Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1917 — Page 1

No. 289.

ROACH SUCCEEDS ED JACKSON

DELPHI MAN APPOINTED SECRETARY OF STATE, SUCCEEDING ED JACKSON. Wm. (Deacon) Roach, of Delphi, was appointed secretary of state Friday by Governor Goodrich to succeed Captain Ed Jackson, who resigned to accept a commission m tne national army. For some time the choice has been between John G. Bryson, chairman of the Fifth district, and Mr. Roach, but definite announcement of the selection o successful applicant was not made until Friday morning. At one time it was believed Pliny W. first deputy under Secretary Jackson would be given the place. It is understood now, however, that he probably will be retained in his position and the remainder of Mr. Jackson’s office force will be retained practically in its entirety by the new official. , . „ William Roach, or as he is better known, “Deacon” Roach, was bom in Delphi and is the son of Wm. Roach, Sr., one of the proprietors of Roach and Rothenberger’s Delphi Flour Mill. He bears the title Deacon not because of a pronounced religi ous leaning, but because there are four men in the town who are named William Roach. The newly appointed secretary of state is a graduate of the Indiana Law school and for a number of years after graduation was engaged in the real estate business with ex-sheriff William Roach, who, although bearing the same name, is no relative. He is one of the leading republicans of the district and was chairman of the district for six years. His appointment to the office of secretary of state practically makes certain his nomination for that office, and the leading position on the republican state ticket at the next election.

Billy Sunday Gives German Sympathizer A Lacing

Billy Sunday, evangelist, ex-ball-player and arch enemy of the devil, have a German sympathizer a trouncing in Atlanta, Ga., Friday. Billy is a versatile sort, of a fellow and his ability is not confined entirely to his mental qualities. During the course of an address the evangelist was making a vigorous attack on Germany and her allies, saying he did not believe “God would be on the side of a dirty bunch that would stand aside and see a Turk outrage a woman.” In the midst of his sermon W. H. Beutervauth, a carpenter, forced his way to the platform. Sunday turned and struck at the intruder. He missed, Beutervauth sent a glancing blow on the evangelists lace and Sunday sent a hard wallop to the chest. Wild confusion followed. The German was roughly handled. There were cried of “lynch him.” Ihe police took Beutervauth to a police station. He refused to talk.

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WEATHER. Fair tonight and Sunday, not so cold Sunday.

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Here’s The Price Kaiser Must Pay To Grasp Peace

In the midst of the ppace pourparlers that are in progress between the representatives of the Teutonic allies and the Bolsheviki government in Russia, the war alms of Great Britian and doubtless all of her allies have been concretely set forth in the house of commons by David Lloyd George, the British prime minister. The complete restoration of territory now in the hands of the enemy and compensation for the havoc have wrought, is the price that will be demanded for the laying down, of arms and the bringing about of peace. Great Britian did not seek territorial aggrandizement for herself or for any of her allies when she entered the war, Mr. Lloyd George said, but entered into the hostilities merely for the sake of her honor. As to Germany’s colonies, all of which are now in the hands of the entente, Mr. Lloyd George says their disposition must be determined at the peace congress. Jerusalem, however, the premier declared, would never be restored to the Turks. The statement of the prime minister came almost simultaneously with a report that the Teutonic allies intended to make peace proposals to the entente and that Russia had been requested to take similar steps and was endeavoring to sound Tier former allies in arms as to their requirements lor a cessation of hostilities.

Three Selected Men From Camp Taylor Here

Charles Porter, son of Mr. arfd Mrs. William T. Porter, of Parr and Joseph Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas, of Surrey, came this morning on the early morning train, and continued to their respective home on the Milk train. The third soldier, Herman Lange, came here with the two above and is visiting friends here. All of these selected men are still members of Camp Zachary Taylor.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917 .

New Farm Labor Scheme Adopted

Washington, Dec. 21.—Military plans for a long war has led to the adoption by the new co-ordinating war council of a constructive program to insure larger production of staple crops on American farms. The threatened shdrtage of farm labor is the first problem officials have set out to solve. This will prove disastrous to next year’s production, according to officials, unless a huge agricultural armyjs raised and put in the field.’ * The war council has approved a program which calls for a countrywide recruiting campaign by the department of labor, serving as a clearing house, through which labor employment agencies of every sort may round up the unemployed as well as the misemployed for service on farms. The reports of field agents of the department of agricultural indicate that farmers everywhere have greatly increased the acreage of grain and other crops. On the basis of acreage reports now in hand it is estimated i that next year’s wheat crop will ap- i proximate 1,000,000,000 bushels, ' about a quarter of a billion bushels in excess of the crop this year.

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PROHIBITION ANALYZED

SHUMAKER GIVES FIGURES—SEES ONLY “DRY” VICTORY. E. S. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, has made the following analysis of the recent vote in the congress on prohibition : “A careful study of the vote in the United States house of representatives on the Sheppard-Webb prohibition amendment is certainly interesting. “Twenty-four states cast a solid vote »in favor of submitting the amendment. These states were: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North, Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. The total number of votes cast by these states for the submission of the amendment were ninety-two, and of these Indiana cast the largest number of any—thirteen. One member from each of six of these states was absent, namely, from Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Washington and West V i r g i n i a. ~ : “Seven states, to-wit, lowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina, cast more than three-fourths of their vote for the amendment, tor a total of sixty-one votes, with only twelve recorded in the negative. Of this group one representative from North Carolina was absent. “Three states cast at least twothirds of their votes for the amendment—lllinois, Kentucky and Oregon. These states cast twenty-six for the amendment, while eleven were cast against it “Further, the states of Ohio and Wisconsin cast each a majority vote for the resolution, there being eighteen votes in favor of it and thirteen opposed. “These four groups of states— T twenty-four voting solidly for the' amendment, seven more than threefourths, three two-thirds and two a majority—make a total of thirty-six states, or just enough to insure its adoption as a part of the Constitution of the United States. “But this is not all. Seven more states, namely, Alabama (already ‘dry’), California, Louislna, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas (about to go ‘dry’) and Vermont, cast half of their votes for the amendment,, one-half against it, or a vote of 47 to 47. “Three states cast two-thirds of their votes against submitting the amendment. These states were Maryland, New York and Rhode Island. Their votes stood 16 for, 34 against. “One states, New Jersey, voted 8 to 2 against the amendment, while two of its congressman were absent. “Only one state, Connecticut, voted solidly against submitting prohibition, its five congressman lining up with the liquor interests. “The vote by geographical areas is also an interesting study. “New England’s six states —Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut—ffiroke even, fourteen votes being recorded in favor of the measure to fourteen against it. “The five eastern states, comprising New York, New Jersey, Deleware, Maryland and Pennsylvania, cast fifty-eight votes against the resolution to thirty-six cast in its favorThis is the only section of the country, that voted against submitting nation-wide prohibition. “The middle states, east of the Mississippi river—Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota—registered sixty-six votes for the amendment to twentyfour against the same. “The fifteen southern states, comprising Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri, cast 112 votes for the amendment to twenty-seven, against it. “The western states of/lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Washington, 1 Oregon, California and Colorado, sixteen in all, cast fifty-two votes for the bill to eight against—a proportion of six and one-half to one. “An analysis of the vote by ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ states is also quite illumi nating. 0 “The twenty-one ‘wet’ states, namely, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin Wyoming, yielded 129 votes for a dry nation to 117 against it. “The twenty-seven ‘dry’ states, namely Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, lowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hempshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota,'Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia, showed the way to tha wart states

Look For Last Of The Draft Men Next Month

Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, De« 21.—Men of this district passed in the draft for the 84th army division, who have not yet been placed under arms, will be called to the camp as soon as sufficient clothing and equipment accumulates in the quartermaster’s storerooms. Thir-ty-five per cent, of the first quota remains to be called. It is said the provost marshal-general hopes to have the entire quota in camp here some time in January. The war department is said to have asked information concerning the amount of clothing needed. Activity of German propagandists is evidenced in reports of tales to the effected that a number of men were frozen to death during the recent cold spell. They have also been tales of men “dying like flies” of various ailments. As a matter of fact only twenty-eight deaths have occurred at the camp since the mobilization of the division. Training schedules in all the schools for soldiers here have been resumed after a delay of nearly two weeks caused by the snow. Large details of men were set to work yesterday shoveling snow from trenches and digging drainage ditches to carry away water. It will be several days before the trenches of the .infantry school of arms will be fit for occupancy by large forces. yesterday and several classes were Machine gun practice was resumed instructed in grenade throwing. Use of the service high-explosive grenade in practice is being deferred, until steel helmets arrive. Grenade work is the only phase of the training in which actual danger exists. Instructors will not use the' real article until assured that the men are well protected. Rifle grenades are expected by Colonel Thomas A. Wise, commandant of the infantry school of arms, to arrive within a few days. Captain C. F. Jeanes, the British army gas expert, has about completed preparations for conducting real gas attacks on trenches, protecting the men with masks.

Next Army Call Feb. 1, Is Unofficial Report

Washington, Dec. 21.—A that lacked verification officially was' current tonight that next call of .draft men to the colors would take place on Feb. 1, and that it would be for approximately 300,000. It was even asserted that the call would be for 313,000 men. At the office of the provost marshal general jt was impossible to get a confirmation of the report. However, the statement was made there that no such orders had been issued. It is believed that the task of classifying all registrants will be complete in sixty days. General Crowder today notified all governors by wire that President Wilson has authorized that induction into the military service of employes of the postal service called to report between that date and Jan. 1 be deferred until after Jan. 1 and to instruct local boards accordingly. The purpose of this is to enable the postal service to take care of the Christmas mails.

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