Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1918 — Page 1

' No. 243.

Buy 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. WRI G H T

Mrs. I. H. Riley went to Chicago this morning. »•- * ••■■■■ 1 . 1111 ■ Marion I. Adams is nursing a pretty badly injured foot. K A. O; Moore, of Hanging Grove township, went to Chicago today. Mrs Benjamin Knapp returned to her home in Wheatfield this forenoon. Mrs. John E. Randle and daughter-in-law, Mirs. Russell Randle, deft today for their homie in Sayre, Okla. Misses Minnie Hines and Florence Baker, who had been visiting here and at Mt. Ayr, returned today to their homes in Hammond. Mrs. Harvey Davis and son left tqday for their home in Decatur, Hl., after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hurley. Captain Charles Fidler, better known here as Dr. Dick Fidler, left today for Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where he will take up his duties in the army medical corps. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wood and Mrs. Conrad Kellner went to Water ValIpy, where they will spend the day with their young people, who are enjoying an outing on the Kankakee river.' Mrs. J. N. Leatherman returned today to her home on north Weston street. A week ago Mrs. Leatherman left the hospital and went .to the Comer House. She is recovering slowly from 'the effects of her appendicitis operation. 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. NOTICE. Dr; Rose M. Remmek has returned from Chicago and will be in her office every day. Special attention given to examination of eyes and "the fitting of glasses.

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WEDNESDAY WAR SUMMARY.

Ostend has been flanked and the allies have driven to within ten miles of Bruges, of which city Zeebrugge is the seaport, according to latest dispatches from the Flanders battlefield. Cambrai has been reached and. Mienin and .Thourout, important railroad centers, have been captured, immensely increasing the difficulties in which the Germans still in western Belgium find themselves. The success of the latest allied drive, which already has carried the entente standards forward more than seven miles, makes certain the quick redemption of the Flemish coast, military experts abroad predict. The Germans, it is reported, have the evacuation of the Belgium littoral well under way. Unfavorable weather appears to have slackened the British-American drive north and east of Cambrai, but the French still are driving ahead north of Rheims and the territory south of the great Aisne bend has been practically cleared of the enemy. To the east, General Pershing’s first army has won important new ground between the Argonne and the Meuse, widening .the breach torn in the Kriemhild line

Will Brown, of Hebron, the next state senator from this district, was in Rensselaer today.

Mr. and Mrs. William Woosley, of Walker township, -returned today from Camp Sherman, where they had been to see their son, Charles, who has had a very severe attack of the influenza. When theyjeft Charles was better, but was still very •sick. Mr. Woosley says there has been-1030 deaths at this camp. E. E. Flint left here Tuesday afternoon for his homein Pierpont, S. D., after spending but a day with relatives at Remington. He was accompanied to Rensselaer by Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bonner and Miss Callie Bonner, of Remington. Mr. Bonner had .been in South Dakota with Mr. Flint and family since last September and returned to his ‘home here with Mr. Flint Monday.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16, 1918.

HUNDREDS DYING AT CAMP TAYLOR

“LEFTY” WRITES OF CONDITIONS AS HE FINDS THEM IN CAMP. 7th Co., Dev. Bn. No. 2, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., October 13, 1918. Dear Folks:— . Suppose you have been wondering about ime and. If I have been nipped by the ‘flu’ germ. Well, so far I have escaped and trust that I shajl continue to be so fortunate. The disease is raging here the same as it is in other places, and during the past two weeks the number of deaths has mounted to a evry high figure and shows no signs, of abating; although the ,ph ysi cl ana are working heroically night and day to stem the tide. Qn Wednesday there were fifty-eight deaths, Thursday saw sixty* four more added to the list, and the toll for the twenty-four hours ending Friday night was sixty-eight. Last night, Saturday, there were sixty-six more who succumbed, or a total of 256 for the ninety-six hours, besides the numerous deaths whioh occurred in Louisville proper. Saw by the paper that Dr Washburn is now at Camp Dodge, and that conditions there are similar to those here, and I know what he is up against and how hard he is working. The organization I am now in is the healthiest in camp according to statistics recently Issued. Of a total of 2,500 men but three deaths have occurred and but eight then have been sent to the hospital. In the 3rd battalion, where I was formerly, the death list is appalling and hundreds are in the hospitals. A quarantine has been placed on the camp and but ten per cent, of the enlisted personnel is granted -passes to the city, and this only on urgent business. Htow long the lid will remain on is a matter of conjecture, and it may be weeks before the disease has been sufficiently checked as to permit conditions to again become normal as regards pass privileges. Well, about two weeks ago we moved again, (that’s a pretty common occurrence down here) due to the fact that we had to give up the barracks we were in that they might be used as temporary hospitals. When we arrived at our_new home we found that we were to be quartered in tents far on the other side of the camp. Really like it better than being inside, except for the water conditions which are rather inconvenient. Outside of this drawback everything is fine and it reminds me of the days when I used to soldier under Colonel H'ealey. Two more weeks and I shall have finished six months in this camp, which, according to a recent War Department ruling, is the maximum time that any man should be kept in the same canton-, ment. Nine hundred members of the Depot Brigade cadres are scheduled to leave following the lifting of the quarantine restrictions. There are 2,880 cadre men in the brigade, so one stands one chance in three of getting away from here. Don’t know whether I shall be so fortunate as to be one of the lucky ones or not, but the chances are against it as there are many here who have been in the camp ever, since it started and it is not at all improbable they will be given the preference.' The men who leave, are to be prepared for overseas duty immediately. The War Department ruling also adds that at the end of each trwo months an additional number of ■cadre men must be sent away, so it may be that December will find me ready for overseas, and I shall certainly lxglad of the opportunity to see a little active service. The other morning the" Captain asked me if I wished to go with him, and when I asked him where, he\said “To Stithton, Ky.” Sure, I went. We made the trip by automobile with two other officers and $20,000. The sight or the latter made me groggy. The camp at Stithton is about thirty-five miles from Taylor. I was amazed at its size as it has only been under the process of construction for the past few weeks. At present there are thousands of carpenters engaged in construction work, and there are now enough barracks to house 45,000 men. When completed it will be the largest cantonment in America and will care for approximately 75,000 mon. It is much different from this camp and is Inhabited by artillery then entirely. It was the first signs of soldiering I have seen since I first put on the uniform, that is, as far as my meagre knowledge of soldiering goes. Sure was a wonderful sight to see the long lines of heavy artillery passing down the road. The soldiers looked like vetera’-s and I later learned that such was the case. Presume they are held here t< train the recruits. At the present time there are quite 'a number of young fellows here who have seen active service across the way and they, too, are aiding in instructing the men. Just received the paper and read the letter of Wood Spitler with much relish-. Imagine he is having some wonderful experiences. Believe he is the only Jasper county soldier in Russia, isn't h< - Makes one feel’ foolish to be back here in Camp Taylor when so many of the others are across; but maybe our chance will come later. Suppose they will send us over there to “police up” after it is over. Suppose Colonel Healey is the happiest individual on earth now that he has the opportunity of taking his regiment into active service. His articles in the paper have been very interesting, and when he has added some active service to his military career he certainly will have a lot to write about. My commanding officer is Lt. S. D. Jackson, of Ft. Wayne, Ind. He is a brilliant young fellow, a splendid officer and a graduate of the Indiana Law school. He has several Jn Rensselaer, so he tells me. In this company there are 781 negroes, real black boys from the Carolinas, Mississippi, Alabama and other southern states. There are four officers in the company (whites) and seven white non-commissioned officers, so you see we have it much easier than if we were in a white outfit. We are only on special duty, however, and are subject to being sent back to our company at any time. Wish some of the fellows at home could see .these black boys just after pay day. With their money In one hand it is only natural that the other should be holding yes, .you guessed it, a set of dice. Then they are ready for all comers. Of course. It is against army regulations but there seems no way to stop it as it is said that a colored fellow can shoot dice on a rope. Have seen games here for mighty high stakes, wathln a short time after they have received their,, pay about all pome of them have left t» look forward to is the next pay day. The other evening we saw a game where two men were lying fiat on the ground, half of their bodies protruding from the tent. They were so Jntent upon their game that they -failed to notice that the tent was almost half way down. They have more excuses to make when caught than Kaiser Bill had when he failed to head his army into Paris April 1. They also have Annan lais looking like a selling plater. However, thdy are interesting characters but poor soldiers. Met the 814 (colored) marching down

DR. WASHBURN WRITES OF INFLUENZA AT CAMP DODGE

The following is an extract from a letter written to Mrs. Washburn: Your letter came today and was, as usual, very welcome. The back'bone of the epidemic is broken and I am not so busy any more. The pneumonia cases are as numerous as ever and the fatalities are still' going but on the whole we are getting away with the affair more successfully than other camps. Some important facts have been brought out. These pneumonia cases are not due to pneumococcus, the ordinary pneumonia germ, but to the streptococcus/ a pus producing germ. Post-mortem examination shows the lungs to be permeated by abscesses of various sizes,- invading as* a rule the base of the lungs. So the method has been adopted of inoculating with antistreptococcus vaccine all cases after entering the wards in order to prevent the infection which produces the pneumonia. We are convinced that we are preventing a large number of influenza cases from developing pneumonia.

A WARNING!

With the hearty approval and the unqualified endorsement of Governor James P. Goodrich, the Indiana State Council of Defense says to the people of Indiana that until the war is brought to a successful conclusion there can be no division of sentiment regarding the plain duties ahead of us. The State Council backs up President Wilson’s message of Oct. 14th in reply to Germany’s peace proffer. It is the evident will of our people that we shall not discuss terms of compromise with violent criminals who are still intent upon crime. We ask the people of Indiana ■to be guided in • their judgments at this time by the opinions of our trusted soldiers who are at close quarters with the .enemy, by the unanimous expressions of our best military experts and by the deliberate pronouncements of our most prudent statesmen. . Be guided by them and do not be misled by the plausible promises of those who break their promises. Let the verdict of the American people be that peace can not come until all the evil forces we combat are made helpless. The enemy of civilisation must not be allowed to appeal to the laws which he is trying to destroy. Let us not be duped into believing that peace can come before the just objects of the war have been accomplished. To think or act in peaceful mood at present help to the enemy and discouragement to all of our forces organized to win the war. ’

The State Council of Defense joins with the people of Indiana in declaring that the war spirit, which now carries us to victory, is not to be chilled and destroyed by deceptive and carefully-timed peace propositions. To secure the only peace under which the world can live in safety, we must drive on, with no let-up of speed or energy or stubborfi determination. There must be no slowing down of war activities. It is more than ever important that the Fourth Liberty Loan shall be fully subscribed. • The State Council of Defense calls upon the county councils and all of the community councils to support the Liberty Loan with the utmost zeal iand continue all other war activitdea with hard and earnest persistence. The kind of peace that we and our allies must secure, in justice to the millions who have died, will not come soon if we relax our efforts. A desperate foe, even at bay, will not be overcome by half-hearted opposition. Throw in every reserve force that will help to win the war and win it speedily. Also remember that the agents of justice and not the criminals still at large must dictate the final verdict.

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. If any of your stock dies be sure and promptly call A. L. Padgett Phone 65.

the road the other day with their overseas equipment. They were on their way to the train which was to take them east preparatory to their embarking for France. They were certainly a magnificent group and no doubt wii make a name for themselves when they get into action. ■ Was glad to learn that Fred Hamilton’s wounds were not as serious as first reported and that he will soon be able to be out again. -Wrote him a. some time ago but suppose he did not get it as I sent i t to France instead of to England. x Wihile in town last night the newspapers came out with extras telling.of Germany’s acceptance of the Presfdent’s peace proposals. Naturally, it caused a great deal of excitement there, but when I reached camp found that ft had caused but little stir. Perhaps Germany is sincere and perhaps she is not. ' Peace, however, does not seem very far distant. Would have beep home for five; days last week but have as yet not received my September pay. so could not Mme. Don’t suppose I shall receive it for a couple of weeks as I will receive it by check. Being on special duty I did not get to sign the company pay roll. Well, my candle is getting low, so will close with the promise to write ofteper in the future. Lots of love, . HOWARD B. CLARK.,

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ADOPT STAMP TAX OF 2 CENTS ON CHECKS

Washington, Oct. 15. —A stamp tax of two cents on all bank checks is provided for in an amendment to the war revenue bill adopted by the senate finance committee, which is revising the house draft. The amendment was adopted by a vote of eight to six. Many members, ' however, expressed a doubt as to its acceptance by the senate. Such a* tax is opposed by treasury department officials and many senators because it not only would be a serious inconvenience to business but would tend to discourage thrift and to encourage hoarding. The amount of revenue from such a tax would be small in the opinion of experts. f Consideration of the revenue bill progressed so rapidly today that Chairman Simmons tonight reiterated his prediction that the bill would be completed by about October 25.

WAR THROWS HEAVY BURDEN ON NEWSPAPERS

Chicago, Oct. 15.—The war’s effect upon newspapers was told today at a meeting of the Inland Daily Press association. H. N. Kellogg, chairman of the special standing committee off the association, asserted that labor conditions have forced .the consolidaof 250 daily pipers in the United States and the suspension of 850 papers since the war began.

WEDNESDAY’S WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. _ .Temperature, maximum 74 and minimum 50.

PAY DR. WASHBURN.

All persons indebted to me are hereby notified that all accounts have been left at the First National Bank of Rensselaer, and you are requested to call at once and make settlement. Dr L* M. Washburn. C. B. Mandeville repairs watches id clocks and sells same at Fair vks. . '

WHAT IS AN ARMISTICE?

SHOULD THE CENTRAL POWERS BE GRANTED AN ARMISTICE? — In writing for the New York Daily Tribune, Frank H. Simonds, dhcuMM the subject, “What An Armistice Is Not.” . He says an armistice is not a truce. A truce being the cessation of battle by agreement of the commanders of the two armies. Mr. Simonds says that an armistice has nothing to do with peace terms, but that it is the inquiry off a defeated foe as to what conditions must be met in order that further punishment may not be inflicted. -It is a military and not a political matter. It is a question to be submitted to the commanding general of the conquering army and not to the ruler or rulers of the victorious nations. The enemy asking for an armistice says to the victorious general, “You have thrashed ine thoroughly; what can I do to get you to quit?” The answer to an armistice is the imposing of such conditions upon the defeated army that there will be no doubt but that the agreements will be carried out to the very letter. An armistice would impose upon the defeated army such conditions that they would not be able to escape the entire fulfillment of all conditions imposed by the victors. Until Germany is willing to say to Marshal Foch, we are beaten and we are ready to surrender, there should be no discussion of peace terms. Courts do not pass judgments upon murderers while they are being pursued with bands drenched in crimson blood. When the criminal has been brought to the bar of justice, then and only then can his punishment be determined. has a good example fresh and up-to-date. When she meets the conditions imposed upon Bulgaria tnen she may hr.ve an armistice. Until Germany SURRENDERS UNCONDITIONALLY the discussion of peace terms, says Mr. Simonds, “is obviously infernally dangerous.” There is just one man in the world to whom, the Kaiser should be allowed to address his prayer for an armistice, and that man is Marshal Foch. When the central powers are whipped, when Marshal Foch knows he has them humbled to their knees, and when the haughty murderers surrender without condition except the prayer for mercy upon their lips, an armistice may be granted. Wisdom and discretion would say to all “hands off,” for the present duty is plain. The task before the entente allies is the whipping of Germany and not the discussion of peace terms. Leave it to Marshal Foch.

INFLUENZA SITUATION.

Each physician reports a few new cases, but the number grows less ea)ch day. Each reports that his cases seem to be getting along as well as could be. expected. Rensselaer and vicinity is indeed fortunate considering the large number of cases of Xhe influenza we have had and the very low percentage of. fatalities. Much credit for this must be given to our splendid doctors and their untiring efforts in behalf of their patients.

WEDNESDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Two new patients afflicted with influenza were admitted to the hospital since Tuesday. They are Louis Davisson and John Jinkerson, of Chicago. Other influenza patients are getting along very well with the exception of Gordon Myers, who is very sick. Mr. Lang, who was hurt in a runaway Monday, is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Nagel have received word that their son, Leonard, continues to improve at Camp Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Stem left on the early morning train for Camp Taylor, having been called there by a telegram informing them of the serious illness of their son with influenza. LATER—A telegram received as we were ready to go to press announced that this young soldier had died and that the body would arrive here at 5:01 a. m. Thursday.

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