The Call-Leader from Elwood, Indiana • Page 1

Elwood Gall Leader ELWOOD-DcnioeM Is Good" VOLOUb XXVI NO. iso ELWOOD. I NO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916 TEN CENTS A WEEK nrV-rrn-i Work Started. Are Now Divorced. SLANDER SUIT Work was started today on the new Fredle Long and Heber Harrold.

nolo stars who have worker together fmnt to the Curtis block on Mala street, which was recently contract! a stars on the polo floor for years, MISS PEET WILL REM COURSE OPENS THIS EVENING for and this will be rushed forward with the greatest possible dispatch. are at last divorced. Harrold baa signed with the Indianapolis league for the season and Long is going to 1 The new front on the Ramelis. block Franklin Jr. The Franklin Lsfayette musical company life engagement with Lafa Troyer ot the Lyric theatre yesterday afternoon when a fine big boy arrived at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Troyer. While Mr. Troyer aoknowledRM that the musical rehearsals of the company, which will be held m'ontly at night with him as property man. may not be as entertaining sh nome which appear at the theatre, yet he in certainly proud of hl "lfe Jr." The mother was formerly Miss Sylvia Cannaway of Kenosha.

Wis. Is nearlng completion and the front to the Kute A Conner drug- store will play for New Castle. The two men have worked together so long that also be finished within a few days they will be itong opponents when they meet on opposite teams 'and If the weather remains as Is today some fast playing may be expected. Call Leader's Second Annua Gretchen Cox Concert Company First of Four Cases From Here Each asserta that he la going to show Revival Mtetings. The revival meeting at the the other how real polo is to be play Cooking School to be Held in Near Future.

Wu Called For Trial This Morning. 10 uive number at St. Joseph's School Hall. ed. leyan Methodic eurch North and Mission Revival.

Twenty-seventh streets starting one with good Interest and good at- Evangelistic services will be held mll lenilanre. Meetings beginning prompt at the Main street Mission this ev LECTURES ENTERTAINMENTS Class Meeting Called. All members ot the 1913 class of GREAT TREAT FOR LADIES OTHER CASES FROM WOOD ly at 7:30 m. each evening this enlng at 7:30 o'clock and the public will be cordially welcomed. The ser A oordlal tarnation la extend ed id all the K.

II. S. are requested to meet at the home of Raymond McDanleU vices will be in charge of Rev. Mr, Shockey and wife and It is possible Seriously III. In the Davis block, on Wednesday Thin evening at St.

Joseph's school that they will close with this even Everybody who enjoyed The salt of Miry J. Klmple. of this city, against Hannah and James hall the flrnt number of the second ing. the lectures and cookery Adolph Pfluger, residing at 11? rti lessons given last season North Thirteenth street, has been annual fall aud winter lyceuin courno will be given. This will bo a musical Misses Mary and Vesta Waymlre, evening of this week.

At this time pluns will be discussed for the first annual class reunion. It Is Intended to hvld the reunion some time during the holidays, owing to the number of members who are away at In the Grand Opera house, seriously ill for the past several days Wheeler in which damage la claimed tor alleged alander, waa called In the superior court today. Mrs. Klmple believes her reputation has suffered to Meredith Fletcher and David Slusf, by Mlsa Florence M. Peet.

and reports today from his bedside program offered hy the Gretchen Cox company, a company that ronies here motored to Kokomo Sunday evening were that his condition seemed to bo will rejoice to know that food expert, this fine cook with the very highest recommenda where they visited with friends. the extent of $5,000 because of sto getting steadily worse. college but will be home at that time. tion and a genuine treat is promised and matchless cookery teacher is com ries concerning her, that the Wheel ers are said to hare put in clrcula all who attend. ing back to Elwood with a new pro The second number on the course tlon.

Damage in that amount is ask gram, lot's of new dishes and a new STORKS DID FJIMS IIEl'J will be a home talent production ed In the complaint. This Is one of recipe leaflet. "Wild Oats," to be produced under four sultfe for alleged slander brought by Elwood people jn the county Ml ARE TO COIITTST All Session Free. She will give Ave free lectures and the direction of Theodore Fettig and this promises to attract unusual attention throughout the. city.

Rehear courta within the past few weeks. It HOT AGREE cookery lessons in the Grand Opera COIISTITUTIOII is the first of the cases to be called house, telling- again, bow, to- make sals for this are already under way with a large and talented cast and It good homemade bread, giving her for trial. Levi Cms Set. scholars some new decieps and gives promise of proving a finished The case of Abe Levi, local junk production ot worth. Both Mr.

and Mrs. Hobbs Had some new ideas in regard to making pastry. There will be plenty of room in the Grand Opera house, The lecture on January 26 by Chas. Gov. Ralston in Next Message Remainder of Defeated Democrat dealer, charged with receiving stolen goods, is also set for a hearing this week but there is a chance of its be Will Recommend Conven Many Witnesses and Court Will Wait to Decide.

H. Platenburg, will be one of tlu strongest and 'most timely ever de Candidates Will Abide by 1 the Result. where she will hold her lectures, and comfortable accommldations for ev tion to Legislature. livered the city. Plutenburs ery woman who desires to attend the ing continued nutil a later date.

When the trial of the defendant, on this charge was called last April, tho Jury failed to reach an agreement It will speiJi on the BUbject of, "Loyalty Call Leader's Second Annual Better to the Home Town," and this will be a lecture that should appeal to every MADE MONEY BUT SPENT II Food, Better Homes' School. The sessions will all be free, delicious foods will be served every day and much OUT FOR ilFFRAGE business man and every patriotic citi rVHAT IT COST CANDIDATES zen in Elwood. Mr. Platenburg, who valuable household wisdom will be dispensed by Miss Peet, who is prob has been on the platform for a number ot years, has the record ot. re ably the best Better Foods, Better Homes, lecturer in the country.

turning to practically every city he Because of the conflicting stories Gov. Ralston has declared for. a con Saturday was the last day given has visited and his lectures are ot was hardly thought then that the case would again come to trial but it is till on the docket and Mr. Levi stated that he was anxious now to hare it threshed out, asserting that he was certain of his ability to prove himself innocent of the charge to the satisfaction of all concerned. The case of Spencer Lawson, Stony Creek township farmer, against Charles Bollnger and John Haas, owners of a garage at Pendleton, which occupied all of Saturday In the superior court reached the Jury shortly before stitutional convention for Indiana.

He told by friends' and neighbors of the warring parties told in court Satur political candidates to file their peti such a- nature that they are long' remembered and do a great deal of good repeated the assertion of hta cam. tions for a recounting of votes or in which to bring an election contest No IS. MARY E. SHORT day when the divorce of Clem Hobbs against his wife, Ida Hobbs, was call wherever heard. paign of 1912 and said he will continue to maintain that position.

The governor called attention to the fact more such petitions were filed at An The Stohlers Male Quartette will PASSED AWAY SUHDAY womon suffrage in Indiana can be ob ed for trial, the hearing- was continued until a later date when further evidence will be Introduced and a decision of some kind reached by the close the course on the evening of February 9 with an excelelnt musical entertainment ot the highest order, Fine Offering Tonight. tained only through a constitutional convention and asked support tor the movement because the suffrage cause. 6 o'clock; In the Evening. Lawson de judge. Mrs.

Hobbs fifed the original Death Follows Long Illness, Funeral manded 200 which be alleged be paid suit and this was" answered by a The finest possible combination of derson by defeated Democrats and the only two contests to be settled are those brought by W. A. Faust, candidate for treasurer and. Coroner Stottl-myer, who waa defeated Jn his effort to get the office for a second term: Arch Doyle, candidate for surveyor, who was among the defeated, had talked of following Faust's lead but he did not file a petition, although he The statement of the governor on an aulOmobflS which was wrecked three musical instruments is that of to be at Muncie. cross complaint by the husband.

Each asserts that other is to blame, the hus "I shall recommend to the incom violin, piano and cello, which are the features of the program to be offered the first time' he tried to operate it. He admitted that the garage owners bad returned to him notes which he band charging his wife deserted him to work in a restaurant while she this evening. The effect produced Following a long and severe illness, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Short, wife of ing legislature the calling of a constitutional convention. In doing this, I shall be maintaining the position I had executed in payment for the ma charges that she was forced from the that of a full orchestra.

In fact, an Samuel Short, died at noon yes chine but claimed they refused to re home and compelled to work to sup instrumental trio is usually called, took in my campaign of 1912 for gov was in the office at the time it closed terday at the home on South street. turn his first payment of $200. port herself and baby. and properly, a little orcrestha. In my opening speech of that Saturday night.

John Reddington, For several days she had been failing campaign I declared in favor of such candidate for county commissioner. In the circuit court Saturday, Pearl Shively told Judge Pence of the trou This attraction present a varied program including solos for violin, rapidly and for several hours the end a convention, in my inaugural ad was also among those who talked of had been momentarily expected. ble she has experienced since she be voice and cello, musical readings, vo dress I said: asking a recount but the majority Something over, four years ago the came the wife of Charles Shively, cal solos with violin or cello oblfga "That the Democratic legislature against him was so large that he evidently- did not consider It worth three year ago. to, and orchestral numbers. An added in 1911 believed that the present con Short family moved to Elwood from Muncie where Mrs.

Short, had spent The wife testified that her husband feature is the artistic introduction while. (JUSICAL SOT III HAKE BI6 HIT HERE Director Announces Himself Highly Pleased With Reheasals. stitution of Indiana did not meet the requirements of the people, and so given to a number of. the selections, The petitions for recount will bo her entire During her residence here until her health began rapidly has treated her cruelly for the past two years. She said he has knocked her down at different times, and declared that for days at a time she car thus adding greatly to their appra elation by the audience.

The Orel heard in circuit court early this week. The recount on contested offices will holding it prepared for submission to the voters of Indiana a new constitution. chen Cox Concert company brings to probably begin Thursday and will be failing, she was an active worker in the Baptist church and also in the Eastern Stars. She was a woman who led a beautiful christian life ried marks of bis blows. Shively was the public the best in music, and Cites Declarations of Other Parties.

completed, It is thought before tho end of the week. employed at a factory, so the wife makes a specialty of selections that The progressive and Republican said, from $25 to $28 a week: This appeal to every listner. hoth In. her home and-in her public parties in their respective platforms Candidates Expenses. William W.

Farmer, of Miss Gretchen Cox is a violinist money, so Mrs. Shively testified, was work and her residence in El In 1912 declared in favor of a const! spent for liquor. The wife, said that whose playing is of unusual power wood had been comparatively brief, tional convention. Socialist candidate for governor of In when she asked her husband for mon and brilliancy. She fulfills the deman she had many friends here who will 'So unless the Democratic legisla diana, Saturday filed his certincato ot campaign expenses with the county ey with which to buy clothes he told made upon the great artist "Sat feel her loss deeply.

ture of 1911 and the Progressive and her she 'could stay In the house and Short memorial -services will be Republican parties were all mis isfies the most critical and charms everybody." She was formerly leader clerk. Farmer spent $35.32, he Charles Reese Fennlmore of Ander taken, the people of Indiana are held at the homo here tomorrow of the Metropolitan Ladies', Orchas did not need clothing. When she went to 'work in a restaurant he is alleged to have said that was the proper thing for her to do. Judge Those who have been privileged to witness the rehearsals for "The Runaways' the home talent to be staged here' 'on Thursday and Friday evenings under the direction of the Woman's blab are unanimous in predicting that; this will prove one of the most successful off rings Elwood has ever witnessed. Mr.

George E. Shaw, director, states that he is more than satisfied with the talent both in the chorus and drill work and in the dialogue and the show' wjll be equal to many of the professional musical comedies seen here' In recent morning at 10 o'clock and the remains! need of and want a new constitution will then be token overland to Mun- 'Is is Strange that they should de son, who was the Socialist candidate. foj- treasurer of state did not spend tra, and for two successive seasons was at the head of the Metropolitan rin where funeral services will be sire an up-to-date, organic law? a cent during the campaign according to his expense certificate filed. Satur held in the Baptist church in charge Their present constitution was adopt day. Musical club, of Chicago.

The high standard set by Miss Cox has been maintained in in selecting her company. A number of excellent of Rev. J. Bunnell, of this city ed more than sixty years ago. Since and Rev.

J. ot Muncie. In- then the development of our state terment will follow in the cemetery nas oeen marvelous. Its population is Pence has taken the matter of garnt-ing the divorce under advisement. The separation, bo the wife told the court, occurred last July, and came as the culmination of a ten days' spree on which Shively is alleged to have launched July 4.

He Is said to have left town. readings will also Introduced dur-. ing the evening. iv i. social and material progress have nini urn liim nun imnii in in.

cuui in i survived one son. Earl Short, of mtUUpUed.many fold. New questions LAST EIIENIISG have arisen that can not be solved Yesterday, in i principals in the cast were photographed at the L. S. Muncie; two daughters, Edith, of El under the present instrument and Holding Up Spuds.

Acting on complaints received with wood and Seth Hutsell, of Mun Hawkins studio and these pictures new conditions make it necessary tot are to be Used by Mr. Shaw for adver father, John Sullivan, of Muncie, More Than 1,000 Persons Received the people to' assert rights they can in the bast few days'. United States and three sisters and five brothers. not-exercise thereunder. Cor.

riunion During the Week. Government's Purpose Is to Serve the District Attorney L. 'Ert Slack began an investigation yesterday of charges that cars of potatoes are being belt! tising purposes in other towns where the play Is to be produced during the season. The following are some of the young. ladies who win appear in the different choruses: People.

PLEADS GUILTY With a large audience paent and 'What is government it is in Indianapolis railroad yards in stor-, not to serve the purpose of the peo Goodbye Girls Grace Mar a deep interest manifest, the Week's Mission closed at St. Joseph's church last evening. Mission in every ple? age to force prices up to $2 a bushel. Government agents spent most Of the day investigating the charges Ed Melrose Will go to Prison for Thomas Jefferson believed so strongly that this was the object of and Mr. Slack said that thus far noth Saloon Robbery.

way was the most successful In the history of parish and it. is felt. government that he maintained ing had been revealed that sustan-tiates the allegations. Should the evi that worked a great good through' (Continued on pave 4) Ed Melrose of' this city, entered a cut Ihe cc i. rn unity here.

plea of guilty to a charge of petit lar During 'he week almost one tbou- dence warrant it, the matter will be presented to the grand jury. He Bald the complaints were made by citizens ceny in. haying robbed an Alexandria PLAN EIITERTAIORT Chamber of Commerce Co Co-Operate In Inspection Work Here. Plans are about completed for the entertainment next Wednesday of the inspection committee of the Indiana State Fire Prevention Association. The Insurance committee of the Chamber of Commerce will co-operate with the Inspectors, in order that they may obtain tho facts regarding conditions of Elwood; James A.

Bawden, president of the association will speak to the pupils of the high school The dinner to be given at the K. of P. club rooms will be at SO o'clock. Roger W. Wallace, attorney for the state fire marshal.

wflT bo the principal speaker. Local citizens will present reasons in their judgement, Elwood should have lower Insurance Tickets for this dinner arr fifty cents each, and may be obtained at the Chamber of Commerce head sand inemberr of the parish received I'll saloon' recently, arraigned in 'tv Holy Conun- jitoq and the men of the of Indianapolis. the tlrcult court Saturday and was church i ccived this sacrament in; a I sentenced to. a term of from one to eight years in state prison. He Is garet Root Ethel Horn, Martha Butterfliek-Lonise Hfleman, Lena Hauley, Helen Klump, Edna.

Trick. Dixie Groups-Gladys Downs, Mary Waymlre, Maudie Moore. Ruth Callaway. See-Saw Glrls-Elisabeth Parker. Edna Georgia Wllhelm, Clar-Ice Fllrtafl1 ChoiPue Frank Osborn Robert Sewelt Waymlre.

Donald Cook. -'w Fairies Alice Swisher, Jane Ann PUtt, Jane Hirting. Louise Humphrey, Martha Claoser. -n Elisabeth McNew, Edith Johns, Edna Ford and Lillian Wmaor spent Saturday afternoon, and at Tipton Football Team Defeated Yes body 'at the early mass yesterday, morning. At the eight o'clock Father Devirfp delivered a sermon, terday by Score of 6 to 0.

Office Changes. Newly elected Republican state of thirty-four years old. 1 Second Team To Play. vTipton Football players met defeat ficers will take up theirynew work it on 'The Laws, of the Church" and ax iM mi then second Mass Father Refbbold yj on. the gridiron at the Plateglass park various time oeginmng i.

Owing- to the fact that the Second On that date, Ed Jackson succeeds spoke On-tne same topic. the ev Basket Ball of Tipton, is com here yestenfky fojt a acore of 6 to 0. The game was a fast oae from the first and' was filled with exciteing mo ing here for a game tomorrow night, the Second Elwood Basket Ball team Homer I. CoOk as seretary of state; enlng tne sermon was on and Klaussof. Evansyilla, The two "priests who had win take ihe offic of state auditor; charge of Ihe Mission arid who made but Ui McMurtrla, of Marion, stale many friends daring their short stay' ments.

HeTcUesa and Kahler went I the stars ot the-afternoon. will meet them on the high school gymnasium Both' teams are treasurer-, eject, will. not take office here, left today for Moris, MlmW' Anderscsv Mrs. William. Carter apent today quarters or from members of the com-, the others where they will open atothar UlssJoai until February Most very evenly matched and a strong and last game la anticipated.

mlttee. Oar Waal Ada trm tat msOs. the guest of friends. at Alexandria. take office' the first of th year.

within a few days- ft. I I. I.