Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1918 — Page 1

No. 237.

Buy z - • ■ \ * Linoleum Now Linoleum should be put down before cold weather. We have one role that we will cut to any size for stove patterns. The price on all linoleums will have to advance in a short time. W. J. WRIGHT

RED CROSS NOTICE. The American Red Cross has been asked to collect clothing to be used in the Belgium relief work. We earnestly solicit anyone having such worn clothing to kindly leave it at the room in the rear of The Trust & Savings bank building on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11 and 12. A committee will be appointed to care for the same. Anything in this line yob have to spare will be thankfully received. MRS. A. EIB, Chairman.

DOCTORS BUSY AT CAMPS.

Mrs. I. M. Washburn has received'a letter from Doctor Washburn, who is now in Camp Dodge, lowa. All attention of the physicians has been turned to the caring of the soldiers afflicted with influenza. He has been so constantly at work that he is very near exhaustion. There are some five thousand cases of the “Flu” there and quite a -number of deaths have occurred. ■'

WEDNESDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mrs. John R. Lewis and son Russell are 'receiving medical attention. Julia Thornton has typhoid fever. Dr. Hemphill is now at his home and hopes to be about in a day or two. Mrs. J. N. Leatherman returned to her home today. Bert Shuster was able to go to his home in Remington.

HUGH ILIFF NOT SO WELL.

William Iliff, who was at the Great Lakes Tuesday to see his son, Hugh, returned home in the evening. He and George Iliff returned to Chicago today,' having received word that Hugh was much worse. He is afflicted with pneumonia.

PEONY ROOTS FOR SALE. John Holden 'has received three hundred of the finest variety of peony bulbs, which he is offering for sale. They should be taken at once. Anyone wishing to mo mo will find me at the Trust & Saving* bank on Saturday afternoons. H. O. Harns. Phone 124. If any of your stock dies be sure and promptly call A. L. Padgett. Phone 65. -

PRINCESS THEATRE NOTICE The U. S. Government ha* ordered .Theatre* closed on account of Spanish influenza. The Princess will reopen as soon as the danger is over with its usual fine line of pictures. You can’t see shows, but you can get everything good to eat at the PRINCESS LUNCH ROOM - (Oy> COLLEGE INN) LUNCH,, SHORT ORDERS AND DINNERS —‘' ICE CREAM CANDIES, CIGARS 4 • AND TOBACCO • Under Management of A. M. ROBERTSON & C. B. VIANT

The Evening Republican

OBITUARY OF JOHN A. RANDLE.

John A. Randle, the third son of James T. and Mary Randle, was born in Barkley township July 10, 1864, and died October 5, 1918, making him 1 54 years,' two months and 25 days old. He was married August 31, 1886, to Jennie Hollingsworth. To them were born three sons: Luther H., who is in the drug business with his father; Francis E., who died in infancy, and Russell E., who is serving his country in the hospital corps somewhere in France. The greater part of his life was spent -in Jasper county on his farm [in Barkley township, but in 1908 he moved to Oklahoma with his family, living at Mangum, LaVerne and Sayre, at which latter place he died. I He had been in failing health for , the past year, but his final illness was l of short duration. He was stricken the night of October 1 with colitis and his death occurred on the Saturday following, due to an acute attack of heart failure. He irf survived by his wife, two sons, his aged father, three brothers and .one sister.

NOTICE. Owing to the death of my sister, Mrs. Betty Stiefel, in Lincoln, 111., my store will be closed all day Thursday Wm. Traub. NOTICE. To those who want cabbage, I will be out at the patch all week. Cabbage 3c per pound.— J. J. MILLER. Telephone 168. ACCOUNTS TO BE PAID. I promised to keep open office for three months so that accounts due could be settled directly. This I have done at considerable expense. But now I will be too far away for any personal supervision so, from Oct. 15, all accounts not paid by cash or note will be cared for by an attorney. In the meantime my sister will receipt your payments. MERLE D. GWIN. NO ADMITTANCE. The general public will not be permitted to enter the offices of the Jasper County Telephone company until further notice. This order is issued on account of the present epidemic of Spanish influenza. JASPER COUNTY TELEPHONE CO. By W. L. Bott

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1918.

REGISTRATION SHOWS A GAIN

ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN MORE REGISTRANTS THAN ? VOTES IN 1916. Thirty'five hundred eighty six voters have qualified in Jasper county, against thirty four hundred nine who voted at the 1916 election. This is gain of one hundred seventy-seven. The registration by precincts and '■the 1916 vote is given below: 1918 1916 Reg’n Vote Barkley, East 184 163 Barkley, West 126 128 Carpenter, East ./..... 169 171 Carpenter, West 145 154 Carpenter, South 154 173 •Gillam 150 138 Hanging Grove 107 93 Jordan 171 159 Kankakee 132 121 Keener 247 247 Marion, No. 1 . 270 268 No. 2 332 310 No. 3 178 196 No. 4 . . . i 227 227 Mdlroy ... 74 72 Newton 148 146 Union, North 169 150 Union, South 172 154 Walker 172 157 Wheatfield 259 242 Total $586 3409

DEFERRED CLASS FOR FARM HELP

Monon, Oct. B.—Plans to obtain deferred classification for skilled farm laborers, so that good production may not be lessened by the operations of the conscription law in reducing f~rm labor any more than it has, were formed here today at a conference of county agricultural agents with John G. Brown, of Monon, agricultural adviser to the first district draft board of Indiana. ‘Food production is at its height now, and if the draft takes more skilled farm laborers, the essential piece of war work will be handicapped,” said one of the men at conference. Mr. Brown, who recently was named agricultural adviser by the federal government, arranged for the meeting here today to take up his work. At the request of the government, the important task of keeping sufficient help on the farms to maintain the present speed of food production was put up to the extension departments of the state agricultural colleges. In Indiana this task will fall to the extension department of Purdue university and the county agents, as the representative of the extension department in every county, will have a big part to play. Agents in a number of Indiana counties are making surveys to determine exact needs of their counties with reference to farm labor. Where there is a surplus or shortage of skilled farm help, deferred classification will be asked b/ the agricultural advisor, if the registrant himself does not ask it, and if the deferred worker is not needed ~in his home county, he will be sent elsewhere to fill a gap in the labor ranks. The agricultural adviser will investigate each case and make suitable recommendations to the district draft boards, so that skilled farm workers will be deferred the same as skilled factory workers or others needed worse at home than in the army. Today’s session was attended bv Mr. Brown, W. B. Brumfiel, federal farm help specialist for Indiana; G. W. Rosencrans,-assistant county agent leader, and agricultural agents from all counties in this draft district.

SPANISH INFLUENZA.

Dr. E. C. English went to Lafayette on the 1:57 p. m. train to see his son, Walter English, whose condition is very critical. His temperature this morning was 105. A Rensselaer physician reports that he has sixty cases of influenza. They are chided about equally between the city and the country. Among the number the following are very serious: Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Lane, M’ary Jane Brown and Mrs. Paul Norgor. Another physician reports that the following are quite serious: Mrs. Homer Hendrickson, Paul Schultz and the family of William Woodworth.' He estimates that there are one hundred twenty-five cases of the “Flu” in this city. * A third physician reports that he is making seventy calls a day and that he has a few cases of ‘‘Flu” that are very severe and many that are" quite mild. His estimate of the number of cases in the city agrees with the other physician quoted.

JASPER COUNTY STILL BLACK.

Jasper county is still lagging behind and has not yet gone over the top with the Fourth Liberty Loan quota. It will be necessary for every man in the county to pay his full share if Jasper is to become jvhite as is her neighbors, Lake, Newton and White counties. Come along, fellows, let’s go over.

C. B. Mandeville repairs watches and clocks and sells same at Fair Qaks. --

OCTOBER SESSION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

County Commissioners Charles A. I Welch, of Carpenter township, and H- W. Marble, of Wheatfield, were > here Monday and completed all business of this session in one day. Commissioner D. S. Makeever, with his wife, is in Texas on a land inspecting tour. v The following is a record of the business transacted. Contractor W. V. Porter was allowed $749 in full payment for bridge in Carpenter township, and S4OO in full payment for bridge in Jordan township. No bids were received for bridges over Mosquito creek and Nesius ditch in Barkley township, nor the BarkleyIfarion bridge Over the Iroquois and bridge over Carpenter’s creek in Carpenter township. - I

Contractor Alva E. Herriman was allowed $1,718 on the John J. Borntrager road; W. V. Porter $1,974.40 on the James Lane road; Johnson &] Salrin $2,059 on the Geo. B. Parkin-1 son road, and Moneyhun & Son $439 on the W. L. Wood road. (■ Harry E. Reed resigned as the., superintendent of the W. H. Gratner stone road, and William Obenehain was appointed in his stead. Auditor presented partial report in the Henry C. DeKock ditch, and allowances were made as set out in said report. A. Halleck allowed SSO attorney fee. 1 -Drainage commissioners 4 were granted an extension of, time in which to report on the A. I. Sargent ditch, to first day of Novmeber term. I Superintendent filed partial report in the Simon Thompson ditch, which was approved. | In the John F. Zimmer ditch, Contractor B. J. Moore filed a petition asking for extra pay in the amount of $7,000 for excavating, and board allowed $6,000 in addition to the regular contract price. In the Thomas Dimon ditch the expense account was allowed as set out in the report / » In the matter of W. S. Lowman! former assistant road superintendent, who was alleged to have collected allowances made for labor, etc., by the board before moving to Porter county, and then failing to make the proper payments to the parties entitled to them, and who was ordered with his bondsmen to appear before the board at the October session and show why these amounts had not been paid, the following entry was m-ade: “Board being duly advised by John L. S. Gray, county highway superintendent, that .unpaid claims have been settled, this cause is dropped.” —' Specifications for supplies for county offices for the year 1919 were examined and approved. The bond of Charles Lowman, assistant road superintendent, was examined and approved. Quarters for the Liberty Guards were leased in Remington and Rensselaer, as follows: Remington, room over Claude Towjisend’s store, for six months, at $5 per month,; Rensselaer, ■ Gayety theatre, seven months, at $75. The board employs W. B. Peterson to paint tool house three coats and inside of barn doors two coats at the county farm, for $75, material to be same as used on the other buildings. Interest on county funds for the month of September was reported by the various depositories as follows: The Trust & Savings bank, Rensselaer/ $138.97; First National bank, Rensselaer, $137.27; State bank, Rensselaer, $120.03; State bank, Remington, $125,76; Bank of Wheatfield, $42.57. I Fees collected for the quarter by the various county officers were reported as follows: Clerk, $166.10; recorder, $315.65; sheriff, $50.43; auditor, $44.70.

TWENTY HONOR COUNTIES.

Twenty Indiana counties in the Seventh Federal Reserve District, which are “over the top” in the Liberty Loan campaign, are listed as follows in the order in which they announced their quotas subscribed: Whitley. Union. Kosciusko. Madison. Lake. Newton. Bartholomew. Morgan: - Marshall. Monroe. Elkhart. Owen. . Franklin. Starke. White. Decatur. Wayne. Henry. Delaware. Johnson.

MACKEY DAIRY.

Having purchased the dairy business of John Duvall, I desire to serve his and all other customers who may need milk. Will yob please telephone all orders to me and they will receive prompt attention. William H. Mackey. Phone 408.

REGISTRANTS WILL NOT MEET.

Notice is hereby given to the registrants of District No. 3, that on account of the epidemic of influenza, there will be no drilling until further notice. REX G. WARNER, Captain District No. 3.

’ Miss Mary Lather returned to her home in Loui«ri.le, Ky., th : s afterr oon. She was accompanied by Miss Gladys Prouty. *

11 STYLE Shat a man shall and shall not wear while he sleeps is a matter of personal choice. * The man who is used to the good" old fashioned, warm pajamas will find us • more than prepared. For real cold weather—we have some of those big roomy ones, made of soft warm flannelette, that Sell for $2 and $2.50. See you again tomorrow / j WEATHBS: - Fair

TEXT OF WILSON’S REPLY.

Washington, Oct. 8. The text of the communication handed to the charge of Switzerland here follows “Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge, on behalf of the President, your note of Oct. 6, inclosing the communication from the German government to the President; and I am instructed by the President to request you to make the foßpwing communication to the imperial German chancellor:

“Before making reply to the request of the imperial German government, and in order that that reply shall be as candid and straightforward as the momentous interests involved require, the President of "the United States deems -it necessary to assure himself of the exact meaning of the note of the imperial German chancellor. “Does the imperial chancellor mean that the imperial German government accepts the terms laid down by the President in his address to the congress of the United States on the Bth of January last, and in subsequent addresses, and that its object in entering into discussions v would be only to agree upon the practical details of the application? “The President feels bound to say with regard to the suggestion of an armistice that he would not feel at liberty to propose a cessation of arms to the governments with which the government of the United States is associated against the central powers, so long as the armies of those powers are upon their soil. - “The good faith of any discussion would manifestly depend upon the consent of the central powers immediately to withdraw their forces everywhere from invaded territory. “The President also feels that he. isjustified in asking whether the imperial chancellor is speaking merely for the constituted authorities of the empire, who have so far conducted the war. “He deems the answer to these questions vital from pvery point of view. “Accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my high .consideration. ' “ROBERT LANSING.”

YEGGMEN LOOT REYNOLDS BANK

NQ CLUE IS LEFT BY ROBBERS, WHO TAKE BONDS AND JEWELRY. Reynolds, Oct. 8. —Fifteen safety deposit boxes in the Reynolds bank were pried open and their contents looted this morning at 3 o’clock. About $1,500 worth of War Saving stamps and postage stamps were taken. Four masked men drove up in front of the bank in a large black touring car with red wheels. Two entered the building, one acted as lookout across the street, while the fourth covered Fred Dukes, a restaurant proprietor, who was the only witness to the robbery. Dukes was prevented from giving the alann by the . bandit, who covered him with a gun. The combination on the safe had been molested, but the safe was not broken. It was impossible to open the safe after the thieves left. An estimate of the loss could not be made, however it is feared that a large amount of jewelry and securities were taken. The robbers left town in their machine, traveling west, and there is no clue to their whereabouts.

WEDNESDAY WAR SUMMARY.

• I' American troops today are on the offensive aginst the Germans on more than fifty miles of the western battle front and are attacking in four different zones. The latest blow fell east of the Meuse river, where Pershing’s first army assaulted on a front of about ten miles. West of the Meuse the Americans are steadily pushing ahead on a front of twenty miles. Yankee forces attached to General Gouraud’s French army in the Champagne drove forward on a front of nearly ten miles. On the Cambrai-St. Quentin front the Americans aligned with the fourth British army attacked on a twenty mile front. London, Oct. 9.—Dispatches early today said that several thousand prisoners had been captured in the Cam-brai-St. Argonne drive. The American division alone was credited with more than 2,000. It is said also that the allies’ casualties have been exceedingly small. Fast “whippet” tanks and armored cars are reported in action today far in advance of the infantry. One dispatch says “anything may happep now. The next few hours may see the scope of dur victory greatly widened.” At several points the Anglo-Americans are behind the Germanartillery positions. The capture of guns will be heavy, it is expected. The Anglo-American advance south of Cambrai is still continuing successfully, according to latest word from the front. Our troops have advanced to a depth of between four and five miles and are beating down all resistance. A dispatch from the universal service correspondent with the British army says that “the Americans and British appear to have gained a considerable territory.” Copenhagen, Oct. B.—(via London, Oct. 9.) —Berlin, according to ail dispatches from the German capital, is waiting excitedly for President Wilson’s reply. The reichstag has been summoned for Thursday to discuss peace. The American reply is expected to have reached Berlin by that time. The German press shows a tendency toward preparing the populace for the rejection of the peace proposal.

John Ward went to Monon today. Mrs. John W. Greaves returned to her home at Lafayette after a visit here with her niece, Mrs. L. M. Ritchey. Mrs. George Neal left today for iher home in Pittsburg. She will stop over at Indianapolis where she will visit her brother, Dr. Wade Laßue, who is sick with the “Flu.” Private William KUnnert returned to Fort Thomas this afternoon after a short furlough here with relatives. The body of Charles Sell, who died at ths hospital, was shipped today to his home in Hanover, Pa. His fattier, Charles Sell, came here and accompanied the remains to Hanover. T. C. Johnson, state bee inspector, was here yesterday inspecting the bees of the county. -He was here eariier in the year and found considerable foul brood among the bees of the county, especially up about the Kankakee river. He also found one case in Rensselaer on his former visit, and as no steps were taken to stamp out the disease here, this ease is much worse now. He will be back again in the spring and will probably order the destruction of some hives* R. L. Budd and W. L. Miller will hold a big joint publie sate at the farm of the former on Thursday. October 10th. Live stock and three complete sets of farming implemented wiD be sold.

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