Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1917 — Page 1

No. 232.

BUY BONDS SAVE FOOD

INDIANA STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE, GEORGE ADE, CHAIRMAN. \ ' ~~~J * - Buy bond? and save food. “ This is the battle cry in Indiana this month. The Indiana State Council of Defense is shouting it from the state house, the county councils of defense are urging it from the court houses and the bond salesmen and food commissioners are taking it from office to office and house to house. If there is a man, woman or child in the Hoosier commonwealth who l does not hear the cry and heed it to the extent of his or her ability, it will be because patriotism is dead in that particular breast.

The Indiana State Council, at the request of the Indiana Second Liberty Loan committee, turned over its organization to assist in the distribution of the United States 4 per cent bonds, out of the proceeds of which the expenses of the war must be paid. County chairmen have been instructed to co-operate with their local bond sales organizations to the extent of soliciting wealthy farmers to turn their harvest money into bonds, and urging the man of lesser income to set aside a portion of his earnings for the purchase of these splendid securities. Reports received by the state council indicate that the suggestion has been kindly received and desired results are to be expected. The perfection of the Hoover food organization is progressing satisfactorily. The wide-spread publicity given the program for Conservation week, Oct. 21-28, by the newspapers of Indiana has served to enthuse the Hoover workers and it is believed there will be an avalanche of signed cards forwarded to the federal food administrator during the seven days ste aside for the purpose. The meatless and wheatless days, the public rally featured by patriotic speaking and the conservation exercises in the I>ublic schools are expected to be of asting benefit to the people of the state, as well as of inestimable value to the cause of America and her allies in fighting Germany. At the regular meeting of the council this week, it was agreed to assist in every way possible Captain A. Lys Brown of the Canadian army, who is in Indiana for the purpose of recruiting British subjects from 19 to 45 years of age, in the dominion army. These men are not subject to the United'States conscription law, but will be urged to join their fellowcountrymen in the service. Dr. Charles P. Emerson, of the medical section of the council, reported Indiana up to the standard of states in the matter of furnishing doctors to the 1 army. He said 380 have already joined the colors and that 600 more have volunteered. The state’s quota is 572. Physicians remaining in the state are now endeavoring to protect communities from which doctors have withdrawn. Indiana is asked for 600 nurses. At this time 90 are in the field and 180 others have offered their services. Indiana is second in the union in furnishing its quota of pharmaceutical supplies, Dr. Emerson said. William G. Irwin, of Columbus, was named treasurer of the comfort fund being collected by the secretaries of Indiana commercial bodies, and Evans Woolen will receive money voluntarily offered for the purchase of tobacco for the soldiers. The council did not pass upon the question of the desirability of making a collection of a tobacco fund, but Walter W. Gregg, of Indianapolis, a solicitor for the war library fund, asked that the council receive such money, which is being offered freely in many cases. The matter of establishing a training camp for the United States Boys’ Working Reserve, was considered at «n important conference of State Director Isaac D. Straus and his executive committee in Indianapolis, Oct. 10th. Mr. Straus proposes ‘to donate the use of a 640 acre farm in Jasper county for the purpose of training the boys in the production of food. Burridge Butler, editor of the Prairie Farmer, told of the success of the movement in Illinois Other addresses were by George L. Mackintosh, president of Wabash college; R. M. Ladd, of Gary, an experienced director of boys’ work; I. N. Logan, Indianapolis; and W. P. Bitner, of Bloomington, professor of economics at Indiana University and a member so the food committee of the state council of defens.e

Dr. E. N. Loy returned from Piqua, Ohio, Monday afternoon. Firman Thompson and daughter, Dorothy, went to Chicago this morning. ' See Chas. Pefley for trees, vines, and shrubs of all kinds. Guarantee stock to grow or replace free of charge. For spring delivery. Sorghum molasses at Ro wen’s grocery, phone 202. Mrs. L. Watson and Mrs. Jay Nowels left this morning for Hattiesburg, Mias., where they will live while their husbands, who are lieutenants at Camp Shelby, remain in this camp. All patients at the hospital are reported to be doing well. j. ■:

The Evening Republican .

“Commy" Gets Flag After Eleven Years’ of Waiting.

When Ed Collins took Lou McCarty’s roller and .chucked it into the big mit of Chick Gandil about four o’clock Monday afternoon,, Charles Comiskey, owner of the White Sox, had realized an eleven years’ dream. Not since the fall of 1906 has Comiskey been the proud owner of a championship. The Sox won that Monday game 4 to 2 and the championship of the world with it. Cascade, la., looms up large on the map. Lots of people knew that such a village existed, hut those New Yorkers know it now, and the reason is “Red” Faber. The sorrel topped heaver chucked in such convincing manned Saturday after he picked up the game in the eighth inning that Manager Rowland decided he was the lad to make the cham-

pionship certain; hence, “Red” was found on the mound Monday. “Red” had the New York fans enveloped in gloom throughout that warm, balmy October 'afternoon. In _ but one round did the sturdy righthander falter—in the fifth—when a triple by Herzog gave the Giants a pair of runs. Thereafter the Giants never threatened. . Each and every White Sox did his part toward winning the flag. The 'series was hard fought, but the Hose had the stamina to carry them through. Each of the Pale Hose will receive a sum of approximately $3,800 for their six days’ work, while each of the Giants will have to be contented with a measly for their six days of labor.

Indiana Faces Serious Coal Shortage.

Unless a coal administrator for Indiana is appointed withjn fortyeight hours by the Washington authorities, the state government will take action even to the seizure of the coal to relieve the acute shortage, E. I. Lewis, chairman of the public service commission, declared Thursday. The coal situation throughout the state is acute, according to reports received by the commission. Mr. Lewis has stated that the commission has received word that unless coal is provided the scUools of Lawrence county will be forced to close. Another report stated that there was practically no coal in Greencastle or Kokomo and that the mayors have appealed directly to Fuel Administrator Garfield for relief. In many of the smaller communities retail coal dealers have no coal because they have no contracts with mine operators they say and no chance of getting any. This is even in the coal mining district of the state. Mr. Lewis in his statement says: “If the government within the next forty-eight hours does not do so, the state government will have to sieze all coal. “We are not going to permit the schools of the state to close and the people to suffer from the lack of coal, and if the situation cannot be cleared up any other way, the state will see that enough coal is diverted to relieve suffering. “I do not know if there is any law authorizing the commission to act, but I do know that public necessity will override any technicalities.”

Next Call For December; Gaps Are Unfilled.

Washington, Oct. 12. —Discussion of the advisability of expediting the call for the second increment of the draft army now is in progress at the war department and it appears likely that the date may be fixed for some time in December or January. Mobilization of the fifst increment of- 687,000 men is now far enough advanced to show clearly that there will be a big deficiency for the 17 national army divisions.- More than 250,000 of the first increment are still to be assembled, but it already* is evident that there will be available at the 16 cantonment quarters for an additional regiment at each post and at some for two regiments. Drafts on the national army forces must be made to fill up the enlisted personnel of the aviation service, the medical corps and the service battalions needed behind the fighting lines abroad. Eventually there will be 250,000 men in the last named service alone, and aviation and the medical service will take nearly as many more though not all of them will be taken from the national armyOperating today in the calling out of second increment to make good these shortages are several factors. Clothing equipment is coming only at a rate that can meet the demand of forces already called, the railways of the country have been overburdened with the job of moving the army and its necessities without hindering freight shipments vital to the sillies* Fixing of the date of the call for the second increment probably hinges also upon the careful study being made by Provost Marshal General Crowder and his assistants of the results of the plan followed in assembling the men called first.

WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED.

Have an unlimited amount of timber that we want worked up into corn wood at McCoysburg, Rensse-. laer, Parr and Fair Oaks and want a large force of men at Once for this work.—James Walter, Manager Lawler Ranches, Rensselaer, Ind., Phone 337. -V' \

Abundance •» Mo*ay. I can loan yon all the money yon want on that farm. My rat* h S per cent and my limit is SIOO per acr*.—P. D. Wells, Morocco, Ind.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1917.

THROUGH THE TRENCHES

WITH ALFRED THOMPSON—A VIVID PICTURE OF FIGHT- _ —ING ON FRENCH FRONT. ' September 17, 1917. Dear Dad:

Haven’t written for some time to you, so will do so now. After our four days evacuation work we returned to our old cantonment, where I had just gotten nicley settled when we received orders to move. We have been attached at last to a division, the 131st, and have moved up to its headquarters. We have been here three days now and today our division goes on repos way back of the lines and we will follow it, tomorrow probably. They will probably stay on repos for 15 days and then ,jo back to the front. From now on we follow them. As they are now in a very quiet sector of the front, their next job will probably be in a very active sector, and if »so we will get some good work. At least, I hope so. The night before we left the Boche raided a nearby village and dropped some bombs that did a lot of damage. There was a company of American engineers quartered there and I the bombs scared seven years’ growth out of them. They had been trying to get* the Americans to dig some caves or abris that day but they were not keen for it. The next morning they were up nearly crying for shovels. Going through one good bomb raid causes anyope of any delusions as to the effect. The bombs are the most miserable part of the war I have seen yet. I bet those Americans feel the same way I do. Some of the boys went to a post yesterday and on the way back they had to flop quick in a muddy ditch to escape some shrapnel that broke near them. They came home covered with mpd. In a case like that, though, there, aren’t many who stop to look for a nice, dry place to flop. There is not any time to hesitate. The Boche had another bombing party last night. They didn’t concentrate their attentions on this village, for which I am thankful, but on a little village a little ways off. They did, however, drop some five or six bombs near us and the* terrific explosions settled my doubts as to whether I should stay in bed or not, and I dug for an abris. I had been hearing the firing and bombs at the village and was hesitating as to whether I should get out of bed or not, but the bombs that fell were entirely too close for comfort and I dug for shelter. But there were no more bombs dropped here and I soon went back to bed and sleep. The bombs did no damage except to a field.

Yesterday section 63 of NortonHarjes came here and is doing the ambulance work here. We are just waiting for orders to go on repos and are not forking. Went up on the hill yesterday, as I thought there was a battery working there, because the explosions and white smoke coming down from there sounded like a battery of at least 105’s. But when I arrived I found a gang of soldiers practicing throwing hand grenades. I stood off as a safe distance and watched them. They stood in a little trench, hit the grenades on their hands to set off the fuse, then leisurely threw them out. They rolled along the ground, smoking, and then exploded with a terrific crash. They are only about the size of a pear and are the same shape and they must be filled with terribly high explosive to explode with so much force. They say when the soldiers take an enemy trench they throw hand grenades in the dugouts to kill any survivors seeking shelter there. Today Dick Lowell and I caught a cannon here and rode about five miles up toward the trenches and then got off and joined some other boys there who had walked the distance. We all walked up through a village battered with shell fire almost beyond recognition, as a village, then on up the road until we came to the rear trenches of the French. These we entered and found the commandant, who said it was all right to visit the front lines, as long as we had helmets and gas masks. He gave us a guide, who led us down into a deep trench, about seven feet deep. This we followed for a long time, finally branching off and seemingly running in every direction. Many are dug through what appears almost solid rock. They zig-zag every five feet or so, and yon can never see more than fifteen or twenty feet ahead of you. Finally, after walking like what seemed a mile, we emerged in the front trenches and our guide cautioned us to walk quietly. We. walked for miles, it seemed, through the trenches, going down into dugouts which go very, very deep into the earth, examining the machine gun emplacements, the signal rockets stacked in piles here and there, the hand grenade shelters, full of powerful little hand grenades, and a thousand other intensely interesting things. Then our guide, a second lieutenant, whom we had picked up on the way, led us beyond the main front trenches into some advanced listening posts, which are only 30 and 40 yards respectively from the German trenches. We could hear the Germans moving in their trenches and tried to hear them talking but couldn’t dp so. We peered over the

One of Monon’s Most Faithful Conductors Dead.

Following a stroke of paralysis received some time ago, John A. Reed, one of the oldest and best, known and most popular conductors on the Monon road, died at St Elizabeth’s hospital in Lafayette Sunday. The body was taken to Monon for burial today. Mr. Reed had been in the employ of the Monon for more than twenty-five years.

The Harris Creamery make their butter from the very best cream available. It is pure and sweet and will suit the most particular. Buy it of your grocery or of The Harris Creamery. New sour kraut, finest you ever ate, at Rowen’s grocery, phone 202. The Eastern Star chapter will meet this evening. - All members are asked to be there as there is work of importance to be done. Richard D. Wangelin, of the Central Garage, and three others have returned from Indianapolis with four new Ford automobiles for customers here. Moxley’s Special Oleomargarine costs more than most other brands for the 'reason it is as pure and sweet as can be made at any price. When colored it* is almost impossible to detect same from the best creamery butter. Your money back if it fails to suit you.

ROWLES & PARKER.

parapet, which the guide said was safe, and we could see the parapet of the Boche trenches almost within spitting disatnce, it seemed. “No Man’s Land” is truly a desolate, lifeless place. Covered with a maze of barbed wire entanglements that it would be impossible to penetrate, until the artillery had blown it up, and a few scattered trees, it looked like “No Man’s Land.” I took a couple of pictures of it as I happened to have my camera with me that I bought the other day. I certainly hope they turn out well. I c&n’t describe the desolation of those few yards between the German trenches and those of the French; The trenches seemed almost deserted. It is only at long intervals that we find men in the trenches. Mqst of them are down in their deep dugouts, sleeping or just lying around. A few French 75’s screamed over our heads but otherwise all was very quiet. There were no German shells arriving when we were there, although the trenches were littered with bld shells, not exploded, and others that had. I picked up the end of a German 105, but lost it on the way home. There was no excitement there while we were there, but everything was intensely intersting to me. The officer took us down in his dugout and gave us some potent stuff that fairly make’s one’s teeth drop but. The trenches are all named and are very deep, except in places where you have to stoop low. It is a very quiet sector. There is no danger going up. I would not have missed it for anything. To be in the trenches and see first hand is much more interesting than reading about it. I may never get another chance and I am very glad I made such good use of it. There were only four casualties there all day up until 3 o’clock this p. m., and they were all caused' by one shell. One was killed and three wounded. We rode back with two of the wounded to the hospital here, on one of the S. S. U. 63’s 8. v. cars. I took seven or eight pictures m the trenches themselves and hope they turn out well. Everything is so different there from what I had expected. I looked to find many men in the trenches, but the trenches themselves are almost deserted and the men are all in their dugouts, which you enter by a little bit of an opening and go down and down into the bowels of the earth, it seems, everything in total darkness, until finally you see a little room with men sitting around and a table and candle burning. In these there are long bunks, where the men were sleeping in their clothes and snoring heavily. There is no infantry action in this sector, only artillery battles and not so very many of them. It is all pretty heavily wooded where we are except in “No Man’s Land and near the trenches. There the trees are blasted and withered by shell fire, the shattered trunks looking very weird rising out of a tei** rible maze of barbed wire. Saw a great many unexploded shells, bombs and torpedoes, which are shot from a rifle, huge trench mortar shells, etc. The trenches are banked with sandbags and reinforced with wire. We saw the microphone, listening wires and all. Telephone wires run through the trenches. On the whole it was the most interesting day I ever spent. Was terribly tired from walking so far and my shoes and puttees were covered with mud from the trenches and I missed my lunch, but it was worth much more than that just to take a peep> into the awful desolateness of No Man s Land.” That term is certainly a happy one, for no man lives or moves there, a few little birds are the only signs of life. I am sitting in my ambulance writing and about a mile away there is a French battery that breaks forth with a crash every few minutes. I can also see shrapnel bursting there every few minutes, with a crack and whine, and cloud of smoke. Another clear night, tonight, I fear, and perhaps another air raid. I almost pray for rain, disagreeable as it is, because the planes do not move in rainy weather. Must close, lots of love to all.

FORTY-TWO EXAMINED

LOCAL BOARD GIVES SELECTED MEN RIGID PHYSICAL . EXAMINATION. Charles Myers, Wheatfield, acc. Roy W. Ballard, Medaryville, ac. E.F. Nevil L. Torbet, Parr, rejected. Solomon Yoder, Fair Oaks, failed. Arthur Murray, Wheatfield, acc. E.F. Ivan C. Coppess, Medaryville, ac. Nelson Shafer, Rensselaer, ac. E. F. Paul Karr, Fair Oaks, accepted. Wm. A. Worden, Rensselaer, ac. F.E. Carl Gorden, Wheatfield, enlisted. Louis Moosemiller, Rens., rejected. Wm. F. Ford, Remington, acc. E.F. Lloyd S. Parks, Rensselaer, acc. Charles E. Cain, Remington, acc. E.F. Howard Stewart, Wheat, accepted. Vernon E. Balcom, Rem., acc. E. F. Louie E. Dowell, Rem., acc. E. F. Edward Parkison, P. Ridge, acc. Clifford Wells, Rensselaer, rejected. Samuel Bowen, Newland, acc. E. F. Addie Warren, Parr, acc. E. F. Willard W. Tanner, Rens., acc. E. F. Murrie Meyers, Wheatfield, accepted. John O. Hurley, Medaryville, ac. E. F. Frank A. Garvin, Rens., 12-1-17. Delbert D. Guy, Remington, rejected. Lonnie Davisson, Parr, accepted. John D. Mayher, Fair Oaks, acc. F. E. Walter C. Hanaway, DeM, ac. F. E. Edward L. Hershman, DeM, ac. F. E. Wm. R. Meyers, Wheat, accepted. John Leichty, Surrey, acc. F. E. Omar O. Osborne, Rens., accepted. Arthur T. Kanne, Rens., accepted. Harry J. Arnold, Rens., acc, F. E. George Panos, Rens., accepted. Guy C. Peek, Rens, accepted. Edward Fryei, Remington, acc. F. E. Orlando G. Snodgrass, Rens, rej. Ellis L. Thomas, Rens., acc, F. E. John Zimmerman, Rem., acc. F. E. Sidney A. Peters, Rens., rej. Lloyd W. Johnson, Parr, accepted.

Former Gillamites Are Prospering In Idaho.

Wallace Faris, of Greenleaf .Idaho, who is visiting frinds and relatives in Gillam township, his old home, was a very pleasant caller in this office Saturday. Mr. Faris is the son of the late Hon. Benjamin F. Faris, who was county commissioner of this county at the beginning of the erection of our splendid court house. Mr. Wallace Faris has been in the west for a few years and has succeeded splendidly. He now owns an 80 acre farm in the state of Idaho near Greenleaf. A farm near his recently sold for S2OO per acre. Other former Gillamites are also prospering near him. Mead Prevo has 40 acres that are giving him splendid returns. Mort Prevo has 80 acres. Oris McCollough has 80 acres, William Robinson also has a good 80 acre farm. Frank Faris is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Prevo, parents of Mead and Mort Prevo, are living at Greenleaf and are greatly “pleased with that country. All of this land is irrigated and crop failures are unknown. The water is furnished by the government at a yearly rental of 75c per acre. The original cost of the irrigation was SBO per acre, but the landowner is given fifteen years in which to pay this. The payments falling due as follows: 2 per cent to be paid annually for the first four years; 4 per cent each year for the next four years, and 7 per cent for the next twelve years. ' —‘ Greenleaf is on a railroad. It is 8 miles from Caldwell, a city of 5,000 inhabitants, and only 40 miles from Boise City, the capital of the state of Idaho, a s city of 30,000. Mr. Faris’ sister, Eva, and his brother, George, live with him.

Funeral of James Hemphill To Be Wednesday Afternoon.

The funeral of James Hemphill, who passed away at the county hospital Monday morning, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The following who had been guests of Mrs. Laura B. Fate, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Sopper at their summer home at Cedar Lake: Mrs. J. E. Harrod, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Woolverton, of South Bend;, Mrs. June Fox, of Douglas, Ariz.; Mrs. Emina Sheridan, of Battle Creek, Mich; Miss Clara Wayman, of Chicago. Mrs. Fate spent the day with them also. Mr. and Mrs. Sopper had been guests here Sunday of Mrs. Fate. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paxton, of Surrey, delighted a number of out of town guests and relatives at their home Sunday‘with a duck dinner. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Paxton, of South Bend; Joseph Paxton, of South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Pavey, of South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. George Zinky, of South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Paxton and daughter, Caroline, of Hammond; Mrs. Cosgrave, of Hammond; Herbert Paxton, of Evanston, DI.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Paxton and family, of Hobart; Mrs. Ella Ritchey, of L’Argent, La.; Mrs. Kate Watson, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Postill and Mrs. .D. L. Richardson, of Rensselaer.

WEATHER. Fair, continued cool tonight with frost exposed places north portion; Wednesday partly cloudy. <

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MAGNIFICENT DONATIONS

JASPER WOMEN RESPOND LIB ERALLY TO HOME ECONOM- . ICS CLUB. The appreciation of the splendi* service that is being rendered by th< Jasper county hospital was testifiei to by the splendid response made b; the women to the call made by th< Home Economics Club of this city There were on 1 exhibition at th< office of Col. Frederick A. Phillip: in the postoffice building last Satur day two hundred quarters of cannec fruits and vegetables, and one hundred and fifteen glasses of jelly. Als< a liberal supply of potatoes, cabbage, carrots, onions, pears, parsnips, pumpkins and other vegetables Also a supply of fruits, preserves, spiced fruits, pickles, jams, butters, quinces, honey and grape juice. These donations were received from all parts of the county. The ladies from Remington made a very large and splendid offering. Also the ladies of Parr, Barkley and Ah were very liberty and furnished a great amount of good things. These donations are greatly appreciated by the Home Economics club and by the management of the hospital. The pleasure that will come to our sick people in partaking of these elegantly prepared dainties will in no small way repay those who have so kindly furnished so bounteous offering. An das splendid as are these magnificent donations the best thing about the whole matter is the splendid spirit of the women of the county of their sustenance and their willing service to so splendid a cause. Many ladies did not have their offerings ready and all who still desire to help out in this matter can take their offerings direct to the hospital.

The car of New York peaches is now here and will be unloaded Monday and Tuesday, October 15 and 16. $2.00 and $2.25 a bushel. JOHN EGER. New bulk sour kraut at Rowen’s grocery, phone 202.

Chicken Supper BENEFIT Christian Church PRICE 35 CENTS Thurs., Oct. 18 5:30- 7:30

AT THE STAR TODAY MABEL TALIFERRO THE SUNBEAM WEDNESDAY—Jack Pickford and Louise Huff in a bi* special. Also Pearl White in the 12th Episode of THE FATAL RING. g . _ THURSDAY—SpeciaI Art Drama picture A MAN AND THE WOMAN, by Alma Hanlon. Mary Pickford in REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM—Coming. I AT THE STAR THEATRE.

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