Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1918 — Page 1

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

MONTANA STATE OFFICIAL PRAISES RENSSELAER BOY.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Miller, of this city, were very much pleased Thursday evening when they received a letter from H. L. Hart, state treasurer of Montana, who had recently met their son, Jack, and wished to praise the young man to his parents. The letter follows: . “Dear Frieifds :—I am a former Iniianan, having, been raised in Laporte. A few days ago I was coming across the state on a train that had attached to it two cars of sailors from the Great Lakes Camp, going West. I spent about three hours with them. They appealed to me, as my only two boys are in the service, overseas. One young man that I particularly took a liking to told me his name was Jack Miller. I was impressed by his courtesy and gentlemanly demeanor. Thinking that perhaps you would like to hear from one who has just seen the boy that is dear to you, just how he looks and feels, I take the liberty of writing this note. His eye was clear, his complexion and he seemed to be in perfect health. Best of all he is a real “soldier” and a gentleman, and you have reason to be proud of him. Very respectfully yours,

NEPHEW OF MRS. RAY WOOD SERIOUSLY INJURED

In the casualty list published Wednesday of this week appeared the name of Harry Hollister. He was the prandso nos Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hollister, and was therefore a nephew of Mrs. Ray Wood, of this city. Harry went as a selectman from Three Forks, Montana. Before enlisting he 1 made his home v with his sister, Mrs. Walter Maines. Mr, and Mrs. Maines have since moved to the Poole farm near Hopkins Park, 111. Harry’s father died a number of years ago. His mother has re-married and lives in Canada. The soldier was reported to be seriously injured

TO THE PUBLIC.

As clerk of the Conscription Board it will be necessary for me to be at that office each day from 10 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. The balance of my time I will be at my own office to take care of my practice. Night and day calls will receive my prompt attention.

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FORMER RENSSELAER WOMAN DIES IN HAMMOND.

Bertha Payne, late of Hammond, died at the hospital in that city Wednesday, Sept. 11. She had been in 411 health for some ten weeks. Monday she was taken to the hospital and on Tuesday she underwent an operation for the removal.of a tumor. She died from the effects of the operation on Wednesday. She was the proprietor of the State Hotel, of Hammond. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. J. H. Payne, her brother, Lewis Payne, and her sister, Mrs. I. B. Marion, all of this city. The deceased had lived in Hammond since she was thirteen years of age. She was a member of two fraternal orders of that city. ' The body of -the deceased will arrive here on the 1:57 p. m. train Saturday. The funeral will be held at the Methodist church and will be in charge of Rev. E.. W. Strecker. Interment will be in Weston cemetery.

FRIDAY CASUALTY LIST.

The new casualty list released by the war department last night shows: Killed in action, 57; missing in action, 132; wounded severely, 262; died of wounds, 32; died of accident and other causes, 9; died of disease, 11; wounded, degree undetermined, 8; prisoner, 1; total, 512. The names of those from Indiana follow: Corporal Herbert S. Duncan, Terre Haute, killed in action. Lieut. Arnold M. Mclnerny, South Bend, died of wounds. I . Corporal Delano C. Mitchell, South Bend, died of disease. ' - Private Harry Pearson, Goshen, died of disease. Private Albert McKinney, Shelbyville, wounded severely. / Private James F. Ryan, Ft. Wayne, wounded severely. Corporal John F. Pittman, South Bend, wounded severely. Private Herschel A. Clark, Cannelburg, wounded severely. Private Henry W. Flinn, Tunnelton, wounded severely. Private Carmi D. Miles, Fair Oaks, wounded severely. Private Howard J. Dailey, Scottsburg, missing in action.

NOTICE. S'.The Home Economics Club will hold a market at Warners’ hardware store Saturday, Sept. 14.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918.

MOVED TO LAFAYETTE

PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN NOW LOCATED IN NEIGHBORING Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hartley moved today from Rensselaer to Lafayette. For a number of years Mr. Hartley had been in charge of one of the grain elevators. He was regarded as one of the most efficient as well as one of the most courteous business men to transact business in this city. For a number of years he handled the elevator for the firm of Harrington Bros. Co. When the Farmers’ Grain Co. bought the elevator he continued as manager. His success last year was greatly appreciated by the stockholders, who regret very much his leaving the institution. Mrs. Hartley has a host of lady friends here who are very sorry to have her leave. Mr. Hartley has engaged in business with his brother in Lafayette, and he feels that the opportunity for greater success is'offered there. Mr. H. H. Potter, who succeeds Mr. Hartley in the management of the Farmers’ Grain Co., is taking hold of the business in a very energetic way and promises to continue the splendid business So ably handled by Mr. Hartley. Miss Blanche Ott continues as assistant manager and bookkeeper, and on account of her ability and experience she will be of invaluable assistance to the new manager. ,

FRIDAY WAR SUMMARY.

Compartively vague and fragmentary dispatches regarding the great pincer drive at dawn Thursday in conjunction with the French against the St. Mihiel salient were supplemented today by a dispatch from a staff correspondent of .Universal Service, which throws important light upon the scope of the operation which up to late Thursday evening had netted the Americans 6,000 prisoners and the French 4,000. The dispatdh shows that as the day wore on the Americans extended the line of their attack east of St. Mihiel, originally eleven miles in extent, to the east of the Moselle, where they are approaching Cheminot wood. < The village of Cheminot lies less than a mile from the German Lorraine frontier and ten and a half miles due south of Metz. This means that the American attacking front east of St. Mihile is nineteen and not eleven miles in extent. 'Cheminot lies a little less than eight miles northeast of Fayen-Haye, which the day dispatches designated as the eastern-most point of the attacking line east of St. Mihilie. This makes a total front of nearly fifty miles. The region of Thiaucpurt, which on the basis of the day advices had appeared to be the scene of the advance of the American right wing, thus becomes virtually the center. Here, according to the Universal Service staff correspondent’s dispatch, the Americans progressed northward to a depth of nearly six miles. Moreover, this dispatch shows that the town of Beney was captured by the Americans, which means that the length of the neck of the salient has 'been reduced by more than one-half in the first day of the American smash, for Beney lies only four and a half miles southeast of Vigneulles, the German nerve center within the pocket, and eleven miles southeast of Donmartin. If the American line extends solidly from the Moselle to Beney, then the Germans have only a funnel seven and a half miles wide left for the extrication of their forces in the St. Mihiel pocket

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HAYS ANSWERS WILSON INQUIRY

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CHAIRMAN DECLARES REPORT INCORRECT. . > Washington, Sept. 12.—Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican Natiqnal committee, in a letter to Joseph P.. Tumulty, secretary to the President, today says he did not use the language which the Topeka Capital quoted him as having used in, addressing a meeting of Republican state chairmen in Chicago, Sept. 2. President Wilson requested the secretary to ascertain in particular if Chairman Hays had said that the Democrats in Washington “would even end the war with any kind of compromise if that would insure the continuance of the Democratic party in power.” The Republican national chairman in his answer to the telegram from Secretary Tumulty, after saying that he did not use the words quoted in the telegram, quotes, substantially what he did say to the Republican state chairmen. These quotations show that he said to the state chairmen in a general way that the Democrats had not “adjourned politics,” but to the contrary were using every effort at their command to obtain votes. Chairmen Hays then appealed to the secretary to the President and to the Democratic organization to join with the Republicans in an effort to keep partisanship out of the war and the war out of partisan politics. Chairman Hays’ letter in full is as follows: . » ■ “Dear Mr. Tumulty.—l have your telegram of Sept. 2. In Chicago I attended a meeting of the association of Republican state chairmen called by its president, and attended by fifteen of such chairmen. At that meeting I made remarks referring in a general way to the lengths to which the Democratic are going in their efforts to control the senate and house, and also as to the irrevocable stand of the Republican party for a vigorous prosecution of the war and against an inconclusive peace. I did not use the words quoted in your telegram. What I said then, which I now affirm, and which' I shall continue to declare, was substantially as follows: First as to the means resorted to by certain Democratic leaders to get votes, I said: ‘ln the special election in Wisconsin, the Democratic machine leaders published advertisements undenied since by them, addressed to the soldiers at Camp Grant as follows: “Tuesday, April 2, you are entitled to vote for a United States senator from Wisconsin to succeed Senator Paul 0. Hustin. President Wilson, your commander-in-chief, desires all loyal Americans to vote for Joseph E. Davies for United States senator. _

“Davies election means joy at Washington and gloom at Berlin. “Davies defeat means gloom at Washington and joy at Berlin.” I regard this as an infamous prostitution of ail patriotic proprieties and the grossest violation of the plainest civil duty, worthy of the severest condemnation of all Americans. In this crisis, when all patriots are striving to bring to the aid of the country s cause every resource in men and maI terial, when thousands of Republican and Democratic boys are dying, side by side, and when both political parties are loyal, such conduct is immeasurably reprehensible. From such actions it is evident, and I regret to say it, that these Democratic leaders will go to any lengths to carry the senate and the house. Such unpatriotic efforts to use the war for partisan purposes must fail. . Such inevitable failure was indicated by the Wisconsin result. It was further shown in the Michigan

primary, and it was conclusively proven in the Maine election. The American people will not tolerate it. This is the war of no political party. This is the'people’s war, and we demand that the war be kept out of partisanship politics and partisanship be kept out of the war. And what we ask of the party in power we irrevocably pledge for ourselves. ‘Second, as to the imperative necessity of a vigorous prosecution of the war and a conclusive peace only, and the need of a Republican congress to that end, and in connection with a discussion of the candidacy or Mr. Ford in the Republican primary in Michigan and his statement as to why he became a candidate, and while reviewing the service Republicans in congress rendered the ma -> or . measures which were opposed by the Democratic leaders, the chairman of the ways and means committee, ana others, I said:

•We demand the most vigorous prosecution of the war and,a peace with victory. A Republican congress means a war congress and we pledge our candidates to be men who are supremely pro-American who will give the country’s all for the winning of the war now and who will stand irrevocably against any peace based on a compromise of principles which would violate American rights, interest and honor and make of our sacrifice a sacrilege to 'be made again by ’our grandchildren. I hope and trust the Democratic party will work by the same token. Recognizing as we do, that there will always be politics, I am pleased

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to advise you what I said to these Republican state chairmen, because I insist that our politics be open and acknowledged and on a plane and of a character that needs no subterfuge, and that there be no political partisanship in anything that touches the war. .

Further, I now take this opportunity to appeal to you directly and to the Democratic organization, as 1I long ago did in my reply to Colonel' George Harvey’s letter, to join with us in this effort to keep partisanship out of the war and the war out of partisan politics. This is no time for little things: The world is on fire. Our duty to our soldiers, measured by their marvelous accomplishments and their supreme service, the magnitude of the task ahead for us ail, and the incalculable consequence of the result, all cry out for the fullest cooperation. Let no political parties spend their time accusing each other of disloyalty when both are loyal.

I urge that there be no accusations of disloyalty (from either one or the other in this campaign. Such accusations will give a totally false impression to the enemy and the party or committee making such accusation will be guilty in that very act of the worst kind of disloyalty. We have a heavy load to haul. Let us, as far as possible, hitch up both our great political horses and haul them used, unhampered, freely, to pull this load, each striving to see which can pull the harder. Sincerely yours,

WILL H. HAYS.”

KENTLAND MAN AND COMPANION DIE IN AIR CRASH.

Dallas, Texas, Sept 12. —Lieut. Parker Bruce, of Chicago, and Lieut. Anthony A. Sego, of Kentland, Ind., were instantly killed here today when an airplane fell one and onehalf miles north of Love field. Lieut. Bruce was an instructor while Lieut. Sego was a flying cadet The latter is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Meddie Sego, of near Kentland.

PAUL HEALY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

John Healy received a letter from his son, Paul, today. Paul is making a tour with twenty-five other members of the Na-fry band, which is attending Fourth Liberty Loan meetings. Paul has been in several western cities and when he wrote was in Minneapolis, Minn.

Anyone wishing to see me will find me at the Trust A Savings bank on Saturday afternoons. H. 0. Hanis. Phone 124.

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FIFTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY REGISTER

JASPER COUNTY MEN IN LINE FOR WAR SERVICE THURSDAY. With two official reports still lack mg, those from Barkley and Milroy townships, it appears that the number registered here Thursday will be slightly over fifteen hundred and fifty. A few additions may be received by mail. In June, 1917, eleven hundred fiftyseven registered. These registrants were between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one. In June this year ninety-nine registered. These men had reached their twenty-first birth-' day since June 5, 1917. In August twelve registered. They had reached their twenty-first birthday since June 5, 1918.

PROHIBITION STATE CANDIDATE SPEAKS HERE.

In the course of bis address here this Friday afternoon, Mr. Isaac H. Grisso>sthe Prohibition candidate for secretary of state, said: “The kaiser knows that our American soldiers will not be satisfied until they march over the Rhine, into Berlin, into Potsdam palace to place Columbia’s hand on the crown of Emepror William and throw it at the feet of Unde Sam. “Under the compelling passion of our patriotism we have no choice but to banish the Huns from Russia, Belgium, France and Italy. To help render this service for the freedom of the world, the kaiser's chief ally—the liquor traffic—must be banished from America. “The un-American beer saloon must die. It is Prussian in character. By its beastly, inhuman, fiendish savagry the standards of our fathers, the ideals of our seers and the safeguards of our liberty are being assaulted. The advocates of democracy must defend historic and fundamental ideals anew from any threatening danger. “The health of our economic life, the efficiency of our industrial life, the purity of our political life and the safety of our international life as well as the winning of the war, depends upon a united, efficient awakened and sober America.” Mr. Grisso also placed especial emphasis upon the election of legislators who are publicly pledged to strengthen the present prohibition law; ratify the Federal prohibition amendment and submit suffrage amendment to the state constitution for the voters to approve or disapprove in the 1920 election. He made it doubly clear that patriotic, Christian, hqme-loving, ‘dry’ voters should supporfMnly those candidates'standing upon the above platform.

800 TONS A DAY.

The government needs 800 tons of walnut and hickory nut shells and peach, plum and apricot pits a day, for the manufacture of gas masks. Without gas masks our boys cannot advance, without the proper material they -cannot be made, hence the importance of conserving these things. Bring all you can to Norgor’s hitch barn, where boxes are provided and where the eouncil of defense will see that the government will properly receive them.

JOHN CALL DEAD AT ROSELAWN

John Cail, aged 58 years, died at his home in Roselawn, Wednesday, Sept. 11. He is the father of Fred Call, who lives near Fair Oaks. The funeral service will foe held in Fair Oaks, Saturday, Sept. 14.

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