Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1920 — Page 1

No. 95.

FIBER RUGS f.•■.„ ■ ' • Just received another shipment wool fiber rugs in the following sizes: 6x9, 8-3xlo-6 and 9x12. * ' • • W. J. WRIGHT

TURNER EXHIBITION COMING.

In reviewing the different divisons of College athletics we should not neglect the Turners. The caution were not necessary except that the character of the Turners’ work keeps them from stepping along with the prominence and popularity of basketball and baseball, and consequently renders them liable to our neglect. But primarily it is plain that this field of athletics has some other distinctions besides peculiarity. The horse, the parallel and. horizontal bars, are instruments of physical development in a direction not so effectively pursued'in any other form of athetics. The possibilities are even greater than we suppose, although it is not the aim of such training to make circus 1 clowns out of College boys. How-| ever, to those who have never seen the Turners perform, the agility, 1 the muscular prowess, so to speak,' displayed by youngsters never pected of such ability will come. as a pleasant surprise And the qualifications, after all, are' not ■ so far beyond the average boy that he cannot come out of the process of training in presentable condition. That fact should be an inducement for more students to ■ hand themselves over to the Direc- ( tor for inspection and the subse-1 quent drilling, I Many of the older members of the present squad have dropped through illness and other causes, leaving the success of the Turner exhibition of 1920 dependent mainly on the raw material now in action. But as like difficulties have been met and overcome in previous 'years, we may expect an evening of solid entertainment on April 21, when the Turners exhibit for ►the first time this year. A second exhibition will be staged the following' Sunday, April 25.—St. Joseph College Cheer.

TEMPERATURE The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7 a. m. on the date indicated: Max. Min. April 16 ' 64 41 April 17 56 84 Rainfall one and one-quarter inches. April 18 60 40 April 19 56 41 Rainfall .86 inch. ’ ■ ' WEATHER. — * Rain tonight and Tuesday, fresh and strong east winds.

h PRINCESS THEATRE MATINEE —2; 15 NIGHT—7IOO MO —TODAY— O 1 ’ * CARL LAEMMLE OFFERS r ‘ Harrey Carey -IN—“The Riders i Law” A PICTURE WITH A PUNCH the man between his sweetheart and Here** a real galloper! Hie himself. Troubles? You bet! And story of a U. S. ranger reformed action? I*ll say so! Yet genial from an outlaw life whom Fate Harry Carey somehow pulls through forces to arrest his former associ* —you’ll be tickled to death to, at—, only to find that their leader watch him do it. hi. own brother, and that brother, UNIVERSAL CURRENT EVENTS. TUESDAY, APRIL 20 RUBY DE REMER ; «THE TEIO*ORARY WIFE” - X ' ; EAicational Weekly

The Evening Republican.

NOTICE OF INCREASE OF PRICE OF DAILY PAPERS Owing to increased, cost of papers and distribution, it is necessary for me to add a small increase to the price of Daily papers only. Starting May Ist all Daily papers will be 3c each, 18c weekly and 75c monthly. Sunday papers remain the same, 50c monthly. Daily and Sunday $1.25. J. J. MONTGOMERY.

DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. P. O. KENNEDY IN HOSPITAL

P. O. Kennedy writes of the condition of his daughter, now in a Chicago hospital. The following is taken from a personal letter received by the editor from Mr. Kennedy: Wheatfield, Ind. April 16, 1920 Dear Mr. Hamilton: Enclosed find check for two dollars for which please give me credit for your valuable paper. Our daughter, Ruth, is in the Alice Home Hospital, of Lake Forest, 111., where she was operated on three weeks ago last Tuesday for a pancreatic cyst. The gall bladder had ruptured and a sack from which two quarts of fluid were drawn had formed. A drain was inserted and a large amount of fluid still escapes. Her worst trouble now is r she can keep nothing on her stomach and has to be fed artificially on glucose. The wound is doing nicely but just what the outcome will be is questionable. My wife is up there with her. Yours Reap.

P. O. KENNEDY.

WILLIAM CASTO DEAD.

William Casto died Saturday night about 9 o’clock at the Jasper County Hospital. The cause of his death being heart trouble from which he had been a sufferer several years. Had he lived until the 27th of this month he would have been 70 years of age. Deceased leaves a wife to mourn his demise. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at Milroy church and interment will take place ini the Benson cemetery.

MONDAY LOCAL GRAIN MARKET

Oats _ - -—97 c Corn ——sl.6o Rye 1 $1.75 I Wheat ___s2.6o

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920

HARDING DATE CANCELLED

OHIO SENATOR UNABLE TO FILL ENGAGEMENT HERE THURSDAY. Senator Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, aspirant for the presidency on the Republican ticket, who waa booked to appear in Rensselaer Thursday of this week, will be unable to be here -at that time, according to advice received by the local managers of his campaign from state headquarters. No reason was given, but it is thought that Mr. Harding will be able, to be here before the primary election. The news was received with great disappointment by not only his admirers, but by the remainder of the local voters.

CHARGE IRREGULARITIES AT THE STATE PENAL FARM

Indianapolis, April 17.—Mistreatment of prisoners at the state farm at Putnamyille is charged in a letter received here by Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, from Charles O. McNulty, formerly an Indianapolis saloonkeeper, who was paroled from the farm recently while serving a sentence for alleged operation of a “blind tiger.” Conditions on the farm, according to McNulty, are similar to alleged conditions at the Marion county jail, which are under investigation in the federal court and by the Marion county grand jury. McNulty’s charges included poor food, insanitary . conditions and cruelty. “Some of the paid guards are insulting and cruel, especially to cripples and weaklings, using loaded canes to beat them,” McNulty’s letter avers. “I was told by a prisoner named Leroy that for a violation of a rule he was handcuffed to a ring in the wall six feet above the floor and compelled to stand in this position for 24 hours,” •C. E. Talkington, superintendent of the farm, when informed of the charges by long distance telephone last night said “there is not a word of truth in it.” He said that he would welcome an investigation of the institution and declared that the charges were made by former prisoners with the I. W. W. spirit. An investigation of the farm was made by the State board of charities in January as a result of the charges of brutality to prisoners which were brought to the attention of Governor Goodrich. Their reports said: “In general, we can say that statements made may be classified as either untrue, misleading or exaggerated.”

FOUR HURT IN SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACCIDENT

Mary, Juno and Lorene Beoughter, daughters of Curtis Beoughter, and George Harris, of Remington, were injured about five o’clock Sunday afternoon when the automobile, the property of the latter, and driven by Mary Beoughter, turned over, pinning the occupants beneath it. The accident occurred when Miss Beoughter attempted to turn west. The driver suffered slight injury to her face and hands. Lorene suffered an injury to her nose. It is thought that Juno Beoughter’s hand is broken. Mr. Harris suffered an injured shoulder.

MARKETS BY WIRE.

(Furnished by The Farmers Grain . Market, H. H. Potter, Mgr.) Live Stock Market. Hogs, receipts, 24,000; higher, 25c to 50c; top, $16.75. Cattle, receipts, 21,000; lower, 25c to 50c. Sheep, receipts 15,000. Grain Market. May oats opened at .96 1-2 and .97 1-2; closed at .97 1-4. July oats opened at .88 7-8; closed at .89 1-4. Sept oats opened at .77 1-4 and .77; closed at .77 1-8 and 1-4.' May corn opened at 1.70 1-2 and 1.71 f-4; closed at 1.71 3-4 and 7-8. July oats opened at 1.65 1-4 and 1-66; closed at 1.66 1-8. Sept, corn opened at 1.60; closed at 1.61 1-2 and 1-4.

George Putt of Carpenter township was in Rensselaer today . " Miss Clare Jessen returned from Chicago this afternoon. The petit jury which convened today was excused by Judge C. W. Hanley, until Monday, April 26. H. W. Marble and H M. Clark of Wheatfield were in Rensselaer today. Mrs. Leo. Worland went to Monon today for a visit with her parents. The fire company was called put in a heavy ram Sunday morning in answer to a call at the home of I. H. Riley on Park’avenue, and found upon the arrival that there was no fire to fight A neighbor sent in the alarm. Smoke coming from the chimney, was Mown down on the roof of the house, making it appear as if it were on fire.

INDIANA NEWS.

Indiana State Gapitol, April 17. —'Governor Goodrich is considering plans of distributing in Indiana, at retail, surplus stocks of shoes that are being manufactured at the State prison. Samples of the first shoes made at the prison were received today at the office of Maurice C. Shelton, secretary of the state purchasing committee. Goshen, Ind., April 17.—Loss of approximately $50,000 resulted when the wareroom of the Hawks Furniture Company here was damaged by fire late last night. The blaze was confined to the roof of the three-story structure, but 980 pieces of finished bedroom furniture were ruined by water. The loss is covered by insurance. The fire started from spontaneous combustion in a vent pipe from the spraying room, which had become clogged with sediment from paints and varnishes. The factory sprinkler system extinguished the fire. Lafayette, Ind., April 17.—The law firm of Jones & Jackson today dissolved partnership. Ed Jackson, the junior member of the firm, found it necessary to retire from the practice of law because of his duties as secretary of state. The firm was organized in December, 1918, and enjoyed an extensive practice.

LaPorte, Ind., April 17.—The loss to farmers in this county through destruction of the winter wheat crop by the recent cold snap and snows is estimated by County Agent Buechner at $1,030,560. The agriculture situation in this county is acute, and in wheat fields it is so serious that the yield has been cut 50 per cent. Shelbyville, Ind., April 17.—Grover Borders, 10 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Borders, north of this city, has been insensible since an accident this morning when he fell from a horse, alighting on his head. Physicians attending the boy say that concussion of the brain from the fall may be fatal.

Columbus, Ind., April 17.—Mrs. Mary M. Bennett of Jackson county was given a $2,400 judgment by a jury in Circuit Court here today in her SIO,OOO damage suit against the W. T. Thompson Veneer Company of Edinburg. The / demand was for alleged personal injuries, received by the plaintiff several months ago, when a buggy in which she,was driving was hit by an automobile driven by one of the defendant company’s employes. George Bennett, husband of- the plaintiff, has a $5,000 damage suit pending against the same defendant. x Terre Haute, Ind., April 17.— Twenty mines in the Terre Haute coal fields, a large number of which were in the Clinton district, were idle today due to the miners refusing to work on Saturday. The twenty idle mines had been marked up and supplied with sufficient cars for full operation throughout the day. The tonnage loss reported from the mine fields from this cause amounted to 28,500- tons. The lack of cars caused the idleness of 103 mines, reducing the number in operation to about sevent mines. The tonnage losses from this cause aggregated 83,240 tons.

Richmond, Ind., April 17.—When the mandamus action of Esther Griffin White to compel the county board of election commissioners to place her name on the primary ballot as a candidate for delegate to the Republican state convention from the Fourth ward came before Judge Bond of the Circuit Court today, both her attorney and the attorneys for the county . board agreed there was nothing in the law to prevent her name going on the ballot. Judge Bond took the case under advisement until Monday. Winchester, Ind., April 17.—The oil fever in this county is being worked up to a high pitch and leases have been recorded covering several thousand acres of land. No one seems to know the cause, as no oil well has been opened in this part of the county. A few old wells have been cleaned out near Union City and they show a small flow of oil of a poor grade, yet enough to pay at the prevailing high prices. Drilling is now going on near both Winchester and Upion City and leases are being written daily.

Seymour, Ind., April 17.—The Srice of potatoes is unusually high ecause of a serious shortage and not because o's speculation or market manipulation, according to local retailers in answer to the movement started here among housewiven to refrain from buying potatoes until the price is reduced. The potato boycott is growing here and many housewives have pledged themselves not to buy them until the pricj drops. Spuds are retaking around $5 a bushel. Farmers who have raised potatoes for commercial purposes in former years declare that they will plant only enough for their own use because of the exorbitant prices charged for seed stock. ______

MONDAY PRODUCE MARKET.

Cream —«3c Eggs -35 c Hens 27c Springs ----fj® Cocks —— — ; 15c

Miss Netta Price returned from Chicago this forenoon. L t

£ Engage Your Dressmaker ■ Today Daily the new fabrics are arriving. Silks in colors for afternoon wear, for street wear and for evening wear. ■■ • Silk Delux Shower-Proof Foulards — for Spring and Summer, expressed in fashionable Copenhagen Blue and Tan—also in Black. Forty inches in width. Taffeta Silks The stiffness of these materials make them splendidly adaptable to the prevailing ruffles and outstanding effects. The width, thirty six inches; and the colors, French Blue, Copen, Taupe, Receda Green, Rose, Maise, Pink and Turquoise Blue. MURRAY’S

COL. GEO. H. HEALEY WAS HERE SUNDAY

Col. George H. Healey of Frankfort was the guest of IL. H. Hamilton Saturday evening and Sunday. He was here to look after some business matters. .The CrescentNews under the direction of Col. Healey is making wonderful progress. The paper and the Colonel are popular with the Frankfort people and his friends here will be delighted to know of the splendid succens with which our former citizen is meeting. _

SOLDIER’S WOUNDS ARE FATAL

Mrs. Frank Donnelly and Mrs. Morton Murray of this city attended the funeral of John Murray at Monticello Sunday. The deceased was, when a youth, a resident of this county, his father, John Murray, was the state agent for the Monon at Fair Oaks and later served in the same position at Monticello. The father’s death occurred a number of years ago. There were three brothers and I all of them were in the service during the Gerat War. John enI listed in 1914 and saw service at the Mexicon border. He went overseas where he was in the thick of the fight. He was gassed and had a leg shot off in Argonne Forest. He did not recover from the effects of the gas and wound. He was in a hospital in France for some time, after which he was brought back to this country. He was taken to the home of his ber, where his death occurred last Friday. He was twenty-two years of age. He was a relative of Harry B. Murray, William Murray and Mrs. Frank Donnelly of this city.

JUDSON MAINES IMPROVING

L. H. Hamilton received a postal today from Mrs. Judson E. Maines in which she says the following in reference to the condition of her husband: “He is on the mend and hopes to be out again before many weeks* The card was dated April 16, 1920, and was written from Olean, N. Y. On one side of the card was the photo of Higgins Memorial hospital at Olean and from the picture one would judge that it was a very beautiful place.

* Walter King, Bob Loy, W. L Spitler and Dr. J- H. Hansson went to Chicago this forenoon.

STAR THEATRE - —TONIGHT— ■* H. Irving, Jr. ‘The Lyon’s Mail’ * A SUPER-FEATURE J STARRING SIR HENRY IRVING’S SON IN A DUAL ROLE - Also "HIS CROOKED CAREER” . , --J. • ... ■ — - - \ —TUESDAY— F THE MINTS OF HELL” X Cave Man Battle la Yukon Saloon * COMEDY

OBITUARY.

Nellie Sophia Dunn was born 1 near Goodland, Ind., August 16th, 1871, and died at the home of John Bicknell, Rensselaer, Ind., April 13, 1920, aged 48 years, 7 months and 29 days. Although not a member of any church, Miss Dunn led a pure Christion life.' She made her home with her sister, Mrs. John Bicknell and her mother. She endeared herself to all who met her and was ever ready to share her happiness with others. Her short illness ended a life which had won to her many friends who wil Imourn their loss deeply. -— Her father preceded her in death in 1904. She leaves her mother, Mn. B. L. Dunn, Rensselaer, Ind.; two brothers, Jesse Dunn, of Rensselaer, and Wm. Dunn, of Larimore, North Dakota; two sisters, Mn. John Bicknell, Rensselaer, and Mn. Margaret Heistand, of Hopkins' Park, Hl. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Horton, of Mt. Ayr., at the home, and interment made m Weston cemetery.

CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends for the sympathy and kindness during the illness and sad hour of bereavement in the death of our daughter and sister, especially do we thank Rev. Horton for his consoling words of comfort, the singers, and those who gave the floral offerings. MRS.B.L. DUNhL SISTERS AND BROTHERS

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. National. St Louis, 2; Chicago, 0. Pittsburg. 2; Cincinnati, 1. Philadelphia, 5; New York, t Brooklyn, 9: Boston, 3. American. Cleveland, 11; Detroit, 4. Chicago-St. Louis, rain. No others scheduled.

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