Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1919 — Page 2

Cp- ' ? " ' ' - ' ’ >' I UNIVERSAL CAR Ford cars are important servants everywhere. They help the family enjoy life, bring the pleasures and advantages of the town within reach of the -fanner and give practical service evary day in country and town. They require a minimum of attention; any one can run the Ford and care for it, but it is better to have repairs and replacements taken care of by those who are familiar with ‘ the work and have the tools, the genuine materials, and skilled men to do the work promptly. We pledge Ford owners the reliable Ford service with real Ford parts and standard Ford prices. CENTRAL GARAGE CO. Phone 319. Rensselaer, Ind.

MONON ROUTE Train Schedule Effective March 30, 1919. 3t KO ;"< H . m. 35 2?2° I U Z H ». 4 5:01 a. m. 5 10:55 a. m. 40 7:30 a. m. 3< 11.18 a. m. ”, ”"5 m. 3» .stwj.m. I 3:21 P- ” 31 ,J:3l » 30 5:50 p. m- 3 11.10 P- ni.

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CLASSIFIED COLUMN FOR SALE. FOR SALE —40 acre farm near Wolcott, adjoining the Powell and English farm. Bargain. Fred L. Meckel, 9 East 13th Street, Chicago, Illinois. FOR SALE—The benches at the Gayety theatre airdome. $1 each. J. Wi p Horton. - FOR SALE —Three bulls, one pure bred registered Shorthorn. Charles Morrell, Phone 632. FOR SALE—One span of three year old colts,-good blocky ones and well matched; one young Halstein cow, will be fresh in April. Apply, 3 miles north of Wheatfield Ind., to H. Parker. FOR SALE-Three cows, have been fresh six weeks, and one three year old colt, broke to all harness; also ’ two male and four gilts at 120 lbs. each. These pigs are Duroc Jerseys. Eligible to register. William. Guingrich, Phone 212-G, R. R. 3, Francesville, Indiana. FOR SALE—Bee supplies. Order now and be prepared for the spring flow of honey. Ask for free catalog. Leslie Clark, at the Republican office.

FOR SALE —Eggs for hatching from selected pen of pure bred Buff Orpington and Buff Leghorns, at ' reasonable prices. Phones 95 or 569. G. B. Porter. FOR SALE—2SO gallon 2nd hand kerosene tank; would be just the thing for man with tractor. Harry Watson. " FOR SALE—Two 32x3% and 2 33x4 Non-skid Miller tires, will sell right. These tires have only been run about 600 miles and are new tires. Jerry Tullis. ~ FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching. Pure bred flock of S. C. W. Leghorns. |5 a cwt. Russel Van Hook. Phone 938-A. FQP ff WfrNp -Twelve good dwelling houses in the city of Rensselaer. Three of these houses are modern in every respect, all have city water and lights. Eight are located within 3 blocks of the court house and the remainder are within the corporate limits. See me for full particulars. Phillip Blue. Phope 438. v lIII'' " . " * FOR SALE—White Rock eggs for hutching from U. R. Fisher strain. Price 75c per 15- Robert McDriald, R. F. D. 1, McCoyaburg, Ind. FOR SALE—Rose Comb Rhode Island Red Eggs for setting, 75c for 15. Phone 550-White.

FOR SALE—One pen of pure bred. S. C. Ruff, Leghorns, consisting of one male and eight exceptionally good females. G. B. Porter, phone 569 or 95. FOR SALE —I will sell 3 recorded Shorthorn bulls, 20 months old at Fred Phillips auction Saturday, April 12 in Rensselaer. W.-8,-Leonard, Francesville, Ind. FOR SALE—ltosan soy beans, sax furnished, also timothy hay in mow. Prices reasonable. Harvey J. Dexter, phone 926 C. FOR SALE—Reed baby cab in spendid condition. Phone 497. Mrs. W. Jay Nowles. ■ - ; FOR SALE—Good solid 16 inch block wood. Shelby Comer. Phone 904-L. FOR SALE—An Overland touring ear; a Ford roadster and a Twin Indiana motocycle. John Switzer, Parr, Ind. Phone 911-F. FOR SALE—Two hard coal burner stoves, and wood heating stove, all in good condition. Also small cottage house to be removed from pres ent location. Also good building lot. House could be moved on lot and make good residence. Very reasonable terms on house and lot together or separately. George A. Williams. FOR SALE White Plymouth Rock setting eggs. Price 5c each. J. M. Johnson. Phone 929-H.

WANTED WANTED —To rent "6 or 7 room house, furnished or unfurnished; prefer furnace heat. Would like same north of Washington street. Address by letter ABC, care of Republican office. WANTED—To plow your gardens. H. E. WhiteWANTED —A good experienced farm hand, must have experience. To begin as soon as present man goes to hospital. Phone 955-G. Floyd Amsler. WANTED —The party who borrowed my horse clippers to return same as I am needing them. Billy Fry. Phone 369. WANTED—GirI for general housework. Good wages. Phone 452White Mrs. J. J. Eddy. WANTED—Young girl to assist with light house work, and help care for two young children, good home and wages. Address Mrs. Frank T. Brophy, 1197 Harrison St., Hammond, Ind. WANTED—To spade your garden. Ralph Wiseman. Phone 491-Black. WANTED—Aty experienced farm hand. Apply in person. Phone 913J. Frank Schroer. /

WANTED—To plow garden, haul trash and do other work with team. Ernest Sayers, phone 441-black. WANTED—Hide*. Will pay 17c per pound. Roth Bros. WANTED—To plow gardens and haul rubbish. Phone 166. James Clark. WANTED—Garden plowing and cinder hauling. Philip Heuson. Phone 947-A. WANTED—Your specification for your oak lumber. We will be sawing soon and can get out your hard wood lumber in any size and quantity you desire. E. P. Lane, phone 537. WANTED —Garden plowing, trash hauling and general work with team. Lemuel Huston, Phone 81. WANTED—Bee keepers to write or ask for c6py of bee catalogue. Mailed free. Leslie Clark. Rensselaer, Ind.

f FOR RENT FOR RENT—Or will sell 6 room house, well of good water, good orchard, coal and wood house. Phone 518.

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FOR RENT—6 room modern improved house. Dr. F, A. Turfler. FOR RENT—Three hundred twenty acre farm. Michael Kanne. Phone 72. • " j. V ■ WANTED—Garden plowing and trash hauling. Frank Marlatt. Phone i 329-Black. r_ 1 - ■ j -i FOR RENT—Farm house furnished or unfurnished, with 25 A. land, suitable for truck and poultry, part in smalt grain. Gash or grain rent or would sell half interest. Write, Box No. 94, R. F. D. 2, Fair Oaks, Ind. ' FOR RENT—Lakin homestead, JO acres of land, part in small grain, balance for truck and corn, farm stocked, no investment required. Christian family preferred. References exchanged. Dorothea Brown, Fair Oaks, nd. , • !' • FOR RENT—The former G. A. Williams residence on north Cullen street. Inquire at the First Nations Bank. ___ FOR RENT—A house and fifteen acres of ground five, miles southwest of Wheatfield. Dr. F. A. Turfler, Rensselaer, Ind. , “ LOST ■ -v . . LOST—Three bushel of onion sets between town and Slaugh bridge. Notify this office. LOST—Sunday morning between Republican office and Barnes’ restaurant, a round, gold pin set with pearls, and center setting with garnet. Reward if returned to Barnes’ restaurant.

MISCELLANEOUS MONEY TO LOAN—Chas. J. Dean & Son. * MONEY TO LOAN—6 per cent, farm loans. JOHN A DUNL'AP. WE BUILT AN ALADDIN HOUSE last year. We like it so well we wish to tell others about it. For information write X Y Z, c|o Republican, Rensselaer, Ind. LOST —Conklin self filler fountain pen. Return to Ruth Clark, or to the Republican office. LOST —At the Monon station, pocket book containing a sum of money and a railroad ticket, also card with the address 2617 Kentwood ave., South Bend. Leave at this office. FOUND. FOUND —Part of automobile light in cemetery. Call J. H. Holden.

WANTED —To buy some oak fence posts. Leslie Clark. Phone 18 or 114. _ Mrs. Charles Eggelston, of Fair Oaks, was in Rensselaer Thursday. My shrubs have arrived. John Holden. Mrs. Otto Adams and children were called to Fairbury, Illinois last Tuesday evening on account of the sickness of her sister-in-law. You should see the number of customers we are fitting out in Stein Block Suits. They all like them and they fit perfect. DUVALL’S QUALITY SHOP. Jack Schodk, formerly of this vicinity, but whose home is. now in Los Angeles, Cal. was the guest this week of friends and relatives here. He is in the service of the United States Navy. ' We new have the swellest line of boy’s and children’s suits on display in our.city, from ages, 6 to 18, in waist line coats. $6 to 15. DUVALL’S QUALITY SHOP. - { Chester Besse, son-in-law of excounty sheriff John O’Connor and wife, has resigned his position with the Merritt grocery at Remington and is now employed by the Lyons, Rich and Light Elevator Co., at Brook.

One more lot of $4 Kingsbury hats for Saturday specials for $1.98. We have fit and suited 100 customers on these hat bargains. Have you purchased yours. DUVALL’S QUALITY SHOP. A freight and express route has been established between Lafayette hnd Remington. Rensselaer has excellent freight and express facilities and could not hope to have its service in this line improved by the uncertainty of motor trucks which .are often barred the use of the public highways.

1919 PASTURE HORSES, sinus, cows .— l, 5> IN Newton and Jasper Co. Vicinity of FAIR OAKS Ready to receive the stock May Ist and will- keep to Nov. Ist. .All stock must be branded. Arrangements can be made now. SEE r ■’ JAMES E. WALTER Rensselaer, lidiai* Manager J. 3. Lawler Ranches Phone 337 -

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RUSSEL WARREN TELLS OF MANY TRIPS—NEAR SCENE OF PEACE CONFERANCE. Monday 10:30 P. M. ID, 1919. My dear ' ‘

I sure am one tired and sleepy boy tonight, but I am just as happy as lam tired. It seems as if everything comes to-those, that wait and so far everything? seems to be coming my way. . I wanted to, see Paris—an <T I have seen it. I wanted to see the front and I have seen that . The£ decided they would give us all a two days leave before the President returned and we would go three at a timfe. They told me Saturday morning that my leave was to start that afternoon and I could go any place I wanted to. The other two that were going with me wanted to go to Soissons, but it was impossible to get there until the next morning and on a two day leave you don’t havq any time to waste. We could get a train to Chateau Thierry though, at 5:30 p. m., so we took that and got out of Paris. Our passes said any place in France, so we were all set. We got to see a good deal of the scenery between here and Chateau Thierry and there doesn’t seem to have been much fighting between here and there. It was eight o’clock when we got into Chateau Thierry and we were taken over to the Provost Marshall where our passes were stamped. From there we went over to the Y. M. C. A., where we got a cot and three of the French blankets. I did fell kind of tired, but those darned blankets started tickling and I imagined I had everything from the cooties on down. . When I did get started in sleeping it got so blamed cold that sleep was almost out of the question. I put on my socks first then my shirt and it wasn’t long before I had on nearly everything, but my neckerchief and hat. The windows were all shot out of the building and the bullet holes were stopped up as Well as they could be. Well, anyway we had lots of fresh air and it isn’t everyone that can sleep in a hotel that) looks more like a milk strainer. I suppose I did manage to get about three hours sleep all told, but I was feeling like a million dollars when I did get up. We got up about seven and went out to see what we could of the city. It is pretty badly shot up alright and there is scarcely a building that doesn’t show some marks of the battle. There are graves in back yards and every place. In one cemetery there are about two hundred and fifty American graves side by side. We seen the big bridge across the Marne that the Americans shot away to keep the Germans from crossing the river and if it was done by artillery fire it was wondreful work, as it looked just as if it was chiseled. We came back to the Y. M. C. A. about eight o’clock and had breakfast of coffee, jelly and bread. We also had some sandwiches fixed up in case we were unable to get anything to eat in Rheims. We had to stop at the Provost Marshall and get our passes stamped again and we caught a train out of Chateau Thierry for Rheims at 9:30 a. m. It was a train made up of German coaches and it was the best train I have ridden on over here yet. Their coaches are so much more like our own and so much more comfortable than the French.

We hadto have a sign or two out of one of the coaches for a souvenier. i Between Chateau Thierry and Rheims it did look as if there had been a war. The buildings were all shot up and the fields were filled with trenches and barbed wire entanglements. There were airoplanes lying in the field and big stacks of shells that wereall ready for business. In one farmers back yard there were three airoplanes, one German and two French, the German was smashed to splinters, but the French looked to be in good shape. There were dugout in all the hills and they were certainly camouflaged up to a million. It was a most interesting ride from Chateau Thierry and lots of good scenery. It was noon when we got into Rheims and I tell you there is very little left of that city. It is just levelled. Some of the people are trying. to come back to their old homes and clear thing up enough so they can call it home anyway. How a person can have any use for a German after going through a country like that, is more than I can see. The French and American run a Red Cross there and it is about the only place where you can stay over night or get anything to eat. AU the French that come back to look for their homes have to stay there. They seem to be real optimistic about it though and seem to think they will be able to get in I pretty good shape in a year or two. In a good many places they are setting out new orchards, new vineyards, plowing around the shell holes, entanglements, etc. The first place we went was the big Cathedral. It towers way above the rest of the city and, must have been a wonderful structure in its days, but it was a good target for the Germans and they, sure: did shell it. Now it isn’t much mare than a big pile of stones, although. walls and towers- are standing in fairly good shape. Whether they will try to repair it is more, than I know. After visiting the Cathedral we started to look for thq places where all this devilment was done from. We found that the Hindenburg line was only about five kilo-' meters out and we started out toj see them. We hiked out across fields, < across trenches and barb wire entanglements. There were shell holes and shells that had failed to explode. Out in the center of a big field there was a big Germank tank like the one that was Place de la Concorde. We Went all through that but the Garr mane had certainly put it out rtf commission. They.,had taken the-pistons

out and broken the cylinder heads and everything that could.possibly be 1 of any Use. I picked me up a couple of French rifles and thought I .would aring one of them back'with me but they were such a bother in climbing barbed wire ahd going over the top that I took the bolt out of one and threw the things away. My hat sute does go off to the fellow that

had to climb through those darned things. ’ It was all I could do to waddle through them without a gun or anything. It/was no job at all to tell the German trenches from the French as they were so: much more substantial. I guess old Hindenburg must have stayed there about four years and from the way he had things fixed up he must have intended to stay forever. His trenches were dug deep and wide and he used a good deal of cement. We didn’t dare go so very far in the dugouts as they were blaek as ink and we wanted to see what we were getting into. What we did see certainly did look good. They were built in stories with big rooms and were almost like a home. In the -trenches were the hand grefiades all timed up ready to throw. The shells from the small machine gun bullets up to te nand twelve inch were there all ready for business but will probably never be used now. There were dead horses, Germans, piles* of field artillery and everything lying around and all you had to do was pick up what you wanted. The Germans had been buried all right but not very deep and the rains had washed the dirt off the bodies. We did cut the buttons and shoulder straps off the coat of one. It is not an uncommon sight to be walking along and see a foot or hand sticking through the dirt. There were sour 1 or five American soldiers over about a half mile from us shooting those hand grenades and having a good time but I don’t like to fool with things like that unless I know what I am doing. -There are thousands and thousands of those things lying around but I would just as soon pick up a rattle snake or two. There were plenty of helmets, rifles and stuff like that up there but that stuff is so bulky to carry around and I have such a long way to go that I want only such little thing as I can carry real well. I did rip a couple of French 750 apart and got the brass case, but that will pack pretty well., We were doing all of this hiking in a nice little drizzle and when we did get back to Rheims we were a sight as we were mud from head to foot and we were some tired. We got a pretty good meal at the Red Cross and seven thirty found us in bed. We. ran across one of the Admirals fellows up there and he stayed with us over night. Two of the fellows got up and caught the five thirty train out of Rheims, but I was so tired that it would have taken a team of mules to drag me out of that bed so early in the morning. I did get up about seven thirty, washed my face and hands in a horse tank got a little breakfast and went out to see a little more of the city. Believe me it sure is some shot up place and at the rate these French work they will be two hundred years in making it look like a city. They have a good many German prisoners working around the city helping to clear things up but they don’t work very hard. I think France had bettep -trade countries with Germany and call everything square, as Paris ip about the only city in France that amounts to anything. We got a train out of Rheims at 10:30 a. m. and had to change at Epernay. We got into Epernay at noon and had a real dinner. Our train didn’t leave until two forty*five so we set put to see If is a mighty pretty place and not shot up quite as much as some of these other cities. It is the home of so many of these big champagne factories and we started to go through one of them, but it would take a .month to see it all. It think we were in the largest one and the little we did see was very interesting. They claimed there was eighteen miles of cellar underneath that works and it was practically all full of champagne that is already champagne, or passing through some of the different stages. I can see now why champagne is so dear even here in France. When we came out of the factory we were up on top of a large hill? and we had a splendid view of the whole city and it is really a beautiful place.' There are very few Americans ever hit that city and we were more than a curiosity and little kids followed us around as if we were a circus parade. When it was time for the train to leave I sure was tired and was ready to sib down for awhile. The train was a fast one—that is fast for France—and got us into Paris at 5:15 p. m. Gee, but this burg did look good to me, and my room like a palace. By the time I got washed up and a bite to eat ft was time for me to go on watch.

I was impoor shape to stand a watch but’ there was nothing doing so I sat,’down and started this thing and now ever twenty-four hours later I am trying to finish it. In order that (we mould get this little leave before (the President returns it was necessary for us to stand more watches. I had the eight to one yesterday morning (March 11), the twelve to four now, and I will have the one to seven this afternoon, so you can see that I am real busy doing nothing just at present. I am just so busy that I haven’s had time to run out to headquarters and draw, my weekly check that calls for twentysix dollars this time, but I had enough left from my trip to pay my. room rent for this week, so I don’t care whether I draw it or not this time. It will make a good big check next Monday. , I was supposed to run out to headquarters yesterday afternoon and get my service and health records checked up but it was such a nice i afternoon that I couldn’t waste it I that way. I will try and get up at 110:30 this morning and run out there before lunch. Yesterday afternoon I went back to the Louvre and ran across a real American woman that has spent a good many years in Paris .and she offered to show us the most interesting things. We went over lots that-we. had covered the last time, but the woman pointed odt so many little things that had escaped ♦*' - ■ 4

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us the other time and it was really much more pleasant visit than the other one. You can’t appreciate those things unless there is some one allo ng that can explain them to you. After coming out of the Louvre she took us over to the St. Gervais church that was hit by one of the shells from the big gun. There was sopie kind of a concert going on there and the building was packed and this shell killed seventy some people. The inside is all nicked up where pieces of the shell hit and you can still see the blood stains on the the ;big. gun was located 'at Soisons and that is about seventy miles from Paris. There were four of us in this ladies little party and she then took us over to see Notre Dame. I really was ashamed of myself to think I had been in Paris over four months and never seen that, famous Cathedral. It’s a massiveistnucture allrighU but I don’t see how people'would stay in there very Jong without getting the flu or something as it is cold and damp in there. It is such a large affair that it must take a good many priests to preach to everybody that would gather there. I don’t believe it is as big as the one at Rheims nor nearly as grand, but it-is a wonderful place at that. When I did finish that walk I was really tired and as hungry as a bear. I did get a fine dinner and that fixed the hungry part but I am still tired. We went up to the room, shaved and cleaned up and went down to the Theatre Albert with one of the fellows and saw Cover” in five acts. It was great and I forgot I was tired for awhile. After the show we went down to the Red Cross and got a bowl of coffee and a couple of sandwiches. I Stayed there until a quarter of twelve and then came up here on watch. lit is now two a. m. and in two more hours I should be dead to the world. This sure is a great life and the weather is just getting so we can enjoy it. There is to be a big Fair here in Paris, from April 26th to May 10th. They are putting up the buildings now and it looks as if l it were going to be some affair. We will have to see that the Peace Conference is held off long enough so we can see the Fair. We are expecting the President to.Jand in Brest tomorrow and arrive in Paris some time Friday or Saturday. Then the work will commence again and when we do stop to come up for air something definite should be known. I see the Germans refuse to turn over their merchant fleet unless they are guaranteed 2,500,000 tons of food. They should* argue with her at all. If she won’t turn them over they ought to go take them. The Germans are the best fed people over here now and that sympathy., ktuff is going to get, old before It has been nearly a week since I wrote you last butl-think I have told you nearly all the most interesting things that have happened since then. It is awfully hard to write when everything is the same day in and day out, but from now on. until I leave France I would like to be on the go m'ost of the time. ' Before leaving this side altogether I?, would like to visit Southern France, down around Nice, Genoa, Italy and. London, England then I believe I would be satisfied to leave Europe.and keep away from it forever, and ever. This sure is hard on the Peace.> Commissioners stationery, but I don’t take spells like this very often and I guess you are glad that I don’t,, but I wish you could get as .much pleasure out of reading this as I did out of seeing it. ... Just tell Hamilton that all my letters are misplaced as I don’t write for publication at aIL I- am glad people take so much interest in me though I. don’t understand it. RUSSEL L WARREN. U. S. Naval. Staff Rep. 4 Place d’ lena . Paris, France.

K A NNOUNC £ MENT Wish to announce that I am back from the army and opened up a law office in room 4, Oddfellow bldg., Rensselaer, Ind., phone 142. Office days Friday’s and Saturday’s. W. H. PARKINSON. Car. of Armour’s stock feed on track now. ’ Phone 456. Iroquois Roller Mills. • .;rp ’’ * Just think 3000 samples to choose your suit from, Better get .busy and nick your suit at onee so it t will be here for Easter. >l6 to >7O. DUVALL’S QUALITY SHOP.