Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1920 — Page 1

No. 65.

Cheaper Rugs For The Bedroom I Matting rugs in green, blue and brown colors, size 9 ft. by 11 ft. 8/in. priced at $9.50. These rugs come in bright fancy patterns and will make a good economical rug for the bed room. Kolorfart matting rugs in green, blue and brown colors, size 9x12, priced at $12.00. These rugs are guaranteed not to fade and you will find that they will stand a great deal of hard wear. W. J. wrighT

SOLD OUT was the notice hung in the lobby of the New Ellis Opera House and many turned away for the performance of “Roger Bean,” Saturday. DON’T \ be disappointed if you are looking forward to seeing the Original NORTH BROS. COMPANY in the most interesting play of their week’s engagement at the New Ellis. J. Hartley Manners, who wrote “Peg O’ My Heart” and “Happiness” has given us a true story of life in the Chicago stock yards, the greatest in the world - ' - . - _ “THE GREAT JOHN GANTON" is a play that you’ll enjoy from the rise of the curtain and LADIES WILL BE ADMITED FREE That is, one with every paid admission just to prove to you that the North Bros. Company is not an ordinary stock company. Seats can be reserved at Long’s Drug Store by calling 53. Prices 25c, 35c and 50c, war tax 3c, 4c and sc. v • NEW ELLIS OPERA HOUSE

WEATHER. Cloudy tonight / and Tuesday. Probably rain possibly turning to snow Tuesday north portion. Warmer tonight. Colder Tuesday. Strong southwest winds, shifting to northwest Tuesday.

Attorney William Isham, of Fowler, came this morning for consid--eration of the Ryan ditch petition.

PRINCESS THEATRE r ■ ' *. . * • MATINEE—ItI» NIGHT—7|OO —TODAY—- . . — — t ———- > . i | Li. Monroe Salisbury , —in— “The Sundown Trail”

A great picture of the old golden day* of old California when whole communities of .men .lived .for months without the sight of a. woman, lured to lives of adventure by the chance of striking it rich. A story of great heart appeal, made still more delightful by the marvel-

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TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH. KITTY GORDAN “PLAYTHINGS OF PASSION”

RETURN AFTER ENJOYABLE WESTERN VISIT

Mr. and Mrs. iB. F. Fendig and children have returned home after an enjoyable visit of several weeks in California, the greater part of which time was spent in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Fendig left Rensselaer early in February, taking the southern route. Their first stop was in Arizona where they viewed the wonders of the Grand Canyon. From there they proceeded to Santa Barbara, Cal., where they visited for several days. From Santa Barbara they continued to Ix>B Angeles, where they remained for several days before going to San Francisco: In San Francisco Mr. Fendig enjoyed a pleasant visit with his old schoolmate, Gaylord Chilcote, son of Mordecai Chilcote, and a former resident of Rensselaer. Leaving San Francisco for home, Mr. and Mrs. Fendig took the middle Western route, visiting at Colorado Springs and Denver. At the former place they spent a short time with Simo* Leopold', formerly of Rensselaer.V

AN ENTERPRISE THAT SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED

Patrons of the Holden Floral Company will in the future have their purchases delivered to them by automobile, Mor. Holden having recently bought an automobile especially designed for his business. This addition was made necessary by this fast growing business which bids fair to become one of the leading institutions in Rensselaer’s business world. . Mr. Holden is also contemplating other improvements in his plant and plans to enlarge it considerably within the next few months. His present plant is modern in every respect and his only handicap has been in lack of space. He not only supplies the flower wants of Rensselaer • but those* of several neighboring cities as well, and the quality of his plants ds such that his reputation as a high class florist is steadily growing. Mr. Holden was for a number of years the sexton at Weston cemetery and during that time he made it one of the most beautiful cemeteries to be found in the state. His is a valuable adjunct to the city and one that should be en-

OUS Sierra Settings, the charming old-fashioned dresses and amusing .tovepipe* hats, the courtesy of the men and the beauty of the women. A picture in .which that fine actor, Monro* Salisbury SMs the eye and Insert ' INTERNATIONAL CURRENT EVENTS

WNtmtn INDIANA. MONDAY. MARCH 15. 1920.

FRANKLIN IS TITLE BEARER

JEFFERSON SMOTHERED 31 TO 13 BY NEW CHAMPIONS IN FINAL GAME. Playing the same stellar brand of ball that characterized their play throughout the tournament, Franklin high school seized the basket ball crown of all Hoosierdom by sinking the confident Jefferson five of Lafayette in the tourney final night by a score of 31 to 13, winning under wraps. Never once did the surprise Lafayette five appear dangerous to the chances of the Johnson county entrant, thg first period closing 17 to 8, Jeff recording but , a pair ,of field goals during the session. Franklin splattered the score book almost at will and were superior to the runners-up in every phase of the great winter pastime. The real championship affair wps staged during the afternoon when the new champions dropped the Anderson representatives in what was the greatest game of the entire tournament, winning after a hairbreadth escape in the regulation time by knotting the coiint on a free throw, and then sewing up the contest in the extra five minutes of play by a field goal. Anderson led at half time 8 to 5 and a victory for them looked certain when they went in to the final three minutes of the game with a lead of 12 to 11. It was here that an Anderson player committed a foul which ■wrecked their championship hopes when the Franklin marksman sunk the leather into the net for the tieing marker. The Anderson rooters shed copious tears as their gallant warriors left the court at the close of the combat. Anderson was undoubtedly the second best team of the tournament, only a trifle inferior to the new champions. It was unfortunate that fates decreed that they should meet Franklin in the semi-finals instead of Hartford City or Jefferson, the other two semi-finalists, both inferior to them. ' The new champions are worthy in every respect to be decorated with the olive branch and there is no doubt but that the championship went to the best team in the state. Throughout the entire yeaxf they Stayed steady, consistent basket all, losing but one game, that to the Martinsville five. The team is composed of sturdy tads, schooled in every department of the game, and a credit to Indiana in a basket ball way. They are believed to be the best high school team in the middle west, if not in the United States. Basket ball in Indiana is further advanced than in any ■other state in the union and Franklin stands ready to defend the state s claim against any other high school claimant. . Thus closes one of the most successful tournaments in history, a tournament that was viewed by the greatest crowds in the history of tournaments. It was the ninth annual classic and is an institution that will continue to live and please the fans wherever basket ball is played.

MRS. MARK HEMPHILL DEAD.

Just as we were ready to go to press this Monday afternoon word was received of the death of Mrs. Mark Hemphill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Alter, of North McKinley avenue.

MARKETS BY WIRE.

((Furnished by The Farmers Gram Market, H. H. Potter, Mgr.) Live Stock Market Hogs—Receipts, 52,000; over, 8,500; lower, 25c; top, $15.75. Cattle —Receipts, 19>°0 0 - Sheep—Receipts, 22,000. Grain Market. May oats opened at ,82% and 3-4; closed at .84% and 5-8. July oats opened at .75% and 3-8; closed at .76 7-8 * n d .77. Sept oats opened at .67 d-», closed at ,68 7-8. , , - May corn opened at 1.48 1-8 and 1.47 3-4; closed at 1.52 5-8 and 1 53. July corn opened atr 1.42 and 1.41 518; closed "at 1.45 1-2 and 1 4 Sept com opened at 1.38 1-4; closed at 1.41 3-4 and 1.42.

Station Agent W. H. spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Dean Merica and Mrs. F. X. Busha in Lafayette. John Gleason returned this Monday afternoon to his home in Liberty He bought eighteen horses while here last week paying as high at |425 for one team. Mr. and Charles Williams, who had been visiting here with the families of Claude and John Williams and other relatives left Sunday for their home near Devils Lake, N. D. _ , Attorney Emory Sellers, of Monticello, waa in this aty on legal business Monday. In an interview with our reqporter he explained why Thomas Taggart quit the race for United States Senator. Attorney Sellers say* that there will be thirty thousand new Bepublican voters in Indiana thia fall. When asked who they were the attorney replied the Utirttr thousand negro wenchea» >

SITUATION IN GERMANY BAD

RIOTING IN BIG CITIES GROWS WORSE AS UNITED STATES WARNS. London, March 14.—During the fighting in Frankfort 15 hundred killed, »ay* an Exchange telegraph dispatch from Berlin. The police .were compelled to leave the town in consequence of the mob seising an arms depot, the dispatch adds. Berlin, March 14.—The two governments of Germany are now matching wits and forces to gain control of the republic. Dr. Wolfgang Kapp, who proclaimed the new order at Berlin and himself chancellor, is employing all his efforts to assure the German people that government under him and those he selects to administer affairs will mean true democracy, increased productiveness and conservation of the rights of the working people. Frederich Ebert, president of the old government, who with most of his ministers hastily withdrew from .Berlin when the revolution troops marched in and Kapp and Von Luettwitz took control, is variously reported to be at Dresden or Stutt-

gart. Call* For Strike. From his point of security he is calling upon the socialists and working classes generally, to stand by the old government and to use the strike weapon so that the counter revolution may be promptly suppressed. , . In response to this appeal a general strike has been proclaimed in many places, but in other parts of Germany the call for a strike has not been received with favor. Barbed wire entanglements have been thrown up in front of the great public buildings near Unter-Den-Linden and Wilhelmstrasse, cannon and machine guns are posted at the cross streets and other points of vantage, and heavily armed guards are stationed throughout the city. Not For Monarchy. There as been constant official reiteration of the statement that the new government is not reactionary; that it does not desire the restoration of the monarchy, but that it has come into office so that Germany may be rehabilitated. Chancellor Kapp, in a statement to the foreign correspondents, said that the conditions of the peace treaty would be fulfilled, so far as they could be reconciled with German honor and Germany’s economic condition. , While adherence to the new government ha* been promised by *ome of the outside states, Saxony has declared against it and Bavaria, Wurttemburg and Baden have joined in denouncing the movement declaring it a crime against the German people that the progressive development of the southern German state* should be disturbed from Berlin. .. . Those states announce their recognition officially of the national assembly. . — Hindenburg in Background. Meanwhile, one of the great figures in the German national Ine, Field Marshal von Hindenburg, has kept himself in the background. His former close associate. General Ludendorff, credited with being the brains and moving spirit of the German 'army in its belligerent days, has had 6 conference with the new chancellor. What passed between them is, of course, not known. It is not impossible, however,that von Hindenburg, who is a candidate for the presidency, may loom large before events take definite shape.

STATE BONUS FOR FORMER. SOLDIERS LATEST PROPOSAL

iNew York, March 14.—The state executive committee of the .American legion came out today in support not only of demands for adjusted compensation’ from the federal government but for a state bonus of $lO for each month 01 service and sufficient additional compensation for all disabled e service men both from the state। an federal governments to assure them comfortable living.”

MARRIAGE LICENSE.

Louis Walstra, bom Holland, Feb. 28, 1894, present residence, De Motte; occupation, farmer, to Lena Kiersma, bom DeMotte, Aug. , 1895, present residence, DeMowe, occupation, housekeeper. First marriage for each.

MONDAY. PRODUCE MARKET.

Z”""— gS spring, - ------ ::ue & ** Mrs. Edd J. Randle and son returned today from where they went to vust her sister, Harriet Shedd, who w “ the Douglas schools. While gone Mrs. Randle visited in California and several other southwestern of interest.

YOU DO BEST AT MURRAY’S Ladies’ Coats, Suits - f Dresses and Waists ' • w—-—• ——

MATINEE MUSICAL TO GIVE LYCEUM NUMBER

The fourth number of the Lyceum Course will be given next Friday evening at 8:30 o clock in the Presbyterian church. This number is by the local Matinee Musical organization and in the main will be a home talent production. Every Rensselaerian is aware, however, that few musical organizations coming to our city excel! in talent our own local people. The members of the Matinee Musical have been working several weeks on this program which Will consist of a short Cantata, vocal and instrumental numbers, and several choruses. A large number of musicians will take part in the production. A record crowd is expected to hear this number of the Lyceum Course. Those who do not have season tickets can procure a ticket at the door.

CAPACITY HOUSE GREETED “ROGER BEAN” SHOW

A capacity house greeted the two-act musical comedy play, er Bean,” which played at the New Ellis Saturday night, and there were many others waiting in line when the last seat had been Bean” is a pleasing little bill, humorous throughout, and one which left a pleasant after effect. There were seventeen in the cast, and each proved to be a clever ai List. The quality of the plays that Managers Hill and Crooks are now boking is very high class, and not in years has the city boasted of such a splendid playhouse. The North Stock Company opens a week’s engagement at thejSUis this evening, and comes well recommended.

WORLD WAR VETERANS TO GIVE DANCE

The World War Veterans, Chester Post No. 2570 of Lafayette, Ind., send a cordial invitation to the public of Rensselaer to attend a beneficial dance to be given at Allen’s Dancing Academy, Lafayette, Ind., Thursday evening, March 18, the proceeds to be used to secure a club room. Robinson’s four piece orchestra will furnish the music. The Monon quartet has been engaged to render a few selections. A good time is assured. Dancing hours, 9 p. m. to 1 a. m.

STAR THEATRE —tonight— ’ : Jackie Saunders “MUGGSY” A DRAMA TO PLEASE ALL Also “TWO CROOKS” A Good Comedy —tueway--AIMA RUBENS •DIANE OF THE GREEN VAN” —

CENSUS STATISTICS SHOW BIG INCREASE IN BIRTHS

New York, March 11.—The census bureau in Washington is publishing vital statistics for 1920 as fast as they can be compiled but infonhation gathered by the United Press today indicated the enumerators will never catch up with the population. (Reports from cities throughout the country showed a general increase in births during the first two months of this year compared with the corresponding period of last year. This increase was practically uniform in all sections. Milwaukee and Seattle were the only places to report a decrease. Adoptions wherever figures were available, generally showed even a greater ratio of increase than births. Many cities reported a commensurate decrease in the number of babies abandoned by their parents. The desire of mothers who cannot support their babies to assure them of a good home rather than trust to the comparative uncertainty of an institution has been evinced through several instances of babies being “auctioned off” in some cases even before birth.

ATTENTION, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

The Page rank will be conferred on twenty-one candidates Tuesday evening. After the work there will be eats and a social time. All resident and visiting Knights are urged to be present.

REDMEN.

All members of the Improved Order of Redmen are urgently requested to be present at the Hall, Friday evening, March 19th at seven o’clock sharp. The Monticello Degree Team will be here to confer the Degrees. , A Banquet will be served at the Barnes Resaurant. . By Order of the Sachem.

ABE MARTIN.

(Indianapolis News). f Miss Tawney Apple talks some o becomin’ a movie star. She gets her stage inclinations from . her father, who used t’ be a veterinarian with “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.’ Affections that kin be alienated haan t worth anything like what ther usually held for.

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