Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1918 — Page 1

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No. 104.

MIRRORS Every Home Can Use An Extra MIRROR See Our Window W. J. WRIGHT • «r '

COMRADE REEVE ANSWERS CALL

CIVIL WAR VETERAN CALLED TO THE GREAT BEYOND. W. W. Reeve, one of Rensselaer’s most respected citizens, died at his home in this city this Friday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock. He had been sick for a short time with pneumonia. The deceased was born in Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1836. He was in service in the civil war and is survived by children, Edward and Clara, of this city, and Clyde, of New York state.

WAR SUMMARY.

Heavy artillery fire in Picardy today is believed to presage a prompt renewal of the German offensive against Amiens. Dispatches from the front say that the cannon are roaring with ever increasing intensity and that all the signs of quick movement on the part of the Germans are present. Von Hindenburg’s “strong local attack” in Flanders, reported yesterday, has gained the Germans nothing but losses. Field Marshal Haig reports today that his position on the five-mile front attacked has been completely restored. A slight German success at Albert is reported, together with increased activity on the front held by the Americans before Amiens. In the east, Berlin reports that German troops have reached and occupied Rostov, the great port at the mouth of the River Don. There are indications that the German cleannup of the Ukraine is about finished. artillery fire is reported from the Italian front.

Mrs. P. R. Blue, wife Blue, came down from Weatfield this afternoon.

WAR MOTHERS BENEFIT.

Hon. Edward Barrett, state geologist of Indiana, will give his lecture and picture show on the beauty spots of Indiana at the Gaiety; May 16. Tickets 25c. Come everybody and help this worthy cause. »

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The Evening Republican

JUDGE ROBERT M. VAN NATTA DEFEATED

Judge Robert M. VanNatta, son of Mr. and Mrs. John VanNatta, of this city and a former .Rensselaer resident, a graduate from the Rensselaer high school and a former teacher in the schools of the county, was defeated for re-nomination for judge of the Delaware-Grant county superior court last Tuesday. The Indianapolis News has the following in reference to Judge Van Natta’s defeat: “While the nomination of Robert F. Murray, a young Muncie lawyer, for judge of the Delaware-Grant county superior court on the Republican ticket, over the present judge, Robert M. Van Natta, of Marion, had been virtually conceded by Van Natta’s friends on the night of the primaries, Judge Van Natta’s stock rose steadily as out precincts in Grant county began to report yesterday, and when all precincts from aoth counties had finally sent in their figures, it Was discovered that Murray’s majority was only eightynine votes. “Judge Van Natta, who will have held the office continuously for eight years at the end of his present term, wired his congratulations to Murray and promised to work for Murray’s success at the polls in the election. This contest attracted much attention in both the counties concerned. Judge Van Natta has been the only judge of this court since it was created by the legislature. “Murray’s Democratic opponent ‘is Trank Feely, a Muncie lawyer and formerly judge of the city court lere. Grant and Delaware counties normally are strongly Republican, and the Republican nomination is usually regarded as equivalent to an election.”

MORE ABOUT CLIFFORD H. OGLE IN FRANCE

Monticello Journal. News of the serious injury of Clifford H. Ogle, of White county, now fighting with the American forces in France, reached this city last Saturday. Mr. Ogle is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ogle, residing four and one-half miles north of Idaville, in Jackson township. They were notified by' telegram which read: “Private Clifford H. Ogle, severely woifnded in action April 30.” The telegram came from the war department at Washington. " Mr. Ogle was a member of the 16th Infantry, Company G. He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky, April 24, 1917, and landed in France June 26th. He is perhaps the first White county boy to land on French soil member ,of the American army. Since reaching France he has written home regularly and his letters have always been full of cheerful news to his parents and relatives. A few weeks ago the Herald published a letter from him. The last word received from him by his folks here was written March 28. . The Ogle family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Ogle, five sons and two daughters, moved to white county from Jasper county about one year ago, and in this county the young man made his home until he left to enlist in the army. No additional information concerning young Ogle’s condition or the nature Of his injury has been received by the family, who of course are very anxious for more complete information. Mr. Ogle is twenty years of age.

LOSES HARD FIGHT WITH DEATH

Judson Michals, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michals, who has made a heroic fight against the ravages of what proved to be a fatal attack of pneumonia, died at the home of his parents in Reynolds, at 7:00 o’clock Friday evening, May 9. Short funeral services will be held at the home of his parents at 8:30 o’clock Saturday morning. - Interment will be made in the* Egypt cemetery at 11:00 a. m. Sat-

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 10, IM*

CYCLONE DOES MUCH DAMAGE

STRONG WIND DOES CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. Rensselaer and vicinity was visited by what threatened to be one of the worst storms in many years. About midnight a teriffic gale passed over the city falling trees and otherwise destroying property. Fortunately no lives were lost and no one was reported injured. In front of the W. H. Parkison residence, a mammbuth tree was uprooted and tore down telephone and electric wires also blocked the traffic. A large tree in the yard at W. H. Beam fell upon his porch with a crash which to Mrs. Beam sounded like the explosion of the Hun’s largest bomb, but, Mr. Beam was able to sleep through the storm undisturbed. The residence of Mrs. George Gorham was struck by a- part of the roof off of a coal shed belonging to the Rensselaer Lumber Company. A tree in the yard slacken the force of the moving roof or the entire front of the house would have been destroyed. As it was all the windows were broken out.

Many families in the city felt the awful force of the gale and momentarily expected their houses to be wrecked. Outside of the city there was considerable damage done. The heaviest loss we have heard of was sustained at the Fred Lihback farm near Pleasant Ridge. Here the windmill and corn crib were blown down. A good wagon was severely damaged, also a manure spreader. The big barn was slipped about a half foot off the fundation and a stack of hay was scattered to the four winds. A brooder containing over a hundred young chickens was destroyed and the chickens killed. Considerable damage was done to the building on the farm occupied by Arthur Miller. The orchard on the Jones farm was almost gained. The wind was accompanied by a' very severe electric storm. The telephone wires were blown down and the Monon trains were being proceeded by as the block system had bfcen disorganized by the storm. The railroad wire was out of commission for some time. Up to about 2:00 p. m. the Western Union office wire was open and no telegrams had been sent or received. The Jasper County Telephone company again suffered a pretty severe loss. Many of the wires in the city that lead to the country were down and several places in the county the lines are twisted up in pretty Lad shape. In Illinois and lowa the property loss by the storm is estimated to be many thousands of dollars.

GERMANS TELL NEUTRAL NATIONS TO LOOK OUT

“If there are any still thinking of siding with the allies, let them take warning from the fate of others,” says the warning. It is in the form of a circular, which recites the amount of booty seized in France and Belgium, the number of churches damaged and destroyed, the money wrung from the stricken inhabitants and finally, the deliberate mistreatment of English 'prisoners of war. _4}erman propagandist have flooded Spain with this document printed in Spanish and copies have come into the possession of the state department. Having established its German origin, the department last night made public this translation: “Besides an untold amount of war material captured on the battle field, the Germans have taken possession of incalculable booty in France and Belgium. “Due to the treachery Of Cardinal Mercier and other priests who did their utmost to stir the priests against the good hearted German soldiers, they were forced to teach a severe lesson to the Belgian and French Catholics. “As a result of the stupid stubborness of the Belgian people in continuing the struggle after their bloody and final defeat on the battlefield, the German officers were forced, against their will, to impose punishment on many rich individuals aftd wealthy cities.”

BRITISH SINK CRUISER VINDICTIVE

London, May 10.—Britich naval forces carried out another brilliant and successful coup last night. They dashed down upon the Belgian coast and barred the seaway to the important submarine base at Ostend by sinking the cruiser Vindictive across the entrance to the harbor. The operation was similar to that at Zeebrugge on April 22nd, when that submarine nest was made ineffective by the sinking of block ships. |

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 1100 per acre.—P. D. Wells. Morocco. Ind.

Dr. J. H. Hansson has opened a show room where Fred Hemphill’s blacksmith shop was.

OFFICIAL RETURNS

THE FOLLOWING IS THE VOTE RECEIVED BY THE SEVERAL CANDIDATES. Congressmen. William R. Wood, R 990 George E. Hershman, D. ... 417 Prosecuting Attorney. James E. Murphy, R 1020 C. Arthur Tuteur, D 394 Joint Senator. William Brown, R. 794 C. 0. Holmes, D 174 D. M. Kinder, R 105 F. G. Lisius, R 61 Frank Mcllroy, R 106 T. J. Sullivan, D 389 Joint Representative. G. H. Van Kirk, R 136 Burke Walker, Ry 197 W. L. Wood, R. 879 Lawrence Burns, D. ....... 380 Clerk. R. L. Budd, R. : 264 Jesse Nichols, R .1008 A. D. Hershman, D 399 . Auditor. S. C. Robinson, R 1075 F. F. Alter, D 395 ? ' County Assessor. G. L. Thornton, R 1042 George W. Casey, D 384 County Commissioners. Second District. Bert Amsler, R 984 O. K. Rainier, D 386 Third District. Charles A. Welch, R 993 W. H. Wortley, D 369 County Councilmen. At-Large. H. W. Jackson, R. 907 George M. May, R. 995 E. E. Pullins, R 974 John Farrell, D. 370 C. W. Paxton, D. 369 Robert Zick, D 353 First District. E. M. Hart, R. ..... 351 Second 'District. Wash Cook, R. ............ 176 Sam Scott, D 86 Third District. T. J. Prouty, R.' 263 Percey Hauter, D 135 Fourth District. Webster Browdy, R 170 Charles W. Harner, D 57 Treasurer. John Biggs, R 1096 W. D. Bringle, D 391 Sheriff. L. A. Harmon, R. 83 Gail Michals, R . 425 • J. E. Robinson, R 331 True Woodsworth, R 529 W. I. Hoover, D. .......... 322 Vern Jacks, D 107 Coronor. w. J. Wright, R 1158 Leo Worland, D. ... 393 Surveyor. E. D. Nesbit,. R :.....1113

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WAR DRIVE

Encouraging reports from over the cqpnty are reaching headquarters of the local Knights of Columbus war drive workers. Thursday’s reports show Jasper well over half her assigned quota. It is very gratifying to the committee in charge the way every one is contributing to this worthy cause. , It shows that the people of Jasper county realize that war welfare work cannot be overdone. Every welfare organization in war work today is working to the limit of its financial and human resources, yet they canhot do all that needs be done. Recreation buildings at the training camps and huts in France are inadequate in size to accommodate the crowds who flock to them. More buildings, more trained secretaries and more money tp obtain both is one of the great growing needs that only the public with its can supply. “EVERYBODY WELCOME” is the sign emblazoned on every Knights of Columbus center and but. The doors are open wide to Protestants, Catholic, Hebrew, white or colored. It is here that they gather after military duties are over for the day, to pass their time writing letters back home, seeing moving pictures, reading magazines and newspapers, hearing lectures, and holding their “sings.” A Knights of Columbus recreational hall is both club house and home to the boys in khaki, and thousands of them at this moment are participating in the cordial hospitality and and good fellowship which prevails under these roofs. Whatever his creed, his kind, or his color, a soldier’s welcome to a K. of C. social center is assured. The secretaries in charge do not concern themselves with sectarian questions. Catholics, Protestants and Hebrews use the buildings for their religious service. At every training camp and with the troops over seas, the Knights of Columbus, the Y. M. C. A. and Young Men’s Hebrew Association and other welfare oiganizations work hand in hand, always to the one end encouraging our soldier boys in the fight to win the war. Your contribution to this fund will be helping America win the war.

MARRIAGE LICENSE.

May 8. Ward C. Lewis, born Rem in ton, March 9, 1897, present residence Remington, occupation merchant, and Thelma Hensler, born Jasper' county, Indiana, May 19, 1899, present residence Remingtpn, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.

What A Funny i Electro! There’s Something Missing! mo 1 nV I Mb f m VVI ll < ■ I 1 u- I liml You’re Right! That which is missing you will find hanging in J HILLIARD & HAMILL’S Clothing cabinets. If you don’t buy an H. & H. Spring Suit. You’ll Miss It? Ask the man who wears one! Ask anyone! All Wool Suits S2O to S4O Tomorrow’s Weather. Fair and continued cool.

DR. M. D. GWIN RECEIVES INTERESTING LETTER

The following letter was received by Dr. M. D. Gwin from his nephew, Heath Gwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Gwin, of Galveston, Texas. Heath and his brother, Jackson, have been in the service of the navy for more than a year. April 12, 1918/ Dear Uncle Doc: Surely glad to get your letter of March 25th. Glad to hear the folks axe all right there. Don’t come in until the last minute and then take the Nack instead of the Army. You would like being a Navy surgeon lots better, I’m sure. Of course the soldiers are in the public eye, ! but for real war service an American destroyer over here is the one that gets it. We have 'been on the job a long time now. Lots of times the trenches would be a haven of rest compared to some things we go through with. Sometimes I think the war will be over soon and then again I think it will last forever. Surely am glad to have Jack on same ship with me. Remember how we used to scrap there in the office about who would ride with you? Has been only a few short years ago but seems to me now those kid days were in another century. Wish I could tell you about ourmourn their loss, her husband and selves but will have to wait untill you come over here. Regards to Aunt Susie and the rest of you dear people. HEATH. U. S. S. Sterett, care P. M., N. Y.,

HASN’T LEARNED THAT INDIANA IS ALREADY DRY

Mt. Ayr Tribune. Now, Jackson, get busy and" vote to make the tenth congressional district dry.

PENSION BILL PASSED.

The Sherwood pension bill increasing civil war veterans pensions to a maximum of fifty dollars a month and a minimum of twenty-five dollars a month, passed the house last Monday. i

ATTENTION MOOSE.

The Monticello Moose Lodge Degree team will be with us Sunday afternoon and will take up the regular work and initiate candidates. The lodge will convene at 2:30 and all Moose are urged to be present.

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DOCTORS HEADY ID ENLIST

TWO RENSSELAER PHYSICIANS EXPRESS THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ENLIST. Kentland Enterprise. The patriotism of the medical profession was clearly demonstrated when the Jasper-Newton county society met with Dr. T. E. Collier at Brook Tuesday evening. There was present sixteen of the twenty-four physicians of the two counties. Dr. George F. Keiper, of Lafayette, addressed the meeting. May 7 being the anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania; the final blow by the Huns, that caused us to declare war against Germany. Dr. Keiper in presenting the need of the army for physicians, said that there was at present about eighteen thousand medical men in the army and navy, the present call is for seven thousand more for the U. S. and five thousand for the British army, men for the latter will go to the front at once. There are about 125,000 physicians in the United States, thus when this call is supplied will be 30,000 in the army and navy service, or about one man out of every four. . It will interest the public to know how the doctors decide who is to go and who is to stay at home, and it can be said to the everlasting credit of the medical profession that there are no slackers, at least in Jasper and Newton counties, as every man is ready to do his duty when the time comes. There has five physicians already gone from the two counties. Drs. C. C. Bassett, C. E. Johnson, G. D. Larrison, M. B. Fyfe, and H. S. Hewitt. By computing the per cent of the U. S. population in the two counties and the number of physicians there would still be due three or four men. Next considering what communities could best spare the men, it was clear that one man must go fronF Kentland and one from Morocco for Newton county;. Dr. G. H. Van Kirk having already made application will supply Kentland. Dr. €. E. Triplett, while fifty-five years old, exemplified his charitable feeling toward ms fellow practitioners, by expressing himself that he probably could be best and thus would volunteer. In Jasper county it was seen that the men must be supplied by Rensselaer, and Drs. M. D. Gwin and 1 M. Washburn offered their services, thus completing the quota for the present time. It should be a source of much pride for a community to know that their physicians are ready and willing to give up everything they have, if need be, in the service of their country. As the war goes on there will be future calls for physicians and we can rest assured the quota from Jas-« per and Newton counties will be 160 per cent.

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.

The local draft board has received a call from the Provost Marshal General, asking for volunteers to serve as railroad brakemen, flagmen, conductors, locomotive engineers and firemen, boiler makers and helpers, railroad car repairers, gunsmiths, instrument makers and repairmen, and veterinarians. Applications can be made to the local board before May 20, by white men in class one, two D and three K and L, who are physically qualified for military service. Men interested can secure further information as to the service and the camps to which these men are to be sent by inquiry at pie draft board.

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