Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1920 — Page 1

No. 69.

A Mass Meeting of the Citizens of Rensselaer and vicinity is called by the Mayor and Common Council to be held in the court room in Rensselaer on Monday, Mar. 22, at 8 p.m. It is essentially necessary that there be a large attendance atthis meeting as matters concerning the new light plant will be discussed. An especial invitation is extended to the ladies.

Cheaper Rugs For The Bedroom / ' 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. Kolorfast 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

A Decided Hit at the NEW ELLIS OPERA HOUSE Now playing all thia week The Original ' North Bros’. Stock Co. Tonight Ladies Free Again Tonight. Seats at Longs’ Phone 53 Prices 25-35-50

Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Peters, who live near Monon, visited here today with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Peters. Mrs. L. J. Sunkes and children of Lafayette, who had visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dunlap, went to Indianapolis this afternoon.

PRINCESS THEATRE MATINEB—2.IS NIGHT—T>« —TODAY— ■ KITTY GORDAN ‘Playthings of Passion’ What would you do if you sad* Ito his youn< butterfly of fashion, denly found you stood to ruin the Iwith a startling mautt. life of your neighbor’s wifoT Sool Can two wrongs main a right? a clergyman’s tremendous sacrifice IShe was unjustly accused by her in this picture. They said her has- (wealthy husband. .band had bought her for her won-1 Seo Kitty Gordan In “Playthings derful beauty. He tried to regenerate lof Passion.’’ ALSO FORD WEEKLY - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17TH. i . ; PH A » AY „ - HILL HENRY”

The Evening Republican.

DEATH CAME MONDAY TO RESIDENT OF MANY YEARS

Death came shortly after noon Monday to Matilda J. Hemphill, for a great number of years a resident of this city. Mrs. Hemphill passed away after an extended illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Alter on N. McKinley avenue, with whom she had been making her home. The deceased was born in Ohio November 24, 1843, and was therefore seventy-six yean and a few months of age at the time her death occurred. When still a young girl she emigrated to Indiana with her .parents and continued to make this state her home throughout the remainder of her lifetime. Mrs. Hemphill was the wife of Marcus Hemphill, who died about eleven yean ago. Mr. Hemphill was county treasurer of Jasper county for two terms and was a veteran of the Civil war. Later he conducted a livery barn in Rensselaer for a number of yean. Mrs. Hemphill leaves to mourn their loss three children, Mn. Frank Alter, Mrs. Jack Hoyes, and Charles Hemphill, all of this city, besides other relatives and friends. The funeral services will he held Wednesday afternoon' at 2:30 at the late residence and will be conducted by the Rev. E. W. Strecker. Burial will be made in Weston cemetery.

Mn. Horace Chadbourne left today for her new home at Centervine, Tenn., where her husband has been for two weeks. Mr. Chadibourne will be in charge of phosphate mines at that place.

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LARUE RESIGNS AS LEGION HEAD

CANDIDACY WON’T PERMIT HIM HOLDING PLACE AS LEGION HEAD. X Attorney E. M. Leßue, a candidate on the Republican ticket for the nomination as judge of the 39th judicial court, has resigned as commander of the Dewey Biggs Post No. 29, the local chapter of the American Legion, his action resulting from the rules of the American Legion which do not permit of a candidate for public office holding an office in the Legion. Mr. Laßue has addressed the following communication to Cope J. Hanley, Post 'Adjutant of the Dewey Biggs Post, tendering his resignation: Mr. Cope J. Hanley, Post Adjutant, Dewey Biggs Post No. 29, American Legion, Rensselaer, Indiana . — Dear Sir:— Having announced my candidacy for the judicial nomination in this circuit and 'being by reason thereof disqualified to hold office in the American Legion I hereby tender my resignation as commander of Dewey Biggs Post No. 29. Respectfully submitted, E. M. LARUE. Filed March 9, 1920. Cope J. Hanley, Post Adjutant.* By reason of the above resignation, Dr. I. M. Washburn, ViceCommander, becomes Commander of the local organization and urges all members to make prompt payment of their dues at the office of Dr. Gwin, post treasurer.”

THE NORTH BROS. COMPANY PLEASED IN “JOHN GANTON”

The North Brothen Stock company opened a week’s engagement at the New Ellis opera house last night to a fair sized audience considering the bad storm. The North Company is the best stock company that has played Rensselaer in the past ten yean and the play offered was one of the best of that famous writer, J. Hartley Manners, who wrote “Peg O’ My Heart,” “Happiness,” etc. Mr. North gave a vivid picture of Old John Ganton, head of the firm of Ganton and Company. He kept the audience with him during the four long acts. J. Hartley Mannen praised Mr. North for his splendid portrayal of Ganton after he had seen the performance in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Herbert Lewis, as young Ganton, gave a most pleasing performance, while Miss Virginia Goodwin North, leading woman of the company, played May Keating, the part 'Mr. Mannen wrote for his wife, Miss Laurette Taylor. Miss North is very clever, and wore some very pretty frocks. „ „ The ‘remainder of the cast were far above the average stock support, every one an artist in their own line. Mr. James Bavis, as Browning, Ganton’s old secretary, Warren Burrows as Allen Borlan, Leona Leslie, as Mn. Jack Wilson, Dee Selden, as Larry Delaney, and Miss Edith Aster, as Hester Ganton, completed the cast. _ , The settings were beautiful and far above the average one night show productions, the lighting effects were good and every small detail was carried out with tne stage properties. . . There is not a minute s wait from the beginning of the show. A special vaudeville review is also offeredbetween acts. Tonight the company will play “Helen Gray of the U. S. Secret Service.’ Ladies will be admitted free as Monday night.

53,000 ALIENS COME TO UNITED STATES, 61,000 GO

Prohibition is causing so many foreign-born to leave, the United Stated ttet emigration is exceeding 1 immigration, according to Congressman Isaac Seigel, a member of the House immigration committee. Ellis Island records today showed that immigration since January 1 tot Med 53,000, while 61,000 persons left the country. Most of the latter have gone back to Poland and Czechoslovakia to stay.

WEATHER. * Colder and generally fair tonight and Wednesday.

--- 1 ~ < The Women’s Aid Society of the Christian church will meet with Mn. Dr. W. L. Myer Wednesday afternoon.'

DEAN SHOEMAKER PRAISES M’CRAY

CITES HIS SUPPORT OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE AND EDUCATIONAL MATTERS. Carolyn E. Shoemaker, dean of women and. professor of English and literature at Purdue university, in a letter given out from headquarters of Warren T. McCray, candidate for the gubernatorial nomination on the republican ticket, praises Mr. McCray’s record in supporting equal suffrage and his championship of educational matters. Her letter is as follows: “It was my good fortune to be the chairman of the northwest section of Indiana in the 1918 campaign for suffrage. Brook was in my district. Thus it fell to my lot to address the republican convention at - George Ade’s farm. Warren McCray was in charge and gave me every assurance that the republicans would support us. And they did! “Now that we have made so much headway, all things seem to point to Mr. McCray as the logical candidate to further the good work. He has pledged his word to support us. Then why not give him the chance? As governor of the state of Indiana he will connect everything have contended for in the with all that we hope for in the future. . “And may I call to mind that Warren McCray has served with distinction as trustee of Purdue university? Every teacher, every friend of education, will find a champion in Warren • McCray—and heaven knows that we need one!”

CIGARETTES DID THIS

(By the Keeper of Nut Hollow), gee I’m not going to stay in here another minute a nice morning like this I told the man and he said what is the matter now and I said well you get to do all the running I around and I don’t get to swallow a bit of this nice spring atmosphere ! and he said well go on out and j swallow all of it you want to I get ! tired looking at you for don’t you i look like the wallpaper or somei thing so I said thanks and he said where would you go if you went Out and I said well .1 might go down and watch the river rise up or watch dry cleaner run his pressing outfit or something exciting like that and he said well all right just so long as you dont get in anybodys road so I went down the street and went into the newsdealers store and asked him did he have any late papers and he said yes that they were always late when they arrived on the Monon but that 'he could give me a Sunday edition and I said that would be all right as it would be news to me and he said I looked it and I asked him did he know anything exciting and he said no that he wished a fire or something would happen because what' was the use of being the fire chief if there wasn’t never any fires and I couldnt see either only the honor of the thing and he said honor ell I don’t never get nothing but abuse and the citizenry don’t appreciate what I do for them and I said never mind I was in the same fix and look at Fulton and Lincoln and all those fellows and then look at the notoriety he was ! getting when ever there was a fire and he says yes all the paper ever says is if it wasnt for the water there wouldn’t have been any damage and I said well that’s something and he dismissed me and I felt so cheerful that I decided to go down and see the undertaker and found him with his chin in his hands and I said well real cheerful like how’s business and laughed out loud at my own wit because that is always such a clever thing to ask a undertaker and he said there is an awful lot of it and I said then why are you so sad and he said because I am all tired ’ out and haven’t any time to myself for diversion and I said well haven’t you got no aides and he yes only they are never around and I said do you pay them and he said yes but he didn’t know what for and I told him he was SO cheerful that he ought to go down and talk to the newjwlealer and he said he would only he waan t fooling that lightheaded and I asked him did he beKeve in prohibition and he said no because his and he said no because his wHe couldn’t have nb enjoyment at the sew club any longer because there wasn’t any scandal to talk about since W. J. Bryan had his way and the tears scampered down has week as I turned away with anguish in my heart as I thought of the tor-

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rible injustice that was being done ladykind and the sun slunk behind a convenient cloud as I again placed myself beneath the vision of the haughty managing ed heartsick and despondent at the meager supply of happiness in the world on such a bright morning. (Ed’s Note: Balmy weather brought this gushing forth.)

KENNEDY WINS LAWSUIT.

George W. Kennedy of this city won his case against Jesse E. Dunn for the possession of the former’s two hundred acre farm in Jordan township. Mr. Dunn had lived upon the Kennedy farm for the past three years. The ( first year there was a written lease. The second there was an oral agreement between Kennedy and Dunn. The third year an extension was written on the back of the original lease. The lease and extension provided for the vacation of the farm at the termination of the lease without notice. , ' In the trial of the case here Monday before Justice of the Peace Schuyler C. Irwin, Dunn insisted that the signature to the extension was a forgery, and that he had not had notice which would be required in case the written lease was not effective. 1 - Mr. Kennedy swore that Mr. Dunn did sign the extension. And Attorney C. M. Sands and Assistant Secretary-Treasurer H. M. Mills of The Trust and Savings Bank swore that the signature was Mr. Dunn’s. Justice Irwin found for Kennedy,

STAR THEATRE —TONIGHT—ALMA RUBENS “DIANE of thl GREEN VAN’’ She wu *■ heiress hut she didn’t care much about it.. She came close to being a royal prince.., but .he didn’t know about that. men sought her, one for her riches, one for the throne, and the other boeavse he loved her.. It took cave man tactics to .win her. This and more happened to a girl who grew bored with .ociety and jnyey and ran away in a green van to find contentment. The picture n SIO,OOO prise story, “Dianne of the Green Van," and it b first produced by Alma Rubens’ own company. Also Snub Pollard in “SLIPPERY SLICKERS” —WEDNESDAY—AUGUSTUS THOMAS “AS A MAN~~THINKS" ’Jr" ■ 1 " 11 EVERY SATURDAY SUNSHINE COMEDIES BLUES DESTROYERS 75 Girls—Spice, Pep, Action, Laugh. • x A Weekly Feature Of The Star Commyring Saturday '■ . _ - - - - ~ ~

giving him possession of the farm and |l5O damages. Mr. Kennedy had rented the farm to E. E. Baughman, who had been 'living on a farm in Hanging Grove township. Baughman had attempted to move upon the Kennedy farm but Dunn would not give him possession and Baughman had to store his goods which he had moved with a farmer living near the Kennedy farm.

SPRING SIGNS.

The Iroquois river is rising. Some one lamped a Sand Crane yesterday. Another time-waster got a closeup of a Kildeer. “Billy” Grant’s baseball club had its initial workout Monday. Herman Tuteur surveyed his ■lawn. . / Attorney Leopold is wearing a flannel shirt.

METHODIST MEETINGS.

The storm cut the attendance at the Methodist meetings. Nevertheless the meeting was a good one. The interest manifested is splendid. 'Hie Rev. Robert O. Kimberlin will speak tonight on “Where Sin Does Its Damage.” The public is always welcome to attend. The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society will hold its thank offering service tomorrow afternoon at the church. Those attending the funeral of Mrs. Hemphill are requested to come to the church after the funeral.

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