Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1919 — Page 1

No. 16.

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MIGHTY GOOD FOR OUR EYES

RETURNING SOLDIER BOYS BRING MUCH HAPPINESS TO THE COMMUNITY. There was a thrill of solemn patriotism when our Trave Toys departed with determination upon their countenances to. stand by Old Glory or go down with it. There Ls a happiness a n d joy in their return that is unspeakable. They are returning so full of honor and glory and most of them in splendid health. Every duty, whether of camp, fort, cantonment or battlefield, has •been discharged (with the American spirit, ability and enthusiasm. They have won a name for 'themselves that makes them the great heroes of the greatest wa rever waged by humanity. Some arrangement will undoubtedly be made to hold a formal reception for “Our Boys” that will give expression of the estimate this community places upon the service rendered. This should not long be delayed and the preparation should be for a great demonstration. On the early morning train 'this Saturday the following boys, former members.of Company M, arrived in this city: *■ ■ James Eldridge. Robert Criswell. Vester Criswell. Warren Fisher. __ John Bowma n . Orville Boiisher. ’ 1 Alien Bousher. | Howard StHes. = =====^f == -—. Clinton Whitton. - - • - Leo Blanchett. — ——- 1 — Glenn Swaim. —Z—. ■ ... Hollis Turner. ■ William Jenkins. 'Clarence B. Harms.

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The Evening Republican.

Ross Wood Johnson. Orphia Gant. Joseph Woolever. Henry P. Childers. Floyd Hemphill. Guy Crowder. Floyd Crowder. Grover Wood. Hollis Turner says he is in luck, He arrived from overseas on Christmas eve and home o n his birthday.

Girls Wanted TO DO SEWING AT THE Rensselaer Garment Factory Time Wages While Learning. A. ROTH & COMPANY.

RENSSELAER 40; KENTLAND 7

The local high school basket ball team met the Kentland high school team at the high school gymnasium Friday evening, and the contest was a scrap from beginning to end. The Kentland boys played poor basket ball, having little knowledge of the game, which can be seen by the final score. Our boys were rushed throughout the game, but were the quickest and showed their superiority in both (halves over their opponents. The gymnasium was crowded to its capacity with loyal rooters so rthe home boys. The Collins boys, Babcock, Arnott and - Pheglev played a wonderful game for the locals, the final score being 40 to 7 in our favor. .The Francesville high school team will play here next Friday evening.

Mvartig* in Th* Republican. Wheatfield Review:

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY JB, 1919.

AMERICA’S AMERICAN

POSTHUMOUS PRAISE SHOWS ROOSEVELT A WORTHY LEADER. There is great satisfaction to those, •who during the life of Theodore Roosevelt, recognized in him America’s greatest Americap and were guid-ed-by his wise leadership. Now friend and foe all behold in him the qualities that mark him the hero of his, if not of all ages. The following extracts are true expressions of the worth of this great man: “The Philadelphia North American, which lias been a thoroughgoing Roosevelt paper from the early days of his career, declares that America’s service and triumph in the Great War ‘were the product of the will, the passionate conviction, and the devoted services of Theodore Roosevelt, private citizen, more than of any other force.” The North American recalls these circumstances in proof of its apparently extravagant statement: “For many months his was the only potent .voice ra i sed in this country in behalf of violated law and humanity. Against the current of a misdirected public opinion, in the face of traducing criticism and an oeial enmity that was little short of . malignant, he championed ithe imperiled cause of democracy and preached a flaming crusade of America’s duty Despite adverse teachings backed by authority during two years and a half, 'the truths that he proclaimed found steadily growing response. It -was his stimulating leadership that awoke the conscience and rallied the spirit of (the American people, unt'l they literally forced .the abandonment of a vacillating, self-.seeking policy, and turned the mighty energies of the nation into the channel of honor and obligation.” But no event in Mr. Roosevelt’s "career explains the secret of his hold on his fellow men. What was the secret of this? asks the Boston Herald, and it answers: zr He was a man’s man, a hero’s hero and an American’s American.” The most important part of his equipment, says the Rochester Post-Express, was his “moral force and dauntlessness.”

AS OTHERS SEE THEM.

Wilhelm claims to have been on a yacht when the war started. We know he was on the toboggan when it ended.—Brooklyn Eagle. “Germany washes its hands of Russia,” says Bernsitorff, perhaps with Pontius Pilate and Lady Macbeth in mind.—Wall Street Journal. It is to be hoped that the boys returning from “over there” will bring back their ability to fight—for good government.—Chicago Daily News. The “Made in Germany” slogan will not be necessary after this. A simple yellow streak around the article will be sufficient.—Richmond News-Leader. Maxmilian Harden says the kaiser “was a mere tool in the war. He might have added that the crown prince wa sa sort of monkey-wrench.—Chi-cago Daily News. —•- When 'there is nothing left to steal : and mo decent pe oplo left to murder, the Bolshevik will put on a pious air and ask us for something to eat. — GrenvillePiedmontr Still, I do not think that Mr. William Randolph Hearst would go so far as to make a speech of welcome bo returning soldiers in German. — New York Morning Telegraph. It is said that the fofrner crown prince of Germany spends mbst of his time with his favorite greyhound, showing that a greyhound has not enough judgment to take advantage of its superior speed.—Chicago Daily News.

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GERMANY MUST PAY HEAVILY

COLONEL GEORGE H. HEALEY SEVERELY CENSURES GERMAN CRUELTY. The following letter received from Colonel George H. Healey, former editor of the Rensselaer -Republican, now on the battle-scarred fields of France, is one of .the most interesting articles that we have read bearing upon the wreck and ruirt caused by Tlie inhuman Huns. r —------ The article is quite long and will be issue din installments .in the Daily. The regular article is preceded 'by a personal letter, in which he states that he lhad just seen and had a very pleasant 'talk with Leland Jessen, who is a private in the signal corps, being a telegraph operator at the 88th Div. headquarters at Gondrecourt, France. The following is the letter: Gondrecourt, France, ' Dec. 25, 1918. The Republican,— — —~ . Rensselaer, Indiana. Dear Friends:— For some time I have been thinking of writing to you, but my failure little to relate more than the observation of a peace-time .tourist Until recently I lhad never seen a shell hole that had net been constructed for the purpose of training Three days after the armistice was signed I started to school at La n gres, a quaint old city not so far in the rear of the St. Mihi e 1 sec to r.—At the conelusion of this school I had the good fortune to be one of a party of twenty officers to. take a personally conducted trip over some hundred miles of the battle front. .1 will, with your indulgence of space, undertake* to relate some of my observations. -I should have felt a keen ~ disappointment if I had been sent back to America without having visited these battlefields, but now, having seen some of the devastated cities and country, I find myself very anxious to get back home, forget the war and prepare to reenter business. It is said that only about fifteen per cent of the officers of the regular army ever got into the fighting. This is not official and is mentioned only to show that many were taken for the service of training and supply. This can be understood because of the great task of preparation, the numerous’schools, the tardiness of supplies and the vast amount of construction work, including barracks, store houses, railroads, wagon roads, etc. My personal disappointment was keen but military necessity , rides rough se n timent~and I learned while at the Langres school that many officers who had been in France for a year or more had also failed to hear the discharge of a gun in battle. By studying a German war map, visiting many points in the St. Mihlied and Verdun and Argo n ne sectors and then studying the map again I have a fairly clear idea of the things that happened in this omportant sector when‘the American first army started its offensive on Sept. 12th. I think about al Icivilians know what a “salient” is and realize what its weaknesses are. The defenders must diverge their fire, While the assailants can converge their fire on it. The narrower the salient the weaker it is. When one part of an assaulting fine moves further than another a salient occurs. The salient is difficult to defend and unless it includes territory of particular value the ground is generally abandoned unless the flanking ground can be taken. When the German army made its great advance in 1914 lit captured the city of S.t Mihiel but failed to capture Verdun, which lies to the northwest. The Germans, therefore, formed a sal'enit including St. Mihiel and the French found themselves almost surrounded at Verdun.. The St. Mihiel salient was some 25 kilmetres deep and quite pointed. The northern line oTthe Germans extended some ten or twelve kilometres east of V erdun and when about that distance north bent to the west and then to bhe south and then back to the west again until it was dangerously near Paris. That is another story, however. I hope to have an opportunity to visit the further west front some day. When the French made their first counter offensive they widened the salient about Verdun and narrowed it about Sit, Mihiel and the Hindenburg line was established and it was n ot until the spring of * 19*16 when the Germans made their persistent assault on Verdun that active fighting was again resume dthere. To Marshal Petail is given the credit for the successful defense of Verdun, the fall of wh'ch would have give nthe Germans a much better chance of getting to Paris. The St. Mihiel salient remained in the possession of the Germa n s and there yas a passive sector for a good many miles and a good many months. It was passive in the sense that no determined effort was made to advance. There was occasional shelling, occasional raids, active efforts ! to get information, 'but the Germans were sorely punished for their Verdun attack and Wanted "o more of it and enough troops in-to the St. Mihiel, salient to whip the Germans back. It is said that the- area came to be employed by both sides as an essembly place for troops. If one side

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AWARDS MADE AT CORN SHOW

PRIZE WINNERS IN VARIOUS TOWNSHIPS IN RECENT EXHIB IT. Following, is a Inst of the awards made at the recent corn show. The compilation of .the result was delayed for a few days for some reason, but the results will be no less interesting: CARPENTER TOWNSHIP Yellow Ten Ears—Howard Jones, Ist; Eli Zehr, 2d; William E. Qtt, 3d; Gus A. Knockel, 4th. r. Single Yellow—E. FL Zehr, Ist; L. W. Hunt, 2d; Grant Culp, 3d. White Ten—George Putt, Ist; Henry Teter, 2d; Peter Baier, 3d; Henry Alberts, 4th. —— 7 ;- - - Single White—George Putt, Ist; Henry Alberts, 2d; Peter Baier, 3d; John Teter, 4th. JORDAN TOWNSHIP Yellow Ten —J. H. Beecher, Ist; John Kolhoff, 2d; Toben Bros., 3d; George Myers, 4th. Single. Yellow—J. H. Beecher, Ist; Toben Bros., 2d; George Myefs, 3d. , White Ten —J. H. Beecher, Ist; W. H. Wortley, 2d. Single White —J. H. Beecher, Ist; W. H. Wortley, 2d. * MARION TOWNSHIP Yellow Ten—Henry Paulus, Ist; clemous Gangloff, 2d; William Rishling, 3d; Fred Linback, 4th. Single Yellow—Henry Paulus, Ist; Clemous Gangloff, 2d; Fred Linback, 3d; William Rishling, 4th. White Ten—P. H. Hauter, Ist; O. E. Hauter, 2d; Cletus Kohley, 3d; Stephen Kohley, 4th. Single White—P. H. Hauter, Ist; J. W. Amsler, 2d; George Kanne, 3d; O. E. Hauter, 4th. Yellow Ten—George Daugherty, Ist; Tom Lonergan, 2d. White Ten —Tom Lonergan, Ist. MILROY TOWNSHIP White Ten—G. L. Parks, Ist. BARKLEY TOWNSHIP Yellow Ten —Mark Hoyes, Ist; Charles Pullins, 2d; W. S. Alhern, 3d. Single Yellow— Mark Hoyes, let. Mixed Ten — -W. S. Alhern, Ist. GILLAM TOWNSHIP Yellow Ten —A. D. Hershman, UNION TOWNSHIP Mixed Ten —John E. Alter. Single Ear —John E. Alter. " Ten Mixed—John E. Alter. - ‘Sioglo r Jobp -A 1 f.Ry,-.-.-* KANKAKEE TOWNSHIP Yellow Ten- —Flrank Fisher, Ist; W. H. Minor, 2d; F. R. Wills, 3d; William Jeffries, 4th. White Ten—Alfred Dugglesby, Ist. COUNTY SWEEPSTAKES Henry Paulus, Ist; Jesse Beecher, 2d; George Daugherty, 3d; John Kolhoff, 4th. Sngle Yellow —J. H. Beecher, Ist; Henry Paulus, 2d; Mark Hoyes, 3d; Clemous Gangloff, 4th. White—J. H. Beecher, Ist; George Pptt, 2d; P. H; Hauter, 3d; W. H. Wortley, 4th. Single White —George Putt, Ist; J, H. Beecher, 2d; Henry Alberts, 3d; P. H. Hauter, 4th.

WHEN HE GETS BACK HOME.

If they’s ■ anything the lad wants when he gits back .home—from the land that we five on to the honey in the comb; every single blessin’ in the country that they is—let him look like he wants ’em, an’ they’ll all be his! That’s the way we’re feelin’! We’re here to make a futs, with the highest halleluiahs, ’bout the boys that fought for us!—Atlanta Constitution.

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learned that new troops were being brought in by the other side they might shoot some heavy shells in their direction or drop a few a f r bombs or conduct a prisoner capturing raid, but there was almost an u n derstanding. Some oae jokingly said that they would go out into No Man’s Land to do their washing and at a certain hour a signal would be given and they would return to the trenches, fire a few shots and then suspend operations for another<=day. A French ma n ual says that “Trench warfare is neither a truce nor a guard duty. The enemy must be made to feel that he is constantly confronted with a vigilant hatred.” But soldiers get weary outfighting and pleasantries were occasionally exchanged. ■ ... , J (To be continued.)

BAD WOUND FROM SHRAPNEL

FORMER RENSSELAER BOY RETURNS WITH BATTLE — SCAR. ■ - ■ - —' —- .Corporal Frank Keefe, adopted son of Mrs. J. D. Greiser, of this city, was in this office Friday evening i n company with has brother-in j iaw, Thomas C. Cam. Corp. Keefe has a large scar on has head which marks the effects of being severely wounded by a piece of German shrapnel. He was hit September 29th, 1918 at Verdun and was placed in the Base hospital in which our Dr. C. E. Johnson was located. This was Base hospital No. 9 and was at Chateauroux, France. Corp. Keefe was i n the hospital five weeks. Corp. Keefe went into the army service from Ottawa, 111. He was a member of the 129 Infantry and went across with the 33rd Div. He was invalided home arriving in Hobroken, N. J. on Dec. 16, 1918 . He received an honorable discharge from Camip Sherman, Ohio, on January 15th, 1919. He has not recovered fully from his injury and his right ‘hand is still somewhat paralysed from the effect of the injury to his brain.

‘HELL FOR RENT,’ SAYS SUNDAY

“The rain of tears is over and the slums will soon be a memory,” asserts Billy Sunday. “We will turn our prisons into factories, our jails into storehouses and corn cribs. Men will Walk upright now, women will smile, children (will laugh.Sellwill be “for rent. “If any state fails to ratify the amendment the star in the flag that represents it should be draped in mourning. “Uncle Sam’s knockout blow that sent (the kaiser and his junker gang of cut-throats and John Barleycorn and all his cohorts to the mat for the count makes me more proud than ever that I am an American and have lived to see this day.

JASPER COUNTY LAND OWNER IN THE SOUTH

Sol Guth, of Washington,- DI., aM owner of much valuable Jasper county land, writes us to change the address of his paper to St. Charles, La. The letter is written from Fort Myres, Fla., and is dated Jan. 13. He says “thanking you for the change, and wish you could see the firebugs flying. It was 70 here today and 75 i nthe shade yesterday; oranges and grape-fruit trees are full again, a good crop and everything is prosperous.”

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