, for first plnce

TAX EXPERTS LOSING SLEEP

Question, “When Is a Girl a Mita?" la Puzzling Bureau es Interna) Revenue. The other day Lew Hahn, executive secretary of the National Retail Dry Goods association, took the joy out of life for the experts of the bureau es internal revenue when he asked whether corsets were underwear. Now he has gone and done It again, the query this time being: . “When does a girl become a miss? - Framers of the new revenue tax law Included tn the list of taxables “women’s and misses’ wearing apparel.” Experts of the bureau, Mr. Hahn says, have informed retailers that no tax is to be collected on wearing apparel for girls. Retailers say there are hundreds, and hundreds of misses, and quite a few married women, who are so petite that they can still wear, and therefore buy, girls’ clotjies. Does the fact that such articles of clothing are to be worn by women of mature years change the nature of the apparel in the eyes of the law; or do garments designed for girls remain girls’ wear, regardless of the age of those who buy and wear them?. This Is the puzzle Mr. Hahn has put up to the bureau experts.

Walter Lynge went to Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon. Paul Norgor returned from Detroit, Mich., Wednesday. Nim Hopkins went to Lafayette Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Ruth Thornton, of this city, and her son, Floyd Thornton, of El Paso, Texas, went to Tipton this afternoon for a visit with relatives. Theodore Keiper, who entered the hospital last Saturday for medical 1 attention, remains about the same. He is suffering from a diabetic infection*

MARKETS BY WIRE.

[Furnished by Farmers’ Grain Co., H. H. Potter, Mgr.] Chicago, DI., Dec. 17. Live Stock Market. Hogs—Receipts, 20,000; carry over, 18,000; market 25c to 35c higher; top, 314.45. Cattle—Receipts, 11,000. Sheep—Receipts, 20,000. Grain Market. Jan. corn opened at 139 1-4 and 3-4; closed at 140 3-4 and 5-8. May oats opened at 83 5-8 and 83; closed at 84 3-8 and 1-2. May corn opened at 135 1-4; closed at 137 and 136 7-8. Dec. corn opened at 146 1-4; closed at 147 7-8. Dec. oats opened at 81 3-4; closed at 82 5-8. Isaac Leopold returned - from Chicago Wednesday afternoon.

WETS HOPE FOR DECREE TO END MOBILIZATION.

Washington, Dec. 16.—Action by President Wilson to proclaim demobilization completed and the war at an end is now the chief hope of the “wets.” It is understood the president is having a special study made of the law in view of the supreme court’s decision to determine whether the power to take such action is vested in him. In the meantime William Duehne, representing the retail liquor dealers of New Jersey, has asked the supreme court for permission to test the validity of the ratification of the eighteenth As a preliminary step, application has been made for an injunction against enforcement of the Volstead law in New Jersey after constitutional prohibition becomes effective. Similar action is expected in Rhode Island and other states. Hope of congressional action on behalf of the liquor interests was dispelled today when the house committee on agriculture voted, 16 to 3, against repealing the war-time prohibition law. The proclamation fixing January 16, 1920, as the date of the beginning of constitutional prohibition is also to be attacked in the supreme court on the ground of Ohio’s withdrawal of ratification. It is to be contended that in the event of a new proclamation being issued the liquor interests .will be entitled to a time allowance of one year for the disposal of their stocks. The court will also be asked to rule that ratifying states may at any time override the action of their legislatures by referendum.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Rev.. J. Budman Fleming, minister. The big holiday of the year is upon us, the day that gives big significance to every other day— Christmas. Sunday, Dec, 21,- will Eut us in the Christmas spirit and itch us up with the angel choir that sang at the birth of the world’s Savior two thousand yean ago. The Bible school at 9:80, with the orchestra to lead in a service of praise, will tune us up and give us the key for the day. Beginning at 10:45 we will have an hour with Christmas hymns and at 7 o’clock the choir will give us a sacred concert. We want every member and friend of the congregation and the strangers who will, -to help us make this big day big by attending all of these services.

WOOD BUZZING THURSDAY.

The ladies of the Methodist church are asked to provide a basket dinner for the . men at the church Thursday when the wood buzzing will take place. Men members of the congregation are asked to appear in their work clothes and prepared for fe full day’s work. James-McDowell and Frank Perry, of Saybrook, Hl., who had been here looking at Jasper county land, returned Wednesday afternoon to their homes.

Do it electrically.—H. A. LEE.