Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1918 — Page 1

No. 148

WAR SAVINGS DRIVE TO CONTINUE

The following telegram received: South Bend, Ind., 6:25 p . m., June 28, 1918. v - J. J. Hunt, Chairman Josper County, Rensselaer, Ind. Because of President Wilson’s earnest entreaty that every county go over the top during the present drive I am authorized to extend time for receipt of your complete tabulated report of cash sales and pledges to Friday night of next week, meanwhile the sale of stamps and the solicitation of pledges may be kept up and your county will receive credit for such sales and. pledges as part of present national drive; this should insure your its full quota. J. D. OLIVER, State Director.

MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUER.

June 29.—Edward Lewis Wilson, born in White county, February 6, 1893, occupation farmer, present residence Monticello, and Sylvia Agnes Lambert, bom in Jasper county, August 22, 1898, occupation housekeeper, present residence Gifford. First marriage for both parties. Returned certificate shows that party was married by S. C. Irwin, justice of peace on June 29, 1918.

A THOROUGH TEST.

One To Convince the Most Skeptical Rensselaer Reader. The test of time is the test that counts. . ' , Doan’s Kidney Pills have made their reputation by effective action. The following case is typical. Rensselaer residents should be ' convinced. „ The testimony is confirmed —the proof complete. Testimony like this cannot be ignored. __ Mrs. Aaron Hickman, W- Vine St., Rensselaer, says: ‘T had such severe backaches, headaches and pains across my loins, I couldn’t sleep well. I felt tired and wornout when morning came. My kidneys were weak and I had no strength or ambition to do anything. I finally got Doan’s Kidney Pills from B. F. Fendig’s Drug Store, and they strengthened my kidneys, E reheved me of the backaches and made me feel fine.” . (Statement given May 31, WO7). On February 29, 1916, Mrs. Hickman said: “Doan’s Kidney Pills have surely done good work for me. 1 shall always praise them.’ Price 60c, at all dealers. Don t simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan’s Kidney Pills—-the same that Mrs. Hickman had. Forster-M.il- » bum Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.

_ NOTICE. The stores of this city will be closed the entire day, July 4th. MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION. Anyone wishing to see me will find me in the Trust 4 Savings bank on Saturday afternoons. H. O. Harris, phene HU __ PICTURES WORTHWHILE SEEING PRINCESS—GAYETY TONIGHT Blue Ribbon Plays. Edith Storey in “The Capt of the E. H. Troop” and Drew Comedy 10c and 15c.

WEDNESDAY —BOTH HOUSES MACK SENNETT COMEDY SCREEN TELEGRAM C BRAY CARTOON > and FEATURE 6 reels. 10c and 15c. THURSDAY — JULY 4th SPECIAL. At The Princess NANCE O’NEIL la “MRS. BELFAME” and CHARLIE CHAPLIN in “BEHIND THE SCENES” 7 reels. 10c and 15c. At The Gayety GEO. M. COHAN in ' “SEVEN KEYS TO BALPATE” 6 reels. 10c and 15c.

The Evening Republican

JULY SESSION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONS

There was a light docket and the commissioners finished their July session Monday. Commissioner D. S. Makeeyer was not present. The following business was transacted: Bridges—No. 2946—Keener township, contractor Rochester Bridge Co., allowed balance $3,615. Caused dropped. No. 3053—Matter of new Hebron grade. Contractor Rochester Bridge Co., allowed balance $3,615. Caused dropped. All other bridge matters continued. Road—No. 2882—Callahan stone road. Chas. Scott, supt., to file final report on or before Ist day of August term. No. 3125—Kosta road. Viewers file report recommending that road be improved. Cause continued for supplemental report. Expense account allowed. No. 2923.—'Slight stone road. Contractor George Stalbaum allowed SSOO. All other road matters continued. Ditches—3los—Bartoo reports of drainage commissioner presented. Board finds in favor of ditch. Judgment establishing ditch as described in the report and confirming assessments. E. D. Nesbitt appointed superintendent. No. 3143—Sergent petition referred to Edgar D. Nesbitt, B. F. Alter and C. O. Spencer, who are directed to report at August term. All other ditch matters continued. Miscellaneous —3148—In the matter of purchasing additional ground for county hospital. Auditor presents abstract of title to lots one and two in block ten, original plat of Rensselaer, same is approved. Auditor ordered to draw warrant for purchase price. Grantor to deposit with county treasurer amount sufficient to take care of 1918 taxes. Cause dismissed. 3159—Royal L. Bussell was appointed justice of the peace for Hanging Grove township. Quarterly report of Joseph P. Hammond, auditor, showing fees to the amount of $42.00. Quarterly report of Jesbe Nichols, clerk of circuit Court, showing fees to the amount of $22.00 was approved. Quarterly report of George W. Scott, county recorder, showing fees to the amount of $380.80 was approved. Quarterly report of Ben D. McColly, sheriff of Jasper county, showing fees to the amount of $133.42 was approved. County board of finance approved the following amounts of interest reported by the banks of the county: First National Bank, Rensselaer, $197.28. Trust & Savings Bank, Rensselaer, $217.16. State Bank, Rensselaer, $190.19. State Bank, Remington, $162.85. Bank of Wheatfield, $67,23.

45 BILLION INDEMNITY ASKED BY GERMANY

Paris, July I.—Among the conditions included in the German peace program published in the Nachrichten of Goerlitz, Prussia, by Count Roon, a member of the Prussian House of Lords, are the following: Great Britian, France and United States must pay all of Germany’s war costs, the indemnity being a minimum of $45,000,000,000. They also must agree to deliver raw materials immediately. Annexation of Belgium. Annexation of Calais and all the Flanders coast. Annexation of the Briey and Longwy basins and the Toul, Belfort and Verdun regions eastward. Restitution to Germany of all her colonies. Great Britian must return Gibraltar to Spain, cede its war fleet to Germany, restore Egypt to Turkey and the Suex Canal to Turkey. Greece must be re-established under former King Constantine.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, TUESDAY. JULY 2, 1918.

KENTLAND LAD IS DROWNED

STANLEY GRAVES MEETS UNTIMELY DEATH WHILE SWIMING IN BIG DITCH. The very sad news was "received here this morning of the death of Stanley Graves, the nine year son of Attorney and Mrs. Orth Graves, of Kentland. The unfortunate lad 'was swiming in a large ditch near Kentland Monday, July 1, when the accident happened. It was about three o’clock in the afternoon. Besides Stanley there were other boys including his fourteen year old brother, Robert, swimming at the same time. When the boys came out of the water Robert called to his brother, Stanley, to come out also. Instead of coming out Stanley called to Robert for help. The other boys were so excited that they ran away, but Robert jumped into the ditch again and after diving many times located his brother, Robert, but came near losing his own life. Attorney Graves, the father of Stanley, is the law partner of Judge William Darroch, of Kentland. Mrs. Graves is a sister of Mrs. N. Littlefield of this city. The unfortunate occurence has cast a veil of sadness over the town of Kentland, where Stanley was a decided favorite and .where his parents are held in the very highest esteem.

MARTINDALE TRANSFERRED TO POST OFFICE

J. B. Martindale, Who for the past six years, had been the carrier on rural route number four out of here, has been transferred to clerkship in the Rensselaer post office. Before >ecoming a rural carrier Mr. Martindale had served nine years as a railway mail’messenger. The place to which Mr. Martindale has been transferred was made vacant over a year ago by the resignation of Gaylord McFarland. Pending the appointment of a permanent clerk Wilda Littlefield, daughter of Postmaster Littlefield, has served as clerk. This makes a vacancy on rural route- four out of 'here which is being temporarily filled by Hale Grant. Route number three out of here is being served by Harold Littlefield, son of Postmaster Littlefield. The regular carrier on route three,Russell Willett, having 'been appointed a railway mail messenger.

AS THE MERCHANTS SEE IT.

In answer to the article in Saturday’s Republican about the hours for opening and closing the stores. The party who made the remark, either wants special catering or does not understand the stores are kept open especially on Wednesday and Saturday nights just such men as he and our farmers who work all day and can not get into the stores only after six o’clock. The merchants of Rensselaer are certainly liberal when it comes to keeping the stores open at night until twelve and one o’clock, such hours no one else ever heard of. It would seem that the patrons of Rensselaer stores could not possibly find any reason to “kick” on the store hours. But the merchants should get together and close the stores at a respectable hour on Saturday nights. As to the mail order business it is the duty of every man, woman and child to help and build up their own “home town”. Patronize the town in every way possible and make it a town that we all will be proud to call “our town.” CONTRIBUTED.

MISS ELIZABETH FYFE, of Boston. VIOLINIST of exceptional ability. CONCERT IN M. E. CHURCH RED CROSS BENEFIT. Date will be announced tomorrow.

NEW LIST OF REGISTRANTS

LIST OF THOSE WHO REGISTERED JUNE 5, 1918. 1— Francis Leo Hault, McCoysburg. 2 B. Hoover Mooter, Rensselaer. 3 Donald Edward Scheurich, Rensselaer. 4 Charles Joseph Cheehan, Col- — 5 Fred William Guttrich, Remington. 6 True H. Culp, Lee. 7 William Jennings B. Pharis, Rensselaer, R. F. D. 3. 8— Bert Franklin Bennett, Wheatfield. 9 Virgil Flett Rude, Fair Oaks. 10— Joseph Alphonse Pickard, Collegeville. 11— Lemuel Leonard Braddock, Wheatfield. 12— Charles Elijah Williams, Rensselaer, R. F. D. 2. 13— Donald Prevo Guild, Medaryville. 14— Harry Ivan Stembel, Rensselaer. 15— Claude Wiseman, Wheatfield. 16— Amiel Hotter, Goodland. 17— Charles Otto Tilton, Wheatfield. 18— Gerald Edwin Gifford, Rensselaer. 19— Ernest R. Beaver, Pleasant Ridge. 20— Earnest L. Bachman, Pleasant Ridge. 21— Floyd V. Jones, Medaryville. 22 Sylvester Schwager, Rensseaer. * 23 Orville Earl Abel, Fair Oaks. 24 Charles Frederick Peck, Remington. 52—Everett Ray Fidler, Rensselaer.

25 Willie William Obenchain, Wheatfield. 26 Ward Lewis, Remington. 27 Lawrence Vernon Stroup, Kersey. 28— Elmer Vance Shriyer, Parr, R. F. D. 1. 29 Harry Eugene Alexander, Medaryville. 30— Edward Ritter, Parr. 31— Bryan Odom, Francesville. 32 Birger Arvesen, Wheatfield. 33 Samuel J. Karr, Fair Oaks. 34 Charles Isaah Florence, Fair Oaks, R. F. D. 2. 35 John F. Mutter, Collegeville. 36 George John Niekamp, Col37 Eber Hahn, Parr. 38— Cecil James Keller, Fair 39 Stanley Boyer Merica, Renssdsicr* 40— .Peter Leichty, Fair Oaks, R. F. D. 2. 41— Harry E. Feldman, DeMotte. 42 David R. Blake, Fair Oaks. 43 Harvey Sanford Caldwell, 44 Fred Carl Hugo Dunker, 45 Henry Stanton Morgan, Rensselaer. 46 Jesse Schultz, Medaryville. 47 John Cook, McCoysburg. 48— Harold Henry Hanley, New49 Lewis Barker, Remington. 50— Jesse Bryan Austin, Wheatfield. 51— William Elmer Rice, Kniman. 53 Richard Earl Gardner, DeMotte. 54 Orville Hanaway, DeMo.tte. 55 — Teddy Edward Keen, Gifford. 56 Carl Paul Trump, Fair Oaks. 57 Ira Albert Hurley, Rensselaer. 58— Charles I. Kosta, Fair Oaks. 59 Louyd Earl Haniford, Gifford. 60— William Eniest Eigelsbach, Rensselaer. 61— Frank John Garlach, Tefft. 62 Victor Peregrine, Tefft. 63 Dale Edmund Thurlow, Rensselaer. 64 'Clarence Lawrence, Tefft. 65 Charles Franklin Kepner, Rensselaer. 66 John Frederick Ahlemeier, Tefft. 67 Elmer Morgan Davis, Tefft. 68— Owen Simons, Rensselaer. 69 C. Ray Wesner, Wheatfield. 70— Peter Nannenga, DeMotte. 71— Roy C. Israel, Rensselaer. 72 —Earl Omar Price, Rensselaer, R. F. D. 2.

73—Nicholas Tysen, Thayer. . 74—Calix Paquette, Remington. . 75—Kenneth S. Gibbs, Wheatfield. 76 James T. Davis, Kniman. 77 Lowell Leroy Beasey, Remington, R. F. D. 2. 78— Henry J. Friedel, Collegeville. 79 Charles Milton Karch, Wheatfield, R. F. D. 1. 80— Leelan M. Clark, Rensselaer, R. F. D. 4. 81— Leonard A. Rajal, Rensselaer, R. F. D. 3. 82— James Augustin Shelly, Rensselaer. 83— Paul Hershman, Tefft. Oaks. 84— Joseph Sebastian Raible, Collegeville. 85— Michael Nicholas Miseh, Wheatfield. 86— Estel G. Meyers, Wheatfield. 87— George W. Gratner, Brook, land. 88— Cyprian* Charais, Remington. Francesville. . 89—Reuben Frank DeVoogt, Remington. 90— Frederick E. Fehrenbacker, Collegeville. 91— Oral Raymond Sayers, McCoy sbnrg. 92 Gilbert Francis Esser, Collegeville. 93 John B. Reed, Remington. 94 Henry Bullis, Remington. 95 Robert Glen Eldridge, Rens<T

Luggage Suit Cases , $1.50 to $lB A 11 our suit cases have Patented Pressed Steel Frames and Genuine Brass Plated lochs and bolts. • I Bags $1.75 to S2O Trunks sll to S3O Tomorrow’s Woatbor Fair.

WAR SUMMARY.

Notwithstanding certain substantial gains on both the west and Italian fronts, war interest today centers on the apparent certainty that the next German offensive in France will be the most stupendous yet attempted, and that it will involve American troops to a considerable extent. News from the War Department at Washington indicates that Gen. Pershing is ready. Organization of the first American army corps (220,000 men) has been completed, and this corps now stands shoulder to shoulder with the French on the line from Compiegne to Chateau Thierry, which has come to be known as the “Paris front.” The active, news of the day includes slight gains by the French on a five-mile front between the Ourcq and Marne Rivers from Passy-en-Vaio is to Vinly, (adjoining the American sector above the Marne. The French also moved ahead southwest of Soissons. In these operations 200 Germans were captured. In a strong local action near Albert, far to the north, the .British took 50 prisoners, making their total capture since June 1 almost 2,000 maw. The significance of these thrusts by the French and the British . is based on predictions of the coming enemy “hurricane.” Each local victory will enable the allies the more safely to weather the storm. It was again a bad day for Austria. Veinna admits the loss of Col del Rosso and Monte di Valbella and withdrawal to Stenfle woods, where the army stood at >H*e eve of the drive of June 15. As a matter of fact the Italians in the Alphine sector —to them the vital one—have recaptured three of the most important peaks—Rosso, Valbella and Echele- — and have taken more than 2,000 prisoners. Several vicious counter attacks by the Austrains failed utterly.

Try our elaasifiod eotantn.

selaer. 96 Glen Brown, Brook, R. F. D. Rensselaer. 97 John Acy Mize, Moody. Ralph Ira Lakin, Parr, R. F. ID. 1. 99 —James Arthur Kenyon, RemI ington.

CARSON CLAIMS TO BE CHAMPION SHOCKER

Ivan Carson, a member of' the G. E. Murray Company of this eity, spent last Friday and Monday in the harvest field shocking wheat. The work was done for Marion I. Adams, his father-in-law, and last night while Mr. Carson was telling of his ability to shock s wheat the crowd to whom he was speaking told him that they were convinced of his ability if he would work for some one not a relative. Just at this time Conrad Kellner came along. Conrad had been in the field with Mr. Carson and reported that the latter was sure some harvest hand. We would reaHy like to have Mr. Carson try it with some one else and suggest that he be asked to substitute for Tony Anetal, who left with the selectmen last week. We do not doubt Mr. Kenner’s veracity nor do we dispute Mr. Carson’s claim of being the champion shocker, but we insist that the awarding of this title must ibe without prejudice and in fairness to Charles M. Sands, Mayor Charles G. Spitler and Abraham Halleck, who consider Carson to be an upstart and an imposter and each one of them claim that their title is indisputable and incontestable. Halleck is reported to claim that he can shock wheat after binders and never allow them to be a round ahead of him even if they are driving at a speed equal to that of Judge Hanley’s Dr. Yak, No. 348.

WORK OR FIGHT LAW IN EFFECT

Washington, July I.—With 4,500 local boards acting as truant officers, the government’s work or figfat regulations were put into effect today with the object of compelling every man in the army draft registration lists to do his part towards winning the war, either by entering the army or engaging in some necessary occupation. Since the announcement of the regulations some weeks ago, reports received at the office of Provost Marshal General Crowder show many registrants have complied with the order. The result has been a material increase in the available supply of labor for essential industries, and a still greater increase is expected when the regulations are pvt nto full force. No official computation has been made as to the number of men who will be affected, but estimates by the best informed officials run from 800,000 to 1,000,000.

SANDS TAKING SPECIAL TRAINING

City Treasurer Charles M. Sands left this city Monday evening bound for Tefft, where he is to report for farm duty this Tuesday morning. Charles expects to make a record that will knock Ivan Carson’s championship claim into a cockedhat. But Mayor Spitler sugguests that whatever record Charles may be able to make can not be counted as Charles will be working on his father’s farm and this is never a fair test. * It is reported that a number at young fellows in this county are receiving some very interesting invite- * tions. These invitations are not marked R. S. V. P.

CASUALTY IN FRANCE FOR INDIANA

Corporal Edwin W. Steinwelde, Gary, wounded severely. Harl Coffman, Terre Haute, wounded severely. PlinyV. Daily, Paoli, wounded severely. \ Elbert H. Ramey, Richmond, wounded severely.

We carry a complete line of tires, all sizes, Goodrich, Goodyear, Racine and U. 8. at the lowest cash prices; also Standard blemished tires at 50 cents profit. Gas 24 cents. Agent for Maxwell and Oakland cars. Open day and night. MAIN GARAGE. We have threshing coal, binder twine and all kinds of machine oil. KELLNER & CALLAHAN. STAR THEATRE ■—The Hou— of Coed Plsturm ■ TODAY MRS. VERNON CASTLE A Unrrer—l favorite ia “STRANDED IN ARCADY” A big story. Also THE PATHE WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY—EDNA GOODRICH in “WHO LOVED HIM BEST” Also a comedy by Billie Rhoades JULY 4—THURSDAY—JULY 4 EMILY STEVENS “OUTWITTED” A big six act comedy drama, la addition see a Swift Lomedy. FRIDAY—VALESKA SURRATT ' ia \ “THE PLAYTHING" SATURDAYKITTY GORDON “THE PURPLE LILY” No. 18 of THE EAGLE’S EYE. MONDAYVIOLA DANA I la a big western with old time I action shown.

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