Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1918 — Page 1

Nd. 14.

GOOD SPEAKERS ARE PROVIDED

BY STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE FOR COUNTY MEETING HERE JAN. 29th. The following letter was received by the editor of the Republican today, containing the list of speakers, who will appear in Rensselaer on January 29, to address the citizens of the county at the County Conference meeting: Mr. Louis H. Hamilton, Sec., Jasper County of Defense. Jan. 24, 1918. My dear Mr. Hamilton: Upon inquiry today at the headquarters of the State Council of Defense, I find that Dr. Wilbur has notified the State Council that he will

be Unable to fill any of his Indiana dates during the first week of his schedule. The State Council has substituted John Ruthledge as the federal speaker. Mr. Ruthledge has Just returned from a special mission •on the French and Italian fronts, -where he -has been studying war conditions. He will be excellently prepared to make the patriotic address and I understand that he is an exceptionally fine speaker. Here is a corrected and full list of the speakers that will be supplied for your County Conference on January 29 th: Federal speaker, John Ruthledge State speakers, R. E* Proctor, of Elkhart, Indiana, and Prof J. J. Pettijohn. Thrift Stamips, Rev. Alfred H. Backus. Red Cross speaker, Ralph Sollett, (Director of Junior Red Cross for Indiana.) Boy Workers Reserve, Fred R. Farman, County Superintendent of Laporte. Woman speaker, Miss Elizabeth Cowan, assistant in Home Economics, Purdue University. This is a fine list of speakers. The State Council has certainly not slighted Jasper County. <■ I certainly hope that you will have a successful Conference. Yours truly, W. S. McMasters. Next Monday, January 28th, the newspapers will be found on sale at the Princess theatre, which will be open all day.

J. J. MONTGOMERY.

SCIENTIFIC ADJUSTMENT OF GLASSES TO ALL FORMS OF DEFECTIVE VISION. Frames Fitted to conform to the peculiarities .of the wearer’s face. Thus what is worn as a necessity is at the same time a handsome ornament. LET ys ADORN YOUR FACE CLARE JESSEN OPTICIAN With Jessen the Jeweler. , Phone 11.

AT THE MOVIES NEW PRINCESS THEATRE Matinee 2:15 Night 7:00 The Beet In Photo Plays. " “TONIGHT DARWENT HALL CANE son of Hall Cane in ‘CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Also Hearst-Pathe News. Saturday, Jan. 26. New Triangle Plays. ENID BENNET "THE PRINCESS OF THE PARK” 5 Acts, and Triangle comedy, "WHEN HEARTS COLLIDE” in His Newest Comedy. Also HEROLD LOYDE 7 Big Reels. 10 and 15c. Monday, Jan. 25 Special Super feature of the highest Standard. Select. Pictures Corporation presents "THE BARRIER” By Rex Beach I Reserved Seats for Ist show at night. Special Music. Adults 25c. Children, 15c.

The Evening Republican.

JASPER COUNTY WAR COUNCIL JANUARY 29TH, 1918.

First meeting, Methodist church, 1:30 p. m.,. Mayor C. G. Spitler presiding. > programme. Invocation. Music—St. Joseph College Band. Welcome by Mayor. Announcements of days programme. Music—College band. Address, by G. I. Christie, of Purdue University. Music —Band. < Address by Miss Mary Washburn —American Fund For French Wounded. * Music—Band. Address, Senator Proctor, Elkhart. Adjournment to sectional meetings..

Sectional Meeting*. Fuel and Food Administrators meet in east court room, 4 p. m. B. F. Fendig and John Eger in charge. Address by J. Eberhardt, of Huntington, “The Consumers Part of the War.” Discussion led by B. F. Fendig. General Discussions. - Woman’* Section West court room, 4 p. m. Mrs. Ora T. Ross, chairman woman’s section, presiding. Program— Reports from township chairmen. Reports from committees. Address—Miss Elizabeth Cowan, of the Speakers Bureau, Indianapolis.

Agricultural and Boys working reserve, county agent’s room, 4 p. m. Stewart Learning in charge. Address by G.~ I. Christie, Purdue University, “How Can We Best Meet the Conditions of 1918.” Discussions, “Seed) Stocks, Labor Conditions, Food Supplies, Fertilizer Situation,” led by Stewart Learning. General discussions.

Educational Department held in bounty Sup’t. rooms, 4 p. m., Morgan L. Sterrett, presiding. Address by E. Ray Wilbur, Pres. Leland Stanford University, Cal., “The Educationalists’ Part in Affairs of Today.” Discussions led by Prof. Sterrett. General Discussions. The Red Cross Department meets in The Princess Theatre at 4 p. m., Mrs. A. H. Hopkins, presiding. Woman’s Work and Need of Cooperation—Mrs. G. M. Myers. Surgical Dressings—Miss Helen Lamson. Talk, Mr. J. J. Pettijohn, df Indianapolis. ‘ Canteen Service —Mrs. Errett Graham. Junior Red Cross —Miss Grace Stover. . . Three minute talks—Subjects: “Sidelights for Red Cross Workers.” Recreation, Mrs. H. J. Kannal. Dress, Mrs. E. W. Strecker. Economics, Mrs. Ed. J. Randle. Home-making, Mrs. J. B. Fleming. Chib life, Mrs. G. A. Williams. Public Morals department meets in S, S. rooms of Methodist church at 4 p. m., Dr. Fleming, presiding. Address by Senator Proctor, of Elkhart, “How Far Should the Church Go In The. Support of the Country.” Address by Rev. Fhming, “How Shall Christian Democracy Pray For This War.” '

General Discussion, “Christian Helps as it Effects the Morals of Our Boys at the Front.” Benediction. Military affairs. Meeting to be held at Armory, at 4 p. m. J. M. Sauser,’ presiding. Address by Wm. Parkison, “The Duty the Non-conscript Owes to His Country.” Discussion by chairman, “What Encouragement Do We Give the Boys at the Front.” Y. M. C. A., Liberty Loan, Red Cross, Thrift Stamps Depts., meet at directors room, First National Bank at 4 p. m. J. N. Leatherman, presiding. Address—Fred Sims, Indianapolis, “Our Views of the Future Finances as Will be Demanded of Us.” Discussions led by Jqjnes Chapman, J. G. Hunt, J. N. Leatherman. Evening meeting, Methodist church 8 p. m., Mayor C. G. Spitler,, presiding.

Programme. * Music—High School Orchestra. Reports of sectional meetings by chairman. Address by Mrs. Cowen. Music—Orchestra. Address by J. E. Ebberhardt, Huntington, Ind. Music —Orchestra. Address by" E. Ray Wilbur, Pres. Leland Stanford University of Cal., “Our Country, Our War, Our Duty.” Son—“ America,” led by orchestra, and vocally with congregation by C. E. Prior. Benediction. * Speakers—Fred Sims, E. Ray Wilbur, J. E. Ebberhardt, Mrs. Cowen, J. J. Pettijohn, G. I. Christie, Sen. Proctor, Miss Mary Washburn.

weAther Fair and colder tonight with a cold wave in north portion. Saturday fair and colder. Cold wave in north and'central portions.

PUBLIC SALE. , I will sell at public sale on Feb. 15, my farm of 160 acres, well" improved and well kept up by stock It is not a rundown farm. I wil alsq offer horses, cattle, hogs ant farm implements. For terms of farm write me or Col. Fred Phillips, Rensselaer, Ind.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918.

Drafted Men To Be Placed In Classes

A recent order from Provost Marshal General Crowder is of interest to every man in Jasper county who is registered and who will J>e subject to conscription in the next call for soldiers. It means that there is a reasonable likelihood that they will be assigned to a duty which they might have chosen if they had volunteered and were givep their choice as other volunteers were.

The notification to conscription 'boards by Provi’st Marshal General Crowder states that it is the* selective features of the draft and to the effective employment of the manpower of the army that every man be so placed in it as to give the service most advantage from his particular qualifications. The problem, therefore, is to find the men who can do these necessary things. Under the first draft the problem was met by waiting until the men arrived at camp where the occupational qualifications of each one were ascertained. But these methods no longer suffice as the demands for skilled, men in the varied now exceed the supply of each man available for the first draft. So instead of waiting until the new contingent arrives in camp, the war department seeks to know .in advance the occupational distribution of all men liable to call throughout the country In order to assist the local boards in making such information available promptly, the first step is the mailing out of cards which are to be filled out according to the occupations of the various registered men and returned to the provost marshal’s office for filing. By use of ■this single central classified file, tne search of thofisands of questionnaires in each of the respective boards will be dispensed with and the process of selection can be achieved with a minimum of labor and time.

For the purpose of preparing such a central classified occupational file, it will be necessary to prepare a filing card for each man classified. The work of carding is to be delegated to one or more special volunteer assistants to be known as occuptional assistants. It is presumed that a splendid crops of assistants can be found in the school teachers and others who will place their services at the disposal of the board. The carding does not require special prior skill in that kind of work, but Consists merely in the careful copying of certain data from the questionnaire to the cards.

Matinee Musicale Notice.

The January meeting of the Matinee Musicale will be held Sunday, January 27 at 2:30 p. m., at the Presbyterian church. The following program will be given: Paper—Mercadante. Piano—Dolls Dpnce,. Mercadante Miss lone Zimmerman. Paper—Donizetti, Bellini ... ’ Mrs. C. C. Warner. Voice—Convien Partir. .... Donizetti . Mrs. A. R. Hopkins. Piano—Fantaisie Brilliant,e Leyback-Bellini Miss Rosabelle Daugherty. \ Trio—Now’een Now, Bellini Mrs. Dunlap, Mrs. A. R. Hop'2 kins, Miss Maude Daugherty. Paper—Verdi . . Mrs. A. H. Hopkins. Voice—Duet, “Home to our Mountain”—Verdi, Mrs. J. A. Randle, Mrs. E. Graham. Violin—Miserere (Il Trovatore) Verdi .... Miss Ruth Wood. Paper—Ponchielli. Voice—Blind Girl’s Song, Ponchielli .... Miss Thelma Martindale. <. At the last meeting of the" matinee musicale, it was deemed advisable because of the fuel situation to not only double on the programs, but meet on Sunday afternoon and a committee, consisting of Mrs. J. D. Allman, Mrs. Martindale and Mrs. Fleming were appointed to arrange the same. Hereafter the Matinee Musicale program will be given on the last Sunday afternoon of each month and will be open to the public.

Methodist Church Notes. 9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon by the pastor. Special music by the choir. 6:00 Epworth League. Topic, “Young Christians Reaching Outward.” Leader, Rosebelle Daugherty. 7:00 Eyening worship and sermon by the pastor. The pastor will begin a series of sermons on “The Deadly Perils of the Gas Pit.” Special music by a male quartette.

Baptist Church Notice. 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:45 a. m. Morning worship and preaching. Subject, “The Coming King.” D. C. HILL, Pastor. 1 Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Minister.’ 9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon. Subject; “Conquerors and then Some.” ■, There will be no evening service at this church on account of fuel conservation. First Christain Church. t Bible school at 9:30. Communion and sermon at 10:45. ; Evening service at 7:00. Please bring your offering for the Board of Education.

Funeral of A. W. Cole Will Be Held At Lafayette

Lafayette Journal. I Arthur W. Cole died at the Home ■ hospital yesterday morning of pneumonia, after all illness of only five days. He was taken ill while he was on his run as mail clerk on the Monon last Saturday, and when his condition became serious Tuesday, was taken to the hospital, Mr. Cole was born in this city sixty-two years ago, the son of the late Fred W. Cole. He was at one time a printer on the Rensselaer Republican and for thirtyeight years had been in the employ of the government, most of. which time was spent on the run on the Monon milk train. He was married a number of years ago to Miss Ella Osborn, of Rensselaer, who survives him. Besides his widow he leaves his mother. Mrs. Mary J. Cole, of I Soldiers’ home; two children, Miss I Bright Cole, who is employed in the purchasing department at Purdue; and Arthur M. Cole, who is with the Wabash railroad at Detroit. He also leaves two brothers, Fred W. Cole, in the mailing department of the Lafayette postoffice, and George B. Cole, of Los Angeles; and a sister, Mrs. S. T. Royal, of Indianapolis. Mr. Cole was an earnest worker in Trinity M. E. church, of which he had been a member many years. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Rensselaer, and president of the local order of the railway mail clerks. The body was taken to the family home, 1526 Cason street, to await burial. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon from the family residence, Rev. U. G. Leazenby officiating. Burial will be made in Greenbush cemetery, and will be private. The pall bearers will be George W. Smith, John Hogsson, John J. Fleming, Freeman Seaney, R. H. Shook and Charles Williams, Jr. Friends are requested to omit flowers. ,

Aerial Station Will Be Located At Royal Centre

A representative of the United States Government is at Royal Centre closing a lease with W. J. Goodrich, lumber dealer, for forty acres of ground on which it is understood the government will establish an aerial station. The Marks Manfacturing Company of Royal Centre, is understood, will furnish electric current for operation of the station. The lease is for ten years with the privilege of twenty years. Movements of the government representatives in this matter are surrounded with the greatest secrecy and he is not giving out any information with'regard to the importance of the aerial station _ or how soon it is to be in operation. However, reports are that this is to be one of three big stations in the central west and that a number of other locations were considered before Royal Centre was decided on.

Working Man To Rule the World; Schwab Predicts

New York, Jan. 24.—Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, declared in an address at a dinner here, tonight that the time is near at hand, “when the men of the working class—the man without property—will control the destinies of the world.”

“The Bolsheviki sentiment must be taken into consideration,” Mr. Schwab declared, “and in the very near future we must bow to the worker for a solution of the great economic questions now being considered. I am not one to carelessly turn over my belongings for the uplift of the nation, but I am one who has come to a belief that the worker will rule and the sooner we realize this the better it will be for our country and the world at large.”

Primary Election May 7.

The primary election next spring for county and state offices will be held on May 7. The question as to when the primary will be held is answered by quoting a part of section 5 of the act passed by the legislature of 1917, amending the primary election law of 1915. The part alluded to irf as follows: “Beginning With the year 1918 the primary elections provided for in this act shall be held in the various precincts of the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year preceding each state, congressional, county and township election. The foregoing stipulation will have the effect of throwing the primary election of 1918 on Tuesday, May 7. This means that the primary in 1918 wiH be held two months later in the year than was the primary of 1916, which was held on Tuesday, March 7. The law was amended so as to throw the election in May because of the widespread complaint that the severe weather in March kept thousands of voters from participating in the election.

Information Concerning Income Tax.

Considerable confusion exists about the mcbme tax law. Persons whose net become is less than the exemption alloWed DO NOT have to make a statement notwithstanding the fact-that they have been advised otherwise by persons who would profit by making out their return. This misunderstanding seems to have been caused by articles published as to th- income tax officer being at the county seats at certain times, but if you are in the exempt class you do pot have to go. Furthermore you can make your return on or before March Ist.

Mr. Roosevelt In Answer To Stone Charges.

Washington, Jan. 24.—Theodore Roosevelt today in a speech before the National Press club asserted his right to criticise the conduct of the war and declared it to be every man’s duty to expose inefficiency if it re. tards the work of the war-making machinery. In answer to an attack made on him in the senate by Senator Stone, he said the speech was an insidious effort in behalf of Germany and that the Missouri senator, who had done all he could to serve .Germany in opposing war legislation, had been the first to inject patisan politics into the war. _

The' colonel came out in open support of Senator Chamberlain’s proposals for a war cabinet and a munitions department. “The proposal,” he said “means that at least a proper scheme of administration would be adopted by the movement. I am well aware that no scheme can accomplish anything unless the right men are put in * * * but at least we will get a proper scheme of administration. In Washington you have a good many star players, but mighty little team work.” While the speech contained little criticism of individuals, the colonel spoke of the “maladministration” of the war department in warmly praising the work of the senate committte. As to the worth of investigations he said, it was the duty of congress to get at the truth and he quoted from the writings of President Wilson when at Princeton, advocating congressional inquiry into the acts of the administration.

Declaring the present is no time for politics, Colonel Roosevelt, said: “No public servant and no private citizen in his public relation at this time has any business to consider partisan politics in any way.” He said he criticised the conduct of the Spanish war and that his action then showed he believed himself to be performing his duty now he was never more true than now he said, to tell the people the truth. “If conditions are good,” said he, “tell the truth. • If they are bad, tell the truth. If they have been bad and become good tell the truth.” The navy department, the colonel added, inefficient'six months ago, is now doing excellent work. The work of shipbuilding, he declared, now is in excellent harfds. For the coordinations he recommended the appointment of one man .to be put in supreme charge of the operation of all vessels.

No Pay For Teachers When Schools Close

Ele Stansbury, attorney general of Indiana, has prepared an opinion for Horace Ellis, superintendent of public instruction, in which he said he would hold that the school teachers throughout Indiana —except in certain places, where special cojtracts between township trustees or other school -officials and teachers exist —will*not be entitled to pay for the two days lost through the operation of school-closing order from federal fuel administrators. The opinion will not apply to Indianapolis teachers, Mr. Stansbury said, since they are employed under contracts different from those under which the majority of the outside teachers are working. The state superintendent’s office recently promulgated a model contract, under which the majority of all teachers are working, it was said at Mr. Ellis’ office, and is to the teachers that the Stansbury opinion will apply. The opinion, however, will give away to the trustees or other school officials to hold schools later than usual, or to let the teachers make up the time by holding school on Saturdays, v in case the trustee or teaehers so desire.

Indiana Coal Situation Nears Normal Aspect

Indianapolis, Jan. 24.—Reports to the office of State Fuel Administrator Evans Woollen today indicated that the coal situation in Indiana is taking on a nearer normal aspect than at any time recently, and that relief is in sight. Shipping returns show that the mines are making good headway in filling 1,500 or more emergency orders placed .with them Monday. During two days 395 cars of coal were shipped, bringing the total shipments for the first half of the week to 500 cars.

How Soon?

New York, Jan. 24.—Everywhere in France the question is being asked, “how soon will America be here? according to Major M. P. Murphy, former head of the American Red Cross work in France, at a reception given in his honor today here. “You do not know what America means over there,” he said. “Everywhere you go whether you you are talking to soldiers in the trenches, men in the hospitals, the widows and the mothers in the rear; whetiier you are talking to statesmen, business men, college professors or what not, the question is always the same, *how soon will America be here? “This war will be won by the nation which has the grit to rtiek out longer than the other,” he said. “The man in this country, who for any selfish purpose, personal vanity, pride of party, pride of locality or pride of consideration stands in the way of the effective development of our country to fight this war is worse than a German in the trenches.”

MORE MEN TO BE EXAMINED

BOARD ORDERS MORE MEN TO APPEAR FOR EXAMINATION NEXT WEEK. ' * The local registration board has finished the mailing of cards to the selected men of the county, who will appear next week for a physical examination. The men who have been ordered to report the first two days follow: To Appear on Jan. 28. Thomas Swartz. Henry W. Cords. Geo. W. Bernhardt. James Kriz. Ray Donald Anderson. Wm. E. Marlin. Louis A. Miller. Wm. Minnear. Crawford Bates. Herman Goepp. Lottis Franklin. Orvel Baxter. Harold Fidler. v Fred Hine. ? John Lonergan. , ' Frank Boes. Preston Henry. Michael Wagner. Horace Charais. Wallace Miller. Charles Casto. Bernard Bailey. John Reed. * Clarence Armstrong. Leslie Zellers. Jesse Grimm. Clarence Knouff. Solomon Yoder. Arthur Murray. To Appear Jan. 29th. Paul Karr. ■ . • Lloyd S. Parks. Edward Parkinson. Murray Myers. * , Grank Garvin. Homer Stewart. John Maher. Wm. Myers. Guy Peek. Tom Stevens. John Utterburg. Herbert C. Hammond. Jack Roede. Edward Morrison. M. O. Duvall. Clarence Garver. Guy Minor. Osie Donlinger. Lawrence Blunk. David De Los Dean. John W. McCarthy. Elijah Cunningham. Isaac Fowler. a Leo Ross Myers. * Turpin Brown. Samuel Koslowsky. Roland Myers. , Jesse Heath. I Elmer McGinnis. / Ferdinand Bachman. \ / The names of those who appear on the succeeding days will be published later.

Oyster Shortage Now.

Indianapolis, Jan. 24.—An oyster famine is the latest in the shortage line in Indianapolis. A dealer today declared that there were less thap thirty gallons of oysters in the city and that only a small supply was in transit to the local market. The prices have been advanced twenty cents on the quart. The shortage is attributed to freezing over of oyster beds.

AT THE STAR THEATRE TODAY “Cinderella and The Magic Slipper” A story of interest to both young and old. “His Awful Downfall*’ A one Reel Comedy. Also Ford Weekly, “The Yosemite Valley” SATURDAY—“The Adventures of Carol” Featuring Winsom and pretty Madge Evans z The best child actress now seen on the screen. You will like "The Adventures of Carol. Be *uro to soe this picture. MONDAY— Viola Dana and Augustus Phillips in “The Mortal’ Sin” WEDNESDAY— Edna Goodrich “Reputation” THURSDAY— Blanch Sweet i> “The Silent Partner” • •

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