Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1917 — Page 1

No. 253.

Law Says England Can Regard Future With Ail Certainty.

Manchester, Nov. 7.—The British chancellor of-the exchequer, Andrey Bonar Law, at a great war aims meeting here tonight, declared that Great Britain could look to the future not only with hope, but with absolute confidence. He said that Great Britain’s overseas force is more than three millions, adding: “A mightier force never existed.” Great Britain has trebled the airplane production since October, 1916, he said. “As for the submarine campaign,” continued the chancellor, “I can say with certainty that it is not going to bring us to our Igiees.” Delayed meals get on the cook’s nerves. With Cole’s Hot Blast range meals are always on time.

For Sale One . Pullman, 5 passenger, electric lights and starter. One 5 passenger RegalUnderslung electric lights. One Oakland, 5 passenger, in good order. Bargains if takenat once. M. I. Adams & Son

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The Evening Republican.

ITALIAN KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE

IN CHICAGO MONDAY BY CAR OWNED BY FRANK HOWARD, OF REMINGTON. Frank Howard, wealthy furniture dealer, of Remington, Ind., was arrested in Chicago Monday, following the killing of an Italian, who was struck by Howard’s automobile. Detail? of the accident have not been learned. Howard was allowed his freedom pending the coroner’s inquest. ' ■; . - The dead mail’s family are on their way to Italy and as yet have not learned of the tragedy. Remington Press —Monday’s Chicago papers report Mr. Frank Howard, of Remington as having run over an unidentified man. The papers say that he took the man to Mercy hospital, where he lived only a few hours. Mr. Howard is making every effort to find the family of the man, provided he left one. Mr. Howard is a very careful driver, and we feel assured that if such an accident did really occur, that he is in no manner whatever to blame. He drove to Chicago Sunday morning to take his mother home, and this happened Sunday afternoon.

Ed Rose in England or France.

Edward Rose, who is a member of the famous “Rainbow” division, which finished its training at Long Island, New York, is now in England or. France, the division having arrived in England last Thursday. The duties of this division is surveying and range finding for infantry and artillery movements. Edward’s parents and his wife had not heard from him for more than two weeks and it was quite a relief to them to know that he was safely over and passed by the perils of the submarines.

- ‘ Stanley Lane, who is -recovering from a badly injured shoulder, is able to be up and around in the city. Trustee Warren Poole, of Hanging Grove township, was in Rensselaer today.

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Wilson Names Blessings In Thanksgiving Proclamation.

WASHINGTON, November B.—President Wilson issued his 1917 Thanksgiving proclamation last night, calling on the nation, even in the midst of the sorrow and great peril of a world .shaken by war, to thank God for the blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and prosperity of enterprise. ... The proclamation fixing Thursday, November 29, as Thanksgiving day, follows: THANKSGIVING. 1917. “By the President of the United States of America. “A proclamation. “It has long been the honored custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many plessings and mercies to us as a nation. That custom we can follow now even in the midst of the tragedy of a world shaken by war and immeasurable disaster, in the midst of sorrow and great peril, because even amidst the darkness that has gathered about us we can see the great blessings God has bestowed upon us, blessings that are better than mere pace of mind and prosperity of enterprise. “We have been given the opportunity to serve mankind as we once served ourselves in the great day of our Declaration of independence, by taking up arms against a tyranny that threatened to master and debase men everywhere and joining with other free peoples in demanding for all the nations of the world what we then demanded and obtained for ourselves. In this day of the revelation, of our duty, not only to defend our own rights as a nation, there has been vouchsafed us in full and inspiring measure the resolution and spirit of united action. We have been brought to one mind and purpose. A new vigor of common counsel and common action has been revealed in us. We should especially thank God that in such circumstances, in the midst of the greatest enterprise the spirits of men have ever entered upon, we have, if we but observe a reasonable and practicable economy, abundance with which to supply the needs of those associated with us as well as our own. A new light shines about us. The great duties of a new day awaken a new and greater national spirit in us. We shall never again be divided or wonder what stuff we are made of. “And while we render thanks for these things, let us pray Almighty God that in all humbleness of spirit we may look always to Him for guidance; that we may be kept constant in the spirit and purpose of service; that by His grace our minds may be directed and our hands strengthened; and that in His good time liberty and security and peace and the comradship of a common justice may be vouchsafed all the nations of the earth. “Wherefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the 29th day of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their ordinary occupations, and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to God, the great ruler of nations. “In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done in the District of Columbia, this 7th day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fortysecond. WOODROW WILSON. “By the President: ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State.”

Wets Forge to Front in Ohio As Count Nears End.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. B.—At the end of the second day following the prohibition election in Ohio, the result of whether the citizens of Ohio will be subjected to a wet or dry state was still in doubt, but with complete returns from the eighty-eight counties, sixty-seven of which had turned in official reports, the wets were leading by a majority of 3,463 on the face of the returns. This figure included, however, a gain of 1,832 wet votes in Hamilton county officially allowed by the board of elections, which had not been reported to the secretary of state today. An announcement made by Secretary of State Fulton from figures compiled in his office gave the wets a majority of 588. This figure included all except one county and 1,832 gained in the unofficial vote of Hamilton county.

Healey is Pleased.

Hattiesburg, Miss., Noy. 7.—Major A. P. Davis, commander of the military police, has stationed traffic officers at the main crossing in Camp Shelby, and the are as thick as at Washington and Illinois streets in Indianapolis, are so well handled that there has not been an accident for several days. The traffic men who have put an end to the numerous accidents are Charles Deardurff and Edwin Huntington, of Rensselaer, and B. M. Wright, of Warsaw. “To be sure, I don’t want to hurl any bouquets at the 151st infantry,” said Lieutenant Colonel George H. Healey, “but it does make me feel proud that we haVe 3,451 men in this regiment and only six of them are in the guard house, and they are for minor offenses.”

August Goepp, oi Moody, was transacting business here today. Mrs. Homer Hendrickson went to Monticello today to visit her parents for a few days. Mrs. Emmet Hopkins and son went to Monticello today to visit her parents. •' Mrs. J. Hoergen, of Chicago, returned to her home today after spending the day in this city. Mrs. J. J. Robinson, of Lafayette, returned to her home today after visiting friends and relatives in this city. -* - WEATHER. Cloudy tonight and Saturday; probably local rains north portion. WOOD FOR SALE. We have a large amount of good dry pole wood in the timber that we would be pleased to dispose of at very reasonable price. This is a chance to get some good wood cheap. —Jernes Walter, Manager Lawler R hes. Phone 837, Rensselaer. Patronize your home creamery and get better butter at lower prices. “Minnetonna Brand,” this week 45c. C. HARRIS & SON. Miss Lura Halleck, who is attending Indiana University, has been home for a few days’ visit with her parents. While here she accompanied Mrs. Halleck to Chicago, to attend the funeral of her uncle, Samuel Luce. She will return to Indiana Saturday, where she will resume her studies as a senior in the university.

Women Shuck Corn For Benefit of Church.

There are other ways for raising money for the churches by the women than oyster suppers, cafeteria lunches, Saturday markets, etc., as one section of the Ladies Aid at Otterbein has proved. Forty of the members of the society, all of them prominent ladies in their community, went to the farm of Joe McKinney, near Otterbein, and getting an early start had husked and cribbed 200 bushels of corn by noon. The ladies went into the fields prepared for action, having discarded their cumbersome skirts for overalls and protected their hair by wearing caps. The owner of the corn paid them the top price, ten cents a bushel, and they will have S2O to put into their treasury for the benefit and support of the church. Aside from thejlabor expended it was clear gain.

New Cases Filed.

The case of Michael Duffy vs McCray Grain Company, a corporation, and Mark Templeton has been venued from the Newton to the Jasper circuit court. Duffy, by his attorneys, J; C. Murphy and T. B. Cunningham, are bringing suit for possession of the wagon scales at Enos on the New York Central railway. Said scales are valued at S3OO. William Darroch is attorney for the defendants. No, 8855. Filed Nov. 9. The State Millinery Co. vs Carrie D. Short, suit on account. Demand S4OO and costs. John A. Dunlap, attorney for plaintiff. No. 8856. Nvo. 9. Mary E. Pruitt vs Thomas E. Pruitt. Plaintiff charges defendant with desertion and failure to provide. Parties were married on the 25th of August, 1903, and plaintiff claims defendant deserted her in Penelton, Oregon, on August 6th, 1915. Plaintiff asks for divorce and her maiden name, Mary E. Hensley be restored. John A. Dunlap is attorney for the plaintiff. No. 8857. J. A. Smalls, guardian, Vs Chas. T. and Robert J. Smalls. Petition to sell real estate in Keener township. P. R. Blue, attorney for plaintiff.

Mr. 2 and Mrs. Marion Sands, of Lansing, Mich., who were here to attend the Walters-Logan wedding, left Thursday afternoon for a short visit with Mr. Sands’ relatives at Tefft, before returning to their Michigan home Mrs. Sands is an aunt of Mrs. Albert Parker Walters and Mr. Sands is a brother of Charles M. Sands, treasurer of this city. o Mrs. F. D. Burchard and sister, Margaret Jones, will leave this evening for Camp Zachary Taylor, where they will visit with Mrs. F. D. Burchard, who is a second lieutenant. Peter Nomenson returned to his home in Dwight, 111., this afternoon. He is very much pleased with his bus line here under the management of Earl Clouse. Our sales are increasing by leaps and bounds owing to the prj.ee ahd i quality of our “Minnetonna Brand Butter.” This week 45c.—J. C. HARRIS & SON. 2 If you will tell u* we will tell your friend*- Send in your new items. Our phone number is IB or you can call No. 68 from 8 p. tn. to 7 w «.

BRUTALITY OF HUNS TERRIBLE

SO SAYS SAMUEL DUVALL WRITING FROM SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE. Samuel Duvall, son of John Duvall, writing under date of October 5, from somewhere in France, where he has been since August as a member of the ambulance corps, has the following to say of his work along the western front: Dear Mother and Dad: I received your two letters last week and was sure glad to learn that you are all well. lam sitting in my ambulance just outside of our cave abri at a Post de Secours, two kilometers behind the battle front, or one mile in American measurement. It is now just twelve o’clock noon, so it is five o’clock in Rensselaer, seven hours’ difference between us. I’m thinking of Dad just crawling out of bed as I write this. Here in northern France the weather is very damp and cold at night. Uncle Sam gave us all some nice, warm blankets the other day, so we sleep very warm now. Believe me, Uncle Sam is a good old man to his boys and we are all glad and proud that we are under his flag, Old Glory. I have felt fine every day that I have been in this wonderful countrjr. We also have some fine doctors in our section so don’t worry about me getting sick. The only thing we dread is, poison gas the Germans make attacks with. We never close an eye on night duty here at the very front and always have our gas masks on. It is the gas i over here that kills so many of the soldiers. They do not mind shells and bullets so much as they do the dreaded gas. Last week we had nine cars running all night carrying soldiers back to the hospital, and every one of them had been in a gas attack, either dead or dying. In some instances they had fallen over dead and looked as if they were asleep, not a bullet scratch on them.

I have sure seen some pitiful sights, things that would give you the nightmare, so I will not mention them. In regard to the little children and babies having their hands cut off by the Germans—-that is not newspaper talk, for I have seen scores of them already. I have also talked to French soldiers whose sisters have been ravaged. The brutality of the Huns makes one’s blood boil. France is destroyed in every way imaginable here in the north. Homes, towns, cities, and miles and miles of country with every tree cut down, bridges all blasted, canals destroyed, everything in ashes and ruin. You would have to see what I have to realize the terrible truth.

Several days ago the King of Italy passed through our camp. I am enclosing a newspaper clipping giving an account of his visit and with his picture on it also, so keep it for me. The 20th of next month I am going to Paris on a ten day vacation, so think of me Thanksgiving eating my dinner there. “Bummer” is all right, he has heard from home many times and also written, so I guess there is nothing I can tell you to tell his parents. Please stop in Jack Montgomerv’s and tell him to send me the Century, American, Literary Digest and Photo Play magazines each month, for I haven’t a single thing to read. I heard from Alfred Thompson, although I did not get to see him while in Paris, but he told me he was well and pleased with his work. I am going to go into aviation corps some time in January. I passed the examination O. K. I have been up in a machine twice with a French aviator. There is an aeroplane field very near here and'he promised to take me over the Germair lines next week. . We are getting thirty-six dollars per month and if I get iqto the American air corps, I will get SIBO per month. Well, I will close for this time. Write often and don’t worry. Keep well and be happy, for you have lots to be happy for in America, if you don’t realize it. Will write every week. With love,

Please Call and Settle.

Owing to the unfavorable crop conditions, I have carried a good many accounts for the past three years, but they must be settled this fall. All persons who know themselves indebted to me are requested to call and settle by cash or note. Respectfully,

I. M. WASHBURN.

Kentland high school’s football team is making an enviable record and their latest victim was Watseka high school, which they took into camp by a7to 0 score. The Suckers will be in Rensselaer this month for a game. The women over the state are agitating smokeless and liquorless days and offer some very g jod arguments. Among their contentions are that all the saving should not be placed on the women, who are only too glad to do their part and are proud of the fact, but they contend the men should cut down as well, on their extravagances. If all men who smoke would observe one day a week, a large amount of money would be served. _

The situation in chaotic Russia, where the Meximalist revolution has brought about the downfall of the Kerensky regime, in Petrograd at least, continued to hold the center of interest in the war news today. The Maximalists, who have declared for peace, are reported to have gained control of the city only after a fourhour battle in which the women’s Battalion of Death fought a heroic but losing fight. . In Italy, the Teuton steam roller is smashing ahead. “We are fighting our way ahead in mountain and in plain,” is Berlin’s latest word. Earlier the German war office announced the capture of 17,000 Italians, including a general, bringing the total bag since the drive began to 250,000 men and 2,300 guns. The Germans have swept across the Livenza River and are advancing on the Piava. On the west front, Berlin reports increased artillery fire at Dixmude and Passchendaele, probably forecasting *-a new allied thrust in Flanders. The Paris night communique reported violent artillery combats on the whole Aisne front and in upper Alsace. Tuesday night, the statement says, French flyers threw 2,300 kilograms of" explosives upon the stations of Therout, Cortsmarck, Roulers .and Lichtervelde. In Macedonia artillery activity has been revived. There have been sharp patrol encounters.

Negro Soldiers Go On War Path At Montgomery, Aia.

Quick work by the military police, coupled with the determination of Major John C. Fulton, commander of the Tenth' training battalion (negroes), prevented probably serious trouble when some of the negro soldiers became excited over the report that one of their number had been captured by a mob. For a time there was danger of a race riot, but the military police took the situatipn in hand and at midnight everything was quiet, with most of the soldiers in quarters and a cordon out with orders to arrest and hold all stragglers. The trouble started when Jim Long, a negro chauffeur, was arrested after running into a white woman. Long was taken to the police station and released on bond, but the negroes heard that “a soldier is being token out to be lynched,” ana started out to rescue their companion. As the soldiers started through the streets they were joined with several hundred others with a large number of white persons. Military police went to the center of the disturbance and sent about seventy of the soldiers to headquarters for interrogation. They were later sent to the camp under guard. Major Fulton says that the matter will be threshed down to the very bottom.

Anyone wishing to see me will find me in the Trust & Savings Bank on Saturday afternoons. —H. O. Harris, phone 184.

There is Nothing Experimental About Our Eye Examinations. EACH EYE U examined mparataly and fitted with the lense it requires. ThU U one advantage that you get over Ready-made Glasses which are made to sell and not to correct eye troubles. Don’t be reckless with your eyes. They certainly deserve the best care that Can be had. WE TELL YOU HOW TO CARE FOR THEM. CLARE JESSEN OPTICIAN With Jeuoi the Jeweler. Phone 11. '

TODAY AT THE STAR PAULINE FREDERICK IN THE LOVE THAT LIVES In addition, Roscoe Arbuckle in a big two act comedy. SATURDAY —June Elvidge and Montagu Love, also Arthur Ashley in THE GUARDIANSHIP, a WorldBrady program. MONDAY—Vivian Martin in TH* FORBIDDEN PATH. MU. Martin has never yet failed to plea«e. Also a Holme. Travel Picture. TUESDAY—EmiIy Whellen in a Metro Quality Play, VANITY. WEDNESDAY— Kathlyn William, in THE COST OF HATRED. Also Pearl White in No. IS of The Fatal R i n g. THURSDAY—Mary Pickford in REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, a six reel production. Remember, Thursday next, matinee and night.

SAM.

VOL. XKL.

WAR SUMMARY.