Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1918 — Page 1

No. 151

Porch Swings We have just received another shipioent of wood Porch Swings, in 4 foot, 5 foot and 6 foot lengths. W. J. WRIGHT

NEW SUGAR REGULATIONS

County Food Administrator John Eger has received the following compiunication from State Food Administrator Barnard, which is selfexplanatory : BULLETIN NO. 133. July 2, 1918. Sugar Hoarding. The sugar is disappearing. The sugar permit for canning makes hoarding easy. This must be stopped There is in sight sufficient sugar for all legitimate needs if it is fairly distributed. In order to equalize distribution and prevent hoarding you will call in all sugar permits for canning purposes now in the hands of your grocers. You will require all persons who need sugar for preserving purposes to apply to you or your authorized deputy for permission to purchase sugar. You will then issue a sugar permit for the amount of, sugar required, not exceeding 25 pounds, dated and signed by you or your deputy. Mail order permits must also be O.K.’d by you. We wish to cause no purchaser unnecessary inconvenience. You will therefore appoint a depuyt in each city and town who will receive applications and issue sugar permits. Notify your dealers that they must sell no sugar for preserving purposes except upon a sugar permit bearing the signature of a County Federal Food Administrator or of a duly authorized deputy. Dealers will be held ’responsible for sales of sugar upon permits bearing forged signatures. The. signed permits must be returned to you promptly as in the past. . Insist upon strict compliance with all regulations. Very, truly yours, H. E. BARNARD, Federal Food Adm. for Indiana.

RECLASSIFIES TEN MORE REGISTRANTS

The local board received from the district board today, the following re-classification of registrants: Arthur F. Kanne, 3 to 3. John R. Parkison, 3 to 2. Joseph Prohosky, 3 to 2. Hein Bokma, 8 to 3. Oecaj* Weiss, 3to 1. * Garret. DeFries, 2 to 1. William F. Rockwell, 2 to 1. Charles F. Brusnahan, 4 to 1. A. W. Bush, 2to 1. ' Clyde H. Smith, 2 to 1.

PICTURES WORTHWHILE SEEING PRINCESS—GAYETY TONIGHT At The Princess J. STAUT BLACKTON PRESENTS his deluxe production. “The Judgment House” with an All Star Cast. 6 Acts 10c and 15c. At The Gayety VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURES “The Judgment House” TWO ACT COMEDY and GOOD VAUDEVILLE. 2 hour show. 10c and 20c. MONDAY— Chas. Ray and “His Mothers Boy” TUESDAYBLUE RIBBON PROGRAM.

The Evening Republican

TWO MORE CIRCUS WRECK VICTIMS DIE; TOTAL IS 63

Two more victims of the Hagen-back-Wallace circus train wreck at Ivanhoe two weeks ago died yesterday, bringing the death toll to sixtythree. George Donohue, of Indianapolis, a famous acrobat, died in Hammond of a broken back. John Nelson, of Joliet, a trapeze artist, died from a similar injury in Gary.

MAY TELL WHERE THEY ARE.

Paris, June 29.—American soldiers and officers stationed at post behind the front may reveaj the secret of their whereabouts to friends and rela tives at home, according to a new ruling of the army authorities. They may indicate freely that they are at Tours or at other behind-the-line posts and may receive their mail so addressed. It is still forbidden, however, to send to America or anywhere else for that matter, any picture post cards of the places where the troops are stationed. The base censor does not feel like taking a chance on sending out photographs that might come into German hands.

Max Kepner, one of Rensselaer’s very best mechanics, has enlisted and will enter the service as a mechanical instructor. It is understood that he will be assigned to the force now in training at the Deaf and Dumb Institution at Indianapolis. Max is in Indianapolis today from which place he will drive a new Ford car for the Central Garage.

Peoria, 111., July 6,2 a. m.— Scores of persons are believed to have been drowned - in the sinking of the steamer Columbia which went down early this morning in the Illinois river five miles south of here. One report says hundreds lost their lives. The steamer jammed against the Peoria side of the river and stove a great hole in the bow. The boat sank almost immediately in deep water. All available physicians and nurses in Peoria* and Pekin have been summoned to the scene of the disaster. Washington, July B.—Miss Jeanette Rankin, representative from Montana, announced today she will be a candidate for the republican nomination to the senate to succeed Senator Walsh, who will offer for reelection in November. The nominating primaries will be August 27 and Miss Rankin said at present there is no other republican candidate. Washington, July B.—The United States army transport Henderson has been afire at sea, but was made an Atlantic port in safety. There .was no loss of life.

Washington, p. C., July B.—The United States army transport Henderson has been afire at sea, but has made an Atlantic port in safety. There was no loss of life. Few details could be had at the navy department tonight, but it was said that the vessel was not badly damaged. It was not made known whether the Henderson was outbound or homeward bound, nor was there any information as to how the fire occurred.

UNION SERVICES. Union services will be held at the Gayety theatre tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock. Rev. D. C. Hill, of the Baptist church, will preach. A male guartette will” furnish special music. There was a large attendance at the meeting last Sunday evening. Everybody is welcome.

Charles -Pefley will furnish you teaes for fall planting direct from Rochester, N. Y. Every tree guaranteed to grow or replaced nee of charge. Phone 475.

MAX KEPNER ENLISTS.

BULLETIN.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1918.

Former Linotype Operator Not Fond of Ocean Trip.

P. Z. MacDonald of Brook, who was employed for a short time a few years ago as' linotype operator on The Democrat and latsr was employed in the same capacity on the Kentland Enterprise, writes an interesting letter from France to the editor of the Enterprise, which we copy: France, JUne 6, 1918.. Dear Friend: —For the past two months I have put off writing to you thinking I could write something of interest, and now that I might bo able to do so" we are not allows c to mention things which might possibly* be so. But I will do the best I can under the circumstances. I wrote you of my leaving Ohio, and after a very short stay at our port of embarkation we bid farewell to “God’s Country” and for several of the longest days I ever spent saw nothing but a few streamers of smoke on the horizon and quite a number of fish, but none such as some of the fellows saw. (?) What I cannot understand is why so many people “rave’’ about ocean tr*ps, Be’.ieve me, old terra flrma is good enough for me—no, I wasn’t sick, either—but it is not the most beautiful scenery to see nothing but water for several days. And when ‘the coast of France showed up there wasn’t enough men on board to keep me below, and it would take severed Kentlands to exceed the number we had on board.

We reached the port of debarkation In the- afternoon and were lucky to be among the first to go ashore, and saw ouir first French town which was built—as all others are in France—entirely of stone. After reaching our camp, which, by the way, is one if not the oldest of r_.ny in France, and was one of Napoleon’s headquarters, surrounded by a stone wall, and it is claimed that a part of this was built by Caesar. After a five-days rest we .were put on board trains and had three days and nights of it, passing through some of the most beautiful country in the world. I will give but a brief description of it as it would, to do it justice, fill a good-sized book. There are no wire fences here, all being _ built of stone, dirt or walls, with lots of hedge, and it is very seldom a field contains more than a very few acres, so you cam iftragine the amount of labor expended to build them. But it is the same in everything—built to stand permanently. The roads here are all of stone, even lames, etc. You have good roads in Newton county, but these put them to shame. But as this is a rocky country they can be explained. I had expected to see quite a change in the soils, vegetation and crops grown hetre also, but there is not much . change. But the strangest of all was I never saw a corn stalk on my trip. After arriving at my present address we were put promptly at work getting our barracks in order, and now- for another good word for the Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross, as well as for the Salvation Army. Several times on our three days’ trip we would get off and find a sign reading “American - Red Cross.’’ I’ll tell you it was good for sore eyes, and at all of these coffee with something to go with it was given to us, with real American women to took at. Support the Red Cross, it is worthy of all that can be said or done tor if. Twenty-four hours afterreaching here a .Y. M. C. A. Ford pulled into camp with books, papers and smokes for us. I never realized what the “Y” amounted to till I arrived in France. At the Salvation; Army fruit, which we soon found after getting here, and under control of ladies, we can get that which will always make me have a wairm feeling for them. Real pie, coffee, cocoa and cookies can he had at nrices which are, it seems to me, hardly enough to pay for transportation of material for them. But I must close this or the censor will not pass it and I could not much -blame him, for I know he has his hands full all the time. I almost forget to mention that scarcely were we off the boat till a little fellow came up to us who knew but these few words of English, “Paper? Chicago Tribune and New York Herald, three cents!” It is needless to say that he did a "ood business while the papers lasted. But the difference in the size of the paper—C. T. was a single sheet. We do not hear as much of the war as. you people do, although we get our paper daily” from Paris. Here instead of autos; they are so common we hardly notice them, and there is a strange rumbling of the earth and noises in the air, but we do not mind that. I must close. Have not received a letter for over a month, and I aim homesick for a letter. Let me hear from you, also send The Enterprise. Your friend, P. Z. MacDONALD.

SATURDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mrs. Frank Johnson, of Mt. Ayr, entered the hospital Friday for medical treatment. AU other patients are doing nicely.

George Babcock is spending a furlough here with his parents, Editor and Mrs. F. E. Babcock. George is a mechanical instructor in the Wilbur wright aviation field at Dayton, Ohio.

HARRISON LYTLE SATISFIED WITH ARMY LIFE

Harrison Lytle, the young lad who refused to go with the last draft of boys, and was taken to Indianapolis by J. J. Montgomery and turned over to the federal officers, and was not punished by them upon his promise to enter the army, has written the following letter to his lister and brother-in-law: Camp Zachary Taylor, July 2.—1 am at Camp Taylor and am a soldier in the national army of the United States. I like the life fine. Was out on drill this morning and got along fine, also donned my uniform this morning. There is lots of men. When I left Rensselaer Tuesday last I I went to Indianapolis and staid at Fort Benjamin Harrison until Saturday, when I was transferred to Camp Taylor. We are well fed and "entertained here. Last night I attended a Y. M. C. A. lecture and band concert. Tonight I will either attend a concert or the movies, which is all free. I also attended a ball game after examination. I was “shot” in the arm Monday morning by the doctor. It wasn’t bad at all. I have to take two more shot, which will be done in the next fourteen days. The first month of army life is the hardest part. After that it I is fine. The officers here make every I man fill out a set of papers, something like a questionnairre to see I what he is best fitted for. I will either be a teamster or in the motor truck division, also am booked on musical talent on the guitar. We have a player piano here in the I barracks, also one fellow who is a I number one violin player, also two drums, so you see we don’t lack fori entertainment. We also have a pool I table and 'barber shop. One of the officers here used to be a railroad man at Roadhouse, 111., and is ac-1 quainted with C. F. Mansfield. The I other morning we were talking and J Roadhouse told me where he was from, so you see you meet a friend everywhere you go. There is mostly Illinois and Kentucky boys quartered here. .As soon as I get a chance I I will look up the Loda, 111. boys and see how many I know that are here. | You should see them eat here. 380 eat at one time. Each man has his own mess kit, which consists of knife, fork, spoon and cup and two fold-1 ing pans. Our uniform consists of a complete change of clothes all around, or two suits. ~Soon as I get leave to go to townl will get some I photos taken and send to you. Jack I Montgomery got me all straightened out.

July 3.—4 o’clock—Just got in from drill field. About two thousand drill at once on the field where we drill. This forenoon I played the guitar. We are getting up a minstrel company. I can look out of the barracks windows here and see the Kentucky hills along the river 15 miles away. lam in one of the best companies in the Depot Brigade. HARRISON LYTLE, Camp Taylor, 3rd Co., 159th Depot Brigade, Louisville, Ky.

THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY

Office of the District Commercial Superintendent. Detroit, Mich., July 5, 1918. Managers, Independent Offices: On the assumption that an attempt will be mgde to tie-up our service on Monday next, please be governed by the following: t ' At points where we are seriously affected* patrons presenting messages for transmission should be counselled in their own interest to take them to the Postal Telegraph Company, but if patrons insist the messages will of course be accepted subject to delay. Patrons whose messages are picked up on call or by telephone should be similarly advised by telephone under like conditions; the idea being to minimize the number of messages which we will ourselves tranfer to the Postal Company. In case of trouble .alii messages of course will be accepted subject to delay and will be so stamped or endorsed. Messages for joint railroad offices can be identified by absence of office hours in tariff book listing, and such messages should be accepted subject to being mailed or telephoned as follows: To the extent that railroad operators decline to handle commercial messages at their stations, through messages for such points will be telephoned or mailed from the normal relay or nearest independent office. Local messages to railroad points will be returned to the senders with a statement of the facts. In such cases you should cooperate with the traffic department in the mailing of such messages. Depending upon the extent to which we are affected, it may.be necessary to deposit in the Post Office for local delivery a portion or all messages except Government messages and other messages of an urgent character, which would normally be delivered in the regular course. This necessity, however, will only arise in case our messages have been tampered with, and is not anticipated. If messages are mailed, care should be taken to use envelopes which comply with Post Office regulations. i It may be necessary to temporarily suspend our day and night letter services, in which event you will be advised at the time. The foregoing instructions should be treated as confidential and are, of course, designed for the guidance of our employees only in case trouble develops. ~ Yours truly, E- BOENING, __ Dish Oom. Supt.

OurWindowsTell J I ■ I I fljgl I I I reason we spend so much money in advertising Straw Hats Is because our selection is so much larger and the hats so much better than those offered by the average store. If they were not a whole lot betJ ter, wouldn’t we k be very foolish to spendthemoney? I Tomorrow's Weather Fair.

CHARLES H. PORTER’S FARM SOLD

George F. Meyers has negotiated the sale of two good farms. He has sold the Charles H. Porter farm consisting of 132 acres to George A. Daugherty, Jr. The consideration is reported to have been $135.00 per acre. This farm is quite well improved and lies three miles northwest of the city of Rensselaer. Daugherty is one of the county’s hustling young men and is now running a large farm in Newton township. The other deal made by Mr. Meyers was the sale of the David Peer farm in Walker township to Sexton Alexander, who is now the tenant on the Judson J. Hunt farm near Independence in Gillam township.

ALL EXPRESSMEN IN U. S. TO GET INCREASE IN PAY

New York, July s.—Expressmen throughout the country will receive higher wages, dating from July 1, it was announced tonight by George C. Taylor, president, American Railway Express Company, which operates the entire express business on the railroads of the United States. “The increase in express rates, recently granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission,” said President Taylor, “makes it»possible to immediately revise the_wage schedules.”

MAKES GRUESOME FIND.

Watseka, Ill.—While going through a pasture to feed his cows, Hilaire Regnier, of Beaverville, found a broken fruit jar containing four fingers and a thumb of a human -hand. Police have been unable to solve the mystery. The body of a baby was found near the spot about a year ago.

Farmers—You know about the service we give you. You can get all International Harvester Co. repairs of us. Every effort will be made to assist you. Cali us on phone if after dosing hours. KELLNER ' & CALLAHAN. _ _

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MRS. PENROD IS SERIOUSLY INJURED

I The following account of the Pen--1 rod automobile accident appears in the Saturday, July 6, Chicago Her-old-Examiner: Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Penrod, 658 W. 64th street, were returning from I Lafayette, Ind., yesterday with their I four daughters when their 'automobile overturned in a creek. The parents were seriously injured Mrs. Penrod may die. The children, flung into the water, escaped unhurt. Mrs. Penrod was pinned beneath I the car. Rescuers from a passing automobile held her head above the water’s surface while others worked to release her. She suffered internal injuries, several broken ribs and a fractured collar bone. r The children—Lolo, 16; Dorothy, 11; Helen, 9; and Virginia, 2—were thrown into six feet of water. The older girls, who could swim, rescued the younger ones as they whirled down the rushing stream and dragged them to the bank. Mr. Penrod, though badly hurt, worked desperately to save his wife from drowning, holding her head above the water until help came. The occupants of the other machine lifted the car sufficiently to free the unconscious woman. The family was carried to Lowell and taken to a private home. Mrs. Penrod was formerly Miss Bird Gilbert, of Lafayette.

RETURNED FROM THE SOUTH.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Myers passed through Rensselaer today on their way to Wheatfield, their former home. They have been in Florida for the past two years. Their home is at Hypoluxi a small town about ten miles south of Palm Beach. Mr. Myers I owns a small farm there and showed us his hands proving by their calloused condition that he had done considerable work in raising fruits and vegetables. He said that they, ha dno boys to send to the war and felt it was his duty to do' his bit in this way. , - Mrs. Myers reports that the south is intensely patriotic and is up on its toes in all war activities. Mt. and Mrs. Myers have driven through between Wheatfield and Hypoluxi three times but report that the crop prospects were never quite so promising. They left their ecuthem home on June 23 and have averaged about one hundred miles a day. They carried equipment for sleeping and report that they were able to travel at the vfery nominal expense of four dollars a day. When prices were not so high they had been able to get along on three dollars per day. The return trip, was made in the same tar they drove south two years ago. It is a Pullman Motor car and has given splendid service. In coming through this time they used the Jackson Highway and found it much better than the Dixey Highway over which they had previously driven. They report, however, that the roads are not being kept in good repair and the heavy traffic has made them in bad condition much of the way. Mr. and Mrs. Myers expect to remain in Wheatfield for about two months. They own a large business building there and also a half interest in the large stock of merchandise, which is under the management of their partner, Henry Langdon.

"We have threshing coal, binder twine and all kinds of machine oiL KELLNER & CALLAHAN. Two cars of nice lump coal for threshing just received by the Farmers Grain Co. Better get in your order early.

ABUNDANCE OF MONEY I can loan you all the money you want on that farm. My rate is S per cent and my limit b ll®o per —P. D. Walla Moreens. Ind AT THE STAR THEATRE —The Hou— of Good Pictunm - TODAY SEE KITTY GORDON in "THE PURPLE LILY** and MARGUERITE SNOW and > j KING BAGGOTT * In No. 18 of "THE EAGLE'S EYE** Full of mystery and action today. MONDAYVIOLA DANA In a big western drama comedy rlram, "THE LENGHTENING TRAIL” TUESDAY—AN ALL STAR CAST in "THE GREAT ADVENTURE” and * 1 * - A PATHE NEWS. With the latest news from “over there.” WEDNESDAY—MARGUERITE FISHER In a comedy drama "JILTED JANET* and COMEDY REEL. 1 '■ ‘ 1 1 ” ■■ 1 COMING—LIBERTY