Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1920 — Page 4

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News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers

Domestic The first walkout In what threatens to be a general strike of city employees occurred at Chicago when 506 teamsters and chauffeurs quit work, tying up the collection of garbage and refuse throughout the city. • • • Ratification of the proposed suffrage amendment to the federal Constitution was completed by the Washington legislature at Olympia, when the senate unanimously passed a ratifying • • • According to word received at the national headquarters of the lodge of Camels at Milwaukee, Reno, Nev., installed a caravan of 500 members. The Camels are opposed to the eighteenth federal amendment. • * * Union cement finishers nt St. Louis [Will be given a wage Increase of from !90 cents to $1.25 an hour beginning lAprll 1, it was announced. About 300 men will be benefited. * * • i Warning that radicals are trying to obtain membership in the American Legion was given in a statement issued by Arthur Woods, chairman of the national Americanism commission at Indianapolis. • * • Preferring death to duty in the radio [school. Great Lakes, Arthur Hugh ImIler, eighteen, jumped over a 75-foot (cliff at the station overlooking Lake [Michigan. The leap resulted only in istunning and bruising him. More than a score of church deIrfominatlonal organizations have [formed an alliance to fight the red [menace. Fire starting In a leaking “tar line” swept over the plant of the Constantin Refining company at Tulsa, Okla., causing damage estimated at $500,000. An appraisal of the estate of Ella Wheeler Wilcox has been filed In the probate court at Branford, Conn. It places the total value at $77,223. • • • Forty owners of Chicago moving picture theaters are facing arrest for having defrauded the government out of money received as* 10 per cent war tax. • • • 1 One nun was burned to death, nine .others were burned or injured and the Wilkesbarre (Pa.) convent of the Order of Mercy was practically destroyed by fire of unknown origin. • * • Truman H. Newberry, junior United ' States senator from Michigan, was convicted at Grand Rapids by a jury ,of having conspired cijminally In 1918 to violate the election laws. He was sentenced by Judge Clarence W. Sessions to two years’ Imprisonment and fined SIO,OOO and released on bond pending an appeal. * •* •

The senate at Albany, N. Y., by a ■vote of 30 to 19 adopted the Walker ,bill, designed*to legalize boxing in the state under the auspices of the army, navy and civilian board of boxing control. * * • Three officers of the Eighty-second field artillery stationed at El Paso, Tex., have been recommended for court-martial in connection with the loss of many thousand dollars’ worth of supplies. ♦ • • The Canadian dollar was quoted at 90.80 cents, a new high in the present upward movement on the foreign exiChange market at New York. • • * The candidacy of Gov. James M. Cox for the Democratic presidential nomination was formally announced at Columbus, O. ♦ ♦ ♦ Washington Government control over the maxi,mum price of bituminous coal was iwlthdrawn by President Wilson at Washington, effective April 1. At the same time the president wrote the 'operators and miners transmitting the majority report of the coal commission and informing them that this report was “the basis upon which the wage-scale agreements between rhe j/nine workers and operators shall be ■made.” • * • The Supreme court at Washington announced It would recess after conclusion of hearings on the liquor case, set for next Monday, March 29, until iMonday, April 12. * • * i Permission has been granted the company by the Interstate commerce commission at Washington ’to file special tariffs Increasing rates approximately 20 per cent ; • • • Armored cars, police with drawn swords and an Infantry guard wearIng helmets, escorted judges of the Assizes court at Galway, Ireland, to ■the courthouse. a meeting of the railway men al Madrid ft was unanimously decided to declare strike on all rail ways in Spain.

The senate committee on foreign relations, that has been considering for several days the appointment of Bainbridge Colby to be secretary of state, reported favorably on the nomination, says a Washington dispatch. • * • An agreement under which all American dead In France may be removed to the United States has been reached at a conference between representatives of the French and American governments at Washington. • • • Personal William Jennings Bryan celebrated his sixtieth birthday in New York Friday. • • • Thomas W. Steele, former congressman from the Eleventh lowa district, dropped dead at Sioux City, la. • • * Representative W. J. Browning of Camden, N. J., dropped dead In the barber shop at the capltol In Washington. • • * Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the novelist, died of heart disease in a London hospital. • * *

Foreign Fifty American .Rhodes scholars, residents of Oxford university, have been invited to spend their Easter vacations in English homes in order that they may gain a more intimate Insight into English family life. « * * More than 16,000 antibolshevlst soldiers have been found frozen to death on the steppes, it is announced in a soviet military communique received from Moscow. • * • Dutch manufacturers are going to Introduce the wooden shoe to the American people. Representatives of several large factories have left for the United States with samples, says a dispatch from The • * « A Berne dispatch says a referendum on the proposed prohibition of gambling houses in Switzerland showed a majority of only 50,000 in favor of prohibition In a total vote approaching 500,000. • • • Major General Luettwitz, the military commander in the Kapp revolt, has been arrested, it is officially announced at Berlin. Admiral Troths, chief of the admiralty, also has been arrested. • • * Russian bolshevist forces which have attacked the Polish front with great fury in the vicinity of Bobruisk, have been repulsed everywhere, according to an official statement Issued at Warsaw. • * • The government of President Ebert, which left Berlin a week ago when Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and his reactionary troops entered the city, is again in power in the capital. President Ebert and the members of his ministry reached Berlin at H o’clock Sunday morning from Stuttgart, and soon afterward the order for a state of intensified siege was withdrawn. Meanwhile the signs and symbols of the Kapp dictatorship, the wire entanglements and the barricades, were being removed. • • •

The Ebert-Bauer government at Berlin definitely rejected the demand of the trades unions and the two socialist parties (independents and moderates) for a “centralized workingmen’s government.” * • * A Warsaw dispatch says the bolshevlkl launched repeated attacks along various parts of the Polish front. The attacks were repulsed by the Poles, 900 bolshevlki being taken prisoner In the two-days’ fighting. » » » A committee on economics, to be a part of the financial ministry, has been formed at Paris for the purpose of curtailing the national expenditure. The committee has bepn Instructed to conduct investigations. * * • The British and French governments have notified Prince Felsal, son of the Hedjaz, that they cannot recognize the validity of the decision of the Damascus congress which proclaimed him king of Syria. * * • Prince Bismarck’s mausoleum at Friedrichsruhe was entered by burglars, the thieves carrying off silver wreaths attached to the casket. Two suspects have been arrested at Buechen. * ♦ » The Bauer cabinet, a coalition of social democrats, centrists and democrats, presented its resignation to President Ebert at Berlin. • » » The city’s grief over the murder of Lord Mayor of Cork, Is intense. All business was abandoned, crowds standing in the streets for five hours waiting for the funeral cortege to pass. All Said Pasha, military governor of Constantinople, has been arrested by the British forces In that dty. • * * Gustav Noske, minister of defense at Berlin, presented his resignation to President Ebert and the president accepted it Other cabinet changes are imminent • • • ' The Turkish chamber of deputies at Constanlnople has adjourned as a protest against allied occupation of the city and the deportation of a number pf Turkish national leaders. ■

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. $9,000 DAMAGES FROM HOTEL Indianapolis Man and Wife Wjn Suit Against Detective Who Ousted Them While They Were on Honeymoon in Chicago. Chicago, 111., March 26.—Damages of $9,000 were awarded Cassius C. Smiley and his wife, Mrs. Harriet Presser Smiley of Indianapolis, against the Hotel Morrison by a jury in Federal Judge George T. Page’s court in a suit filed because they were ousted from the hotel by the house detective, J. C. Brock, on April 19, 1918, on the suspicion that they were not married. The evidence set forth that the couple were properly registered, which the hotel management admitted in court, and that the detective forced his way into their room, embarrassing Mrs. Smiley, who was in negligee, a«ul fought with her husband, finally ordering them to leave. His suspicion, according textile evidence, was based on hearing Mr. Smiley call his wife “sweetheart.” Mr. Smiley is an official of the Diamond Match company and Mrs. Smiley is the proprietor of an Indianapolis millinery shop.

W. P. Wilder Shot by Thief. Brazil. March 26.—Marshal P. Wilder of this city was shirt and slightly wounded in the breast by a burglar at the home of Jack McGregor, a friend. McGregor was preparing to retire when he discovered a burglar entering his home. He went to the top of a double porch, and, pointing his finger at the Intruder, told him he had him covered and to hold up his hands. The man complied. Wilder passed by on the street and stopped to investigate the trouble. McGregor asked him to search the man and he did so, finding several saws, files, keys and other burglar tools, but overlooking a revolver, which was concealed In a coat pocket. McGregor then Instructed Wilder to hohKthe thief until he came downstairs. In the meantime the burglar freed himself, fired two shots at Wilder, one bullet striking him above the heart, and escaped. Wilder Is widely known throughout the state and for some time was a football coach at Purdue university. • Robbery Loot Recovered. Connersville, March 26.—Huston Henry, age thirty-nine, a farmer, and Ellsworth Cain, age twenty-eight, a bread agent here, were arrested here by George Koch, chief of police, and H., J. Biderman and Thomas Birk agents' of the American Railway Express, in connection with the robery of the express office safe in Connersville on the night of August 21, 1919. The autlmrities say Henry has made a complete confession. He led them to a woods in Waterloo township before daylight and dug up from under a log a tin can containing jewelry worth $1,500, which was a part of the loot. The remainder of the loot, worth about SI,OOO, has not been recovered. Tribute Paid to Justice Gillett. Hammond, March 26. —Many tributes were paid to the memory of John H. Gillett, formerly chief justice of the Indiana supreme court, by judges and attorneys of the Lake county bar, when suspended for a memorial meeting, which was held in tht Hammond superior courtroom. Fred Barnett presided as chairman and resolutions were passed, which will be presented to relatives of the dead jurist, the supreme court of the state, and made of record by the county bar. Short addresses were made by Judges Reiter, Hardy, Norton and Smith.

To Quit Farmers’ Body. Indianapolis, March 26.—Resignations of William Bosson, treasurer of the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations, and W. H. Hickman, editor of the Hoosier Farmer Organized, official organ of the federation, are expected to be presented to the board of directors of tire federation April 5, the date of the next meeting. Although preferring to have any statement regarding the matter come from Mr. Bosson and Mr? Hickman, Lewis Taylor, general secretary, admitted that the directors had seen fit to make the change in the organization. Man’s Suicide Is Deliberate. Richmond, March 26.—John P. Fisher, age fifty-nine, of this city, shot and killed himself while his wife was momentarily absent from the house. He had been ill for some time. Mr. Fisher had systematically prepared his wife to conduct his business, on the plea that he probably faced a long illness. Mrs. Fisher went across the street to the railroad station to talk to a nephew, who is employed by the railroad company. When she returned she found her husband dead. Young Bandits Escape Again. New’castle, March 26. —Traced to a farm seven miles north of Newcastle, Archibald Armstrong and Jesse McCord, both nineteen years old, who escaped from jail here, eluded pursuers soon after midnight and all trace of the two was lost. The first escape of the youths was made by locking Ralph Yost, sheriff, in a cell when he went to take them to the circuit court to plead guilty on charges of grand larceny in connection with the robbery of several stores.

READY TO RANSOM SON

KENTUCKY FATHER OFFERS TO PAY $25,000 DEMANDED. Eleven-Year-Old Son of Lexington Man Ie Lured From Home by Kidnaper. Lexington, Ky., March 26.—Although E. R. Little, Lexington capitalist, had announced that the demanded ransom would be pal<l, Paul Little, his eleven-year-old son, Is still a captive of the kidnaper who lured him away. It was stated that the kidnaper demanded $25,000 ransom. Little announced all demands would be met, declaring : z “I do not care about the $25,000 if I can get my sds back safely.” The boy disappear’d with an unidentified man In the late afternoon. The lad’s playmates had said that he had told them the man had promised him a dollar to deliver a box of candy. Later a note was delivered to the Little home by a messenger boy, but the father refused to divulge the exact contents of the message. lie did admit, however, that it contained threats to kill his son if the ransom was not paid. No attempts to arrest the kidnaper would be made, he indicated, and no questions would be asked if the boy was returned safely.

DAVENPORT UP 32 PER CENT

Sheboygan, Wis., Shows Population Increase of 17.3 Per Cent— Steubenville Also Grows. Washington, March 26.—Population statistics for 1920 announced by the census bureau include: Davenport, lowa, 56,727, an Increase of 13,699, or 31.2 per cent over 1910; Steubenville, Ohio, 28,508; Increase, 6,117, or 27.3 per cent; Gloverville, N. Y„ 22,026; Increase 1.384, or 6.7 per cent; Sheboygan, Wis., 30,955; Increase, 4.557, or 17.3 per cent; Johnstown, N. Y., 10,005; Increase, 6,941, or 46.1 per cent; Bloomfield, N. J., 22.011; increase. 6,941, or 26.1 pe» z cent; Shamokin, Pa., 21,204; increase, 1.616, or 8.2 per cent; Enfield, Conn., 1,708; increase, 1,889, or 20.5»per cent; Asheville, N. C., g 8,507; Increase, 9,724, er 51.9 per cent.

29 WARSHIPS TO HONOLULU

Vessels Leave San Diego to Be Joined by Seven Others at San Francisco. San Diego, Cal., March 26. —Twentynine warships, headed by the cruiser Brooklyn, flagship of Rear Admiral Henry Riley, sailed for Honolulu to participate In the Hawaiian mission celebration centennial. Seven destroyers from San Francisco will Join the warships en route. After the celebration eight destroyers will proceed to the Philippine islands, where they will be stationed.

Ask Saloon Licenses.

St. Louis, March 26. —Where there’s life there’s —anyway, 67 petitions for saloon licenses were filed here in anticipation that the Supreme court will hold the federal prohibition amendment is Invalid.

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, March 35. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn Ing. est. est. Ing. Mar ...1.61 1.61 1.60% 1.60% May ...1.56%-% 1.57% 1.55% 1.56% July ...1.50%-% 1.52 1.49% 1.50% Sept ...1.47 1.48% 1.46% 1.47 OatsMay 87%-% .87% .86% .86% July 80 .80% .79 \ .79%* Sept 69% , .70% .69% \69%-% Rye— May ...1.76%-% 1.76% 1.75% 1.75% July ...1.71% 1.71% 1.70% 1.70% FLOUR—Car lots, per brl, 98 lb sack basis: Rye, white, in jute, [email protected]; dark rye, [email protected]; spring wheat, special brands, [email protected]; to retail trade, 814.60; hard spring, [email protected]; first clears, [email protected]; second clears, [email protected]; hard winter, [email protected]; soft winter, fll.OO @11.50. HAY—Choice and No. 1 timothy, 836.00@ 37.00; standard and No. 1 clover mixed, [email protected]; No. 1 and No. 2, [email protected]; No. 3 timothy, [email protected]; clover, 830.00® 33 00. BUTTER— Creamery, extra, 92 score, 65c; higher scoring command a premium; firsts, 91 score, 64%; 89-90 score, 59@60c; seconds, 83-87 score, 52@55c; centralized, 66c; ladles, 44@45c; renovated, 52c; packing stock, 34@39c. Price to retail trade: Extra tubs, 67c; prints, 69c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 42%@43c; ordinary firsts, 40@41c; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 41@42c; cases returned, 40%41c; extras packed in whitewood cases, 49@ 50c; checks, 35@37c; dirties, 38@39c; refrigerator firsts, 25@27c. LIVE POULTRY—FowIs, 43c; springs, 38c; stags, 33c; roosters, 26c; ducks, 38c; geese, 22c. POTATOES—Per 100 lbs, northern, round, white, [email protected]. CATTLE—Choice to brlme steers, 813.75@ 16 00" good to choice steers, [email protected]; fair to good steers, [email protected]; yearlings, fair to choice, [email protected]; stockers and feeders, [email protected]; good to prime cows, [email protected]; fair to fine heifers, 810.00@ 12’35; fair to good cows, [email protected]; canners, [email protected]; cutters, [email protected]; bologna bulls, [email protected]; butcher bulls, [email protected]; veal' calves, [email protected]. HOGS —Choice light butchers, 815.25@ 15.60; medium weight butchers, 815.00@ heavy butchers, 270-350 lbs, 814.50@ fair to fancy light, [email protected]; mixed butchers, [email protected]; heavy packing [email protected]; rough packing, 812.75@ 13.75; pigs, [email protected]; stags, [email protected]. • SHEEP— Fed yearlings, [email protected]; fed western lambs, 818 [email protected]; native lambs, [email protected]; feeding lambs and shearers, 815 [email protected]; clipped lambs, [email protected]; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, [email protected]. Buffalo, N. Y., March 25. CATTLE— Receipts, 125; light, steady. CALVES— Receipts, 700 ; 50c lower; <6.00 @22.00. HOGS— Receipts, 2,400; 25@75c lower; heavy. [email protected]; mixed, [email protected]; vorkers, 817 [email protected]; light yorkers, H6.50@ 17 00- pigs. [email protected]; roughs, [email protected]; stags, [email protected]. SHEER AND LAMBS—Receipts, 600; Steady, unchanged. __

■g Rowles & Parker - Crackers, 6 and 7 pound boxes, per pound 16c Sardines, in Pure Olive Oil 18c Country Sorghum, 2 quart Mason jar...«.... SI.OO Country Sorghum, 1 quart Mason jar.. 60c 4 Pound Package Rolled White Oats 30c Creamettes, per package 8c l /t Pound Best Japan Tea 36c Head Lettuce, per pound 15c Grapefruit, extra large and heavy.. _ 10c Cauliflower, per pound 20c Spanish Onions, 3 pounds 25c New Cabbage, per popnd 10c Sweet Potatoes, 3 pounds \,....25c Bring us your Eggs. Highest price paid, either cash or trade

An armload of old papers for 5c at The Democrat office. < " FOR SALE For Sale —Two tons of timothy hay in barn. —S. J. ASH, Rensselaer, R-4, phone 945-C. m3l For Sale—Some split white oak posts, 5 miles feouth and 2 miles west of Rensselaer. —RILEY/ TUL-> LIS, phone 927-E. ts For Sale—so bushels Marque’s spring wheat, for seed, at $3 iper bushel. —O. W. CEDARWALL, Fair Oaks, R-2, phone 910-G. m 27 For Sale—7-room residence, well located, close to churches and school. Terms. FLOYD MEYERS. For Sale—24 O-acre farm, well Improved, 3U miles north of Rensselaer. —MRS. J. J. EDDY, phone 603. For Sale at Bargains—All kinds of second-hand automobiles. Come in and look them over, in tne white-front garage.—KUBOSKE A WALTER. ts For Sale— 1 3-4 horse International gas engine, good as new, used only about 10 days.—KUBOSKE & WALTER Garage. ts For Sale—Six-room house, one lot, on Van Rensselaer street; fair condition. City water and lights. —MRS. J. J. EDDY, phone 603.* For Sale—lo-room house, including two large halls and pantry; two basement rooms. All in excellent condition. Corner of S san and Weston streets. Telephone 603.— MRS. J. J. EDDT. For Sale—Nicely located city property, corner lot, house of 7 rooms with bath, one or two lots, each 75x150, improved streets on three sides, fine shade, fruit, cistern, etc. An attractive price on this property if taken soon.—C. W. DUVALL. . ' ts For Sale—A Mogul tractor, 8-16, with Oliver chilled plow. Also some good brood sows, some with pigs, others to farrow shortly.—RAY D THOMPSON. For Sale—l9lß Ford ■Touring car, in good running order; tires all new. —J. M. ALLEN, phone 950-F, Fair Oaks, Ind. alO Eggs for Setting—Pure-bred Buff Orpingtons, $1 per 15 if taken from my place; $1.50 if to be shipped via parcel post.—JAMES E. GILMORE, Rensselaer, R-2. jnl For Sale —National cash register, registers up to $29.99, total adder and ticket delivery. Latter can be used or not, as desired. Copper finish and a handsome machine. Will sell for about % original price. —THE DEMOCRAT. ts For Sale or Rent—Big 40x80 threepole tent, 10-foot wall; just the thing for public sales. We are through with it, as we are now in our new white-front garage.—KUBOSKE & WALTER. , • ts For Sale—Windsor player piano, nearly new, with 25 rolls, cabinet and bench. First check for $450 gets this fine instrument or will accept bankable note. Address BOX 24, Wheatfield, Ind., R-l. alO For Sale or Trade —One 1914 model Ford touring car in good condition. Will trade for cattle, sheep or hogs, or will trade for new car and pay cash difference. —F. W. FISHER, Tefft, Ind. ts For Sale—Good 8-room house, bath, pantry, cellar, well, city and cistern water, good barn, hen house, wash house and other outbuildings; 5 lots 180x170, well fenced, plenty of fruit.—MßS. JACOB R. WILCOX. * • a 3 For Sale—Six-room house In fair condition, electric lights and city water. Lot 62%x150. Possession can be given early in April. Located at • 329 S. Cullen street.—A. E. CONRAD, phone 419. nl3l

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1920.

For Sale— l6o-acre farm, well drained, most all level, black soil; 5-room house, good barn, cdrn cribs, good well, fine orchard land all in cultivation. Can givegood terms on this. Price SBO per acre.—CHAS. J. DEAN A SON. ts For Sale—Some real bargains In well Improved farms located within three miles of Rensselaer. 120 a., 133 a., 212 a., 152 a., 80 a, I also have some exceptional bargains in improved farms of all sizes farther out from Rensselaer. For further particulars see me or call phone 246, office, or 499, home- — HARVEY DAVISSON. If I New and Rebuilt Typewriters are carried in stock in The Democrat’s Fancy Stationery and Office Supply Department. We handle the Oliver, brand-new and various other makes in rebuilt and second-hand, typewriter we can eave you some If you are in the market for a money.—THE DEMOCRAT. * ts For Sale—96 acres of the best land near Niles, Michj. fine stream, very good buildings? including bank barn. This is in fine shape and not a pound of sand on the place. Adjoining properties held at S2OO. Will sell for $l4O, including wheat* and clover crop. Possession any time or will let A-l tenant remain. Positively will not trade. Owner H- S. EVANS, 826 Webster Bldg., Chicago. als For Sale—Rebuilt, new and secondhand typewriters, a new lot just received. Have on hand at present and ready for immediate delivery 1 Remingtoni No. 10 at SSO, 1 Oliver No. 9 (brand-new, never used) $57; 1 Oliver, No. 5, rebuilt, fine condition, only $35; 1 Smith Premier No. 10, rebuilt, a fine machine, $45; 2 Smith Kremiers, No. 5, rebuilt and in fine condition, only S3O each; 1 Blickensderfer No. 7, in neat oak hand cr.se, sls. Call and see these machines before buying, as we can save you considerable money.—> THE DEMOCRAT. FOR RENT For Rent—The lower floor of the I. O. O. F. building at Gifford; is suitable for a store and has been previously used as such. Enquire CHARLES BRITT, Gifford, phone 923-B. ” ts Pasture for Rent by the Acre—9o acres east of Pleasant Ridge, and two, pastures of 90 acres each and one of 200 acres at Fair Oaks. — Call ERNEST BEAVER, 938-1. ts WANTED Painting—l will be In the painting business again this spring after my school closes, March 26.—C. M. BLUE. ts Salesmen Wanted—To solicit orders for lubricating oils, greases fend paints. Salary or commission. Address THE LENNOX OIL & PAINT Co., Cleveland, O. m2B Trucking Wanted — I have a new ton truck and solicit business in this Une. If you have moving or any other trucking to do, call 473. —FRANK HAMER. ts Young Men, /17 upward, desiring railway miail clerkships, sllO month, write for free particulars examinations. —J. LEONARD, (former Government Examiner) 222 Equitable Bldg., Washington, D. C. FOUND Found-Gold wedding ring, considerably worn. Owner may have ring by Identifying same and paying for this ad. Farm Loan*—Money to loan in farm property In any sums sp to $10,0«0.—B. P. HONAN. M Money to Loan——CHAS. J. DEAN A SON, Odd Fellows’ Building, Rensselaer. ts — —4 Money to Loan—l have an unlimited supply of money to loan on good farm lands at 5%% and usual commission or 6 % commission, as desired. Lc«<s will be made for 5 years, T , 10 years or 20 years. See ma about these various plans.—JOHN A. DUNLAP. _ tt