Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1918 — Page 1

No. 144.

PLEASE! Facilitate matters for those soliciting War Saving Stamps by buying quickly and liberally. REMEMBER THIS! . \ These solicitors not only are War Savings Stamp purchasers themselves, but have given Their entire time to the cause. ' . / . . Germany MUST be whipped and our Government MUST have money with, which to accomplish that result. * In buying War Saving Stamps— It’s not charity—lt’s your PUTY. W. J. WRIGHT Chairman Marion Township.

WAR SUMMARY.

The “war of movement" on the Italian front continues, Gen. Diaz having undertaken a new and powerful offensive along a twenty-five mile fr.ont in the Alps between the Asiago plateau and Monte Grappa. On the lower Piave the only Austrains to be found are dead, wounded or captured. To the east, hurrying backward to the Livenza, ten miles from the Piave, are'the discouraged units of the enemy. With them are the 3,000 field pieces with which the drive into Italy was begun. Capture of these guns is the aim of the Italian cavalry which is charging, the Austrian rear guard at many points. While Gen. Diaz, in his message to his army, compliments the troops for their valor, he warns of future trials; and it is predicted by military observers that Austria cannot—and Germany will not—give up .without making another attempt in Italy. Yesterday it was expected that the new attack would come in the mountains, but if Charles had contemplated any such move—assuming his mountain army to be intact—it was seriously interfered with by the engagement just begun .by the Italians. The outlook for an Austrian retreat along the entire front for ten miles is good. The internal conditions of the dual monarchy are becoming more menacing. A general strike has broken out in Hungary. Food demonstrations continue t in Austria. State Senator Cotillo, of New York, who is now in Rome, has informed the Italians that American troops probably will be in the line early next month. If this is true, the Italian command probably is counting on extending its present offensive along the Asiago plateau, as it is believed that this sector is, after all, of supreme importance.

PICTURES WORTHWHILE SEEING GAYETY AND PRINCESS THEATRES THE BIG SHOW AT BOTH HOUSES TONIGHT “Down The River” 2 acts. Chas. Murray, Mary Thurman and Wayland Trask In “Watch Your Neighbor” Screaming Mack Sennett Comedy. 2 acts. “Bray Cartoon” And current events from all over the world. “American Troops in Action at Picardy” “Advance of the German Hordes in World Greatest Battle” “Capture of Scores of Huns” “Nation Backs Red Cross” “Army Airmen Thrill City” “Pretty Maidens Splash” “Governors Meets on the Border” “Teach Jackies to Dance” « BIG ACTS—PRINCESS 7:15; GAYETY 8:15—10c AND 15c. THURSDAY AT THE PRINCESS ONLY Margaret Fisher in “The Devil's Assistant” also -w “New Christy Comedy” 10c and 15c. FRIDAY—u Blue Bird Plays ■ I.m w—• - X. a.

The Evening Republican.

MRS. MARY EMILY STEELE DIES

Mrs. Mary Emily Steele, wife of Robert Steele, of Gifford this county, died at her late home Tuesday at 11 a. m. The cause of her death was cancer of the liver. She was born March 21, 1849. The funeral will be held at the late home and interment will be in the Kniman eemetery. d

BAND CONCERT TONIGHT.

On account of the Red Cross benefit, the band has consented to give a concert tonight. It is hoped that a large crowd will be present and that the benefit will be largely patronized.

TUESDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mrs. George Robinson is in a very critical condition. Mrs. Jessie Zehr and son, Donald, had their tonsils removed today. Mrs. Wm. Kresel and Warren Gratner were able to leave the hospital today.

FUNERAL OF MOSES CHUPP.

The funeral of Moses Chupp, who died at his home in Hammond Tuesday, June 25, will be held at the Christian church in this city Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The body will arrive here on the 1:57 p. m. train Thursday and the party will go directly to the church.

Copenhagen, June 25. —Russian Red guards have broken into the residence of Nicholas Romanoff, the former Russian emperor, at Ekaterinburg and murdered him, according to the Russian newspaper Vjia, says a Stockholm dispatch to the National Tidende.

BULLETIN.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1918. . "V ■ < -

WAR HINTS-HELPS-DUTIES

COMPLIED AND CONDENSED FOR STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE BY GEORGE ADE. The nut sundae heads the casualty list this week. The soda fountains must cut out all special drinks requiring sugar syrups. Candy-makers and soft-drink dispensers and housewives are expected to cheerfully obey orders these days and get ready to save more sugar. Are you using in your home more than three pounds per person per month? If so, you are sneaking a little more than your share.

The Red Cross is still looking for nurses. The campaign for the. enrollment and training of nurses is to continue indefinitely. The first agricultural training camp for boys of the Working Reserve [has been opened at Purdue. One. hundred boys wet# into camp last Monday the 24th. They will be instructed for two weeks and then assigned to farms. Then a second group will be received for two weeks, and so on. The camp will be open until the middle of August. The boy who enters must be between 16 and 21 and have the consent of his parents to work on a farm for at least four weeks. Boys already working on farms,are not asked to come. All counties should be represented. The lads will live in the frat houses at Purdue and be in charge of Dr. Stanley Coulter who is one of the friendliest souls on earth. Boys will pay their own railroad fares but they will be housed and fed and instructed at Purdue free of charge. The volunteer who brings a musical instrument and is ready to play in the land will be received with cheers. Save the ice. Ammonia is required in the making of munitions and should not 'be used in the making of ice which is carelessly wasted,. Save the manpower required for the manufacture or delivery of ice. Keep the refrigerator in a cool spot and close the doors. Don’t open it except when necessary. Don’t load it up with warm food. Don’t think that you have to freeze your innards by slamming fragments of ice-berg into all the food and drink served during hot weather. The State Council ventures to suggest in connection with a patriotic Fourth that the explosion of fireworks will not scare the Germans, that the consumption of much highpriced food will damage not only the stomach but the conscience, and that candy and sweet drinks contain sugar. The submarine is trying to sink in the sea all the sugar we start to the allies. Don’t co-operate with the subs. Stop singing sugar. You are in partnership with every American soldier and sailor in service, with every man under the flag of an ally, with every civilian in the regions laid waste by. German cruelty. Play fair with your partners even if they have no chance to look over the books every week. We approach the 28th of June. It comes on Friday of this week. On or before that date, every man, woman and child claiming the protection of the American flag and asserting loyalty to the great cause, is expected to be the owner of government Savings Stamps and to have delivered a pledge to keep on buying. President Wilson says that the practice of thrift in peace times is a virtue. To save in war times and to make your savings help to win the war “is a patriotic duty and a necessity.” It looks as if a good many folks who haven’t been doing farm work will have to go into the fields this year. Each neighborhood will find it advisable to organize a clearing house where volunteers will register and where farmers may come for help. In working out your plans have a friendly understanding with the county agent and the county council of defense. After you have bought Liberty Bonds, thrift stamps and War Savings Stamps, after you have hoed the weeds from your war garden, and said good-bye to wheat flour and resolved to eat beef only two or three times a week; after you have given to the Red Gross and the Y. M. C. A. and the Salvation Army and the Knights of Columbus; after you have had your sweet tooth extracted and have learned to shudder at the sight of a frosted cookie; after you have cleaned up the old straw hat and patched last year’s suit and sent out all the old shoes to be half soled, if you Still have a surplus ol patriotic zeal, you might go ahea< and build a sild.

SAILOR VISITS HIS MOTHER.

Howard Royster, of Salt Lake, Utah, Arrived here Tuesday evening for a visit with his mother, Mrs. George Royster. • Howard is in the navy and is located at New London, Conn. He is away on a ten days furlough. His mother is a guest m the home of her brother, Attorney John A. Dunlap, of this city. Mr. George Royster is a district superintendent for the International Barvester Co., at Salt Lake. Hie wife s health does not permit her to live in Utah and he is arranging to be transferred back to the central part of the county. Mrs. Royster has just left the sanitarium at Battle Creek, Mich., after taking treatment for about bight weeks.

THE CAMPAIGN IS AT WHITE HEAT

BIG WAR SAVING CERTIFICATE DRIVE STARTS OVER THE TOP. YOU LICK THE WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES AND THE SOLDIER BOYS WILL LICK THE KAISER. -- FORGET ABOUT “do your bit” IT IS DO YOUR “BITTEREST.” BUY TILL IT BURNS. THEY ARE NOT “baby bonds” THEY ARE GIANT KILLERS. Judson J. Hunt, Jasper county chairman for the War Savings certificate drive, is putting “pep” into the campaign and is determined that Jasper county shall do her “BEST.” Your Uncle Sam, says: “Come along* with TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

Jasper county’s quota of that is $260,880. This is our amount if we do what Uncle Sam requests. This means that every man, woman and child in this nation must buy $20.00 in War Saving certificates. The following is our quota by corporations. After the name of each corporation appears the population as given in the 1910 census. Following the census the quota of the corporation is given in dollars: Barkley, 1,074 $21,480 Carpenter and Remington, 1,968 $39,360 Gillam, 609 $12,180 Hanging Grove, 432 8,640 Jordan, 637 12,740 Kankakee, 406 ..... 8,120 teener, 711. 14,220 Marion, (Rensselaer), 3,692 73,840 , Milroy, 286 • 5,720 Newton, 531 .. 10,620 i Union, 1281 25,620, Walker, 655 13,100 Wheatfield, (Wheatfield i Township), 762 15,240

Total amount for Jasper county. . • ’ Total population of Jasper county, 13,044. A meeting was held in the directors’ room of The Trust & Saving Bank building this Wednesday forenoon. x The plan for the Marion township campaign was perfected. W. J. Wright is the Marion township chairman and the following are lis assistants: H. W. Jackson, Rex Warner, H. B. Tuteur, C. Arthur Tuteur, Ivan Carson, Vernon Nowels, C. Earl Duvall, George H. McLain, C. W. Eger, Joseph H. Long, Nat Scott, Frank Leek, George Long, John A. Dunlap, George Collins, William Hoover and A. S. Laßue. Make this committee delighted by your liberal subscription. When Uncle Sam asks the boys to “Go Over There” they do it without a murmur. When he asks us to send our money over there, levs do it. Keep Old Jasper in the front rank. If the “BOYS” know that the folks at home are back of them ;hey will have additional courage to lit the Kaiser a more powerful jlow. “COME ACROSS FOR THE KAISER (HAS.” War Saving Certificates are a good financial investment. They are a much better patriotic investment.

BLAME OF WRECK LAID ON ENGINEER

The beginning of the coroner’s inquest into the wreck of last Saturday at Ivanhoe, near Gary, Ind., conducted yesterday 'by Acting Coroner H. C. Green at Hammond, is said definitely to fix responsibility for the disaster upon Alonzo Sargent, engineer of the empty troop train. The evidence thus far taken at the inquest—which was continued until today to permit Sargent’s appearance—all went to show that the railroad block signals were working properly, that the flagman of the circus train 'took the usual and necessary precautions, even to the ex’tent of throwing a lighted fuse into the engine cab window when his signal was .unnoticed, and that the fireman of the troop train yelled at Sargent that something appeared wrong. ' uj In addition, the evidence showed that there was no slackening of the speed of the troop train prior to the crash, and, most startling of all, a statement attributed to Charles J. McFadden of the Chicago law firm of Winston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw, counsel for the road, is to the effect that Sargent had admitted that he was asleep just prior to and at the time the crash occurred. In the meantime, while the coroner’s inquest is proceeding, it is definitely established that there will be two more seaching inquiries, one by the Indiana public service commission, which announced at Indianapolis that it would start its inquiry Saturday, and another by the federal authorities, as announced by Director General of Railroad W. G. McAdoo at Washington. jZ _ Engineer Sargent spent last night at his home in Jackson, Mich., having been released from arrest at Kalamazoo under .bonds of SB,OOO. It is promised he will appear voluntarily at the Hammond inquest today and tell his story.

A mouse is the only thing that wears a mustache that a girl is afraid of.

/ \ ■ Il ■kjr| COMFORT is the first consideration in underwear and pajamas but we know what is comfort for one man is something else for another man. So we have a variety of fabrics. Underwear in balbriggan and mercerized fabrics. Union athletic or twopiece suits $1.35 up. In pajamas, $1.50 foragood set. Others up to $5.00. In socks and handkerchiefs color and effects are the interesting points. You’ll find he re the kind to harmonize with your suits, 25c and up.

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MONON MEN GET WAGE INCREASE

The employes of the Monon received their first pay yesterday under the increase of wages that went into effect in June. The pay for section men was increased from $2 per day to $2.57. The shop men were paid under the 55 cents per hour schedule instead of fifty cents per hour but as the men are asking a larger inrease this may come Inter, and if it does the back pay will be forthcoming when readjusted. The officials announced that the back pay will be paid weekly until the full amount is paid. The first checks are due to come June 28. The following is. the bulletin schedule under which the engineers and firemen were paid yesterday: $3.09 per 100 miles with overtime of 38 5-8 per hour; French Lick branch, $3.22 per 100 miles and overtime of 40% cents per hour. Firemen on small engines, $3.69 per 100 miles, and 46 1-8 cents per hour overtime; and $4.09 per 100 miles and 51 1-8 cents overtime per hour; 500 class engines, $5.03 per 100 miles and 62 7-8 cents overtime ner hour; 600 class engines, $5.37 per 100 miles and 67 1-8 cents per hour overtime. All work tram service, all classes of engines excepting the 500 and 600 class engines, $3.69 per day with overtime of 46 1-8 cents per hour on a .neight hour schedule. In the mixed train service on through freights the pay is the same as main line runs according to class of engine. , Passenger service, $4.73 per 100 miles with overtime of 59 1-8 cents per hour; through freight, 600 class engines, $6.06 per 100 miles, with overtime of 75 3-4 cents per hour; 500 class engines, $5.78 per 100 miles,, and overtime at 72 1-4 cents per hour; all other engines, $5.49 per 100 miles, and overtime rate of 68 5-8 cents per hour. Local freight—All engines excepting 500 and 600 class, $5.78 per 100 miles and overtime of 72 1-4 cents per hour.

The cooing may stop with the end of the honeymoon. But the billing doesn't.

INDIANA IS TO FURNISH 7,700

NATION PLANS TO HAVE 3,000,000 UNDER ARMS BY AUGUST 1. Washington, June 25.—As • further step in carrying out the war department’s plan to have 3,000,000 men under arms August 1, Provost Marshal General Crowder tonight called on the governors of all states except Arizona and Illinois, for the mobilization- between July 22 and 25, of 220,000 white draft registrants qualified for general military service. This call is expected virtually to exhaust the number of men now in Class One, available for active military service, and when added to school requisitions of 23,436 men, brings the total calls so far announced for July to 243,436. To complete its program for the remainder of the present year the department will' have to depend on the four hundred thousand Class One registrants expected from the June 5 enrollment and the 250,000 or 300,000 to be obtained through the reclassification now in progress. In the call announced tonight New York leads the list with 22,241 men, lowa is second with 17,849, and Wisconsin third with 13,200. The state quotas and camp assignments include: Indiana, 7,700, Camp Taylor, Ky.; Kentucky, 4,100, Camp Taylor, Ky.; Michigan, 8,900, Camp Custer, Mich. Because of a mistake in reporting the classification of Illinois registrants there will 'be no calls from that state during July. Arizona was not included in the last general list, presumably because of all the registrants in Class One, physically qualified for military service had been exhausted. It probably was for the same reason that no call was made on it for the July 22-25 mobilization.

MRS. JOHN EILTS FRIGHTFULLY INJURED

Thursday evenig while riding in a buggy alone, a short distance from her home in Union township, Mrs. John Eilts met with an accident which came very near being fatal. Mr?. Eilts is subject to heart trouble. While no one saw her it is supposed that she had an attack of heart failure and fell. As she fell her fo?t was caught in the buggy and she did not touch the ground but was dragged along on the shafts of the buggy. One of the neighbors saw the horse running by. As he could see no one in the buggy he did not attempt to stop the animal.'' When her husband reached her she was still hanging out of the buggy. The flesh on her left arm was cut half in two. Her body was badly bruised. She was hurried to the hospital in this city and her wounds were dressed by a Rensselaer physician. On account of there being so much dirt in the wounds antitoxin was administered to prevent the possibility of tetanus.

The old-fashioned housekeeper who was always wearing out her aprons in: front now has a married daughter who -is always wearing out her house dresses in the rear. If a woman knew that she was going to die a week from today she would begin running baby ribbon through her best nightgown so she would look nice when she was laid otft.

STAR THEATRE — Tk * Ho *** * f G—TODAY MARY MILES MINTER in “BEAUTY AND THE ROUGE" Also A Billie Rhoades Comedy. THURSDAYEMILY WEHLEN “THE OUTSIDER" FRIDAY—DUSTIN FARNUM in “NORTH S 3” Also A Ford Weekly. SATURDAYALICE BRADY in “THE TRAP” Also MARGUERITE SNOW and • KING BAGGOTT a in “THE EAGLE’S EYE" . .Subject Submarine No. Fiftythree.” Action, plenty of it. SEE “LIBERTY” Coming Soon. MONDAY—- / EMILY STEVENS in .. “DAY BREAK” TUESDAY—--IMRS. VERNON CASTLE in “STRANDED IN ARCADIA” Pa the Nmro Weekly.

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