Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — Page 6

LINCOLN CHAUTAUQUA

Rensselaer, Indiana Broeks’ Band4th day, Rol Io Mcßride Sth day, Judge G. Aid en 6th day Rollo Mcßride

IN the toughest section of Chicago, Rollo 11. Mcßride served as manager of the Parting of the Ways Hume, a reformatory for ex-prisoners. Until Mcßrides time it was assumed that what a convict needed upon his release was to be preached at and told that if he would “be good ’ he would be happy. Mcßride brought out the fact that the prime needs of a released prisoner are food. presentable clothes, a place to sleep and an opportunity to earn •money and pay his way. Mcßride gave the hand of real brotherhood, of fellowship and of absolute camaraderie to the time expired ones. Ue treated them like “pals” in hard luck who had made mistakes in judgment, but were once more on the main traveled road. One thing he insisted on —that the newcomer must quit "the booze.** Mcßride has worked wonders in this means of reform of the floating derelicts and is regarded as one of the leading penologists in the country. Through the winter months he addresses as- many as 500 prisoners every Sunday, drawing his illustrations in the vernacular they all understand. In these addresses he makes pointed observations from the Bible. Sometime-' prisoners will follow him in these meetings with solos, readings, etc., making a two hour program unequaled. Mr. Mcßride will speak the fifth day of the Chautauqua here this summer. His subject is “The Prisoner,” or. “Making Crooked Men Straight.”

Descendant of Priscilla Coming

JUDGE GEORGE D. ALDEN, who will lecture here the last night of the Chautauqua, is a direct descendant of John Alden, who “cut out" Miles Standish—that is. after Priscilla had helped him along a little. Furthermore, John Alden's father was a cousin of the poet Longfellow. His ancestors, -both on his mother's side and his father’s side, came over in the Mayflower. One of his ancestors on his mother’s side was the president of Harvard. 'ln spite of all this Judge Alden doesn’t talk much about his forefathers. He aays it is always unsafe to shake the family tree because there are likely to be rotten apples on it as well as good ones. His own history is just as good as that of his ancestors. At twenty-two years of j#ge he ran for the Massachusetts legislature- At twenty-four he was appointed by Governor W. E. Rusnell as justice of one of the Massachusetts courts. He occupied that position fOr ten years. Then be went to New York city to practice law. His legal wining gives him conciseness of speech, his sense of humor the attention of his bearers, his experience on the bench a human sympathy. These qualities, with Ma native ability, fit him for the lecture on the closing day of the chauaanqua. Strickland GHlilan says of him,.“l never get sick and tired of being Wttfetbe CWk’ ** MW a never ending joy.* _

Brooks’ Band to Be Chautauqua Attraction; Hear It Here on the Fourth Day

BROOKS’ BAND Jwill appear on the afternoon and night program. It will be here one day only. This band is one of the oldest established and best known in America.

LIVES CLOSE TO ALL THE PEOPLE

Greatness of Woodrow Wilson Seen In Handling Problem of the War. ABLE EXPONENT OF TRUE DEMOCRACY Claud G. Bowers, Editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Speaks to Democratic Editors of Indiana. - By Willis S. Thompson, Indianapolis, June 30. A fitting culmination of one of the most interesting meetings ever held by the democratic editors of Indiana, was the banquet" Friday night. Claud G. Bowers, editor of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, was the principal speaker. His address was a splendid tribute to the administration and’the towering personality of Woodrow Wilson, the president who has successfully met more complex situations, involving greater and more serious consequences, than any other executive who ever presided over the nation. In part Mr. Bowers said: “We meet this year in the midst of the mightiest war that we have ever waged, for a greater stake than w e have ever played—for the preservation and the extension of the beneficent .principles of democracy. During the last three years the responsible head of the American people has advanced every argument and resorted to every plea in a patient effort to keep the sword within the scabbard. But when a little coterie of men, misrepresenting, as I think, the people of Germany, dared to violate our rights, degrade our dignity, destroy the lives of our people, and obstruct the pathway of democracy, while presuming to put out the light of liberty, every militant page of our herioc history cried out in protest against the consumation of the crime. “I am one of those who are proud of the fact that Wilson broke the pen before he drew the sword. The page of history will record no parallel to the ineffable patience with which he faced the provocations of Berlin and fought for peace. And then, confronted by the insufferable perfidy or stupiditv of the junker crew, he faced the world that day in the senate chamber with the noblest appeal for peace that has ever fallen from the lips of mortal man. On that memorable occasion he not only made an utterance that will rank in history as one of the few immortal political pronouncements of all time, but he unfurled a banner that every devotee of liberty and democracy can follow with the sword. “History will dispute why Italy entered the‘war, why England entered the war, why Roumania entered the war, but thank God posterity will never be in doubt why America entered the war —and the answer is the matchless ‘notes’ of Woodrow Wilson. Wilson of the Sword. “And this the miracle —the moment he drew the sword the foremost champion of peace became the most virile, far-seeing, energetic, constructive militant figure that ever led America against a foe. ✓ . “He had the courage to proclaim the passing of the volunteer and to demand conscription that can reach the rich and poor alike, and make it possible to utilize the service of eadi jnan .yfhere it can best contribute to common cause. The protest of the

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slacker and the coward and victim of tradition beat against the stern, strong figure of Woodrow Wilson without avail—and now we hav,e an army of a million in the making before whose tread the tyrants of the earth mav tremble. “But that was not enough. We needed ships—our allies needed ships that they might live until we can join their soldiers with our guns. For every ship that sinks before the torpedo of a submarine, another ship must be launched upon the sea. And Woodrow’ Wilson—the dreamer, now the most virile and tremendous doer that ever led a people to the field of battle—instantly summoned to his side the titan of the Panama canal, and ordered him to build a thousand ships and give’ them to the waves—and almost in the twinkling of an eye the, gigantic genius of George Goethals was bending to the task. “But that was not enough. We needed food —our allies needed food. The fertile fields of France have sent their toilers to the trench to hold autocracy at bay. The men of the warring nations have been summoned to other fields than those that grow’ the grain. And the w’eary allied soldiers on the fields of France, and the civilian population behind the firing line, are more in fear of the lack of bread than the want of bullets. Every man throughout the w’orld who is fighting and suffering tonight in the battle for liberty is looking to the vast and fertile fields that are spread out to the sun and rain between our eastern and western seas. And Woodrow Wilson, the dreamer, now a doer, said to them: ‘“You give your shot and shell to the common enemy, and we will give our corn and wheat to you.’

Hoover “Called.” “And that promise carried, too, another imperative duty that Woodrow Wilson met in the Woodrow’ Wilson way. He knew from history of the gluttons of greed that fatten on the necessities of a state in the days of battle. He knew of the buzzards of speculation that hover over the field where heroes fight and die. He knew of the reptiles of gain that snake their wav into the larders of the women left at home. And Wpod row W ilson turned to the men who must fight the nation’s battle in the field and said: “‘You may carry to the trench this promise of the republic: while you are fighting the common enemy in the field, I pledge the honor of the republic to protect your wife and child against the copperhead of greed who dares to speculate with the nation’s food.’ - “And Woodrow Wilson turned tc congress and said: “‘You give me a law to make good the pledge of the republic.’ “And the buzzards began to swarm in the lobbies, and the snakes crawled out of their holes and coiled themselves aboj.it the columns of the capitol, and Joe Cannon, true to form, tried to rally the lawmakers against the protective measures of the president, —but there stood Wilson, the dreamer, now a doer, with flashing eye, pointing to the republic’s promise. And because Wilson of the velvet touch who wrote the ‘notes’ had become a man of iron, the will of WiU son was w’ritten into law, and during the period of the -war murder, arson, and highway robbery may be safe, but God pity the copperhead- and pirate who dares to line his pockets on the nation’s needs. “But that was not enough. The times demand the mobilization of the producers of the nation, the centralization of distribution, the domination of a master mind in the problem of the nation’s food. And Woodrow Wilson with a passion for efficiency looked across the sea, and in the marvelous record of the American genius of organization who had fed the millions of dependent Belgium, he found the man the nation needs today—and at the beck and call of Wilson, Hoover put on the harness for the nation’s good. The Liberty Loan. “But that was not enough. It requires billions of dollars to finance the greatest fight in the history of mankind for the greatest stake that humanity has ever battled for since the dawn of time. And Woodrow

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Wilson the dreamer, now a doer, had the courage and the- genius to turn his back on the house of Morgan and hold forth his hands to the millions of the mine and factory and field. “God pity the man of such petty party spleen that he would withhold from the administration 1 the meed of praise for determining to go directly to the people fbr the financing of the battle for democracy. “The Liberty Loan is the translation of the Declaration of Independence into the language of finance. ‘’‘Because this war is for liberty’ and • democracy and not for gain. Woodrow Wilson said that no buzzards of greed, no mercenary’ clippers of coupons, no speculators on a nation’s necessities shall hover over the dead and dying of the battle field and lick their chops in anticipation of thenprofits. And he went to the people for the loan —to the end that the people may reap the profit with the loss. And he made it easy for the man in the factory and mine to contribute to the loan and share in the profit. “Thomas Jefferson gave us political democracy/ Woodrow Wilson has given us financial democracy. “Thomas Jefferson freed us from the kings of courts; Woodrow Wilson has freed us from the kings of the counting room. “Thomas Jefferson gave us liberty, and Woodrow Wilson gave us opportunity. “Thank God for McAdoo.” “And Woodrow Wilson, did something more—he gave us the greatest secretary of the treasury since Alexander Hamilton. “Thank God for a secretary of the treasury who has the genius and the courage to transfer the financial capital of the country from Wall street to Washington. “Thank God for a secretary who is not ashamed to place the bonds of the people in the hands of the grimy sons of toil. “Thank God for a secretary who fears no ridicule for going out among the masses and asking them to buy a bond and showing them how it can be bought. “Thank God for a secretary who has more democracy than dignity, more courage than craft. “Yes, and I say’ it reverently, in this crisis of our history’, thank God for the genius, the energy, the grit, and greatness of McAdoo. Wilson —The Efficient. “But Woodrow Wilson was not through. His keen, constructive mind foresaw the vital need of co-ordinat-ing the industrial resources of the nation to meet the grim demands of war—and he called to his side the greatest minds of the industrial world and placed within their hands" the power to act. “Note the intense- activity* and the unerring judgment of Woodrow Wilson: “He needed a builder —and there stands Goethals. “He needed an inventor —and there looms Edison. i “He needed a master of transportation problems—and there is Willard. “He needed a director and distributor of food —and there stands Hoover. “He heeded an inspiring, dashing, dominating, safe and sane leader for the fields of France —and there rides Black Jack Pershing—the son of Mars. “He needed a conciliator and diplomat for Russia, and brushing aside all party thought, he turned to Root. Daniels-Lies vs. Truth. “And now for the copperheads of greed and their vile conspiracy against Josephus Daniels. And I want to reach you with this message now—that: any democratic editor who fails to disclose the perfidy, the cupidity of tiie infamous conspiracy of lies against Josephus Daniels, fails less in his duty to his party than in his duty to his country. “I place my’ hand upon the tomb of Dewey, and by the token of his written words I here proclaim that Josephus Daniels is the most efficient secretary es the navy that the republic ever had. “Scratch the slanderer of Daniels and you will find beneath the skin of

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It is. strictly speaking, a band of professional musicians and one that la made up largely of soloists. Hear them here Chautauqua week on the fourth day.

PACKER’S HAIR BALSAM fA toilet preparation ot merit. IASMk Helps to eradicate dandruff. For Restoring Color and ¥ Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair. 50c. and *I.OO at Drupgiats. Farms for Sale! 10-ROOM HOUSE —Modern, on three lots, three blocks from court house. 7-ROOM HOUSE —Well, cistern, city water, electric lights, bath; two blocks from court house. Will trade either or both for farm. SIO,OOO in mortgage notes of different denominations to trade for land. ONION LAND —As good as the best, at low price. 30 ACRES —All in cultivation, on pike, near station and school and lies along dredge ditch. All clay subsoil. No buildings. Price $65. . Terms to suit. 35 ACRES—AII black prairie land, in cultivation, at head of dredge ditch which gives good outlet. It lies on pike, R. F. D. and telephone. There is station, tworoom school and new church sat corner of farm. There is a twostory six-room house, outbuildings, good well and fruit. Price $75. Terms SSOO down, remainder easy. 40 ACRES —On public road, 30 acres prairie and 10 acres woodland. no buildings. Owner of this 40 acres has a mortgage note ot 81,065. He will trade either or both for improved farm and assume. Price of 40 acres $45. Has school fund loan on 40 acres of SBOO. 100 ACRES—BO acres cultivated, 20 timber. Seven-room house, outbuildings, well and fruit; three miles from two towns and mile from pike. Price $47.50. Terms SBOO down. Owner would take a clear property as first payment. 120 ACRES —This tract of land lies on main road and half mile from Pike. 100 acres is level and good soil.- 20 acres is rolling and sandy. It is mostly timber land and is fenced and used for pasture. Price $35. Terms SSOO down. ■There-is a long term loan on this land for $2,000 at 6 per cent. Owner will trade his equity for propertv or western land. 80 ACRES —Cultivated, at head of dredge ditch, on pike, % mile from station. Five-room house, good barn, chicken house, cellar and two wells. Price SBS. Loan $2,000. Will trade equity for good property. 160 ACRES —This is a good farm in good neighborhood. There is a good eight-room house>,with cellar, large barn, both new and painted; also a number of outbuildings; lots of all kinds of fruit. This farm has good outlet for drainage and lies v, mile from station, school, church and pike. 140 acres in cultivation and 20 acres pasture and timber. It is nearly all black land. Price SBS. Terms $2,000 down and long time on remainder*. Owner will take clear property as first pavment not to exceed $5,000. 75 ACRES—A beautiful home and fine location. . This farm lies 03 Jackson highway five miles from this city. It is all cultivated, tiled and has nice set of buildings, well and fruit. Price $135. Terms $2,000 down. 100 ACRES —This farm is on Jackson highway, is well tiled and all good corn land, except a few acres in timber and pasture. Has splendid barn and three-room house and good well. This farm is six miles from this city. Price SBS. Terms $1,500 dowh. Might take clear property. _ GEORGE F. MEYERS, Rensselaer, Indiana. Kill AIIFIIesI*SaSP" Placed invlrtee, DAISY FI»Y KUDt Attracts And Villa >n flies. XML clean. ©HiAnicntal. convenient, tip arer: trill not poll or in jar*Mytkinr. Guaranteed toy <»■*»,». or « sent by e pretmid. *LO». wurata Mn>> maa***,