Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1918 — Page 1

No. 8.

Garfield’s Order Insofar As It Will Affect Rensselaer

The following paragraphs, taken from Fuel Administrator Garfield’s ruling, will serve to show just how Rensselaer will be affected by the brder, and are' published at the request of B. F. Fendig, county fuel administrator and J. J. Montgomery, city fire chief. -- : • Today, and for the four following days, all manufacturing plants except those producing food will be closed. They may be heated only jgu>ugh to prevent damage to property. The same rule applies to the’ ■following nine Mondays. Monday, and on the succeeding mine Mondays, stores will be closed. [Drug stores may remain open all day nnd evening. Stores selling food |nay maintain heat until noon. I Office buildings, except those occupied by banks, trust companies, fchysicians and dentists, will* be Closed on the ten Mondays. They may use enough fuel to prevent Ramage. I All theatres, moving picture Couses, billiard parlors, dance halls Ind other amusement places will be llosed on Mondays.

"All Day Conference of Ministers and Laymen”

I On The War Problems of the Bhurch. | Remington, Ind. _ January 23, 1918. ■Program subject to change by Confl ference) | 9:30 a. m. Rev. J. B. Fleming, Ihairman H. M. C. Presiding. I Devotional—Rev. D- S. Perry, Bhalfiiers. I 10:00 a. m. “Why This ConferBice?”—Rev. J. P. Hale, Supt. Miss. I 10:45 a. m. Christianize our PaBotism, A Duty.”—Rev. N. V. AnBrews, Kentland, followed by disBissions. I 11:45 Recess till 1:15 p. m. Ljl:ls p. m. Devotional—Rev. J. D. Biirphy, Brookston. I 1:30 “The Kind of Message the ■mes Demands” — B The Laymens’ View. B Discussion led by Mr. W. E. MitBn, of Goodland. (It is hoped each lurch will have a layman to speak Hr them.) ■ 2:15 p. m. “The First Duty of the ■lurch Concerns the Soul.”—Rev. Bui C. Johnson, .Goodland. ■ 2:45 p. m. “The Church’s Program Hiring and After the War.” —Rev. Hr. M. M. Rogers, Monticello; Rev. HP. Hale, Lafayette. ■ 3:45 p. m. Address.—Rev. Dr. A. I Dudley, Lafayette. ■ 4:20 p. m. Closing Exercises. — Hv. Dr. J. B. Fleming, Rensselaer. ■4:45 p. m. Benediction. ■A cordial invitation is extended K churches to send a strong delegaBn of Laymen that the Anspira■nal benefits may be extended and Hde as helpful as possible. The ■mmittee on Arragements will apHeciate being informed at the earliB moment of the number to expect B>m your church. ■ E. F. LILLEY, Pastor.

MOOSE ATTENTION ■Owing to the scarcity of coal, the H>se hall will be closed for the next He days. ■the community automoE,E SUPPLY COMPANY of RensEer, Ind., will sell you a guaran■d tire for SI.OO profit, each. An/ E. Also gasoline at 1 cent pe r ■lon profit. I NEWS STAND TO CLOSE. ■My place of business will be clos|on Monday. Papers may be had ■ the B. F. Fendig Drug Store on Hit date. I J. J. MONTGOMERY. ■See Chas. Pefiey for trees, vines, ■I shrubs of all kinds. Guarantee ■ck io grow or replace free of ■irge. For spring delivery. Ks you have lost any stock, call ■L. Padgitt, Phone 65.

AT THE MOVIES NEW PRINCESS THEATRE iTICE—\VE WILL BE CLOSED )NdAYS UNTIL FURTHER >TICE. GOVERNMENT OR- • PERS. ___ L TONIGHT " Path* Program GLADYS HULETTE v in ' OTS AND PANS PEGGIE” io special Hearst Path* News, ,wint Pictures of National Guard etonment* and the training of-the fliers in these camps. All Seats 10c. — » : morrow, SaL, Jan. 19 th— New Paramount Program JULIAN ELTINGE fat XOUNTESS f M ARMING” d New Mack Swett Comedy. | Acts. 7 Acts in all. 10 and 15c.

The Evening Republican.

SOLONS PROTEST COAL ORDER

CONGRESS IN UPROAR FOLLOWING DRASTIC ORDER OF GARFIELD. Washington, Jan. 17.—After a conference today with Fuel Administrator Garfield, the war service executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United Sates issued a statement criticizing the fuel restriction order, but announcing that since it had been issued ’“it is clearly the duty of business men to do all in thjfir power to carry out its spirit and purpose.” Congress was in an uproar from the time it assembled until it adjourned tonight. The house objection preyented consideration of the resolution, but it was the subject of an acrimonious debate. " ’ ’

Mr. Garfield was called before the senate manufacturers’ committee which has been investigating the coal shortage to explain the necessity of the order. After leaving the capital, Dr. Garfield hurried to his office and after a telephone conservation with the white house called his legal aides to put the order in final form. Tonight it was indicated that an appeal might be made to President Wilson. The suggestion also was heard that the food control bill, under which Dr. Garfield acted, might be repealed but there appeared little prospect that this would be done since it hardly could be accomplished before the five day period was oyer.

While a storm of protest raged at the capitol and’ among business interests throughout the nation Fuel Administrator Garfield tonight sighed the order in preparation since yesterday closing down manufacturing plants east of the Mississippi river for five days beginning at midnight tonight and stopping virtually all business activity on every Monday for a period of ten weeks beginning January 21. With the full support of President Wilson the fuel administrator attached his signature to the mandate as the senate was preparing to vote on a resolution, which it passed twenty minutes later, requesting him to postpone action for five dayS. Dr. Garfield would not comment on the senate action, but it was stated at the fuel administration that the resolution would have no effect upon the order.

The .order as signed and sent out tonight to state fuel administrators for enforcement contained but-few changes from the form of an abstract given out by the fuel administration last night. A supplementary statement issued with the order embraced a list of industries engaged in imperative war work which has been exempted from she order’s enforcement. It includes shipyards engaged in naval work, a few plants turning out products needed immediately by the army and navy and portions of plants producing tubing. The list was prepared by Secretary Baker and Daniels. ' None are Indiana plants.

Delphi Boy Grows 140 Bushels Of Corn On Acre

Ten Indiana boys and four girls, champion pig, corn, glairy, sewing, baking and canning club members will get trips to Washington as rewards for their work in their respective lines. Names of these winners were announced at the annual farmers* short course at Purdue university. « __ In winning the state title * as champion pig ffipder, Walter Whitman, 15" years old Sullivan county boy, probably has the 1917 record (for the entire country. Dale Calvert, of Delphi is the new Boys' Corn club champion of Indiana, having grown 140 bushels of corn on one acre, after a moisture test had been made. . . . •

NOTICE A To Whom It May Concern:— The parties who took without permission/Ten 80 Rod Spools of .4-point galvanized barbed wire from the farm of the undersigned located 3 miles east of Roselawn, Ind., in the early part of last year, are known and are asked to either return the same amount of the same kind of wire arid same number of spools to the place where the wire was taken (and no questions asked) or send to the undersigned by registered mail or otherwise the amount of currency to pay for the wire that was taken at the current price of $5.00 per spool, or the parties who are beyond any doubt will be prosecuted to. the fullest extent of the" law, the undersigned takes this plan to save disgrace and trouble to the family of the guilty parties. This notice will appear in this paper for three issues and on the' 3rd day after the third issue the matter will be presented to the authorities ' for prosecution, Take warning and save trouble. E. L. DETAMORE. Francisville, Indiana.

NOTICE. All restrictions in regard to the movement, of livestock for the stockyards have been removed. r AGENT BEAM.

WEATHER Fair, continued cold tonight and Saturday.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 18. 1818. •

Jasper County Paid Out Almost $750,000 During 1917

.In the semi-weekly Republican of today appears the annual report of the county auditor and the county treasurer. For the benefit of those who receive the daily issue, the fallowing synopsis of the report .ns given. ' January T, 1917 showed a balance in the county treasury of $18,396.95, and df $159,479.44 in all funds. $105,473.97 of county revenue was collected during 1917 of which $76,236.59 was from taxation, the remainder being made up from receipts of the various county offices, institutions and interest on funds. This added to the balance on hand made a total of $123,870.92. The disbursements during the year amounted to $98,148.61, which left a balance in the funds of $25,722.31. Collections from various other sources amounted to the sum of $913,481.01. The total receipts for the year were $1,072,960.45 and the disbursements $784,630.01, leava balance of $327,765.06, which includes the $3,450 collected between the November settlement and* December 31. During the year there was realized from the sale of ditch and road bonds $325,000. About $l7O 000 was from taxation for the redemption of road and ditch bonds. Fees received back from some of the county offices were as follows: Of these the clerk paid-in-$1,148-23 and was paid $2,332.54; the auditor $255.45 and was paid $2,843.06; the treasurer $1,755.47 and*was paid $4,458.85; the recorder $2,093.05 and paid $1,945.43; the sheriff sl,146.31 and was paid $2,158.10. The receipts for the county poor farm were $3,697.21 and the expenditures $7,387.57, a defict of $3,690.16. The receipts from the county hospital amounted to $7,989.54 and the expenditures to $14,437.22, or a defict of $6,497.68. The receipts from the gravel road repair fund totalled $32,577.95, which added to the balance on hand in this fund in 1917 of $4,533.51 makes a total for theYund of $37,111.46. There was .expended for repairs" for this fund during the of $28,696.93, leaving the balance for the year $8,414.58. $1,572.13 was the sum expended for the upkeep of the county jail during the year. was received as interest on county funds, which was a very good showing.

“Thrift Day” Near

On February 3, 1916, under the inspiration of one G. Y. Clement, whose memory should be blessed, there was instituted in this country a new national holiday to be known as “Thrift Day.” Whether, by purpose or accident it coincided with the 100th anniversary. of the establishment of the first savings bank in America. It was not of itself a mere accident, but resulted from careful thought and serious consideration on the part of its originator. Its purpose was to give an impetus to >the practice already begun by putting by a portion of the income of the present for the needs of the future. The benefits which the few were reaping from wise economy, it was hoped would be shared by a greater number under the stimulus of awakened interest. Savings institutions and philanthropists generally seconded the efforts of the founder, and February 3rd was, even that year, observed in many localities. The influence of the observance gradually widened, so that in 1917 there were “Thrift Day” exercises in sufficient numbers to give the day a place by the side of the two great February birthdays—Washingtons’ and Lincoln’s. A part of Thrift Day observance consists in the opening of new sayings bank accounts, or deposits _ in those already opened, the distribution of literature and blank bank books inviting an entry, and the discussion of thrift in schools, churches, fraternal societies and the press. A publishing house furnishing appropriate literature offered prizes for the best short stories on Thrift and evolved some very convincing as well as interesting facts, woven into the web of fiction. For the year of 1918, February 3rd falls upon Sunday and the suggestion is made that the day itself be utilized in Sunday schools and churches for expounding the religious side of Thrift Abundant Scripture texts can be found as the basis for such teaching from the Proverbs of Solomon to the Nazarene’s injunction to “gather up the fragments that nothing be lost” Then, the economic, practical part of the celebration is staged for Monday, Feb. 4th.

Presbyterian Church.

Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Minister. 9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon. Subject, “The Christian Peace Program.” The church will be warm for these services and we do not feel that it is extravagant as we have been conserving fuel all winter. Thp-govern-ment wants., the use of the pulpit in emphasizing its messages of patriotism and righteousness.

FARE 51.00 EACH WAY J WOOD FOR SALE. We have a limited amount of wood that we can deliver at $6.00 per cord. If you want wood leave your ’ nte - S &ffif& t *CAL&gAN. For you that haven’t teeth—Call phone 647 for your beef. C. H. LeaveL

DR. GARFIELD EXPLAINS ORDER

ADMINISTRATOR IN CLEAR, CONCISE WAY REASON FOR STEP. In order to clarify matters and to dissipate all false impressions, Fuel Administrator Garfield has issued a statement explaining hia shutdown. Mr. Garfield has made his statement in a clear, concise way and the following explanation should be read by all:

The most urgent thing to be done is to send to the American forces abroad and to the allies the food and war supplies which they vitally need. War munitions, food, manufactured articles of every description, lying in Atlantic ports in tens of thousands of tons, where literally hundreds of ships, loaded with war goods for our men and the allies, cannot take the seas because their bunkers are empty of coal. The coal to send them on their way is waiting behind the congested freight that has jammed all terminals. It is worse than useless to bend our energies to more maufacturing when what we have already manufactured lies at tidewater congesting terminal facilities, jamming the railroad yards and sidetracks for long distances back into the country. No power on earth can move this freight into the war-zone where 1t is needed until we supply the ships with fuel.

—o— the docks are cleared of the valuable freight for which our men and associates in the war now wait in vain, then again our energies and power may be turned to manufacturing, more efficient than ever, so that a steady and uninterupted stream of vital supplies may >e this nation’s answer to the allies’ “cry for help.” It has been excess of production, in our wartime speeding up, that Tas done so much to cause congestion on our railroads; that has filled the freight yards to overflowing; that has cluttered the docks of our Atlantic ports with goods waiting to go abroad. At tidewater the flood of freight has stopped. The ships were unable to complete the journey*from our factories to the war depots behind the 'firing line.

—o— Added to this has been difficulty of transporting coal for our own domestic needs. On top of these difficulties has come one of the most terribly severe winters we have known in years. The wheels were, choked and stopped; zero weather and snowbound trains; terminals congested; harbors with shipping . frozen in; rivers and canals unpayable—it was useless to continue manufacture and pile confusion on top of confusion. A clear line from the manufacturing establishments to the seaboard and beyondV' that was the imperative need. It was like soldiers marching to the front. The men in the foremost ranks must have room to move. * More than a shock was needed to make a way through that congestion at the terminals and on the docks so that, the aid so vitally needed by the allies could get through. ;

The incidental effect of this transportation situation on coal production has been disastrous. There is and always has been plenty of fuel, but it cannot be moved to those places where it is so badly needed while railroad lines and terminals are choked. Throughout the coal fields scores, even hundreds, of mines are lying idle because of railroad inability to supply the cars to carry away their product. Coal mines cannot operate without cars. Cars. cannot be supplied while the railroads are crippled by the present freight congestion, which keeps idle cars lying useless in the freight yards. In the last week the production of, coal has been disastrously reduced. Reports in some cases have shown 90 per cent of . the mines in certain fields closed completely for lack of cars. This is war. Whatever the cost we must pay so that in the face of the enemy there can never be the reproach that we held back from doing our full share. Those ships laden with our supplies of food foj men and food for guns must have coal and put to sea.

Little Daughter Leaves For Land Of Flowers.

Ruth, daughter of .Gail and Mae Michal, was born Nov. 26, 1914 and died Jan. 14, 1918 at the age of 3 yrs, 1 month and 18 days. She leaves to mourn her loss? father, mother, 2 little brothers and 1 little sister, 2 grandfathers, 2 grandmothers,uncles, aunts and many other relatives and friends. One little brother has preceded her 8 years ago to the home beyond. Ruth’s sickness was of but a few days’ duration, when the reaper came and gathered her to himself. Just as a little flower blooming brightly for a few days is cut down and Taken away.

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Editors Call Coal Order A Serious Blunder

The following telegram has been sent President Wilson by a number of New York publishers: We, the undersigned New York newspapers, earnestly represent that the order just issued by the fuel administrator is calamitous m v its character and unnecessary under the fast improving conditions. It will dislocate industry, throw millions out of work and improvensh families who depend upon daily wages. A five day interruption and ten Monday shut downs will wipe out their living margin. Why not order five working days of sixteen hours on coal deliveries and mine production, so bringing relief stead of destruction. The following editorial comment on Garfield’s order appears in the newspapers: . NEW YORK WORLD—The Coal order issued by Fuel Administrator Garfield last night is the greatest disaster that has befallen the United States in this war. Unless is n revoked forthwith by President Wilson it means the loss of lundreds of millions of dollars in wages and in p-o ducts and a de au-alization of industry that.can be nothing short. Ocalarnitous. We ' cannot imagine what Mr. Garfield was thinking of when he issued this order, nor ran we understand why President Wilson permitted him to issue it. The order in itself is a confession of

YORK TRIBUNE —The order is impossible for coherent enforcement. The attempt to enforce it will be overwhelmed by demands for interpretation. The fuel administration has lost its head. Dr. Garfield is in a panic and acts in headlong manner. Having failed to restore the natural rhythm of a wonderful delicate mechanism by poking priority orders into it, he proposes now to make it run by beating it on the curbstone. The mechanism will somehow survive, but fancy the effect that wiU be produced upon the minds of our partners in war and upon the enemy. NEW YORK HERALD —It is imposible to escape the conviction that somebody at Washington has bungled badly in the handling of the fuel problem. The order of the fuel administrator is a blow between the eyes of business. K 1S hoped that there will be serious reconsideration of the whole of this order NEW YORK TIMES —We hope the President will immediately reconsider and revoke Mr. Garfield s astounding order suspending the business of the country for five days from tomorrow and on every Monday for ten consecutive weeks. An invasion of the United States by German armies and the capture of cities could hardly be more calamitous in its effects upon our industries and our trade or upon the spirit of the nation. It is the worst possible preparation for the next Liberty Loan. Mr. Garfield is not the man for the fuel admmistratorSh pROVIDENCE JOURNAL—The order bears every evidence of panicstricken incompetency. Being, as it is, the culmination of months of stupidity and vacillation, it rouses instead of approval the grave doubt as to whether the same mentality that, has brought us to this pass can be depended on to make the most of a five-day respite from general coal consumption. ♦ * ♦ Here is an effort to rectify a succession of pathetic blunders by paralyzing the life of the United States. * Can the most practical and businesslike nation in the world risk a second exhibition of this character to its own humilation and the satisfaction ° f BALTIMORE AMERICAN—The order will startle and astound the country and, while there had been talk of the Monday holiday plan, no such extreme measure as this was ever dreamed of by the Amercian people If the administration has made a blunder it will be held strictlv responsible for that blunder. ST LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT Fuel Administrator Garfield s drastic order is a confession of incompetency* of administration since last August and also an indication of lack of courage and ability to deal with the situation in the future.

Baptist Church Notice*. For Sunday January 20th. 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. ’ 10:45 a. m. Morning worship and preaching service. : Cottage prayer meeting each Thursday evening at 7:30. Service* at Parr. 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. 6:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor. 7:00 p. m. Preaching. Prayer meeting each Wednesday evening at 7:00. D. C. HILL, Pastor. WOOD CHOPPERS WANTED We are paying $2 per cord T cutting 4-foot wood. Phone James E. Walter. Phone 337. TabUNDANCE OF MONEY. I can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate «5 per eent and my limit is SIOO per acre—P. D. Wells. Morocco, Ind. TO MY PATRONS Hereafter a charge of 25c will be made to all who-have me make caUs for early mornifig trains, and 15 c straight will be charged on all charge accounts. * BILLY FRYE.

SIXTEEN MEN SHOULDER AXES

MOVEMENT TO RELIEVE FUEL SITUATION BEGINS AUSPICIOUSLY. A large number of men responded to the request made in the Thursday Evening Republican and met at the office of Attorney Moses Leopold Thursday evening. Matters relating to the harvesting of a large amount of wood were discussed and those present expressed themselves as willing to contribute their help. A contract was made with Vance Collins bo purchase-some wood of him on his farm, four miles north of Rensselaer. The wood will be hauled to the city and placed upon one of the lots owned by the corporation. Here it wlli be sawed and delivered under, the direction of the city officials. Sixteen men and two teams went to the woods this morning. It is expected that several loads of wood will be hauled in today. The wood is of excellent quality and cannot be hauled very easily on sleds. On account of the snow, wagons are of very little use. Saturday, the work will continue and on Monday the work is to begin in earnest. The stores will be closed and it is expected that a hundred men and twenty teams and sleds will be on the job. Here is an opportunity to do your bit and do it very effectively. Every man who can should help in this most worthy cause. Farmers are invited to join this army of Goodfellows and all who have teams and sleds are urged to assist

Remington Bus Line Changes Hands.

Frank Kreslec, proprietor of tjie Rensselaer Centray City Delivery, has purchased of William Freye the Remington buss line, and will resume operation of the same as soon as the roads permit. With the line Mr. Kresler also gets the smaller of the two yellow busses. x

Trains Annulled.

Train No. 37, due here, at 11:18 a. m. and" train No. 38, due here at 2:51 p. m., have been annulled until January 23.

PUBLIC NOTICE. The public library of this cite will be opened from ‘lO a. m. until 6 p. m. on all week days. The building will be closed on Sunday and is not to be opened for any purpose. This order effective until further notice. Rensselaer Public Library Board, Per Judson J. Hunt, Pres.

In F orni Yourself About Yoor Eyes Thing, they * work fifteen hours a day and do so unassisted or maybe are handicapped by a pair of imperfect Glasses. There is no middle ground in Spectacle wearing, you either have a pair of glasses that are perfectly right or they are wrong and injure your sight. Come in and talk it over with us; we can,tell you whether you need Glasses or not or whether your old ones are still the proper ones for you to wear* ---> Don’t Talco Any Chance*. CLARE OPTICIAN With Jessen the Jeweler. Phone IS.

TODAY AT-THE STAR THEATRE ♦ Mme. Petrova in # “The Secret of Eve” An Extra Metro Quality Attraction. TOMORROW, SATURDAY— Alice Brady e in \ The Maid of Belgium A Big World-Brady Picture. MONDAY ONLY. All Picture Show* Will Be CleoOrder of The Economy. 4* ■

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