Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1918 — Page 1

No. 303.

Milowing Xmas Wealways sell, x several nice cedar -■ " • * chests. These are paid for out of gift money received <4 on Xmas Day. .Watch our window. W, J, WRIGHT

THREATEN DUTCH QUEEN IF EX-KAISER IS NOT OUSTED

Amsterdam, Dec. 27.—Queen Wilhelmina has received a letter threatening her life unless the kaiser is forced to leave the country within eight days, according to the Telegraaf. The letter was mailed in Amsterdam and is anonymous.

DEATH OF LOVINA THOMAS.

Lovina Thomas, of North McKinley avenue, died this Saturday morning at 5 a. m-, after an extended illness of twenty-five years. She leaves to mourn their loss two brothers and two sisters, Leßoy, Mary J. and Eliza, of this city, and John, of South Dakota, who is expected here. The funeral veU be held at the late home of the deceased at 10:30 a. m. Monday, i

Miss Elsie Pierson, of Wichita, Kansas, who had been visiting the family pf her aunt, Mrs. Henry Wopd, and other relatives here, left this morning for Minneapolis, Minn. Miss Pauline Ma& of Chicago, is the guest of Misses Florence and Aileen Allman. Miss May 'is Aileen’s room-mate at Northwestern University in Evanston, J|l. The body of Mrs. Sarah Britton of Hammond,was brought here today on the 10:55 a. m. train and taken to DeMotte for burial. She died at the .home of her daughter in Hammond, TJaei 26th, 1918 qfdropaey. ■J/ Mrs. Ona T. Boss and son Livings<ton came home Friday from Chicago, where they had spent Xmas with Thompson Ross and family. Livingston is home on furlpugh from Camp Sherman, Ohio. Walter Schultz, who has a good civil service poeitiotf.in Washington, D. C-, went to pass this morning and from tnerthe will go to Hammond Sunday and from that place he will return to the capital city. Rev. Edward W. Strecker will preach at the Methodist church tomorrow on “The Great Lessons of Nineteen Eighteen,” and “Whither.” The public is most cordially invited to attend.

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The Evening Republican.

RAILROADS DEMAND AID OF CONGRESS

. Washington, D. C-, Dec; 27. (Special.)—The railroads are toning position of Americans transportation up for a last ditch fight over the dissystems, which begins in congress next Thursday. A program setting forth the position of the railroads is being drawn up for presentation tojthe senate interstate coffhnerce committee, which i sto begin hearings nekt week on Director General McAdod’s proposal to extend the period of government control for five years or restore the roads at once to their owners.

We have two cars of jehestnut anthracite coal in transit. Parties desiring some of this coal will please place their orders wine us at once •and coal will be delivered as spun as it artives. Rensselaer Lumbar Co. Phone 4. ; -

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Isabelle Hicks to Annie Pample, Dec. 17, It 10 and n pt It 11, Wk 2, Bartoo’s add. Remington. S3OO. W. Albert Baillen et ux to Marie Felton, Nov. 9, -w %sw 17-81-6, 80 acres. $3,000. W. D. “ Jason D. Morse, trustee, to Joseph Weidenhoff, Nov. 16, w % 32-32-5, 320 acres. $lO. *

TEMPERATURE. The following is the temperature for the twenty-four hours ending at 7:00 a. m. on the date indicated: • Max. MinDecember 27 *. .25 16 December 28 .27 >lB

Mie. M. Barnes returned to her home at Kokomo today after visiting the family of Joseph Larsh. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jeffers returned to Indianapolis today after visiting John Baker, northwest of this city. Mrs. Learning and lOiiss Maude Spitler returned today from Chicago, where they spent a part of the holidays with Marion Learning and family- ' '■ ■ • ■ .

HARD COAL.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER

BRITISH AGREE WITH AMERICA

NO DIVISION APPEARS ON THE VITAL POINTS FOR r peace. London, Dec. 27.—The Chronicle's Paris correspondent had an interview with President Poincare in the course of which the president said: “We are 'beginning important peace deliberations. I am anticipating a successful, conclusion of these labors. Our two nations are agreed on the main lines of the fourteen points. We hate desired merely not to bind our hands in respect to freedom of the seas. lam confident that Mr. Lloyd George and M. Clemenceau, who know and like each other and have worked so closely together, will reach a perfect understanding on all the essentials." .

INTERESTING ITEMS FROM THE REMINGTON PRESS

The victims of the “flu” in the Rawlings family are recovering from the disease. Keith 'O’Riley, now of a South Carolina camp, came 'home Christmas day on a ten day furlough. There are several cases of “flu” in the Frank Bartoo family, northeast of town. , James Peck, of Indianapolis, is home for the holidays. He found plenty to do when he arrived and will stay the week put. George Besse was taken suddenly Christmas night with a severe sickness, and at the present writing is in quite a serious condition. • Mr. Leonard Foster and sister, Miss Christine Foster, of Chicago, came Wednesday for a short visit with home folks. Miss Catherne Carmody and Mr. Frank O’Riley, -of Clifton, ID., and Mr. and Mrs. John O'Riley spent Xmas with Vess Villinskl and family. Mrs. Clara BaJcom has been down with the influenza at the hpme of Fames Peck the past week. Mrs. Peck is now a victim of the disease. Both are recovering nicely now, we understand. z ; ' Miss Margaret Johnston, who has been at the Mayo Bros, hospital at Rochester, Minn., the past few weeks, has been in a very serious condition from pneumonia following an attack of the influenza. She had. about recovered from the trouble for which she went to the hospital, and had left that institution, but was taken with the “flu” and was taken back, where. She ha ssihce been. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Johnston were called there Monday. A telegram received from there this Thursday afternoon stated that she was resting more comfortably, and there was a slight chance of recovery. N

A Quiet Home Wedding. On Christmas morning at the home of the editor of this paper, H. J. Bartoo, and, wife, occurred the wedding of their daughter, Bessie Berea, to Mr. Trevor William Eger, of Rensselaer. The wedding ceremony was pronounced by Rev. A. C. Tharp, of the Christian church, in the presence of only a very few near relatvies, and a couple of intimate friends, and was beautiful and impressive. The wedding was a very quiet affair, owing to the serious illness of the groom’s mother, at whose request the nuptial event had been advanced several months. .. Most all of our people are-acquainted with the bride end know her to be a young woman of ability, who will make a happy home for her husband. The groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs’. John Egfer, of Rensselaer, and-lfe a fine, upright young man, well known and respected in the community in which he lives. Immediately after the ceremony, which took place about 9'a’, m., the bridal party drove to Rensselaer to the bedside of the groom's mother. . On Christmas Day. . Mrs. Peter Lambert celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of her birth at the home of her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sturgeon, on Indiana street. Among the presents she received was a gold rmg. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Benton Nelson and' family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lambert and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Johnston and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Newbold and family. After each one had supplied their iSnporaJ. needs at the dinner table, a ChriAhfias esented loaded with presents, which was enjoyed by all.. Santa Claus was there also. Death of Mrs. Zimmerman. Mrs, William Zimm erm a n passed away at her home near the Sacred Heart chord: Tuesday night, about 7 o’clock, after a very short illness wit hinfluenza. She waa about 41 years of "age and leaves a husband and seven children, one of them quite small, to mourn the loss of a loving wife and mother. Besides her immediate family, there is a father, mother and other relatives. The funeral servdes were conducted by Rev. Tharp, pastor 1 of the Christian church, and were held at Remington cemetery, where interment was made. Mr. Zimmerman has the sympathy of our entire community in his great loss.

Mr. and Mrs. Dal Yeoman, of Ambia, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Strong.

UNITE ATTACKS ON RUSS REDS

STRUGGLE RAGES IN RUSSIAN ' CITY ON THE BLACK ... sea. Odessa, Dec. 20.—(8y the Associated Press.)-—There has been sharp fighting throughout the city for several hours today n which 5,000 Frenclrtroops participated. French cfennon on the water front and the 'big guns of the French 'battleship Justice are firing over the city, bombarding the republican camp beyond, lit is impossible as yet to estimate the casualties or to determine the exact control of any quarter of the city, with the exception of the water front.

“STAN” BRUSNAHAN WRITES HOME FOLKS

S. A. Brusnahan of Parr received an interesting letter a few days ago from his son Stanlius who is with the A. E. F. In France, which The Democrat is permitted to publish: Montlancon, France,'Nov. 24. , Verdun-Meuse Front Dear Dad—This is the day that al] A. E. F. boys are supposed to write their dads a Christmas letter. I wrote mine two days ago so it would get an early start I wrote it hurriedly and didn't say much, so am going to write* another one, which I hope reaches you before Christmas. As you perhaps know, censor rules have been changed considerably so that now I can tell you many things which I formerly could not mention. We were twelve days crossing the Atlantic. There were fifteen transports in our convoy. Our ship, the “Cedric,” was a large English . boat and carried nearly 5,000 troops. During . thb last three days of our trip .we were escorted by about a dozen U-boat chasers. They led the’ way and searched for “subs,” but we saw none. We could '-see the Isle of Man and the coast of Ireland on the morning of the 7th. We landed at Liverpool just as the sun was setting on the 7th of June. It certainly was a beautiful harbor. The next morning we went ashore and left by train for Southampton, 5-1

We stayed at Southampton three days, and on the night of the 11th Crossed the English, channel to Havre, France. The channel Is usually- much rougher than the ocean, but was very calm the night we crossed it. Havre is a very but like all other cities in Franco, not at all modern. I saw a couple beautiful castles there. OiiT next stop was Mehun, near Bourges, where. I stayed- for nearly four months. The largest ammunition depot in France is located there. There were millions of rounds of it of all calibers. The smallest was the rifle cartridge and the largest was the 14-lnch. The projectile for the latter weighed 1,4Q0 pounds and the powder charge for-it weighed 664.- Part of the time .1 helped with the loading and unloading of this and part of the time I Sfegd an easy job. The work at times was pretty heavy, but good for me If I could stand it. Many times I was thankful for my size and strength. The work, though, for the most part was far from unpleasant* . . As I told you in a previous letter I studied ammunition there that 1 might get sent to the front to help at a dump there./• Well, I got the desired result when they sent me here. - The lieutenant who was to have charge of the dump came here a few days ahead of us. He had some engineers and pioneers fixing up the road, etc., for the dump. Fifty of them were killed doing this work. ■ When we got here the Sammies’’ had advanced some, but it was still warm enough to suit me. Our six-inch (155 mm.) guns were shooting' over our heads and- the dutchman was footing over a few every day at 4:80. I always had business at my dug-out about

that time. /One night about 11 o clock- the boche started firing at the dump. He dhot about forty shells in and around ft. The fact that most of them were "duds” Is all that saved the duinp. One hit a shell pile, knocking the ends off of two sheila (duds) hut they did not explode. Another shell went Into a dug-out and under the bed where, two of our hoys were sleeping. Needless to say they were pretty badly scared I have a couple Grapnel balls that I picked up about three feet from where I slept the night before. None of our 150 got even a scratch, but two men were killed by one shell between my dug-out and the kitchen. Another feMow cot shot by a machine gun during an air raid one night. L dreaded clear nights for the hoeh.es came regularly. ■n We got here on a Saturday eve- ' ning and pitched o®r pup tents in the trenches. We thought we would get a few days to straighten

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CASUALTY REPORTS MUCH DELAYED

The Indianapols Star of Friday contained the name of Private Paul E. Donnelly, as severely wounded. This report was received a considerable time ago by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .Alfred Donnelly, who live two- miles north of this city.' Today’s Star reports the names of Private John M. Knox, died of disease. Tins report was also received here a week or such a matter ago by the deceased soldier’s father, Thomas Knox. Another name in the list today is that of Lieut. Harvey Gwin Thomas, of Monticello, wounded severely. Lieut. Thomas is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin, of this city. He s now in a New York hospital and is beginning to improve from a very severe attack of pneumonia, which complicated with his wound, came very near being fatal. Lieut. Thomas and Miss Lura Halleck, daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Abraham Halleck, of this city, were united in marriage a short time ago. At the time of their marriage it seemed that the Lieutenant could . not • live, but both were anxous to fulfill a vow made before ■iis departure for service in France -to the effect that they would be married upon his return to this country.

SATURDAY HOSPITAL NOTES.

The following dnfluenza patients have entered the hospital: Mrs. Nettie Hoover, Bertha Kepner, Mary Saidla, Arthur Wortley and baby. Mr. and Mrs. Wortley are quite serious but show improvement. All the other patients are doing nicely.

SATURDAY’S WEATHER. , Forecast: Local snows tonight. Sunday generally fair. Little change in temperature.

up before any work came in. The next morning at 10 o'clock French trucks started coming in with sixinch (155’s) shells; Wd worked till dark in the rain and slept that night with our wet clothes on. That waa my last day of manual labor for the next day I was put in charge of camouflaging the dumps It was my business to make a powder house look like a beep garden. I did this with brush and some regular camoufiauge material. Most of the latter had been used by the Germans.

After completing this job I was. put in charge of the 4-Inch (105 mm.) French powder and the flinch and 9.2 inch English powder. It has been like a vacation for me all the time. We are at present shipping this damp to Montigny, near Stenay, and we 13 here expect to follow it to that place. A pioneer com.nany from, Minnesota is doing the work of loading. All ordnance men and all the ammunition of - the first army is being condentrated there. They say it is a fine place, too. The rumor is that we go home from there, but I think that wifi be some time yet Personally, il, would like to, go to the border with the third army, but of course I’d prefer the IT. S. As soon as I get to Montlgny I am going to put In for a sevendry -pass. I have not taken my leave yet. but they say I can get ft from there.

This morning I got up at 9 o’clock and ate breakfast In my dug-out; Doherty had brought my wheat cakes and coffee over and set them on the stove to keep hot. Can you Imagine that In the army? I spent the rest of the day taking a bath and doing my washing. Again wishing you and all a very merry Christmas, I am, your son, STAN. Coro. S. S. Brusnahan. ears Chief O. 0., A. P. O. 774. £ B. France.

OVERSEAS LETTER.

Private L. P. Hess writes the following letter from overseas to fab parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hess, of Gillam townrinp: Somewhere in France, Nov. 15, 1018. Dear Father and Mother; — As I now have time to write you a few lines I will do so to let you know. I am still aKve and well ana hope when these few lines reach you it will find you aM the same. It is cold here today. How is everybody in -the U. S. A.? AD right, I hope. How » Vess’ folks and John's children? Well, I suppose you are husking corn. Mother! I have been so busy and could not geteany writing paper to write with, so I could not write, but will do so now. ■ I have sure seen a lot lam with the company that has been over the top three times. It is sure some sight to see, but I guess will not have to go over again. Hope not, anyway, as it is about over as they have put out white flags. You take care of yourselves till I come home. Don't worry about me, as Lorah will take care of himself. I think I’D be home next spring. Eat plenty of apples and turkey for me Thanksgiving. Tell Vess I am a different boy from what. I was. lam sure some soldier now. Tell Bertha I have beans and meat for dinner and meat and beans for supper. I am in town now. I can drink wine over here. France is a beautiful place and worth fighting for. I would love to see you- all and eat agood meal at home. I did not know what a good home was till now. This is a good lesson for me. How as japa’s foot? Mamma you want to have a good dinner for me when I come. When that will be I don’t know, but not very long, I hope. Tell Floyd, Irene and Roy hello; Thehna and Eva also. Did you have many apples? How was the crops and hogs? Well, if I don’t get home for Chrstmas I wish ypu all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Well, if I don’t get in the M. P. will get after.me, so I will close wishing you all good luck, is the wish of your son. Good-bye. Write soon. Your son, PVT. LORAH P. HESS.

DEATH OF MRS. JOHN HILL

' ■ « Mrs. John Hill of Gifford, died Dec. 27th, 1918, of influenza. She was born Nov. 30th, 1891, making her 27 years of age. Sha will be buried Sunday at Prater cemetery. Mr. Hill is a tenant on the S. C. Irwin farm near Gifford.

HAVE A FINE NEW DAUGHTER.

Among the many blessings that come to us all daring these joyful . lolidays, none can be of more please ure than the happness that came today, Saturday, Dec. 28, to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Parkiaon. Their two fine boys now have a baby sister. Grandmother and Grandfather Parkison pronounce this child, “The.. First Lady of the Land.”

NEW CASES FILED.

Henry O. Harris vs. S. D. Legg, cause No. 8999. To cancel lease.

CAR HARD COAL ON TRACK. We have a limited amount of Chestnut Anthracite coal in car now on track. This will be sold et $11.06 at the car, **r 50 cents less than at bin. The number of tons is limited. J. C. Gwin Lumber Co. Phone 6.

WANTS CAR LOAD OF GOOD HORSES

John Gleason, of Liberty, n and is in the market for a car Toad of good horses. Ho will make hb headquarters at the Charles Hemphill hitch barn.

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