Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 312, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1918 — ABOUT PERSONS [ARTICLE]

ABOUT PERSONS

John Taylor of Crystal Springs, Miss., has 15 son? in the United States army. * ' General Vorkhovsky, late Russian war minister, 12 years ago was a chamber page to the czar. Joseph P. Gussy, Democratic state chairman of Pennsylvania, has been appointed petroleum administrator, covering the purchase of all oil- for the United States during the war. Governor Whitman of New York was challenged by a sentry on a dark night and explained that he was governor. The sentry replied: “I’m governor, too. Put up your hands!” A corporal explained the situation. The governor said to the sentry: “You are a good soldier,” and passed on.