Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1918 — Page 1

No. 276.

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THANKSGIVING DINNER • • .. • AT MAKEEVER HOUSE . Soups Cream, of Tomato >Soup Roast Turkey Cranberry Sauce Brown Sweet Potatoes ' Mashed Potatoes ; - Cream Peas i. Hearts of Ceflery Mince and Pumpkin Pie Tea Coffee Dinner 75c. • Kindly notify us at your earliest convenience, not later than Tuesday evening, if you desire reservation.

ELEVATORS closed ‘ THANKSGIVING DAY Notice is here by given that both of the grain elevators in this city will be closed on Thursday, November 28, Thanksgiving Day. Ail patrons aire requested to be governed accordingly. W. C. Babcock. The Farmers Grain Co. - / NOTICE. On Monday, December 2, 1918, there will be held a lodge for instruction in the hall of Prairie Lodge, No. 125, F. & A. M<, beginning at 1:30 o’clock p. m. I All members are requested to be present. By Order of the W. M.

. PRINCESS LUNCH OYSTERS. —LARGE LINE OF BOX CANDIES PRINCESSPRINCESS

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FULL COUNT IS GIVEN OUT

PERSHING IS AUTHORIZED TO SEND BACK MEN NOT NEED. ED FOR OCCUPATION. '* ■ . /' ■■■ Total 'casualties in the American expeditionary forces up to the signing of the armistice, General March announced Saturday, were divided as follows: i Killed and died of wounds, 36,154. Died .of disease, 14,811. . Died from other causes, 2,204. ' Wounded, 179,625. Prisoners, 2,163. Missing, 1,160. > Discussing the enormous number of Wounded recorded in the total casualties announced by General March, officials said this included many thousafrds of men slightly hurt who did not go to hospitals And whose names never had been reported. Casualties reported to the department up to Friday numbered only a little over 82,000 and most estmateS of the probable total when the armistice. .was signed have not been over 100,000. Long lists are coming in daily now, however, and the total exclusive of the very slightly wounded may go far above previous estimates. General March also announced that authority had been given to General Pershing to send 'back home all such troops as will not be needed, in making up the army of occupation. . He said that General Pershing had indicated that the following units would not be so required: Divisions 31, 34, 38, 39, 76, 84, 86 (Chicago and northern Illinois), 87. Coast artillery regiments 46, 47, 49, 50, 75 and 76. Field artillery brigades 65 and 103.

General Van Rensselaer Chapter of the D. A. R. will meet with Mrs. E. P. Honan Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 26, at 2:30.

LUNCH I • EVERYTHING THAT’S GOOD TO EAT. * ' • ' - ’ ' ’ OYSTERS—FRESH EVERY DAY » REGULAR DINNERS FINE STEAKS AND CHOPS. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BOX /CANDY CIGARS AND CIGARETTES SPECIAL SALE OF BOX CANDI 25 PER CENT OFF ON ONE AND TWO POUND BOXE VISIT THE LUNCH ROOM AFTE THE SHOW S

, RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1616.

ThanksgivingEenefit The Matinee Musicale will give a Thanksgivng Benefit at the Methodist church on Tuesday evejndng, November 26, at 8 o’clock. The public is invited to attend, bringing an offering iaf money or provisions far the poor. The following program willbe given: Song—-America- V Congregation Beauties of American Indian Jtfusic z Mrs. J. H. Chapman < J r Piano—(a) Dawn -v) • (lb) Whisper® of the Night . Cadman i . */ Mrs. Harry Milner Quartette —The Land of the Sky Blue Water Cadman Mrs. J. A. Dunlap, Mrs. Rex Warner, , Miss Watson, Miss Daugherty . Voice <■ Selected . • Mrs. J. A. Dunlap Address Organ—(a) March ' v . (b) Meditation Cadman Mrs. M. D. Gwin Quartette —Song of Thanksgiving—‘Fear Not, O Lord Rogers Mrs. English, Miss Daugherty, \ Dr. Myer, Dr. Brown Song—The Star Spangled Banner Congregation J Leader—Mrs. J. H. Chapman Choral Director—Dr. Myer Accompanst—Mrs. M. D. Gwin

HEAR BALLARD THIS EVENING

PROMINENT CRAWFORDSVILLE ATTORNEY WILL GIVE AN ADDRESS. <•■ ■ ♦ There should be a large attendance toniignt at the Methodist church to hear the Hon. Emerson Ballard, of Crawfordsville, in his address on the War Savings proposition. J. J. Hunt, the chaiirman of the county, Jias been informed that Mr. Ballard is a speaker of, excellent ability and that he has a splendid message. Jasper county has made a 100 per cent record to date on all war activities, hut on the matter of Savings Certificates we are only 50 per cent. Much of this money wall undoubtedly be used to bring the iboys home from over there. It is needed by the government and we can show our appreciation of the great victory by oversubscribing our War Savings quota. In addition to the address there will be community singing led by Dr. W. L. Myer.

POPULAR COUPLE TO LEAVE RENSSELAER

The people of this vicinity will deeply regret to know that Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hopkins will leave Tuesday for Miami, Florida, and will discontinue to be residents of this city. Mr.’ Hopkins is a native of Rensselaer. He has been identified with the business interests of the Aity for a long time. He was for a time cashier of the A. McCoy & Co. bank, and later formed a partnership with W. C. Babcock in the grain business here.

Mrs. Hopkins was, before her marriage, Mass Harriett Yeoman, daughter of ILxH. .Yeoman, of this city. She has been very prominent in social and church circles and will be greatly missed by the women of the city. It is a matter of very general regret that Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins find it necessary to leave here and all are anxious that Mr. Hopkins shall regain his former good health, the impairment of which wals the prime factor jn his decision to give up active business relations for some time. The trip to the sunny Southland will be made by automobile, tod all wish them a very happy journey and a most delightful vacation.

XMAS BOES FOR THE SOLDIERS OVERSEAS

This is the last week for mailing mas boxes. If you have not received a label from your soldier boy, the Red Cross will supply you. The Red Cross is anxious to make sure that each soldier overseas receives one, but only one, anas package. Seventyfour boxes have been mailed from the Rensselaer Red Cross. Jasper county boxes can also be mailed by the Red Cross Remington, Tent, Wheatfield and DeMotte.

TEN LONESOME LABELS.

These boxes will be filled by the Red Cross committee. Send in your name and $2, and we will send a box in your name t>o a soldier who felt that he had no one to whom to eand his label. The labels are for ten men in Captain Bradley Ross’ battery.

MONDAY’S WEATHER. Forecast: Fair tonight and probably Tuesday. Little change in temperature- Temperature, the minimum for Saturday night was 19 and Sunday night the minimum was 18.

REPUBLICAN RECONSTRUCTION

A. PARTY PLANS FQR PROGRESSIVE REORGANIZATION OF THE NATION. Washington, Nov. 14.—The Republican Publicity Association, through its president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., today gave out the following statement from its Washington headquarters: “Hardly leas important than our preparations for war wiM be the work of putting the country an readiness to resume once more the activities of peace. In the recent elections the people decreed that the task shall be carried on under the drecrtaonof the Republican party. While it is possible from the point of numbers for the Democrats in the senate and house to enact a pending bill providing for ! the appointment of a Reconstruction 1 Committee by the President, it is not I probable that Democratic .votes can Ibe solidified behind such a measure. There are a few Democrats in each house who do not yield subservience to the President and who have confidence in their own ability and the ability of their legislative associates to dtudy and determine upon plans far after-war reconstruction. The Weeks resolution proriding for a joint congressional committee composed of an equal number of members of each of the two political parties will more likely be adopted. “But even if the partisans of the President should prevail and a Democratic Committee on Reconstruction should be appointed, there would be little danger of the enactment of any unwise legislation such a committee might recommend. .The Republicans will assume control of congress on March 4th, and it is riot likely that much reconstruction will be enacted before that time.

“In view of the vast importance of the reconstruction problemls that confront the nation, it is particularly fortunate that a majority of each house of the next congress will ibe Republican. Under the shrewd management of a Reconstruction Commission made up of pliant political henchmen of the administration, masquerading as industrial and economical experts, supported by a subservient Democratic congress, Mr. Wilson would have been able to put upon the statute books legislation that, in practical effect, would have provided by low for longcontinued administration of the government by Democrats. That has been the inevitable effect of much of the legislation enacted during the last two years. ' With the record before them of the unscrupulous political efforts of the President and his party leaders to maintain their control of congress, the Republicans have awaited with trepidation renewed excesses in autocratic legislation, in preparation for the Democratic attempt in 1929 bo continue In the White-House Mr. Wilson or a man of his selection.

“But the danger is now behind us. Not only wall the Republicans be in a position, after Mlarch 4th, to stop further attempts at Executive usurpation of legislative prerogatives, but they wall be able to put before the President for his approval bflte calculated to undo much of the carefully prepared political structure that the Democrats have built. Let Mr. Wilson veto such measures if he chooses to do so. Every .sound reconstruction bill he refuses to sign wiß prove another nail in his political coffin. “The people discovered that Mr. Wilson is not infallible. This in spite of the fact that every effort has been made to impress upon the public that criticism of the Executive wais little short of treason. They have been told that acts of the President must

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be accepted without the slightest question, else encouragement will be given the enmy. Doubtless amazed at his own audacity the voter decided to express hnS convictions without regard to directions from Washington. He has found that many millions of the American people think alike in itheir estimate of the President. The result of the elections iwill give courage not only to the .individual to talk as he thinks, but will stimulate the press to give expressions to the thoughts that havfe surged in the minds of• editors for iriany mlonths. Freedom of speech and unbridled discussion of public questions in the months to come will mark the rapid dissolution of the bold the Democratte now have upon the country and will spell an even more complete defeat, for their .party in 1920.”

AMERICA’S WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS

Democracy has vanquished the king-of-kings of the dark forces of Autocracy, which have ruthlessly sacrificed millions of human lives to their ambition for dominion. Democracy has written FINIS on Kaiserism. Now Democracy in America is pitted against the Iring-ofddngs of the legions of death—Tuberculosis— which takes a toil of humlan Eves exceeding that of any other disease by which mankind is afflicted. In farmer years, the nation-wide campaign against the White Plague, led by the National Tuberculosis Association, has been supported in the main by the sale of the little Red Cross Christmas Seals, which any one Who had a penny to spare might buy. The war has served to reveal’ to America more tellingly than ever how enormous our tuberculosis problem os and how imperative is the continuance <qnd extension* of the campaign against tuberculosis, for tens of thousands of the nation's young men. have been rejected in the draft as unfit for military service on account of tuberculosis. The American Red Cross, therefore, faces an obligation to assist this campaign to the utmost. To rtfhat end, and as a means of replacing the usual sale Of Christmas seals at a time when as few appeals as possible should be made to the public, the Red Cross has set aside an appropriation to cover the financial necessities of the campaign for the year 1919. The National Tuberculosis 'agencies throughout the country, wiH on their side join the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call for universal membership. Every new and renewing member of the Red Cross will be awarded ten of the little Christmas Seals as messengers of health.

DEATH AT ST. JOSEPH COLLEGE

Jerome Parker, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. . Parker, of Merom, died at St. Joseph college St 10 p. m. SunThe body was taken to the late home this Monday morning.

CIRCUIT COURT CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER TERM

Tuesday, Nov. 26—John W. Beath vs. John B. Tudor. * Wednesday, Nov. 27—McClintock Trunkery Co. vs. Arthur E. Arnett et 1; Henry Haag vs. Jos. L Adams Eat; E. A. Bennett vs. Loren C. Sage. Friday, Nov. 29—August Sternberg vs. Jos. Larsh et al. Monday, Dee. 2—E. L. Hollingsworth vs. Lilian Davisson. Saturday, Dec. 7—Petition Riley Tullis et al for ditch. * Victor Sigo came from Camp Jackson, S. €., to attend his brother's funeral. He has a ten day furlough end will return there Wednesday. I-'*' Frank Goff, of Fair Oaks, was in I Rensselaer today.

FRIDAY INTERNATIONAL RESIGNATION DAY

Six men of international note have almost simultaneously announced ink .tention of quitting the posts where they had achieved their fame, making Friday a day of great resignations. In addition to the resignation of William G. MiqAdoo, secretary of the treasury and director general of the railway administration, two Americans, two Englishmen and a German were in the recession. They are: John D. Ryan, director of air craft production and assistant secretary of war. Philip Scheidemann, minister of finance in the new German government. Lord Robert Cecil, undersecretary of state for foreign affairs in the British government. John R. dynes, British food controller. Henry Ford, who is tearing the full management of hns automobile business to his son, Edsel, and wiM devote his attention to public matters, particularly a new weekly newspaper.

MILLION LETTERS FROM YANKS REACH THE U. S.

New York, Nov. 24.—A. million letters from “our boys” overseas that Mil gladden the hearts of “the folks back homie” reached American today on the French liner Rochambeau. The thousands of bags containing the mail were rushed to the New York post office and the deli very of what is believed to be the Thanksgiving correspondence of . the American Expeditionary Forees was started. There is something for somebody in every state—and something for somebody in almost every town—sh the big pouches.

MONDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mrs. Charles Guttrich, Sr., entered the hospital Saturday for medical attention. Mr. Lewis Miller came to the hospital Sunday to receive medical attention. Mrs. Edd J. Randle entered the bos. portal today and underwent » minor operation. Mrs. Alva Potts is receiving medical attention at the hoepitaL

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