Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1918 — Page 1

No. 9.

WAR CONFERENCE DATE CHANGED

STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE CHANGES JASPER COUNTY CONFERENCE DATE. t Arrangements are being made to hold War Conferences in each of the ninety-two counties of the state. The state council had named the date for > Jaspercounty. This date was February 18. The folowing telegram received from the State Council of Defense Thursday has changed the date to Tuesday, January 29. “In order to be certain of the best speakers from Washington, it is necessary to change the date. Many conference, changing your date from February 18 to January 29. Regret the necessity and will appreciate thoroughly, your assistance in this ’ emergency. The whole -schedule is now worked out satisfactorily and finally if these changes can be made please help in this way, if at all possible. immediate answer by wire is necessary. ' —-~ WILL H. HAYES, Chairman. Charles C. Warner, ex-clerk of the Jasper county circuit court, has been appointed chairman of the War Conference and all are requested to co-

operate with him in every way possible to make the meeting worth while. »The chairman of each of the committees of the Jasper county Council of Defense are to look after the matter of presenting their work to this war conference.This meeting is to be for Jasper county, what the great state war conference was for the state of Indiana. _

First Christian Church.

Bible school at 9:30. Communion and sermon at 10:45. The service will be hfeld in union with the M. E. church in the evening at 7:00. The government needs the church at home as well as the boys at the 'front. Les us make it worth while.

New Suits Filed.

No. 8874. Moses Leopold, -administrator of the Minnie Schatzley estate, vs. Jens Jensen et al; partition Jo convey real estate. No. 8875. Sprague-Warner Co. vs. Frank M. Abbott; suit on judgment. Demend $250.

Methodist Church Notes.

9:30 Sunday school. Let us have a large attendance tomorrow. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon by the pastor. 6:00 Epworth League. Topic, *Young Christians Reaching Upward.” Leader, Ruth Clarke. 7:00 Evening worship and sermon. The other churches will unite with us in a union service at this hour. The pastor will preach the sermon. With our present heating facilities we can have the church comfortable at every meeting. Every church gathering in the city should be largely attended tomorrow.

NEWS STAND TO CLOSE.

My place of business will be closed u>n Monday. Papers may be had at the B. F. Fendig Drug Store on that date.

J. J. MONTGOMERY.

Sports.

Indiana defeated Michigan in a basketball game 21 to 17 in a western conference game Friday night. . H. S. Basketball Result*. Jefferson 30; Dayton 19. Romney 36; West Lafayette 19. Wingate 3£; Veedersburg 11. Montmorenci, 29; New Market, 19. Anderson 37; Richmond 12. Rochester, 25; Kokomo, 10. Huntington 40; Logansport 22.

AT THE MOVIES NEW PRINCESS THEATRE NOTICE—WE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAYS UNTIL FURTHER GOVERNMENT ORPERS. TONIGHT Naw Paramount Program JULIAN ELTINGE hi "COUNTESS CHARMING” sAnd Now Mack Sennett Comedy. Aeta. 7 Acta in all. 10 and 15c. Tuesday, January 22nd. ANTONIO MORENO and EDITH STAURT —t ' in * “THE TURANTULA” s Acta. " Also good comedy. AU Seats 10c.

The Evening Republican.

Indiana University Graduates Held Annual Banquet

The annual Foundation Day banquet of the Indiana University graduates of Jasper county was held at the high school building Friday Evening. About twenty Indiana alumni of the county and Prof. Kogi mi er er of Indiana University were present. Similar meetings were held throughout the state Friday under the direction of Indiana University. During the evening a banquet was served in the grammer school building of the domestic science class under the direction of Miss Mabel Atwood at which George Collins president of the association, acted as toastmaster. The main speaker of the evening was Prof. Kohlmeirer, who is a history professor at the University. Mr. Kohlmeierer chose as his subject, “The' War Situation,” touching breifly upon the events leading up to the war and its history to date. He gave it as his opinion that if the war terminates in less than three or four years it will be a German victory, and that the Germans are prepared to withstand the allied attack for some time yet, although they will eventually be defeated “Dogged determination on the part of the allies backed by the United States, will be the factor, which will mean the decisive defeat of the German nation,” added the speaker. Being a native born German, Mr. Kohlmeirer is familiar with the workings of the German government and his remarks proved of great interest to his audience. Other speakers of the evening were: W. H. Parkinson, D. D. Dean, M. L. Florence Ryan and Worth McCarthy. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted at follows: President, W. H. Parkinson; Vicepresident, Worth McCarthy; Secretary; Florence Ryan; Treasurer M. D. Gwin. x

The following war message from President William Lowe Bryan of the University was received by each of the alumni: “Let this meeting be a service of consecration to our brothers who have gone to the war. “Let us pray for them that they be speedily victorious and return to us in safety. “Let us pray for ourselves that we may in no manner fail ouj - brothers at the front.

“Let us devote ourselves to sacrifice by abstinence and by gilts of money and labor. “Let us count ourselves enlisted soldiers and let us fight the traitors at home as sternly as if they were where they to be in the German trenches instead of being here under our flag shooting our soldiers in the back. “Let us nourish within ourselves the will which cannot be beaten, the will of Washington, the will of Lincoln. “Let us hold fast our faith in God, who is within and above the traditions and creeds, who through the ages has created the words, who from age to age of peace and of war has made his dwelling in ascending forms of life, who now through us fights to establish in the world a society of justice. “Let us cherish the ideal of the most encient king of Jerusalem, Melchizedek, type of the Messiah, of whom it is written: He was first, king of righteousness and after that king of Salem which is king of peace.”

To Join Jasper County Coloney In Mississippi.

William H. Berry, of Pleasant Ridge, was in town Friday and ordered bills for a public sale to be held January 31st. Mr. Berry has just— purchased two farms near Gloster, Miss., and a residence in that town, and will move there as soon as he can make the necessary arrangements. He traded his farm near Pleasant Ridge for the Mississippi property. His son, who lives in one set of the buildings here, will also move to the South with . his father and occupy one of the farms. Upon their removal there this will make almost fifty people from Jasper county now residing in Amite county, Miss. The cheap land there and the mild climate is attracting many northerners to that vicinity and a number of others from this vicinity will probably lovate there the coming year.

J. W. Stockton Wishes To Correct False Statement

By someone, whose motive was not good—not even patriotic 4 ? —ih making them, statements have been made saying I had stopped people from taking the down wood in our timber. I am not in the habit of making statements and then backing cown on them A little inquiry will, perhaps, straighten you as to why these false 1 statements were made The parties who made them are as welcome to the timber as anyone

else. .

WEATHER The weather man says:—“Fair, not quite so -cold toddy; 'probably snow at tonight or Sunday.” He does not offer any relief. The reql winter is to continue. Friday night the government thermometer at St. Joseph College registered 16 below zero. On Thursday night it registed 18, below. During the day the temperature does -not raise sufficiently to thaw the snow. Even where the sun has a chance to do its best,it makes but little headway in melting the snow. Possibly this severe cold weather will mean some real hot summer weather. ' This would be a decided improvement over the weather of 1917.

JAY W. STOCKTON.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1918.

COLONEL HEALEY IF YOU PLEASE

ORDER ISSUED PROMOTING RENSSELAER MAN TO * COLONEL. ' X\ ■ - Col. George H. Healey, formerly editor of the Rensselaer Republican, has been promoted from Lt.-Colonel to Colonel. This order reached Camp Shelby Friday, January 18. Colonel Healey is attending the staff and line officer?’ school at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

This promotion comes to a man thoroughly competent and worthy of the honors bestowed. CoL Healey is not only an efficient officer, but as a man is thoroughly loved by the soldiers under him. The news of this promotion will be pleasing- to Col. Healey’s large circle of friends, not only here, but all over the state. Ip writing to Rensselaer friends the Colonel ha» indicated that he may have severed his connections with this city permanently, as he has disposed of most of his holdings and would possibly locate elsewhere after the war. ’That he would return here after- the war with a prestige that would give him a very prominent place in the community there can be no doubt. With his splendid ability, and a host of friends anxious to reward him for the-great service he is sure to give his nation, -there is sure to be a most honorable place for him here should he return to this, his native county.

Regular Report Of The Ladies’ Literary Club.

Undaunted by the severe weather’ conditions, the larger number of the members of the Ladies’ Literary dub listened to the program given Friday afternoon at the library auditorium. Punctuality and regularity of attendance have been especially emphasized by the president, Mrs. F. B. Learning, who exemplified the efficiency which she expects of others in these strenuous times by knitting diligent! v on a Red Cross sweater while performing her official duties, calling attention to the need of doing old things in a new wa< saying that as many were busy with their hands the voting hereafter would be by “ayes” and nayes,” thus avoiding anv dropped stitcnes. Mrs. O. F. Parker, chairman of the committee, who had charge of the sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals gave the following very satisfactory report which showed the largest sale of - its kind in the county’s history: Number of seals sold, 20,253. Sum realized, $202.53. Jasper’s 25 per cent., $50.63. Indiana Society’s 75 per cent., $151.90. The school sold 7,248 seals and as a reward were given two $3 pictures, which went to the grades selling the most seals. The grades taught by Misses Ryan and Parkinson received the pictures. The committee has been to some little expense in conducting the drive' but/ have decided to take care •f the expense them selves. The club is supposed and urged tv use the money realized from •the sale as an. anti-tuberculosis fund. 6. H. McKay presented the society with $2 and pledged $1 a montn toward the prevention of tuberculosis during the war. Following the report, Mrs. Parker then read a very complimentary letiter from the chairman of the state who stated that the name "of our county would appear in the national

honor roll. . Review of the history of South America through the biographies of the political and military leaders was made, beginning with that of Francisco Pizzaro, the daring Spanish conqueror of Peru who explored and conquered the, country for Spam at the beginning of the sixteen century, by Mrs. E. N. Loy and followed by that of Jose San Martini, a military leader of Argentina who had a military training in the Spanish wars in Africa and the peninsula and who aided his struggling countrymen m establishing their independence, given by Mrs. C. C. Starr. Mrs. C. G Spitler read the paper prepared by Mrs. A. F. Long, portraying the lives -of two well known residents of Paraguay, Carlos and Francisco Lopez, who aided in. the. political reconstruction of their own country. Mrs. W. L. Bott described the work of Don Ambrosio O’Higgins. The biography of the well known South American liberator, Simon Bolivar, was given by one of the new members, Mrs. Hale Warner. Mrs. G. A. Williams in a paper on the “Wars of Independence of South America,” discussed the great political changes in South America that transformed this great continent from colonial possessions of Spain and Portugal to independent republics which are destined, no doubt, as time goes on to play an important part in the future political and economic history of the world. Mm J. B. Fleming described the consular, military, civil, life-saving, diplomatic ani. public health service of our own-country in a helpful and enlightening manner. ; t - • The responses to roll call were the spelling and locating of a city in South Amenta. . The meeting closed with a reading by Mrs. B; F. Forsythe.

A Thrift Stamps a day keeps the Huns away. •

Garfield Order Vital. Necessity Wilson Asserts.

Washington, Jan. 18.—President Wilson’s statement supporting Fue Director Garfield’s five-day order follows: 'Twas of course, consulted by Mr. Garfield before the fuel order of yesterday was issued, and fully agreed with him that it was necessary. This war calls for many sacrifices and sacrifices of the sort called for by this order are infinitely less than sacrifices of life which might otherwise be involved. It is 'absolutely necessary to get the ships away, it is absolutely necessary to relieve the congestion at the ports and upon the railways, it is absolutely necessary to move great quantities of food, and it is absolutely necessary that our people should be warmed in their homes if nowhere else, and half-way measures would not have accomplished the desired effects. —... .

“If action such as this had not been K taken we should have limped along from day to day with a slowly improving condition of affairs with regard to the shipment of food and of* coal, but without such immediate relief as had become necessary, because of. the congestions of traffic which have been piling up. “I have every confidence that the result of action of this sort will justify it and that the people of the country will loyally and patrioticaly respond to necessities of this kind as they have to every other sacrifice involved in the war. We are upon a war- footing and I am confident that the people of the United States are willing to observe the same sort of discipline that might be involved in the actual conflict itself.” ,

OBITUARY.

Miss Martha Elizabeth Yeoman, second daughter of Joseph and Rachel A. Yeoman was botn in Newton township, Jasper county, Indiana, September 4, 1857 and departed this life January 15, 1918" at the age of 60 years, 4 months and 12 days. She lived with her parents on the homestead, in Newton township until about 25 years ago when she went with them to reside in Rensselaer, where she remained until her mother’s death in 1912. Since that time she has made her home with h€r brother and sister. She leaves to remember and love her two brothers, Robert J. and Reuben S. and one. sister, Mary E. Rush, all of Newton township and also may relatives and friends. Miss Yeoman unted in early life with the Freewill Baptist church at the old Curtis Creek schoolhouse near her home, but afterward changed her membership to the Rensselaer organization, where it afterwards remained. She always led a consistent Christian life, ever having sympathy and aid for all those in trouble and in the need of assistance ' and especially did she demonstrate these qualities in her sacrifices for her aged parents up to the end of her life—but her life’s work is finished —her suffering ended —and she has gone to receive the reward of the 'faithful.

Factories To Help.

The National War-Savings Committee at Washington has made a very important announcement. It is the desire to have sales stations organized in addition to the regular sales agencies already in process of organization. These stations are to be established on the basis of one for every one hundred population. The purpose is to make the places for purchasing Thrift Stamps so numerous that there can be no possible excuse for anyone not purchasing Thrift Stamps for the reason that no place is available. : In this connection manufacturing plants can be of inestimable assistance. The chairman of each county wifi furnish the manufacturing plants placards announcing that, each plant is a sales station. This placard should be placed in a conspicuous place and a supply of Thrift Stamps should be purchased from the local postoffice or bank and held available for employes who wish to make purchase! The stamps may be purchased outright and when they are sold the money mSy be used to purchase further supplies of stamps, and so on throughout the season. The sale of Thirst Stamps is becoming so popular that in a short time it will be a rate thing to find anyone, however humble, wjio does not own a Thrift Card. The point that is being emphasized at this time is that everyone know the plan under which he may purchase stamps, and the manufacturing plant is one of the best means of disseminating this information to a large number of persons. It is to be hoped that the manufacturing plants will lend their moral support and assistant to this campaign.

Drug Stores To Close At Noon On Mondays.

In order to aid in the fuel conservation movement, we will close ouf drug stores at the noon hour for the remainder of the day for the next ten Mondays. Our stores will be opened after this hour only for customers desiring to purchase medicines. .j Larsh and Hopkins. B. F. Fendig A. F. Long.

James School House Notes. 2:00 Sunday school. 3:00 Preaching service. our Classified Coium

For The Boys and Girls.

The Republican is interested in the poor people of the city. It dislikes to hear that any are suffering, for clothing, provisions or fuel. It reported the case of Mrs. Charles Elder just as it was represented by good reliable citizens of the city. The article was written in the spirit of kindness and sympathy and had but one idea. - That idea was to help this woman and her children. - Often misfortune is partly due to the invitation extended by the person it visits. But one thing sure the result of this visit should not be imposed "upon innocent children. . This most vital and important thing, about this whole matter is the possibility that from this home may be turned out in the world, three young people who may continue to be the objects of charity. Our plea is to give these children and every other child in Rensselaer a chance to become useful men and women. The sting of proverty lulls ambiL.on and deadens every sensibility worthy of cultivation.

It is a matter of chagrin to Mrs. Either that she must accept alms. But it would be her greater concern as well as tiie community’s duty to see that the ill fate that has overtaken her does not continue throughout life with her three children. As we said in our first article these are bright children, capable of becoming useful members of society. They should be kept in school everyday. The boy should not have to quit school to work. These children should be dressed tidy and comfortable. It is absolutely impossible for the mother to earn enough money to care for her family. The work she must do away from home robs her children of the care and attention they should have. This neglect results in many things detrimental to the welfare of the children. Children reared in homes under such conditions are very liable to have wrong ideas pi not sufficient faith in their own ability to make good. Just lately Rensselaer has sent away two boys who came to their downfall on account of poverty and the of proper home environment.

It is up to every community to look to the future usefulness of its youths. If home relations are not what they should be, they must be changed. Whatever Mrs. Elder’s attitude may be we insist that her children are the charge of the community and that the community is responsible for their future happiness as well as usefulness. We are not, alarmists, but we are for the boys and girls and we want every one of then; to have a good square chance.

Those Who Don’t Fight Must Work.

The United States Boys’ Working Reserve was organized under the United States Department of Labor for the purpose of forming a reservoir of boy labor from which the nation might draw in the present crisis. The Reserve is non-mili-taristic, it is in fact a working reserve of man power for industries and farms. The service is not compulsory, and any boy may be withdrawn by his parents at any time. Its chief function has been to supply boys for the farms, but it is planned to extend its scope into essential industries and vocational training. ’ The tremendous task confronting those who remain at home is hopeless unless the boys and young men of America will shoulder a man’s responsibility and do a man’s job in a man’s way. I,t is for the Eurpose of intelligently placing the oys in touch with these various tasks that the organization .of the U. S. Boys’ Working Reserve is designed. Have you enrolled? IT not do so at once, for demands for boys are coming now to supply the labor necessary to replace the men who are leaving for the mobilization and training camps. The hour is near at hand when every man, woman, boy and girl must devote his or her whole energy .to the service of the nation. Everyounce of power, human, as well as material, must be made effective in the conflict If liberty- and democracy are to continue in this country, America and her allies must win.

Stories For The Schools.

Thrift stories prepared by an expert to be read to the school children throughout the state by the teachers is a novel and integral part of the War-Savings campaign as planned by the committee for Indiana. These stories will be sent out at the, rate of two a week so that they may be placed in the hands of the 26,000 teachers of the state. The first of these stories is called “The Thrift Arrays It is adapted to children of the first and second grades particularly and portrays vividly* before the child mind the vital part even the youngest may have is prosecuting the war against the murderers of children, the spoilers of homes and those , who would destroy democracy in the world. The second story is entitled, “Pay Our Debt to France,” and recalls to the mind of elders and presents to children of eight to twelve years the great debt the United States owes to France for the assistance given in our war for Independence by Marquis de la Fayette. < These two stories have already been distributed, the others. wiR r folJbw in order. • _ •

A Rebuke to Slackers.

Another reason who Secretary McAdoo deserved the rebuke administered by the- Boston exemption board, when it refused his request to exempt his stenographer from the draft because the young man was useful to him, is the direct encouragement he is offering to the army of slackers who seek to obtain soft ahd safe jobs in government service in order to keep*out of the army. All over the country are young men who affect a great desire to do “war work,” but who have no intention of entering military service if they can help it. Aided and abetted by their parents—also slackers—oftener than not, they take advantage of every possible political pull or influence to secure for themselves J appointments in government departments, secretaryships, clerkships or some of the many other minor positions made possible by the great increase of public work incident to the war.

Ensconced snugly in one of these E laces,’ the young slacker hopes to e rated indispensable and, while in receipt of a better salary than he had ever earned before, poses among his friends as carrying a heavy responsibility in war work. Such young men are really traitorous to their country and deserve contempt rather than applause. They should be doing “war work” at the front and leave their stenography and clerical and messenger work to older' and more competent men. If Secretary McAdoo should secure the release of his stenographer from military service a precedent would be established that every exemption board in the country will have to resist, for it will be brought before them in innumerable cases. Such slackers are found everywhere; we have them in Indianapolis—young men who are “for” the war, but want other men to flight its battles; fathers and mothers who say their sons must not go where there is danger. When the Boston exemption board denied Secretary McAdoo’s request it directly rebuked every man in the country of draft age who tries to evade service and every man who helps him. That :>oard deserves thanks. —Indianapolis Star.

Piled In With The Corpse.

Lansing, 111., Jan. 17.—About as grewsome a story developing out of the now famous blizzard of Jan. 12, 1918, is that told by J. Knezer, a Blue Island undertaker, who was taking a corpse there from Oak Glen. He was stuck in a snow-drift in the road miles from nowhere and for 20 hours was unable to get out of the drift. He climbed in the ambulance with the corpse to get shelter from the raging blizzard over night in the snow. The remains were those of W. H. Sweat, superintendent of the Lansing brickyard, who dropped dead while shoveling snow at Oak Glen.

Baptist Church Notices. 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 7:80.

Services 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.

Presbyterian Church.

Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Minister. 9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon. Subject, “The Christian Peace Program.” a 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. The government wants the use of the pulpit in emphasizing its messages of patriotism and righteousness.

AT THE STAR THEATRE TODAY CT* See . Alice Brady in The-Maid of Belgium A World-Brady Special Admission 10c to all. TUESDAY— Mabel Talaferro in Metro Quality Plays “The Barricade” ~WEDNESDAY— ” Gail Kane in “Brides Silence” < Also Helen Holmes m the Sixth Episode of “The Lost Express”

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