Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1920 — Page 1

No. 41.

W. J. Wright [ The question for thoughtful people to consider right now is not I' what goods cost today but what they will cost in the next few ’ months to come. * I ■ ■ . . ■ . * prices on furniture today—for the worst is yet to come, every There is no use in getting shocked when you inquire about indication points to a marked increase in retail prices this fall. The prices we are offering today are so far below the present market quotations that we are beginning to feel sorry for ourselves. W. J. WRIGHT RENSSELAER, INDIANA

MARKETS BY WIRE.

(Furnished by The Farmers Grain Market, H. H. Potter, Mgr. Live Stock Market. Hogs—Receipts, 48,000; carry over, 2,500; higher, steady; teip.' l 515.50. Cattle—Receipts, 14,000; higher, 25c; top, $16.85. Grain Market. .May oats opened at .80 3-8 and 5-8; closed at .82 1-8 and .82. July oats opened at- .72 1-2; closed at .74 1-4, May corn opened at ?1.33 ana 1.32 5-8; closed at 1.35% and 3-8. July corn opened at 1,29 3-4 and %; closed at 1.32% and 1-31 3-8. Sept, corn'opened at 1.27; closed at 1.29% and 1-29 518.

(Mrs. J. A. Wright went to Frankfort to visit with her parents, who are in poor health. Miss Maude Daugherty returned from Indianapolis Sunday where she had been called by the sickness of niece hnd her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Allman. Both are able to sit up a part of the time and doing nicely.

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MONDAY HOSPITAL NEWS.

Mrs. Emmet Hopkins of near Francesville, who entered the hospital last Thursday with influenza, is. improving rapidly. Robert Stephenson was able to leave the hospital Sunday. The condition of Theo. Keiper remains unchanged. Chas. Summers, of near Mt. Ayr, was dismissed and went to his home Saturday. Mrs. Helena Riddle, Mrs. Anna Alison, Mrs. Chas. Shaw, Mrs. John J. Eddy, Miss 'Belle May, Blanche Elijah, Vernie Hurley and Thos. Huston are all recovering very satisfactorily. Mrs. Lee Hamilton and daughter, Mrs. Mat Moosemiller and daughter and Mrs. Albert Teach and son are all in good condition. x The condition of Magdaline Fancher remains much the same.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL. I have moved my real estate, office to rooms over the Co-operative meat market, north side of public square. l - GEORGE F. MEYERS.

mMtlitl INDIANA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, f 920.

STOCKTON GETS $2,000 VERDICT

BENTON COUNTY JURY FINDS FOR PLAINTIFF IN BIG DAMAGE 3UIT. After a legal battle lasting for a solid week in the Benton county circuit court, .before a jury of that county and presided over by Judge B. B. Berry of the Benton circuit court, a verdict was reached Saturday giving to Jay W. Stockton of this city a verdict for $2,000 in his suit against D. S. Majkeever of Newton township, this county, for malicious prosecution. The history of this noted case dates back to 1915 . when . Jay .W. . Stockton wrote a letter to the governor of Indiana in which he started that. D. S. Makeever had hauled from the Jasper county farm corn for which the county had not received pay. • D. S.' Makeever was at this time county commissioner and the superintendent of the- county farm was Jesse Nichols, now clerk of the Jasper circuit court. The governor referred Mr. Stockton’s letter to the state accountants and men were sent here to investigate the matter. Mr. Stockton, Ernest Morlan and a number of others appeared before the examiners. This was early in 191 A In April, 1916, a grand jury returned an indictment against Ernest Morlan and J. W. Stockton charging them with perjury before the state accountant investigation of the county farm corn matter; In September, 1916, Morlan was tried in the Jasper circuit court, convicted and sentenced to from two to fourteen years in the state penitentiary, the jury returning this verdict requested .that sentence be suspended during good behavior and this was done by Judge C. W. Hanley, who had heard the case. At the same session of the September term of court a grand jury again took up the corn matter and exonerated both Nichols and Makeever from any guilt in the matter. . . On change of venue the indictment against Jay W. Stockton was venued to White county and the case was called at Monticello in November, 1916. A motion was made by the defense to quash the indictment, but this was overruled by “Judge J. P. Wason, the regular judge of that circuit. However, after the jury had been selected and the state had presented part of its evidence -Judge Wason reversed himself and ordered the indictment against Stockton . quashed. Stockton was placed under bond to appear the first day of the next term of the Jasper circuit court When the case was again called before the court Prosecuting Attorney Rubeh Hess presented an affidavit against Jay W. Stockton and the case went to trial on this charge. The defense took a change of venue and the case was sent to, Newton county where it was heard at Kentland by a Newton county jury and Attorney Charles Snyder, of Fowler, as special judge. After a long hard legal battle the Newton county jury returned a verdict acquitting Stockton of- the charge of perjurjf. In June, 1919, Jay W. Stockton filed a case in the Jasper circuit court charging D. S. Makeever with malicious prosecution and asking for damages to the amount of $50,000. The case was venued to Benton county and the hearing, was begun on Monday, February 9, and ended Saturday, February 14, at which time a verdict as- indicated above was returned. The case was hard fought by as brilliant set of lawyers as can be found in the state. Mr. Makeever was represented by George A. Williams and Moses Leopold of this city, W. H. Parkinson, of Lafayette and Charles Snyder, of Fowler. Mr. Stockton’s attorneys were Abraham Halleak of this city, W. W. Lowry of Indianapolis fend Elmore Barce of Fowler. A (notion for a new trial will be heard at Fowler by Judge B. B. Berry on March'23. is tfnderstood that the defense are confident that a new trial will be granted and that the attorneys for the plaintiff are just as confident that the amount of the damage will be larger if another trial is granted. ’ Both Mr. Stockton and Mr. Makeever are men who stand well - in this community. Both are active hustling business men with' whom the - public are pleased to deal. Mr. Makeever was for several years county commissioner of Jasper county and he made a most exSllent record while filling, that ofe. He has large business relations with the people of this county and vicinity and has large land holdings. He is interested in two banks in this city, the bank at Wheatfield and also the' Bank of Mt Ayr and is held in high esteem by those with whom be hu busiMr. Storirton ri* ads well in this conwnmnty. has Jigge ownings m rms at in ctmrge •f th* Vk 6 and business’ associates who hold him in very high esteem.

BAD FIRE IN WALKER TOWNSHIP

Gail Michal, the Kniman merchant, was in Rensselaer Monday and reported that Walker township had a very bad fire Sunday. The house on -the Thomas Walter farm, ocupied by Mr. Walter’s son, James and family, was burned to the ground about noon. A telephone message was sent to Kniman and Mr. Michals and eight other men hurried to the scene of the fire which was four miles east and a half north of Kniman. When tbey arrived they found Mrs. Walter and the children in the barn and the-youngest child, a baby, was very cold tend one of its fingers was frozen. The house was a large two story frame building with six or eight rooms. It was completely destroyed by the fire and but for the quick help from neighbors but little of the household goods would have been saved, and the’ mother and two children would have suffered severely from the intense cold, the thermometer being near zero. About half of the contents of the building were carried out of the building and away from the fire. Neighbors threw open their homes and Mrs. Walter and children were hurried in out X)f the bleak winter blast.

ST. JOE LOSER IN HOT OVERTIME GAME

The St. Viator college quintette of Kankakee, Hl., met the St. Joseph college five on the local court Saturday evening with the result that the home five was defeated in a heart-breaking, five “minute overtime exhibition by the margin of one field goal, the score reading 24 to 22 in favor ,of the Sucker five. St Joseph lost a golden opportunity to win the game in the final moment of play by the foul route, but the Red and Purple marksman failed and the gun found the teams knotted at 20 all. The first half ended with the teams deadlocked, each having rung up 13 points during the session. The game was fast, clean and interesting throughout. During the extra five, minutes of play St. Viator scored two field goals, and St. Joseph found the hoop once. " The Illinois five is exceptionally strong this year and only recently defeated the stYong St Louis university team. St. Joseph made a fine showing against a team of such caliber and their defeat is no re-, flection on their ability. Lineup and Summary: St Viator —Bushell and Lyons, forwards; Glancy, center; McLain and McCarty, guards. St Joseph— Cox and Schaefer, forwards; Wellman, center; O’Brien and Brady, guards. Field goals—Clancy, 4; Bushell, 1; McLain, 2; Lyons, 3; Wellman, 1; Cox, 3; Schaefer, 1; Brady, 4. Free throws—Bushell 4 out of 9; O’Brien 4 out of 7. Referee—Hurly, of Purdue. The St. Cyril five of Whiting will be here Wednesday for a game with St Joseph.

LOUIS DAUGHERTY DIED IN CHICAGO SATURDAY

Word has been received here of the death of Louis Daugherty, a resident of this city thirty years ago and at one time the sheriff of Jasper county. Mr. Daugherty was past eighty years of age and was living in Chicago with his daughter, Mrs. Charles Bell, at the time his death occurred. Upon leaving Rensselaer, Mr. Daugherty and family went to Hammond, where he continued to reside until the death of his wife "a year or so-ago. The deecased is survived by five children; Charles, of Crown Point; Oliver, of Hammond; Edward and Mrs. Charles Bell, of Chicago; and Henry, of Highland. Funeral* services will be held in Chicago Tuesday morning and the remains will arrive here on the two o’clock train and will be taken direct to Weston .cemetery where burial wifi occur. *'

FIREMEN HAD ICY RUN; ROOF OF HOUSE BURNED OFF

Fire, which started in the attic of the residence of Mrs. Clara Cowland on Elm street, occupied by John Critser, about ten-thirty o’clock this Monday morning for a time threatened to destroy the property. As it was the roof of the home was burned off and it was with difficulty that the firemen, handicapped by the extremely' cold weather and low water pressure, managed to subdue the flames, after over half an hour of hard work. The fire originated in the attic, prbbably from a defective chimney and Chief Rhoades, who was acting in the place of First Chief Montgomery, who was out of the city, and his men resorted to their chemical extinguishers to fight the flames.

Mn. Don Beam went to Lafayette today to bring the baby of her sister, Mrs. Frank Hamilton, home with her and will care for it during the mother’s illness with influenza. Word reached here Monday of the death of Mrs. J. B. Multett of near MUAyr on Sunday, February 15. She leaves husband and aeven children. Death was caused by influenza, followed by pneumonia. William Ovenneyerof Roselawn was in Rensselaer today. , «wi —u .-y—-wi- , -r - t ,

REDUCTION plant is a PRIVATE owned plant (like we have east of town/ that converts “EXTRAORDINARY LARGE” (dead)-animals intoa PROFIT 11 aR ” H s^ 1

TRIAL CALENDAR.

February Term, A. D. 1920. .—_— Second Week. Feb. 16—Monday, 8634, Lake Shore & Mich. C. Ry Co. vs. Swan- ( son et al. Feb. 17—Tuesday. Feb. 18—Wednesday. Feb. 19—Thursday. Feb. ' 20—Friday, 9150, Wildiick vs. Wildrick. Third Week. Feb. 23-t— Monday. Feb. 24—Tuesday, 9140, Sellers vs. Hager.. Feb. 24—Tuesday, 9158, Penrose vs. Wasson. Feb. 24—Tuesday, 9159, Penrose vs. Wasson. Feb. 25—Wednesday, 9164, Walters vs. Hopkins. Feb. 26—Thursday, 9165, Banghart vs Bush & Bush. Feb. 26—Thursday, 9166, Citizen’s Nat’l Bank, Mulberry, vs. Templeton... 27—Friday, 8276, Dinwiddie vs. Gifford Estate. Feb. 27—Friday, 148, William Gruibe, Jr., Ditch. Feb. 27—Friday, 9162, Weaver vs. C. L. S. & South Bend Ry. Co. Feb. 28—Saturday, 9146, Ramme vs. Ramme. Fourth Week. March I—Monday, 8581, Lewis vs. Gifford Estate. * March I—Monday, 8582, Hobbs vs. Gifford Estate. March 2—Tuesday, 9041, Ramsey admr. of Leoni-Estate vs. Howard. March 3-—Wednesday, 9871, Mather vs. Cottingham et aL\ March 3—Wednesday, 9012, Bank of Mt. Ayr vs Inkley. March 4—Thursday, 9134, Hopkins et al vs Tyler. « March s—Friday, 9151, Bums vs. Carpenter. March 3—Wednesday, 9012, Macher vs. Cottingham et al.

The Eastern Star will meet in regular session Tuesday evening. The two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Branaman died Saturday at Indianapolis of pneumonia. The funeral will be at that place today, Monday. Mrs. Harry McGee and Ebner Branaman/of this city, are sister and brother of the father, of child.

STAR THEATRE . —TODAY— Emmy Wehlen Un * “A Favor to a friend”

“A Favor to a Frioad,” is a romantic and colorful love story, replete with adventurom incidents and thrills. It is the cretion of an author whose chief aim is action. The story is about a girl who comes .to New York to lay claim to her deceased father’s estate and encounters difficulties in the form of air unscrupulous executor. To evade the clutches of this crafty she ffees frosn ker hosne to seek shelter with a friend, and the series of adventures in which she finds herself, offer canny amusing and thrilling situations.. How ■■

VAN RENSSELAER CLUB MEMBERS, ATTENTION

All member, of the Ven Reneselaer club are invited to attend the dance to be given at th* club room* Ate evening following the banquet, regradlesa of whether or not they purchase banquet tickets. For those not attending Aq banquet, an admission foe of two dollars will be charged. A colored orchestra of Indianapolis will furnish.the music.

JOHN SNODGRASS DIED AT LOGANSPORT SUNDAY

The death of John Snodgrass, of this city, who had been etAe sanitarium in Logansport for about a year, occurred at that place at albout four o’clock Sunday afternoon. Poul Worland went to Logansport today and will return with the remains this evening. Mr. Snodgrass and family had been residents of this city for some time, their home being on Vine street. The deceased is survived by his wife and several children. Glenn Snodgrass, of this city and ,Lee Snodgrass, of Remington, are sons of the deceased. * t The funeral services will be held at two-thirty o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the late residence and burial will be made in Weston cemetery. -

SISTER OF W. L. BOTT DEAD.

W. L. Bett of Ate erty,receiveda message Sunday stating that his sister, Mrs. Alice Dietz, of Columbus, Ohio, 'had passed away. Bowel trouble was the cause of her death. Mrs. Dietz was to have been operated on, but her condition became so critical that she’ succumbed before they could get her to the hospital Deceased was about 55. yean of age and leaves her husband, one son, two brothers and one sister, besides W. L. Bott, all of whom will attend the funeral that will take place at Winchester, Ohio, Tuesday. He left Sunday for CO? lumbus.

“HOUSE WARMING” AT CLUB. ROOMS THIS EVENING

There will 'be a “house warming” at the Van Rensselaer club rooms this Monday evening, and all members are invited to attend with their lady guests. The “house warming” and danee will follow the banquet to be held at the ' Methodist church. All members are urged to be present.

STEIN-BARNES NUPTIAL.

The marriage of Herbert Otis Barnes and Anna Stein were solemnized by Father Daniels at St. Augustine Catholic church this Monday morning.

WARNS AGAINST CUTTING SCHOOL TERMS

Township trustees who cut school terms short of the minimum of 120 days required to continue the schools unless it can be clearly shown that the township is unable to pay the cost, according to L. N. Hines, the state superintendent of public instruction.

J. J. Montgomery was in Chicago today. A. S. Laßue made a business trip to DeMotte today. D. D. Dean and Edd J. Randle returned from Lafayette this morning.

•he extricates herself from the entanglements which are woven about her; how, in the midst of her . barrassing predicament sho laAu •he is in love with one of her captors, and how rim eventually tec or ers her piupertyand loses her heart, all sombtoe to form a romantic . tale of deepest intone* and All "comWtto to form a romantic tale of deepest interest and entertainment. Humor and pathos are beautifully blended in this sprightly play and its novel

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