Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1918 — Page 1

No. 263.

We Have Just Received \ r l Two Rolls Velvet Stair Carpet 27 Inches Wide. •.' ■ A ' * W. J, WRIGHT

GET READY TO CELEBRATE

BETTER GET HOME BAND SHINED UP AND TUNED TO HIGHEST PITCH. ♦ — Rev. W. Garnett Winn, formerly pastor of the First Christian church of this city, but now doing Y. M. C. A. war work overseas, royally entertained a wounded Rensselaer soldier. The following is extracted from a letter written by Fred Hamilton in London on October 19: Just thd, odd few lines to let you know that I am surely enjoying one of the happiest weeks I have spent on this side of the pond with our very good friend, Bro. Winn. It is one of the greatest treats I have had to be able to spend a week away from the hospital, military life and all th 6 other minor phases of war life, which really has been a great bore to me since I received my wound last month, I was, to use a slangy phrase, “fed up” and, well, 1 just could not tolerate the hospital life any longer. Mr. Winn was surely a “good fellow” in asking me to enjoy the week wuth him. I am at present sitting in his htitie office, which is in one end of his Y. M. C. A. building. He is out with the boys preparing to open up the canteen. As for myself I have been eating like a starved lion and sleeping like Old Rip Van Winkle during the past few days, and lam feeling like a fighting cock, barring my jaw, which is still wired up and is rather tender. But why worry about such a lucky wound as I have, when thousands of other boys have not enjoyed the luck I have? So we snail forget that I have been wounded and, well, carry on, on in the same old smiling way, which at present is winning the war. Speaking of war, which I hate to talk about, we are surely handing it to the dirty Huns in great style and I really believe you had better get the old home band shined up and tuned to the highest pitch for the boys will be marching home soon with Old Bill and Young Willie’s scalps.

The Evening Republican.

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FRIDAY WAR SUMMARY.

British, French, American and Belgian armies continue their rapid advance on the western front, latest official communications show. Apparently there is no let up in the fighting, and equally apparent there will have to be quick action on the armistice proposition if Germany is to avoid a debacle and wholesale slaughter Of her armies. Paris announces that during the past twenty-four hours the French have captured more than 100 towns. French cavalry is advancing toward the Meuse while the infantry is driving on Hirson, an important rail center. The Americans are in Sedan. Airplanes are harrying the retreating Germans. The British are also moving rapidly forward and, according to Field Marshal Haig’s report late last night, had pressed forward between four and five miles during the day toward Maubetige and Mons. Bavai, six miles west of Maubeuge, 'has been passed, while the British are only about ten miles from Mons. The entire German lateral railway system has been smashed to bits and the hour when the army will be split into groups appears to be at hand.

MARY M. WOOD DIED THIS MORNING.

Mary M. Wood, whose illness has been noted in this paper, died at h*r late home in Monon this Friday morning at 4:00 o’clock. Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in Monon Saturday at 2:00 p. m. Interment will be in Weston cemetery in this city and there Will be services at the grave at 2:00 p. m. Sunday. Miss Wood was a thorough Christian in profession and throughout her long, useful life lived constantly in harmony with her high Christian ideals. She was a sister of Harvey W. Wood, Sr., of this city, and came from a family of sterling worth'.

FRIDAY’S WEATHER. x Rain tonight and colder. Saturday fair and colder. Temperature for twenty-four hours ending at 7:00 a. m., was maximum 65 and minimum 51. /

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1918.

THE WAR NOT OVER

Thursday’s Report Greatest Hoax of Years

The United Press Responsible for Report that Sets Country on Fire— People Go Mad With Joy Orly to Be Disappointed Later—Envoys Had Not Reached Marshal Foch’s Headquarters Yet This Morning.

As suspected by the Republican yesterday'the report that the war was over, and that the armistice had been signed by Germany, proved to be a hoax—in fact, the' greatest ever perpetrated in the country. The United Press was responsible for the. report. Thursday afternoon’s celebration here was followed in the evening by a larger one, in which a parade by the Liberty Guards, headed by a band, bon fire and the firing of anvils, tooting of horns, etc., was the feature. Country, people were here in large numbers and the event reminded one of the days long ago when ratification's were held over elections. Denials of the fake report had no effect on the people and their joy could not be restrained. A dispatch from New York gives the following account of the false report! » New York, Nov. 7.—False reports that Germany had accepted the terms of the armistice and that fighting had ended threw the country into a delirium today and turned out to be the greatest hoax of recent years. Official assurances that the report was false failed to. check the almost riotous demonstrations which swept over many American cities and millions of Americans will not know how they were fooled until - they read the morning papers. A dispatch cabled from France to the United Press and picked up and circulated throughout the country by another news agency declared the armistice signed at 11 o’clock this morning and fighting ended (at 2F o’clock this afternoon. Official dispatches to the. state department at Washington testify that the German commissioners were not even to meet Marshal Foch until 5 o’clock this afternoon, and dispatches received tonight from the American army on the Sedan front show that at 6:30 p. m. the troops were still advancing. After cabling to France and receiving an official reply, Secretary Lansing from the state department in Washington issued this statement: ,

“The report that the armistice with Germany had been signed is not true. When it reached the Department of State this morning an inquiry was at once dispatched to Paris. At 2:04 o’clock this afternoon a telegram, in reply to that of the department, was received from Paris. It stated that the armistice had not yet been signed and that the German representatives would not meet Marshal Foch until 5 p. m., Paris time, or 12 noon, Washington time.” None of these unfounded reports "Was received or distributed by the Associated Press which, on the contrary, was able by investigation conducted through official channels to establish the story as a hoax. The false report, however, was not easily overtaken by the truth, and as it spread through the country it gath’ered momentum until demonstrations approaching hysteria ruled in many cities. Business was suspended, schools were closed, bells were rung, whistles shrieked, prayers were offered in churches, parading citizens jamffied tfie streets and the. scenes usually attendant on New Year’s eve and election night were intensified. The New York Stock Exchange, as well as the curb market, were closed at 2:30 p. m. after a hurried meeting of the governors.. A market which at first appeared to be unresponsive suddenly developed activity which shot some of the so-called peaee stocks up from 2to 12 points. Exchanges in other cities were similarly affected. Here follows a copy of the cablegram received by the United Press at its New York office: .“Paris: Armistice allies signed eleven morning; hostilities ceased two afternoon. Sedan taken morning by Americans. HOWARD.” “Simuhs.” (Unipress is cable code address for United Press ;<* Howard is Roy W. Howard, president of the United Press, and Simms is William Philip Simms, Paris correspondent of the United Press., To grasp the situation is should be borne in mind that Paris, being to the east of the United States, is about six hours ahead of New-York time. Although. it had been announced that the armistice was signed at 11 o’clock and that fighting had ceased ‘at 2 o’clock, it was a fict that the German commissioners were not to be received by Marshal Foch until 5 o’clock, three hours after the hour reported as the end of the fighting. The State Department’s cable of inquiry to France was not dispatched until after the report had been called (to the department’s attention, and when a reply came saying the armistice had not been' signed and the

fighting had not ceased more time had elapsed. At 3:35 in Paris it was officially announced that four German officers, bearing a white flag, probably would arrive at Marshal Foch’s headquarters some time tonight. That announcement was one hour and thirtyfive minutes after the hour reported as the end of the fighting, and Associated Press dispatches filed with the American army on the Sedan front at 6:30 o’clock tonight, showed that an hour and a half after the German, commissioners had been expected, the troops still were fighting their way forward. This dispatch said clearly that the American arrty was consolidating its positions and preparing for a further advance. When it was 6:30 o’clock tonight in London, the foreign office pronounced unfounded the rumor that the armistice had been signed and at that hour no word had - been received in the British capital that the German dele--gation had crossed the French lines. It should be borne in mind, that it

was then four hours ahd a half after the hour reported as set for the cessation of hostilities and more than seven hours after the hour reported as the signing of the armistice. Government telegraph lines connect London and the British headquarters, not far from the place fixed for the meeting of the German commissioners with Marshal Foch, and London, therefore, is certain to receive prompt reports when a truce is arranged. Tonight as the clocks in France iwere turning toward midnight there still was no word that the German commissioners had appeared at Marshal Foch’s headquarters and much less affixed their signatures to an armistice, No one, of course, can say with certainty when the armistice will be signed or when the fighting will stop. Official proof, however, and the hours rolling steadily onward are simple ■evidence that it was not signed at 11 •o’clock this morning and that fighting t did not stop at 2 o’clock this afternoon.

Moreover, it has never been expected that the terms of armistice on the western front might be accepted at one brief meeting. Many questions are involved now which were not involved when armistices were granted to Austria. Bulgaria and Turkey. One of the principal points concerns the disposition of the German fleet, so vital to England. Now that the fleet is in the hands of the revolutionaries, it is not improbable that the German plenipotentiaries may not at once be enabled to give the assurances the allies will demand./ It should be recalled in connection- with this point that Great Britain insisted on having one of her admirals present with Marshal Foch at the meeting with the commissioners and that Germany sent Admiral VonHintze. So far as is known tonight, the erroneous report was published in only two cities in Europe—in London and in Brest, France. The London newspaper later withdrew its edition and printed a retraction. The publication in Brest was by a newspaper which received the report from the United States. / A question bejpg asked tortight by many is why the naval censors passed the dispatch for publication if it was not true. The answer is that censors do not pass upon the truth or falsity of dispatches; they are only concerned with whether they contain information likely to be of value to an ehemy, or damaging to the entente military forces.

VIRGIL ROBINSON DIES IN THE WEST

Virgil Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Robinson, formerly of this city but now of Lafayette, died at Great Falls, Montana. The news reached here this afternoon by telephone from Lafayette. No particulars were given. Mr. Robinson was in this city this morning but must not have known of his son’s death as he made no mention of it.

C. C. WARNER AND FAMILY LEAVE RENSSELAER

C. C. Warner, es Gary, came today and will have* his household goods taken to Gary today by auto trucV Mr. Warner has an excellent position in a Gary bank. This community is sorry to lose Mr. Warner and family, but are pleased that he has such a splendid position.

FRIDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Miss Osborne, the nurse, is sick. Walter Randle was taken to the hospital Thursday evening with a slight attack of influenza. Edna Christenson, of Remington, died at the hospital this forenoon at 10:15 o’clock. Mrs. John R. Lewis is very much improved and may leave the hospital today.

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HOW FRED HUBBELL CAPTURED 34 HUNS

Francesville Tribune: The first in- j formation as to how Corporal Hub-1 bell captured thirty-four Huns, unassisted, is told in the Stars and Stripes, I the official paper of the American. Expeditionary Forces, published in Paris. Here is the*story: Corporal Hubbell’s company had run across a series of dugouts of German artillery officers and had taken a few prisoners who said there were no more Germans underground. A half hour later, while Corp. Hubbell’s company was encountering machine gun resistance and expecting a coun-ter-attack, the Francesville, Ind., boy was crouching in a dugout entrance. He tells what happened: “I saw a German private stick his head out of the door behind me,” he said. ‘T told him to put up his hands, but he jumped back inside. I heard him speaking to me in English, and I finally persuade him to come out. He said there were thirty others in the dugout. I told him there were plenty of Americans all around me, and the Germans all might as well surrender. He said he’d go down and talk to them. He went down, but didn’t come back. After a short time I yelled down I was going to throw a, hand grenade. I waited but nobody came up. There were several dugout entrances near, and I was afraid they might catch me from behind, so I moved to the left where I could see all the entrances. “In a minute another Heine stuck his head out and ducked back. I was getting real leary. Just then an officer appeared at another dugout steps with a pistol in his hand apparently looking for me. It was lucky I had moved. When he saw me he was so surprised he tumbled over backwards down the steps. “Then I ran to the steps and yelled again I was going to throw down hand grenades if they didn’t come out. The private who spoke English finally came up and stood at the entrance and passed on my orders. Pretty soon they began to come out with their hands in the air. “When I had them all lined up and the other boys arrived the English speaking private told me that when he’d gone down the first time and told the officers there was Only one American outside they were furious. They weren’t going to surrender to one American private. They ordered the private to sneak out and shoot me "but he refused. "“All the Germajis had been caught in their dugouts by our barrage, they said,”

DELIVERY WAGONS ARRIVE.

Frank Kresler, proprietor of the Central Delivery System, of this city, has purchased through the C. A. Roberts agency four Studebaker de-’ livery wagons and will use them in his business instead of automobiles. Mr. Kresler has decided that horse drawn wagons will be more economical and at the same time more trustworthy than automobile trucks. He is quite positive that the wagons are more practical for winter use, at least

ITEMS FROM THURSDAY’S MONTICELLO JOURNAL

Mrs. J. H. Carson, <xf Rensselaer, was a guest yesterday of her sister-in-law, Mrs. G. M. Lawrie. Mrs. Ed. May and sons, Ed., Jr., and William May, of Wolcott, were guests today of Mrs., Frank Vinson. William is a sailor at the Great Lakes Naval station, and expects soon to leave for New York and then overseas. ■ The public schools of White county will re-open Nov. 11 th, by order of the county health officer, and he is asking that all rick children and those with colds or signs of “flu” be kept out of school. Let’s all join in trying to improve health conditions that the schools may be kept going the remainder of the school year if possible.

K. M. STEMLER LOSES ARM IN FRANCE

K. M. Stemler, of Canton, Ohio, who is known'by many here through his frequbnt visits to this city, has lost an arm in France, the result of a sniper’s buHet. He has written the following letter to Miss Cecil Rutherford : “I have some bad news for you this time, but knowing what a brave little girl you are, I do not hesitate to tell you all about it Since I wrote you last our company was sent into action and during the fight I was shot in the right arm, just above the elbow, by a sniper’s bullet. Circumstances as regards the condition of the wound after it had been dressed and I had been carried back to the hospital, made it necessary to amputate the arm just above the elbow. However, the operation has been a success and m now suffering very little pain. We have some wonderful doctors and surgeons over here and those who attended me are enthusiastic about my condition. They say all I have to do now is to rest and get weH. Thia will probably mean that I shall be getting back to the States earlier than otherwise, for I understand they do not keep any cases over here except those which promise quick recovery so that they can be returned to their companies. In many ways lam lucky. Things might have gone much worse with me. I have seen so many boys worse off that I cannot help but feel that in the long run I will look over the past and be satisfied. I want you to feel the same way about it If you could have been with me and have seen the things I have seen you would say that I am right so I don’t want you to worry at all. Just continue to be the cheerful and brave girl you have been ever since I left you, for in /a few short months, God permitting, I shall be wtih you again and then all this unhappiness shall be wiped away. - I am getting the best of care and attention and need nothing. I only hope that you are taking every care of your own health and that the rest of the folks at home are well and happy.” - ' * AU home print today. Read the inside pages.

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