Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1919 — Page 1

N. 306.

Phonographs Our entire stock of Phonographs today consists of four styles— One Edison in the Laboratory Model priced at $285.00, Three Vistas priced at SBO.OO, $ 135.00 _ and $ 165.00. - \ Desk and Chair The best value that we have offered this year is a desk and chair priced at $12.50. If you are looking for a real Christmas present for either a boy or ‘ girl, look at this desk. Oil Burning Table Lamp j \ These lamps come in green and amber shades with the frame in fumed oak, priced at $6.00. High Chairs Always before at Christmas time we have sold high chairs. This year nobody is asking for them. Have you forgotten the babies? _ : . W. J. Wright

Christmas Menu MAKEEVER HOTEL 9 Celery Soup Roast Goose and Apple Sauce or Roast Beef or Roast Pork Mashed Potatoes and Gravy Sugared Sweet Potatoes Escalloped Corn Fruit Salad Pickles Pumpkin and Mince Pie Coffee, Tea, or Milk SI.OO Per Plate

PRINCESS THEATRE MATINEE—2:IS NIGHT—7:OO —TONIGHT— Mae Murray “Delicious Little Devil" r ' ? International News

TUESDAY Bryant Washburn " • o n “A Very Good Young Man" He was too good to be true. She couldn’t believe thatany man could have habits so saintly. Result—she wouldn’t take the solitaire. So what do you think he did? Went right to work like a regular fellow to make the family reputation fit for tiie laundry. That’s where the fun starts in in “A VERY GOOD YOUNG MAN.” Miss this picture? Perish the thought!/ FORD WEEKLY

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WEDNESDAY “Fires of Faith" ADMISSION—- • Adults—2sc, war tax 3c—2Bc. Children? 10c, war tax Ic—lid. 4 THURSDAY “Speedy Meade" L Smiling Bill Parsons Comedy “New Breakfast Food" ADMISSION— Adult® 20c, war tax 2c—22c. . Children 10c, war tax le—llc.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, DEC. 22, 1919.

PIONEER MOTHER IS LAID TO REST

DEATH COMES TO AGED WOMAN IN CHICAGO ON FRIDAY. The funeral of Mrs. Mary C. Hopkins, who died in Chicago Friday evening, was held at the Presbyterian church in this city Sunday afternoon. The services were conducted by the Rev. J. Budman Fleming and the music was furnished by a special choir consisting of Mrs. E. C. English, Miss Maude Daugherty, Mrs. A. R. Hopkins, Jesse D. Allman and Dr. H. L. Brown. The floral offerings were most beautiful. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. The following obituary was read at the funeral services: Mary C. Hopkins, widow of Ludd Hopkins, deceased, and eldest daughter of John-M. and Sarah J. Austin (old settlers of Rensselaer, and both now deceased), was horn in Crawfordsville, Indiana, November 8, 1850, and died at the home of her son, Louis F. Hopkins, in Chicago, December 19, 1919, in the seventieth year of her age. She leaves to mourn their loss, two sons, Louis F. Hopkins and Senior G. Hopkins; her daughter, Nora Hollingsworth, wife of George K. Hollingsworth; her grandchildren, Sarah Stanley and George Hopkins and Donald and Thomas Hollingsworth; and one great grandchild, Donald Hollingsworth, Jr.; also her sister, Louise W. Ensminger; her brother, William B. Austin; and her niece, Virginia Austin Shayne, and her nephew, Major Leonard A. Ensminger. Besides her relatives she leaves a host of friends in Rensselaer, who were all but relatives to her. Mrs. Hopkins spent substantially her whole life in Rensselaer and was well known to all the older inhabitants of our little city. For the last twenty years she had been a patient sufferer from disease which flesh is heir to, but bore all with that Christian fortitude which characterized her whole life. <»

With her passing goes one of nature’s noble women, an affectionate and helpful wife and mother, a sincere and lasting friend who had endeared herself to everyone with whom she came in contact. An old friend recently said if she held emnity to any living soul he would be surprised. She was entwined in the hearts of her immediate family to an extent which will require generations of changes to eradicate. She joined the Rensselaer Presbyterian church in 1885 and had always been faithful to her obligation in words and works. “Peace be to her ashes.” ~

POSTMASTER AND CLERKS BATTLE AGAINST HEAVY ODDS.

(Postmaster Littlefield—and his clerks and mailmen are busy individuals these days and are working long hours in an effort to overcome the long lead that the Christmas flow of packages has over them. Sunday found all of the postoffice force on hand as usual and they worked heroically throughout the day to diminish the great heap of mail piled high in front of them. City mailmen made their routes as usual that their task today might not be so great. This Monday morning, seventytwo hours before the dawn of Christmas day, found a long line of customers before the window, arms loaded with packages to be sent to distant points and 5 Mr. Littlefield does not see any relief in outgoing mail before Tuesday noon. Tpe incoming mail is perhaps the heaviest in years and the probabilities are that there will be no let-up in it before Friday morning. * In order to facilitate the dispatch pf outgoing parcels the public is urged to see that their parcels are wrapped securely and plainly addressed. The parcel post law has added a heavy burden to the postoffice department and if patrons will comply with the above requests, their mail will be dispatched safely and promptly.

WEEKLY FORECAST.

Generally fair except for snows about Wednesday; normal temperature until latter part of week when weather will become considerably colder.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: - Mav. Min. December 19 . 20 12 December 20/---hex'. -—25 -1 December 21 _— 25 22 December 22 —---.-33 11

ABE MARTIN.

[lndianapolis News.] Figures don’t lie—in fact they can’t any more th’ way they dress. “We knqw what paw wants, but they’ve quit makin’ it,” said Em Pash, t’day, after a long siege or shoppin’. t •

m y*"'/ • | - <I ? Why not trade your old piano or organ on a new piano or player piano or phonograph?—J. M. BANKS MUSIC CO. , Do it electrically.—H. A. LEK.

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., Dec. 21. The executive committee of bituminous coal operators refused to accept President Wilson’s commission plan for settlement of the wage dispute which led to the mine strike and called a meeting of operators at Cleveland next Tuesday to. pass on the question of accepting or rejecting the proposition. —o — The war department will sell 1,900,000 pairs of new army shoes at $8.25 and $7.50 per pair to the public through the army quartermaster’s retail stores. ——. —o— The house committee on military affairs has decided not to incorporate any provision for universal military training in the army bill which will provide for an army of 300,000 men instead of 575,000 asked by Secretary of War Baker, and will reduce the war department’s appropriation nearly $400,000,000. /■ —o — Farmers are not enthusiastic over the agreement between the department of justice and the packers, which they assert leaves them out in the cold and more than ever in need of protection through congressional legislation regulating the operations of packers and commission men. —o — Holders of Liberty bonds would be protected from profiteers and the annual income of th§ government increased by over $100,000,000 under a plan proposed by the United States bureau of efficiancy, through which 'bonds may be purchased from their owners and money loaned on them by the government through the postal savings system. /

CONGRESS TAKES HOLIDAY RECESS.

Washington, Dec. 21.—Motions toward a compromise on the German peace treaty and conferences on the railroad reorganization legislation promise to be the only activities of the few members of congress remaining here during the two weeks holiday recess, which began shortly before last midnight. By the time congress reconvenes January 5, it is hoped .to have* a comjiromise agreement on the treaty prepared for presentation soon afterward in the senate. Disposal of the railroad legislation, however, is not expected until late next month. Senate and house managers on the railroad measures will hold a formal meeting Tuesday to outline work on adjustment between the Cummins and Esch bills of which parallel points are being made. Adjournment of the conference Tuesday until the following Monday is planned and the managers then expect to hold daily sittings, probably lasting for weeks.

MONDAY HOSPITAL NEWS.

Mrs. George Long and son went to their home Sunday evening. A son was 'born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Arnold. Miss Ruby Standish, of Mt. Ayr, entered the hospital Sunday for medical attention. . George Battleday came in and had his tonsils removed Saturday. Mrs. George Crockett went to the home of her mother, Mrs. James Donnelly, Sunday. Mrs. Theodore Punter, Mrs. Onral Crisler, Louis Davisson, Theodore Keiper and Ed Smith are improving. Mrs. Alfred Sturgeon, of Remington, and Miss Jessie Colson, of Goodland, . are leaving for their homes today. r

ILLINOIS DAILY TO PRINT NEWS ON WRAPPING PAPER.

East St. Louis, Hl., Dec. 21. Tfie Daily Journal, one of the largest jiownstate newspapers, announces today that owing to the shortage of I news print, it will, beginning tomorrow, print its news on wrapping paper. The periodical was printed on book paper today.

MUCH COAL RECEIVED HERE.

Ten cars of coal were received here last Saturday, two each for the five dealers and one for the Shafer garage. Some seventeen cars were received last week.

MONDAY U^ GRAIN

Oats, 78c. Corn, $1.30. Rye, $1.55. Wheat, No. 1, $2.80. No. 2, $2.28. No. 3, $2.-24.

An electric sewing machine is cheaper than a foot power machine. See the famous Royal Electric at H. A. LEE'S. 1 - ' We make them look like new at the North Side Garage and Paint? Shop./ Best materials used. Thor electric sweepers weigh only 9% pounds. The lightest weight cleaner on the market, but Oh, Min! they’ve sure got the power. Lowest priced machine made.—jH. A. LEE, Phone Every&tng. electriciL —H. A. LEE. Range and lump size soft coal now on hand at the Farmers* Grain company. ' . I Make it an electrical Christmas. —H. A LEE.

Don’t Forget That Hilliard Hamill’s Store . j Is Open Tonight!

THE WEATHER. Forecast for Indiana: Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in. temperature.

BERGER WILL CLAIM SEAT IN CONGRESS.

Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 21.—Victor L. Berger, who was re-elected to congress from the fifth congressional district, on December 19, following his expulsion from that body, today said that he would go to Washington January 5 to claim his seat. <•

METHODISTS COLLECT SUM OF $10,950,936 IN 1919.

New York, Dec. 20.—Collections of the Methodist Episcopal church through its centenary treasurer and benevolent boards amounted to $lO,950,936 this year, a $4,020,386 net gain over last year, it was announced tonight.

MONDAY PRODUCE MARKET.

Cream, 68c. Eggs, 60c. Hens, fries and ducks, 20c. Geese, 18c. Cox, 13c. Turkeys, 32c. The latest in phonograph records, player rolls and sheet music.—-J. M. BANKS MUSIC CO? We have just received by express one-half dozen Thor electric cleaners equipped with the (G. E.) General Electric motor and the Thor thread picker. Weight only 9% pounds and priced at $35.00. — WORLAND BROS.

Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Parks, of Milroy, were in Rensselaer Monday. Emil Hanley is home from Purdue university. T. F. Dunlap, of Elwood, was in Rensselaer today. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hart, of DeMotte, were here today. Henry Schmidt and John Middlecamp, of Kniman, were in Rensse? laer today.

STAR THEATRE —TONIGHT—EMMYWEHLEN “FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY” . “Fools and Their Money,” is an irresistible, comedy-drama of delightful breeziness —a play that gives Emmy Wehlen the most winsome role of her career. It tells the story of the socially-ambitious wife of a munitions millionaire who mistakes the daughter of the aristocrats whom she most admires for a servant. How the girl plays into her hands, thereby winning adventure and love, makes the play both and appealing. The striving efforts of the good lady of new millions to gain the. acquaintance of those in society’s innermost shrine, furnish ample opportunity for real comedy while the love that develops between the girl of blue blood and the red-blooded son of commerce makes a romance that glows with the spontaneous freshness of youth. ALSO CHRISTIE COMEDY • ■'}■ CHRISTMAS—SEE IT! | ‘THE WESTERNERS” BETTER THAN “DESERT GOLD”

MAY ESTABLISH A CENTRAL LIVE STOCK CLEARING HOUSE.

Indianapolis, Dec. 22.—[Special] •s»-A movement is on foot fostered by officers of the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ associations, which, if carried out with success, will mean a saying of thousands of dollars annually to the farmers of the state who raise live stosk for the market, eliminate guess work on what prices they are to receive for their stock when it is ready for shipment, and save them much time and labor in the final disposition of same. At an executive board meeting of the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ associations President John Brown outlined a plan for establishing a central clearing house for live stock producers whereby a system of eliminating the use of stock yards and encouraging direct shipments from the farm to the packing and slaughtering houses would be followed. He expressed the opinion that the federation could establish a live stock department which would keep in touch with the various county representatives, and that useless freight, commission and yardage charges, which come off the producer, could be greatly reduced. “We find that many times a producer will ship his cattle or hogs to the stock yards, and that the very same stock is reshipped over the same railroad line back past its original starting point to one of the packers,” said Mr. Brown. “By working out a system of direct from the farm to the packing houses many of the overhead costs which are handicapping the producers will be discarded. We- can establish 'a live stock department of our federation which can keep in close touch with market conditions, and keep records of how much stock is for sale and just when it will be ready for the slaughter houses. The plan has many excellent features which can be worked out to save the useless overhead expenses, and at the same time assist materially in reducing car shortages which are reported by the railroad administration. Under this, plan only one loading and shipping is necessary.” Mr. Brown said that he expected to call a meeting of live stock producers within the next two weeks for the purpose of submitting his plan for their consideration. Maurice Douglass, second vice-president of, the federation, was appointed to select another representative aside from himself and the committee of two to go to Nebraska to study and study and make a report on a cooperative live stock shipping commission company reported to'be saving farmers many thousands of dollars. During the last week, William Bosson, treasurer of the organization, represented the Indiana federation at a big gathering of farmers held at Robinson, DI. Many farmers’ meeting about the state are scheduled for immediately after the holidays winch will be attended by officers from the state body.

MARKETS BY WIRE.

[Furnished by Farmers’ Grain Co., H. H. Potter, Mgr.] Chicago, 111., Dec. 22. Live Stock Markets. Hogs—Receipts, 5,200; carry over, 5,100; market 15 cents lower; top, $14.00. Cattle —Receipts; 16,000. Sheep—Receipts, 21,000. {lndianapolis hog receipts, 13,000; top, $13.85. Grain Markets. May oats opened at 82 1-8 and 3-8; closed at 82 3-4 and 7-8. Dec. oats opened at 81; closed at 82 M- . . Jan. corn opened at 136 and 135 1-8; closed at 136 1-8 and 3-4. May corn opened at* 133 3-4 and 1-2; closed at 133 5-8 and 3-4. Dec. corn Opened at 142; closed at 144.

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