Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1918 — Page 1

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City Youth In Better Trim Than Country Brother

One result of the United States’ war with Germany, is to disclose the fact that the city youth is in better trim physically than his country brother. The draft has brought thousands of - young men before qualified physicians for examination and throughout the country it has been found upon investigation that the big, strapping, husky farmer boy is physically inferior as a rule to the city or small town youth. Just why this is true is a mystery, but it is true nevertheless. Country boys who look as if they never had an ailment during their entire lifetime are rejected for some physical defect, while . the smaller, weaker looking town boy passes the examination with flying colors. Just why the farmer boy who it out in the open air every day doing hard, manual labor should not be the equal of the city boy who is working at easy labor in an office is a thing that mystifies members of the medical profession. In marching, statistics again show that the city youth out distances the boy living in the rural communities. However, this can be attributed to the fact that the city boy is constantly walking on a hard surface while the country boy walks upon the hard pavements but a very small portion of his time.

Here Is What Baker Has Promised For 1918

The United States government will have 2,000,000 soldiers in France in 1918. It will have 500,000 of them early in the year and another million and a half will be ready. , o—o Thirty-two divisional of the National Guard and National Army troops in camp in the United States —more than a million are considered ready to go over seas whenever it is decided they shall move. o——o Six million shells for the use of the American soldiers in France right now are in the process of manufacture? Every American soldier who can use a rifle has already been provided with one, and the rate of manufacture assures a steady supply as troops need them. o- —o Railroad systems, some six hundred miles long, ports, terminals, supply warehouses and other facilities on an enormous plan have already been built for the American army now in France. o—o >. Speedy investigation of complaints with reference to neglect of soldiers on the sick list has been and is the rule of the department.

NOTICE. There will be a meeting of the Red Men on Friday evening, February 1. Important business will be transacted and arrangements for the district meeting will be made. All members are urged to be present. Ts anynna who has had the misfortunate to lose stock during the cold spell will notify us, we will be glad to call and get it. A. L. PADGITT, Phone 65. If you want a good cow for stock or milk, attend the W. O. Williams sale, January 31. AT THE MOVIES NEW PRINCESS THEATRE Matinee 2:15 Night 7:00 TOMORROW Matinee And Night. BABY MARIE ORBORNE . ’■ in “THE UTILE PATRIOT” 5 Acts, And HEROLDLOYDE “RAINBOW ISLAND” This is a special program and worthy of a large patronage. Don't miss it. 10c aad 15c. Thursday, January 31. D. W. Griffith Presents DOROTHY GISH “STAGE STRUCK” Also Good Comedy. * AU Seats 10s.

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TAG YOUR SHOVEL DAY JAN. 30

RENSSELAER SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL AID GOVERNMENT IN FUEL MOVE. The United States Fuel Administration, co-operating with the school officials of Indiana, have proclaimed January 30th as Tag-Your-Shovel-Day. On that day tags, representing a shovel, and bearing suggestions for saving coal, are to be tied to practically every shovel in the country by the school children. Like the proverbial “string around the finger to remember by”, these tags will act as a constant reminder to everyone, to use his coal carefully. The public schools of our city have received enough tags for this work and the children will be busy tomorrow at their spare time in tagging the shovels. Give them a hearty welcome when they come to tag your shovel and by all means, read the suggestions on the tag, for the conservation of fuel. They are as follow: Cover your furnace and pipes with asbestos, or other insulations; also weather strip your windows, or stuff cracks with cotton. • Keep your rooms at 68 degrees (best heat for health). Heat only the rooms you use all the time. Test yuor ashes by sifting. If you find much good coal, there is something wrong with your heater. See a furnace expert. Write to the maker of your furnace or stove for practical directions for running economically. Save gas and electric lights, as much as possible, this will save coal for the nation.

Richmond School Board Orders German Dropped

Richmond, Jan. 27.—German in the public schools was ordered discontinued by the Richmond school board yesterday following the request of the Commercial Club, Mayor W. W. Zimmerman, the board of public works and prominent business men. German had been taught for many years in the Hibberd grade school, which is located in a section where many citizens of German descent reside. Last year the teaching of the, German was left to a vote of the patrons of the school who asked that it be taught in the grades. At the high school and junior school no students have elected German for the next semester so that the ending of this term will see the language dropped entirely from the school work.

Still Another Way To Aid In Fuel Saving Movement

Tales of distress coming from the cold sections of the United States has ‘caused a Florida citizen to dig back in his memory for an old remedy to relieve the fuel situation. He says one should accumulate a number of clay or sand-lime bricks and immerse them in kerosene. When thoroughly saturated they should be placed in a stove and lighted, where they will burn for several hours. When they burn out all of the gerosene they will be at white heat. When they have cooled off they may be removed and other bricks, that have been soaking in keresone in the meanwhile, may be substituted. It is claimed for this old-new plan of securing heat that five gallons of oil used in this way will give greater heat than could be obtained from a load of fuel wood containing 26 cubic feet.

PUBLIC NOTICE. The public library of this city will be opened from 10 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. - . . Farmers, attend the Gifford sale February 4th. If you want a good cow for stock or milk, attend the W. O. Williams sale, January 31. Remember the date of the Estal Price sale—February 6. A chance at this sale to get the best of livestock and farm implements. NOTICE. AU restrictions in regard to the movement of livestock for the stockyards have been removed. AGENT BEAM.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1918.

LARGE CROWD GREETS WAR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

METHODIST CHURCH CROWDED WITH INTERESTED LISTENERS, ANXIOUS TO HEAR DISCUSSION OF GREAT WAR. ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE BAND, BY STIRRING MUSIC, CONTRIBUTES TO THE PATRIOTIC SENTIMENT OF THE OCCASION. MEETING IS PRESIDED OVER BY MAYOR CHARLES G. SPITLER. MANY. FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY ARE PRESENT, INCLUDING A GREAT NUMBER OF SCHOOL TEACHERS AND PUPILS. JOHN RUTLEDGE, OF WASHINGTON, TO MAKE THE ADDRESS THIS EVENING. • The large number of people who have come to Rensselaer today from all over the county to attend the War Conference is indicative of the thorough patriotism of our citizens. On account of the roads being blockaded and the extreme cold weather, it was feared that there would not be many in attendance. The splendid crowd gathered •at the Methodist church this afternoon and the number attending the sectional meeting after the big general meeting was very gratifying to the members of the Defense Council as well as to the speakers who were here to make the addresses. The meeting at the Methodist

Restaurants And Hotels To Follow Government Program

In compliance with the wishes of the government for conserving the food supply, all owners of hotels and restaurants throughout the United States will observe the program of the food heads, which is as follows : Wheatless Monday. Wheatless Wednesday. One wheatless meal each day. Meatless Tuesday. Porkless Saturday. One meatless meal each day. Save sugar every day. Save fats every day. Part of the above program has been in effect all over the country for several months, but today become mandatory. The program is to be followed in homes as well as public eating places. By strict compliance with the rules laid down by the food heads it is expected that 30 per cent of certain commodities will be saved. Under the regulations there will be thirteen wheatless meals each week and the same number of meatless meals.

Convicts To Make Twine In Prison Again

The board of trustees of the Indiana state prison at Michigan City has ordered the re-establishment of the binder twine industry at the prison, on recommendation from Gov. Goodrich. The factory was closed during the final days of Gov. Ralston’s administration. Thousands of pounds of sisal, the basic element of the binder twine, have been via New Orleans and the Governor has information that the federal government intends to fix the price on binder twine at such a point that a profit will be assured. Regardless of the tremendous increase in the cost of materials entering into the production of the twine, it will be manufactured during the coming year and supplied to the agricultural interests of this and other states as an aid to food production.

Condition Of Henry Purcupile Is Very Grave.

Henry Purcupile suffered another stroke of paralysis Monday night His condition is very grave today and it is feared that he cannot long survive. Mr? Purcupile suffered a paralytic stroke several weeks ago and has been confined to his bed since that time. < ,

NOTICE TO FARMERS. We are paying 16c for beef hides; $6.50 for horse hides and SIO.OO for iron. SAM KARNOWSKY. Ed Nesbit went to Wabash, Ind., today.

church this afternoon was presided over by Charles G. Spitler who made an excellent short welcome address. On the platform with Mr. Spitler were County Chairman Frank Welsh, O. K. Rainier and J. J. Montgomery of the defense section, Revs. Asa McDaniels, J. Budman Fleming and E. W. Strecker, besides the speakers, k The meeting was opened by invocation by Rev. McDaniels, which was followed by a number of patriotic selections by the St. Joseph College band. 5 After this the Mayor made his address, which was followed by an address by Prof. Meyers, of Purdue. Other speakers were to address the meeting after Prof. Meyers. The address tonight by John Rutledge, of Washington City, will be the climax of the meeting. In his address at Monticello, Monday night, Mr. Rutledge held his audience spellbound. There will also be other addresses. The music tonight will be furnished by the Rensselaer high school orchestra. PROGRAMME TONIGHT Methodist Church, 8:00 p. m. Mayor Charles G. Spitler, presiding. Invocation —Rev. J. Budman Fleming. Music —High School Orchestra. Address —Miss Cowan, of Purdue University. Address—John Rutledge, National Speaker from Wasliington. Song—“ America,” led by C. E. Prior. Other speakers will be present and make short addresses.

Board Continues Work Of Examining Class 1 Men.

The following is the result of the examinations of class 1 men, who appeared today: Division 1. Livingstone Ross. Archie Donlinger. Guy C. Peek. Frank Garvin. , John Utterburg. Wm. Roy Myers. Homer Stewart. Murray Myers. Guy Minor. Jack Roede. Lawrence Blunk. John Michaels. John D. Maher. Edward Karr. Division 2. Edward B. Morrison. Division 3. Elijah Cunningham. Jesse Heath. Frank Potts. Louis Miller. Herbert C. Hammond. Thomas Stevens. • Turpin Brown. The following men have been ordered to appear before the board next week: To Appear February 4. Roy Flores. Alonzo Norris. Otto Makus. \ , Basil Dunlap. James Culver. Jesse Johnson. Ralph Wooden. Homer Fisher. . Charles Boes. Robert Meehan. Ray Hopkins. Oscar Turner. Edward Goepp. Don Sutton. John Karch. Albert Kerns. Harvey Roadifer. Charles Britton. Vincent Quinn. Harvey Cooper. ~ Melvin Burns. Alfred Murray. Max Schultz. Walter Conn. Carl Bowman. Victor Sigo. To Appear February 5. Leo R. Zellers. Charles Clouse. Ernest Garrett. Ernest T. Winter. Charles Wood. Nate Welch. Phillip Ochs. Elmer Milton. * Clifford Hamilton. z . Bernard Nagel.

Attention, Members of the Liberty Guard

All members of the Liberty Guard of Jasper county, are ordered to report at the armory on Tuesday, January 29, at 7:00 p. th. sharp. MOSES LEOPOLD, Captain.

Censorship Is Denounced As Both A Joke And A Tragedy

Censorship of news from American forces in France is receiving considerable attention of late from correspondents abroad, who are denouncing it both as a joke and a tragedy. Heywood Brown, accedited to the American army from the Cleveland News, writes that Germany is getting exclusive news of American doings before the same news is permitted to come to light in America. “Take the case of the Rainbow division,” Brown declares. “This division was organized with quotas of the guard from many states in order to bring the war directly to a great many people in America. It was for propaganda as well as for military purposes, but as soon as it crossed the ocean it passed into a great silence under the rule, ’No mention shall be made of troop movements.’ After the division had been in France for a long period the censor allowed the announcement to go home that ‘certain units of the guard of almost all the states are now in France.’ _ “Of course, the German intelligence department knew that the Rainbow Division was in France, but if it was ignorant of that fact the message suggested by the censor gave it away. That it, is gave it away to the German intelligence officer who made a study of our military system and knew that “certain units of the guard of almost all states” must be the Rainbow Division. At the same time the average newspaper reader in America would be deceived by the camouflage. “The German papers get news of the American army long before it is freed for publication back home. And much of it remains exclusive. For instance, German newspapers printed again and again the fact that American troops were training in the Vosges, and French papers carried the names of some of the towns, but nothing was said to America, and nothing can be said yet.

"German papers printed the fact that American artillery was training near Besancon, .and one day a German airplane flew over the camp and dropped a message, saying: Hello, Americans! We know you’re there, but we arn’t going to bother you yet. There ain’t enough of you to make it worth while.’’ A week later an American censor cut out of an American correspondent’s story a reference to the fact that the artillery was training in hilly country. Even the news of our first encounter with the Germans came first from Germany.

"The potentialities of the present censorship system are much worse than any harm which it has already done. Our censorship is political, moral and literary. “A great deal is heard about expediency in the censor’s office. Thought is taken as to just what effect each dispatch will have back home. Due consideration is given to the possible proaction on Democrats, pacifists and Prohibitionists "There should be a censorship, of course, and in all seriousness I believe that this censorship should prevent the publication of the weekly communiques by Secretary Baker. A major general in the American army told me that he thought they had done incalculable harm. When the situation in Italy was desperate and the full smashing effect of the truth was needed Secretary Baker issued a communique calling attention to British gains and minimizing things in Italy, .said the general. ‘Now, when the truth is known and everybody is thick in gloom, along comes Secretary Baker with his prediction of a big German . offensive. There is fib reason for his saying anything at all, and less for his saying it at the wrong time.’ "Another serious aspect of the censorship is that it has been a censorship against pessimism. Nothing has been allowed to pass to criticism of things which were going badly. No check, however, has been put upon optimism, which is much more dangerous.

"A definite reaction has set in against America in France. It is not great yet, but it is almost certain to be great in the spring. The reason lies almost wholly in the fact that the newspapers at home and even the correspondents at the front have been allowed to talk too big. Levelheaded Frenchmen think that there are already half a million American soldiers in France and that there will be a million in the spring. In the spring they will find that this is not so, and they will be disappointed

Deserved Recognition Is Given The Newspapers.

Newspapers, in the opinion of Stanley Wychoff, food administrator of Indianapolis, are doing mors to promote food conservation and direct the people along patriotic lines than any other agency or institution. “They have called attention to wheatless days and meatless days until the observance of these days has become a religion with the people,” he said. “The newspapers of the country, and especially those of Indianapolis and other Indiana towns, have educated the people to the necessity of saving food to the end that there be enough to feed the people at home and our soldiers in the field. Public sentiment strongly favors the making of every necessary sacrifice, all because the press has informed the people as to the necessity of it aIL” Mr. Wychoff told officials of the United States food administration with whom he has been conferring that the Indiana newspapers have co-operated in every possible way to obtain an observance of the food laws. “The newspapers,” he said, “not only have made it easy for food administrators to perform their duties, but they have encouraged army recruiting, they influenced the nation to accept the military conscription law, they sold the Liberty bonds and are persuading the people to invest in the war-saving stamps. Until I got into the food administration work, I never quite appreciated that the newspapers are such an influence in shaping public sentiment. They are our greatest promoters of patriotism.”

Kirklin Baby Is Rich In Living Ancestors.

A daughter, Ruby leleen, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Berna Patchett, of near Kirklin, Ind. Mrs. Patchett was formerly Miss Carrie E. Heffley, < aughter of Mr. and Mrs.' William H. Heffley, of Cutler. The new baby » rich in living ancestors. She has four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Patchett, of near Zirklin and Mr. and Mrs. William Heffley, of near Cutler; also five great-grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Fames Sprague, of Monticello, Mrs. Martha Heffley, of near Cutler and Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff of near Kirkin, and one great-great-grandfather, Jacob Heffley, of Monmouth, Ore., who is nearing the hundred-milestone mark. Ruby leleen is the fifth generation on her mothers’ side (the Heffley side) and fourth on her father’s side. This is a record of which few children can boast

B. S. Fendig Leases Business Building For Creamery.

B. S. Fendig today leased his business building at the corner of Washington and Front streets to L H. iiley, of Valparaiso, who will conduct a modern creamery therein. Mr. Riley is one of the biggest landlers of cream in northern Indiana and has stations at Gary, Indiana Harbor, Hammond and Chicago Heights. He will make Rensselaer his headquarters and plans to conduct his business here along extensive lines. The building will be remodeled and placed in such a condition that Mr. Riley will be able to give the farmers the best of service. The new concern will supply a direct outlet for the produce of the farmers, and will be a distinct business boost to Rensselaer. Although Mr. Riley will deal exclusively in cream, he will later on handle farm produce of all kinds, and plans to make the station here one of the best in northern Indiana. Mr. Fendig will leave in a few days for New Orleans to make his future home, where he will probably conduct a produce market.

The best of stock at the Price sale on February 6.

and angry. “When a reporter reproached the press officer because he was not able to tell him until the last minute that the American troops were going into the trenches, he said proudly that it had been kept such a secret that the intelligence bureau itself did not know. i “Our chauffeur knew. “‘I knew it ten days ago. Why, everybody around here knew about it,’ he said. And further up the line I found that troops with gas masks and tin hats had gone through a village in motor trucks singing that they were going to “hang the damned old kaiser to a sour apple tree.”

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