Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1917 — Page 1

No. 261.

CAR STOLEN AT LAFAYETTE

FLOYD MEYERS’ FORD STOLEN SATURDAY EVENING—RECOVERED SUNDAY. | His football team defeated at the hands of the Kentland high school eleven, the loss of several hours’ sleep, and $25 was the toll asked of Floyd Meyers, Rensselaer high school football coach, by Old Man Jinx Saturday, at LaFayette. The football game is gone forever, as is the twenty-five dollars Mr. Meyers was forced to play for itfc recovery, but the little, old Ford is back home again. Mr. Meyers accompanied the football team to LaFayette Saturday for their tilt with Kentland high school in a curtain-raiser to the WabashPurdue rumpus. After the game Meyers and several local young men drove to the Fowler hotel for dinner, leaving his car on Ferry street. When he returned a short time later the Ford was missing. Meyers immediately notified the police and offered a reward of $25 for its recovery. /A search for the missing property vas started at once and continued until 3 o’clock Sunday morning, when the car was found by Ed Poole, a colored man, who had heard of the theft and notified the officers'. Poole was given a check for $25 by the owner.’ Apparently the theft was committed by a gang of. young of joyriders, who were intent on spending a merry evening. The car was in good condition when found and “Davey” returned with it Sunday evening.

Yeung Man Taken to The Reformatory.

Herbert R. Hedrick, a young man found guilty of stealing from Mrs. Monnett, of west of Rensselaer, was taken to the reform school by Sheriff B. D. McColly Sunday. The lad was fifteen years of age and had been in this \ icinity but a week.

THE COMMUNITY AUTOMOBILE SUPPLY COMPANY Of Rensselaer, Ind., will sell you a guaranteed tire for SI.OO profit, each. Any size. Also- gasoline at 1 cent per gallon profit. ‘ . WOOD FOR SALE. We have a large amount of good jiry- 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. > Tames Walter, Manager Lawler F nches. Phone 337, Rensselaer.

Spectacle Frames Correctly Fitted to the Face Are a* Essential a* Properly Fitted Lense* are to the Eye* A Lens should be mounted «o that the center will be exactly opposite the pupil of the eye. In any other position is will cause strain and have a tendency to produce double sight. The bridge or nose piece should fit so well that wabbling will be impossible, and it should bear qeually at all point*. The Right Way is Just a* Easy at the Wrong. We Fit the Frames A* Well As the T.finsas.,: r _ CLARE JESSEN OPTICIAN With Jessen the Jeweler. Phone IS.

Dry Cleaning and ■ s' . Agent The American Laundry and Cleaning Company All laundry and clothingto be cleaned is sent from here on Mondays and Tuesdays and is returned so you can have it on Saturday. - '* Satisfaction guaranteed. Come in and give me a trial order. JOHN WERNER ■n Leopold Bldg. North Van Rensselaer St.

The Evening Republican .

Tribune Editorial, Attacking Farmer, Brings Criticism.

A recent editorial in the Chicago Tribune, attacking the United States farmer and accusing him of not subscribing toward the Liberty loan and showing indifference along other lines, relative to the administration of the government in their campaign against the enemy, has brought forth a deluge of criticism. The following editorial, taken from an exchange, gives the farmers’ side of the question:

The Chicago Tribune is being justly taken to task for the manner it has given publicity to a statement made by a Chicago banker to the effect that the farmers were not buying Liberty loan bonds. It is strange that a great newspaper like the Tribune should allow such a statement not only .to go without investigation, but also to permit its editorial writers and cartoonists to enlarge upon it and give it further publicity. As yet there has been no sign of repentance on the part of the Tribune so they are either too stiff-necked to investigate the case or think it is of no consequence. That is just vzhere they are wrong. It is a peculiarity of the people of Chicago and the, newspaper men in particular, that they axe inclined to look down on farmers. If any of them were ever on a farm they either forget or try to forget it. They either are totally ignorant of everything that is happening outside of their own little sphere or they try to ihake believe they are. The most casual investigation would have shown them that the farmer was buying bonds if he had any money and sending his sons to war if he had any sons. That the farmers’wives and daughters were doing their share of the knitting for the soldiers at the front and that the farmer was not taking advantage of the people to sell his products at a high price. *

The farmer does npt, like merchants and coal dealers, set a price on his produce. The price is made by the law of supply and demand, or was until Mr. Hodver took’ a hand inthe matter. Nor does the farmer always get the top price for his grain. Because corn sold for two and one-half Hollars per bushel for the last year’s crop is no sign that all the farmers received that price. Investigation here shows that seventy per cent of the farmers sold their grain for less than one dollar per bushel and out of this large community—of farmers only five per cent received a dollar and a half per bushel. There was but half a crop of corn last year and many farmers did not raise enough for feed and seed and instead of selling had to buy corn. Nevertheless, the fanner has been an extensive buyer of government bonds, and he will continue to buy them, in spite of these charges of disloyalty. Several farmers of this locality have borrowed money on the present crop, paying six per cent, and purchasing government bonds. The Farmers’ Grain company of this city has bought twenty thousand dollars worth of the four per cent bonds and numerous farmers have invested practically all their savings in bonds. The metropolitan press always pictures the farmer rolling in wealth and whiskers. It is true that he has some wealth', but no more whiskers than the “city feller.” He has earned his wealth by the hardest kind of work, and saved it by frugality. Would the city man trade places with the farmer? Would he go out on the farm and labor from 12 to 20 hours a day 9 months out of every year and spend the other three slopping around through mud and snow, breaking the ice in the buckets and troughs and tanks, and feeding stock?. Would he give up his congenial companions at the club and golf links, his friends with whom he has a little drink and smoke a cigarette; the theatres, the cabarets and his many other amusements, and trade places with the farmer? It seems to gall the city man that the farmers should have automobiles. ‘ The automobile on a farm has become a necessity and the far-

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1917

EXEMPTS FACE WAR SERVICE

WILL BE USED WITH SPECIAL FORCES BEHIND THE FIRING LINE. Nearly 200,000 men already called for examination before draft boards and exempted because of physical disability may find they are not exempted at all and may be at the head of the list for the new national army draft, under the new draft regulation which have just been made public. This was the opinion expressed by officials of the provost general’s office.

The new regulations provide that men suffering from minor ailments such as flat feet, slightly defective vision, and other troubles that would preclude their valuable service on the firing line, may be certified for service with special forces where their work will not require the rigorous body or physical perfection of

men in the fighting front. Accurate estimates are not yet available at draft headquarters, but on unofficial returns from the first draft it is estimated that possibly 400,000 or 500,000 eligible called for examination were exempted because of physical defects. In nearly half of these cases the ailments are of such minor character as to permit the eligibles to earn their own livelihood without their defects being commonly These men will be used in the organization of road and wagon gangs and in special trades in which they are especially qualified.

It is not believed they will become subject to the first draft, all of which probably will be mobilized December 15, the time at which the new regulations go into effect, but they will in their regular order of liability. Most of the regulations, including, the parts of more importance public, become effective at noon of December 15, and up to that time all men called for mobilization or entrainment will be’called under the first draft regulations. After that date and as soon as a classification list is drawn up from the new questionnaires men now selected for the service but not yet called will be reclassified under the new regulations, but in most cases their order of responsibility for service will not be greatly changed.

Red Cross

Think over the following statements gleaned from the Red Cross Day speeches in Cleveland. “We have heard that we are operating at a big overhead expense. This is false. For every dollar you give us we get about $1.02 of value. We work this by a fine system of interest with the banks.” —Chairman Davison. “We havedecided to carry the theory of our knitting department into the work of the whole organization—this is 90 per cent common sense and 10 per cent instruction.”— General Manager Gibson. “Red Cross nurses unfortunately are not always prettily clad, as you might imagine from- the magazine covers. - In Serbia the Scotch nurses worked in pajamas in parafine to keep down the vermin, shaved their heads for the same reason, and because there were no stretchers, carried their patients through the streets on their backs.”—Miss Burke. “A-bout 3,000,000 surgical dressings are now being supplied each month by the American Red Cross. This is not sufficient. We need 5,000,000 a month. At this point let me say that no supplies are sold to soldiers by the Red Cross. I want to make this plain to offset reports to the contrary.”—General Manager Gibson.

NOTICE. Watch for the announcement of W. H. Ambler’s closing out sale of 100 polled Herefords at Winamac, December 11, 1917. LADY WANTED To show and sell finest line of. spring fabrics in the country. For particulars address THE WILCOX COMPANY, Binghampton, N. Y.

mer saves time and money with his machine. Practically the whole of Illinois outside of Chicago is composed of farmers, retired farmers, near farmers or people who. pwe more or less of their living to the soil. In this city and vicinity of perhaps 3,000 bonds, over S6O per capita. That seems pretty fair for farmers and people who earn most all of their money by manual labor. Chicago has enough flaws, shortcomings and socialists to look after, enough people who get their living “by ways that are dark and by tricks that are -vain” without snaking false accusations against the farmer. Let the Tribune’s news and editorial writers and cartoonists turn their attention to the disloyalty of their own city, and they will find plenty ofmatenal to work on. In the meantime, the Tribune might send a reporter around to the president of the Merchants’ Loan and Trust company and ask him how much of the money that institution used in purchasing bonds was in by country banks whose depositors were largely composed of farmers.

UNION CITIZENS ARE INDIGNANT

CANCELLING OFxY. M. C. A. MEETING SUBJECT OF BITTER COMMENT. When the Young Men’s Christian Association war fund drive was arranged last week it was planned to hold meetings all over the county. George H. Hammerton, who was assigned the chairmanship of Union township, scheduled meetings at all the churches of his township- and among these was a meeting to be held Saturday night at the German Lutheran church. Mr. Hammerton saw R. H. Kiits and Emil Schultz, trustees of the German Lutheran church, and Mr. Eilts thought it would be a good thing to have the meeting in their church and trustee Schultz said if it was not all right that he would advise Mr. Hammerton. Mr. Hammerton went to see the pastor of the church, Rev. F. H. Krohn, but he was away

and he did not get to make the arrangements with him. When Rev. Krohn came home on Friday and had been informed of the plans, he at once went to Mr. Hammertm’s home and said the meeting could not be held as none of his people would attend it. The meeting was changed from the church to a nearby school house and some twenty people were present and a very nice lot of pledges were received. One of Rev. Krohn’s trustees gave sls. The refusal of the paste r to allow his church to be used, together with the rumor which had been prevalent that he artd some of lis people were not loyal to the American cause, has brought forth a storm of indignation and a demand that a thorough investigation of the whole affair be made at once. In a conversation the pastor said to a reporter of The Republican that le preached upon the Y. M. C. A. work on Sunday and that he had advised his people to give.

Subscriptions to Second Liberty Loan in Jasper County.

Reported direct to Federal Re-serve-Bank, SSO. ■ DeMotte, Bank of DeMotte, $4,000. State Bank of Remington, $69,400. First National Bank of Rensselaer, $54,000. State Bank of Rensselaer, $47,000. Trust & Savings Bank, Rensselaer, $35,000. - ... ■ '“• Bank of Wheatfield, $20,150. Total $229,600. The above is the official returns from the second Liberty loan from this county as reported to James H. Chapman, who is chairman of the Jasper county second Liberty loan committee.

Judge Barce Hearing Ditch Petition.

Attorney Elmore Barce of Fowler is sitting a special judge in the hearing of the Ryan and Oliver ditch petitions. There seems to be no effort to defeat the construction of these improvements, but a number are asking for a reduction of their assessments. The case held the attention of the court last week, and. the prospects are that it will require this week or longer to finish the hearing. Arthur Bissendon came Sunday for a visit with his parents. He was a member of Company M and is now a member of Battery C 137th Field Artillery at Camp Shelby.

Monday Hospital Notes.

Thomas Hoyes is resting nicely and it is expected that he will improve rapidly. Mrs. Reeve of Fair Oak is in a critical condition. She is about 60 years of age. W. S. Lowman is improving nieelv. - . Charles Harris is doing nicely. Mrs. C. J. Stebbins continues to improve. ' Mrs. Zern Wright, Mrs. Ross Reed and Mrs. Samuel Holmes will probably be ableto return to their homes this week. Mrs. Dalton Ropp and Hazel Jacks returned to their homes Saturday.

WAGNER GOSSIP.

Rumor on floor that government has granted an increase jn freight rates. Steel up three points. Railroad stocks up two to three points. ' „ Italians captured 1,500 Germans, and killed 1,500 others. The supreme court will hold a recess from next Monday until Dec. 10.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward. B,ecjc, of near Brook, have returned to their home, after visiting with relatives near Crown Point and Lowell. They made the trip in their new Saxon car. Commencing Monday, Nov. 267 T will make but two deliveries a day, the first'delivery at 9:30 a. m. and one at 4:00 p. m.—James Snedeker, Section eleven of the Industria Society of the Methodist church will hold the regular monthly social Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 20, at the home of Mrs. E- T, Harris. Save dollars by buying shoes of us. Branch house of the Wear-U-Wel Shoe Co.—James Snedeker, Mgr.

BURNS RESULT IN DEATH

OF THREE YEAR OLD SON OF MR. AND MRS. W. N. BABCOCK OF GOODLAND. JJUNDAY. Burton DeLos, three year old baby of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Babcock, of near Goodland was fatally burned Sunday afternoon and died at eleven o’clock Sunday night. The little fellow is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Babcock of this city. The accident occurred at dbout four o’clock Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Babcock had just left the house to go to the bam to gather the eggs, laeving the baby alone in the house with his two brothers. Mr. Babcock at the time was at the bam. No

sooner had the mother left the house than one of the boys secured some matches and lit a piece of paper. The baby, attracted by the pretty light ran over and picked up the paper and soon his clothes were a mass of flames. One of the boys ran to the bam, calling for his father, who finally succeeded in extinguishing the flames, after reaching the house. A physician was called and everything possible was done to save the life of the little one, but the wounds were to serious and the victim passed away a few hours later. The funeral will be held at the Babcock residence at ten o’clock Tuesday morning. The Babcock family is well known lere and the news of the death of the little one will have a most depressing effect, and the sympathv s£ the entire community is extended to them- in this hour of their greatest sadnes.

FOOTBALL

Ohio State won the championship of the Big Ten circuit Saturday, when the routed the Illini 13 to 0. Too .much Harley was the cause of the down fall of the Zuppkes.’ This is the second straight championship won by the Buckeyes. The Great Lakes Naval Training station team defeated the Camp Sheridan eleven Saturday by a score of 9 to 6. Johnson, of Pittsburg Normal and a brother of Dr. C. E. Johnson won the game for the Jackes in the final three minutes of play. Ie skirted left end for a touchdown, only to fumble the ball after being spfely across the line. The ball was booted back to midfield from where Johnson again carried it across. Outclassed in the first three quarters of the game, Clabbys Hammond team spurted in the last quarter and shoved Holstrom across for the only touchdown of the game, defeating Wabash for the second time this seson. Captain Blocker of Hammond featured.

Pine Village defeated a company team from Camp Custer at LaFayette Sunday. The regular soldier team did not put in an appearance and the followers of the game were greatly disappointed, as the game did not come up to the expectations *Ol6 final score was 25 to 0. Dick King featured. The greatest game billed for the middle west is booked for next Sunday when Hammond faces Pine Village at Hammond. Thousands of dollars are being wagered—on the outcomb and a football special will run from LaFayette to Hammond. Rensselaer was defeated at Lafayette Saturday by Kentland high school by a score of 12 to 7. Rensselaer kicked off to Kentland. Kentland- pounded the line for a touchdown near the end of the first quarter, failing to kick goal. Rensselaer again kicked to Kentland. Rensselaer line held and Kentland was fore-

ed to punt. Gourley and Swaim made several good gains. Pullins negoiated fifteen yards through the line, placing the ball on Kentland’s five yard line, from where Swaim went over on the next play for a touchdown. McColly kicked goal from a diffiult angle. Score: Rensselaer, 7; Kentland, 6. York went in for Swaim in the second half. Rensselaer received the kick. Rensselaer made several gains but were penalized frequently. Collins attempted to punt, but his kick was blocked and Kentland secured the ball. Kentland attempted line plunges but failed to gain. O’Neal went around right end for five yards and a touchdown. Collins, Swaim Gourley and Sage were in the limelight for Rensselaer.

Grant Wynegar Secures Splendid Position.

Grant Wynegar, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Wynegar, of this city, has been appointed ticket agent for the Monon at Lafayette. This appointment carries with it an excellent salary and if he makes good, which he is sure to do, he stands in line for other and better positions with the railroad company.

. SPECIAL WAGON SALE We have a few wagons we bought before the raise and while they last we will sell them at less than the present wholesale prices. They are A-NO-1 in quality. Take advantage of our extraordinary offer now. KELLNER A CALLAHAN room.intheMakeever House- block, is for rent. Inquire at once of Jay W. Stockton, Rensselaer, Indiana.

MONDAY NOTES OF Y. M. C. A.

JASPER COUNTY IS SHORT ON THE AMOUNT APPORTIONED TO HER. . ■ Saturday’s Total to Report Sat. Night Lake Co. $22,369.855116,465.83 LaPorte 1,499.00 13,162.60 Porter 885.00 5,260.00 Newton 5,000.00 Jasper 500.00 4,000.00 Starke 578.00 1,725.00 Pulaski 56.25 1,056.25 That the total army and navy campaign fund in the first Indiana district will far exceed $150,000.00 was made practically certain by the reports received by District Campaign Manager A. B. Dickson in Gary Saturday night. Saturday’s totals showed the first district $459 ahead of the Indianapolis district in total amounts reported. Late Saturday afternoon the state totals stood $923,244, with the goal at $1,000,000. This gives every encouragement in believing that not only the first district but the entire Hoosier state will over-

subscribe its apportionment for this patriotic fund in the interest of our soldiers and sailors. Many places from over the county report that their quota has been largely oversubscribed. Two of Jasper county’s best farmers made a subscription of $50.00 each today. That’s good. Frank Nesius, of Jordan township, who had been on the firing lines in that township, made a splendid report today, the result of his own individual effort. Frank’s parents were born in Germany. Rensselaer and Marion township are short over SI,OOO of her quota Barkley township turned in less than Hanging Grove township lacks but a few dollars this morning and Chairman Bussell was sure that their quota of S2OO would be made up today. Kankakee, the second smallest township in the county, has subscribed $5lO. Newton township has fallen far short of her quota. Milroy, the smallest township in the_ county, has oversubscribed. Jordan will be oversubscribed. Their subscriptions amounted to $374. against an apportionment of 11350. Good for Union. Remington and Carpenter township reports that they now have $1,270 raised. Seventeen of the boys have pledged $lO and outside of these pledges the balance has been paid in cash except possibly SSO.

Lyceum Course Organization.

President, Dr. J. B. Fleming. Secretary, C. R. Dean. Treasurer, Dr. W. L. Myer. Chairman advertising committee, Rev. Asa McDaniel. Chairman ticket committee, Miss Ethel Perkins. Season ticktes will be one dollar and single admissions fifty cents for each number except the third, or a total of |1.85. The first number will be held in the Christian church Friday evening, Nov. 23rd, the attraction being The Roumanian Orchestra. Should there be a balance in the treasury at the end of the course it is the plan to. turn over a part of it to some war relief fund.

LYCEUM DATES. Roumanian Orchestra, Nov. 23. Frederick Poole, Dec. 5. Lotus Company, Feb. 6. Harmony Quartet, Feb. 21. Telephone 565 for Minnetonna Brand butter, made at home by J. C. Harris & Son. Price 45c per lb.— Snedeker’s Grocery. Moke your wants known in our Classified Column. TODAY AT THE STAR George Beban in COOK OF CANON CAMP Also a Holme* Travel and Scenic Picture. TUESDAY—Mae Alli*on and Harold Lockwood will present PIDGEON ISLAND. WEDNESDAY —Blanche Sweet will appear in THE TIDES OF BARNEGAT. Pearl White will al*o be here in No. 17 of THE FATAL RING. THURSDAY —Dorthy Banard and Jack Sherrell in THE ACCOMPLICE FRIDAY —Lou Teliegan in THE LONG TRAIL. SATURDAY—June Elvidge and Carlyle Blackwell in THE MARRIAGE MARKEY ■ ' . ...... ADMISSION 10c, and we pay the War Tax.

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