Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1918 — Page 1

RUGS We have moved our entire* rug stock to the first floor* W. J. WRIGHT

JUNE 5 IS THE NEW REGISTRATION DAY

Washington, May 18.-*-Registra-tion for all men who have become twenty-one since June sth, 1917, has been set for next June 5, Provost Marshall General Crowder announced today.

YES, HE IS OPTIMISTIC.

Amsterdam, May 18.—“ I am still optimistic enough to believe we will reach peace this year,” Count Von Hertling, German chancellor, told interviewers for the Budapest newspaper. “I am confident the events on the west front will bring nearer the’speedy end of the war. We only want a place in the sun. Germany and Austria are entitled to harmonize their actions. The emperor discussed basic ideas of the alliance. Details will be negotiated later. “The agreement is not aggressive. If the world some day would unite in an international peace league Germany unquestionably would join it. “Present conditions give little hope for such a league. We are fighting for our existence and for the peace for which are longing.”

SILO MEETING IN CARPENTER.

A silo meeting will 'be held in the Taylor school in Carpenter township next Friday evening, May 24th. according to plans made by Charles Welch, Carpenter township chairman of the silo drive. A number of leading silo men have been engaged to assist in the discussion. Mr. Welsh has been quite active in boosting the silo and invites every one to attend this meeting.

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.—T*. D. Wdls. Morocco. Ind.

Every married woman has a hard time convincing her husband that a . new sofa pillow it not' to be .used as a pillow.

THE THEATRES GAYETY— Tonight ARMY Y. M. C. A. BENEFIT Senior* of the Lowell High School Present ‘Claims Allowed’ The Piny of Patriotism. 35 People In Costume. Specialties between the acts. doing every minute. Plenty of good Music. A BADGE OF HONOR—To The Victor Belongs the Spoils.—The Terms of Peace and Uncle Sam’s Reward. Admission 10c and 25c. Curtain 8:15. PRINCESS Tonight FRANK KEENAN in “SINS YE DO” All Seats 10 Cents.

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PASSENGER FARES TO BE RAISED ON JUNE FIRST

Passenger fares are to be raised on all roads not having that high a fare now to three cents a mile on June Ist. All special, home-seekers, tourist and similar rates # will be abolished about the same time if this action has not already been taken. Mileage books that have been selling for two .cents a mile will be taken off sale on June 4th. This is done at the order of the government, which is now running the railroads. This announcement has not yet been made public, but the proposed change is known by the ticket agents.

A tear, a sigh, and a fond - good-by, And the tramp of marching men, A column straight, and a steady gait, Along the street and then, With heads erect and our baggage checked.We are off on a tour of Juty, To bring redress, to a land oppressed Less thought of self or booty. We are a likely lot and the best we’ve got. They’re sons and dads and brothers And our only aim, is to win the game For our sweethearts, wives and mothers. We sing a song, as we march along, A smashing song with a ring, And it grips us fair, as we catch the air. A victory song we sing. The colors gay, as we march away, Caress and bless and love them, With swelling pride, we mark our stride, A laurel wreath above us, We are off for France, no circumstance Can alter our firm intention To free the race from its black disgrace. And banish a world’s dissension As we go forth well we know That ours is a task gigantic, So we’ll pledge our all till the heavens fall, As we cross the broad Atlantic. CORP. OPAL CALDWELL, Camp Dearborn, Mass.

“WE’RE OFF.”

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. MONDAY. MAY 20, 1918

AUSTRALIANS WIN VILLIAGE

DARING NIGHT ATTACK DRIVES GERMANS FROM VILLE-SUR-ANCRE. London, May 19.—The capture by Australians of the village of Ville-Sur-Ancre, northeast of Morlancourt (below Albert), with 360 prisohers and 20 machine guns, is announced in tonight’s report from Field Marshal Haig. British troops on the- Flanders front raided a German position southwest of Meteren. There was artillery activity on both , sides throughout the day. London, May 19.—1 n the face of the growing menace of a German against Amiens, the key position on the Picardy front, both the British and French held the, aggressive in this sector and scored appreciable gains last night and early today. * The fighting centered at two points that have figured almost daily in the local operations of the past three weeks—Moriancourt and Hangard. At Moriancourt the Australians continued their series of daring onslaughts against the German line. Striking the enemy near Ville-Sur-Ancre,- slightly to the northwest, they advanced and further improved their positions against the expected German drive and at the same time took a number of prisoners and machine guns. At Hangard, where American troops are engaged, their French brothers in arms took the aggressive. In a sharp night attack they thrust back the German lines and* gained a toll of prisoners. As a background for these local battles was the growing intensity of the German preparatory fire. Hindenburg’s guns raged all night against the allied line defending Amiens, reaching the peak of density on the section of the front north of the Avre which is held by the French. Every indication points to a renewal of the German offensive on a grand scale within a few days, possibly tomorrow, and Amiens undoubtedly is still the grand objective of the Kaiser’s effort. The brilliant sunny days and the bright, clear moonlit nights that have prevailed recently are believed to have held up the enemy’s blows. The allied commanders are convinced that the first days of storm and mist will bring with it the full weight of the German offensive. The Germans attempted no infantry operations in either of the two vital sectors of Flanders or Picardy within the past twenty-four hours. Their only aggressive attempts were near the low%r Ailette River, on the Woevre plain and on the Argonne. All these were repulsed, Paris announces.

BRITISH FRONT QUIET

(By Associated Press With the British Army in France, May 18.—Beyond artillery activity the allied front between Flanders and Amiens has been absolutely quiet. Many aerial battles have taken place and a number of German machines have been driven down. < Scouts have been making extended reconnoissance flights over the regions behind the allied lines, especially along the Somme Valley west of Amiens. The British batteries maintain, a steady and harassing fire on all roads and assembly places, ihterefering materially with the bringing up of ammunition, food and supplies. The German soldiers have been put on reduced bread rations. During March the bread allow-

Have you tried O’RILEY’S New , * Golden Victory ' Loaf? Positively the best bread sold in Rensselaer today. Its taste will surely please you. CLEAN WHOLESOME PALATABLE Popular Sizes 10c & 15c.

WILL SOON BE “OVER THERE”

LIST OF DRAFTEES TO, GO TO COLUMBUS BARRACKS ON WEDNESDAY. * . 1 The following have been drawn under the last draft calls and the first twenty-five in the list will leave Rensselaer on Wednesday of this week at 11:18 a. m. The alternates will be called upon if needed to fill vacancies. Twenty others are being drawn and they will leave for Camp, Taylor, Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, May 28th, leaving Rensselaer at 10:55 a. m. This list will be published later. The list. published in Saturday’s Republican was correct at that time for both drafts, but after the paper was printed it was found necessary to make some changes on account of farm exemption. Those To Report May 22. ARTHUR J. QUINN. CHARLES RAY POLLOCK. ALBERT O. AKERS. HERMAN RUGGLES. „ FRANK S. MCCURTAIN. ADAM QUEBBEMAN. WILLETTE A. HILL. LOUIS RASCHOVSKY. LOWELL F. HENSLER . ARTHUR H. FLETCHER. AUGUST OLSON. HARLEY B. MILLER. LOUIS DeFILLIPI. EDMOND HENRY MILLER. WILLIAM A. CUSTARD. EDWIN P. BOXBERGER. RALPH D. WOODIN. JESSE JOHNSON. PAUL W. HALLECK. ROBERT E. MEEHAN. RAY HOPKINS. ALBERT F. KERNS. OSCAR J. TURNER. HARVEY E. ROADIFER. WALTER CONN. Alternates. MELVIN H. BURNS. . ALONZO D. NORRIS. ,z BERNARD J. NAGLE. LEO R. ZELLERS. WALTER L. SNODGRASS. CLIFFORD C. HAMILTON.

WHAT OTHER CAUSES?

We thoroughly agree with the Fort Wayne News which believes that the war department would do well in reporting casualty lists, to drop the designation “Died of Other Causes,” and tell what these other causes are in each instance. As the heading now stands it is full of sinister import, and no doubt unjustly besmirches the names of certain gallant soldiers. The department lists men as having been killed in action, died of wounds, died of disease, died of accident, and died of “other cases.” At a loss to know what “other causes” may mean the public naturally thinks of suicide, murder and military execution, and then pauses. Speculation and surmise suggest nothing else. Perhaps there are other causes but they do not present themselves and as a consecfGence- it has come to pass that odium is fast attaching to the designation referred to. In English reports of casualties the term “died of accident” is made to include all fatalities not due to deaths in action or deaths from wounds or disease, and as a result the innocent at home are spared much suffering. It might be well for our own country to adopt this method of classification. That at present in use is unnecessarily cruel. —Hammond Times.

ance was reduced from 1,500 to 14,000 grams for each man, making the daily ration half a loaf of only JOO instead of 750 grams. DespiteFrepeated protest this has not been increased.

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GOODRICH OBJECTS TO NEW DRAFT LAW

Washington, May 18.—President Wilson has received from Governor Goodrich, of Indiana, an emphatic protest against the new draft law which the President has just signed. The Indiana Governor asserts that the law discriminates unjustly against such states as Indiana, which have provided far in excels of their quotas of volunteers for the army and navy. „ The Governor’s telegram to the President follows: • /“I beg to call your attention to the new draft law now awaiting your signature. If lam correctly advised this law fails to give the respective states credit for voluntary enlistments and inductions made by the local boards. Many of the states did not meet the call for volunteers. Others gave ungrudgingly and enlisted and inducted far more than the quotas called for. has enlisted and inducted five times as many volunteers as were called for from this state in the various departments of military service. This bill ignores that fact and as a result we will be com-, pelled to draft far more than our just share and will call to the service 20,000 more men than we should have called should we be allowed the credits to which we are justly entitled.

“The theory of the original draft law was that each state should be called to support the government in proportion to its qualified men of military age and fitness. The proposed law ignores that just principle and actually proposes to punish those states Which have patriotically responded to the call for volunteers in excess of the number asked. “I call your attention to the situation at this time in order that this gross injustice may be corrected before it is too late.” It was pointed out here that there is merit in the Governor’s argument But it was also pointed out that those states which have not provided as many volunteers as Indiana will have-to provide more men on this draft cats and on succeeding draft | calls, since the calls are based on a percentage of the men in Class 1 and obviously, those states, which

SUNDAY AUTO ACCIDENT

STANLEY MERICA, RECEIVES BROKEN LEG WHEN HIS CAR IS WRECKED. Stanley Merica is at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Merica, on Washington street, with a broken leg. _ Stanley borrowed Harry Watson’s Buick Sunday and in company with Mamie Beaver, started for Lafayette, where he is at Purdue University, preparing himself for ’ an appointment to the officers training camp at Fort Sheridan. Four miles southeast of Remington he saw a car approaching a bridge and each’ driver attempted*to get across the bridge first, with the result that the two cars came together at the bridge and the Merica car was thrown into the ditch and turned upside down, Miss Bever was thrown clear of the car, but Merica was thrown under it and had the small bone of his right leg broken, besides receiving minor injuries. Miss Bever escaped with a few scratches. The car was a wreck, one wheel being broken off, and the car being otherwise badly damaged. The driver of the other car was a farmer and he helped to rescue young Merica. One of the wheels from his ear was also broken. Merica was later brought to town and received medical attention. This was an accident that might easily happen and neither party is to blame. Mr. Watson went to the scene of the wreck Monday to look after his damaged car.

MONDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

James Downs was operated upon for appendicitis Saturday. He is doing nicely. E. E. Harshberger, of Parr, who was operated upon for appendicitis is doing nicely. Mrs. Fannie Parkison went to the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. V. Porter. Mrs. Lee Rardip was able to leave the hospital. Mrs. Sam Cross, of Morocco, will leave the hospital today. Miss Gangloff is improving. Mrs. Ray Thompson, of Rose Lawn, is improving.

BASEBALL SUMMARY

* AmflHCßn LxMkffU* Washington, 1; Cleveland, 0 (12 innings.) Games Today. ' Chicago at New York. Cleveland at Boston. St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at Philadelphia. National League. Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 0. Boston, 1: St. Louis, 0. Cincinnati, 5; New York, 1. Games today. Brooklyn at Chicago. Philadelphia at Pittaburg. New York at St. Louis.

RECENT BIRTHS.

Barkley township: A son to Frank Brown; daughter to Arthur Cavendish. Union township: Daughters to Grover Brown and A. A. Bokard. • Rensselaer: Daughter to Clayton Ward.

have provided large numbers of volunteers. In a letter to Senator Phelan, of California, who protested against the law on the ground that if credits had been allowed California would have had to provide no troops at all in this draft. President Wilson said in effect that the adoption of the new plan was the lesser of two evils.

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