Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1920 — Page 1

No. 203.

Only The Hoover beats—as it sweeps—as it cleans —no ,other method of caring for your rugs will do so much toward preserving the original beautiful colors and prolonging rug life by thorough cleaning. ' Let us demonstrate The Hoover to you either in your own home or here in the store. * *. ' • y- • £ • - HOOVER ELECTRIC SUCTION SWEEPER TT BEATS-.. AS IT SWEEPS AS IT CLEANS W. J. WRIGHT

CHICAGO POLICE CROSS LINE TO MAKE ARRES

Chicago police Sunday made an armed raid across the state line into Indiana and arrested Frank Miller a bartender at Burnham, in connection with the theft Friday at Pullman of a mail pouch containing >IOO,OOO. L . As the detectives left the resort at which Miller worked a crowd gathered and demanded his release on the grounds that Chicago police could not make an arrest there. The detectives drew their revolvers and went through the crowd in a hollow square with Miller m the center.

YOUNG MT. AYR MAN DIED AT SANITARIUM

Clarence Alexander Meharry, 25 years of age, and a son of John Meharry, of near Mt. Ayr, died at Longcliff sanitarium at Logansport Sunday evening, he having been an inmate of the institution for some time. - , The remains were brought to this city Sunday night and then taken to the Meharry residence. The funeral will be held at Mt. Ayr Tuesday and burial will be made in the North Star cemetery.

The bragging of the Democratic millionaire candidate of his great accomplishments in Ohio as governor reminds us of the expression of another very self-conceited in- * dividual who was wont to say, “Me and Gott.”

PRINCESS THEATRE MATINEK—NIGHT—7:IS —TODAY— Mary MacLaren “The Road to Divorce” ALSO INTERNATIONAL CURRENT EVENTS, i Admission, Adults——l7c. Children 11c.

She clutched ? the knife in her hands. It was a deed too terrible to even contemplate in her lucid moment. But the excitement of the occasion must have aided her in striking the blow. It was a defense of bar honor. But it was her husband’s own bsieved brother.

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f ■ ■■ —TUESDAY— Corinne Griffith “A Girl at Bay”

TAKES COURSE IN SCHOOL LUNCHES

Mrs. F. E. Rees and Miss Florence Rees, mother and sister of G. D. Rees, Swift’s salesman and resiI dent of 513 N. McKinley ave., left Sudnay morning for Boston, Mass., by the way of Detroit, Niagara Falls, Albany, Hudson River, New York City and the Atlantic Ocean jto Boston. Mrs. Rees expects to return home ' the last of September, but Miss Florence expects to stay a year. After graduating from Purdue uniiversity in June, she received a scholarship from the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of Boston. She will receive a year’s training in lunch room management and the privilege of obtaining ' her Master’s Degree at Simmon’s I College, Boston. Most of the training will be received in the school lunches of Boston where food is prepared for 8,000 school children per day.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. National. ■New York, 4; Chicago, 1. Brooklyn, 6; Cincinnati, 3. American. Chicago, 8- Washington, 4. Detroit, 11; New York, 9.

Harry Zimmerman returned today to his home in Michigan City after a short visit here with his mother, Mrs. John Zimmerman and family. Mr. Zimmerman has for many years held down a good job with the Monon in Michigan City.

Audi the detectives were pressing her ' closer ' and closer every day. Should she confess? The ama step cleverness lends sect to the chase. But she Collapsed .when they ram her to cover. See Corinne Griffith in “A Giri at Bay.”

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1920.

ASSESSMENT OF INCORPORATIONS

STATE TAX BOARD REPORTS VALUATION OF JASPER COUNTY PROPERTIES. It will be interesting to the tax payers of Jasper county to know that the railroads, banks, telegraph telephone, express companies anc other incorporations bear a just proportion of the burden of taxa tion. The following is the 192( valuation of the incorporations of the county as fixed by the Indiana state tax commission: Railroads. Chicago & Eastern DI., LaCrosse Branch— Miles of main track, 19.58 Valuation per mile $ 12,000 Miles side track, 1.77. Valuation per mile 5,000 Rolling stock, per mile 4,000 Improve, of right of way— 4,825

Total 1326,955 Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville— Miles main track, 21.68 Valuation per miles $ 66,000 Miles side track, 6.32 Valuation per mile 7,000 Rolling stock per mile 7,500 Improve, of right-of-way— 15,700 Total $1,668,120 C. I. & L., Chicago & Wabash Valley Division— Miles main track, 25.95 Valuation per mile $ 7,000 Miles aide track, 2.96. Valuation per mile 2,500 Rolling stock per mile 1,000 Improve, of right-of-way-- 1,880 Total i $216,880 New York Central, Kankakee Division— Miles of main track, 18.01 Valuation, per mile $55,000 Miles side track, 3.85 Valuation, per mile 10,000 Rolling stock per mile 216,120 mprove. of right-of-way. _ 3,960 Total $1,249,130 P. C. C. & St. L., Effner Branch — Miles main line, 8.86 Valuation, per mile $30,000 Miles side track, .93 Valuation, per mile 7,000 Rolling stock, per mile — 10,000 mprove. right-of-way 1,595

Total $362,505 GRAND TOTAL $3,823,590 Banks. Bank of DeMotte — No. share, 100. Per share $ 85 '22 Total - $ 8,500.00 State Bank, Remington— No. of shares, 300. Valuation, per share $ 155.33 Total $46,600.60 Farmers National Bank Remington — No. of shares, 300. Per share $ 90.00 Total $27,000.00 State Bank, Rensselaer — No. of shares, 750. Per share $ Total —- $95,900.00 Trust & Savings Bank, Rensselaer— No, of shares, 1,000. Per share $ 98.40 Total $98,400.00 First Nat’l Bank, Rensselaer — No. of .shares, 600. Per share $ 174.00 Total - $104,400.00 Bank of Wheatfield — No. of shares, 130. Per share -- $ Total —v—- $18,100.00 Farmers & Merchants National Bank, Renselaer— No. of shares, 750. Per share 3 - 80.00 Total ’ - $60,000.00 GRAND TOTAL $458,900.00 Note—Real estate and improvements owned by banks are assessed locally and the amounts added to the above valuations. Rensselaer Build. A Loan $2,030.00 Sleeping Car, Telephone", Telegraph and Express Companies— Pullman Company - $ 14442 Postal Tel. Cable Co. 22,755 Western Union Tel. Co. — 49,888 Central Union T. Co. 9,867 W. L. Bott T. Co. 8,010 A. L. Carpenter T. Co. — 3,000 Jasper County T. Co. — 48 »360 Monon T. Co. ------ _ Newton & Jasper T. Co.— 2,075 Winona T. Co. -- 6,100 North Judson T. Co. —— 1480 Western Indiana T. Co. — 4,288 American Ry. Express _ — 9,082 TOTAL $179,922 public Utilities. Interstate Public Service --324,994 Remington Farmers Elevator 62,070 Wheatfield Electric Lt. 5,000 TOTAL $92,064 Tot*ls« Building A Loan --—— 2,030 Sleeping car, Telephones, • Telegraph and Express Companies Public Utilities — 92,064 (GRAND TOTAL $4,556,506

’ Edward Hornickel returned today to his home in Roberto, BL, after a visit here with J. M. Torbett and family. His sister-in-taw, Creola Torbett accompanied Hornickel

NEWS NOTES IN BRIEF.

Domestic. Marion, 0., Aug. 21—Three front porch speeches and one at Galion, 0., during the coming week are on a speaking schedule for Senator Harding made public tonight at his headquarters here. Roanoke, Va., Aug. 21.—Sixtyone moonshine stills, several hundred gallons of whisky and much mash were destroyed by Federal revenue agents who have just completed a tour of the mountain counties of Henry, Patrick, Franklin and Roanoke. New York, Aug. 21.—The body of a murdered man found early today sitting upright in a touring car parked at South Beach, Staten island, first reported to have been Robert Hayes, internal revenue inspector, was identified tonight by police finger print experts as that of Robert F. Eckert, of Orange, N. J.

New York, Aug. 21.—America’s three entries in the Gordon Bennett international airplane trophy races are on their way to France. They include the planes of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation of Garden City, L. I.; the DaytonWright Airplane Company of Dayton, 0., and the United States Anny air service experimental engineering division at McCook field, also in Jayton.

Hammonton, N. J., Aug. 21.— Kidnaped baby Blakely Coughlin was within ten miles of this place Aug. 2, the day August Pasqual, the “crank,” was arrested at Florida, N. J., according to a statement made by Pasquale to the police today at the Morristown jail. The child was “all right” and being well cared for on that night, and its captors narrowly missed being captured by the state constabulary he said.

Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 21.—An injunction asking that Edwin T. Meredith, secretary of the Department of Agriculture, be prevented from enforcing the order forbidding live stock commission men from increasing their charge, was ordered prepared by fifty representatives, of ive stock exchanges m Kansas City, St. Joseph, Wichita and Denver, at a meeting here today. Chicago, Aug. 21.—The murder James B. Todd, dining car stewrd, who was shot a few days ago hile defending a payroll of the ew York Central railroad, was beeved to have been solved here toay by the arrest and alleged conession of J. T. Todd, negro.

Washington, Aug. 21.—Daniel T. O’Connell, director of the Friends of Irish Freedom bureau, made public tonight a letter of protest he has sen to the American Bar Association against the invitation extended to Sir Aukland Geddes, British ambassador, to address the association’s convention in St. Louis, Aug. 25. ■ —/ Portland, Conn., Aug. 21.—Appearing suddenly in front of Geo. F. Cramer, cashier of the Portland National Bank today, four men with revolvers drove him and Oliver Ellsworth, cashier of the Freestone Savings Bank, in the same building, into the bank vault and closed the door. They then scooped up about $5,000 in bills and left in an automobile.

Columbus, 0., Aug. 21.—Appointment of a receiver for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and an accounting and distribution of the brotherhood’s trust fund, estimated at $10,000,000, is asked in suit filed today by Benjamin Callahan, head of the Columbus Association. San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 21.■ — Raynalda Villa, daughter of Francisco Villa, former bandit leader, died her last night from tuberculosis. She tfas 19 years old, and a native of Mexico, having come here with her mother when Villa took to the bandit life in Mexico.

Cleveland, 0., Aug. 21—-Police today were asked to search for thieves Who stole $3,500 from an American Railway Express car in transit from Pittsburgh to Cleveland. The theft was discovered when the train arrived at the Pennsylvania railroad station here.

Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. bills of complaint attacking Wisconsin’s 2-cent-fare laws as unconstitutional were filed in the United States District court here today by the Chicago A Northwestern; Mmneapolis, St. Paul A Sault Ste. Marie Chicago, Milwaukee & St PauL Chicago, Burlington A Quincy, and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis A Omaha railroads.

St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21.—Ttoe Rev. Father Francis A. Kelly, Albany, N. Y., chaplain-general of the American Legion, who is in a local hospital recuperating from injuries received in an automobile accident, July 26, announced today be would not seek re-election Sept. 29, when his term expires.

State. Richmond, Ind., Aug. 21.—The sixty-first annual reunion and picnic of the Wayne County Association of Pioneers was held today at Jackson park, west of Centerville. Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Democratic nominee for governor, and Warren T. McCray, the Republi-

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can gubernatorial nominee, were present. Despite the heavy rain there was a large attendance. Both Dr. McColloch and Mr. McCray gave addresses during the afternoon. ' Noblesville, Ind., Aug. 21.—The officials of Hamilton county and ex-county officials held their first reunion today at Ben Hur park in the southwestern part of the county. Friends of the officials and former office holders increased the attendance to 200. The principal addresses were made by Henry Lane Wilson and Mayor C. W. Jewett, both of Indianapolis. Columbia City, Ind., Aug. 21.— Adam B. Mosher, head of the A. B. Mosher Coal Company, was killed instantly near here today when his automobile was struck by an eastbound Pennsylvania railroad train. He had stopped to let a westbound train pass and drove directly in front of the eastbound train on starting up again. Indiana State Capitol, Aug. 21.— The public service commission to-1 day authorized a temporary schedule of increased rates for the Central States Gas Company of Vincennes, i The new rates are effective until ?eb. 1, 1921. The company recent-j y changed from the manufacture of coal gas to water gas and the commission held that sufficient information was not available for the, establishment of permanent rates. I Indiana State Capitol, Aug. 21.— E. I. Lewis, chairman of the pubic service commission, announced ;oday that the service-at-cost proposal for the operation of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company ( would be considered by the commission next week. He indicated that an order in the case may be issued by the commission within a short time.

CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING

Mr. and Mrs. John Schroer of t 120 N. Milton street, celebrated । their Golden wedding Anniversary on Sunday, August 22. Three persons, who attended the marriage ceremony in Zanesville, 0., August 18, 1870, were present Sunday. They were Mrs. Schroer’s brother, James Longstreth of Pair, her sister, Mrs. John Clager, of Wheatfield and her niece, Mrs. Alex Hurley of this city. About sixty guests were present including their son, Frank Schroer and family and Mrs. W. E. Price and family of Barkley township. Their other son, Mark Schroer and family of Amboy were not able to be present. . The occasion was a most delightful one and the Republican joins with the many friends of this splendid couple in wishing them many more hapuv years of health, contentment and joy.

For the benefit of our many friends and customers who were unable to take advantage of Our sale during the harvest season, we will extend our money saving, midsummer sale until September first,' inclusive. THE CLOTHING HOUSE OF WILLIAM TRAUB.

TEMPERATURE. The f Is «ie iWgdtwrs for the twenty-four hoars ewdtaf at 7 a. m. on the date Aug. 20 JJ M | Aug. 21 74 Aug. 23 47 Aug, 22 80 49 i

WEATHER ' Fair tonight and Tuesday., । temperature Tuesday and in Central portion tonight. » _ J

B-R-R—OVERCOATS APPEAR AS MERCURY DROPS

ftunday was unique as a cold August 22 and according to the Indianapolis office of the U. & weather bureau only twice in the history of the bureau has a marie lof an August 22 surpassed that of the one established Sunday. The thermometer at St. Joseph college 'recorded a maximum, of 73 degrees | for the ’day, while the Indianapolis bureau gave out 70 degrees as the highest mark reached in that city for the day. The minimum temperature for the twenty-four hours lending at seven o’clock this Mon!day morning was 47 degrees, a figure slightly below that given out at the state capitol. A maximum temperature of 99 degrees is recorded for the year 1897 by the Indianapolis bureau, which Is the coldest on record for the day. The report from St. Joseph college for Rensselaer and vicinity for the twenty-four hours from seven o’clock Saturday morning until seven o’clock Sunday morning shows a maximum of 80 degrees and a minimum at 49 degrees. Today, Monday, continues cool and farmers are fearful lest there be a still further drop which would injure thedr crops. There have been no reports of frosts in this locality. The present cold spell is attributed by the Indianapolis bureau as being due to the fact that Indiana is the center of a large area of high barometric pressure which is bringing cold weather from Canada. Manitoba, Canada, reported a temperature of 28 degrees Saturday.

U. S. CLINCHES OLYMPIC GAMES—FAR AHEAD

The United States athletes have again clinched the Olypmic games and at the present time axe so ha in the lead that by no possible combination of circumstances could they lose first place. The victories of Uncle Sam's athletes have been decisive and leave no doubt as to their superiority over the remainder of the field. The following is the standing of the various nations, compiled after Sunday’s events: America 4 205 Sweden 187 England — 110 Norway 70 France 30 Italy 28 South Africa - 24 Belgium - - 17 Holland 15 Denmark 18 Canada 10 Esthonia —-- 9 Brazil - 0 Cxecho-Slovak _ — 0 Switzerland 5 New Zealand 5 Spain ——— 2 Greece -— 2

CLINTON COUNTY FAIR.

1 The Clinton county fair will Im held at Frankfort Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and Friday of this week. This is one of the very best county fairs in the state. Cd. Healey issued aneight page'supplement to the Saturday Frankfort Crescent-News containing almost wholly advertising of the enterprising 'merchants and business men of that city. The entire front page was taken by the friends of Indiana’s next governor, Warren T. McCray. A fine likeness of this piogtoMive farmer and successful bushMSSsams. was given and also many reasons [were stated why he should be the next Indiana chief executive. 1 We quote just this, “A man of p* o ? l ** * w. —czCl—

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