Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1920 — Page 1

No. 49.

• ’ _ J - i f OOfffQr M 111 * 1 : ■ £ jm * } AI J ’ A »*• zt^ —''r^ - '''7'"~'J I Do you know that you can buy fit if’’Hl J an over-stuffed Davenport, covered u^— in tapestry, like the above illusJ tration in a bed davenport? We 1 * * have it in stock. W. J. WRIGHT RENSSELAER. INDIANA

SECOND CHOICE ENTRY O. K. WITH JOHNSON

Columbus, 0., Feb. 24. Hiram Johnson, California, at the request of Senator Warren G. Harding today consented to allow his name as second choice candidate for the republican presidential nomination in phio, where a number of delegates have indicated they would like to make him such a choice, Greoge B. Christian, secretary to Senator Harding, announced tonight. Senator Johnson, en route to Washington, was intercepted in Ohio, Which made his qualification possible.

MARKETS RY WIRE.

(Furnished- by The Farmers Grain Market, H. H. Potter, Mgr.) Live Stock Market. Hogs—Receipts, 16,000; carry over, 74300; higher 15c; top, sl4-75. Cattie—Receipts, 6,000. Sheep—Receipts,, 15,000. Grain Market. May oats opened at .80 and .79 3-4; dosed at .80 3-8 and 1-4. 1 July oats opened at .73 and .72 3-4; closed at .72 5-B"and 3-4. May corn opened at 1.34 and $1.33 5-8; closed at 1.35 7-8 and 1.86. July corn opened at 1.30 and 1.29%; closed at 1.30 7-8 and 1.31. September corn opened at 1.27%; closed at 1.27%.

MARRIAGE LICENCES.

Simon Sekema ,bom in Roselawn, Ind., January 23, 1896; present residence Jasper Co., Ind.; occupation, fanner, to Anna Douma, born, Chicago, HI., November 9,, 1896; present residence, Jasper county, Ind.; occupation, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Sebo Henry Ermen, born Melvin, 111., Dec. 4, 1890; present residence, Melvin, Ill.; occupation, farmer, to Ethel Muriel Fleming, born Monon, Ind., November Ist, 4897; present residence, Rensselaer, Ind.; occupation, housekeeper. First marriage for each. ' 1

TEMPERATURE The following is the temperature for Hie twenty-four boons ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: Max Min. February 24 37 s 22 February 25 32 17

PRINCESS THEATRE MATINEE—2t IS NIGHT—7.OO * —- -7— H.' - J. . . —TONIGHT—MABEL NORMAND —in—. “When Doctors Disagree”

Be sure and bring an extra ply of handkerchiefs when you come to see Mabel Normand in “When Doctors Disagree” which is featured at the Princess today. Miss Normand** antics .in .her latest and -fastest Goldwyn picture would make a sphinx grin with

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> THURSDAY LILA LEE “THE HEART OF YOUTH”

WOMEN TO BE DENIED PRIMARY VOTE

Indiana women do pot have the right to vote for presidential candidates at the May primary, under existing laws, in the opinion of Charles O. Roemler and Will H. Thompson, Indianapolis attorneys, who met with Frederick E. Schortemeier ,secretary of the Indiana Republican state committee, yesterday afternoon to discuss proposed election law changes and the legal status of voters. It was the opinion of the attorneys that the right conferred upon women to vote for presidential ' electors ih November does not carry with it the right to vote for presidential candidates in the primary. No interpretation of the existing law can give them this night, they said. Their opinion is, in agreement with that expressed recently by W. W. Spencer, Democratic state election commissioner.

The committee also expressed the opinion that women could not be delegates to the state convention for the reason that, under the law, only “qualified electors” can be delegates and it is their interpretation that women will not be “qualified electors” until the Federal suffrage amendment is ratified, at least so far as selecting a state ticket is concerned, which is the work of the state convention.. On the other hand, the committee agreed that women can be delegates to the national convention as the national convention itself is the judge of the qualifications of its delegates.

SKATING RINK NOW OPEN.

The skating rink will be open Wednesday and Saturday evenings until further notice. Open at 7:30 o’clock. Saturday, 7:30 to 9:15 and from 9:15 until midnight. Skates, 27c, war tax 3c. Ladies 9c, wartax, —lc. — — - — CALIX PAQUETTE.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, ATTENTION!

Special meeting after Lenten Devotions Friday evening. Important business.

ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Mr. Tom Courtnay, Mrs. Della Mayo, Mrs. Mary Potts, G. Stanley West.

envy. Plenty of romance and adventure. The girls will learn of a brand new, never-miss System of Capturing mere man! They’ll learn how to be beautiful though homely theyTl .see how and why it pay* to advertise. l ‘ . Also VOD-A-VIL MOVIES.

RBNMKLABR. INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 1920.

CLASS WORK FAILURES INCREASE IN COLLEGES

Lafayette, Ind., February 23.— The nurrtber of students leaving colleges because of delinquencies in ever before in the history of Americlass work is greater at present than can institutions of - learning, accordong to Stanley Coulter, dean of Purdue University, who returned today from a conference of deans of men, held at the University of Illinois, at Urbana. The average number of failures among fraternity men, he added, exceed by far the average among ’ nonfraternity men. The interest taken in social affairs and student activities outside of classrooms was found to exceed that of air previous years. A great diversity of interests appears to be taking students* minds from their work, but real achievement is lacking, Professor Coulter said.' Extravagance prevails to an amazing degree, according to the reports because of xthe multiplicity of projects that students are attempting to finance. Housing conditions in the college communities are regarded as fairly good, but there is need of modern dormitories. Purdue was found to have the lowest cost of living rate of any of the universities - represented at the conference. At some of the colleges room rent aflone sometimes amounts to as much as <lO a week .a student. Professor Coulter said that much of the restlessness, which is responsible for poor scholarship, comes as the aftermath of the war, the state of mind of the student who has been in service being such that he is unable to concentrate on any particular Object.

WEATHER. Fair, continued cold tonight and Thursday, except snow flurries tonight in north and east portions.

. NOTICE. The members of the Holy Name Society will meet at the home of Bert Abbett on MlcKinley avenue this Wednesday evening following services at the church for the purpose of offering up their usual prayers' for the repose of the soul of, Theodore Keiper, charter member. The funeral will .be held Thursday morning at nine o’clock. Members please wear their Holy Name badges. Mrs. H. M. Burns returned cently from Cedar Rapids, la., called there last Wednesday by the death of her grandson, Ralph Burns Dewey. Cause of the death was influenza followed by pneumonia and the child was ten months of age.

Got any Money? Want it to earn eight per cent? Then buy nontaxable Rensselaer Mfg. Co. Pref er r d Stock s This week ' is the ‘last call for lunch”

DEATH CLAIMS MRS CAROLINE TURNER

Mrs. Caroline Kepner-Turner, whose illness had been noted in the Republican, died in the hospii tai in this city this Wednesday morning at 3:00 o’clock. | Death was caused from cancer, । from which she had been a patient I sufferer for more than a year. She was the daughter of Robert and Rebecca Kepnex and is survived by her mother who is in her ninetysecond year, also by two brothers, Isaac Kepner of this city, John Kepner of Sheldon, 111., and two sistears, Mrs. John iSchanlaiub and Mrs. Abraham Wartena of this city, and by her son Max Kepner also of this city. The deceased was born July 23, 1863 and was fifty-seven years of age at the time of her death. Thf body was taken to the home of her brother, Isaac Kepner. The funeral services will be held some time Friday, the hour not being announced at this time.

D. A. R. CHAPTER OBSERVED WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

The General Van Rensselaer Chapter D. A. R., with their husbands as guests, fittingly observed Washington’s birthday Tuesday evening at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chapman. After a buffet supper, the company was entertained by means of Reflectorscope pictures and Silhouettes showing phases of American History as follbws: Screen pictures of the Indian Period. Reading, “Hiawatha's Wooing,” Mrs. Chapman. - Silhouette: The Arrow Maker, George Padgitt. Minnehaha, Mrs. Edson Murray. Hiawatha, Edson Murray. Screen pictures of the Colonial Period. Reading, “The Stately Minuet,” Mr. KannaL Silhouette —Misses Dorothy and Virginia Thompson. This was followed by a modem dance given by Misses Gwendolyn and Mary Elizabeth Kannal. Screen pictures of the Civil War period. Solo, Marjorie Loughridge. . Silhouette —“A Southern Bell,’ Mrs. Long. ■, Solo—“ Old Black Joe” Dr. Brown Silhouette —Mr. Honan. ‘ The present time was typified by a moving picture showing the modern young woman in dealing with a difficult situation. The Modern Young Lady—Gwendolyn Kannal. Her Maid—Mary Elizabeth Kan- - nal. Her Suitors —Dr. Brown, Thomas Padgitt, Edsoh Murray, George Padgitt. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Dean were Guests of the Chapter.

W. H. BEAM SELLS RESIDENCE.

William H. Beam has sold his residence on North Cullen street to Mra. Nathan Eldridge. This property is nicely located and has hard wood floors, ibath ana toilet. x Mrs. Eldridge will occupy the same at once. She had been living in the Nelson Randle property on North McKinley Ave.

UTTERBERG - GORDON

Miss Hattie B. Gordon became the bride of John A. Utterberg at twelve o’clock Tuesday. The ceremony was performed at the residence of the officiating minister, Rev. William T. Barbre. Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Otterberg, cousins of the groom, witnessed the cere'mony. After the wedding, the Joung couple went to the home of [r.aiiS Mrs. John Werner where a wedding dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Utterberg will reside on a farm eight miles east of Rensselaer.

WHATEVER HAPPENS

to the railroads there must be an advance in rates and fares according to the dope in the dailies. If they revert to private management, passenger fares have been proposed of six cents per mile. If the much cussed and discussed Plumb plan could be made practical, there must he a raise to take care of employees’ demands. {Personally our ignorance on the railroad question is criminal, but we see the future passenger travel turning to a light, safe, comfortable, fast, easy on gas and tires, closed car. Few people travel over 500 miles, most tickets are sold for less than 100 miles. 'Call to mind the many tunes the Franklin car has beat fast train time between points nearly 1,000 miles apart, on rough roads. When good roads are common (and the era is in sight) the public wifi demand a fast, nimble, comfortable car which will stand up under long tours at fast pace. Then wfll you see in the Franklin construction what wp see new. Then wri the Franklin become a THOMPSON A KIRK.

ABE MARTIN.

/ _ - - I .. (Indianapolis News.). - H you see three feUera with ther heads t’gether ther tryin t raise twenty dollars. “I don’t use ’em t’day. as he give Tell Binkley a match.

ADAM NEVER WORE ENGLISH WALKING SHOES--He was years behind our styles He wouldn’t have had the price if he oould have obtained the shoes. We liave the shoes but we’re years behind the price. / - -

GUBERNATORIAL HONORS SOUGHT BY J. KIRBY RISK

Indianapolis, Feb. 24.—Announcement of the candidacy of James K. Risk of Lafayette, ffor the democratic nomination for governor of Indiana, and the making public of a letter signed by 33 prominent Indiana democrats, urging former Governor Samuel M. Ralston to again head his party ticket in the state, were outstanding developments in the political situation here todaiy. Mr. Ralston has stated that ne will not be a candidate but many men high in the ranks of the democratic party in the state declared today that they hoped to break dawn his resolve.. They stated that petitions will be sent to all parts of the state tomorrow, preparatory to placing Mr. Ralston’s name on the ticket. „. _ x Mr. Risk’s announcement, of his candidacy was contained in a letter written by him to John R. Jones, of Plymouth, who was sponsor for the present primary law, passed in 1915. Mr. Jones if expected to become Mr. Risk’s campaign manager.

TO BE EMPLOYED BY FIRESTONE RUBBER CO.

Harald Clark will leave Sunday for Akron, 0., where he will' be employed by the Firestone Rubber Company as a tire finisher and as a baill player on the Firestone team. He win be in a department where hundreds of mutes are employed. The plan of employing mutes was adopted by the Firestone company company about three years ago, and they are found to be as proficient at the work as those whose faculties are normal.

Paul Wood attended a pure bred Poland China hog sale at Monbn today. . • '

STAR THEATRE —TODAY— . A FEATURE YOU ALL MUST SEE HENRY B. WALTHALL ‘THE LONG LANE’S TURNING BIG CAST TO SUPPORT HIM.: JOSEPH DOWLING ——— • VERA LEWIS MELBOURNE MACDOWELL MARY CHARLESON RALPH LEWIS WILLIAM DE VAUL < ALL THESE STARS PLAYED WITH WALTHALL IN '"A BIRTH OF A NATION” ’ WHAT YOU’LL SEE IN THIS BILL: The clever rase of a convict escaping fro* the Penitentiary. A beautiful girl in a blackmailer’s apartment at midnight. Walthall as a convict and as an impersonator of my Cousin Carns. A girt review in a penitentiary. A midnight battle w>th yegg man. The “Star Chamber" on election night. A near tragedy in a prison workshop. ** ** DON’T MISS IT. J • FROM CONVICT TO GOVERNOR. ♦ ' < Price Only 22 Conte. » ■ ■ ' i, J''• *" J• « ; ! A A * —THURSDAY— N . a*feature CHARLES RAY * £ “THE CLODHOPPER" His Greatest Success A study of homespun, of silk, of calicoes. A breath of new mown hay. A bresns from Broadway. A. story of tears and cho 2T; 1-4 STOP I TH * . What would you do if you suddenly thrown into the “MM of a bevy of Broadway chorus «irU? A GOOD COMEDY ADMISSION—AduIts 25—S—35c. ,

CHARLIE SEEKS GREENER FIELDS

AND SPOUSE FOLLOWS • SWT AS CREDITORS DECORATE MOURNER'S BENCH. • : * Greek Charlie Bibos left Rensselaer about a week ago. Charlie’s spouse followed suit last night. Charlie didn’t leave word as to his future whereabouts. Charlie’s wife also neglected to inform an inquiring public where she would be at home in the future. Charlie left his restaurant fixtures and a trail of creditors in his wake. Charlie’s spouse didn’t take the trouble to cancel his obligations, for the very good reason that she didn’t have anything to cancel them with. It might be said here that Charlie Bibos, a Greek, came to Rensselaer some time last summer to open up a restaurant in the Mrs. Elizabeth Haus building on Washington street. Charlie came from Greenfield, Ind., so be said, and further remagted that he was the owner of several prosperous restaurants located in various parts of the state, which may have all been true, but Charlie’s revenue here failed to keep apace with his expenses, and he tossed in the wet towel several days ago. His wife lingered for a few days longer, no doubt to help Charlie in his getaway. Last night, Tuesday, Mrs. Bibos arrayed herself in a brand new hat and a veil which was covered with dragons, butterflies, ’pevertthing—no doubt to hide her identity from her husband’s creditors. Mrs. Charlie enriched the Monon to the extent of the price of one ticket and left Rensselaer on the eleven o’clock train forever more. At that the Greek gentleman must have prospered during bis stay in our fair little city, as it appears that almost every penny that came in contact with his cadh register remained there. Charlie was awfully absent minded about paying debts, you know. During the few merry months of his residence here he ingratiated himself into the hearts of our citizens for a snug little sum. ' * It is said that a Chicago grocery firm helped Chartie on‘ his way HOO worth. A local grocery store is said to have aided the Bibos exchequer >67.95, while a meat market donated a week’s supply of meat. Charlie added to the profit side of his ledger one month’s rent. The city generously permitted Charlie the use of >28.41 worth of light free of charge. Two waitresses are looking . for thirty six of Charlie’s dofiars and are proving good waiters, and the landlady would like to have four of his eagle-stamped smackers. There are others who may 'have helped Charlie but we don’t know who they are, hence are unable to give them credit for their generosity/ Sheriff Woodworth has the key to Charlie’s “Busted Hope.” P. S _Mrs. Biboe left word that she would ’be back. ■

PLEASE RETURN MY CATALOGUES

• Will the party who borrowed my fruit- tree catalogues last fall please return them to me? CHARLES PEFLEY.

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