Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1917 — Page 1

No. 129.

Horses Are In Majority In County Livestock.

The figures recently compiled by the county board of review show that there are 997 automobiles owned in, the county on March Ist, and their assessed valuation was $172,390, or an average of $173 each. Rensselaer led in the matter of ownership with 221; placing the population of the city at 2,500, makes one automobile to every eleven persons} Remington has 75. Marion township has 83, exclusive of Rensselaer; Carpenter township, outside of Remington, has 45; Wheatfield town has 34, and Wheatfield township 37; Barkley has 69, Gillam 43, Hanging Grove 32, Jordan 66, Kankakee 40, Keener 34, Milroy 6, Newton 47, Union 66 and Walker 24. There were 9,363 horses in the county, assessed at $604,471, an average of $64.47 a head. 20,629 was . the number of cattle assessed at $633,468, an average of $31.23 a head; 10,107 hogs, assessed at $73,553, an average of $7.27 a head; 893 head of sheep assessed at $5,110, an average of $5.83 per head.

Kaiser Pledges Mailed Fist to Regain Greece.

Amsterdam, June 15.—According to Berlin dispatches, Emperor William has sent to a Greek diplomat abroad for transmission to former King Constantine of Greece the following telegram: “I have heard with wrath of the infamous outrage committed by ,our common enemies upon you and yoilr dynasty. I assure you that your deprivation can be only temporary. The mailed fist of Germany, with further aid from Almighty God, will restore you to your throne, of which no man by right can rob you. The armies of Germany and Germany’s allies will wreak vengeance on those ’ who have dared so insolently to lay their criminal hands on you. We hope to welcome you in Germany at the earliest opportunity. A thousand cordial greetings from, YOUR WILLIAM.”

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Callender went to Anderson today, where they will attend the church of their faith Sunday. Ruth Callahan, daughter of Thomas Callahan, returned from Rantoul, 111., Friday. She has just completed one year’s work in the Rantoul high school.

BIG Band Concert SUNDAY Remington at 4 P. M. Rensselaer at 7 P. M. Don’t Fail To Attend Both 2 BANDS

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IT SURELY NEEDED IT

IT’S POOR ECONOMY TO SPARE PAINT AT EXPENSE OF BUILDING. The current issue of the Remington Press has the following comment on the redecorating of the county court house: “A series of repairs and redecorating on the wholesale is being conducted at the county court house, and a taxpayer tells us that ‘it is not right,’ and ' wants us to give them h for it. That’s all right, brother, object to this expense all you want to. You know how much good it will do you, don’t you? You recollect, perhaps, that you objected when they dynamited the old court house down (which was condemned by an expert architect who had an ax to grind) and built the new building, and* you know how much good it did, don’t you. Well, it’s an even gamble that all the objections that the south end of the county can raise against anything they wish to do at the court house, only makes it that much more certain that they will do it. Isn’t it so?”

A Wreath From General Pershing to Lafayette.

“Blackjack” Pershing placed a wreath on the grave of Lafayette Friday night. The ceremony at the tomb of the great Frenchman, to whom the American cominander in chief is so generally likened by the populace of Paris, was the most impressive so far during Pershing’s stay in Paris.

Abundance of Money. I can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate is 5 per cent and my limit is SIOO per acre.—P. D. Wells, Morocco, Ind. Bicycle tires, all new stock. Phone 218. Jim Clark.

THE WEATHER Probably fair tonight and Sunday. Warmer.

Dwight Curnick Wins Honors At Shortridge High School.

The Shortridge Daily Echo, a paper published by the Shortridge high school at Indianapolis, in its issue of June 7, 1917, has the following to say about a former member of the Rensselaer high school: ~ “A rather tardy but sincere appreciation is due -Dwight Cumick, this year’s valedictorian, for the excellent speech he has prepared for the exercises next Wednesday evening. The general topic of his speech is treated in a very original manner. It is a work of elegance and finish. Dwight has not been in Shortridge the entire four years, but this fact.was not couhted against him, for since coming here he has taken a high position in school and is a splendid student. The judges were: Mr. Buck, Mr- Forsyth and Mrs. Carey. The other boys trying out for valedictorian were Harold Taylor and Ralph Bennett.” The honor of being the first in the class is all the more significant when it is known that the class numbers three hundred and forty graduates.

Orders have been given the city police department to shoot any and all dogs running loose that are not muzzled.! ' .\ _ ... By order City of Health office ; (

MUZZLE YOUR DOG.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1917.

DePalma Rules Favorite In 2SO Mile Grind.

Ralph DePalma, at the wheel of a Packard, rules the favorite with : the railbird in the 250 mile gasoline derby at the track in Chicago today. Ralph turned his qualifying lap at the rate of 110 miles per hour and his performance was not a mere happen so, for the doughty little Frenchman is capable of doing it regularly and if no ill luck pursues him as it usually does, he should be the first to, receive the checkered flag. However, upsets abound in this little old racing game and some other than the favorites may flash under the tape a winner. The Chevrolet brothers, Jack LeCain, Earl Cooper, Boyer, Hearne or Lewis are all dangerous and a dark horse is liable to pull down the prize. Many fans are disappointedat the forced withdrawal of the veteran Barney Oldfield, whose car suffered a defect yesterday which her will be unable to remedy in time for the start.

WILL YOU HELP YOUR BOYS?

BY HELPING TO MAKE THE RED CROSS MEETINGS SUNDAY A BIG SUCCESS. “Some must go; All must give.” It matters not to which of the above classes you belong, it is your duty to show the leaders of the Red Cross movement in this county, by making yourself present at the Red Cross meetings to be held at Remington tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock, and at Rensselaer at 7 o’clock, that you appreciate to the fullest extent the noble effort they are putting forth to place the county among the leading of its size in the United States and to help the’State of Indiana to be among the leaders of this great commonwealth. The leaders of the movement have left nothing undone to make tomorrow a day long to be remembered and one that shall go down in the annals as one of the most sacred ever held anywhere. No more noble deed can be performed by anyone than that of contributing toward a fund to go toward the saving of our soldier boys’ lives in Europe. The Red Cross will have just as vital a bearing on the outcome of the war as powder or money and the lives of many of our soldiers will depend upon the success of the Red Cross movement. Surely you cannot be a slacker in this respect. Before the summer is over thousands upon thousands of our young men are going to be transported to Europe to take their stand in the great world war. Many are already there. Hundreds of them are going to be killed and a great many more wounded and it is the latter class that is going to need the whole-hearted support of those who must stay at home. Thousands and thousands of dollars are needed to care for those who are sick and wounded, and the bulk of the money should be raised by those who cannot be in the trenches of France. Jasper county has been asked to subscribe $4,200 as her share toward he Red Cross campaign —a trifling sum when compared to the value of the lives of our noble young men who are answering their country’s call. Every contribution may be the cause of saving a life. The various committees have planned for a great day Sunday and mammoth crowds are expected to attend the meetings. The Hon. Wm. T. Abbott, of the Central Tract Co., of Chicago, has been secured as the speaker of the day. Mr. Abbott, since the inauguration of the Red Cross campaign, has been making many addresses throughout this section of the coun-

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LIBERTY LOAN PASSES GOAL

NATION’S RESPONSE MAY EXCEED $2,800,000,000; SMALL INVESTORS MANY. • ' , • —'■ -- -. Washington, June 15.—The American people have responded to the government’s call for funds to finance the war svith an over-subscription to the $2,000,000,000 Liberty Loan of proportions so huge that officials are buried beneath a landslide of untabulated returns. No man could say at 10 o’clock tonight how great had been the nation’s answer. Apparently it was overwhelming beyond the most sanguine hopes of treasury officials, though not one of the twelve federal banks, regional headquarters of the loan, could hazard more than an estimate of its total. In the country’s ringing answer to the call, the dominant note was the dominant voice of the small investor. His money talked this last day of the campaign in eloquent terms. The hope for a widespread response of the average man with the average income was more than realized in the multitudes that flocked to the banks today. It appeared tonight that all previous estimates had gone by the boards and that nearly 3,000,000 men and women had bought their bonds. Estimates from the twelve reserve districts, some of them unofficial but mostly from local loan committees, indicated late tonight that the subscriptions might reachTheTotal of $2,862,800,000. These estimates, which were not vouched for as authoritative at the treasury department, were as follows: New York $1,200,000,900, with the certainty that the offering would far exceed a billion. Boston $263,300,000, official Philadelphia $200,000,000. Cleveland $284,000,000, estimated. Richmond, more than $100,000,000. Atlanta, $50,000,000, estimated. Chicago $325,000,000. St. Louis $81,500,000, estimated. Kansas City $90,000,000, estimated. Minneapolis $62,000,000, estimated. Dallas $45,000,000, estimated San Francisco $160,000,000, estimated. . .

Big Frost—Small Damage.

There was a big frost here Friday night but there seems not to have been much damage done. We have talked with a number of farmers and all but one were quite sure the damage would be very small. Frank 'Schroer, of Barkley township, thinks that the potatoes are badly damaged and that some injury is done the wheat, which he says is in just the right stage to be damaged. , Frank Hershman, of Walker township, says they had a big frost but is quite sure there will be little or no damage caused by it. William Eldridge, on the Perry Marlatt farm, had out thirty acres of muck corn and he says that it is all flat but he is told that it will come out all right. St. Joseph’s College did not get the temperature registered by the government thermometer there but says the frost did them little or no damage. Earlier in the season they had lost quite a little of garden vegetables, particularly about two thousand tomato plants. Harry Gifford was in from central Barkley and reports no damage of any consequence. H. C. Callender, who lives in the Gifford region, is quite sure no damage will result from the frost. Charles Lakin, of Union township, reports no damage. County Commissioner Welsh reports the damage but slight in his part of the county. Jasper county is surely fortunate if the frost, as heavy as it was, has not done an” more damage than the reports seem to indicate.

Hopkina’ City Transfer Line. Transfer business formerly operated by Billy Frye. Calls will receive immediate attention. Call Phones 226 or 107. Mrs. Elmer Osman returned to her home at Benton Harbor today after a visit with relatives here. Miss Jennie Comer went’ to Chicago today. She is taking a two weeks’ rest from her duty at the hospital.

try, sacrificing bis time and business in the interest of the movement. Mr. Abbott is a splendid man and a wonderful speaker. He has his heart and soul in the movement and no one better fitted could have been secured by the local chapter. Big double concerts will be given by the Remington and Rensselaer- bands at both of the meetings. Help make these meetings Sunday a success by your enthusiasm and interestvand above all don’t neglect to DO YOUR BIT in a financial way.

American Consul Tells of German Barbarity.

“The submarine war grows more barbarous every day. It has now reached the plane of deliberate murder of every ship sunk and so will continue to the end. It is not the fault of the Germans that every torpedo does not produce a Lusitania massacre.” That is the Kaiser’s unrestricted submarine warfare in the words of a man who probably knows more about the human side of the sea tragedy than any other—certainly more than any other American. He is Wesley Frost, consul at Queensland, the port on the southwest coast of Ireland, where all the Atlantic ocean lanes of Britain come together. Frost is in Washington for a rest. For over two years he has been, in attendance at the funerals of merchant ships struck down by the underwater terror. It has been his task to collect evidence as to sixty-five ship sinkings in which Americans were imperiled or slaughtered. Frost has seen the cemeteries of the Irish hillsides; he has seen men mad with hunger and heard the shrieks of mothers for their murdered babes; he tells of the sinking of the torpedoed without warning, arid which sank in three minutes with 30 women and children on board; he tells of men going mad from being left in boats without water and leaping into the' sea to end their sufferings; he tells how the German pirates gutted a lifeboat, threw provisions into the sea, filled fresh water kegs with salt water and turned five Americans loose; he tells how survivors were robbed of their personal belongings, and photos of mothers and sweethearts thrown into the sea; he tells how German pirates torpedoed one boat, took survivors to the submarine deck, left them standing there, then went down below, closed the hatch and then the pirate boat submerged, leaving victims floundering in the sea. Such is the German idea of warfare, and a true criterion of the mode of warfare employed by the Kaiser and his men.

PREACHER LOSES LAW SUIT

JUSTICE DEAN UNTANGLES A CASE FROM HANGING GROVE TP. There was a very interesting law suit in Justice Dean’s court Friday. W. L. Rice, formerly a Presbyterian preacher of Monon, brought suit against George Walters, of Hanging Grove township, for the possession of a horse claimed by Rice. Rice had sold the horse to a young man named Hancock. Hancock claimed that he bought the horse outright and was to pay for him by hauling coal. -Rice claimed that Hancock was to have the horse when he had paid for it by hauling coal. Hancock sold the horse to Carl Carlson, who later advertised the horse and sold him with other horses at a public sale. Rice was at this sale but did not notify the buyer of this horse that he was the owner of the horse and the horse was purchased, with another, by v George Walters. « Charles Garwood, of Monon, testified that Rice told him that he had sold the horse to Hancock. The finding of the court was that Walters was the lawful owner of the horse and he was given an order on Constable George Johnson for the animal. Attorney Johnson, who represented Rice, gave notice of appeal to the circuit court. Attorney Moses Leopold represented Walters.

John Stockton made a business trip to Monticello today. Dr. F. H. Hemphill has-been confined to his home for the past three days with sickness. Mrs. Fred King and little daughter returned to their home at Winona Lake today. _ _________ Mrs. Alfred Randle was able to returh from the hospital to her home .today, where she had been for a couple of weeks following an attack of appendicitis. Misses Minnie Waymire and Gladys Arnott left today for Terre Haute, where they will take a twelve weeks* course in the Indiana State Normal, preparatory to teaching school this fall. Mrs. Peter Wasson and daughter, Mary, returned to their home at Winchester, Ind., after a visit with relatives. She reports that her sen-in-law, Clyde Comer and family, afe well and succeeding nicely, also that the Brenners are enjoying a splendid business and that Dr. Brenner is one of the leading physicians of Winchester. Bruce C. Stevens, who was injured in a fall last Thursday evening when he fell from a scaffold on a bridge and was brought to the county hospital here, is reported to be getting along nicely and no permanent injuries are expected. Mr. Stevents struck his back across a large piece of timber and another large piece fell on top of him.

FIRST DRAFT FOR REGULAR ARMY

SECOND UNIT TO FILL GAPS IN MILITIA; 725.000 TOTAL TO BE CALLED.

Washington, June 15.—The first draft of the army to be drawn by selective conscription will be used to bring the regular army to war strength. The second draft will be used to fill the ranks of the national guard. The. third and largest draft will be to furnish the national army of 625,000 which will go into training Sept. 1 to prepare for European service. Failure of army and national guard recruiting to measure up to war department expectations brought this definite announcement of army plans today. July 1 has been set as the limit of the period in which the regular army must be brought to war strength. The regular army lacked nearly 70,000 today of war strength, and from the present rate of recruiting the ranks will be about 50,000 short on July 1. The national guard was short 101,000 of war strength today, and is filling its ranks at about the rate of 1,400 a day. Since the guard is not to be called out for more than a month, there is yet time for stimulated recruiting campaigns to reduce the number that must be drafted, but war department officials believe it will be necessary to draw at least 50,000 by conscription to fill these II Icfc JfI tl with the 625,000 which Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder says will be called out as the first draft for the national army, this will make the total number to be drafted on the first drawing about 725,000, the exact number depending on the result of the next few weeks’ recruiting. Decision to utilize the first men drawn by conscription for the regular army means that these men will not be sent to training camps in their own localities for training with men from their own neighborhoods, but will be sent to one of the army posts where the regular army is being expanded by the organization of fiftyone new regiments. The men taken in the second drawing for the national guard will be sent to training camps in the south. Men drawn for both these arms of the service probably will be dent to France before the men drawn for the national army are sent abroad. Gen. Crowder today was besieged with queries from members of congress and other officials regarding the probable date of the draft. * He could give no information on this subject because the president has not proclaimed the date for this momentous undertaking in the nation’s history.

Transfers of Real Estate.

Edna M. Frye et baron to J. M. Frye, May 31, part n% ne, sw ne, 11-31-7, 119 acres, Keener, $2,000. Edna M. Walcutt to J. D. Morse, trustee, May 10, w% 32-32, 320 acres, Kankakee, sl. Emmet L. Hollingsworth et ux to Christian Terborg et ux, June 1, nw ne, 1-31-7, Keener, SBOO.

DON’T STOP.

When someone stops advertising, Someone stops buying. When someone stops buying, Someone stops selling. When someone stops selling, Someone stops making. When someone stops making, Someone stops earning. When everyone stops earning, Everybody stops baying. Keep going— The wise investor buys a Vesta. Rensselaer Garage.

THE Ethel Clayten QTAR iB » ■ ■■■■» * ■ . I TODAY MAN’SWOMAN MONDAY Meighan and King IN A semi-western story of a mining claim. A convincing picture is THE HEIR TO , HOORAH Aho A Burton Holme* Trip Around th* WofM. A THE STAR THEATRE. .

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