Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1917 — Page 1

No. 241.

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TEUTON ALLIES TO LOSE GOODS

AUSTRIAN, TURK AND BULGAR HOLDING IN U. S. TO BE SEIZED. All holdings of subjects of Bulgaria, Austria and Turkey in the United States will be seized, together with Germans’ property, A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, announced Thursday. Palmer’s decision regards Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria as enemies, although the United States has never formally declared war against these three allies of Germany. His ruling followed a series of conferences with treasury department officials, at which the scope of the trading with the enemy act was carefully studied. Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria have vast stores of war supplies in the United States. These, as in the case of the Germany property, will be affected by PalmeY’s new ruling. The dividends from their investments also will be turned over to the treasury department for investment in future Liberty loans. Announcement is expected shortly of local officers who will enforce the act in all the principal industrial and shipping centers of the country. Any sort of property belonging to agents or citizens of these countries is subject to seizure. If it apparently is privately owned in good faith and non-military in nature, it will be returned at the end of the war. Whether property belonging to unnaturalized enemy aliens resident in this country will be seized depends on a decision from the president. Pending this it will not be touched.

Friday Locan Grain Market.

Oats are up a cent. Other prices unchanged: Corn —$1.75. ***_ Rye—sl.7o. Wheat—s2.oo. Oats—s6c. <.

Eye Don’ts. DON’T buy Glasses over the counter and select them for yourself. You may select a pair that aids your vision for the time being, but that may prove most injurious. .DON’T bu ycheap Glasses, such lenses are imperfectly ground and unlike. DON’T read in bed or on a moving train. DON’T read without your glasses, nor with someone else’s. DON’T continue wearing your old glasses when you feel that they are not just right. CLARE JESSEN OPTICIAN With Jessen the Jeweler. Phone IS.

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The Evening Republican.

While the German and Austrian forces are meeting with some suecess on the Italian front, the German* in France are preparing for a retreat that may extend from the North Sea to the Swiss border. In Flanders there were many indications that the Germans either had, begun or were about to begin a movement toward the rear. This movement was being hastened by the continued pounding of General Petain’s army, which added 2,000, a score of guns and half a dozen important positions to the captures already netted by the big French thrust on the Aisne. From Copenhagen comes information ' that German sources had revealed a plan for the establishment of a new defensive line somewhere in thwrear of Laon, the German command having realized the menace in that sector. With the French hammering ajiead in victorious smashes, what the Germans planned as an orderly retirement may be transformed into a hasty retreat that will cost them heavily. Indefed, from the number of big guns already left behind—l2o in the last three days—it is apparent that withdrawals before the French have been much more rapid than had been anticipated. Among the indications of a German retreat are dispatches asserting that the French village of Menin is being cleared of all civilians and report* of French aviator* that the German* have begun the devastation of the territory behind their lines as they did before retreating last spring. On the Austro-Italian front, the Germans and Austrians continue, according to Berlin’s latest .aunouncement, to advance and to take prisoners. They have smashed the Italian line north and south of Tolmino in their drive along a 25 mile front on the Isonzo. They are forcing the Italians back from Tolmini to Flitch and from Tolmino 3 miles south to Saga. Rome admits the lines were penetrated near Saga. The Teutons have carried the battle to the west bank of the Isonzo at the bridgehead of Santa’ Maria and Santa Lucia. They were-less successful in their blows at the Italian positiosn on the Carso plateau, at the northern end of the line. The Italians are holding their own at Volnik and on the western slopes of Monte San Gabriele, northeast of Gorizia. Berlin asserts the capture of 10,000, including division and brigade staffs. In the eastern theatre, the Germans continue to retire from their northern lines, their. rearward movement being so rapid that the Russians have not been able at all times to keep in touch with them.

A new sterilizer, which has been greatly needed, arrived Mrs. Brannon entered the hospital today for medical treatment. Mrs. Ross Reed has re-entered the hospital. Mrs. Alvie Simpson was able to return to her home Thursday. Isaac Alter returned to his home in Forest, Ind., greatly improved.

WEATHER. Rain tonight, colder in south portion; Saturday fair in south, clearing in north portion; colder.

WAR SUMMARY.

Friday Hospital Notes.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, I*l7.

Two Rensselaer Lieutenants Have Been Transferred.

The names of Lieuts. Edward L. ; Watson and William Jay Nowels appear in the list of officers of the third battalion of the Third Indiana, I who are soon to be transferred, Jaccording to advices received here "from Hattiesburg. The transfer of Lieuts. Watson and Nowels followed an order issued by General E. M. Lewis, which became effective Wednesday. The transfers ordered by the general officially fixes the status of a number of Indiana officers who have been transferred to various organizations that went to make up the depot brigade. Lieutenant Watson is to be transferred to the 150th infantry, which formerly was the Ist West Virginia. Second Lieutenant Nowels will be ; transferred to the 127th field artillery. Since the breaking up of many of the companies, caused by the transfer of so many of the men to the artillery -division, the war department has befen searching for places to place the officers of the units which were broken up; hence the transfer of Watson and Nowels. It is said that Captain Jerry B. Garland, former commander of the local company, is to undergo an examination soon, which, if passed, will permit him to go to France at once. Although no authentic word has been received to this effect, it is generally nelieved that many of the officers of higher rating will be on the European front soon.

Long Lost Father Believed To Live at Remington.

Monticello Journal. The indications now are that Mrs. Stella Melrose Squires,’ of Camby, Marion county, Indiana, is now in a fair way to find her father, whom she has not seen since she was a baby. He is believed to be residing in Remington, where he is engaged in the flour and feed business. It will be recalled that last week we made mention of the fact that Mrs. Squires wrote to Postmaster Simons, making inquiry about her father and in her letter stated that she had been told he was living in Monticello or White county. The item attracted the attention of Loughrey brothers, who happened to remember that they have a customer at Remington named Frank Melrose, who formerly resided in Monon township, this county. They communicated the fact to Postmaster Simons, who this morning communicated with Mrs. Sqiiires and told her of the discovery he had made. It is quite likely, in view of the fact that Mr. Melrose formerly lived in this county, that he is the man she is searching for.

HAYS A LUCKY MAN.

(Editorial in Kokomo Tribune, Oct. 20, 1917.) Will H. Hays, the hard working chairman of the State Council of Defense, is a lucky man. There were until recently a few democratic sheets in the state suffering from a now rare species of political mange which were marking and snarling at Mr. Hays because he is a republican. They could not endure to see a man of any other party than their own with his coat off, his sleeves rolled up and working like a horse for Uncle Sam, working overtime and without pay, just for patriotism and love of country. Mr. Hays just went on working. He did not seem to feel that he was in need of any defense against his silly assailants. Then along came Tom Taggart with a broadside against his traducers. That was pretty lucky to have a volunteer defense of the knockout type from the real boss of the democratic party. And as if that were not enough, comes now Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, another democratic volunteer, who rebukes the peanut politicians of his party with this splendid letter of approval and gratitude: “Washington, Oct. 16, 1917. “Will H. Hays, Chairman State Council of Defense, Indianapolis, Ind. “My Dear Mr. Hays: “The Council of National Defense and the State Councils with their local safety organizations of the several states and the organizations administering the draft law the normal lines of communication and co-opera-tion between the national administration and the people. In this time of emergnecy no one conversant with the conditions and the difficulties here can be other than wholeheartedly appreciative of the continuing counsel and ungrudging efforts that have come to the common cause through all of these emergencies, and no word of mine which can sustain or which can help to sustain or strengthen the national, state and local institutions of the councils of defense will remain unspoken. The work of the Indiana council has been particularly gratifying. More power to you. With best wishes, —1- . “Cordially yours, . “NEWTON D. BAKER, “Secretary of War.’’ And that is why the Tribune regards Will Hays as a lucky man. Democratic politicians of the small fry variety assail him, while democrats of the larger mold boost for him.

October continues to furnish us with miserable weather and the rainfall during the month has been quite heavy.

CONSERVATION WEEK.

The president has set next week, Oct. 28th to Nov. 4th, inclusive, as Conservation Week, when a nationwide effort will be made to enroll every housewife in the United States in this campaign of food saving. This enrollment will be the yardstick by which the patriotism of each' state and county can be accurately measured. -- We must win this war. We have sent our men, we have given generously of our money, but now we have a task more difficult than organizing an army or raising money—we must change our foofi habits. Of course we know that every boy in the army will have the loving support of a self-sacrificing mother at home, but side by side with these boys and their unselfish mothers we must have an army of 23 million families who realize that “Food will win the war.” This means a tremendous co-opera-tion of all the American people—no one group, producers, dealers nor housewives, can bring it about alone. It must begin at home where the housewives and fathers and children are equally concerned. The outcome of this war depends upon the wholesouled, cheerful and generous co-op-eration of every American family and individual in saving certain foods and in preventing waste. Our problem is to feed our soldiers abroad and our allies by sending them as much food aS we can of the most concentrated nutritive value in theleast shipping space. These foods are wheat, beef, mutton, pork, dairy products and sugar. We must eat less of these and more of other foods and waste nothing.

Every home irt Jasper county will be reached by personal solicitation next week and every housewife will be asked to sign a pledge card in which she promises to carry out the advice and directions of the food administrator in so far as her circumstances permit. There are no dues nor fees to be paid. Surely every woman can make such a promise to the country that sends its men to prevent her suffering what the women of Belgium and France have undergone. If you have already signed the food card, call at the Red Cross haedquarters or the library for your window card and put it up conspicuously, so the committee can see it and pass by your home. Put your window card up with pride,, for it belongs beside your flag as an expression of your patriotism. And on November 4th may Jasper county be able to say that every home within its boundaries stands pledged to the vital cause of Food Conservation.

Southern Publisher Refuses To Give His Goods Away.

Members of the Southern Newspaper Publishers’ association have been asked by the army Y. M. C. A. at various camps to furnish copies of their papers free for use in soldiers’ reading rooms. One publisher in answer to the Y. M. C. A. secretary, took the stand that he could not give away his papers any more than the merchant or manufacturer could afford to donate the commodities he had to sell. He further said he had only two commodities to sell—papers and advertising—and that as upon these depended his living he could not give them away. The publisher also called the secretary’s attention to the fact that the printer probably did not donate the letterhead on which the letter was written and that the government received 2 cents for transmitting the letter to the publisher.

"Pete’’ Vaughan Is Made Head Coach at Mississippi Camp.

Hattiesburg, Miss., Oct. 25. Lieut. Robert E. Vaughan, of Crawfordsville, better known as “Pete,” has been appointed director of athletics for the soldiers stationed at Camp Shelby, by General Sage, the commanding officer. The athletic proposition here is a big one because sports provide the chief recreation for the men and there is something doing, athletically speaking, all of the time. Just at present football is occupying the limelight, but baseball is also being played by many of the khaki clad men and basketball will soon be brought to the front. Track meets are numerous between the various companies and Lieut. Vaughan will have a splendid opportunity to develop teams as there is a wealth of material to choose from.

White County $3,000 From Jasper County.

Ephriam Gilmore, of Milroy township, has subscribed for $3,000 of the second Liberty loan bonds. Mr. Gilmore unthinkingly made his subscription through a Monon bank and the credit that should be given to Milroy township and Jasper county will be given to White county. However, this is a mighty fine act on the part of one of our most .worthy citizens and he is to be commended for his patriotism.

$10 REWARD

To anyone giving information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of any person found hunting on my lands without permission. GRANVILLE MOODY.

Do Your Xmas Shopping Early For Our Soldiers.

Have you planned your Christmas gifts for the soldier boys? If not, do not put it off another minute but consult the list of articles which appears in this paper and on the window of the Red Cross headquarters and make your selection. A fruit cake is a very acceptable gift, but if you cannot bake cakes and do not want to bother with purchasing articles, give your money to the Red Cross workers, who will see that it is properly used. Any sum is welcome but ope dollar and a half will Eurchase the supply for one gift ag and entitle you to slip in your name and address on a post card. Bring all donations to the Red Cross headquarters as promptly as possible as the packing of the bags begins on Saturday. Our young soldiers will have some homesick pangs this Christmas and while many have relatives to remember them, others might not be so fortunate. Let us do our share so that I not one lonesome boy is without a I Christmas gift.

“Number, Please,” Girls Push the Sale of Bonds.

Huntington, Ind., October 25. Every person using the telephone here today was greeted with these words, spoken with the sweetness that only a telephone operator can put into her voice: “Buy a Liberty bond —number, please.” From 7 o’clock this morning until 6 o’clock was the order for the continuance of the practice, and before 8 o’clock nearly everybody in town had learned that Alfred L. Greenman, manager of the company, and every operator in his employ, were boosting Uncle Sam’s bond sale. It meant much more work for the operators, and the company’s kitchen came into use. Hot coffee, sandwiches and apples were served from the kitchen all day to the operators at the expense of the management. Mr. Greenman though of the plan last night when he went to his home and was reading the evening paper, telling of the bond sales. He talked it over with his wife, and Mrs. Greenman said she believed in the interest of the government and the boys at the front, the. public ought not to complain, and the operators would be glad to do their bit. The public took the new order gracefully, and the girls remained sweet all day in spite of the extra work. As far is known here, it is the first time any telephone company has tried such a scheme of advertising Liberty bonds.

Representative Wood Reports Good Liberty Loan Meetings.

Representative W. L. Wood, of Parr, telephoned to the Republican this morning that he had a splendid meeting at Virgie Thursday and that |750 was subscribed for Liberty Loan bonds at the meeting. At his meeting held at Gifford Wednesday there was a large interested crowd and subscriptions to the amount of $1,300 were received. Representative Wood has- been very active in the loan campaign and has made addresses besides those above, at Parr, at McCoysiburg and at the Barkley M. E. church. He has bbeen requested and will make an address at Fair Oaks tonight.

Duel With Bank Robbers.

Lafayette, In<L, Oct. 25.—Safe blowers visited the village of San Pierre, near Medaryville, early today and blew the safe in the Citizens’ Bank. - They were frightened away, however, before they had obtained any money. Nitroglycerin was used to blow the two outer doors of the safe. The explosion awakened residents of the village, and they ran toward the batik. There were four robbers in the party, and a revolver duel resulted when residents appeared on the scene. Headed by the marshal, the villagers opened fire on the robbers, who returned the fire, and many shots were exchanged. The men fled west in an automobile. It is believed the gang is the same as that which visited New Richmond early yesterday.

A complete surprise Aras given the ladies of the G. A. R. by Post No. 84, at the close of the regular meeting. The members of the Post took possession of the hall at the close of the regular meeting. An elegant dinner was served, of which all partook and enjoyed immensely. Comrade Yeoman’s quartette, with Mrs. A. R. Hopkins at the organ, furnished the members with pleasing music. Prof. B. Kraitz, violinist, of Lafayette, who is to organize a class of violin students in tins city, will render several selections at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning. Prof. Kaitz is to aid Prof. Hovorka at St. Joseph college this winter and they have planned several musical entertainments during the coming months. All should hear him at the church Sunday. ' We have just received our new stock of pickles. Large dills 15c a dozen; medium sweets 8c a dozen. New horseradish lOe * bgttlAJOHN EGER.

FACTS ON LOAN.

Government officials believe $5,000,000,000 will be subscribed by tomorrow night; unofficial total, $3,200,000,000. Now York district passes billion dollar' mark. Favorable reports received from southern and western states. Chicago subscriptions to Liberty loan slump with only two days left for drive. Unofficial estimates show that Chicago needs $55,000,000 to fill maximum allotment of SIBO,000,000. James B. McDougal, governor of Federal Resrove bank,, warns against too great optimism and pleads for whirlwind finish.

Dan Cupid Wakes Up After Long Layoff.

Dan Cupid has awakened from his slumbers of the past three weeks and as a result a license was issued at the clerk’s office today, the first since Oct 4. The following license was issued: Roy E. Armstrong, born in San Pierre, Ind., Feb. 14, 1885. occupation farmer, and Jesse Malinda Hershman, born Jasper county, Indiana, Dec. 15, 1879, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the parlors of the clerk’s office by Justice D. D. Dean.

The First National Bank has received its first allotment of the new 4 per cent Liberty Bonds. These are to be delivered to subscribers according to the order in which received. LATER—Just received telegram from National Treasury Department advising that no bonds be delivered until after November 15th.

Stop! Read! Wanted - for Red Cross Xmas' Packets *Fruit Cake Figs, Dates, Raisins Salter Nut* Preserved Ginger Chewing Gum Fudge . V:'. , Chocolate in Tin Foil Licorice Mechanical Puzzles Knife Postals Money to Buy c Steel Mirrors Flash Lights Playing Cards . Envelopes Pads Pencils % MONEY

AT THE STAR TODAY —v FANNIE WARD in HER STRANGE WEDDING . • SATURDAY—EtheI Clayton in SOULS ADRIFT. A World Picture. MONDAY —The Primary Classes of The Methodist Sunday School will giro their benefit today. Matinee and night. Holden of tickets take notice that Ann Pennington will present THE LITTLE BOY SCOUT. TUESDAY—JuIius Steger in THE STOLEN TRIUMPH. WEDNESDAY George Beban in THE BOND BETWEEN. AlsoPoarl White in the 14th episode of the FATAL RING. ■ THURSDAY Anna O’Nilssoe in THE MORAL CODE. - V FRIDAY—Mao Murray in FIRST

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