Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1917 — Page 1

* No. 179.

Today is the Last Day of Officers’ Training Camp.

Today, Wednesday, will be the last day of the officers’ training camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, according to orders posted on the camp bulletin “boards issued by Capt. L. S. Upham, post, adjutant. This means each man will hatfe a furlough from Aug. 15" until the 27th, when the men of Eighth training regiment will report at Chillicothe, Ohio, and the men of the Ninth training regiment will report at Louisville, Ky. The Indiana men are in the Ninth regiment. f The following oath will be given the men today: “I, having been appointed —— in the national army, in the military service of the United States, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true and faithful allegiance to the same; ‘that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of my office. ' The men who have been selected as majors will be sworn in first, the captains second, the'•first lieutenants next and the second lieutenants last. Then will come the rush to’check in and start for home. It is unofficially announced that some of the men will be sent to various places for further training. This is said to be true in the case of the men who have been made lieutenants in the quartermaster’s corps. These men, it is reported, will go to Chicago, where they will be given a training for three weeks in the work of that department. It is also unofficially stated that following this training at least part of these lieutenants will receive commissions of higher rank than that of lieutenant.

Fifty Young Men Wanted For Militia Company Here.

J. M. Sauser, who has been appointed chairman of the military affairs of the Jasper county council of defense, is organizing a company of militia here. Several have already enrolled with him and it is desired to increase the number to fifty. Those joining this company will hot be asked to do service outside of the state. This organization has supplanted the Home Guards. There should be three of these companies, at least, in this county. One here at Rensselaer, one at Remington and another at Wheatfield. - - When our soldier boys have left the state there might be urgent and serious need of such organizations. Men under forty-five should take this matter up with Mr. Sauser at once.

Why pay others $1.50 per pair to pay for adveritsing long profits of 110 per cent, etc., when you can buy the Prismo headlight glasses for the usual merchandise profit of SI.OO per pair. Anything else you need. The old reliable Main Garage, best in Rensselaer.

BAD EYES v ARE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR It is to be regretted that there are so many of that sort in this day and age, but they must be cared for and we are fully equipped to do it. No matter what you think the trouble is, do not do a thing until you come to us. It will cost you nothing for consultation And it is your duty to your Eyes. CLARE] JESSEN . ..optician With Jensen the Jeweler. Phone 13.

GAYETY TONIGHT . ESSANAY PRESENTS A PLACE IN THE SUN WITH Mary McAlister. “Do Children Count” Hearst Pathe News L-KO Comedies Present THE COMEDY . SHOOTING HIS ’ART OUT KEYSTONE COMEDIES PRESENT •> MABEL NORMAND in THOSE COUNTRY KIDS THURSDAY SHIRLEY MASON in LIGHT IN DARKNESS

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TO FRANCE—INDIANA TROOPS TO Bp AMONG FIRST TO GO TO BATTLEFIELDS. Inaction—that’s what all redblooded soldiers grow impatient over. The daily monotony of going through rigorous training with no prospect of any real live action in sight or no enemy to combat is what all of Uncle Sam’s soldiers detest above, all other things. The Comp&ny M members are no exception to this rule either. It’s nice for them to be among their own friends and with their own people, but they look upon soldiering in Rensselaer as nothing other . than boys’ play and they are too big for that. A taste of danger in the Mexican border zone last summer has whetted their appetites for adventure and they afe not going to be satisfied until they get it. Not that they are protesting about being held in camp here, for orders are orders and they must be obeyed and they realize that they must be resigned to their fate and take things just as they come in army life. Camp Kurrie is made up of men who are not given to fretting or bewailing their misfortunes and everything is running along smoothly and rapid progress is being made in the matter of putting themselves into condition to meet future hardships. Another thing that is grilling to many of them is the lack of guns and of clothing. Who ever heard tell of being a real soldier without a uniform and a gun? Many of the men are without a single piece of military clothing by which they may be identified, but this cannot be helped, as the government is making all possible haste to overcome these conditions. .Despite the lack of military equipment, these men are proving to be just as good soldiers as their more fortunate brothers and assert that they will even do better work when provided with the proper articles of warfare. But all things come to those who wait and the soldiers are eagerly looking forward to the day when they will all be properly equipped and ordered to move. So when the word came from Washington that the Indiana troops were to be among the first overseas expedition it was Roundly cheered. According to announcement, Brig. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn, commander of the officers’ training school at Fort Benjamin Harrison, is among the new major generals, and the artillery unit of the Indiana National Guard is included in the guard division that is to be sent to France.

Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia will make up the first national guard troqps to land on foreign battlefields. No discussion is permitted by the censorship regulations, however, of the time of their mobilization or departure for the front. The states from which the National Guard troops are to be assembled are: Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, Georgia, Alabama, lowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Maryland, South Carolina, California, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon. The others come from the District of Columbia.

It is a thousand pities that Mrs. Bruce Liggett, who is styled “one of the social leaders of Duluth, Minn.,” wasn’t permitted to die when she was born. It was cruelty to the public to let a child with a malformed brain and a piece of bone for a heart grow to womanhood. This Liggtet woman spoke her “piece” before some women’s clubs in Duluth recently,and the wonder is that a decent, selfrespecting woman would sit and listen to the blackguardly attack on motherhood which issued from the mouth of this moral degenerate. Mrs. —yes, she is a married woman, but let us hope that no children are so accurst as to call her mother. Mrs. Liggett spoke, in part, as follows: “It is about time we get away from the sacredness of motherhood. There can be no sacredness where there is so much physical suffering. ‘''Science admits that the higher the mental culture of the woman the greater her capacity for suffering. Is it fair to urge our girls to higher education and at the same time allow and expect them . to become mothers? “There is not a baby in the world today worth the suffering which its mother went through to give it life. “Why should we be asked to suffer before we reach our highest possibility? There is no greater lie than that women quickly forget the agony of motherhood in its glory. « “Unless something is done to relieve women of this curse there is no justification for matrimony. The propagation of life should be confihed to women of the lower type who are not capable of suffering.” Right m between the lines of the “Bodies” and the “Allies” is the proper place of a she-wolf like Mrs,Liggett, and to the vultures should be left her sepulture. Her craven flesh would- poison the soil eternally. Bicycle tires, the largest line in the city. All new stock at the old low prices. Also bicycle repairs and re- • pairing.—Main ,Garage.

Should Have Died Young.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1917.

HOME-READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN-SOLDIERS

(Issued by .the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved.) ' Thia course of thirty daily lessons is offered to the men selected for service in the National Army as • practical help in getting started in the right way. It is informal in tone and does not attempt to give binding rules and directions. These are contained in the various manuals and regulations of the U. S. Army, to which this couyse is merely introductory.

The three basic qualities, Loyalty, Obedience and Physical Fitness, were treated in the preceding lesson. There is another group of three soldierly qualities that are especially needed during the periods of training, marching and waiting between combats. They are: Intelligence, Cleanliness, Cheerfulness. Although these qualities are associated chiefly with camp life, they are, of course, scarcely less helpful in all other phases of military service. INTELLIGENCE Intelligence does not necessarily mean education, but rather quick observation and willingness to learn. There is plenty of need for intelligence in modern warfare. The National Army will be forced to absorb within a few months a training which would ordinarily extend over a period of two or three years. Those who intend to fit themselves for promotion should study thoroughly the manuals and the drill regulations which affect their duties. In time they should learn something about map-making and map-reading, the construction of field entrenchments, training and care of horses, signail-, ing, the handling of complex pieces of machinery, and many other subjects. Any practical knowledge that you may now possess will surely be useful and helpful to you in the army. CLEANLINESS Gleaniiness is important everywhere, but most of all in the army where large bodies of men are

brought together. In its true sense it includes not only, keeping your body clean, but also your mind and your actions. Fortunately it is a virtue in which Americans generally rank high. There should be little difficulty in setting a satisfactory standard in the new army. This is a subject more fully treated later. Cheerfulness is.always a prominent trait of good soldiers. Here again Americans may be counted upon to make a splendid showing, even in the face of any unexpected hardships or difficulties that may be ahead of us. There are numerous episodes in American military history to justify this confidence. In January, 1863, the Union army lay in camp at Falmouth, Va. About a month before had occurred the disastrous and bloody defeat of Fredericksburg. In the north it was the darkest hour of the war. Everywhere outside the army there was depression and fear. On January 21, the commanding general ordered the troops to break camp and move forward. At the same time “a cola drizzling rain set in; the ground speedily became like a sea of glue; everything upon wheels sunk into the bottomless mud; it took twenty horses to start a single caisson; hundreds of them died in harness; but still the general persisted. But the rain persisted also, and it soon became a simple impossibility to go forward. After two days of effort it was necessary to have the men struggle and flounder, “through the wilderness of ‘ mud back to their camp. Picture the situation: Recent defeat with hevay losses; retreat; a cheerless mid-winter camp; rain; mud; discouragement at home; a long march under the most trying conditions ending in a return to the

Parsnips All Winter.

Parsnips may be allowed to remain in the ground and dug as needed, as freezing does not injure them. As it is a difficult matter to dig them when the ground is frozen, it is advisable to store a small quantity in the storage room in the basement of thfe dwelling or in the out door storage cellar for use during the winter periods when the ground is frozen. Write for Farmers’ Bulletins 847 and 87ff„ United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., which furnishes information on storage, free of charge.

Regular Monthly Dinner.

The ladies of the G. A. R., of the Robert Milroy Circle, will hold their monthly dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hoover, Sr., on Friday, August 17. All members and their husbands are expected to be present.

LARGE FARM FOR RENT.

We still have a large farm for rent Rensselaer quarters. Write or phone, James Walter, Manager Lawler Ranches, Rensselaer, Indiana, Phone 887.

LESSON NO. 3. NINE SOLDIERLY QUALITIES.

same camping ground from which the troops had started. A little grumbling might reasonably have been expected. But the men of 1863 were too good soldiers to draw long faces. The historian goes on: “The march was made in high good humor, the soldiers laughing and joking at their ill-luck with that comic brightness characteristic of Americans in difficult circumstances.” THREE QUALITIES OF BATTLE Finally, there are the three battle qualities of the good, soldier: Spirit,» Tenacity, Self-reliance Unless a man has these three qualities—even though he possesses all the other six in good measure—he is after all only a camp-fire soldier. Spirit—fighting spirit—is far from being mere hatred of the enemy or blind fury, on the one hand; nor is it mere passive obedience to orders, on the other. It means cool, selfcontrolled courage—the kind of courage which enables a man to shoot as straight on the battlefield as he does in target practice. However, it even goes a step beyond that point. Decisive victories cannot be won by merely repulsing the enemy. “Only the offensive wins.” - Like all the other qualities Of a soldier, spirit can be cultivated. An untrained army seldom possesses it. But it can be developed. You can and will develop it until it becomes as much a part of yourself as any of your easy-going civilian -habits are now.

TENACITY Spirit carries a body of soldiers forward. Tenacity is the quality that makes the “stick.” The thorough soldier is never ready to stop fighting until his part-of the battle is won. Tenacity was never better expressed than in the words of John Paul Jones. Standing among his dead and wounded on his sinking ship which was “leaking like a basket,” he replied to his adversary’s invitation to surrender, ‘Sir, I have not yet begun to fight’ ” Two hours later the battle came to a sudden end when the colors of the enemy’s vessel were hauled down. SELF-RELIANCE Self-reliance is characteristic of the American, whether he is serving as a soldier or in some civil occupation. Much of the same quality is sometimes referred to as “initiative.” It is a quality needed more than ever before in present-day warfare. Major General Leonard Wood, in his introduction 'to the Field Service Regulations of the United States Army, says: “Officers and men of all ranks and grades are given a certain independence in the execution of the tasks to which they are assigned and are expected to show initiative in meeting the different situations as they arrive. Every individual, from the highest commander to the lowest private, must always remember that inaction and neglect of opportunities will warrant more severe censure than an error in the choice of the means.” MAKING YOURSELF STRONGER The nine qualities which have just beenreviewed are those which every one of us would like to have for himself. They are the essentials; (of virile and successful manhood, whether in the army or out of it. -Even the moral weakling and the slacker, in their hearts admire these qualities. k

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Farmers, if you have any old traction boilers, I will buy them and pay according to size. SAM KARNOWSKY, Phone 577. See Chas. Pefley for trees, vines and shrubs of all kinds. Guarantee stock to grow or replace free of charge. For fall delivery. -—— - W" ’W .

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

To Pass On Farmers Taken In the Draft.

The entire 687,000 men composing the first increment of the army draft forces will be under training early in October. At least thirty per cent of the quota of each district will begin entrainment for. cantonments on September 5, and the next thirty per cent September 15, and another 30 per cent September 30. The remaining ten per cent will be mobilized as soon after that date as possible. In farming, communities local boards will now arrange the lists of those to fill the first increment with local crop conditions in mind. Harvesting is in progress in many sections. Drafted men engaged in that work and who otherwise would go with the first third of the district quota, will be passed over to the second or third if necessary. The plan to assemble the new forces in three increments distributes the task of furnishing supplies and equipment through September. It will also prevent serious shortage in camp and will give the new officers from the training camp time to familiarize themselves with their’ duties gradually. The order issued means that about 12,000 men will reach each of the 16 cantonments soon after September 5. They will be examined physically by army doctors and finally accepted or rejected;

Marriage of Miss Anna Middelkamp Occurred Today.

The marriage of Miss Anna Middelkamp to Mr. John Rohde, of Hammond, occurred this Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at the St. John’s church northeast of Parr, the ceremony being performed by Rev. H. F. Krull. The wedding was a quiet one, Miss Elizabeth Rohde, of Hammond, and Miss Etha Middelkamp, sister of the bride, being the only witnesses. Miss Middelkamp is one of Jasper county’s well and favorably known ladies. Mr. Rohde is the postmaster at Hammond and one of the leading citizens of that place. Following their marriage the couple left for a trip through the southern states before returning to Hammond, where they will make their future residence.

Mr. Taggart’s Fine Action.

Indianapolis Star. Former United States Senator Thomas Taggart is correct in his suggestions to the democratic press of Indiana that this is not a time to inject politics into any branch of the government that is attempting to prepare the state or nation for their part in the world conflict. It is, of course, as Mr. Taggart well says, a matter of regret that anyone should seek to question seriously the motives of men who are giving their entire time and energy to their country without any other reward than the comforting knowledge that they are doing their part and arle serving their people as best they can. It is characteristic of Mr. Taggart to come to the front voluntarily and defend Will Hays, chairman of the State Council of Defense, against the ’ insinuations that he is using that position to benefit himself politically. In fact, Mr. Taggart’s appeal on behalf of Mr. Hays and the council of defense should be analyzed very thoroughly by the members of both political parties—women as well as men—who are given to finding fault with their representatives in Washington. There has been too much criticism of the government by republicans and democrats who should have put their shoulders to the wheel the very minute that war was declared, but who have done little up to this time other than to find fault with everything that was done by the state as well as the nation.

The people should be proud of their government if it has made a good start in six months, as it certainly has. It is not profitable to indulge in regrets that it did not begin sooner. It is a hopeful sign that a feeling of revulsion is growing against the members of congress who have done nothing but impede the enactment of urgency war measures. The number of people who have sympathy with the members of congress who can not or will not differentiate between politics and duty to their country is growing smaller day by day. Mr. Taggart has been a partisan in politics for years—the acknowledged leader of the democratic party in Indiana and once its national chairman, but he is big and broad enough to come to the front for a republican partisan like Mr. Hays because he believes the latter is giving his very best efforts to the service of his state at this period. Mr. Taggart has set a fine example, which not only should be, but will be, followed by more people as the war progresses. For this is the people’s war. It does not belong to President Wilson because he happens to be at the head of the national government. It does not belong to congress or the senate, to any state or group of states. We are fighting for a common cause and are about to give to the very limit from our vast resources. This is no time to hold back and criticise or to play politics. Whatever political issues grow out of the conduct of this war can be settled after peace is declared —and that will be time enough for such work.

Abundance of Money. I can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate to 6 per cent and my limit to SIOO per •Ofe—-P. D. Welto, Morocco, Ind.

TOURIST IN BAD WRECK

CAR CRASHED INTO DITCHING MACHINE AT EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING. Traveling at a high rate of speddL at 1:30 a. m., about a mile and a half north of Rensselaer this Wednesday morning, a six passenger Geoffrey touring car crashed into « tide ditching machine standing in the road just north of the Alfred Donnelly farm and as a result W. F. Priebe is in the hospital and the car is fit only for the scrap heap. W. F. Preibe, traveling for the Nash Motor Company, of Kenosha, Wis., was the driver of the car and the man who is in the hospital. He suffered several severe cuts about the hands and face as a result of being thrown through the windshield, and is also suffering from concussion of the brain. He can remember nothing concerning the accident or any of the events leading up to it. Priebe, with others, had been camping on the Wabash river near Lafayette for the past week and was on his way from Lafayette to Chicago, when the accident occurred, which was caused by the left front tire blowing out. The car swerved quickly and crashed into a heavy tile ditching machine, said to belong to men by the names of Casto and Garvin, which has been standing along the roadside for the past week or more. There was no light on the machine and the occupant had no chance to escape. The impact threw’ Preibe through the windchield and against the ditcher. Herbert Hammond, who was returning from a trip to Parr, found Mr. Priebe about fifty feet from the wrecked car, walking about in a dazed condition. He was placed in the car and brought to Rensselaer and placed in the hospital. The wrecked car was practically a new one, having been driven but 1,400 miles and belonged to the Nash Motor Co. The entire Iqft side of it was caved in and the'ear as a whole presented the appearance of kindling wood. With the exception of three wheels and tires and probably the engine, the car is a total loss. The driver of the car was accompanied this far by two other men from Lafayette, who decided to take no further chances on his driving and remained at the hotel over night. Priebe was in a hurry to get to Chicago, so set out alone. 'lt is said ‘ that he had been drinking and for this reason his companions did not care to accompany him further. Just what action, if any, will be taken by the owners of the car against the owners of the tile ditching machine is not known. The latter have come in for considerable criticism of late for allowing the machine to stand in the roads of a night without any headlight on it. It should be removed at once, as it is exceedingly dangerous to tourists.

Graham and Yeoman Receive Their Commissions.

The names of Erret Graham and Devere Yeoman appear among the list* published at Washington of those receiving commissions at the engineer training camp at Leavenworth, Kans. Graham was commissioned as a captain in the officers reserve corps and Yeoman as a second lieutenant. Graham and Yeoman went to the camp several months ago and since that time have been taking training with a great number of other students. Both are well qualified en- • gineers and should prove their worth in this capacity.

Hopkins* City Transfer Liao. Transfer borineas formerly operated by Billy Frye. Calls will receive immediate attention. Call Phones 226 or 107. STAR THEATRE FANNIE WARD IN . THE YEARS OF THE LOCUS Also The Third Episode of THE FATAL RING See pearl white . in action. THURSDAY A Now Art Drama Dortby Barnard, Robert Conaoas and Jack Sherrill in THE RAINBOW. . FRIDAY Paramount Day EACH TO HIS KIND. SATURDAY Carlyle BlackwoU and June Elvidge la THE CRIMSON DOVE A World* Brady Day.

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