Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1913 — YOUNG SOLDIES'S FATHER LOCATED [ARTICLE]

YOUNG SOLDIES'S FATHER LOCATED

Item in Republican Enabled Western Union to Locate Parent of Commission Johnson. > .1 Ait item in The Republican enabled Miss Elizabeth Spaulding, manager of the Western Union telegraph office, to locate the father of Private Commission whose death occurred a few days ago at Portsmouth, ST. H. Johnson had joined the coast artillery oj the United States army about two years ago. He had given to the enlisting officer the name of his mother, Mrs. Eva Johnson, Rensselaer, litd., who Was to be notified in case of emergency: The telegram arrived here and could not be delivered because no one know who Mrs. Eva Johnson was. The Republican related the receipt of the telegram and suggested that .any person who knew of the parties inform the Western Union office. Soon after The Evening Republican was published a girl called at the Western Union office and said that Johnson's father resided at Pair Oaks and' the telegram was forwarded there. The father is Tom Johnson, but (he was in the country. Priends took action and replied to the telegram and the body of the young coast artilleryman is now on its way to Pair Oaks for burial, where the funeral will be held soon after arrival.