Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1918 — Page 1

No. 132.

RUGS ' We moved our entire rug stock to the first floor of our store and sold 36 room size rugs in May. If you are going to need a new rug this spring you should buy now. Rugs will be 50 per cent higher in 3 months. W. J. WRIGHT

DEATH OF DEAN VANCE HARRINGTON

Dean Vance Harrington, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Harrington, was born at the home of his grandparents in Virgie, Ind., Nov. 3, 1914, and died at the Jasper County Hospital in Rensselaer, Ind., June 11, 1918, age 3 years, 7 months and 8 days. Dean was a remarkably bright child and idolized by all who knew him. He bore his long sickness with remarkable patience and fortitude. While everything was done that love or money could do to soothe the ill of life all proved unavailing and his brave lovely and patient spirit was compelled to vacate its tenement of clay for “a house not made with hands.” , If as Mrs. Stowe says there is a special bond of Angels kept in heaven to be sent down to gladden us with their presence for a brief space of time, then to take their upward flight bearing our hearts with them, surely Deanie was one of them and with complete Christian resignation and fortitude we will say not farewell but good bye Deanie till we meet again in that land where death will be felt and feared no more. The funeral will be Conducted by Rev. D. C. Hill Thursday afternoon at the Christian church in Fair Oaks and the burial will be made in the Fair Oaks cemetery.

Farmers —We have your threshing . coal now. Get it before the supply is exhausted. The Farmers Grain Company. On account of the Child Welfare meeting at the library on Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p. m., the Sew clug wilt not meet with Miss Pearl Comer as previously announced. We have just received two loads of excellent threshing coal and urge farmers to get same at once. The Farmers Grain Company. The general Van Rensselaer chapter of the D. A. R. will celebrate flag day by having a picnic on the beautiful lawn of S. S. Shedd.

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FUNERAL OF MRS. EDGAR F. DUVALL

The funeral of Mrs. Edgar F. Duvall was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Duvall, west of this city at 11 o’clock Tuesday forenoon. The funeral was conducted by Rev. J. Budman Fleming and burial made in Weston cemetery. The following are the out-of-town people, who attended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurrle, of Dunkirk, Ind., parents of the deceased; Miss Catherine Johnson, of Chicago and Miss Glenna Bowman, of Porland, Ind., roommates of the deceased last year at college; Mrs. Orr Marks, of Albany, Ind., aunt of the deceased; Dr. Compate, Dr. Christianson and Dr. Overstreet, of Indianapolis, fraternity brothers of Mr. Duvall. Hortense Hurrle Duvall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hurvile, was born near Dunkirk, Ind., July 18, 1897. While attending a conservatory of music in Indianapolis, she met Edgar F. Duvall and their marriage occured July 26, 1917. She leaves to mourn their loss, her husband, father and mother, a brother now in France in the service of his county and may other relatives and friends.

FARMERS AND THRESHERMEN TO MEET

The county threshing committee appointed by Food Administrator John Eger, has arranged the following program for the public meeting to be held in the courthouse Saturday afternoon, June 15th, at two o’clock for the purpose of discussing harvest problems: Report ok the Indiana Meeting— Ed. Lane. , Repair of Machines —Ernest Morlan. . - Workmen’s Compensation Act— A. Halleck. Co-operativ.e Insurance —Chas. F. Blue, Indiana Brotherhood of Threshermen. . Help for Harvest—C. W. Coons, U. S. Labor Reserve. _ Increasing Grain Yield—D. S. Myers, Purdue University. General Discussion of Local Problems. , , All farmers, threshermen and others interested in harvest and small grain production are invited to attend.

WEDNESDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Dorothy Frye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Frye, was operated upon this morning for appendicitis. Pauline Comer, daughter of Shelby Comer, had her tonsils removed this morning. # Mrs. A. G. Work is doing nicely.

Dean Vance Harrington, the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Harrington, of Virgie, passed away at the county hospital at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon. The little boy was in a* serious condition when brought to the hospital on Monday. monia was the cause of his death. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2;30 at the Christian church in Fair Oaks. 1 Rev. D. C. Hill, paStor of the Baptist church' in this city will conduct the services.

Be sure and get your threshing coal at the Farmer'Grain Company. The supply is limited. Mrs. Alex Merica and daughter, Marjorie, and mother, Mrs. Louisa Boyer went to Hume, HL, today to vimt Mrs. 0. O. daughter of Mrs. Boyer. John Q. Lewis has returned from Hammond and will help the farmers out with their harvesting near Kersey. Later in the year he- will return to Mississippi to take up his residence.

DIED AT HOSPITAL.

mmmpi INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1918.

ENROLL FOR FARM WORK

BUSINESS MEN URGED TO ENLIST AS FARM With the young farmers going to war and the large harvest coming on it is absolutely necessary that the farmers of this community he helped to take care of the crop which now promises to be the very largest in the -history of the county Until other arrangements are made if you wish you can call L. H. Hamilton at telephone 18, and your name will be enrolled for farm work service. Farmers may also make their wants known by calling the same number and an attempt will be made to have men for the jobs offered and jobs for the men who will help. At the next meeting of the Jasper county council of defense, which will be held on Thursday, June 19, arrangements will be made to take care of this matter in a definite organized maner. In the meantime suggestions as to the best way of handling this matter will be glady recevied and given publicity oy the Republican. This is an important matter and should have the hearty co-operation of every farmer and every businessman in this community. If we are to win the war, and it will be mighty easy to lose it, we must not only send the soldiers to battle, buy liberty bonds, but, we must make the best investment of our time. It is a down-right shame that we are so little concerned about the outcome when the lives of our sons and of the liberty of the world it at stake. There are a thousand and one too many automobiles being driven for pleasure and wasting gasoline and the time of those who should be doing something useful. We are so concerned that very few will even spare, a moment’s time when the whistle blows a signal for all to stop their work and offer a prayer for the success of the allies. It is also reported that a number of pepole failed to stand at the last band concert while the national anthem was being played. , - This war is a serious matter. It will become more serious. We should not wait governmental regulations ors or the hard hand of necessity to press down heavily upon us but we should stake all we have as the soldier has staked his all upon the side of freedom and right. Failure to make sacrifices now will make greater sacrifices necessary in the near future. Every dollar foolishly spent, every moment of precious time waited and every failure to comply with the regulations as to food and other important matters, will delay and may help lose the war. Let us put our all by the side of the brave boys who are offering their lives, that this great war may be won and that the Hun may be defeated and his influence forever destroyed. Get the'spirit and you will be willing to make any sacrifice you are capable of making and you will do it with the same spirit the boys display when they go ’‘over the top.” Every unnecessary industry should be discontinued. Every loafer should be put to work. Not a mile of travel either by automobile or on the train should be made for pleasure. We urge again the consuming of garden products that the food needed by the soldiers may be forthcoming. The one great thing that should be in the mind and upon" the heart of every one should be TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO HELP WIN THE WAR.

ATTORNEY SANDS' BROTHER DIES IN LANSING, MICHIGAN

Attorney Charles M. Sands attended the funeral of his brother, A. M. Sands at Lansing, Michigan, June 7. The deceased was forty-one years of age at the time of his death which occurred Wednesday, June 5. The cause of his death was cancer of the stomach. He had been sick for sometime but had just recently sold his farm and bought a residence property in Lansing to which he had moved but a week before his death. The deceased leaves a wife and six children. Three of them are step-children, Mrs. Sands having' been married previous to her marriage to Mr. Sands. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Logan and her first husband’s name was Culp. Beside the home in Lansing, the deceased had his life insured for $4,000. The following Jasper county people attended the funeral- Lydia Sands, George Sands, both of Tefft; and Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rockwell and Thomas Logan, of Gillam township.

BAND CONCERT THIS EVENING. PROGRAM 8:00 P. M.

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RE-ESTABLISH EASTERN FRONT

ALLIES CANNOT WIN IF GERMANY CONTROLS RUSSIA. In keeping with the sentiment of William H. Taft, published in the Republican we have the following remarkable statement from Basile Maklakoff, Russian, ambassador to France and the man in Europe who is universally recognized the spokesman of the best opinion in Russia: ‘‘l believe that the allies cannot win the war if the front in eastern Europe is left open to Germany. Time works for the entente on the western front, where American troops are arriving, but time is working for Germany on the eastern front. No doubt the Germans have found in the east only disaster, but our country is thirsty for order and it will not be difficult to re-establish order or organize the country and draw from it everything the Germans wish. If this is done what will remain of the blockade? “Even if the entente gains battles on the western front and retakes territory—even Alsace-Lorraine — the war will be lost if Germany emerges from it aggrandized by having laid hands on the orient. If the war is won by Germany, what will remain of the society of nations, of international law, of the laws of humanity and of all the ideals for which America entered the war? “This from the point of view of the whole of humanity. ’ What is this case awaits Russia in partcular? Either final dismemberment, with no more of Russia remaining, or the reestablishment of Russia—'but of a Russia marching definitely toward German aims. If Germany is victorious, if order in Russia is reestablished by Germany; if power in Russia is sustained by Germany as in the case of the Ukraine, then Russia will become a vassal of Germany, just as Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria have already become. Perhape it will not be always so, but certainly for whole generations of humanity.

“This is the fate which awaits Russia. Has she deserved it? Now it is customary to accuse her of everything that happens and in this there is some truth. Russia, brought up in slavery and political servitude, has not shown the qualities of free society. Russia has committed faults which should have been avoided. This is the cause of her disaster, the effect of which has been universally felt. “But can one forget that for three years Russia conducted a war which was above her strength. She lost 7,000,000 combatants. She has been crushed by an implacable enemy, but has she not played the pari; of a rear guard which gave time to the principles and forces of England to create her army, to France to organize her industries, and to America to enter the war? While France during two years made war in trenches Russia was bearing heavy shocks. Would it be just to forget this at present? “Outside of these sentiments, which in politics play no part, there is an interest in the European equilibrium which requires an independent and strong Russia. A Germanized Russia would mean the German control of the whole world for generations. “I can say that the interest of the war, those in Russia, of the whole world and of the future demand that Russia shall be during this war delivered from the German yoke, that the eastern front shall not be ignored and that Germany shall not be allowed to exploit the fruittrof her victory in Russia.

“This leads me to speak of allied intervention in Russia as necessary if one does not wish to concede victory to German imperialism. I understand that there are different objections to intervention, but these do not seem to me to be decisive. I well know that intervention by strangers is always humiliating for national sentiment, and history shows deplorable examples of this. But this intervention is not directed against Russia nor even against her political regime. If Russia were struggling alone in the convulsions of anarchy the allies would let her do what she pleased. “As a matter of fact, intervention has already come abput since the revolution from the time Lenine was sent into Russia by Germany. Germany sustained the Bolshevik troops when they were fighting against the regular government. The Germans directed the Bolshevik cannon against the provisional government. German aid and money are everywhere. “If scruples lead the allies to abstain from intervention as a tribute to the principle of the right of peoples to dispose of their own, it would be under present conditions nothing less than the granting of a monopoly of intervention to the Germans. Is this what the allies desire? “There is fear of Japan and her alleged pretensions in Sibera. I do hot know whether in reality Japan has such pretension. Certainly Germany has for a long time sought to sew the seeds of suspicion about the ‘yellow peril.’ That is her work. I do not know that Japan has another ideal and that is of being a country scrupulously faithful to its pledges.

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These pledges Japan is giving us and they mean that the war will be carried on in unison with us against the common enemy. “Under these conditions what is to be feared? In any event, even if the Japanese had pretensions, can anybody believe that the way to jfrevent their realization is by handing over Russia to Germany? “There is also fear of Russian public opinion. It is said that Russia, frightened by intervention and seeing the beginning of a division, will throw herself into the arms of Germany. I categorically deny this. Intervention by the allies is the only method of preventing Russian public opinion from siding sincerely and definitely with Germany. Germany has brought about the anarchy in which the Russian people are struggling. They are at the end of their endurance. The so called government cannot govern, but still is sufficiently strong to smother any tentative resistance. Germany is there to re-eStablish order and to throw aside the Bolsheviki who have already fulfilled their tasks and Germany is now ready to sustain a stable and regular regime. “When, finally, hope has been lost in Russia of obtaining aid from the allies the Russian people will resign themselves to accepting German aid. When this shall have been done it will be too late to intervene and the game will be lost. I am. convinced that Russian public opinion is not hostile to intervention. It desires it and demands it. No doubt the Bolsheviki are against intervention; it would not be otherwise. They signed peace with Germany. _ “They delivered over Russia to maintain themselves in power in the hope that the social revolution would spread to other peoples. A government like theirs cannot make war, because it has no country behind it and because it does not even understand the reasons for this war. The

Bolsheviki government, moreover, does nqt desire a strong and united Russia. It does not need one.- And it is incapable of attempting war except in case its own power is threatened. “So long as the Germans make use of this government and do not overthrow it, it will not dare to attack them. To understand this government is to abandon all idea of continuing the war in its company.”

Anyone wishing to see me will fin< me in the Trust & Savings bank on Saturday afternoons. H. 0. Harris, phone 184. gp

WAR SUMMARY.

Badly beaten on their right, hurled bach from two to two and a half miles in the center, but advancing on their left—this tolls the story, as far as the Gormans are concerned, of the third day of their drive between Montdidier the Oiso. The French night communique passes the lie to Berlin’s official evening claim that “‘French counter attacks failed with the heaviest looses.”. Far from failing, wrested back from the Gormans fanportent positions—woods and villages—on a front of seven and a half miles. , More than 1,000 Gorman prisoners and many guns were captured. ' Far te the southeast of the big battle the Americans again dealt the Germans a' stunning blow, smashing forward soon after dawn, after and under a withering artillery support, capturing Boileau wood, northwest of Chateau Thierry (Marne sector), with 300 prisoners. “Brilliant” is the French war office’s characterisation of the latest exploits of the marines. On tho crucial battlefield northeast of Paris the day was, for the French, the most successful since tho great drive_ began. This is not, however, underrating tho importance of the enemy’s advance on tho French right, for, by taking a foothold in the village of Machemont—as Paris last night officially admitted ba did—the enemy has brought his loft flank more menacingly close to Compoigne and has begun the masking movement of “Eagles wood.” Much further advance southward along the west bank of the Oise would definitely spell the doom of the French position in the Soissons salient, which is the enemy’s immediate strategic purpose. It is yet too early to say whether the “battle of the reserves” has actually begun and whether this is to be the scene of the supreme clash. Certain it is, however, that the allied generalissimo has thrown a considerable portion of his reserves against the German right. The Germans have been forced by their awful losses to fling their auxiliary forces into the struggle. By their counter dash the French retook Belloy, Senlis wood, reached the outskirts of St. Maur and of Lo Fretoy, took the heigh between Courcelles and Mortemer, and' carried their lines nearly two miles east of Mery. / The attacking front was between Rubecourt, and tho infantry as*' saults were led by tanks, which did terrific execution. In the center the Germans early in the day pushed forward close - to the Aronde River, but the poilus came back in sharp counter thrusts and threw tho invaders out of Logos farm and Dauthenil. The Teutons did not get beyond Antheuil, which constitutes their garthest points of penetration in the center —eeven and a half miles in three days.

CAPTAIN GARLAND MARRIED.

Captain Jerry B. Garland, former commander of old Company M of Rensselaer, who has been stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, since ast September, has written to relatives- here that he was married May 30 to a young woman from Arkansas, but does not give much details.

NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL YOUR JUNK

Now is the time to sell your old metal while the market is high. I tave just purchased a new 1-ton truck and if you are too busy to jring in your junk I will call far it. I pay the highest market price for hides. If you have a car load of iron I will make you an especially attractive price. SAM KARNOWSKY, Phone 577 or 459-Black.

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