Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1918 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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NO BREAKUP TILL FEBRUARY

I“Uncle” dnurllo Pnllins, Local Weather Prophet. Winter is still with ns with a bis W, although Wednesday and Thursday nights w'ere somewhat warmer than we have been having it, the ■nercury not retching aero. In fact. Thursday forenoon the mercury registered 28 above zero for awhile, but it dropped to 20 above early in the afternoon. But during the night it got warmer again and yesterday it mas thawing considerable, the mer<mry at noon having risen to 35 degrees in the shade, but at 2:30 it h%d dropped to ?2, Weather predictions are for “unsettled iSuj colder” today. "Uncle” Charlie Pnllins, who usually has the almanac and government weather sharps beaten to a standstill when it comes to prognostigating, says we will have no real break-up until the middle of February. We hope he is wrong, but the indications that he is are not promising.

GLASS ONE MEN ARE GALLED

For Phycical Examination by Local Board Next Week. The local examining board has been notified to call up the registrants of class 1 in Jasper county for examination, and the work will start next Monday. There are approximately one hundred registrants in this class, those who have not asked for deferred classification, and these are the men who will be examined. Some thirty men will be called each day—Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Following is a list and postoffloe address of the men called for the first three days’ examination: MONDAY, JANUARY 28 Thomas Swart, Demotte Henry W. Cords. McCoysburg Geo. Wm. Barnhardt, Remington James Kriz, Rensselaer Ray Donald Anderson, Rensselaer William E. Marlin, Rensselaer Louis Anthony Miller, Rensselaer Wm. Hampton Minniear. Rensselaer Crawford Lytle Bates, Remington Herman Goepp, Moody Lottig S. Franklin, Wheatfield Orvil W. Baxter, Remington Harold Leo Fidler, Jordan FYed R. Hine, Medaryville John Lonergan, Surrey Frank John Boes, Tefft Preston Henry, Parr Michael John Wagner, Rensselaer Horace Louis Charais, Jordan Wallace Miller, Rensselaer, R-2 Charles Elbert Casto, Fair Oaks Bernard C. Bailey, McCoysburg John Israel Reed, Rensselaer Clarence E. Armstrong, Wheatfield Leslie Zellers, Fair Oaks Jesse Grimm, Gifford Clarence W. L. Knouff, Rensselaer Solomon Yoder, Fair Oaks Arthur Murray, Wheatfield TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 Paul A. Karr, Fair Oaks Lloyd Sherman Parks, Rensselaer Homer W. Stewar^ t _jS r heatfield Edward Parkinson, Pleasant Ridge Murray M. Myers. Wheatfield Frank A. Garvin, Rensselaer John Dennie Maher, Fair Oaks William Roy Myers, Wheatfield Guy C. Peek, Rensselaer Tom Stevens, Parr, R-l John A. Utterburg. Rensselaer Herbert C. Hammond, Rensselaer Harman Clayton, Rensselaer Jack Roedej Thayer Edward B. Morrison, Glendale, Ky. (Moody) William O. Duvall, Omaha, Neb. Clarence Earl Garver, Rensselaer Guy Minor, Tefft Oeie Archie Doulinger, Wolcott D. D. Dean, Rensselaer John W. McCarthy, Rensselaer Lawrenoe A. Blunk, McCoysburg Elijah Cunningham, Parr Isaac Samuel Fowler, Rensselaer Leo Ross Myers, Wheatfield Turpin Brown, Goodland Samuel Koslowsky, Rensselaer Jesse F. Heath, Remington Elmer Clarence McGinnis, Demotte Ferdinand Geo. Bachman. Rensselaer THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 William A. Zink, Rensselaer Thomlas George Worden, Remington (Collins, Iowa) Ralph Hiram Sayer, Rensselaer John Anthony Switzer, Parr Leland Ray Jessen, Rensselear „ James H. S. Ellis, Jr., Rensselaer Winefred Stevenson, Kersey John Charles Bunning, Demotte Jesse Franklin Brouhard, Fair Oaks Frank Grube, Wheatfield Otto Casey, Rensselaer Albert Van Wienen, Gary Harold Archie Callender. Rensselaer James William Kupke, Newjand Herman P. Stewart, Wheatfield John Minniear, Rensselaer. R-4 Andrew Hurley, Remington Gerrit Snip, Thayer Jesse Earl Wiseman, Fair Oaks, R-2 Leo Krueger, Parr Paul Sekema. Demotte Oscar Johnson. Rensselaer Jamies Hill, Fair Oaks Glenn E. Tanner, Demotte Wm. Harrison Armstrong, Kniman John F. Phares, Rensselaer Junior Benjamin, Rensselaer Elmer Daniels, Rensselaer Roscoe Hilton, Kniman v Frank Roorda, Fair Oaks Howard Bayard Clark, Rensselaer

GOME OUT TO THE WAR CONFERENCE

To Bo Held li Rensselaer Nut Tusday, January 29. IS COUNTY WIDE IN SCOPE Speakers of State and National Reputation Will Be Present and Address the Meetings, A county-wide conference df all societies and agencies of the Jasper County Council of Defense will be held in Rensselaer next Tuesday and, weather permitting, it is expected that there will be a very large attendance. The schools of the county, it is understood, will be dismissed for most part at least and the teachers will attend the meetings together with many of the school patrons and pupils. The State Council of Defense is to send speakers here of national and state reputation who will address the general meetings, which will be held at the Methodist church, one at 1:30 p. m. and another at 7:30 p. m. Following the general meeting in the afternoon, as announced in Wednesday’s Democrat, will be sectional meetings at the court house, armory and Methodist church —the Fuel, Food, Woman’s Work, Educational and Agricultural committees to meet at the court house; the Military committee at the armory; the Morals committee at the Methodist church, and the Liberty Loan, Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. in the directors’ room in the new First National bank. The Democrat has not been advised as yet as to what speakers will he sent here to address the general meetings. The chairman of the committee of each sectional meeting is to provide the program for such meeting.

SOUTHERN CLIMES NOT BALMY

Sleet and Snow Common at Mississippi Cantonment. In writing from Hattiesburg, W. H. Blodgett, staff correspondent of the Indianapolis News, who has been located at Hattiesburg since the camp was opened there, has the following to say which will be of interest to Jasper county people, as many of our boys and practically all of old Company M are located there: “It the Indiana people think that the balmy southern weather they read about in novels is down this way, they are mistaken. In the last two weeks there have been one or two days on which the sunshine was out for part of the day. The rest of the time there has been a rain and sleet / storm, with a little snow. At present the rain is pounding against my -window and freezes as it pounds. The soldiers are better off down here, however, than they would be If in the North, and they do not have the inconveniences that the northern people are experiencing. All trains to and from the North are from five to twenty-five hours late, and once in a while some of them fail to get here. During the rough weather, the soldiers do not drill, but attend school in the mess shacks and all in all they are not having as hard times as their friends in Indiana.”

HAD BEEN ILL FOR SOME TIME

After suffering for nine months from various diseases, Ben H. Smith, a well-known resident of this city, who resided at 1608 North Shabbona street, passed away Saturday at the hospital. The deceased was born in Jeffersonville county, Ohio, forty-six years ago. ’in 1894 he was united in marto Lida Slaughter of Jasper county, Indiana, who still survives him. The Smiths came to this state four years ago and settled on a farm near Streator, which they operated for a year or two. They then moved into Streator and took up their residence on North Shabbona street, where nine months ago Mr. Smith was taken sreiously ill. Since then he has had no respite from his continual sufferings. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock (from the Christian church. Burial in Riverview cemetery. Rev. H. F. Phillipi had charge of the services. —lndependent-Times, Streator, 111.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1918

FUTURE PUBLIC SALE DATES The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Tuesday, February 5, John V. Lesh and A. R. Kresler, at the latter’s farm 3 miles east of Rensselaer. General sale, including 14 horses, 37 head of cattle, 15 hogs, farm tools, etc. Friday, February 8, Paul Sam.uelson, % mile east of Gifford. General sale, Including 5 horses, 7 head of hogs, (farm tools, household goods, Wednesday, February 13, Ernest Asher, 1 mile east and 1 mile south of Wheatfield. General sale, including 13 horses, 19 head of cattle, 21 hogs, chickens and ducks, 200 bushels seed oats, corn, farm tools, etc.

FARM AND STOCK AT AUCTION

I will offer at public sale on February 15, my farm of 160 acres, well improved and well kept up by stock. It is not a run-down farm. I will also offer horses, cattle, hogs and farm implements. For terms on farm write me or Fred Phillips, Rensselaer, Ind.—J. W. FAYLOR.

FORMER REMINGTON MAN DEAD

Dr. Marion G. Traugh Passed Away at Basin, Wyoming. C. H. Teck oKf Remington received a telegram Thursday advising him of M. G. Traugh’s death at Basin, Wyoming, where Dr. and Mrs. Traugh have resided for the past few years, but The Democrat is unable to learn any particulars. He had been in poor health for some time and died Wednesday. Mr. Traugh resided in Remington for many years, conning there in the latter sixties or early seventies, and was a prominent dentist and race-horse man for many years. He later moved to Goodland and after some years residence there went to Basin, Wyoming, where he bought a sheep ranch. He then returned to Indiana after a few years and resided in Lafayette for a time, later going back to Wyoming, where he was recently elected a county commissioner. JTe was a soldier in the Civil war and was well known all through this section ‘of the state. His friends will be pained to learn of his death. Burial was made at Basin, we understand. He leaves a wife but no children. Mrs. Bert VanVoorst of Monticello is a foster daughter.

IS VISITING HIS AGED FATHER

William Pulling Visiting Here After An Absence of Thirty Years. “Uncle” Charley Pullins and wife had a “stranger’’ call upon them Thursday, at least “Uncle” Charley did not know the gentleman until he had announced that he was his son William, who left Jasper county thirty years ago last Thanksgiving day. It is needless to say that the meeting of father and son after all these yehrs was an enjoyable one. William is farming and resides near Fairfield, Washington: is married and has a family. He came via Artesian, South Dakota, where he stopped off and visited his sister, Mrs. Robert Shook. He is undecided as to the length of his visit here, but will probably remain for several days.

TIMOTHY COMER DIES AT MEDARYVILLE

Timothy Comer, a Civil war veterafi and for some time a resident of tins city when he made his home with his cousins, Mary and Lizzie Comer, at the Comer House, died last Saturday at the home of John Guild in Medaryville and was buried in the Independence cemetery in Gillam township. Mr. Comer was born February 21, 1 840, and was therefore seventy-seven years, ten months and twenty-nine days of age at the time of his death. He answered Lincoln’s call sos volunteers and served for three months, when he again enlisted in the 9th Indiana infantry and served until he was discharged for disability. He was never married. ■<_’ „

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

IntarestinE Paracraphs From till Various Dipartmints . • ' ' >¥. OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices, • .V ' • .. • • Attorney John A. Dunlap was In Kentland on business Wednesday. New suits filed: No. 8876. Elmer Marlin et al vs. Lester Warren, suit on note. Demand $4lO. No. 8877. Alice Woody vs. William P. Michael, suit on note. Demand SIOO in first paragraph, and S6OO in second paragraph. Marriage licenses issued: January 22, Raymond iH 1 . Hine of Wheatfield, aged 17, May 14 last, laborer, and Carrie Williams, also of Wheatfield, aged 18 October 10 last, school teacher. First marriage for each. Groom being under age his father, H. A. Hine, gave consent to Issuance of license. John Donald Moore, of Camp Logan,.Texas, aged 22 November 22 last, military service, and Inez Eugena Longhi of Chicago, aged 19 February 17 last, record clerk. First marriage for each. Newton circuit court items of interest to Jasper county readers: State vs. William Weise, public nuisance, dismissed. State vs. Clifford David, assault and battery, dismissed. State vs. James Parmley, incest, dismissed. State vs. Mark Hoag, illegal sale of liquor, cause set for hearing January 28. State vs. Edward Casey, wife desertion, set for hearing January 29. State vs. Edward Casey, failure to provide, set for hearing January 29. State vs. Edward Casey, desertion of wife and children, set for hearing January 29. Petition of Lonis Ochs vs. William Zimmerman, slander, motion for new trial. Loretta McKee vs. Mark A. Hoag, breach of promise, set for hearing January 31.

HOT ASH PAN CAUSED A FIRE

The fire department was called to the home of Louis Ramp in the southeast part of the city Wednesday morning to extinguish a fire on the back porch that threatened the destruction of the house. A pan of hot ashes that had just been removed from a stove were set on the porch and ignited the flooring. The fire was quickly extinguished by the use of chemicals. In transmitting the alarm an error was made at some point and the alarm sounded seventy-nine instead of seventyfive, but Fire Chief Montgomery detected the error in time to prevent a useless run across the river. Too much care can not be exercised In reporting fire plug numbers.

WELL KNOWN MAIL CLERK DEAD

Arthur Cole, Formerly 6f Rensselaer, Dies of Pneumonia. Arthur W. Cole, a former Rensselaer citizen, died at the Home hospital in Lafayette Thursday morning of pneumonia, after an illness o)f only five days. He was taken ill while on his run as mail clerk on the Monon last Saturday and was taken to the hospital on Tuesday. Mr. Cole was born in Lafayette and was about sixty-two years ot age at the time of his death. He had been employed by the government as mail clerk for the past thirty-eight years, most of which time was spent on the run on the Monon milk train. He was a bro-ther-in-law of Mrs. E. L. Clark of this city, and is survived by a wire, two children, Arthur M. Cole, who is employed by the Wabash railroad at Detroit, and Miss Bright Cole of Lafayette. He is also survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Mary J. Cole, in the Soldiers’ home near Lafayette, two brothers, Fred W. Coler employed In the Lafayette postoffice, and George B. Cole of Los Angeles, Cal., and one sister, Mrs. S. T. Royal of Indianapolis. The funeral will be held at 2:30 o’clock today from the family residence, Rev. U. G. Leazenby officiating. Burial will be made in Greenbush cemetery at Lsufayette, and will be private. ;

MEIN GOTTI RAUS MIT ’EM

German Paper Asks Clear Statement of Peace Terms. / From uncensored sources the Comtmlttee on Public Information has received editorial comment on the President’s recent message in the Frankfurter Zeitung, a liberal organ with large circulation throughout the German Empire. The following paragraph appears in the translation : “The foundation for the peace negotiations has not yet been found, but we have approached much nearer to It. Wilson Becks a way out of the war and does so in a manner not entirely in accord with us. We see no reason for exposing ourselyes any longer to the charge Of lack of clarity about our war aims. Germany and her allies should oome out openly with their terms. Then perhaps It will he seen that a continuation of the war can be avoided and the resistence of governments to the desire for peace of their peoples can be overcome.”

SPENDING PUBLIC’S MONEY

Some Conscription Boards Served Without Pay; Others Extravagant. Adjutant General Smith of Indianapolis, in -his report as disbursing officer for the government in connection with the work of selecting the 17,510 men of Indiana’s quota under the first draft for the new national army, show® that a total of $109,961.14 was spent. This amount covers the cost Ip general of the selection of the men to the point of entrainment, and the average is SG.2B per man. The report shows a reckless expenditure of money by some local exemption boards in the state and much economy by others. The highest expenditure was In Switzerland county with 67 men, where $1,217 was spent, $18.16 per man. In Benton, with 99 men; Crawford with 81, Fountain with 150, Lagrange with 105, Lake, division 3, with 46; Montgomery 120, Noble 143, Porter 98, Steuben 1, and Eivansvllle, division 3, 188, the work was done gratis, there being no expense whatever to the government. In Tippecanoe county the total expense for 325 men was but $2, or an average olf six cents per man. In Jasper county, with 56 men, the expense was $385.20, or $6.90 per man. Of this amount the clerk, cheriff and Dr. E. N. Loy of the examining board each received $72. The other $169 went for clerk hire, etc., although some of the clerks served gratia. In Newton county, with 59 men, the hbard drew, $504, or $8.54 per man; Starke county, 84 men, S6OB - 40, $7.24 per man; Pulaski county, 91 men, $836.20, $9.19 per map; Oarroll county, 125 men, $827, $6.61 per man. In Marion county, outside IPdlanapolis, 255 men cost $67.60, or 26 cents per man, while in division No. 1, Indianapolis, 182 men cost $8 per man, and division No. 10 of the same city, 272 men cost 54 cents per man. In Parke county, with 116 men, the cost was 21 cents per man; Decatur county, 98 men, 6 cents per man; Dearborn county, 161 mien, 49 cents per man. At the time these boards were appointed it was asked and understood that the services would be donated as a matter of patriotism, and The Democrat is informed tint such was the Intention here until a member of the board happened over in Newton county an’d learned of the bill of over SSOO that had been sent In from, there. Patriotism cseems to be largely a miatter of environment.

JOHN MOORE MARRIED TUESDAY

John D. Moore, who is a member of the 130th ambulance company at Ft. Houston, Texas, was granted a few days’ furlough and came here Monday evening to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Moore. John was accompanied here by Miss Inez E. Lough! of Chicago, and on Tuesday afternoon surprised relatives and friends by being quietly married by Rev. J. B. Fleming in the county clerk’s office at 4p. m. The onJly witness, to the ceremony was Miss Eva Moore, sister of the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Moore after a short visit here will spend a few days in Chicago, after which Mr. Moore will return to his military training at Ft. Houston, Mrs. Moore remaining in Chicago with her mother, Mrs. J. R. Longhi.

Vol. XX, No. 86

YIELD IN WEEK OR WAR-KAISER

Germans Demand All the Baltic Provinces or Resume Attacks RUSSIANS SPURN THE TERMS Helure of Keval Is Threatened if Conditions Aro Not Agreed to Immediately. Berlin, Jan. 25.- —'The Imperial Defy man chancellor, Count von Hertling, in his address before the relchstng; said he still held fast to the hope that the Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations would reach a satisfactory conclusion at an eurly date. Petrograd, Jan. 25. —Russia must give up Courland and all the Baltlo provinces, or the Germans will resume military operations and occupy Reral within a week, the German delegation at Brest-Litovsk told the Russian representatives at the last session. An adjournment was taken until January 29 to permit the Russians tq consider the German terms. Reports of the session indicate that the Germans took a definite stand an<| most frankly outlined demands upon which they are insistent. The secretary of the Ukrainian delegation gave out an account of the meeting. It says the Russians put a| question to the delegates of the central powers as to what were their final peace terms. Hoffman Delivers Ultimatum. General Hoffman, one of the Ger« man delegates, replied by opening » map and pointing out the following line which they luslsted should tute the future frontier of Russia: From tha shores of the gulf of Finland to tha east of the Moon Sountl Island to Valk, to the west of Minsky to Brest-Litovsk. This compjetely eliminates Courlandj and ail the Baltic provinces. The Russians asked the terms of! the central powers in regard to thei territory south of Brest-Litovsk. General Hoffman replied that was a question which they would discuss onlyl with the Ukrulne. M. Kameueff, a] member of the Russlun delegation* asked: “Suppose we do not agree to such) conditions. What are you going tm do?” General Hoffman’s answer is ed to have been : “Within a week, then, we will cupy Beval." c Demand Food From Ukraine. The Russians then asked for a recess, which was granted reluctantly. The Germans declared It was thelast postponement to which they would consent. The request was made by Leon Trotzky, head of the Russian delegation, who said he desired an opportunity to lay the German peace terms before the council of workmen's and soldiers’ delegates. ( Forty Killed in Moscow Riots. Forty persons were killed and 200 wounded In riots at Moscow on Tuesday during a demonstration at an anniversary celebration of “Bloody Sunday.” Twenty or more social revolutionary members of the constituent assembly were arrested here Monday evening. i i ■ i ■

ROOSEVELT ANSWERS STONE

Declares It an Offense to Defend Inefs }"> ficient Public Servant. Washington, Jan. 25. Colonel Roosevelt answered Senator Stone’s attack upon him In the senate Xlonday In a speech before the National Press club, characterizing the Missouri senator s address as an insidious effort bn behalf of Germany and as the first in-; Jection of partisanship In discussion of the government's conduct of the war. Next to assailing an efficient public servant, Colonel Roosevelt said, thot worst offense is to defend an inefficient servant, and for that reason he was supporting Senator Chamberlain and his associates on the military committee who were Investigating the “maladministration” of the war department. “The navy was in bad shape the first six months of the war and would have met disaster if called into action.” continued the colonel. “However, it is fine now.” He approved the war council and munitions director legislation.

FANCY PRODUCE MARKET.

January 25.—Get the top price. Bring us your produce. We are paying today the following prices: Eggs, 50c; hens, 20c; springs, old roosters, 10c; ducks and geesQ, 17c; turkeys, 18c to 23c; butterfat, 50c. Have some duck and goose feathers for sale. Onr place of hrastr ness will be closed on Mondays un>til further notice. —C. E. PRIOR.