Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1918 — Page 1

IMWDKTM UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

No. 67.

LOOK AROUND THEN .' ■' . • ’ • . . ' 1 J JSee our rugs and get our prices. We have more rugs than all the other stores in the county combined. W. J. WRIGHT

TEN SELECTS TO LEAVE

FRIDAY AT ELEVEN O’CLOCK FOR CAMP TAYLOR, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. By Friday evening Jasper county will be represented by ten snore selected men at (Jamp Taylor, Kentucky, who will leave here Friday morning on the eleven o’clock train for the southern cantonment. The local conscription board received word Wednesday to send the entire quota March 29. The men who will go into service tomorrow are: JOSEPH W. REEVES. , GEORGE DONNELLY. GUY C. PEEK. LONNIE E. DOWELL. LLOYD SHERMAN PARKS. PAUL A. KARR. JESSE GRIMM. LESLIE ZELLARS. HERBERT L. BOZELLE. FRANK JOHN BOES. The men in the ten per cent call, who are to go to Fort Hamilton, N. Y., are ordered to leave this city on April 3.

If anyone who has had the misfortune to Idse stock during the cold spell will notify us, we will be glad to call and get it. A. L. I’adgitt, phone 65. *Good clean onions 50c a bushel, 25c for a half bushel. Culls to give away, Saturday, March 30. B. Forsythe. If you need a livery car, for long or short drives, call phone 340 or 527 but get your coat on before you call.

NEW PRINCESS THEATRE —BIGGEST STARS—BEST BEATS— Ere* Silverware Coupon* Every Day. TONIGHT _ Crane Wilber In ‘Blood of His Father’ AU SEATS lOC. Friday, March 29th. Blue Ribbon Feature. Ben Christie in “Blind Justice” 7 Acts—Also Comedy—B Reels In All. 10c and 15c. Saturday, March 30th. ‘ New Artcraft. Mary Pickford “The Little Princess” Fax gj a K IMhf |b ;| ' bw " i A- y *<v; >: : 3 wX ' I Pickford I .< 1 «The Little Prmcesr' 1 *" AgTCBAfT PICTUCC I g SXB J 10c and 15c.

The Evening Republican.

MCCULLOUGH IS BIG LOSER

CLAIMS STOCK BOUGHT OF METHODIST PREACHER IS BLUE SKY. I Elbert H. Alford, mentioned as having had a hearing yesterday at the Congress Hotel, Chicago, on an extradition warrant,* is under indictment in thjs county on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He is charged with having obtained $5,000 from Ira O. McCullough, who formerly owned a good farm west of this city, by means of a confidence game, or false and fraudulent representations in connection with the sale of stock in an institution known as the National Home Building Association. It is said that Alford, who is a cousin of McCullough, was formerly a Methodist preacher; that he and his wife came here while McCullough was living on his farm and by means of representations that the Home Building Association was a growing concern with over $400,000 worth of business on the books, and in a flourishing condition, McCullough was induced to sell his farm and invest the proceeds in the stock of the asssociation. That upon his removal to Chiago and making an investigation, McCullough discovered that the association was without any tangible assets and was not transacting any business; that James P. Fritze, president of the Association and orgiinator of the scheme under which they pretended to be working, had been in trouble with the postal’ authorities on charges of misuse of the mails, and the stock of the association was of no value whatever. As soon as McCullough discovered the true character of the association and its promoters, he severed his connection with it and has been making an effort to secure restitution of his money. Alford was indicted by the"*grand jury at the November term and it is reported that Fritze and his system are under investigation by the authorities of Cook county, and that this will be one of a senes of prosecutions which will be instituted in an effort to prevent further sales of “blue sky” or worthless stocks.

Mrs. H. I. Adams has recevied word from her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Saylor, of near Mitchell, South Dakota, that Miss Elizabeth Adams had arrived at their home on March 23. Mr. and Mrs. Saylor now have a family of eleven children, ten boys and one girl.

BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS.

The public library i* collecting book* for the war service libraries in cantonments, camps, post forts, naval stations, on vessels and overseas. Will every one take time today to look over hi* books and send all he thinks the boys can use, hundreds of thousands are needed. DO IT NOW.

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.

TEN TO ONE.

FOR MORE GARDENS.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, March 28, 1918.

RUSH U. S. MENLLOYD GEORGE

BRITISH PREMIER ASKS THAT U. S. SEND MEN AT ONCE—ONLY THE BEGINNING. New York, March 27.—A message from David Lloyd George, premier of Great Britian, calling upon the United States to send American reinforcements across the Atlantic in the shortest space of .time, was read tonight by Lord Reading, British high- commissioner to the United States, at a dinner given here in his honor.

“We are at the crisis of the war, attacked by an immense superiority of German troops,” said the premier in his message. “Our army has been forced to retire. The retirement has been carried out methodically before the pressure of a steady succession of fresh Geman reserves which are suffering enormous losses. “The situation is being faced with splendid courage and resolution. The ,dogged pluck of our troops has for the moment checked the ceaseless onrush of the enemy and the French have now joined in the struggle. But this battle, the greatest and most momentous in the history of the world, is only just beginning. Throughout it the French ahd British are buoyed with the knowledge that the great republic of the west will neglect no effort which can hasten its troops and its ships to Europe. • - . “In war, time is vital. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of getting American reinforcements across the Atlantic in the shortest space of time.” The dinner, which was given by the Lotus club in honor of Lord Reading, was the most largely attended of any. ir. the history of the organization. The strength of the great German offensive in France apparently is fast diminishing. On the seventh day of the titanic battle there were strong indications that the enemy was feeling materially the strain he had undergone" and that his power had been greatly impaired though bard usage. While the twon of Albert has been captured from the British and west of Roye the French have been compelled to give ground in the face of greatly superior numbers, the British have repulsed heavy attacks, both north and south otf the Somme, and also driven back of the Ancre river the Germans, who forced the stream Wednesday. The British gains between the Somme and Ancre regions are represented by the recapture of the towns of M’orlancourt and Chipilly. South of the Somme they have advanced to Proyart. which lies to the south of Bray. All along the fifty-mile front; from the region of Arras to the south of the Oise near Noyon the effects of what was to have been the final stroke to end the war in a victory for .the Teutons are only too plainly evident in ,the devastation "of the countryside and the wreck and ruin of the towns, villages and hamlets through which the armies have passed. Westward from where the old battle line reared itself the Germans everywhere have pushed forward for material gains, but with foes before them who fought with the greatest bravery and stubborness and ceded no ground uhless recompensed at usurious rates in men killed, wounded or made prisoners. ' . It is estimated that in the great attacks dedivered in mass formation more than four hundred thousand of the nearly a million men the Germans threw into the fray are dead, wounded or in the hands of their foes.

Anyone wishing to see me will find me in the Trust & Savings bank on Saturday afternmms. H. 0. Harris, phone 134. ABUNDANCE OF MONEY I can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate is 5 per cent and my limit is SIOO per acre. —P. D. Wells. Morocco, Ind. Republican Want Ads Pay. gr SEND YOUR DAMAGED TIRES HERE to be vulcanized. Then there will be no sign of puncture or tear, nothing to indicate the tires ever were damaged. No patches, no plugs. Just the edges of the break brought together and welded into completeness. It’s the only right way to repair tires and like everything else, the best is the cheapest « . MILNER’S TIRE SHOP Phone 218. East Side Courthouse Square. Renwefaer, Indiana.

ISSUE FUEL REGULATIONS

STATE FUEL ADMINISTRATOR DESIGNATES RETAIL COAL PRICES. UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINIS-TRATION-FEDERAL FUEL ADMINISTRATOR FOR INDIANA, 227 FEDERAL BUILDING, INDIANAPOLIS. MAXIMUM GROSS MARGIN FOR JASPER, COUNTY, IND. All retail prices and retail gross margins heretofore designated for Jasper County, Indiana are rescinded and a maximum retail gross margin of $1.70 per ton of coal or coke is designated in lieu thereof. Effective at the beginning of business April 1, 1918. Approved: EVANS WOOLLEN, Federal Fuel Administrator for Ind. J. A. BOUSLOG, ‘ Examiner Federal Trade Com. In accordance with the above order made by Evans Woollen, Federal Fuel Administrator for Indiana and J. A. Bouslog, examiner for the Federal Trade Commission, the retail dealers of this county will not be permitted to sell coal at retail for more than $1.70 per ton on a gross margin basis. In other words, $1.70 per ton may be added to the wholesale price of coal, plus freight and the war taxes added. To illustrate, the price of Indiana lump coal is $2.65 at’the mines, add to this the freight of $1.07 and a 3c war tax, makes the cost to the dealer $3.75, to this price may be added $1.70 gross margin, making a total of $5.45 per ton to the consumer. Included in the $1.70 gross margin ds 50c per ton delivery charge, binning charge, shrinkage in transportation, certain overhead expenses in handling oal, depreciation of plant and equipment and the dealers profit. Any {>urchaser who desires and does deiver his own coal to his own bins may secure the same at a reduction of 50c per ton. The delivery charge of 50c per ton does not include the extra cost of delivery where -jt is necessary to carry the coal from “the wagons to the bins. As fuel administrator for this county I urge all consumers of coal within my jurisdiction to supply themselves with coal for the coming season, as it will not only be a, convenience to yourself but a patriotic duty that each individual owes to the government at this particular crisis. If any person is without coal during the coming winter season at a time when it will be impossible for the railroads to deliver coal, do not blame the fuel administrator, but blame yourself. The federal fuel administrator has formulated a set of rules relative to the coal for the coming season which will be published for. the guidance of all concerned. B. F. FENDIG, Fuel Administrator for Jasper Co., Indiana.

DANCE PROGRAM, APRIL 2.

Selection ... High School Orchestra Voice Marjorie Longhridge Violin soloM. J. Wagner Voice • Alice Thomas Voice ... Mrs. Sol Spiegel Reading ... Mrs. Harvey Messman Voice Ruth Wood Talk John A. Dunlap Voice Miss Ann Leonard Musical reading. . Mass Pearl Morris Accompanist, Miss Bartoo, of Remington Voice Mrs. Everett Graham Piano Trio Helen Parkinson Linnie Bird Rains 'Lenora Carr

The World’s Greatest Spectacle ANTONY and CLEOPATRA AT THE STAR THEATRE FRIDAY, MCH. 29 In 8 massive and magnificent parts. This production has never been equaled in richness and splendor. Don’t Fail To See It AT THE STAR ON FRIDAY Admission 10 & 15c.

Tomorrow*! Weather Cloudy and probably rain. Here’s A Funny Thing— THE FEWER SUITS WE SELL A MAN, THE MORE BUSINESS WE DO. OUR BUSINESS INCREASES right along and yet we sell fewer x clothes to each individual customer. THE ANSWER to the riddle is really very simple. THE SUIT WE SELL YOU W-E-A-R-S? IT WEARS TWICE as long, looks twice as good and costs a very little more than ordinary clothing. Hilliairt&Hamil I ——EASTER SUITS $lB TO s3s—

UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION FOR INDIANA.

To County Fuel Administrators: 1. On and after April 1, 1918, the jobber’s compensation, if any, must come out of the government price at the mine and may not be added to it. 2. And all anthracite coal bought between April 1 and September 1 there will be a reduction of thirty cents a ton in the F. O. B. government mine price. 3. Every'consumer should be urged to place at once with his regular dealer an order for his reasonable requirements for the year ending March 21, 1918. Coal will not be supplied through this office after March 18, 1918. 4. Until further notice no domestic consumer of coal or coke may purchase, receive, or otherwise take possession of, more ooal or coke than is required for his actual and necessary requirements prior to March 31, 1919. if such consumer already has a quantity on hand he may receive only such additional amount as will make up his actual and necessary requirements proper to that date. 5. No person, firm, association or corporation, whether acting alone or in conjuncture with others, may directly or indirectly, provide any domestic consumer of coal or coke with more coal or coke before March 31, 1919, than necessary, with the amount already on hand, to meet the actual and necessary requirements of such consumer prior to that date.

6/ On and after April 1, 1918 and until further notice no retail dealer may, unless authorized by the federal fuel administrator for Indiana, deliver or cause to be delivered to any domestic consumer more than two-thirds of his normal annual requirements of anthracite coal until each domestic consumer who has placed his order with said dealer and is willing to receive delivery of the same has received two-thirds of his normal annual requirements for the year ending March 31, 1919; provided, however, that orders of six tons or less may be filled in full. 7. Car load or barge load lots' may not be delivered to a single domestic consumer or to a groupe of consumers except with the permission of the county fuel administrator.

8. Dealers shall file with the county fuel administrator on the first of each month, a statement containing the. names and addresses of consumers to whom deliveries have been made firing the previous month and the quantity delivered to each. 9. An inspection system to enforce the mining of clean coal is being established by the United States Administration. Under the regulations, the district representative, Mr. Charles G. Hall, Terre Haute, will have charge of the system in Indiana. 10. It is desired that on and after April 1, 1918, there be in effect no orders establishing conservation restrictions, except those issued from Washington through this office. EVANS WOOLLEN, Federal Fuel Administrator for Ind.

When You Have a Cold

It is when you have a severe eold that you appreciate the good quilities of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Mrs. Frank Crocker,, Pana, DI., “Our five-year old son Paul caught a severe cold last winter that settled on his lungs and he had terrible coughing spells. We were greatly worried about him as the medicine

we gave him did not help in the least A neighbor spoke so highly of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy that I got a bottle of it The first does benefited him so much that I continued giving it to him until he was cured.” C

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GOODRICH TO VISIT HOOSIER SOLDIERS

Indianapolis, March 27.—Governor James P. Goodrich, Mrs. Goodrich and the governor’s staff will leave v Indianapolis early tomorrow morning for visit .to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and Camy Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., at both of which Indiana men are stationed and New Orleans and Baton Rouge, La. The governor and his party will spend tofiiorow at Camp Taylor and will reach Hattiesburg Friday ~ evening. The party will leave Hattiesburg Sunday at noon for New 'Orleans. From New Orleans the governor will go to Baton Rouge, where he will call on the governor of Louisiana. The party will leave New Orleans on the return trip on the morning of April 3. The party consists of twentyeight persons.

LIEUTENANT HURLEY BEAM RETURNS TO AMERICA

Lieutenant Hurley Beam, son of Mt. and Mrs. W. H. Beam, has returned to America after spending several months in the war zone, according to a wire received here Wednesday from him from Hoboken, N. J. Lieutenant Beam expected to be in Chicago last night. The occasion of his return to this country is not known, but it is assumed that he has been returned here to aid in training troops for their oversea duties.

ABE MARTIN.

Who remembers th’ time when, if a feller could make 50 cents an hour, you’d have t’ shoot him t’ get him off th’ job? You kin put it down that th’ feller that’s keepin’ still these day is afraid o’ gettin’ arrested.

BE SURE TO GET A GIRL FOR THE EASTER DANCE TUESDAY NIGHT!

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