Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1920 — Page 1

No. 229.

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YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. National. New York, 1 Cincinnati, 0. — St. Louis, 5; Philadelphia, 1. Boston, 4; Chicago, 2. American. Detroit, 12; Washington, 11. New York, 8- St. Louis, 3. Chicago, 9; Philadelphia, 2. Cleveland, 12; Boston, 1. Sew club will meet with Mrs. Emory Mills Thursday afternoon.

Brick Ice Cream That Good Hydros Brick Cream. Wednesday and Thursday A. F. LONG & SON

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Also Special Sporting Extra “BABE RUTH”

How he knocks his home runs. Photographed in action .with the New York "Yanks" and Cleveland “Indians" in actual 1920 game.

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CHRISTENSEN OUTLINES POLICIES AT LAFAYETTE

Lafayette, Ind., Sejrt. 21.—Parley P. Christensen, candidate of the Farmer-Labor party for the presidency, was the headliner at a rally of the party held in the local Labor temple tonight. The hall was filled to capacity with an audience that heard Christensen outline the party’s policies and hopes. Christensen was presented by Louis J. Hart, who was the local delegate to the party convention at Chicago. Jas. M. Zion, candidate for governor, and James M. McGill, Valparaiso, candidate for representatives in Congress from the Tenth district, were also present at the rally.

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCET PROGRAM

The concert will start at 7:801 o’clock instead of 8:00 o’clock. I Triumphant of True Tones, March ■ 80-La-Bo Fox Trot “Let The Rest of the World Go I By” Waltz Charms — Hold Me —£ ox £** The Cuddle-Uddle -One Step Snap Shot —.Overture Teddy Trombone March When My Baby Smiles At Me— Fox Trot Washington Grays - March

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where he could get a job. *Come with me, Red,” said Jimmie Valentine,'master safecracker, "and I’ll make you watchman in a national bank.” This is only one of the grimly humorous situations in the tremendous crook story. v

Slow Motion Camera. Shows in clear analysis the swing that made him famous.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22, 1920.

MALICIOUS MISREPRESENTATION

CHARACTERIZED THE VICIOUS OPPOSITION TO WARREN T. M’CRAY. * j * There appeared in the Jasper County Democrat of September 18, a two column article, with exceptionally prominent beading, charging that Warren T. McCray, the Republican nominee for governor of Indianh, had but SI,BOO in government bonds on March 1, 1919. This information the editor of the Democrat claims to have gotten by a personal examination of Mr. McCray’s assessment sheet in the office of the auditor of Newton county in Kentland. The examination was made and the vicious article was published, the editor says, because, (and we here quote his own words), "We were told to ‘give—in this case—to lend —until it hurt,’ and the ‘hurt’ evidently came very soon to Mr. McCray’s bank.” If the charge that Mr. McCray had but SI,BOO had been true he deserves to be denounced and defeated, but if it is not true, the charge is serious, vicious and an absolutely malicious misrepresentation.

We want to call the voters’ attention, Republicans and Democrats, to the real facts in this case, and we v want them to know that Mr. Babcock knew the facts when he published his article and knowing the fact, we want the voters to decide upon the honor or lack of honnor and fairness of this attack. The fact* are as follows and we substantiate our statements with sworn affidavits herewith published. The facts are, Mr. McCray had SIB,OOO in government bonds ana so reported to the assessor in March, 1919. The assessor erronously put the amount down as SI,BOO. The assessment sheet with this error was filed with the couilty auditor. An additional cipher was added by an assistant in the auditor’s office, who noticed the error and did it to correct the records, the same having been done without Mr. McCray’s knowledge. . , * Technically, perhaps, they had no right to do that and for that reason Auditor Sizelove made the notation copied by the Democrat and here set but: , “The above amount haabeen. changed from SI,BOO to SIB,OOO within the last few days. S. R, SIZELOVE, Auditor.” Dated April 29/1920. . In order that Mir. Babcock, the editor of the Democrat, might examine and copy from the assessment sheet, he had .to dig under the following affidavit attached to Mr. McCray’s sheet:

“State of Indiana, Newton County, ss * The undersigned,. Warren T. McCray, upon his oath, stated that m making his tax return for the year commencing March Ist, 1919, that he returned to the Assessor of Jefferson Township, Newton County, Indiana, in answer to the question, “How many Government bonds did vou purchase during the war, that his answer was ‘flß,ooo.’ This affidavit is made to correct the records which the Assessor inadvertently recorded on the assessors’ sheet as SI,BOO. Witness my hand and seal this 15th day of June, 1920. (Signed) WARREN T. McCRAY. Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, in and for said county and state, this. 15th day of June, 1920. William E. Towers, Notary Public. Commissioned to Dec. 18, 1922. I, S. R. Sizelove, Auditor for Newton County, Indiana, hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a certain affidavit, which is attached to and forming a part of tax return of Warren 1. McCray, for year ' 1919, correcting the amount of Liberty Bonds, shown o„ M id •> SIZEU>VE . , Auditor, Newton County, Indiana.

This statement, sworn to by Mr. Mc.Cray and J**}™ Newton county Auditor, S. K. s«elove, was made on June 15, 1»JO, and the eager eye of Mr Babcock in his vigorous search f of t his •affidavit, Mr. Voter, what do you say of Mr. Babcock’s two column streamer at the head of his article in large, heavy capital letters reading as follows: fa _ _ — a a

“McCRAY OWNED $1,800 GOVERNMENT BONDS MARCH 1, 1919”

la it honest? Is it fair? We want you to read the affidavit of Charles W. McClain, the assessor of Jefferson township, Newton county, in which Mr. McCray reState of Indiana, Newton County, Charles W. McClain, being didy sworn upon his oath, ;states: is the regularly elected and acting Assessor for Jefferson Township, said county and for the town of

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MANYHEAR SENATOR CAPPER

DISCUSSES POLITICAL ISSUES FROM THE STANDPOINT OF A STATESMAN. Senator Arthur Capper, the first native born governor of Kansas,. and the first governor of the Sunflower state for which the women of I Kansas voted, made a most inter-] esting address at the Ellis opera l house in htis city Tuesday afternoon. There was a large attend-] ance. This in spite of the meet- 1 ing being held during tile day when all were very busy, and especially the farmers, who are now busy filling their 'silos.. > senator’s address was fair, open and not of the rank partisan style. He is not a gifted orator, but the address was solid, being com-, posed of interesting, as well as convincing argument. He discussed the extravagance of the present national administration and told of the efforts of the late congress to correct the same. He said that the nation must stop the appalling waste and extravagance in financial matters. He argued for a budget system and that drastic effort be made to economize in every way possible. He said there was some excuse for the squandering of money during the war, but that the continuing of thousands in governmental employment used during the war, and the annual expenditure of billions of dollars now almost two years after the armistice had been signed, was wicked and due to incompetency in the national administration. He said that this could be changed only by a 'change in the administration. , „ He discussed the League of Nations. Hfe is opposed to the Wilson league. He said that Wilson’s egotism and insisting that nb change in the draft could be made was the cause of the failure of the ratification by the senate. He said if the Lodge reservation regarding Article 10 could have been put into the covenant, the peace treaty might have been ratified. This reservation provided that no money or soldiers from the United States could be used in a foreign war without the consent of the congress of this country. Wilson would not agree to this reservation, because it took the heart out of the covenant.- He made it clear to all present that the Wilson League is Un-American and must not be accepted by this nation until the UnAmerican part is stricken out. Senator Capper paid a very high tribute to Senator. James E. Watson of this state, who is a candidate for re-election. He urged Senator Watson has the prestige, the ability and the honesty of purpose to be of the greatest value to Indiana and the nation in the upper house of the national congress. " Senator Capper was very enthusiastic in his endorsement of Senator Harding. He sat beside the Republican candidate in the U. S. senate and is confident of the latter’s ability to serve faithfuly and efficiently as the chief executive of this nation. Harding, the Senator said, would call to his aid the big-

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gest and best men and women of the nation. The address. was full of wholesome instruction and information and made a direct appeal to reason and common sense. The Senator was met here by Republican County Chairman McKnight, of Benton county, and Editor Currie, of Fowler, and with them continued to thfe Benton county metropolis where he made an address Tuesday evening.

METHODIST FAMILY BASKET DINNER

All members and attendents of the Methodist church are cordially invited to come with well filled baskets to attend the 6 o’clock chicken dinner and social get-together meeting at the church Thursday evening.

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FIRE FOLLOWING WRECK DOES $75,000 DAMAGE

Lafayette, Ind., Sept 21.—Fire destroyed ten car loads of merchandise valued at more than $75,000 early today in a freight wreck on the Monon railroad at Lee, a. small station north of here. A southbound extra was on its way to Lafayette when a journal burned off and resulted in a pileup. Hie biasing journal set-fire to the inflammable contents of it and the Are soon spread to the entire wreck.

Chrales Baker made a trip to Frankfort today and from there will continue to Mishawaka.

WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight. Thursday unsettled, probably rain extreme softthwest portion.

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