Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1918 — Page 1

No. 294.

.-;■•■• .' ■-\ * *■ '-.'} ' . • »^litey*^.'..- l -Mi S? ■••’M&V* -•/ikr',’*'* Furniture Makes the Best Xmas Gifts of All— Aside from its utility and beauty, Furniture has a lasting value that no other article possesses. It is the ideal Xmas present, because it is lt(e most enduring and has an intrinsic worth all its own. It may be a a Chair, a Rocker, a Rug, a Book or anything* of . use in the home—its utility and durability is beyond doubt. Our Xmas display of Japanese Goods and Cedar Chests on the first floor should interest you. : : : ONLY SIX MORE DAYS TO BUY W, J. WRIGHT

•','■* ■ / * The business houses will open evenings beginning Thursday for the Christmas week. Rensselaer Merchants Association 1

BULLETIN.

Paris, Dec. 15.—President Wilson will leave Parisian an automobile tomorrow to visit the principal points along the odd fighting front, notably the battlefield on the Marne, It is also announced that Mr. Wilson will leave"'Paris Christmas eve and go to American general headquarters. From headquarters he will proceed to the American front. He -wall have Christmas dinner with the American troops, and not with the American commander-in-chief or other officers.

DEATH OF MRS. DAN LAKIN.

Mrs. Dan Lakin/died at the hospital at about 4:45 Monday evening from influenza and asthma. Mrs. Lakin’s name before her marriage was Lena Swaim, daughter of James Swaim, of this city. She was thirty-five years of age and is survived by her husband and two daughters, one aged eighteen and one aged nine years. Funeral services will be hedd Thursday forenoon and interment made in Weston cemetery. * More detailed information will be given later.

Just received our new pack apple butter in large glass jars, 25c per jar. Rowles & Parker.

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The Evening Republican.

STUDEBAKERS TO INCREASE FORCE

7,000 MEN TO BE ADDED TO THE “PAYROLL AT ONCE AND MORE LATER. Seven thousand employes will be added to the present force of the Studebaker corporation an South Bend by the summer of 1920, according to information give nout by A. R. Erskine, president of the concern, By the completion of additions now under construction the plant will have a capacity of 100,000 motor cars a year, doubling the present output The new buildings were begun in 1916 and considerable progress was made possible during the governmental restrictions on construction work by the company’s war orders. , “The demand for 7,000 additional mnployes'wili increase the population of South Bend between 15,000 and 20,000 people,” Mr. Erskine said-

TUESDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

Mrs. Guy Meyers and two children entered the .hospital tins morning with influenza. , The following influenza patients are improving: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gunyon, Mrs. Paul Hall, Mass Tdiae Gangloff, Miss Caroline Baker, Mass Bethel Arnold, David Arnold, Mrs. Van Arnold and Mr. Van Arnold; the latter shows slight improvement. Mrs. Omar Daniels and baby are doing nicely. . Mrs- Samuel Price continues to tonPl ßwt Vent has gone to his home at Morocco. ■, , ' '

Occident Flour la by for the cheapest in the long run, aa you get much more and much better bread than from other flours. Sold and guaranteed by Rowles & Parker.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, IMB.

U. S. INSURANCE AFTER SERVICE

'. .•’' * s • -V ' • MONTHLY PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE PROMPTLY OR THE POLICY LAPSES. I The question of'keeping lip government insurance after leaving the service has become so important that all Home .Service sections throughout the Lake Division of the American Red Cross have been gvien full instructions regarding the details of this business. ' Every man is notified before leaving the service of'the date up to which hiq policy has been paid by deductions from his pay. A month from this date. and every month following the premium should be paid to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, attention of Insurance Section, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. A statement should also ibe given of the date up to which the premiums have been paid, cause of discharge as shown by discharge papers, full name and rank, serial number and present post office address. If he loses the premium date, the man should make his first payment within 31 days after being discharged. If he forgets his serial number, he must give the name of the organization to which he belonged when he took out the insurance, his home address at time of enlistment, the dates of his birth .and of his discharge. If he is mot sure of the amount of his premium, the discharged man had belter (send too much than too little since any surplus is applied on the next premium. Oh receipt of the first premium, the government sends a form for the next payment. Government insurance lapses 31 days after the time of leaving the service if the premiums in arrears at that time have not been paid, or 81 days after the first -premium falls due, Reinstatement will be granted without evidence of insurability if the application is made within 31 days after bhe date of lapse and contains a statement of the present condition of the applicant's health and a full-explana-tion of the reasons which caused his discharge from service. If the application for reinstatement is made later than 31 days after the policy lapsed, but within six months of this date, reinstatement will be granted upon satisfactory certification of insurability by at least two reputable physieians and surgeons. Practically every insurance tangle can be untied for perplexed doughboys by the Red Cross Home Service sections in their localities.

Howard Royster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Georgte Royster, has received his discharge and came here recently for a visit with relatives. He was stationed at New London, Conn. He went to Chicago today, where he has employment. 5 - Monday’s Monticello Evening Journal: Mrs. Morris Peck and daughter, Maxine, and Dale Bowman and daughter, Myrna, of Remington, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Bowman and family. Mirs. Peck and Mr. Bowman are brother and sister of John BoWman Mrs. George Sawyers who spent the week end with Mrs. Fred Sawyer and Miss Nellie Sawyer, returned to her home in Rensselaer this morning. She visited relatives at Huntington previous to coming here. ... .Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Jenkins spent yesterday in Rensselaer the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Homen Hendrickson West Point township in White county has also been added to the list of those which are affected by the closing orders. The ban was placed upon that township today by the county board of health commissioner, as there are fifty active cases of the mfluenzh in that community at the present time. There are also twelve cases which have (been reported in Monticello.

A RENSSELAER MAN’S EXPERIENCE

Can you doubt the evidence of this Rensselaer citizens? You can verify Rensselaer endorsement. Read this: Landy McGee, fur dealer, says: “I suffered from a lame back ant such severe pains across my loins that I could hardly move. I couldn’t rest well and my kidneys were too active. I used several medicines, but nothing seemed to relieve me until I got Doan’s Kidney Pills, at B. F. Fendig’s Drug Store. The backache and pains in my loins soon left and the kidney secretions became natural” (Statement given May 31, 1907. On February 22, 1916, Mr. McGee said: “Doan’s Kidney Pills are still my stand-by. I think they are fine and L am never without them in the house.” Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’ ; simply ask for a kidney remedy—ge ; Doan’s Kidney Pills; —the same tha ; Mr. McGee had. Foster-Milburn Co., M£gri.,Buffalo,N. Y.

NOTICE. The ordinance of the City of Rensselaer prohibiting the discharging of firearms within the corporate limits must be obeyed, and violation of tbe same will be prosecuted. Thoma*, City Marshal.

LOCAL BOY WITH PEACE ENVOYS

SON OF EX-CITY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT HAVING GREAT EXPERIENCE ABROAD. Russell Warren, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Warren, has been stationed in Paris for the past six weeks on business, the exact nature of which he is not permitted to state, but which brings 'him in ’daily contact with the leading men of the allied nations as they assemble for the peace conference. He lives at the finest hotel tn Paris and enjoys such luxuries at he never dreamed could come to a boy of his humble estate. Recent letters to his parents read aa follows: - * Paris, Ntov. 19, 1918. r: 'A* 4:80 A.M. ■My dear folks: —

Prettk early in ttie morning all right, and this will help pass the time along, but work this time of day is pretty dull A little over two'weeks now since I arrived in Paris ahd in that time I have seen Paris changed from a dark and dead city to a bright and live city. Not all the lights are lit yet but enough to make the place look pretty at night Sunday they had or tried to have a big parade and celebration commemorating: the return of Alsace Lorraine. Never in all my life did I see such mobs. You couldn’t cross the street anywhere between the Arc of Triumph and Place Concorde at noon. Tehre .werh supposed to have been 150,000 marching in the parade, but they couldn’t keep the streets open long enough to even think of parading. They were supposed to march under the Arc of Triumph down Champed Elysus.Place Concorde, where a stand had been .erected and addresses were to be made by President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau.. The addresses were made but no parade. It is at Place Concorde where they have all the captured German guns, airplanes, tanks and other articles of war. SomeVone made a grab for a souvenir and then everyone started, and by the time the guardsmen could get the crowd away the airplanes certainly did look as if they had been thru the war. Some one cut the wire that all the German helmets were strung on, and they came clattering all over the streets. I got me a German machine gun and have it in my room now. I would like to bring it all home with me but I don’t know how I could do it. I’ll tear it to pieces and bring the best parts.

These certainly are rare days in Paris and I wouldn’t miss them for love or money. I don’t suppose there are fifty sailors in Paris and we are quite a curiosity; we can’t wear dur white hats down the street as some one will grab it for a souvenir. • People here connect us with the Marines that made the big drive at Chateau Thierry and nothing is , too good for us. It sure does look as if we would spend the winter here all right, /as they seem to think the peace conference won’t be held before the first of the year and we will undoubtedly stay here until that is over. I will certainly bate to leave, this city as it beats any place I have found yet outside of home. It Is beginning to get quite chilly, up here and I wish the rest of my clothes would come. Yesterday ft did snow a little but it has turned int orain now. I guess it won’t be long before some of the boys will start coming back to'the States. I notice where Daniels said they could let 50,000 out of the navy next month, but I guess I am not one of that number.. I am sure I don’t care, though, as I am having the time of my life now and now that the war is over, life in the ngvy will be a lot easier. Since coming up here I have had no mail at all, so I don’t know what you are doing or where my ship is. I look fbr mail every day. I don’t know just yet where I will eat my Thanksgiving dinner, but I know it won’t be as good as the one late last year. Wfell, two hours more and I will b through for the day. love to alt Your son and brother, RUSSELL I. WARREN. Paris, Nov-16, 1»18. My dear Mother: —

I would have written you sooner but we have been so busy celebrating here ■ that I have scarcely had time to eat and sleep. I’ll bet there was ho city in the < World that Celebrated like Paris did. I knew the armistice was signed 30 minute safter it happened but it didn’t come out in Paris until 11 o’clock. Never in , my life did I see such a sight and I never expect to see another like it it I live to be 150 years old. People were so happy they cried. Everything closed up and everyone turened out to celebrate. The streets were crowded with parades and it took me about two hours to go two blocks. I don’t think I was ever kissed so much in all my lire. People would run up crying "Vive la Amerfcaine,” throw their arms around you, kiss you on one cheek and then on the other. These French people certainly appreciate what we have dene for them and if .you were only closer so I could see you more often I would stay right here. It certainty has been a rare privilege to be here during such a time and I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the world. There seems to be no telling how long I will be here, but I probably won’t leave until the peace conference Is over and that may be months. They sent for the rest of our belongings so I doubt if I ever get back ship again. I don’t care, though, os lam seeing the country and enjoying life. < have had no mail for nearly a month now, and it is about time they were get-, ting it forwarded up here. We are having great weather up here now and most of my spare time is spent In walking around and seeing the city. I doubt ifthere is a city in the United States that equals Paris. One oftbe fellows has a kodak and we are getting some regular pictures, * nd , ®**’ getr time to get them developed I will try and send you soma Now that the war is owr they will start feeding us a little more. We don’t have to sign bread checks any rnore-emd last night I was able to get a couple of fried eggs. These people sure have learned to save all right; everything they have is of the very best but there isn’t enough of it I am getting about |4 a day to live on now and I find J can save a little money on that as I very seldom ever get up in ttane for breakfast and then it is the French breakfast of hot chocolate and bread and butter. x I see by the morning paper that there is to be a big parade and celebration here Sunday to celebrate the return of Alsace Lorraine. I will be busy though then, so I won’t get to see it I suppose we will soon know the plan for the demobilization of the army. They win certainly keep a good many soldiers along the Orman frontier for some time to come. I suppose the draft will step now and those that were in the new draft age can rest easier now. I see no, chances of the navy demobilizing any as can take our time about it Gee, but it our work is just commencing. But we

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INDIANA CATTLE FEEDERS ELECT OFFICERS FOR YEAR

Two hundred members of the Indiana Cattle Feeders’ association, at their annual meeting at Purdue university Saturday, elected the f oMowing officers: President, €. C. Fisher, Unidta City ; first vice-president, Bennett Taylor, Lafayette; secretarytreasurer, Dean J. H. Skinner, Purdue; director, Guy Wolverton, Chalmers; associate vice presidents, Homer Dressback, Chalmers; B. Henderson, Fowler; John Parkinson, Rens-' selaer; Willis Goshen, and J. C. Brevoert, Vincennes.

AS OTHERS SEE THEM.

The fate of the German imperial colors: The black has been abandoned, the white has been used, but the red is still there.—New York Sun. As we understand the Russian,situation, the difference between a Boldhevik and a bourgeois is about thirty rubles.-—Columbia Record. Soane persons have an idea that Woodtow Wilson and William Hohenzollern are playing ping-pong with aiu■ocracy. —New York Telegram. One trouble with government ownership of railroads is that it would also prove in all probability railroad ownership of government.—-Jackson-ville Times-Union. “What shall be done with Constantinople?” is one of the peace proberas. Travelers say a good hard rain on the streets would do well for a starter. —Kansas City Times. Some women are a bit disappointed because the war ended before they could finish knitting the mate to that sock they started when wq first joined out with the allies. —New York Morning Telegraph. A Topeka man has a theory that if all prohibition elections were held at night the country would never go dry. He says it is voting in the morning that puts territory into the prohibition column.—Kansas City Star.

GUY MEYERS IS DEAD.

George F. Meyers received word yesterday afternoon that Guy Meyers, his nephew, had died at his home in Walker township at about 1:30 p. m. Monday. The cause of his death was pneumonia following influenza. Guy was a very -hardy fellow and before his last sickness, which was for but'a few days, he had never been sick a day in his fife. He was a son of Henry Meyers, and hie wife is a daughter of Mrs. Henry Karch. ■

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

George F. Meyers et ux to James E. Moore, Dec. 16,1918, nw sw and s % ne aw 9-80-6. $2,700. W. D.

NOTICE. A number of property owners have not complied with the ordinance requiring trenches to be dug along cement walks. If this is Mt done by the property owners by Monday, December 23, 1918, the raw will be done ify the city and the expence

will be great to go to sea with all running llgbta lit and no darken ships at sor I o’clock. It does seem too good to be true. All I want now is aboSt a M day furlough, and I taww I wllf get it as soon as we hit the U. 8. lam anxious to hear from you and know bow they celebrated this thing at home. Love to all. Tours, _ f RUSBELL| L WABREN.

WILL SPEND THE WINTER IN CALIFORNIA

Miss Callie Bonner, of Remington, left here this Tuesday morning Redlands, California, where she will spend the .winter among the flowers. Miss Bonner is a sister of Charles A. Bonner, of Remington, and dbe is also a very dear friend of Miss Nettie Price, our accommodating Kbrarian. Miss Bonner was a guest here of Ifiw Price a short time before leaving for (the west.

MRS. GERALD STRONG

Word has been received here from Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hartley, who are now at Jackson, Mich., that they daughter, Mrs. Gerald D. Strong, M seriously ill with influenza. -

THE UNWELCOME GUEST.

Amsterdam, Dee. 16. William Hohenzollem, the dormer German emperor, the Telegraaf says it understands, has refused to leave Holland after official representations had been made that his continued presence in Holland was likely to involve the country in serious difficulties. / • The former emperor, the paper adds, was told that his free departure would be a matter of gratification to the Dutch government.

TUESDAY’S WEATHER. Forecast: Overcast tonight. Wednesday unsettled, probably foOowed by rai nor snow by Wednesday night. Not much change in temperature.

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7:00 a. m. on the date indicated: December 17 ........... 54

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