Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1917 — Page 1

No. 304.

DWIGGINS GETS THREE YEARS

FORMER RENSSELAER BOY SENTENCED TO ATLANTA PRISON. Elmer Dwiggins, arrested some time ago on a charge of using the mails to defraud investors in Liberty Loan bonds, pleaded guilty when arraigned* in New York, Friday Dwiggins was sentenced to three years in the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga. / In asking for the imposition of severe punishment for Dwiggins, who was a New York agent for the Bankers’ Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, la. Assistant District Attorney Mathews told Federal Judge Hand that Dwiggins’ crime had bordered on a treason for the reason that he had swindled nearly 7,000 poor persons who had subscribed on partial payment for the Liberty bonds and that the fraids tended to interfere with th# successful prosecution of the war. Those who invested through Dwiggins, lost about $105,000. Judge Hand declared in imposing the sentence that it was necessary to warn others handling Liberty Loan bonds that they must be strictly honest. In imposing the sentence the Judge stated that he was incline to be a little lenient with the prisoner, because the latter had become penitent.

WAR SUMMARY

Russians prepare to send warning to allies to join peace parleys in ten days or Slavs will make separate peace. Kaiser demands right to occupy strategic points in Russia as price of a separate peace. Rome claims success of raids on Teuton lines and Caproni air fleet damaged foes’ pests. Berlin reports increased artillery activity on mountain front. Paris says German raid in Argonne failed; artillery actien grows. London claims British advance of two and one-half miles on nine mile front north and northwest of Jerusalem.

WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED.

Have an unlimited amount of timber that we want worked up int-. cord wood at BI ' ’sburg, Rensse laer, Parr and Fail Oaks and want a large force of i.ien at once for thio work.—James Walter, Manager Law ler Ranches, Rensselaer, Ind., Phom--337.

PRIVATE SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS Owing to the fact that we are to leave soon we will offer at Private Sale at our residence on South I Cullen Street, beginning Monday, Dec. 31, 1917 AND CONTINUING FOR TEN DAYS OUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS. MRS. GEORGE H. Phone 153. - NEW PRINCESS THEATRE New Policy—Better Play*. Matinee every day 2 P. M. Night 7 P. M. TONIGHT New Paramount VIVIAN MARTIN * n “the little OPTIMIST” Also Good Comedy. 10c and 15c Monday, Dec. 31st. FLORENCE LA BADIE in her last picture WAR AND WOMEN Note—Miss La Badie was killed in . an accident making the picture. Also Hearst-Pathe New*. ■ ■ 4 Tuesday, Jan. Ist. Blue Ribbon Special HARRY MONEY and DOT KELLY in "THE LAW DECIDES" Also Good Comedy. • Bl* Reeh in aU. 10c and IBs.

The Evening Republican .

It was long after banking hours and only the assistant janitor and the bank president were “on the job” in the great Chicago banking institution. The executive, having cleaned up the mass of business on’his desk, lighted a long, pencil-shapen cigar and lolled back in his swivel chair. Bill, the redfaced, good-natured member of the clean-up brigade, entered the office and headed for the waste basket. The bank president remembered that Bill had bought a SIOO Liberty bond in the second campaign. “Are you having any trouble in meeting the payments on your Liberty bond, Bill?” asked the executive. “No trouble, sir,” replied the janitor. “I’ve done a bit o’ plannin’ and trimmin’, though, but it ain’t given me any trouble. I’m better off for the plannin’ and trimmin’.” “I’m imagine you have—well, a sort o’ better opinion of yourself for saving up and lending your money to the Government,’’ said the president. “I’m sorry I ain’t young enough to be ‘over there’ with the boys,” said Bill, “but since I ain’t there and won’t be there unless the army needs men with rheumatiz in one out o’ evejy three joints, I feel it necessary to do what I can do here at home. Oh, I know I ain’t doin’ much—ain’t doin’ anything, in fact, by lending my little money to the government and gettin’ good interest on it, but I am gettin’ that little money together, thanks to the amazin’ way my wife trims here and there and workin’ th’ left-over things- fyto new dishes.” A

“It’s a fine»thing to be a bondholder—a real partner in the great firm of Uncle Sam and Company,” said the president. “One’really has a better opinion of himself when he feels that he is lending a hand.” “I’d like to have ten o’ them bonds,” said Bill, “but, of course, I ain’t bitin’ off more ’n I can chew. But I’m goin’ to be right there when the third loan comes out. There’s real sport in cuttin’ out the things—unnecessary things. I haven’t been over to th’ ’corner’ with th’ gang for weeks. I used to feel that I didn’t ‘belong’ unless I drifted over there and spent at least a quarter every night. My oldest girl has got that war savings stamp fever for fair, and she’s coppin’ all the extra quarters.” “You have bought a Liberty bond; your wife has trimmed here and there in order that you might have the necessary money, and your daughter is buying the war savings stamp,” said the bank president. “Your little home, Bill, is doing its full duty, and you ought to be thoroughly proud of it—including yourself.’ “Oh, I ain’t doin’ as much as I’d like to dp,” said Bill, blushing at the compliment, “but I’m doin’ about all I can do, so I really ain’t ashamed of myself.” “I’m trimming, too, Bill,” said the bank president. “This cigar I’m smoking costs just one-third as much as the one I’ve been in the habit of smoking and I’m not smoking as many cigars a day as I used to smoke. I’ve had my shoes resoled for the first time in twenty years. It used to be that every time I’d run mv heels down a little I’d chuck the shoes and buy a new pair. I’m going to wear this suit of clothes until it wears out, no matter how glossy it becomes, I’m going to—.” “Oh, but you don’t have to pinch that way,” interrupted Bill a bit apologetically; “you can afford to wear the best.” “I know it,” said the bank president, “but I’m going to be thrifty myself. »As your say, there’s real sport in playing/the game of thrift. The Government can have all I’ve got. I mean that. It has been good to me and I’m going to try to show my appreciation. I’ll be right there when the third loan is out.” “I’ll be ridin’ along with you, sir,” said Bill with a chuckle. And now Bill and the bank president are mates on the good ship Thrift.

Bill and The Bank President.

Licensea Of Cedar Lake Saloonkeepers Revoked

In the Circuit Court last Friday, Robert B. Russell and John Kennedy, proprietors of two of the road houses at the ‘corner’ near Cedar Lake, who were indicted on several counts by the recent grand jury, gave themselves up and entered pleas of guilty to the several charges in the affidavits. Both defendants, it is said, left the county before the warrants could be served on them. The licenses of both Russell and Kennedy were revoked by the court and Russell-was fined SIOO and costs on four, separate counts of the indictments —namely, keeping open on Sunday, keeping gambling devices and two of selling to minors, but was dismissed on the charges of keeping a house of ill-fame. Kennedy was fined on three charges —two counts of selling to minors and keeping gambling devices—sloo and costs in each case and was dismissed as to several other charges. Both defendants were sentenced to the penal farm for ninety days, but the. court suspended this sentence.

The revoking of two licenses and the removal of the Moriarity outfit from the county, puts the three most notorious places at the lake out of commission for all times. At the same time William Carney of the West Half-way house was fined $25 for allowing gambling devices in his place of business.

Th* Republicsm Cluufl»d Column brtegs results.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1917.

GERMANY MUST PAY THE PRICE

CONVENTION DECLARES WORLD MUST BE MADE SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY. London, Dec. 28.—Premier Lloyd George, in a letter which he sent today to the special national labor conference, declared: “Achievement of the purposes for which the allies are fighting is essential to the future freedom and peace of mankind.” The, asserted, that a statement on could be made only in agre with Great Britain’s allies, question of issuing a fresb. jEnSßaeclaration. he added, was bimjjfionstantly kept in view by the TWente allied government.- I The premier’slstatement also is regarded as the British reply to the German peace offer. The labor conference was convened here today by the parliamentary committee of the trades union congress and the executive of the labor party in the central hall at Westminster to consider a memorandum on war aims, a pronunciament was adopted with a virtually unanimous show of hands, declaring that in continuing the war labor is actuated by a determination to make the world safe for democracy hereafter. No sympathy was expressed in the text of the statement with attempts to convert to war into one of conquest, but it insisted that restitution and reparaion, and also certain territorial reajustments are necessary if the renewal of armaments and war is to be avoided. The conference was attended by 750 delegates, and was expected to place on record an expression of opinion from British labor on the war aims of this country. Its adoption of the memorandum is considered especially significant in view of the peace negotiations between Germany and Russia. The statement dealt with Alsace-Lorrain, Italy, the Balkans, Poland, Turkey and German African colonies on lines similar to those suggested in earlier documents on these subjects.

Terms Are Not Sufficient Says The Allies

Great Britain and France respectively, through their prime minister and minister of foreign affairs have made known to the world that the tenrts under which the Teutonic allies seek a general peace are not sufficient. And, backing their prime minister, thS British proletariate represented by a national labor conference has reaffirmed, without equivocation, that it is the determination of labor to ,? continue the war in order hereafter to make the world safe for democracy.

Fortified by the known attitude of President Wilson as to the requirements of the United States if the war is to end, and a peace concluded, the utterances of Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Minister Pichon and the almost unanimous sentiment of the British workers seemingly make certain that the Teutonic allied proffer, given in reply to the Russian Bolsheviki proposals, will go for naught unless it is materially added to and brought into line with the demands that the United States and the entente allies have laid down as the concrete basis for the discussion of peace. Nevertheless the Bolsheviki element in Russia apparently has not lost heart that something may come from the Czernin proposal for the Brest-Litovsk peace conference, at which it was made, has taken a recess until January 4, and meanwhile Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, purposes to send a note to the entente allied embassies in an endeavor to have them participate in further peace parleys; and also in drafting a note to the peoples of the world. Inside Russia the situation still remains obscure, owing to the various reports concerning the movement of the Bolsheviki and counter-revolu-

tionary forces. On the fighting fronts Palestine again has come to a position of first importance owing to the British having inflicted another severe .defeat upon the Turks near Jerusalem. North and northwest of the Holy City General Allenby’s forces have made an advance of about two and a half miles on a front of nine miles, after having repulsed a Turkish attack. The Turks suffered heavy casualties. Artillery duels are in progress along the entire northern front in the Italian theatre, the infantry of both sides apparently being inactive except for a few encounter of minor importance.

* 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. —Jam»< Walter. Manager Lawler Ranches. Phone 337, Rensselaer. On and after Monday. Dec. 81. '1917, the retail price of sugar in Jasper County should not be over 9Me per pound. s JOHN EGER. Food Administrator for Jasper Co z Make your wants known in our Clmrtlod Cdtan. t

Remington Boy Writes Of Trip

Mr. and Mrs. Butcher, of RemingI ton, have received the following letter from their son who is in the army, and stationed at Morrison, Va., at present: Morrison, Va., Dec. 21, 1917. Dear Folks—Well, I’m somewhat recuperated after my five days and a half ride. We left Kelly field Saturday noon, December 15 and landed in Huston Sunday morning and were there about an hoar. I was on duty and didn’t get to march through the' city with the boys. We traveled all day and night and crossed the Mississippi river at Baton' Rouge Sunday night. I was asleep, but some of the boys who were awake said our train was cut in two and a section at a time was pulled on the ferry boat and ferried across. We landed in New Orleans the next forenoon and marched through the city. Here the people gave us a warm welcome and treated us ffiore like soldiers. We traveled the rest of the day along the gulf or bay. Half of the time we were on trestle work over water. We stopped a few minutes at a little town and I was near the rear of the train which was yet over the water£ now this is quite a fish story, but it is a true one. A fish about twelve or fourteen feet long came to the top of the water and swam quite a distance with about half of its body above the water, it made waves like a boat and all at once it gave a flounder and disappeared. When it did this it made the water wave as though a box car had been thrown in the water. It looked like a whale to me. We landed in Mobile about fivethirty in the evening, and marched through the city. Mobile is a far nicer city than New Orleans. Here people were eager to talk to us and very glad to see us and cheered as we marched by. We were there three-quarters of an hour. After leaving there we traveled along Mobile bay. This is a great oyster bay and we saw manv oyster smacks. We traveled all night and day before getting off again, which brought us to . Nashville, Tennessee, about four in the evening. Here the boys drilled in the big union depot. I didn’t drill here but went upstairs and was leaning over the railing talking to an officer, I chanced to meet and watching the boys drill as a thousand others were doing. While I was standing there looking down at the bovs I noticed a young lady had pushed into the railing next to me. I sorta pushed ovdY so she could see the boys drill and takes a slant at her and she did likewise at me and here it was Blanche Inman, from Laurens, la. Believe me, we were both so surprised **we couldn’t say anything. She was just married about a month ago, and she and her husband were on their way to Florida to spend the winter. We were at Nashville about an hour. Then we didn’t stop any length of time until the next night about 9 o’clock when we arrived in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Here there was a mob at the station to meet us as one of the boys wired ahead from Mobile to a girl friend there, with whom he had been corresponding and who had knitted his sweater and put her name and address in it. This is the town that sent the 63rd squaddron their sweaters while we were at Kelly field. We were sure treated royal there. Old men and women turned out, as well as the young. I think everyone in the whole city was there to meet us as they knew it was the squadron they had sent the sweaters to. When the train started to pull out several old codgers waved the American flag and their wives stood by waving good bye with one hand and wiping away tears with the other. We made several stops in small towns in Kentucky, but only for a few minutes, but every one waved and shouted good bye to us from the windows or doors. We stopped next and last at Huntington, Va., Wednesday evening. Here I. met a girl by the name of Mary Butcher and she insisted that we must be related in some way but she couldn’t explain how. I told her that I had no relatives in Virginia that I knew of. No, this wasn’t the last stop either; we stopped again about 10 o’clock that evening in a town for half an hour and a crowd gathered along the train and we leaned out the train windows and talked to them.

We arrived here in Morrison about I 8 o’clock "last night and worked until 12 unloading oUr stuff. Morrison I is just a little town of perhaps a I hundred people. We have fine bar-1 racks, with electric lights and furnace to heat them. But we can t get out without sinking in the mud. I It is just a/new field and only twelve or fifteen squadrons here and no I road nor walk and a foot and I below sea level, but it is going to I be a swell place when it is fixed up. I One of our boys broke out with I the measles on the way down here and we are under strict quarantine, I not allowed away from our barracks. I I haven’t the least idea when we will start across, but I don’t think I it will be for at least a month or six I weeks, although the captain didn 11 think it would be but a short time until we started across. When 11 took the trade test I tried for wireless and passed the exams for schooling, and my transfer came in the day I before I left Kelly field, but was revoked by the lieutenant, as we were I leaving the next day. but is might Ibe I’ll be transferred or sent to school from here. lam going to try i to get a pass home from here, but I’m afraid I won’t have much luck. Now, dear folks, don’t worry one bit about me for I’m feeling fine and I

Former Monon Brakeman Faces Another Charge

Lafayette Journal. Misplaced confidence in John O’Hearren, former Monon passenger brakeman of this city, on the part of Carrie Hoberk, of Chicago, has cost Carrie S6OO and O’Herren is under arrest in the Windy City on a charge of working a confidence game on the uiftuspecting woman. > O’Herrip was charged with having stolen a number of valuable pieces of baggage while in transit over the Monon about two years ago and was discharged from his position on the road when some of the baggage Was found in his apartments in Chicago. O’Herrin had deserted his wife and children in this city and in December, 1915, Homer Hennegar, then prosecuting attorney, filed an affidavit against him on the charge of deserting his family. The man was ar rested and brought into court on January 5, 1916, by Sheriff Slayback to answer to the charge. O’Herren gave bond at the time for his appearance and on January 8, 1916, he was again brought into the presence of Judge Caldwell, who ordered him to pay $45 per month toward the support of his fafnily. The order of the court was complied with for two months, S9O being paid in, but he has failed to comply with the court’? order since then and the charge of wife desertion is still hanging over him here. The offense is punishable, upon conviction. •-y imprisonment in the n cm* O’Herren is n he Chicago courts he wili it here to stand trial on the older charge.

Camp Shelby Notes.

From Blodgett’s Indianapolis News Letter. After today Coflrpany C, 151st Infantry, will lose one of the characters of the old Ist Indiana. Elie Olteon, first class private, yesterday completed his three years’ service, and unless he re-enlists will become a member of the reserves. Elie, as he is commonly known among the officers and men of the Indiana national guard, could have been an officer long ago, but he had no ambition do anything except potter arou/d as a first class private. “J am sorry to see Elie go,” re/' marked Lieutanent-Colonel Healey, “for he is one of the best all-round soldiers I ever knew, and I am in hopes that he will come back into the service.” Colonel Healey’s headquarters are the most commodious and best arranged in the camp of the 151st and Elie is the man who built them.

Methodist Church Notes. 9:30 Sunday'school. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon. Dr. Paul C. Curnick, former pastor of this church, and now field secretary of the Methodist hospital, will preach at this hour. 6:00 Epworth League. Topics, “Our Year of Jubilee," leader Thelma Tilton. 7:00 Evening worship and lecture by pastor. A stereopticon lecture will be given on “Jerusalem and Environs,” having traveled in that country he will speak from his own observation. The public is invited to attend.

Baptist Church Notice*. For Sunday, Dec. 30th. 9:30 a. m. Sunday schopl. 10:45 a. m. Morning worship and preaching service. Cottage prayer meeting next Thursday evening, Jan. 3, at the home of Mrs. Crooks. _ Service* at Milroy. 2:00 m. Sunday school. 3:00 p. m. Preaching. Service* at Parr. 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. 6:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. m. Preaching. D. C. HILL, pastor.

Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Budman Fleming, minister. 9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon. . There is no service at night on account of fuel conservation, but Round table and prayer services is held Thursday evening at the manse, and you are welcome to all of these services. Subject for the morning sermon: ; “Choorthe Master We Serve.” FIRS * CHRISTIAN CHURCH Bible School at 9:30. Communion and sermon at 10:45. Evening worship at 7:00. Subjects, “The Slacker” and “The Prophet’s Vision.”

THE COMMUNITY AUTOMOBILE SUPPLY COMPANY of Rensselaer, Ind., will sell you a guaranteed tire for SI.OO profit, each. An r size. Also gasoline at 1 cent ptr gallon profit. See Chas. Pefley for -trees, vines, and shrub* of all kinds. Guarantee stock to grow or replace free of charge. For spring delivery.

like it all right here and am getting plenty to eat and have a good place to sleep. My address is 63rd Aero Squadron, Concentration Camp, Morrison, Va. With love to all. Youg son, HARRY BUTCHER p. S.—Morrison is only seven miles from Newport News. This is on the coast and is where we load I when we start across. Morrison i isn’t given on . the map, I don’t think, but Newport News is, and we are just seven miles west—Harry.

Classifying Registrants

The work of classifying more than 9,000,000 registrants in respect to the order of their liability for military service on the basis of usefulness in civilian or military life has begun in earnest. The t?sk is an enormous one which will require the services of thousands of men. The first step—the sending of the questionnaires to registrants—is now nearing completion. In a few days all the blanks should have been returned to the boards. Then must be finished the work of assigning the men to the five groups denoting the order of liability. Practically speaking, there are only four classes liable for service as the fifth group includes alien enemies, those physically incapacitated, ministers, federal officials and others exempted by statute. The new. scheme has not proceeded 'far enough to make possible a conclusion as to its complete success, but its superiorities over the old are so obvious that it seems certain to work out more satisfactorily. Lack of uniformity in the decisions of different boards in similar cases was the gravest objection to the former system. Many married men in some sections were taken; relatively few of them in others. In Indianapolis the local boards were reversed in more than 900 cases of 1,500 by the district appeal boards, which indicates the difference of opinion possible under the old arrangement. The new plan divides the drafted men into five well /iifferentiated “groups. .The status of the married men it established .definitely by the inclusion in the fourth group of a man whose wife, or children, are “mainly dependent” upon him for support. With the variety of explanatory rulings that have been made on this provision it should not be difficult to obtain uniform action. If there is any possibility of a difference in practice through a difference in interpretation of the rules, the boards of each local district should get together to adopt a uniform attitude which should be correlated to that of the other boards over the country. The general attitude of the President and the war department toward exemption because of dependency has been made sufficiently clear to prevent any general difference in practice. If the men of twenty years of age are to be made subject to call congress should act at once as this age would yield a large number of recruits and would affect the total to be charged agtinst other classes.

NOTICE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Dues for the first quarter, 1918 are payable before Jan. 1918. Delinquent members are not entitled to benefits. Every member should attend to this at once. GEO. E. COLLINS, M. of F. NOTICE The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Rensselaer Building Loan and Savings Association will be held at the office of the Associa- , tion in the Odd Fellows building, Rensselaer, Indiana, on January 7, 1918, at seven-thirty p. m. B. F. Fending, president. D. D. Dean, secretary.

STOVEWOOD FOR SALE $2 a Rack Delivered (Equal to 1-3 Cor-i of 1-ft Wood I will ship wood in stove lengths in car load lots to Rensselaer if sufficient orders are received, and will ship a car as often as there are orders. Leave orders with B. F. Fsndig, fuel administrator, and as soon as enough orders are received to make car load, delivery will commence. J. L. BEILER

STAR THEATRE TODAY with JUNE ELVIDGE and ARTHUR ASHLEY in SHALL WE FORGIVE HER. MONDAY —MARGI ERITE ILL’NGTON in SACRIFICE. Abo Scenic Pictures. of THE LOW . P NILE. TUESDAY—FRANCES NELSON in ONE OF METRO QUALITY PICTURES. t WEDNESDAY HELEN HOLMES in action in Episode No. 3 of THE LOST EXPRESS. Aho CRANE WILBER in THE SINGLE CODE. 7 Reels in aIL . Admfeeimi IBs to aIL

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