Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1918 — Page 1

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Factories, offices and farms all-have the most modern machines to save men work and time and do things better than in old fashioned ways. ; Then why not the home? , The Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet cuts kitchen work nearly in half. Come in and hear our offer * on how to get a Hoosier. W. J. WRIGHT

FRIDAY CASUALTY LIST

Th® new army casualty list released by the War Department shows: Killed in action, seventy-six; missing in action, thirty-three; wounded severly, 108; died of accident, and other causes, two; died of diseases, twelve; died of wounds, twenty-four; wounded, degree undetermined, ninety-two; total, 347. The list from Indiana is as follows: . Private Forest Hughes, Patriot, killed in action. Private Laurens Bennett Smith, Bloomington, killed in action. Private Frank A. Krider, Brazil, killed in action. Private Raymond Farley, Shelbyville, died of pounds. Corporal Bruce E. Mankenson, Pierecton, wounded, degree undeterPrivate Frank E. Murchand, Monroeville, wounded), degree undetermined. Private William S. Porter, Eaton, wounded, degree undetermined. Private Russell C. Timmons, .Colfax, wounded, degree undetermined.

BURLESON WILL OVERSEE PHONE CHARGES, CHANGES

Washington, Aug. 29.—Under orders issued today all changes in telephone rates must be submitted to Postmaster Burleson for approval, before becoming effective, and the companies are required to make a charge for installing new telephones ,or changing the locations of, the oila A statement by the postmaster general says the new changes are necessary to conserving labor and material and to eliminate a cost which now. is, borne by the permanent user of the telephone. , Installation charges where the rate is $2 a month or less will be Jo. Where the rate is more than s2but not exceeding $4 a month, it will be $lO, and where the rate is more than $4 a month, sls. The moving charge to the subscriber, the statement says, will be the actual cost of labor and material necessary for making the change.

Mrs. Ed Reeves and Miss Dorothy Crawford of Chicago went to Lafayette today. Mrs. W. S. Ware came from Rantoul, Di., Thursday to visit Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lutz.

EVERYTHING THAT’S GOOD IN PHOTOPLAYS PRINCESS THEATRE TONIGHT Blue-Bird Program - —‘ ELLA HALL “A MOTHER’S SECRET” And Two Comedies HARRY WATSON In 4 “MUSTY SUFFERER” The Funniest Comedies Produced. 7 Reels 10c and 15c ■ 1 —’ ■ ■ '■ SATURDAY—GAYETY AND PRINCESS THEATRES PARAMOUNT STAR SERIES _ CHAS. RAY In "THE HIRED MAN” Also MACK SENNETT COMEDY » 10c and 15c MONDAY—LABOR DAY SPECIAL NORMA TALMADGE ' -In "DELUXE ANNE” _ * In 7 Acts ' '

The Evening Republican.

We are ordered by the Government to confine extensions and betterments to the imperative and unavoidable work to meet war requirements and the vital commercial needs of the country. '.*ur install 4 ", nns of telephones will be conriced to such, as are vital to war work necessities. Telephone rn ives will he I’ eated the same as new installations A reward of $lO 00 v ill be pa'd for information of part 1 ts breaking wires, glass and poles, or in any way .rterfefing with any line of conunun <.'»aon. On account of labor, trour.e cannot br cared for as promptly as you may think, but will be taken care of in their proper order, trying for the best of all patrons. Will cheerfully remove any instrumehts when not satisfactory, but none can be installed until after the war period.—JASPER COUNTY TELEPHONE CO., Per. W- L. Bott, Manager.

All persons knowing themeselves indebted to Dr. M. D. Gwin must call and settle at once, by cash or note. The office will be closed soon and all remaining accounts will be placed in the hands of a lawyer for collection.

Colonel Fred Phillips, the genial auctioneer of Rensselaer and his wife attended Fountain Park last week a day or two. In conversation with the editor of this paper* there are, at present, he says, on the Lawkflr ranch, northwest of Renselaer, 300 mighty fine horses, that were purchased in this country by the Swiss government. They were kept in Chicago for a year, where they nearly ate their heads off, and then finding there was no possibility of getting the animals shipped across, on account of the lack of boats, they leased the Lawler ranch and turned them out, where they now are at the expense of that government. Fred thinks that there is no doubt, whatever, but that the German government are the rightful owners of the animal's, but that they forced the Swiss government to buy for them. Maybe your Uncle Samuel will need a few more horses, and will takeover this bunch. They are good horses and of a grade that is used for army work. —Remington Press.

A merchant at Winamac was selling potatoes at 5 cents a pound last week, $3.00 per bushel, while he was paying but $1.25 for the same. Talk about profiteering, he must be doing it right.—Remington Press. \

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918.

THOMPSON BARN BURNS

LIGHTNING DESTROYS BARN, HORSES, COW AND OTHER PROPERTY AT PARR. '• Lightning struck the large barn on the main farm of Firman Thompson at Parr at an early hour this morning and the bam and contents were destroyed in the fire that followed. The bam contained twelve horses, a cow, 700 bushels of oats, 25 tons of hay and straw, sixteen sets -of harness, fertilizer and a large amount of farm machinery, all of which was destroyed with the exception of two horses and a’ colt, which were badly burned, and it is thought these will die. The bam was worth $3,000 and was insured for SI,OOO. The horses were insured for $1,500, which will nearly cover the loss on these. The total loss will be in the neighborhood of $7,000, with an insurance of only $2,500. The loss is a severe one on Mr. Thompson. AH his horses were destroyed and he will now be compelled to buy tractors to do his fall plowing.

LIGHTNING KILLS HOG IN RENSSELAER

Lightning struck the electric light wires at the home of Leslie Clark, following the wires into the residence, where it shattered the fuse boxes, putting all, the ( lights out of commission. Z A night light was burning in the bath room, and the current passed through the globe, making small holes but not shattering the globe. From the house the current followed the wires to the barn and garage, where it blew off the switch boxes and shattered a feed box underneath. Fortunately his automobile, which always stood when in the garage within a foot of the feed box, was not in the garage at the time and thus escaped damage. Further investigation disclosed that a 250pound sow that was sleeping in a small building twenty-five feet from the barn, was killed instantly, but how the lightning traveled that far from the barn without showing any further trace of its passage, is a mystery. Two other hogs were sup 7 posed to be sleeping at the side of the one that was killed, but they were not irfjured.

U. S. FIXES RATES FOR PHONE. INSTALLATION

Washington, Aug. 29. Rates were fixed today by Postmaster General Burleson for telephone installations. The charges will be $5 where the rate is $2 a month or less; $lO where the rate is more than $2, but not exceeding $4 a month and sls where the ra:te is more than $4 a month. The moving charge to the subscriber will be the actual cost of labor and materials. The rates are effective Sept. 1.

FRIDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Miss Vera Witcher, of Mt. Ayr, entered the hospital today for medical treatment. Alonzo Scheurich, who had his hand hurt in a threshing machine Thursday, had it attended to at the hospital. All other patients remain the same.

Mrs. S. M. Freelove, of Goodland, came Wednesday evening for an indefinite stay at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. E. Babcock. .Mrs. Freelove has been quite poorly of late, suffering much from rheumatism.

FRIDAY WAR SUMMARY

All dispatches today indicate that she retirement of the German armies to the old Hindenburg line, whence they launched their great offensive on March 21, cannot now be long delayed. The French and British armies are sweeping relentlessly ahead eastward toward Cambrai, St. Quentin and Laon, while to the south the French and Americans have launched the drive expected for some time, which is likely to make, the Chemin des Dames untenable for the enemy. During the twenty-fourhours the British have captured Bapaume and swept beyond. The French have taken Roye and, according to unofficial reports, have dashed ahead twelve miles, to the gates of Ham. Apparently a retreat equal to the famous Hindenburg retreat of March, -1917, is under way, over the same ground, but instead of being unnoticed by the allies, is being conducted under costly and terrific pressure. Field Marshal Haig officially reports that “from Bapaume southward the enemy has been forced to abandon the ground he gained at such heavy cost last March and April.” The British are reported across the Somme, and the French are reported crossing the Ailette in force. The operation in which the Americans are participating between the Ailette and the Aisne, if successfully carried out, will make the Chemin des Dames positions.untenable to the Germans and likely will spell disaster to the enemy forces still holding out along the tVesle. At latest reports, the French and Americans, heavily supported by tanks, were making, good progress in this important drive. ■». — s

SMALL BOY MEETS DEATH

LESLIE SMITH, SON OF E. E. SMITH, KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE AT HAMMOND. Leslie Smith, son of E. E. Smith, of Rensselaer, met his death by being run over by an automobile at Hammond Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock. 'Mr. Smith received a telegram notifying him of the accident and went to Hammond this morning. The particulars of the accident were not given in the telegram, other than that the boy had been run over and had been removed to a hospital, and that his death occurred shortly thereafter, without regaining consciousness. The body was brought here at 2 o’clock this afternoon and the funeral will be held here. The Smith boy was fourteen years old. He went to Hammond six weeks ago and was making his home with his brother, Raymond Smith.

NEW REGULATIONS REGARDING WHEAT FLOUR

Indianapolis, August 27.—New flour and wheat regulations, under which consumers may use 80 per cent Wheat flour and 20 per cent substitutes, were/ announced today, by State Food Administrator H. A. Barnard. The new rules become effective September 1. The new rules displace the fiftyfiftyregulation and all rules and regulations based on it are to be cancelled, Mr. Barnard said. The new rules place no limitation on the amqunt of flour a consumer may lbuy at one time, although it is pointed out that persons are expected to use corn, bread as much as possible as in the past. The new flour rule is the result of an order of Federal Food Administrator Hoover. Farmers will be subject to the same rules that govern consumption of flour by other persons.

LESS GASOLINE

Gasolineless Sundays may not fill the hearts of motor car owners with unalloyed joy, but it may do them some good. The fuel administration \has not yet issued an order against the use of pleasure cars on Sunday, but it has made a request, and in these times a request from such authority comes with almost the same force as an order; Owners of motor cars are asked not to use them on Sunday unless engaged in such work as hauling freight, going to fires, answering calls for physicians and the like. This will restrict the use of automobiles to a comparative few. Having a few of the old-fashioned •brand of Sundays is not going to hurt anybody. Men and women who are in the habit of riding many dusty miles every Sunday will find that they have feet and legs and that these useful members are admirably suited for the purpose of locomotion. Taking a walk is not so popular as it used to be, but those who have found and written about the beauties of nature, are not the people who went through life at the rate .of sixty miles an hour, or even thirty-five. Those who found nature to be beau-' tiful and kindly were the people who gazed about them as they walked — walked, and not as they hurried from place to place. . t The old habit of visiting the neighbors may be revived and, happy thought, the old custom of staying at home on Sunday afternopn. Barring the use of the pleasure automobile on Sunday will give the riding public a chance to get its breath and its, bearings. The gasoline is needed ed somewhere else and we ought to be willing to give it up without pretest. And, bear this in mind, there is nothing in the request to prevent the head of the family from putting on his unionails and spending the afternoon on his back, under the ear, learning all about its internal economy and diagnosing its ills. But, to treat the announcement more seriously, many people who own cars have no other time to use them than on Sunday. If Sunday riding is prohibited for them they will ride little. The main thing involved is the saving of gasoline. better -way to have accomplished this would have been an order limiting pleasure cars to a certain number of gallons per week. Under - the fuel administrator’s new request a car owner may use as much fuel as he likes and ride throughout the week, but he must keep his car m the garage when Sunday comes.

TEMPERATURE.

Following is the temperature as registered by the government thermometer at Collegeville: Max. Min. August 29 86 65

CHURCH OF GOD.

Services beginning Friday, 8 p. m., arid continuing over Sunday, • with L. E. Conner, Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. M. A. Woodward, Dulton, Mich., and D. E. VanVactor, Plymouth, Ind., as speakers, will be held at the church. Everybody cordially invited.

Advartiae in Tha Republican.

H OurWindowsleri I The war ha* •• • I Brought us to The use of J A lot of ■ •• • t Substitutes. | We may take I •• ♦ * • Rye instead of ** * f Wheat and not I ** * « Kick at ** * 9 Cheaper things—- ♦ ■ But we have to ♦♦ • | Remember this There’ * no • • * Substitute for * * ♦ * WOOL ♦ ♦ ♦ Buying you ♦♦ ♦ * Clothes here any ♦ • * Day—is SAFE! * <. * I Because ♦ ♦ ♦ Hilliard . k Sr* Hamill ♦* ♦ - Don’t stock ♦ • • Anything But all Wool clothes ♦ * ♦ We thank you! • * * Tomorrow’s Woathor Fair, and Cooler.

“SLEEPLESS NIGHT’

Every season brings a new fad and now it is sleepless nights. Last night Miss Elizabeth King entertained fourteen girls for Miss Helen Washburn, of Kentland. The girls arrived at .King’s about 10 o’clock and the home was astir with music, dancing and laughter until 5:30 this morning. At 10:30 today they all enjoyed a delicious two-course war breakfast.

SAYS REFINERY IS TO BE LOCATED AT THAYER

Lowell Tribune: It has just been announced that the Thayer Oil and Gas Company, a flourishing company, is about to start work on their own refinery to be located at Thayer. Ground has already been purchased and it is expected active construction work will begin next week on the first unit of what is planned eventually to be a very large refining plant. Sometime ago the Thayer Oil & Gas Company leased 2,000 acres in Newton and Lake counties under which it seemed quite certain lie both gas and oil in great quantities. They have already done considerable development work and have secured quantities of both gas and oil. The new refinery, now starting, will utilize this gas supply and by the absorption process convert it into

gasoline. The fact that the Thayer Oil & Gas Company have secured both oil and gas in a portion of the state far removed from other oil and gas fields, leads experts to believe this company has discovered a *new field heretofore untapped. - - It is also understood the, Company will install an electric light plant for lighting the refinery and extend this service to the town of Thayer which is served now by gas from the company’s wells. It is expected considerable new labor will be attracted to Thayer by this 'new industry and it should prove a good thing for not only Thayer but our own and neighboring towns.

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“GASLESS DAY” UP TO PUBLIC

FUEL ADMINISTRATOR FENDIG WILL LEAVE OBSERVANCE TO PATRIOTISM.

Local Fuel Administrator B. F. Fendig, when asked what steps he 1 would take to see that the request I of Fuel Administrator Garfield that no autos be run on Sunday be ob--1 served, said that for the present he | would leave the matter up to the patriotism and conscience of car owners whether the request be obeyed j or not. The order came as a request from the national fuel administrator and i is not mandatory, but it is intimated ; that if the public does not heed the ’ request that steps will be taken to , conserve the gas supply by establishing regulations that will enforce observance. '■ The order was ipade for Sundays on the supposition that the use of cars could be abandoned on that day easier than any other day of the week, and that more pleasure riding is done on Sunday tlian any other day of the week. > It will be interesting to observe how many heed the order here next Sunday and if as many automobiles are used to go to church in as common. It is pretty safe to say that those who disregard the order will not be popular with the masses—especially with those who are not bo fortunate as to own cars. Better get out old Dobbin and let your car stay in the garage, or spend the time you usually put in in pleasure riding in putting your car m condition for ’the trips that are allowed. A dispatch from Washington said fuel administration officials estimated that nearly 8,000,000 gallons of gasoline can be saved each Sunday through non-use of motor vehicles. East of the Mississippi river there are approximately 4,000,000 niotor driven vehicles. Of these 200,000 are trucks to which the restrictions do not apply. The estimated saving is based on the use of an average of two gallons of gasoline for each car of the 3,800,000 affected.

YES, IT’S QUITE AN EXPENSIVE WAR

Washingaon, Aug. 29 -— w * r this month will approximate $1,621,000,000, nearly twice the amount, $870,000,000,000 expended August, nearly a year ago. Thus the war tool is running about $52,000,000,000 already, or over $2,000,000 and hour, a slight increase over July. August figures the total cost to America for the war to date over $15,700,000,000 and the cost since January, this year, to over $lO-,500,000,000.

MUSIC. Helen Mills Ranmeier, teacher of sight reading, rythm, time, improvising and musical appreciation. Essa Ellis Perfleld, pedagogy, based on inner-feeling, reasoning and drills, through the ear, eye and touch. - Inner-Feeling is something within that prompts expression. lD Reasoning is intelligent analytical observation. Drill is the constructive repetition which makes facility and skill. Information free. Phone ML Ayr 83-C.

MILK PRICE GOING UP. On and after September 1 the price of milk will be as follows: Quart, 10c. Pint, 6c. CONRAD KELLNER. EDWARD DUVALL. WILLIAM MACKEY. JOHN DUVALL. . EDWARD REEVE. ..ju_ _iam-.ujeßßaMes.ui. iwii irMaswaaßtaaMaaew**** AT THE STAR THEATRE —The Hou.® «f Good Pictures— TODAY GLADYS BROCKWELL la “A BRANDED SOUL” Also THE FORD WEEKLY SATURDAY— ” ETHEL CLAYTON I« $ “THE MAN HUNT’ Also * -M: MARIE WALCAMP aad EDDIE POLO In a Series of Rapid Action in No. 7 of “LIBERTY” ■ T" MONDAYBUSHMAN, BAYNE and AUGUSTUS PHILLIPS “THE BRASS CHECK” - TUESDAY— ' See BESSIE LOVE In “HOW COULD YOU CAROLINE” A Comedy Drama The Latest World News in a J I PATHE WEEKLY

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