Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 313, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — Page 1

No. 313.

The Hoover Suction Sweeper When help is so scarce and so highpriced, to glide a Hoover one’s self is an economical solution of the cleaning problem. Without its seeming to be work, the rugs are thoroughly beaten, swept and suction cleaned, crushed nap is straightened and colorings given new life-all in a brief interval. •• 1 i It Beats— As It Sweeps— As It Cleans * _ ' W. J. WRIGHT

STATE SUES TO COLLECT MONEY FROM TREASURERS.

{/ A * Testing the right of county treasurers to keep interest accrued on Barrett law improvement funds, formal charges Tuesday were filed by .Edward G. Soubrier, republican, and Carl von Hake, democrat, treasurer and former treasurer of Marion county, respectively,' alleging that they have retained $150,306.71 of such interest illegally. The charges were filed by Jesse E. Eschbach, state examiner of the board of accounts, and it was said that suit will be instituted at once by Attorney General Stansbury -for collection of the money. ' ■ It was stated that the alleged practice of the two men has been duplicated throughout the state ever since the Barrett law became effective. The interest, which it is claimed they are entitled to, is that accruing on funds paid into the treasury before they are due and which are, therefore, held by the treasurer until such time as they are payable.

MATINEE MUSICALE PROGRAM PLEASES LARGE AUDIENCE.

A splendid program was given Tuesday evening at the Methodist church under the auspices of the Matinee Musicale, Mrs. Wi/I. Spitler, president of the club, presiding. Miss Clara B. Spalding, of Chicago, who possesses a rich contralto voice and a charming personality, sang three groups of songs beautifully. This was Miss Spalding’s second, appearancje in this city, the first having been in 1916, when she was one of the soloists for the May festival. Miss Spalding was assisted by Mrs. Esther Padgitt Allman, of the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale, who sang a group of two songs in a delightful manner, and Miss Florence Allman, who played a brilliant piano number. Miss Spalding and Mrs. Allnpn were very ably accompanied by M. JX Gwin. T ,

Mrs. Caroline D. Martin and granddaughter, Virginia Martin, of Cincinnati, 0., are visiting with, the family of B. K. Zimmerman and other relatives. Miss Martin is a daughter of DeLaney Martin. Miss Josie Dexter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Haryey Dexter, of Union township, has returned to Washington, D. C-, after a visit here. Miss Dexter is in the government employ. The annual poultry show will be held at the armory the week of January 5-10, the cups that will be given to the winners in the various classes are now on display in the window of the E. D. Rhoades & Son hardware store.

Mable Normand in “SIS HOPKINS’ Bill Parsons in “POSTUM SWAT” 1 THURSDAY Marguerite Clark in “GIRLS”

The Evening Republican.

PRINCESS THEATRE MATINEE—2: IS NIGHT—7:OO 1 —TONIGHT—

THEODORE RAMEY LIKES THE NAVY.

’ Theodore Ramey, of Hammond, who enlisted in the U. S. navy recently through the Hammond naval recruiting station, is happy to think that he made the move even though he has been in the hospital six weeks of his enlistment. The following letter was received from him today by F. H. Rextrew, iri charge of the Hammond station: Great Lakes, 111. Dear Mr. Rextrew: Thought I would drdp you a few lines to tell you where I am stationed and how I like it by this time. I have transferred to the radio school and I was making good, but I got the scarlet fever and I am in the hospital for six weeks. On the 26th or 27th of January I will be in Hammond and I will and see you, when we get a ten day sick leave, which pays us $2 a day extra. I am glad that I joined the navy because it is the very best '•place a boy could be. ~ I guess I l'got in just in time because you I'have to be 18 to get ill now. The (navy is taking some of the fat off jof me. If any boys are thinking of joining the navy, them my advice. Yours sincerely, ’ THEODORE RAMEY, P. S.—My address is Naval Hospital, Unit 12, Great Lakes, 111. The above was sent to the Republican by his sister, Mrs. Fred Byrd, of Hammond. It was taken from I the Hammond Times. Theodore i Ramey is a son of Mrs. Capitola Ramey, of this city, but who is I'now visiting with relatives in Spo- | kane, Wash. '

BASKET BALL NOTES.

) [By Sidelight.] Nobody hurt—no prostrations. ' Clark and Collins went the whole route and showed little fatigue. 1 The first quarter (as long as QV wind lasted), Rensselaer looked the '•better, ' « • Clark started out in old time form, caging the first field goal of the game. Tried three centers, but none of them were able to get the tip off. Nowels and Babcock fought like demons to hold down the score, but Brook resorted to long throws and made many baskets from deep center. Wartena, Phegley and Collins were tried out and promise to make the old regulars show class or bercome spectators. Putts stood the gaff in good shape and Parks showed even more speed than in his prime. 1

Mrs. A. M. Clark returned to her home at Gardner, Kansas, today after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Fred May.

FRIDAY > Ethel Clayton — in —- -y “Men, Women and Money” *■ Also „. Elmo Lincoln "Bino the Mighty”

RKNSSKLAER. INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 31, 1919.

MARY AND HUSBAND AGREE ON LAST FADEOUT.

Mary Pickford soon will be freed of all matrimonial obligations, including the name of Mrs. Owen Moore, according to seemingly authentic reports. Her attorney, Will H. Sheldon, formerly of New York, now of Reno, Nev., yesterday m Reno declared that Miss Pickfoifcl and Moore, her husband, recently met in New York and made all arrangements for a divorce. a The mode of procedure has not been divulged, Sheldon refusing to give details. It was the original plan that Mary go to Reno to obtain her decree, but it is now said j that this action has been obviated I by the agreement made between her j and Moore in New York. It has not been long since Mary’s husband made the statement that he was going to start proceedings of some sort against Douglas Fairbanks, with whom his wife’s name had been coupled by the movie colony in California. It was in April, 1918, that he said it, and he added he would “leave the case to the judgment of the American public, morally sound, and always possessing a keen instinct for justice.” However, he never started th e lawsuit he threatened. : Mrs. Beth S. Fairbanks got a divorce fromf the fascinating Doug, saying she loved him too fondly to ! keep him from the others. The decree was entered in November, 1918, and within a year she was married to James Evans, of Philadelphia. She was given the custody of her small son and he is with her now. That leaves Douglas foot-loose if not fancy free.

OH, HUM! WAR TO BE OVER JANUARY 6TH.

i Paris, Dec. 31.—Exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty of Versailles will take place January 6th at the Qua D’Orsay. Baron von Lersner, head of the German delegation, and Paul Dutasta, secretary of the peace conference, Tuesday night settled all paints in cennection with the signature, except that relating to naval material, which at is expected will be solved shortly, i The Germans Will sign the protocol, "and at the same time tlfe allies will hand a letter to them agfeeing to reduce their demands to 400,000 tons if the total available tonnage has ever been overestimated, or Germany is gravely menaced economically. In any case, after the signature, the allies will get 242,-00-0 tons of material and based on the report of experts who are now checking up at Dantzig, Hamburg and Bremen.

MRS. E. L. CLARK VERY LOW; DEATH NOT UNEXPECTED.

! Mr. and Mrs. Leslie ClMc were called to Hammond Tuesday afternoon by the serious illness of Mr. Clark’s mother, Mrs. E. L. Clark, I who is now at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James E. Meade, in that city. Mrs. Clark’s condition has steadily become worse during the 1 past week and her death within a short time is not unexpected. | Mrs. Clark is about seventy-eight i years of age and suffered a para- ! lytic stroke about two years ago.

WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF.

Washington, D. C., Dec. 30. Great Britain and France informally made known to the admijystration that they contemplated, interposing no objections to the Lodge reservations, although they would prefer that they be not called on to accept the reservations categorically. Democratic members of the foreign relations committee will meet tomorrow to consider a compromise prograpi.Release of two American arrested at Mazatlan charged with assaulting a Mexican citizen was promised for today, according to a report reecived by the state department from the' apnsul at Mazatlan. The, “lootting” the henequen hertip planters of Yucatan and the ruin of the industry described in testimony before the senate subcommittee investigating, the Mexican situation. The treasury department is expected to sign the contract to take over the Speedway hospital near Chicago without further delay. i The committee on statistics of the United States chamber of commerce, in a report for the year on business, predicts sustained industrial activity and reflects hopefulness of the manufacturing, industry generally.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Rensselaer Christian Science society holds regular services every Sunday at 10:45 a. m. Sunday school at 9:45k, Wednesday evening at 7:30. , ' Subject Sunday, January 4th: “God. y You and your friends are cordially invited to attend any service. * ■ ' • •

Isaac Lilja will sell at the combination^public sale' at Norgor's hitch barn on Saturday, January* 3, four head of good milch cows, one of which will be fresh by day of sale and the others in February. All good milkers, \ One team of black mares, six aim seven years old, wt about 2,900. i -

CONDITION TELLING FACTOR IN LOCALS’ DEFEAT.

1 The lack of condition and team play were the factors responsible for the defeat of Hugh Kirk’s ‘basket ball quintette at Brook Tuesday Evening in what was the opening game of the season for the locals. Thp game was free from wrangling and was a clean, fast exhibition throughout, hard fought and interesting. The opening ten minutes favored the locals and found Brook on the 'defensive. The speed and dash' exhibited by Rensselaer bewildered the home five and made the outlook for £he locals "a bright one. However, the fire and energy of the Rensselaer" players soon gave out when the : continued fast pace told on their poor condition and Brook soon overhauled them and took the lead, never to relinquish it. The final score favored Brook, but was not a true criterion of the respective abilities of the two teams. Brook’s baskets came in shows and came when the locals slowed up to get their wind-. Once*"Rensselaer gathrered themselves ,tbgetb er Brook found scoring difficult. Captain Kirk remained out of the game until near the close, that he might be permitted to look oyer his players and get a better line on their ability, and changes were frequent. He was very well satisfied with the showing made and is of the belief that he has the nucleus of a team that will make the going rough for their opponents daring the remainder of the season. Babcock, Phggley, Nowels, Parks, Putts, Collins, Wartena, Kirk and Clark were used during the evening and all showed well. A defeat was expected by the Rensselaer players and did not come as a surprise, but a surprise is promised Brook by the local players when they trek their way on to the court at the armory Thursday night for a return engagement. Brook is the proud owner of a spacious community building and has one of the best basket ball floors in the state. The crowd was mannerly' and the Brook players gentlemanly, and Captain Kirk and his men are loud in their praise of the splendid treatment accorded them there.

REV. POVOLINA TO LECTURE AT M. E. CHURCH TONIGHT.

A , lecture of unusual interest is in store for /those who go to the Methodist church this Wednesday evening to hear the Rev. S. E. Povolina, an Austrian by. birth and an American by choice, who will tell the history of his life as he lived it until coming to this country ten years ago. Rev. Povolina has an unusual story to tell his audifence, and the experiences and living conditions through which he passed in his native country were so remarkable that they are certain to prove very interesting to all who hear him. - The Rev. Povolina speaks in four languages, and will go to Gary in February as a mission worker among the foreigners of that city. Several years ago the Rev. Povolina was privileged to meet Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, to whom he relater his story, and the latter, impressed by the remarkable tale, urged him to make tour of the United States on the lecture platform in the interest of his fellow countrymen. William J. Bryan was another celebrity to whom the Rev. Povolina told his story, and he, like Roosevelt, was greatly impressed. ‘Such commendation coming from men of the type of Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan should insure all that tonight’s lecture will be well worth attending. ' There will be no admission charged and the general public is invited. *

THE FRIENDS WE MADE AND THE FRIENDS WE KEPT. To them we owe thanks and deep! gratitude for their help in the year just closing. And we feel that our greatest success has been in the Friends we made and the friends we kept. ’ Greater than sales, greater than profit, more substantial than gain are these friendships we have made. To live up to the confidences placed in us is a constant duty—a constant light that shows the way to do more, to give more, to help more. An this spirit of good-will—this hope that we may always “Do Unto others” ‘means a better existence for every one of us at this store. So we all say to you— A Happy New Year- —as we leave the old year with many happy memories of the privilege of serving you and enjoying your friendship. A. F. LONG A SON. He Wins the Most Who Serves the Best. Have yeur auto painted at the North Side Garage. Work guaranteed, prices right C. |L Chapman returned to Kankakee, today after transacting 'business here with Floyd Meyers. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth left today;: for . Kalamazoo, Mich., to attend the funeral of Mrs. Dr. James T. Upjohn, mother of Ralph T. Upjohn, whose wife is Dorothy Hollingsworth Upjohn. I Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Wartena returned ,to their home at Leßoy, HI., today after a visit with Mr. and ! Mrs. Fred McColly and Mr. and Mrs. Abe Wartena. i .

CONSERVATIVE VS. RADICAL

SOME STORES ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE AND OTHERS RADICALS. Some concerns are doing business in exactly the same manner as did their fathers and grandfathers. Their parents got along all right, in a manner, and they are getting along all right in a manner, too. But that doesn’t necessarily say that they are doing as [email protected] they could were they less conservative and more progressive, or as the conservative would sav—-more radical. Hilliard & HamUl is an example of a radical ston6 that Mas had the courage to "cut loose from precedent and be guided by their own common sense and experience and they are not losing any sleep over what the “authorities” have to say for or against their methods. That they know what they ar,e doing is evidenced by their sales. Their gain in 1918 was 28% per cent and their gain in 1919 over the 1918 record was 48% per cent. They attribute the success of their store largely to publicity. Thousands have made their fortunes through printers’ ink and still there J is room for others to do the same. Trying to do business without advertising is like trying to run an . automobile without gasoline. Persistent and continuous advertising will positively bring success overy time. By that we mean continuous and persistent advertising—not the so-called spasmodic ““flyers,” but the kind of advertising that Hilliard & Hamill, W. J. Wright and the Central Garage do.

ABE MARTIN.

[lndianapolis News.] We reckon th’ New York undertaker that delivered th’ wood alcohol wuz guaranteed a return load. Mrs. Lase Bud will soon have a hundred dollars that she would have spent fer eggs.

THE WEATHER. ■ Forecast for lifciiana: Cloudyawd colder tonight and Thursday. Fresh and strong northwest winds.

HEMSTITCHING. ’Phon* 420. BARGAINS in all kinds of second hand automobiles. Come in and look them over in the white front garage.—KUBOSKJE A WALTER.

STAR THEATRE —TONIGHT— 1 - WEDNESDAY, NEW YEAR’S EVE —EXTRA— Song Revue Singing—Piano and Drums WILLIAM DESMOND Supported by Pretty If , LOUISE LOVELY •«•-i 1 T * ’ “LIFE’S A FUNNY PROPOSITION” Five Reels of Happy Action and Hilarious Comedy with an Unclaimed | "i . Baby a* the Cause. What You’ll See in “Life’s a Funny Proposition” A Husky He-Man Trying to Smuggle a Baby Down Fire-Escape at Midnight. _ n A Hand-to-Hand Encounter With Two Yeggmen m a Dark Alley. The Wav a Helpless Bachelor Bathes a Cherub. How a Bachelor Gets Rid of the Remains of a Festive Party When His Fiancee’s Mother Calls. , _. , , ... A Deacon from a Jay Town Taking in the Sights of a Big City. Also Burton Holmes’ Travels A VERY GOOD BILL , . i. |i DON’T MISS IT! | THURSDAY, NEW YEAR'S »| BIG SPECIAL FEATURE | DON’T MISS SEEINC . U OLIVE THOMAS M “TOTON” 1 REAL LIFE IN THE LATIN QUARTER REAL LIFE SJORY pAR , s THAT WAS THE BOY WHO BORE A LEGACY OF HATE I , \• • • You have seen , OLIVE THOMAS in many charming plays, but yon will never see her to greater advantage than in this dual role of mother, and son. A play that will hold you entranced to the last charming 1 «>|g|gia Born to the purple—Bred by sn Apache. The daughter of an American artist. . Reared ss a boy, the child of an Apache, she becomes tbe most no- , torious pickpocket in Paris. ,She was NOT stolen from her father. He did not know that she lived, though he idolised his wife wt» 'Subtle were the revengeful passions of Pierre. Did he piedetsimiun the hour of their recognition? ' 1 ALSO “A BATH HOUSE BLUNDER” A Scream! "i —ADMISSION — i -m ADULTS, 25c-3c —28cj CHILDREN, 15c-2c—l7c. J A WONDERFUL BILL!

TO ERR IS HUMAN; TO FORGIVE DIVINE.

Brother Babcock, of the Democrat, takes the editor of the Republican to task for saying in an article that there are twenty-orie instead of .‘twenty voting precincts in Jasper county. We admit our error and plead guilty to being densely ignorant, though the error referred to ■was not made by the editoT.\ 1 But Brother Babcock should try. to be correct in giving out his information, for he made two grevious ’errors in his article hurled at the weakness of the Republican editor. He says that the Republican editor has lived here all his life. That is a mistake of eight years. ! He says that the Republican editor served as county school superintendent for twelve years, and I served but ten and no one should be ’better posted on this than Mr. Babcock, for he gave us his undivided attention during our entire term of office. An examination of his file [would tell even when I dared to step off of Jasper soil. • We appreciate the gentle calling received and are sure it wpa administered for the noble purpose of givi ing us the information which we [ were lacking, as well as a modest 'boost among our friends Mid neighbors. |- Now we hope that our instructor [will not think we are offended. No, we just love to be balled out. But : we do whnt to forgive him for the gross mistakes in his article, for, you know, most all of us do make mistakes. . , Jf anyone feels personally injured 'on account of our trying to add a voting precinct to Jasper county, will they please recognize the fact that it was better than to try to take one away from the county. •“It is more blessed to give than to •receive.”

ADVERTISED LETTERS. The ‘following letters, repaain uncalled for at the postoffice for the week ending December *27th, 19131 Mrs. Ed Cook, I Mrs. C. G. Dewey, f Mrs. August Felton, Mrs. A. R. Gilger, • Fred Greenberg, > • I J. A. Lane, 1 MrS. Mary Norris, i Mr. and Mrs. Dale Russell, Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Schreiner, M. Sands, Viola’ Williams, <3 Nina Werthenur, John Zellars. The above letters will be sent to the dead letter office January 12, i9 2 °. v " We make them look like new at the North Side Garage and Paint Shop. Beat materials used.

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