Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1918 — Page 1

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LOOK AROUND THEN * ■■ -> • See our rugs and get our prices. We have more rugs than all the other stores in the county combined. W. J. WRIGHT

HUNS LOSE THREE TO ONE IN PRESENT DRIVE

London, March 26. —Following is an estimate of the ijumber of men engaged and the casualties in the west front drive, based oh the best obtainable information, but subject to official correction: German*. Total number engaged in last six days 1,250,000. Total number engaged daily, 850,000. Total casualties, 400,000. British. Total number engaged in last six days, 600,000. Total number engaged daily, 500,000. Total casualties, including German claim of 45,000 prisoners, 150,000. Note —Estimated casualties include killed, wounded and missing. Washington, March 26.—Estimates of military experts todhy are that the German loss in men on the western front has been somewhere between and 100,000 a day, and that theVtptal loss for the five days of the big offensive is 500,000.

NEW CASE FILED.

No. 8911. March 25. Arthur Brevo vs George M McHaffey estate. Disallowed claim. Frank Hershman, former trustee of Walker township and one of Jasper county’s substantial citizens was in Rensselaer today. His oldest son, Obal, is with the medical corps at Camp Funston, Kansas. Dr. H. L. Brown arrived home this morning* His wife and daughter will remain in the south for another month.

FOR MORE GARDENS.

W. D. Bringle was appointed 'by the Jasper county council of defense to see that all city and town vacant lotr 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 to bring forth a full harvest and let every man, woman and -child in ‘Rensselaer do his bit at gardening.

NEW PRINCESS THEATRE —BIGGEST STABS—BEST fKATS— Free Silverware Coupon* Every Bay. TONIGHT New Paramount. Charles Ray in “The Son of ‘ His Father” 10c and 15c. TKUBSDAT, March 28 Crane Wilber in ‘Blood of His Father’ 10c and 15c. FBXBAY, MABCB 29 Alice Joyce and Harry Morey in “The Courage of Silence” Also Good Comedy. AU SEATS lOC. SATURDAY, MAUCH 30— Mary Pickford “The Little Princess” 10c and 15e.

The Evening Republican.

OPERATIONS NET. STRANGER $5,000

E. H. ALFORD TO BE RETURNED HERE TO FACE CHARGES OF SWINDLE - / The following account is taken from today’s Chicago Herald: “A governor's warrant for the extradition of E. H. Alford of 6050 Stoney Island avenue was issued Tuesday by Acting Governor Oglesby. t “Alford is charged with having obtained $5,000 under false pretenses at Rensselaer, Ind., through the sale of stock in the National Home Building Company, a common law trust, alleged to operate in Illinois with its psinicipal office at Peoria. “Alford was represented by Michael L. Igoe, while assistant attorneys General Matthew Mills and R. S. Pruitt represented the state. The hearing was held in 'the Congress Hotel. Deputy Sheriff John Robinson brought a requisition for Alford from Governor J. P. Goodrich, of Indiana.

‘ “The case is the first in a co-oper-ative movement among the various states represented at a recent meeting in Chicago to curb the common aw trusts wnich are operating as a means of evasion of the ‘blue sky’ law,” said Mr. Mills. “As it is a test case it is probable that an application for a writ of habeus corpus will also be made before Alford is taken out of the state.” Ol—o—o The local authorities refuse to state at this time what Rensselaer citizen is the victim o| Alford’s operations, but have promised to give full details in the matter following the return of Deputy Robinson and his prisoner to this city.

. .Thia, the seventh day of the great German offensive on the western front, opened with the enemy apparently in check despite Berlin claims of a new phase of the battle opening with the allies in retreat on a wide front. Gen. Haig reported early today that the Germans were being held in check west of Roye and Noyon and that reinforcements were coming up rapidly, while at last reports the French line-was Standing like a rock against the Teuton assaults. Berlin claimed that the German armies were before the great base city of Albert. Nothing to confirm this claim was found in the London statements. The impression prevails in all the allied capitals that the entente counter blow will be launched without delay, though there is no indication as to whether it will come on the front now under attack by the Germans or on some other front the enemy has presumably drained of men and guns. .

YOUNG JASPER FARMER MARRIES MONTICELLO GIRL

Monticello Jurnal. Frank Austin “Garvin, aged 22, and Miss Mabel Viola Lancing, aged 18, were united in marriage Monday afternoon at three o’clock by Justice E. G. Mr. Garvin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Garvin, and is a farmer of Rensselaer. Miss Lancing is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lancing of Monon.

Onion sets 10c a gallon to 25c a gallon for choice stock at- storage, Saturday, March 80, at 8:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. B. Forsythe. Joseph Davisson- made a business trip to Hammond today.

WAR SUMMARY.

RENSSELAER,INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1948.

LOCAL YOUTHS MEET OVERTHERE

VERN DAVISSON MEETS SOME OF LOCAL BOYS WHO ARE IN RAINBOW DIVISION. The following letter has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Davisson from their son, Verne, who is in France, and tells of his meeting with some of the Jasper county boys in France, who are members of the Rainbow Division: ■ . February 23, 1918. Front. Dear Father and Mother: Received a letter from you today. Would have written you sooner, but we were ordered to get our cars ready for an (censored). We have been repairing our cars and receiving instructions as to, positions and manner to take in order to do the work rapidy and get the wounded taken care of in good shape, how to avoid the numerous places the Dutch were shelling, roads near batteries, etc. It was 'pulled three days ago, the big guns started in hammering about six hours before the infantry went over the top. The batteries had paved the way for them by shooting the “Boche” trenches, barbwire entanglements and abris all to pieces. Then the (censored) of all sizes put .up a terrible barrage, or curtain fire ahead of the infantry. The infantry followed just behind the barrage and the Dutch saw them coming and as many as could, fled back up the hill like ants. Those that were hemmed in by the barrage had to fight. They suffered big losses and the French brought back a good % number of prisoners. * * * ♦ ♦ Censored. Then after the attack was over we worked quietly a while longer, and got the wounded taken care of in good shape. I hauled some wounded “Boche” in my car. One of them sat in the seat beside me. I looked him over for souvenirs, but he had none—not even a hat. I was so busy hauling the wounded, load after load, that I had no time to look for souvenirs. Duvall got a number of them, overcoats, automatic pistols, etc. ♦ ♦ * Censored. The cannon fire was so heatfy and fierce we had to stuff our ears full of cotton to save our ear drums, as the big guns were all planted just at the edge of the road not twenty feet away. Some were on the wrong side of the road and we were obliged to drive right past the business end of them. Then they would shoot while we were opposite them. The shells would almost shake us off the road, the concussion was so great. The whole sector pulled through without a scratch. I’m not saying we were not excited a bit at times, but that is what we like as long as “Fritzy” shells don’t muss us up. The attack was a success and all went well. A good number of the prisoners were kept over night and the next night here close to our camp. We went down the next day and looked the “devils” over. We asked them how they liked the celebration, and they said they were glad to be prisoners and out of the war. They looked pitiful—dirty, ragged clothes and half starved. The majority of them had no hats, and their shoes were worn out. A person couldn’t help feeling a little sorry for the blood-thirsty rascals. They were anxious for the war to end. The French gave them hot coffee and a whole loaf of bread apiece and this sure made them look happy. Some of them were sure New York city had been captured by the Germans, and that their forces were marching into the interior of the United States. That is the stuff the Kaiser feeds his army on to keep their courage up. If the common soldiers knew what they were up against now they would stop fighting. Today the prisoners were taken to some other place farther behind the lines. A funny incident happened yesterday, which will'show you how closely they watch the captured “Fritzies.” We got a call to come to the place where the captives were to be takin to. Five of them were seriously wounded and we were ordered to take them to the hospital. They were still able to walk. I went with another driver to help get them, Four of them were put in our car, after which the back of the automobile was wired shut so they could not get out while on the trip. One sat on the seat accompanied by a military police. I guess that is using precaution, what? t Last night a division of the U. S. (censored) camped here in the same village our camp is in, and, as luck would have it, they were all from Indiana. Three of them were from Rensselaer, or from close by. I talked with Howard Ames, William Reed and Wesley Hurley. The Ames boy told me his brother was in “The Fatherland,” and that he likes his work fine. Reed and Hurley looked fine and were feeling good. They have not been on the front, but think they will be soon. They are with (censored). It seems great to talk to some one from home. I think there are some more of the Rensselaer boys close by, and I think I know where Willie Potts is and will try and visit him soon. We have not had it so cold here as you -have had there. Lately . the weather has been good, but it is rainy and muddy. I received the three pain of .locks,

TUETON DRIVE IS WEAKENED

HOUR IS CLOSE AT HAND FOR ALLIES TO LAUNCH COUNTER ATTACK. After six days of fighting, the German offensive in France is beginning to show signs of losing its momentum, The progress of the enemy materially slackened and the form of the dent made in the allied line west of Cambria has begun to resemble the familiar wedge like salient instead of the broad straighforward movement of an offensive which carries -all before it. At its apex this wedge has gone beyond Albert to the south of that place and is to the westward of the old allied line as it stood a year ago when Von Hindenburg began his “strategic retreat.” From this point the line runs off to the northwest at a gentle angle with the line to the south running back until it reaches the Oise river. In spite of tremendous exertions and terrible losses, the German effort to widen the tip of this salient were defeated on Tuesday. The British lines have stood firm to the north and have forced the Germans to turn southward toward the point of least resistance.

Official statements issued at London confirm the report from Berlin that American forces are engaged in the struggle. They are reported as fighting “shoulder to shoulder” with the French and British in the region of Roye, on the southern side of the salient driven into the allied front. There has been no official report sent to .Washington as to the identity of these troops who are taking part in this greatest battle in history. With the slackening of the German pace there come indications that the allies are ready to strike back somewhere along the front. Just where this blow will be launched will not be known until it is struck, but it may be expected that its impact will be terrific. It is known that the allied war council at Versailles created a great strategic reserve of men to be used in just the emergency which confronts the armies which have borne the brunt of the fighting since last Thursday morning. This force probably will be launched when and where it is believed it will break the force of the German onslaught and send the enemy reeling back over the desert from which the British have slowly withdrawn.

Rev. J. H. Saylor and wife left today for Burke, S. Dakota, where they will again make their hoine in the west. They have a large number of friends here, who are very sorry to have them leave Rensselaer. They made the change with the hope of improving Mrs. Saylor’s health.

HAVE YOU YOUR TICKET FOR THE BIG RED CROSS. EASTER DANCE?

and they fit fine. The sweater and naper® were received yesterday. That was the first newspaper I had received from home. The sleeping bag I received about two months ago is surely wonderful. You surely are not getting my letters, for I have told you three times that I have received the bag. I received a letter from Rensselaer asking me if I was’dead. The party had heard that I had been killed; Well, if I have. I am a pretty live “dead one.” I have thought I was a good many times, but didn’t quite make it. I want to see the Kaiser ‘!tu-a,” or “a La. Mort.” Received the gloves, stationery, pictures, cookies, nuts, > tobacco, candy, soap, fruit, cakes and almonds: Many thanks to all. I put in my application for SIO,OOO army insurance on the last day. As yet J have not heard from it. . I lost my fountain pen and am using a borrowed one. It is impossible to get a decent one here. If you will send me one I will thank you for it. “That’s a good one.” A package of cookies, two or three times a month would also be very acceptable. They are great stuff to take out to the post jn the car. We quite often miss our meals out there. Sam is still with me. We are feeling fine and now consider ourselves professional bullet dodgers. Sam is second mechanic of this section. We got ten more men in the section before the attack. I guess they thought some of us were going to get “winged,” hut we fooled them. We have thirty-six good men now. I will close, hoping this finds you all well. Your loving son, VERNE.

Tomorrow’s Wo»th«r Thursday Fair and Slightly Warmer. GREEN W MOST EVERY ONE likes green hats J l{|‘ j and ties. (Irish included). DID YOU EVER realize just how IV HU good looking a green suit is? |» Ij JUST TAKE A PEEP at the green I II suits in our windows — ; NOW HONEST! Are they not ex- F ij ceptionally nice? A WOULD’NT YOU LOOK GOOD IN ONE? They are fer sale! Hilliardl I[ | —NEW THINGS FIRST— | J.J,

TELL US TRUTH INSISTS LODGE

MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR DECLARES ONE YEAR HAS BEEN WASHED.' Washington, March 26. —With the fate of the war “trembling in the balance,” Senator Lodge, Republican, of Massachusetts, today denounced as a “crime” the government’s “refusal to inform the people of America’s peril.” . Compulsory military training was advocated by Mr. Lodge, who urged adoption of the amendment to the selection law, introduced by Senator New, of Indiana, providing for the training of boys between the ages of 18 and 21 years. . U A lasted year is behind us. he exclaimed in a passionate speech before the Senate. “Our sector of the front in France is undefended from the air. There is not a single Ameri-' can combat plane in France, though we’ve spent $840,000,000 in the last year.” This fact is well known, he said, to the Germans. «. “Our gallant allies are holding back the German advance at terrible cost. In this dark hour it is a crime to keep from the American people facts well known to the enemy.” Continuing his assault o nthe airplane program, Mr. Lodge said: “I think we have sent one plane. It may be bn the way now. The Liberty motor, the heavy one, may be developed for bombing planes, but the light one it not suitable for fighting planes. “We’ve no American guns in France. When we decided to make French 75s we wasted six golden months trying to improve the recoil —the best recoil in the world, by all the experts, Six months wasted and not a gun in France! “We’ve turned out two American ships. True, we have commandeered some ships, but we’ve only built two new ones.

“It is to the last degree painful to say these things, but they are the truth. They are there to be dealt with cold, hard facts. The truth—tell it to the American people. They should no longer be misled about what we are about to do. Tell the facta. That will arouse the genuine grim American spirit. “Tell them exactly where we are today. The world looked to us a year ago to save the situation, to come to tii? rescue. We have not. ‘The only re' es 1 see is an appeal to American spirit, and you can't arouse that if -vu deceive them We may be fightin? before lung for e < scei ce as an independent nation “The time has gone by when it is right to keep silent. I, for one American, want my people to know what the true situation is.”

TENDERED POSITION OF SPORTING EDITOR OF TIMES

Howard Clark, a member of The Republican staff, received a telegram from the Hammond Times Tuesday, tendering him the position of sporting editor of that paper. However, Lefty probably will not accept at this time as he is subject to draft and will no doubt be called soon.

BEAUTIFUL POTTED FLOWERS.

Have you seen those beautiful potted flowers of Holden’s Buy one today for mother. Your wife would appreciate them, too. John H. Holden, Flcrist

If you have a house for rent, rent it through the Classified column of The Republican.

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GARY JUDGE RULES THE PROHIBITION LAW VALID

Gary, Ind., March 25.—The Indiana state-wide prohibition law was declared constitutional here today by Superior Court Judge C. E. Greenwald in the suit of Valentine Pizarki against Prosecuting Attorney Clyde Hunter for an injunction against enforcement of the measure. The case will go to the supreme court on appeal immediately. The case differs from the Evansville, Fort Wayne and Terre Haute cases, in that liquor interests here and not brewers instituted the proceedings. However, the case will be partially consolidated with the Evansville case when the latter is heard by supreme court April 2, the date the prohibition law becomes effective.

METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.

The pastor will preach again at the Methodist church this evening. The sermon theme will be “The Meaning of Decipleship.” Come and bring a friend with you. Only those who attend these services will be benefited by them. These meetings should take precedence over any social obligation. i

SERVICE AT MILROY.

Revival services every night this week. Preaching Sunday morning and Sunday night by Rev. W. E. Houghton, of Franklin.

BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday, March 31. 9:30 a. m. Sunday school. 10:45 a. m. Easter program by the , Sunday school. SERVICES AT PARR. 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. 2:00 p. m. Baptismal service. 6:45 p. m. Christian Endeavor. ‘ 7:00 p. m. Preaching.

You are invited to look through our line of coats, suits and silk or wool dresses. Rowles A Parker. 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. Pddgitt, phone 65. Good clean onions 50c a bushel, 25c for a half bushel. Culls to five away, Saturday, March 30. B. Forsythe. STAR THEATRE Properly Presenting the Beet in Photoplay*. ®Y EDNA GOODRICH in “A DAUGHTER OF MARYLAND" Splendidly staged with wonderfully beautiful scenes. This attraction* will make a hit with you. HELEN HOLMES in "THE LOST EXPRESS” The final chapter. See who locate* the express, who marries Helen, and What becomes of the syndicate. ad*ri**i<m 10c. TOMORROW—EMMY WEHLEN and AUGUSTUS PHILLIPS "MISS ROBINSON CRUSOE” A Metro Wonderplay of intrigue, adventure and romance. ■ mntelen Me. FRIDAY— The Big Photoplay Special. "CLEOPATRA” ■ The super feature deluxe in 8 part*. - ’ A feature that everyone wiU enjoy. A. 11 splendid production wonderfully staged (with beautiful scenic effect*. I Admission 10c and 15c.

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