Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1918 — Page 1

TO PUBLISHERS OF NEWSPAPERS. Dlscoutisuv oss*lsg payers after gate es expiration of subsoripttoa, M.i.M snbaoriptisa iaJ renewed and paid for.— ' Thomas ■. Donnelly, Chief es Fulp and Fap<n* SxrtiWß wtt Xn4UO»

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Annual Showing Of Japanese Baskets We have Just received a shipment of , lunch, sewing and novelty baskets. They are on display in our window. W. J. WRIGHT

SEPTEMBER SESSION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Commissioners Charles Welch, D. S. Makeever and H. W. Marble met in regular session Monday, Sept. 1, and completed the work of the September term on that date. In the matter of W. S. Lowman, assistant road superintendent, auditor is directed to notify said Lowman and his bondsmen to appear before the board on the first day of the October term and adjust matter of unpaid claims for work and labor on stone roads. As the county board of finance, the following report was made of interest paid on public funds by the several banks of the county for August, 1918: - First National Bank, of Rensselaer, $134.31. / The Trust & Savings Bank, Rensselaer, $126.85. State Bank, of Rensselaer, $110.14. State Bank, of Remington, $128.81. Bank of Wheatfield, $45.05. Contractor Walter V. Porter was allowed $331 inTulLon a bridge in \Carpenter township. No bids having been received for the repair of the'bridge over the Nesius ditch in Jordan township, the same was ordered re-advertised. . Geo. A. Williams was allowed $175 attorney’s fee in the Mary E. Bartoo ditch. , . Granville Moody filed objections in the William Folger ditch. In thfe A. L. Sargent ditch, the time for filing report was extended to the first day of the October term. Report was filed in the Thomas Dimon ditch, and cause was set for hearing first day of October term. Contract for 'painting buildings at at the poor farm was awarded to W. B. Peterson, of Rensselaer, for i$S25. Only one other bid was filed, that of C. E. Osborne, of Rensselaer, at $1,325, even SBOO more than Mr. Peterson-’s bid. , . - The salary of Lemuel Griggs, fireirtan at the county heating plant, was raised $lO per month, making his salary now S6O paid by the county and $25 paid by the hospital board, a total of SBS per month. The quarterly report of the poor farm superintendent showed the ex-

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penses for the quarter to have (been >1,660.29, and the receipts >2,742.94, leaving a net surplus of >1,082.65. The receipts were from the sale of ten head of hogs at 18 cents per pound, $554.40; two calves at 10 cents per pound, >100; 989.11 bushels of wheat at >2.11 per bushel, >2,088.54. The .report states that there were thirteen inmates at the time, nine males and four females, and that there had been two deaths during the quarter

Mrs. Bruce Baker and baby went to Nashville, Tenn., today for a month’s visit. Russell Hatton returned to his home at Attica today after visiting relatives here. Mr. John Bissenden, of Champaign, 111., visited his sister, Mrs. George Green, over Sunday. Go to the EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE for rubbers and rubber boots. Jane Parkison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Parkison, returned from Crawfordsville this morning. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lee, of Mt. Ayr, were passengers out of here this morning for Chicago. Mrs. Charles W. Platt and son Floyd are spending the week in Chicago with her sister, Mrs. C. E. Lytle, George Morgan and wife returned today from a visit with their daughter, Mrs. Wallace Miller, of Chicago. Mrs. F. L. Pettijohn returned to her home at Indianapolis today after delivering an address to the teachers on war work done by the Y. W. C. A. Helen Worlland, Lucy Lane and Nora Messman went to Chicago to enter St. Mary Margaret’s training school for nurses. Mrs. Sharp and daughter Lillian returned to Chicago today after visiting Mrs. John Hordeman and other relatives.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1918

WAR HINTS, HELPS, DUTIES

COMPLIED AND CONDENSED FOR THE STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE BY GEORGE ADE. We used t 6 think that Niagara Falls was some splash of water and the Grand Canyon was quite a hole in the ground and a national debt of two billion dollars was a lot of money. That was before the days of moving 300,000 soldiers a month or launching 100 ships in one day or spending a billion dollars as if it were a Canadian quarter. We are now thinking in large numbers and huge sums. We are beginning to know our own capabilities and resources. The registration of September 12tb is going to be a whale of an undertaking but it mpst be accomplished without the slip of a cog or one whimper of complaint. After the “18 to 45” iob is out of the way, we can get ready for another Liberty Loan drive. The Indiana State Council calls for a short campaign and high speed from the start. It doesn’t take a simon-pure patriot very long to make up his mind when his country calls for help. Have the wheat money and the oats money, all ready to convert into bonds. Have you noticed that the Liberty bonds are in demand at high prices?

Join the food club in your neighborhood. v Don’t forget that the unskilled labor of Indiana is now asked to stop trifling with side-issues and get busy on war contracts. Don’t be mowing your lawn while a house is on fire across the street. In order that war industries may steam ahead, you and all of your neighbors must save coal. Clean your furnaces and stoves'; keep them in repair and study economical firing. Don’t overheat the premises. The cold weather isn’t here yet but it is proper tO'have the heating plants and the good resolutions all tuned up in advance. How many, teaspoonfuls in one pound of sugar? If the spoon is just evel full, about 96 to the pound. If you are trying to 'limit table consumption to one pound a month, you could use three of these skimpy spoonfuls each day. The rounded spoonful runs about 48 to the pound or one and a half daily. The heaping spoonful averages' about 32 to ;he pound. That would be one a day. If you are heaping the spoon more than once a day you are using some other fellow’s sugar. The war news sent from the other side to this side is most inspiring. Jon’t let any item of war news from this side to the other side be a disappointment to the men in uniform. Be sure that the home paper goes to all the soldier boys in twining camps or “over there.” The editor cannot send free copies. He should not be asked to do so. A quick way to get home news to a soldier is to clip 6ut the live items and forward them first-class.

WEDNESDAY WAR SUMMARY.

Driving the Germans before them, the British are continuing to thrust their .wedge between Douai and Cambrai deeper into the German lines. The armies of Field Marshal Haig today are reported to have advanced from one to four miles on the thirtymile front extending from Arras to Peronne. Cambrai appears to be the of the drive and at last reports the British were within six miles of the city and still going. ■ Late yesterday the German resistance slackened notably and the Germans seemed to be devoting all their energies to the one business of retreat, abandoning arms, ammunition, and stores of all kinds as they fled. The British are close on their heels with artillery well forward. Field Marshal Haig’s night report tells of artillery firing in the open on mi sses of Germans struggling to get away. Under such circumstances the enemy losses must necessarily be exceedingly heavy. Meanwhile the British and Americans north of the big hole in the second Hindenburg line and the French and Americans south of the gap continue to advance. There are indications that the Germans are making final preparations to get out of their positions along the Vesle. In Washington apd other allied capitals there are hints that the First American army soon will be thrown into action on an unnamed section of the front. It is understood that the Americans fighting with the British in Flanders and with the French under I Gen. Mangin are not parts of Gen. Pershing’s first field army.

Miss Indus Wiseman has finished her nurse’s training at Lakeside hospital, Chicago, and is taking a vacation and spending it with her parents at Virgie. _ } Peter Nomenson, whose home is in Dwight, 111., but whose treasures are in this county, is spending a few days trying to realize from actual observe-1 tion the immensity of the yield of i his Jasper county farms. J

CONSCIENCE VS. CONVENIENCE

MUST THE GASOLINE REQUEST BE MADE A GOVERNMENT ORDER. ( Dr. Garfield, in his request that Sunday be gasolineless day, said, “IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR NEED TO USE YOUR AUTOMOBILE SUNDAY MORE THAN THE AIRPLANES OR MOTOR TRUCKS ON THE FIRING LINE NEED GASOLINE, THEN USE IT.” How many people, who drove their automobiles last Sunday, are willing to say that they BELIEVE that their mission was more important than that the allied armies be supplied with gasoline for airplanes, motor trucks and tanks with which to fight the Huns on the western front! The President of the United States did not believe that it would be right for him to use his automobile in going to church last Sunday, and he was driven to the house of worship behind a team of horses. Conscience was to be the guide in this matter. Webster defines conscience as follows: ‘‘Sense or consciousness of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one’s own conduct, intentions, or character,'.together with a feeling of obligation to do or to belthat which is recognized as good; often with special reference to the feeling of guilt and remorse for ill-doing. Hence a faculty, power, or principle, conceived to decdie as to the moral quality of one’s own thoughts or acts, enjoining what is good.” Did the men who drove away Sunday in an automobile to go fishing think that they were putting gasoline to better use than if the same gasoline had been used by an army truck to take' up supplies to the soldiers who are engaged in their life dnd death struggle with the armies of the kaiser?

The sentiment in this community that this request for gasolineless Sundays be observed is a good one and the motive back of the banner floated in this city was genuinely patriotic. Administrator Garfield’s request should be obeyed, and if it is there will be very few automobiles used here on Sunday. If the conscience of the people is right this request will not have to be made a drastic government order. We should be volunteers arid not have to be conscripted in the support of the needs of the nation. If the use of gasoline is made a government order there will be no parties given deferred classification. This is a- far-reaching matter. In it not only the use of gasoline but many other war materials are to be saved for the benefit of the army. The rubber wasted in the tires used on automobiles for non-essential or pleasure riding cannot be used on army automobiles, trucks or tanks. AH other parts of the automobile that are not put to good use are in just that far depriving the army of the materials so much needed. Conscience, if not abnormal and distorted, would, not only dictate the non-use of the automobile on Sunday but would lessen the amount of unnecessary pleasure motoring which is going on constantly. If we are to win the war we must have the true patriotic spirit, and we should not try to evade the urgent request of those who must know that there is a good and sufficient reason for the request being made. Undoubtedly the patriotic people of this city, like those of most other parts of the country, will insist that those who refuse to comply with the request of the National Fuel Administrator in the matter of gasolineless Sundays shall be placed in the class with the slacker where they belong. It is our first great paramount duty to win the war. Anything that does not contribute to this important end should by ho means be tolerated.

No sacrifice of convenience or pleasure that we, who are still here in this blessed Country, away from the scenes of the awful war, can be made that will in any degree match the heroic sacrifice being made by our soldiers. Let’s be true to them, true to our government and true to our own conscience. If you continue to be a slacker in this matter public disapproval -Will be forthcoming and you may expect that it will be expressed in no uncertain terms.

Chicago goers today are G. J. Jessen, Granville Moody, Frank Tobias and John A. Dunlap. The Jasper County Council finished its regular annual session and adjourned today. A full report of their doings will be published later. Charles Paxton went to Chicago this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Paxton moved into Rensselaer Tuesday and occupy a residence he had lately purchased, which is located just one block east of the Charles Postin residence. Albert Wolfe came from Chalmers this morning. He and Mrs. Wolfe are very anxious about their son George, who is in the army on the front in France. They have not heard from him for about three months. '. t , . Just received a supply of rubbers Land rubber boots. —FENDIG’S EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE.

Mate Iwt Suits • for Young Men ancT Older Ones! X »■ These are young looking suits! There isn’t a thread of “ oldishness ” in them. Young fellows like them immensely; and we already know a number of men who are not so young but who plan' to wear one of these suits this winter! Superbly tailored of woolen fabrics that wear well and hold their shape. Patterns to suit the most conservative as well as the radical dresser. Prices reasonable. Tomorrow’s Weather Fair and Cooler.

HELD A GOOD MEETING AT REMINGTON

J. B. Fleming, J. M. Sauser and O. K. Rainier, members of the Board of Instruction, met with the registrants of district No. 4 at Remington Tuesday evening. A number of other men-from this city .attended the meeting also. A very large per cent of the selectmen of the district were present, and all were interested and enthusiastic. . ’ Two more meetings are to be held this week. The registrants of district No. 2 meet at Parr Thursday evening, and those of district No. 3 at Rensselaer Friday evening.

WEATHER. - We have had a very heavy downpour of rain all day, one of the heaviest rains that has fallen here within the past year. The weeping skies reminds one of the afternoon of the famous “Goon Run’’ battle fought and lost in the Surrey sector last month. . ’ _.- The weatherman today says, “Rain tonight, Thursday probably fair, cooler south portion.” The temperature for the twentyfour hours ending at 6 p. m. Tuesday was, maximum 75, minimum 59.

Jesse C. Gwin and family were the guests the first of the week of Frank Haskell and family, who are now on their farm in Pulaski county. Mr. Haskell gave Mr. Gwin a sample of his corn and Mr. Gwin brought the samples to this office. This corn is a mighty fine quality and looks like is had been grown on good Jasper county soil. The corn is quite mature and Mr. Gwin says in addi; tion to the excellent quality that the quantity is also large. We are mighty glad to know that Mr. Haskell is meeting with such splendid success in his first year as a farmer. * Mrs.,William Lloyd returned this morning to her home in Bremen. She had been the guest here of Mrs. Jared Benjamin. '

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$24,595 IS WILSON’S TAX ON SALARY.

• Washington, Sept 3.—President Wilson’s income tax on his >75,000 salary will be >24,595 under the new revenue bill introduced into the House today. All other federal officials, as well as ‘those holding state and municipal offices, who have been exempt under previous laws, will be called upon to pay under the new law. The President is entitled to an exemption of >2,000 on account of being married. His income tax will be compiited as follows: Normal tax—6 per cent of >4,000, >240; 12 per cent on >69,000, >8,280; total normal tax, >8,520. Super-tax—2 per cent on >2,500, >SO; 3 per cent on >2,500, >75; 7 per cent on >5,000, >350; 10 per cent on >5,000, >500; 15 per cent on >IO,OOO, >1,500; 20 per cent on >lO,000, >2,000; 25 per cent on >IO,OOO, >2,500; 32 per cent on >20,000, >3,200; 38 per cent on >IO,OOO, >3,800; 42 per cent on >5,000, >2,100. Total super-tax, >16,075; total both taxes, >24,595.

WEDNESDAY CASUALTY LIST.

The new casualty list released by the war department last night shows: Killed in action, J 25; missing in action, 210; wounded severely, 306; died of wounds, 26; died from accident and other causes, 6; died of airplane accident, 3; died of disease, 13; wounded, degree undetermined, 234; total, 923. The names of those from Indiana follow: Corporal Ora H. Day, Shirley, wounded severely. Private William E. Berry, Flat Rock, wounded severely. Private Raymond Byers, Bodford, wounded severely. Private Tiffany Cavanaugh, Muncie, wounded severely. Private Harry Hutchins, Farmland, wounded, degree undetermined. Private Joseph Pawelski, Michigan City, wounded, degree undetermined. Private Elmer Richard Pollard, Salem, wounded, degree undetermined. Private Albert G. Weaver, Edinburg, missing in action. Private Harvey Mundy, Newcastle, missing in action. Private Harley W. Pagb, Koleen, missing in action. Private Graham E. Scott, Huntington, missing in action. Private Paola Piteman, Terre Haute, killed in action. Private Leslie Thomas, Michigan City, killed in action. Private Benjamin R. Hannel, Cass, died of wounds. Private Frank Celichowski, South Bend, wounded severely. . Private Russell Waldo Coon, Gary wounded severely. ' Private Thomas McCarty, English Lake, wounded, degree undetermined. Private Clarence Reynolds, Indianapolis, missing in action. Private George O. Richards, Oaktown, missing in action. Private Thomas Lee Wray, Indianapolis, missing in action. Private Walter Henry Green, Elnora, missing in action. Private Will Orvel Carroll, Indianapolis, missing In action.

CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.

Holders of 4 per cent Liberty bonds should promptly avail themselves of the privilege of converting into 4*4 per cent bonds by presenting their bonds for conversion to the STATE BANK OF RENSSELAER. This service will be performed without charge.

FOR ALL PENS, INKS, TABLETS, PENCILS, PAINTS, LUNCH BOXES, SCHOOL DRESSES, ETC., SEE BURCHARD’S WINDOW. AT THE STAR THEATRE —The Hou— of Good Pfatur— TODAY MARGUERITE FISHER “THE PRIMITIVE WOMAN” A Iso BILLIE RHODES In a High-Cla— Comedy Act. A Quality Program. THURSDAYGRACE CUNARD in “SOCIETY DRIFTWOOD” Aho WESTERN COMEDY FRIDAY—VIRGINIA LEE CORBIN and FRANCIS CARPENTER In -THE BABES IN THE WOODS” A Six-Reel Special Featuring Corbin and Carpenter ax the Youngest Stars on the Screen. Al—' FORD WEEKLY ■ SATURDAY— J JUNE ELVIDGE “THE WOMAN OF REDEMPTION” MARIE WALCAMP I “LIBERTY”

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