Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1917 — Page 1

No. 256

PREPARING TO GO OVER THE TOP

REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY PLEDGE ACTIVE SUPPORT. One hundred virile men. from all parts of Jasper county were present at the meeting for the opening of the campaign to raise in this-county our quota of $7,000 for the Young Men's Christian Association National War Fund Work. H. W. Marble, who had beenxselected to direct the work in the northern district of the county, was present with some thirty of the leading men of that part of the county. A like number were present from Remington under the leadership of Dennis O’Riley. Gedrge A. Williams of the central portion of the county had men present from all the townships with the exception of Milroy and Jordan.

The very manhood of the representatives present made it a great meeting. That Jasper county is on fire with patriotism there can be no doubt in the mind of anyone who was present at the Presbyterian church Monday night. Anxiety was written, upon the faces of everyone present. But there was manifested a determination that everything that can, will be dene to win this great war. Every volunteer and selected man who goes into this great conflict in defense of those, principles that have been and will ever be sacred to free, liberty-loving people can be assured that their smallest need will be the greatest concern of us all." The "ladies of the Presbyterian church served one of the best dinners ever spread before a public gathering in this city. The abundance of splendidly prepared food was served _ so freely and so nicely that all wer.e_ more than delighted. * —After the dinner was served, E. L. Hollingsworth, who is the county chairman of this movement, made a short address in which he expressed the belief that money placed in the hands of this great efficient organization will be of the greatest service possible to our soldiers in the camps and at the front. Mr. Hollingsworth was very optimistic about our disposition and ability to raise the $7,000 apportioned to Jasper — He then introduced Ray Bird, of South Bend, who made the address of the evening. Mr. Bird is the Director of Religious Work at Camp Shelby. He made a strong religious appeal to the men present. He had been, when a young man of bad habits, but was4:onverted through the work of the Y. M. C. A., and is now devoting his lifO to that great work. His great plea was that the Y. M. C. Association could reach and help the soldiers not by what it had to say but by what it island does. The clean life of usefulness lived before these“lnen““was"s"ufe to have a most wonderful influence upon the life and character of the men with whom there are associated. Mr. Bird had met Gol. Healey and was thankful for the co-operation and —assistance the Colonel had rendered the association. He praised the Colonel very highly and assured us that he was destined to render his county a most valiant service. He said that either the soldiers must have before them a good environment supplied by the Y. M. C. A. or they are liable to be attracted by associations that are detrimental to their physical as well as their spiritual welfare. He said that is as essential that our boys come back clean and straight, morally as well as physically. It was a strong phrase ana it went home to the hearts of the men present and will put into this campaign this week an enthusiasm that will carry us far over the top of the money to be raised for this great work. i , After the address of Mr. Bird the three district chairman and-tfwo other representatives from eacji district retired and formulated a plan for the drive. While this committee was deliberating, addresses were made by Drs. F, W Strecker. J. Budman»Fleming, of Rensselaer, and Rev. Emer-

ick* of Wheatfield. ■ ' . Dr. Strecker has in charge the work to be done bythe school buys of the county. The purpose to get sixty boys in the county who will raise SIO.OO each for this Y. M. C. A. war fund work. There will be no difficulty in getting the boys to~do this and more provided they get the encouragement and help they should "receive from their homes.. It is' a splendid thing to help raise ten dollars for so worthy a cause but it is a thousand times greater thing to interest a young man. in a movement that is sure to haye so great an effect upon his whole life in the direction of all that is for the best there is in life Parents, rally around the boys '•and assist "Dr. .Strecker and them in this all important endeavor. _L • Dr. Fleming endorsed heartily the boy movement and made a great plea for all .to belongs and the doctor named the • place. The doctor is on fire with patriotism and “his every utterance is a call to duty. . ”7. , „,. , Rev. Emerick, of Wheatfield, had visited a number of the Y. M. C. A; tents and gave first hand testimony of the great vfork the association is 'The committee' then made its report as follows: ’ - ' .That, district number one should

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CONSCRIPT WILL CLASSIFY SELF

QUESTIONAIRE TO BE MAILED TO EACH REGISTERED MAN, SIMPLIFYING WORK. Copies of the new army draft regulations came off the press Monday for a final reading preparatory to the mailing to the local exemption boards throughout the country. They will be in the hands of all boards next week to govern all future drafts. Under the new plan the burden of supplying information which will result in being placed in his proper classification under the selective service law rests squarely on the individual registrant. All instructions now in the hands of the boards will be annulled upon the receipt of the new regulations which are ‘greatly reduced in extent and simplified in process. Included in the new book is everything bearing on the draft processes as now organized from the time the questionaire is sent to each registrant, filled out and returned to the boards until accepted men are in the military service. Every book carries a copy of the statutes and also a verified copy of the master list of the drawing. The questionaire is the basis of the plan of grouping registrants in five classes, liable for duty by classes. The boards will be able to classify a man immediately when his questionaire has been received. /The questionaire process will eliminate from consideration for military service probably 95 per cent of the men who have been discharged or exempted under the old plan. Under the first call the average board was compelled to examine five men to obtain one for service. In some cases not more than one out of ten or twelve were sent to the camps. It is expected that under the new scheme the average figures will be reversed and

at most, not more than one man in five called up, will fail to ppss his physical examination and be rejected. The American Bar Association and the American Medical Association are at work now organizing the lawyers and doctors to aid registrants in their vicinity in filling out theirquestionaires. With the aid of these associations it is hoped a high per centage of the questonaires will come back in such form that the boards will have littlA more than a rubber stamp proceeding left to select the men to fill any call.

City Bus* and Transfer Line. , The City Buss and Transfer Line is now under the management of Earl Clouse. Every effort will be made to give the public the most obliging service. The buss will meet all trains and city calls will receive the most prompt attention. Peter Nomensen, the proprietor, has instructed Mr. Clouse to give his patrons the most efficient service possible. The service is extended to St. Joseph’s College and the Indian School. Call Phones 107 or 646. EARL CLOUSE, Manager. Walter Lynge, the insurance agent, returned from Huron, S. Dak., Monday evening. While in Dakota he disposed of his quarter section of land, located near Huron, to Walter Irving, of that state. Mr. Lynge received $35 an acre for the land, or $5,600 in all. While on his way back to Indiana Mr. Lynge stopped in lowa for a visit with his brother, Edward. He stated that the latter was disposing of 3,000 bushels of old corn for from $7 to $8 a bushel to /farmers of that vicinity for seed corn. Mr. Lynge was offered $2 a bushel for it in August, but owing to a lack of farm labor at that time was unable to move it. Corn in lowa this years is regarded as a failure, according to Mr. Lynge, _ For quick results advertise in The Republican classified column. Moke your wants known in eur Classified Column.

consist of Keener, Wheatfield town and township, Kankakee and Walker townships, and that their quota should be SI,OOO as a minimum. District 1 number two shouhiconsistof'Car--penter township and Remington and their quota should be SI,OOO as a minimum. The balance of the county was to.be district number three, and was subdivided as follows:: Hanging Grove township, R. L. Bussell chairman, minimum quota S2OO. __L Barkley township, Fred Markin chairman, minimum quota SSOO. Gillam township, Elmer Pullin chairman, minimum quota S2OO. Milroy township, chairman to be named later, minimum quota. SSO. Jordan township, chairman to be named later, minimum quota $2,00. Newton township, John Rush chairman, minimum.quota S3OO. Union township, George Hammerton chairman, minimum quota $350. “Rensselaer and Marion township, R. A. Williams chairman, minimum quota $3,300. ' . „ The report of the committee was adopted by a unanimous vote of the persons present representing the prospective distrcits. ,'■_;■■■ It was a most auspicious beginning. It means that Jasper county will make its drive “Over the Top of its $7,000 quota of the $35,000,000 to be raised by the nation end the $1,000,000 to be raised by the state of Indiana. < . - \

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAt, NOVEMBER, 13, 1917

Catt-Marlow.

A very prettily appointed wedding was witnessed Saturday at the First Baptist church, Niagara Falls, N. Y., when Margaret Faye Marlow became the wife of Arthur Galveston Catt, of Rensselaer, Ind. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. C. E. McLean, pastor of the church, before an altar of chrysanthemums and southern smilax, in the presence of a large audience of guests. The bride entered the church upon the arm of her only brother, Mr. Nayland C. Marlow, who gave her away. She was preceded to the altar by her matron of hohor, Mrs. Herbert Von Maddus, of Akron, Ohio, a college friend, and her little nephew, Nayland C. Marlow, Jr., who carried the wedding ring in a basket of green, hidden in a white lily. The bride was charming in a gown of white tulle over white satin. The bridal veil of lace was held in place by orange blossoms and the bride’s bouquet was white roses and a shower of lillies of the valley. The matron of honor was pleasing in a gown of pink tulle over white satin and she carried pink roses. Preceding the wedding ceremony a musical program was rendered by Mrs. Fowler at the organ, Miss May White, violinist. A harpist rendered the wedding march and during the ceremony played softly variations of “The Rosary.” Following the ceremony a formal reception was held in the parlors of the church, after which Mr. and Mrs. Catt left for the south, the destination known only to the bride and groom. Contributed.

HERE’S A WAY TO' SAVE DOCTOR BILLS

Physician* Give Free Advice By Which Parents May ■ - Profit. It was an association of gentlemen, professionally physicians and chemists, all of whom were born in the drug trade, so to speak, and who have been connected with it all their lives, who first gave to the world Castoria, which as every one knows is a pleasant and effective remedy for the ailments of infants and children. It las always been recognized as a mertorious preparation, and its reward las been the greatest popularity ever enjoyed by any remedy ever put upon the market; attained, not by : lampoyant advertisings appeals to ignorance or vulgar prejudice, but by inherent merit. All physicians recommend it, and many, very many, prescribe it. Many parents call in the family physician. Many other parents take advantage of what the physician told them when he was first called in consultation. All good family physicians say: “Give the children Castoria.” Healthy parents know this remedy of old, for they took it themselves as children. It was more than thirty years ago that Castoria made a place for itself in the house*: hold. It bore the signature of Charles H. Fletcher then, as it does today. The signature is its guarantee, which is accepted in thousands of homes where there are children.

Much is printed nowadays about big families. ‘ Dr. William J. McCrann, of Omaha, Neb., is the father of one of these much-read-about families. Here is«what he says: “As the father of thirteen children I certainly know something about your great medicine, and aside from my own family experience I have, in my years of practice, found Castoria a popular and efficient remedy in almost every home.” Charles H. Fletcher has received hundreds of letters from'prominent physicians who have the same esteem for Castoria that Dr. McCrann has. Not only do these physicians say they use Castoria in their own families, but they prescribe it for their patients. First of all it is a vegetable preparation which assimilates the. food and regulates the stomach and hpwpls. After eating comes sleeping and Castoria looks out for that, too. It allays feverishness and prevents loss of sleep, and this absolutely without the use of opium, morphine or other baneful narcotic. Medical, journals are reluctant to discuss proprietary medicines. Hall’s 'Journal of Health, however, says: “Our duty is to expose dangerous and record the means for advancing health. The day for poisoning innocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. To our knowledge Castoria is a remedy which' produces composure and health by regulating the system, not by stupefying it, and our readers are entitled to the information?’

Notice to Y. M. C. A. Workers.

Any V. M. C. A. reports to be made to county president, or secretary of county association, by the township presidents during this week’s canvass, which reports are to be made each day, will be handled free by this company. If you have no telephone, go to nearest one. If you have to use toll lines, as many will have to do, reverse to manager, when it will be charged on a piece of ice and immediately placed under the stove. As our county president, Mr. Hollingsworth, and secretary, Mr. Hamilton, are very busy men.thiS office will receive your report. Give your name, township and amount to manager or chief operator, and it will be forwarded to headquarters, thereby saving, your time, county officers’ time, and release dines promptly. Jasper Codnty Telephone Co., Per W. L. BOTT, Mgr.

IN SEARCH FOR ELMER DWIGGINS

U. S. AGENTS ON TRAIL OF FORMER CITIZEN—CHARGE OF TAKING FUNDS. U. S. agents are hot on the trail of Elmer Dwiggins, charged with appropriating the proceeds of Liberty bond sales whidh he made in the capacity of a broker in New York City. Mr. Dwiggins is a son of Robert Dwiggins, formerly a lawyer anc banker of Rensselaer, and a nephew of Zimri Dwiggins, who conducted a chain of banks throughout Indiana and Illinois in connection with his banking house in Chicago, practically all of which failed in 1893. The Dwiggins family will well be remembered by our older citizens, as they were for a great many years one of our leading families, hence the following article may prove of general interest to all:

New York, Nov. 12. —Announcement was made by the local branch of the Department of Justice today that Elmer Dwiggins, ’ until recently manager of the New York agency of the Bankers’ Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, lowa, is a fugitive from justice, charged with misappropriating the proceeds of sales of Liberty bonds which he had made in the capacity of a broker. He has been missing for several days and his office on the fourteenth floor at 165 Broadwfiy is in charge of secret service agents. —Dwiggins, who lives at 204 West Seventieth street, arranged with the Liberty loan committee to sell bonds of she last issue on the installment plan. He is credited with having sold at least $300,000 and perhaps $500,000 worth of the-bonds. He advertised through the mail for installment purchasers of Liberty bonds. His sales were all made on the installment plan and h e arranged with purchasers to receive the installments.

It is eharged that he placed these installments to his own credit in his bank. Until everybody who bought bonds from him is questioned there is no way of telling the extent of his operations. Secret service men went to his office last Saturday to arrest lim, but he had already gone. With his brother Jay and his uncle, Zimri Dwiggins, he conducted in 1893 a bank in Chicago, a chain of banks in Indiana and Michigan and a bucket shop in New oYrk under the name of J. R. Willard & Co. All the banks and bucket-shop failed. Dwiggins is 55 years old. His arrest was ordered at the request of the federal reserve bank. The Liberty Loan committee, which set the investigation in motion by appealing to the federal reserve bank, refused to discuss the amount of shortage. “Dwiggins will be arrested on sight, charged with fraud,” said John C. Knox, an assistant United States district attorney, this afternoon. “For

a week postoffice inspectors and /expert accountants have been looking over his books. I don’t know the amount involved. The federal reserve bank may know. It is at their solicitation that the Department of Justice was called into the case. Shortly after the examination of his accounts began Dwiggins disappeared.” A representative of the insurance company sent out to take charge of the this afternoon that tU-compan y T»ad had no part in= Dwiggins’ Liberty Loan sales, and that if he had made any sales it had been on his owf responsibility. Zimri Dwiggins came to Chicago in 1891 from Indiana and organized the Columbia National Bank with a capital stock of $1,000,000. The institution had connections with country ban ks of Indiana controlled by Dwiggins, and apparently did a flourishing business for a couple of years. In 1893 it was closed by the bank examiner and following that action fully fifty small banks in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio which had been depending upon the Columbia were forced to close their doors. Associated with Zimri Dwiggins were his nephews, Elmer and Jay, Zimri Dwiggins difed some years ago in NeI>N!WW- i; .'

P. Barber lost —two valuable pointer dogs by poisoning Monday evening. Mr. Barber, with friends, had been out in the country during the day on a hunting expedition, returning in the evening with the dogs. He gave them some food which he had prepared for them and within a 'very short time two of them were dead. The third dog, after sniffing at the food, refused to eat it. It was evident that someone had placed the poison in' the food, but what prompted their deed is perplexing Mr. Barber. The dpgs were not allowed to run at large, but were always kept in a pen.

Please Call and Settle.

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

I. M. WASHBURN.

Abundance of Money.

I can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate k* 5 per cent and my limit u SIOO per •ere.—P. D. Walla, Morocco, Ind

GREATEST OF ALL BATTLES LOOMS

GREATEST FIGHT IN ALL HISTORY BEGINNING ALONG PIAVE RIVER. The Italian army of 4,000,000 strong, and constantly being reinforced by British and French soldiers in countless numbers, stands today ready to meet the foe along the Piave river, in what is believed to be destined as the greatest conflict of all history. The battles of the Marne, Verdun and Lens, all fought in the present great world war, recorded as the bloodiest battles since the beginning of time, are expected to be climaxed when the great Hun host, driving across Italy from the west meets the forces of the Allied army. Italy, swept by the German horde, utterly demoralized, her armies put to rout, stands ready to check the Huns and save her country from disaster. The outcome of this battle, which is of world wide significance, will be awaited by the entire world. A victory for the Allies will mean more than the number of Germans killed and the territory gained, for it will have the effect of restoring the confidence of the Italian soldiers and spurring them on to greater efforts, and who knows but that the news of such a victory will bring order out of chaos in demoralized Russia and make them again a factor in the fighting. The moral effect of such a victory in the battle now dawning will be of much greater benefit than the world now realizes. If the shaken confidence of the Italian and Russian armies can be restored, then the outlook for the Allied cause indeed looks bright. Germany has set her heart on intrenching herself throughout all Italy and if she does it the war will no doubt

.re prolonged for several years. In point of mere numbers the advantage lies with the allies, but the Italian army has “suffered "a" rout which has momentarily destroyed its integrity. The immediate problem of the allied strategists seems to maintain an ordered rear guard action, reorganize the scattered units and stop the contagion of panic that seized on parts of the army, and there are doubtless huge other problems known only to the highest command involving resistance to the Germans in the Trentino and at Cabore. Reckoning numbers solely, Italy still has 4,000,000 enlisted men, conceding the German claim of half a million killed, wounded, captured, dispersed and missing, and therefore should meet the invader on better terms. As against the Italian deterioration, Mackensen must suffer the same exhaustion and difficulty from lengthened communication that made Von Kluck’s defeat possible at the Marne It is in guns that the allies seem ready cost them 2,200.

But here again comfort may be drawn from the Marne parallel. In that battle the French were vastly inferior to the Germans in artillery. The German advance to the channel was checked. The French army did it practically with rifle and bayonet against an enemy intrenched in commanding positions and well supplied with artiller.” and machine guns. England and France have put aside all petty and narrow considerations and are giving Italy of their best. Thf French and English are treating the expedition as a great lark. Their spirit is extraordinary. Finer soldiers never wore boots. As has been said of the Anzacs, “They are in the pink of condition and .don’t give a damn for anybody,” . Such spirit will win.

Attorney G. A. Williams Sells Cullen St. Residence.

Attorney George A. Williams has purchased of Mrs. Eva Myers her 200 acre farm on the Chicago & Wabash Railway in this county. Mrs. Myers received as part payment Mr. Williams’ fine residence of North Cullen street. The deal was made through George F. Meyers & Son. The same firm negotiated the sale of forty acres of land in Jordan township which Greenip I. Thomas. of Remiirgton, sold to William H. Wortley, of Jordan township. ... ■ ’

THE COMMUNITY AUTOMOBILE SUPPLY CO. of Rensselaer, Indiana, will be open Nov. 14, 1917, under the management of Isaac Glazebrook, of Rensselaer, Ind., who will be pleaded to serve you. The life of this company depends upon your patronage. It will endeavor to serve you for a small profit. Gasoline will be sold to you for ONE CENT A GALLON PROFIT, and we will sell it to you for what it now costs us, if we are successful in making satisfactory arrangements. Help us to make a bigger and a better trading place of Rensselaer. Remember the place, One door west of The Harris Cream-—2.T-T'xi'. i - 1 ‘ r. ' ' . ’ ■ WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED. Have an unlimited aniount of timber that we want worked up into cord wood at McCoysburg, Rensselaer, 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. All home print today.

$100 MISSING; ARREST SOON?

SUM APPROXIMATING SIOO TAK--T- EN FROM MYERS POOL ROOM SUNDAY. . _— The safe in the pool room owned by Lee Myers was robbed of a sum approximately SIOO late Sunday afternoon. The cash taken waa in the neighborhood of SBO, and the remainder of the sum was in checks, which it is expected the thief will make no attempt to cash. Following the discovery of the loss, Myers notified the police and since that time the latter have been hard at work on the case and expect to make an arrest soon, as they feel sure that the party they have under suspicion is the guilty one. The pool room was open all of Sunday afternoon, so Mr. Myers cannot state at just what hour the money was taken, although he thinks the robbery occurred about 5 o’clock. Myers, with Deputy Sheriff John Robinson, made a hurried trip to Chicago Sunday evening in search of a local man, whom they believed to have been connected with the theft. They returned empty-handed, however. That the theft was committed by local talent there can be scarcely any doubt and the officers feel that they will soon have their man. The Republican made no mention of the robbery Monday, following the request of the authorities.

Fortner Rensselaer Citizen Answers Last Call.

Through the courtesy of Arthur Cole/ of Lafayette, The Republican las received the following obituary of Winfield S. Bedford. The deceased was a brother of Mrs. J. P. Warner of Rensselaer; Mrs. M. J. Cole, of Lafayette, and Daniel Bedford, of Bridgeport, Ill.: Winfield S. Bedford, the son of John and Mary Bedford, was born March 5, 1835, at Lafayette, Ind. He passed away St the home of Mrs. D. E. L. Burton in Burlingame, Kans., Nov. 5, 1917, being 82 years, » 7 months and 20 days old. He was the next to_the youngest of seven children, four brothers and three sisters. One brother and two sisters still survive him. In young manhood he joined the Methodist church. He learned the silversmith and jewelry trade in Indiana and was in business several years in Lafayette and Rensselaer, Ind. At the outbreak of the civil war, following the traditions of his family, he volunteered. His father was a captain in the war of 1812, commanding forces in the battle of Lundy’s Lane. Winfield S. Bedford was chief bugler in the 7th Illinois Cavalry volunteers, serving four years. Wilmore, in Rensselaer, Ind. To this union three children were born, Mrs. Geo. Marriott, of Osage City, Kan., Mrs. Dr.. E. L. Burton, of Burlingame, Kans., and Prof. Scott E. Bedford, of Chicago, 111., all of whom survive him. His wife departed from this life about three years ago. The family moved to lowa and then to Kansas in 1885, settling in Osage City. Since then Mr. Bedford had been engaged in business in Osage City until a short time ago when he retired from active business. Since the death of his wife he has made his home with his three children. Interment was made in Osage City cemetery.

—- WEathzil Cloudy tonight and Wednesday; probably fair, little change in temperature.

AT THE STAR , today —Emily—Whellen—in a Fivo.Reel Presentation of VANITY WEDNESDAY—Kathan Williams in a big character play THE COST OF HATRED. Also Pearl White in No. 16 of THE FATAL RING. a , ( - THURSDAY—Remember, Mary Pickford in REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM,, six part drama. FRIDAY —-Pickford, Roberts and Huff ' in WHAT MONEY CAN’T BUY. Also the Ford Weekly. Admission to All 10 cents. AT THE STAR THEATRE.

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