Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1917 — CLEANED from the EXCHANGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CLEANED from the EXCHANGES

Former Queen Lilivokalani of Hawaii died Sunday morning after several months’ illness. IState-wide prohibition was defeated in Ohio at the recent election by a majority of 1,723. Employes of the Monon railroad shops at Lafayette have signed 'up a new scale of wages in effect November 1. For the first time in several years a night gang was placed at work in the Monon railroad shotps at Lafayette Monday night. Christmas packages for the men serving on American war vessels must reach New York not later than November 24, the navy department announced Monday. Abe Martin says: “Some folks are all right ever’ way ’cept they won’t pay anything. ‘We Shall Meet Over There,’ used t’ refer t' heaven, but it don't any more.” George Mann of Otterbein delivered forty-six hogs for R. E. Cottingham of Pine Village to Grenard & McClure at the Union stock yards yesterday that average 240 pounds. They netted $1,890.52. These are thought to be the two largest loads in dollars and cents ever delivered at the local stock yards.—Saturday’s Lafayette Journal. Henry Ford, through his representative, C. Hl. Wills, has offered the government the use of his mammoth manufacturing plant to make such war necessities as tractors, ambulances, aircraft engines and shellg. In the event his offer is accepted he will cease manufacturing pleasure cars and 1 trucks- for the duration of the war. Secret service agents have discovered foodstuffs and ot-her property valued at more than $73,000.000 stored in warehouses in New York city which has never been reported to the government as required under the trading with the enemy act, it was learned recently.

This is only a small part of what is expected to be uncovered before the search ends. Albert Conn and William Bicell of Pine Village, while returning from a visit at Winamac Sunday evening in a Ford auto, went over the embankment at a dangerous turn in the road south of Monon and ‘ tneir car upset Both were quite severely bruised up and Conn

especially was . quite badly * hurt, but they were a)ble to leave for their homes Monday, Dr. John C. Webster, one of Lafayett’s oldest physicians, died Saturday night from the effects of carbolic acid, alleged to have been taken by accident His age was 7G years. He was a veteran of the civil war, and is survived by one daughter. Dr. Webster’s grandpar-

ents resided in Rensselaer many years ago, and there are branches of the family still residing in this locality. Among these are A. J. Keeney of west of Rensselaer and Mrs. John M. Hufty of Mt. Ayr. Lynn and Russell VanNatta, whose exemption from the draft was protested by other Battle Ground residents, have been, certified for service by the district board

at Laporte, and will leave with the next contingent from that county. The two men were drafted and then exempted by the district board on industrial groamds. .This action incensed other residents of their neighborhood who had sons in the draft and accordingly a committee conferred with the state conscription agent in Indianapolis, and it is said that the evidence in the case was forwarded to Washington.