Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1918 — Page 1

fwS&l BimirTO UNITED STATE* GOVERNMENT

No, 63. 2

AGAIN WE SAY BUY RUGS This Week They will soon have to be advanced In price. See both Rugs and Linoleums at our store not later than Saturday, March 23rd. W. J. WRIGHT

RED CROSS AUCTION DAY BRINGS $2,200

Lafayette Journal. The Red Cross unit of Otterbein held a public sale last Saturday and sold goods amounting to $4,600, the net profits amounting to $2,200. One resident of the town had a slim hog which he kept in his bam. The animal was kidnapped and brought SBO. One of the "committee donated a horse that was ready for the pasture and this also brought a good sum when sold under the- hammer. There were many equally interesting features connected with the sale. It is believed that the $2,200 realized from this sale leads any similar Red Cross event in the state for a town the size of Otterbein. The amount is to be used in buying material to be worked up by the Red Cross society of the thriving little town?’

FOR MORE GARDENS.

W. D. Bringle was appointed by the Jasper county council of defense to see that all city and town 'vacant lots are cultivated this year. He will look after this matter, personally, in Rensselaer. If you have a vacant lot and cannot garden it this year or if you want to garden a lot take the matter up with Mr. Bringle. Let every foot of available space be made tb bring forth a full harvest and let every man, woman and child in Rensselaer do his bit at gardening.

If anyone who has had the misfortune to lose stock during the cold spell will notify us, we will be glad to call and get it. A. L. PADGITT, Phone 65 NEW PRINCESS THEATRE —BXGGBST STABS—BEST PLATS—PBEE—For everybody—Rogers Silverware —Tickets will be given away at every show durlpg the entire year— Start saving (.today. TONIGHT New Paramount Star Series. Marguerite Clark “Bab’s Burglar” 100 xnd ISC* 2 Silverware Tickets. I Marsverite Clark r I fig -'"BaW Burglar." . i,™ [Mg AeAMMQVNTPICTVffi yq Monday, March SSth. New Paramount. Ann Pennington “The Antics of Ann” 10c and iso.

The Evening Republican.

RED CROSS AUCTION SALE

LARGE CROWD OF PATRIOTIC SPENDERS INSURE GREAT SUCCESS. As we go to press the great Red Cross auction was under full headway. There was an immense amount of property to sell and good bids were being received. None of j;he large gifts had been offered up to this time. The cafeteria dinner,at the court hous»>was a decided success and the money received was $165.75. There will be but little expense to be taken out of this amount The Holden museum was attracting large crowds and it will be a big money getter. The country store was being well patronized and the other special sales were meeting with ready response. The money received today is sure to be a mighty fine sum and the offering a fitting tribute to the patriotism of this community. May God speed it to the relief of those who are now or soon will be in that awful conflict which seems to be necessary to make the world save for Democracy.

METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.

9:30 Sunday school. 10:45 Morning worship and sermon. The pastor will preach . on “Who Shall Reign?” This is Palm Sunday and this service should be largely attended. 6:00 Epworth League. Topic, “The Art of Living With Others.” Leader, Miss Emma House. 7:00 Evening worship and sermon by the pastor.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Rev. J. Budman Fleming, Minister. 9:30 Sunday school. There should be a full attendance now that spring ■ is here. 1 10:45 Morning worship and sermon, subject; “The Rights of the Child.” i 7:00 Evening worship and sermon, subject; “A Military Victory.” 7:30 Thursday evening round table and prayer service. Rev. F. W. Gressman, D. D. dean of the school of methods just closed in our city, will be with us over Sunday and preach at the morning service.

The Milroy church will . hold a revival meeting beginning Monday, March 25 under the leadership of Rev. W. E. Houghton, of Franklin, Ind. Services every evening at 7:30. D. C. HILL, Pastor.

Sunday, March 24th. 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:45 a. m. Morning worship and preaching service. Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 7:30.

SERVICES AT. PARR.

10:00 a. m. Sunday school. 2:00 p. m. Baptismal service. 6:45 p. m. Christian Endeavor.. 7:30 p. m. Preaching. “The Temptation of Jesus.” Prayer meeting on Thursday everting at 7:30.

Sheriff Ben D. McColly and son returned from Texas Friday morning. The sheriff is looking much better than when he left

BAPTIST CHURCH.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918.

16,000 TAKEN IS HUN CLAIM

TEUTONS LAUNCH CONCENTRATED ATTACK ALONG ' 50 MILE FRONT, In a battle that has rivalled in ferocity any that has preceded it during three and a half years of warfare, the British on a fifty-mile front hate withstood a grdht German offensive in its initial stages. At some points the British line has bent back, but not as much as had been expected by military experts acquainted with the forces the Germans had brought up and <he power of the guns they had relied upon behind tiie lines. As the result of the struggle, on that part of the front just west of Cambrai, where the fighting was apparently hottest, the British line has nowhere been broken, and Field Marshal Haig’s men have inflicted frightful casualties on the enemy.' * As an indication of the sanguinary nature of the fighting the Berlin foreign office states that 16,000 men and 200 guns have been captured. This may be compared to the British losses in the German counter offensive of December 14, 1917, when 6,000 men and 100 guns were captured.

The first reports of infantry fighting were indicative of an attempt on the part of the Germans to drive wedges into both sides of the Cambrai salient, isolate the British troops further east and regain the Hindenburg line from which they were driven on November 22, 1917, by General Byng’s sudden blow. Subsequent dispatches have proved that this was indeed the, plan of the German general staff. The fighting on the rest of the fifty mile front was but a side issue to thp terrific onslaugh aimed at Gauche wood and Lagnicourt, the south and noyth bases of the salient. There is no data upon which it is possible to estimate the success attained by the Germans to the south, but names of towns where the armies were battling on Friday show that on the northern side of the salient the Germans bent the British line back about two and a half miles. It was reported that St. Leger was the scene of a hard struggle and that Doignies had been retaken by the British. These points are about fouy kilometres or 2.48 fiiiles back of the British lines as they stood before the attack began. Berlin claims that British first line positions from Arras to Lafere were captured. The concentration of men and artillery on the British front as shown in official fronts demonstrations that the Germans are making a determined effort to smash the British front. Forty divisions or about 400,000 Teutonic troops are in the fight. The total number of cannon the Germans are employing cannot be estimated, but unofficial reports say that there were 1,000 guns on one small sector. Austrian and Bulgarian troops have made their appearance on the British front. The attack was launched under the eyes of Emperor William, Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Lurendorff, the three guiding spirits of the German war machine. The French report fighting in various sectors especially in Champagne and Lorraine.

RED CROSS MUSEUM OPEN UNTIL MONDAY

. One of the most interesting parts of the great Red Cross auction was the museum under the direction of John H. Holden. That there was such a rich store of rare relics in this county could hardly be imagined. People who visited this room remarked that the display was equal to that of some of the best they had ever seen. * It has been decided to keep _ the room open until . Monday and it'will be a treat for any whq have not seen this display to visit the Phillips music store on Washington street. The admission for adults is 25c and for children 10c. The money, of course, goes to the Red Cross.

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. Thi« order effective until further notice. Rensselaer Public Library Board, Per Judson J. Hunt. Pre.® TONIGHT . Eat Lunch With RED CROSS * THE LADIES WILL SERVE SOUP, PIE, CAKE AND COFFEE AT THE COURT HOUSE BEGINNING AT 5:30.

EARLY TO BED; EARLY TO RISE

WILL BE THE SLOGAN STARTING EASTER SUNDAY, ; MARCH 31. Beginning with Easter Sunday, which is but six days away, the entire United States will begin its work one hour earlier, than at the present time, although the clocks and watches of the country will show the same hour, the time pieces simply being forward one hour. Daylight will be saved and even. Old Sol will be brought into the conservation movement and his superior quality of light, that now partially goes to. waste, will be utilized. The congress of the United States has passed the daylight saving bill by a vote of 250 to 40, and the president has signed the bill and at 2:00 o’clock Easter morning, which is -March 31, the cloeks of the nation will be set forward one hour so the man who gets up at six o’clock in the morning will be hustling around at 5, but he will now know it for every clock and watch that has been properly reformed and reconstructed will show the same hour at six.

By Monday morning the country will have adjusted itself to the new order and be reaping the benefits of an extra' hour of sunlgiht in the after part of the day when their settled task is”done and they may work in their war garden or do the thousand commendable things that will come with the longer period between the close of the hours of regular toil and the setting of the son behind the western horizon. It is a commendable move in every particular and for a year, or more has been in operation in England, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Portugal, and this year Ireland and Australia have joined the daylight savers. The plan of the United States is that the clocks will be set back an hour on the last Sunday in October to be placed where they are now, as-. ter having taken advantage of the early coming 'of daylight in the spring and summer and autumn days of the year. »

NEW LIBERTY LOAN PLANS WILL BE KNOWN MONDAY

Washington, March 22.—Conditions of* the third Liberty Loan will be made public Monday by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in the form of recommendations to Congress on the size, interest rate and other features which will require legislation. After conferring all day with governors of federal reserve banks and chairmen of Liberty Loan camgaign committees, the secretary announced he would meet chairmen_ Kitchin of the House ways and means committee tomorrow and Would make his decision afterward. Some of the bankers and business men participating in the conference today advocated a loan of $5,000,000,000 or less at 4% per cent.

WAR SUMMARY.

A British fighting retirement out of the Cambrai salient appeals to be in progress, if not nearing cmpletion. The Germans ha-*e renewed their titanic drive on the fifty-mils front, launched by fully half a miliicn picked “shock” troops, deigned to cut intothe salient’s sides and Settle up, annihilate or capture the bulk of the British for- therein!! Berlin claims the capture of 16,000 prisoners and 200 guns, as well as tremendous stores of material.

Relatively, the abandonment of the Cambrai .wedge, which was today regarded a* a foregone conclusion, a* the result of the day’s developments, brings the advantage of a straightened line and thus goes far towardKre-establishing the strategical equilibrium on the Cambrai front. It was one of the ugliest positions for the defense on the entire west front, a hold-over from the reverse that followed Byng’s “tank” victory. The war’s fiercest battle raged all day. The British were confronted with odds such as probably no other ’single army has had to contend with in the whole conflict. Considering these odds and considering above all the ultimate objective the Germans had set themselves, Haig’s forces gave 'a splendid account of themselves. Terrific losses were inflicted on the dense on-surging masses of attacking Teutons. But the Teuton onslaught was so concentrated, so recklessly persistent, that the sanest, strategically and tactically wisest course for the British was to yield. Violent gun duels have developed further southward from LaFere, as far as Soissons. And Still further down, in the Champagne, on both sides of Rheims, and at Verdun, the big guns' are thundering forth a tune that betrays' evil intent. On the Italian front, both in the mountains and along the Piave, a battle has flared up; whether it is one of the major scale or merely a concerted infantry maneuver to keep the French and British auxiliary expedition there, is as yet unclear. Lively artillery action also is reported from the Macedonian theater. ' There is, indeed, a well defined theory in military quarters here that Hindenburg has scheduled for this year as imitation of the past great efforts of the entente: Simultaneous maximum pressure on all fronts, in the hope of locating, somewhere, sometime, a aveak spot that will permit a breakthrough.

' Tomorrow. WmUuT / Sunday fair and / \ warmer. I z IHr /j W UILLIARD’S !■’ Hats “WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT?” AND THEY WON’T BE JOKING, EITHER, WHEN THEY ASK; THEY’LL REALLY WANT TO KNOW. OUR NEW HATS ARE SO GOOD LOOKING; SO VERY STYLISH THAT THEY CAN’T HELP BUT ATTRACT ATTENTION. THE ONE PICTURED ABOVE WE HAVE IN THE FOLLOWING COLORS: WXX.X GBEEM. STEBZ, OBET. CHOCOLATE BBOWV. FOUR DOLLARS F I Xjj —GET ONE TONIGHT— ||

STATE BOARD SAYS JASPER COUNTY IS TOO LOW

Indianapolis, March, 21, 1918. Mr. G. L. Thornton, / Assessor Jasper County, Rensselaer, Indiana, i Dear Sir: We have your report on personal I property averages. We think you are low on every' item except perhaps the item of cattle and farm implements, and possibly household goods, which is a I little lower than we had expected. We would like for you to raise your assessment on horses, which you report at $67. Dekalb county reports an average of sll7 on horses, Dela-| ware S9O; Fountain $81; Franklin ! $81; Kosciusko S9O; Lake S9B; Put-1 nam SB3; Tipton SB4; Wabash $lO3, and Wayne $92. We give you these > figures so that you may see what you have to work to. In the matter of hogs and sheep, ’ which you have placed at $9 each,j we think the assessment on each of these classes of property should average sls. There is no better property this year than sheep and hogs, and at sls each would only mean that they average about 125 i pounds. We have been counting on a basis of sl6 per hundred, or sl2 ; a hundred net. On hogs, Blackford county reports sl6; Clinton sls; | Delaware sls; Fountain sl7; Hamil-’ ton sl6; Jay sl6; Madison sl3;' Union sl6 and Wayne sl7. On sheep, Hamilton county, Hancock and Lake each report sl4; Delaware sls; Randolph sl3; Shelby • sls, and Union sls. We have hoped the automoblie average this year would be S3OO, i assessed on the schedule You report only $209. Blackford; county reports $292; Clinton $279; Decatur $298; Delaware $300; Fountain $306; Franklin $297; Hamilton $278; Shelby $2Bl and Wabash $3Ol. Kindly get in touch with your assessors, Mr. Thronton, and see if you can not get higher assessments, especially on the classes that we have here indicated are low. We hope your next report will show a different condition. This may not be unlikely. Jasper' is too good a county not to show higher assessments than your report indicates. Very truly yours, STATE BOARD OF TAX COMMISSIONERS.

SATURDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mirs. J. C. Rice, of Goodland, underwent an operation for the removal of the appendix Friday night. Her condition today is very good. She is a patient of Dr. Kennedy, of Goodland, who assisted in the operation. Wm. Locke, of Remington, is recovering from his injuries quite satisfactory. Mirs. Grant Davisson is doing nicely. Uncle John Tyler, Wm. McElfresh and Harlow Peek, were able to leave the hospital. Mrs. Faye Clark and son, Robert, were able to go to their home today. The hospital has been full to overflowing. There has been seventeen patients while the normal capacity of the hospital is fifteen. Dr. Emil Besser, of Remington, was here today to look after his patient, Wm. Locke, who is here at the hospital.

About Constipation.

. Certain articles of diet tend to check movements of the bowels. The most common of these are cheese, tea and boiled milk. On the other hand raw fruits, especially apples and bananas, also graham bread and whole wheat bread promote a movement of the bowels. When the bowels are badly constipated, however, the sure way is to take one or two of Chamberlain’s Tablets immediately after supper. C

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WALTER SEEGRIST AT CAMP GRANT

Walter Seegrist, another of the patriotic young men from the northern part of Jasper county, is in the aviation division of the government service at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. Aviator Seegrist is a graduate of the Rensselaer high school and is. well and favorably known here. He spent a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Seegrist, at Tefft a short time ago. He expects to be ready for service at the front in about seven more months

HERE’S YOUR CHANCE.

That old set of silverware has commenced to look brassy so the New Princess Theatre—Hilliard & -Hamill—Larsh & Hopkins and J. S. Harris & Son, are going to give away Roger? Silverware, absolutely FREE—Tickets will be given you when you attend any show or buy gents furnishings or drugs or butter. This will continue through the entire year. So start saving tickets today and in a short time you will have a beautiful set of triple plate silverware.

DANGER.

We desire to call the attention of the parents a number of boys who are in the habit of jumping on our trucks while they ari% moving. This is very dangerous and we have seen a number of very serious accidents narrowly averted. We appeal to the parents and the boys in all kindness to stop this dangerous practice at once. F. E. WARNE, J. A. GRANT, Draymen.

BEAUTIFUL POTTED FLOWERS.

Have you seen those beautiful potted flowers of Holdens? Buy one today for mother. You wife would appreciate them, too.

JOHN H. HOLDEN.

Anyone wishing to see me will fin-i me in the Trust & Savings Bank oa Saturday afternoons.—H O. phone 134. See Chas. Pefley for trees, vines and shrubs of all kinds. Guarantee stock to grow or replace free of charge. For spring delivery.

STAR THEATRE Properly Presenting the Beet fa* Photoplays. TODAY Big Double Show-World Brady. Presents ETHEL CLAYTON in ‘STOLEN GOODS” MARGUERITE SNOW and KINGBAGGOTT THE EAGLE’S EYE’ The Star will be in charge of the Red Cross Saturday and their prices are Children lOe. Adults SSc. MONDAYEMMY WEHLAN “SOWERS AND REAPERS” A Metro wonder-play of a wife whe triumphed over intrigue. Admimdon TO*

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