Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1914 — Page 5

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A new shipment of popular music at the Five and Ten Cent tSore. Remember the date of Fountain Park Assembly, near Remington, August 15 to 30. The new bridge at Work street is tp be completed by Nov. 1; the concrete abuttments by Oct. 1. Wagons, extra bed, iron and wood wheel trucks are carried in stock by HAMILTON & KELLNER. Rev. P. c. Curnick will preach Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the James school house. All are invited. Miss Anna Hartley returned Wednesday evening after a visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wood, in Kentland. I. F. Meader of north Union, had the best oats yield ,in his threshing run, 3 6 bushels to the acre. Other y ( elds were from 22 to 32i/> bushels. Frank Welsh of Jordan tp., and I- rank Cavinder of near Newland, are recent purchasers of Ford touring cars through the W. I. Hoover agency.

President Wilson has the sincere sympathy of the entire nation in the death of his wife, one of the most noble women 'who ever presided over the White House. Mrs. Charles Saidla has been critically ill for some time, and a trained nurse has been in attendance since Sunday. She is reported a trifle better at this writing. Mrs. J. E. Winters of Chicago, came down Wednesday to visit Mrs. Nettie Hoover and the Phegley family, southwest of town. Mr. Winters came down yesterday to remain over Sunday.

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There is no better buggy sold Xhan the VeIie.—HAMILTON & KELLNER. Miss Tille Malcho went to Brookston Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs. Julius Swartz. Hess Bros, grain elevator at Momence, near the C. I. & s. tracks, was destroyed by fire last week. Mrs. F. A. Turfler and two sons, left Thursday for Ridgefarm and Charleston, 111., to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hamilton of Indianapolis, are visiting here with her father, Hale Warner, and wife. Lloyd Palmer and Miss Ethel McAllister of Joliet, 111., are visiting? the family of James Elliott near Gifford. Miss Madeline Ramp went to Chicago Thursday to visit friends. C. P. Wright was in Lowell on business Thursday. Mrs. Julius Taylor was called to Indianapolis Thursday by the sudden death of her sister, Miss Deola Rice, a 14-year-old girl.

Miss Noah Dunn and daughter of Remington, and Mrs. Clarence Bridgeman of Monon, came Thursday to visit Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McFarland. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Prior returned Wednesday evening from a visit over at Aurora and Oregon, 111. Plenty of rain had fallen there and crops are looking fine. Miss Marguerite Brown of Thompson Falls, Mont., is here to remain indefinitely with her aunt, Mrs. Bert Hopkins, and will attend school here during the coming term. Tuesday’s Monticello Journal: Mrs. Wm. Casto returned to her home in Rensselaer Monday after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Henry Roller, and her brotner, James Ridgely. Mrs. J. M. Wasson went to Hammond Tuesday for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Jesse E, Wilson, taking with her Wasson Wilson, who has been visiting here for a few dtys. Mrs. Otto Braun and children accompanied her husband ’to Lowel! Thursday to visit old firends, Mr. I'raun going up with the Rensselaer band which played for a picnic there.

Mrs. Albert Sherrell came over from Otterbein Thursday to attend a birthday surprise on her mother, Mrs. C. W. Burns of northwest of town, it being the latter’s 63d birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Lee went over into Gillam tp., yesterday, to visit their daughter, Mrs. Harry White, and husband for the balance of the week. Mr. White purchased an 80acre farm 11 miles northeast of Rensselaer a few days ago of Harvey Davisson, paying therefor $45 per acre. William Purchase, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Purchase of Lowell, was thrown from his motorcycle last Sunday when returning from a trip to Crown Point, and his skull fractured. He lived until Tuesday evening. The accident is thought to have been caused from the machine striking a smalls stone in the road. The young man had but recently graduated from Purdue University and was very popular.

For Sale—Boxes and boards. — Five and Ten Cent Store. Gasoline engines, pump jack ans belting for sale by HAMILTON & KELLNER. Mrs. Ross Ropp returned to Wheatfield the first of the week atfer a visit with relatives here. Mrs. Leo Wolfe came down from Hammond Wednesday to visit her parents, Mr and Mrs. A. Leopold. Mrs. Willis Hurley and Miss Nancy Abbott went to Rossville Thursday for a few days visit with friends. Yesterday’s markets: Corn, 71c; oats, 31c; wheat, 78c; rye, 55c. The prices one year ago were: Corn, 64c; wheat, 79c; oats, 3 7c; rye, 6 4c. Drs. A. P. Rainier of Remington, and I. M. Washburn of Rensselaer, went to Hammond Wednesday to attend the meeting of the 10th district doctors. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Aldrich, who had been visiting here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Granville Aldrich, returned to their home in Sioux City, la., Wednesday. Max Price of Middlesboro, Ky., was in l Rensselaer a short time Tuesday on his way home from attending the funeral of his uncle, George Herriman of Ker.tland. A dance was given in the hall at the K. of P. building Wednesday night, music being furnished by the Italian orchestra that played on the streets here Wednesday. Mrs. Michael Jungles of northeast of town, was taken to Chicago the early part of the week for an operation for gallstones. She was operated on Tuesday, and is said to be doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Fouts and son, George, came to Rensselaer Tuesday from Logansport and will probably buy property here and make this their home Mrs. Fouts is a sister of Mrs. W. G. Caldwell of south Weston street. Harley Bruce came up from Crawfordsville Tuesday to visit relatives here. While very dry down there, corn looks better than it does here. He had 35 acres of wheat which made 31 bushels per acre and 20 acres of oats that made 43 bushels per acre.

J. J. Porter and son, Burr and Thomas, came over from Remington Wednesday with the former’s nephew, R. B. Jewett, and son of Ogle county, 111., who were visiting Mr. Porter, in Mr. Jewett’s automobile. Mr. Jewett reported crops fine in his locality wtib the pastures green, oats yielding 40 to 50 bushels per acre and the corn in splendid condition. President Wilson has named Frederick A. Delano president of the Monon Railroad Co., as member of the Federal Reserve Board, and if Mr. Delan.j accepts and the confirmation is made, a new president will be selected in hrs stead for the Monon. It is thought by some thtrt H. R. Kurrie of Rensselaer, whois general attorney for the road aid stands ve y high with the management, may possibly be selected for this place. Uncle John Casey of Fair Oaks, was in Rensselaer a couple of days this week on Boditone business. He says that A. F. Long, the druggist, handles Boditone in Rensselaer' Merry & Merry at Mt. Ayr; Simon Fendig at Wheatfield, and F. R. Erwin at Fair Oaks, while he himself i t the agent of the Boditone Co., and has many customers who call at his home for Boditone. It is a great family medicine, and is guaranteed. - Advertisement.

The oats threshing will be about over with this week, and, generally speaking, the yield is larger and the oats are of better quality than anticipated. The average yield for the county will be right around 30 bushels probably, which is very good indeed. A. J. Bellows informs The Democrat than on his farm southwest of Remington, occupied by his son, Ed, one field of 40 acres made 4 0 bushels to the acre and his average yield on something over 108 acres was over 37 bushels per acre. Press Roberts, of over in the edge of Newton county, was in the city Wednesday. Press is known as the “Watermelon King” of Newton county, but this year he will probably not have very many melons to market outside of those sold At his home, which usually runs from 25 to 50 per day during the season. His melons are just beginning to ripen, and while the dry weather has hurt them c msiderably, he wijl still have quite a good many, especially of muskmelons.

Read over The Democrat’s want ai column each week. Mrs. Lyman Barce went to Chicago Thursday to visit her son. John, and family. f Mrs Clarence Fate left Tuesday for a visit with relatives in Cincinnati, O. The gram elevator at Clark’s Hill. Ind., was destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. Mrs. Louis Watkins and four children went to Rochester Tuesday to visit relatives. Miss Jennie Trussell went to Roselawn Tuesday to visit her sister. Mrs. Bert Hopper. N. G. Halsey was called to Macon, Ga., the first of the week by the critical illness of his brother. W. L. Wood of Parr, went to Mudlavia the first of the week to take treatment for rheumatism. John N. Baker of Barkley tp., who has been in poor health all summer, is now in quite a critical condition. Misses Ruth Pavey and Mary Flora of Frankfort, are guests. of Miss Marie Hamilton here this week. Miss Grace Baker of Oxford, 0., and Miss Rena Smith of Duberry, O„ are guests this week of Miss Marceline Roberts. G. 11. McClain and family returned yesterday from their auto trip to Wauseon, 0., after a few weeks’ visit with relatives there. (Tifford Bever has added a flue new steam peanut roaster and corn popper to his confectionary business which is growing by leaps and bounds. Borah Daniels has rented his 200 acre farm in Barkley tp., to Sam Scott, also of Barkley, his want ad in The Democrat having soon found him a renter. The plasterers will soon be at work on George Hopkins’ fine new residence on River street. This will be one of the best houses put up in Rensselaer this season. Joe Jefferies, who recently graduated from a chiropractor college at Davenport, la., was here Tuesday. He had not decided upon a location to hang out his shingle at that time.

One of the largest and by far the most expensive porches in Rensselaer is that of O. F. Parker’s, on the front of his fine new residence on River street, work on which is progressing nicely. Edward Harper, of over east of Pleasant Grove, was in town yesterday and stated to the editor that the Pinkamink ditch was completely dry in places, the first time he had ever seen it in that condition. John d. Moore left Tuesday and Stewart Moore .Wednesday for Castleton, N. D., where Fred Hamilton is employed as an auio driver and where both expect to secure employment, the latter as superintendent of a garage there. Harold Nowels, who was brought home from Chicago Sunday where he had underwent an operation for infantile paralysis, from which he has been atHicted for several years, seems to be getting along nicely and it is hoped the operation will greatly benefit him. Mrs. Lillian McGimpsy and two Children of Longmont, Colo., who has been visiting friends and relatives at Medaryville and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels of Rensselaer, returned home the first of the week. Mrs. McGimpsy teaches in the Longmont schools.

Russel Van Hook of just west of tovi n, has a sister in Ihe foreign war zone. She is with a party of young ladies from Louisville Ky., and is supposed to be in Velnna at this time. Her brother, Prof. Van Hook of Columbia University, New York, has gone to Europe to assist the party in returning, Mrs. Henry Luers of south of town, whose husband is visiting his old home at Vechta,, Germany, received a letter from him a few days ago, dated July 27, and no mention was made of the war troubles, which had not reached the breaking out stage at that time. It is not known just when Mr. Luers intends to start for home, in fact, he had probably not made up his mind as yet, but his family looked for him about Sept. 1. It is likely that the war troubles will delay his departure, although it may hasten it, providing he can get passage back to God’ff country.

An American’s Experience Among the European Troops.

Perhaps some or your readers would be interested in the views of a former "wanderlust’’ who has roamed over France, Germany and England, seen part of the summer maneuvers of the French on the plains near Clebourg, have watched the drill and field exercise of a division of Germans, tak;en part in the English on Salisbury Plain and fought under the cross of St. George; was one ip the seige of Pekin in the summer of 1900, when the allied forces of the world moved to the relief of the legations, and there saw' thy fighting and behavior of the soldiers of the great powers now engaged in the huge war caldron in Europe. Much has been w-ritten and discussed by military experts regarding the fighting merits of the nations involved. While not claiming to be in any way a military expert or authority on the subject, yet the behavior of the men in the forces of the powers of 1900 stand out in my memory. Of the American forces in the siege, about fifty-five marines and three seamen, under command of Captains Meyers and Hall, held, from the beginning to the relief columns entered, with the help of different attachments sent from the British and Russian forces, one of the most vital keys to the defense of the legations. Perhaps a short description of the city would help the reader to have a mind-picture of the city at the time of the siege. Pekjn is a city divided by high walls, separating it into first, the outer or Chinese city; next inside is called the Tarter, and within this part of Pekin the legations stood; then comes the Imperial, and still yet inside of the Imperial stands the Forbidden city, the home of the emperor, or at that time the Dowager Empress. The wall between the Chinese and Tarter city, near the legations runs in an east and west line, about CO feet in height and 110 feet broad at the top, with runways leading to the top from i< the Tarter side, and one of these, fortunately, was opposite the American legation. At a distance ot about. 100 yards running parallel to the wall ran Legation street.

Starting at the American legation, on the opposite side of the street stood the Russian, and running north perhaps 100 yards, then came the Imperial Chinese canal, which enters Pekin from the south. From this wall between the Tarter and Chinese city, to the Imperial city, was a distance of perhaps not quite a half mile. Up the side of this canal and just north and almost joining the Russian legation stood the British, to the west of which was the famous Wun market and the Imperial carriage park of the ( hinese emperor. To the north stood Hamlin college, one of the oldest seats of learning of the Chinese empire, and about 100 yards from its north wall rose the walls of the Imperial City. Across from the British legation was the palace or "too,” of Prince Chin, and to the east of this palace stood the Austrian, Italian, Japanese and Belgian legations. Then, on the east end of Legation street, stood the French and German, with the latter next to the wall.

At the outset of the siege a line was thrown out including the territory covering all of the legations, but not having anywhere enough men to defend the whole, the line was drawn closer in abandoning the Italian, Austrian, Japanese and Belgian legations. Going back now to the defense oi the wall held by the Americans on the west and the Germans on the east—time after time the Chinese troops attempted to carry these two places held, for there they could pour directly down on the legations shell and shot and defense would have been almost imposible. 1 remember on the fourth or fifth day of the siege, I was one of the squad detailed from the British to the wall held by the Americans. That evening about dusk, the Chinese made a rush on the American barricade. Captain Meyers had planted their Colts gun in the center and deployed the rest across the wall. He gave the order to hold fire until they were perhaps about l r o feet from the barricade. Then we cut loose. The momentum of the mob at the back forced the Chinese forward, but soon they turned, and after about fifteen minutes work the wall was covered with dead and wounded for a distance of about a half mile, until one could hardly see a patch of ground for the bodies. Again, for a couple of illustrations of the deadly power of the rapid-fire guns now used, in Egypt in 1 898, at the battle of Ouderman, under now Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, the British and Egyptian troops formed on the plains in campanies around the machine and field guns, awaiting the attack of the “Dervishers” under the Mad Mullah. This fantlcal horde Pushed the British line, but soon they broke. Three times they turned and tried to carry the line, until finally thousands lay on the ground. In about two hours actual fighting along the two mile front, it was estimated that men went to join “Allah." Again at Tugula river, in South Africa, during the Boer war, the British column was advancing to the relief of Ladysmith, when coming to the fordj and attempting to cross, the Borirs, who were in masked rifle pits, opened a deadly fire. Company after company was mowed down; battery alfter battery was lost. It was in this engagement that Lord Roberts of England, lost his only sori, who attempted to .rescue some field guns, and for which he was given the Victoria cross, which his father today wears along with 'his own, won in India many years before. But, going back to the siege. The Germans holding the east end of the wall, were, one night, when in command of a sergeant, forced from their position. There were fifty German marines under the command of a lietuenant. They were a fine fighting machine, but would say they

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seemed to have no individuality; seemed not able to take advantage of any opportunity, but if commanded to do a certain thing would do it or die. The French were a sort of happy-go-lucky bunch, almost, always singing and bantering with one another. A whole lot of them were mighty poor shots, for one day I saw them lire at least a hundred rounds until they got a couple of "Chinks" exposed to plain view not over a couple of hundred yards distant. Among the Russians were a varied assortment. The few Cossacks with them knew n<>t the word fear, were mighty good shots and never seemed to tire, while some of the others shirked every duty they could and when things got sort of warm would huddle up and search for cover. One morning, going from the British to the American legation, our squad passed through the Russian quarters, and on reaching the gate leading to the street and across from the American legation, the Russian squad detailed for duty to the American trench, was just leaving. At that time no barricade had been erected across the street. A squad to go across would send one man at a time, who would wait and then make a dash across. One poor Russian fellow started, and as some dust was kicked up around him by the bullets, he turned and ran back to the shelter of the Russian wall. The Russian captain was there at the time. He pulled his gun and watch at the same time and ordered the fellow to go out and stand for one minute in the middle of the road. He went, but was a dead man before the minute was up. Had ho refused to go, the captain would have shot him down like a dog. r This same captain filled up on the "Volga’’ one day during the latter part of the siege and started down Legation street, shouting that lie would kill all the "Chinks.” Coming to the German barricade he leaped over, but fell dead before he had gone ten feet. At this point the barricades of the Germans and Chinese were only about twenty or thirty feet apart. That evening several "Chinks” tried to secure the body, but they were picked off. Finally they threw a grappling hook over and managed to secure the captain’s body. They then cut off his fingers, toes, ears, etc., and threw them over to the German barricade. The Italian and Austrian troops seemed to be both a very excitablb body of men, the least thing sending them up in the air, and many is the cussing they got for cutting loose with their machine gun and volleyt over something trivial and making the rest think that a general assault was about to take place. The Japanese were only about twenty-five strong going In, and, as I remember, came out with but five, and three of these had been wounded. They were a laughing, joking bunch, and when the ‘‘Chinks’’ started something, they would grin, grab their guns, scurry to a loop-hole and commence to sing out taunts to the “Chinks”, at the same time picking them off. The British—well, as an American born who has shared their lot at one time,’ will try to give them their due. Some regiments are better than others, of course, but as a whole they are stubborn and will not give ground easily, as history has proved time and again. J. A. M.

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