Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1918 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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BUYS A FARM IN YORK STATE

|H. M. Shipman writes The Demoerat from Sidney, New York, and says that his son-in-law, Ever al Smith, who recently moved to New York from Burke, South Dakota, located in the edge of the town of Sidney, a thriving place of 4,000 population with three hig factories, lying in the northwest corner of Delaware county, on the Susquehanna river. The farm contains 160 acres, part river bottom, above high water, some timber. With the fariini Mr. Smith got twenty-one o»ws, six head of young cattle, two horses and all the farm tools and machinery. There is running spring water in both' house and barn and the buildings are insured for $6,000. The price paid for everything was SIO,OOO. Mr. Shipman says: “We like the ••untry fine. Have had nice weather since we reached here till yesterday (Wednesday) when it was a little blustery.”

COAL PRICES TO BE REDUCED

la Jasper County 55 Cents Per Ton After April 1. The new schedule of coal prices fixed for Jasper county, which appears in another column of The Bemocrat, is a reduction of 55 oents per ton over the prices fixed last November on bituminous coal. The price of anthacite coal is fixed by the government, and we should have a reduction of about $1 per ton over the prices charged here last winter, when as high as $lO per ton was exacted by some dealers. The price fixed is based on Indiana lump coal, remember, and is the maximum price that can be charged. Mine run coal should be some 50 cents per ton below the price of lump, which cannot be over $5.45 per ton delivered, or $4.95 at the blns. This maximum price also, understand, does not affect any price /^semipetition, and dealers are permitted to sell at any price below the maximum figure that they may desire. The only requirement is that they do not sell above the maximum figure.

There is not now and has not been for some years at least, any price competition between the coal dealers of Rensselaer, and it is hardly possible that any of our local dealers will see fit to cut below the maximum price fixed 'by the fuel administration. This reduction of 55 cents per ton still allows the dealer $1.70 a ton for handling, and proves The Bemocrat’s position last winter that excessive profits were being made by the Rensselaer dealers, and at a time, too, when the consumer was compelled to submit to the extortion. The coal business differs from almost any other line of retail business, because of the fact that it does not take a large capital and that, if the dealer sells for cash only, he is turning his money over rapidly and does not carry any "dead stock" on hand. Hie gets in two or three carloads of coal and in a very few days—and in the ease of last winter, with forty-eight hours —has disposed of it and got -bls money. In most lines of business one has to carry many items in stock that there is only an occasional call for, and therefore the retailer should have a larger profit than one who turns his stock over rapidly and never has any "dead stock” at any time. The reduced prices should encourage everyone who can possibly do so to lay in their next winter’s supply of coal during the summer months, and will probably also discourage the talked of plan of establishing a community coal yard here. No fair-minded man can object to one’s making a reasonable profit on the goods he handles, but it was an outrage the way consumers were held up on coal prices here last winter when coal cost the dealer no more than it is costing him now.

BOOKS FOR THE SOLDIERS

The pniblic library is collecting books for the War Service libraries in cantonments, camps, posts, forts, naval stations, on vessels and overseas. Will everyone take time toto look over his books and nend all he thinks the boys can vse? (Hundreds of thousands are jneeded. DO IT NOW.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

IntiustlnjParapaphsFromtlu Various Dapartmints OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. The county council, county board of education and county commissioners will each meet Monday. Strange N. Cragun of Indianapolis, member of the state board of tax commissioners, was a business visitor in the city Thursday. F. M. Hershman and son Paul and former County Commissioner William Hershman were down from Walker township on business Wednesday. The war mothers are asked to meet at the court house Saturday afternoon, March 30. All mothers having sons in the service are most cordially invited to be present. An error was made in Wednesday’s Democrat in giving the name of Ralph Johnson of Barkley township as having filed for township assessor for the Republican nomination. It should have said trustee. Joe Reeve, who has held? a position as stenographer in the Monon offices in Chicago for the past two years or more, came home Tuesday evening to get ready to leave with the Jasper county contingent for Camp Taylor yesterday. Marriage licenses issued: March .27, Clifford Edward Wells of Rensselaer, aged 26 May 21 last, salesman, and Chloae Torbet of Jasper county, aged 23 April 2 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. March 29, Henry Van Weinen ot Jasper county, aged 24 August 3D last, farmer, and Jennie DeFries, also of Jasper county, aged 23 February 28 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married in the clerk’s office by Justice Dean.

Newton circuit court notes, from the Kentland Enterprise: State vs. Mark Hoag, charged with illegal sale of liquor, jury returns verdict of acquittal. -State vs. John H. Patterson, grand larceny, dismissed. Affidavit filed against J. M. Miller in six counts for the unlawful possession of liquor. Mary E .Lovell vs. William O. Stoner, suit on note, sent to Jasper county on change of venue. Ben Thomas vs. John B. Herriman, euit on note, sent to Jasper county on change of venue. Kennedy & Murphey vs. Templeton & Hamilton, suit on account, sent to Jasper county on change of venue. The following have filed declarations of their candidacy for the primary election since our last issue, all being Republicans unless otherwise noted: For trustee —C. E. Fairchild and Tunis Snip, Keener. (This makes four Republican candidates for the nomination for trustee in Keener township.) George W. Ferguson and Robert A. Mannan, Wheatfield. Alfred Dugglesby, Kankakee. Assessor —Charles A. Lytle, Milroy. Advisory board —Samuel E. Johnson, Milroy. Delegates to state convention — Jesse D. Allman and J. G. Gwin, Rensselaer. Democrats filing are: Trustee —Roy Culp, Milroy. Deputy Sheriff John Robinson has been away for several days this week for the purpose of arresting one E. H. Alford of Chicago, who is alleged to have secured $5,000 from I. O. McCullough; who owned and resided on the former Elizur Sage farm west of Rensselaer, in 1916, through the sale of stock in the National Home Building company, an alleged blue-sky organization operating in Illinois with principal offices at Peoria. Alford is charged with having procured this money under false pretenses, and the papers had been out for him here for quite a long time but it seems that he could not be located. A requisition was obtained of Governor Goodrich and was honored by the governor of Illinois after a

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1918

IS TWENTY YEARS OLD TODAY

With this issue The Democrat rounds out its first twenty years, and except for the first three months all of this time has been under the present ownership and management. There are comparatively few papers in this section of the state that have not changed ownership or management in the past twenty years. Thanks to the appreciation of our efforts to give the people of Jasper county all of the news without fear or favor and to serve their interests to the best of our ability, the business has shown a steady growth each year during all of this time. We hope to merit a continuance of this support jind patronage, as it will be our endeavor at all times to serve the people as a whole rather than any clique or individual.

SORT OF MAKE-BELIEVE LAW

‘‘Daylight Saving” Measure Is Largely Imaginative in Effect. Another freak piece of legislation, in our humble opinion, is the so-called “daylight saving law,” which goes into effect at midnight, tonight and will continue in force until the last Sunday in October. This law requires the turning ahead of clocks one hour, and the theory is that people will get up in the morning at the hour indicated by the clock, rather than the actual time, arid that they will start to their work one hour earlier than usual and quit one hour earlier under the delusion that they are saving a whole lot of time and that the hour “saved” in the afternoon will give them that much more time —especially the workers in the cities, towns, etc., —to hoe in the garden. Of course, many real garden workers say that the best time to work in the garden is in the morning; that weeds hoed down then have the entire day’s sun rays to put them out of business, and that one who doesn’t work his garden in the morning seldom does so in the evening.

And likewise, we’ve all heard the old adage about “the lazy man works the best when the sun is in the west,” and perhaps the author of this law has this fellow in mind, is one of this class or else he is a Christian scientist and thinks its all in the imagination or belief. However, the real, red-blooded, worth-while citizen, who goes to bed at a reasonable hour and gets up with the larks in the morning, will have more garden truck and “mazuma” to show for his labor next fall than he who' joy rides from quitting time until the wee sma’ hours of the morning and then has to tumble out of bed an hour earlier than usual in order to get to his work or place of business because of this freak legislation.

COUNCIL REVIEWS LOCAL GUARD

Captain Leopold had his company of Liberty guards on dress parade, so to speak, Wednesday night at the regular drill in the armory, and the members of the county council of defense, invited to inspect the guards, were agreeably surprised to note the high degree of efficiency the guards attained nnder the tutelage of Drillmaster J. M. Sauser, and felt that if called upon they would give a good account of themselves. ■ ■ ■ There are some members of the company who are within the draft age, and If called out they will find that the training they’ received under Drillmaster Sauser was of great benefit to them, as one boy who enlisted a few weeks after joining the guard wrote ba,ck home, and said be wanted to thank Mr. Sauser for the brief training he had had; that he found it of great benefit and he had not been called down once by the training officer, as had practically all his companions who had not had any military training before entering the service. Other young men, especially those subject to call, would do well to join the local guards and reeeive a little training along the lines they will meet up with on entering the service. ><►' They will never regret having done so. Captain Bowman and Lieut. Lambert of the Remington company were over to witness the drilling.

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GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegnphic Reports From Many Parts of thi Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings In the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. UNITED STATES FUEL ADMINISTRATION Federal Fuel Administrator for Indiana 227 Federal Building Indianapolis MAXIMUM GROSS MARGIN FOR JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA All retail /prices and retail gross margins heretofore designated for Jasper county, Indiana, are rescinded and a maximum retail gross margin ‘of $1.70 per ton of coal or coke is designated in lieu thereof. Effective at the beginning of business April 1, 1918. Approved: EVANS WOOLLEN, Federal Fuel Adm. for India na. J. A. BOUSLOG, Examiner Fed. Trade Commission. In accordance with the above order made by Evans Woollen, Federal Fuel Administrator for Indiana, and J. A. Bouslog, Examiner for the Federal Trade Commission, the retail coal dealers of this county will not be permitted to sell coal at retail for more than $1.70 per ton on a gross margin basis. In

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OFF FOR THE TRAINING CAMP

Ten Jasper County Boys Left Yesterday for Louisville. Jasper county’s quota of ten men on the recent call issued-left yesterday on the 10:55 a. m. train for Louisville, where they will go in training at Camp Taylor. They were to be joined at Lafayette by the quotas from Benton and Tippecanoe counties, and possibly others along the way. Those going with this contingent were: George A. Donnelly, Rensselaer Joseph W. Reeve, Rensselaer Guy €. Peek, Rensselaer Frank J. Boes, Tefft ♦Horace Louis Charais, Remington Lonnie E. Dowell, Remington Herbert J. Bozelle, Fair Oaks Leslie Zellers, Fair Oaks Paul A. Karr; Fair Oaks Jesse Grimm, Gifford. *Took the place of Lloyd Parks of Rensselaer, who will take the place of one of the seven who are to go to Ft. Hiamllton, Brooklyn, New York, April 3, and who it is understood will be exempted. Quite a number of relatives and friends of the boys were out to the train to see them off and bid them god-speed.

HURLEY BEAM BACK IN U. S.

Lieut. Hurley Beam, who has been in France for the past -two months, has returned to the United States and a message received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beam, Thursday evening, stated that he had arrived in Chicago. Just why he has returned is not yet known, but it is probable he is to assist in training troops for their oversea work. Lieut, and Mrs. Beam will spend Easter here with his parents.

MRS. WILLIAM P. BENNETT DEAD

Mrs. William P. Bennott of just west of town, who has been in a critical condition for some time, passed away at 11:30 yesterday forenoon. Her age was fifty-seven years. She leaves a husband hut no children. At this -writing the funeral arrangements had not been made, but it is probable the funeral will be held tomorrow.

\ LISTEN! Do you know that meal made from corn not kiln dried has a bet*. Jer and more natural corn flavor? some select white corn from which we are grinding some of this meal, also corn flour. If your grocer can’t supply you, call the mill. 45c 8-lb. sack. Phone 456 —IROQUOIS ROLLER MILLS. a-3

RED CROSS ENTERTAINMENT

Following is the complete program that will be rendered next Tuesday evening at the Red Gtoss dance: Selection. .. .'High School Orchestra Voice . .Marjorie Loughridge Violin solo. .<M. J. Wagner Voice Miss Alice Thomas Voice Mrs. S. Spiegel Reading Mrs. Harvey Messman Voice Miss Ruth Wood Talk. . John A. Dunlap Voice Miss Anna Leonard Musical Reading. .Mies Pearl Morris Accompaniment ....Miss Bartoo of Remington Voice Mrs. Errett Graham Piano trio Helen Parkinson, Llnnle Bird Rains, Lenore Carr

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

March 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Pollard of southwest of town, a son.

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List of Those Who Have Paid Subscription Accounts During Week. Following are the names of those who have paid their subscription for The Democrat since last Saturday's issue and, especially to those received by mall, this publication shall act as a receipt until the date on the label of their paper is changed. Those indicated by an • are new subscribers. Owing to the fact that it now costs two cents to -send a postal card receipt to those paying their subscriptions though the malls, The Democrat has adopted this method of acknowledging receipt of mall subscriptions until further notice. G. A. Swartz,, Onargo, Illinois C. F. Tillett, Francesville C. H. Tillett, Wenatchee, Wash. Joe Moore, Rensselaer, R-l Thos. Tanner, Parr, R-l Charles Jordan, McCoysburg John Dennis, Goodland, R-l • Elmer Patrick, Remington, R-3 David Hires, Rockfleld, Ind. ♦David Peer, Winner, So. Dakota John Rush, Rensselaer, R-3 ♦Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Bloomington, Ind. *W. J. Helmick, Wheatfield L. Strong, Rensselaer D. M. Yeoman, Tab, Ind. John Callahan, Reynolds, Ind. G. A. Jacks, Lee A. A. Hoover, Rensselaer, R-4 G. H. Jonas, Roselawn U. M. Baughman, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma James Snedeker, Rensselaer Mrs. Minnie Hilton, Rensselaer, R-l Wm. Hoile, North Manchester, Ind. Joseph Reeve, Camp Taylor, Ky. George Wortley, Goodland, R-l Nelson Randle, Rensselaer Menno Chupp, Rensselaer, R-2 Geo. B. Parkinson, Pleasant Ridge Chauncey McCully, Remington Mason Kenton, Mitchell, S. D. Mrs. Everal Smith, Sidney, N. Y.

FIGHTING “BOCHES” IN FRANCE

Vern Davisson Writes Parents of Firing Line Experiences. The following letter has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Davisson from their son, Verne, who is in France, and tells of his meeting with some of the Jasper county boys in France,,who are members of the Rainbow Division: February 23, 1918. Front. Dear Father and Mother: Received a letter from you today. Would have written you sooner, but we were ordered to get our - cars ready for an (censored). We have been repairing our cars and receiving instructions as to positions and manner to take in order to do the work rapidy and get the wounded taken care of in good shape, how to avoid the numerous places the Dutch were shelling, roads near batteries, etc. llt was pulled three days ago, 'the big guns started in hammering about six hours before the infantry went over the top. The batteries had paved the way for them by shooting the “Boche” trenches, barbwire entanglements and abris all to pieces. Then the (censored) of all sizes put up a terrible barrage, or curtain fire ahead of the infantry. The infantry followed just behind the barrage and the Dutch saw them coming and as many as could, fled back up the hill like ants. Those that were hemmed in by the barrage had to fight. They suffered big losses and the French brought back a good number of prisoners. * ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Censored. Then after the attack was over we worked quietly a while longer, and got the wounded taken care of in good shape I hauled some wounded “Boche” in my car. One of them sat in the seat beside me. I looked him over for souvenirs, but he had none—not even a hat. I was so busy hauling the wounded, load after load, that I had no time to look for souvenirs. Duvall got a number of them, overcoats, automatic pistols, etc. ♦ ♦ ♦ Censored. The cannon fire was so heavy and fierce we had to stuff our ears full of cotton to save our ear drums, as the big guns were all planted just at the edge of the road not twenty feet

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Vol. XX. No. 103

BRITISH ROUT HUNS IN FIERCE FIGHT FOR ARRAS

Haig's Men Victors In All-Bay Battle South of the Scarpe. FRENCH WIN ON WIDE FRONT Petain's Troops Advance to Depth of Over Mile on Six-Mlle Front From Ijassigny to Noyon Americans Ready to Enter Conflict—tleimans Take Montdldier. London, March 29. —After an all-day battle north and south of the Scarpe, with Arras as the chief center, the British forces have beaten off the Germans, with heavy losses to the enemy, according to the report from Field Marshal Haig. French Hurl Foe Back. Paris, March 29. —On the front from Lassigny to Noyon our troops have advanced over a lino about ten kilometers (slightly over six miles) long to a depth of two kilometers (one and one-fifth miles), says the war office statement Issued. The repulse of the Germans in villages further west also is announced. Continuing to attack with strong forces in the region of Montdldier during the whole morning, the enemy attempted to enlarge ills gains west and south of this town, but with magnificent elan the French counter-attacked with the bayonet and drove the Germans out of the villages of Courtemanche, Mesnll-St. Georges and Assalnvlllers, which the French have occupied and hold solidly. On the left bank of the Oise savage attacks by the enemy have given him no advantage, the French holding their positions energetically. ' Allies May Cut Off Foe's Army. The French counter-drive, if pushed to success and if joined by a British “pincer” against his right flank, would completely turn the tables on the foe. Out-Hlndenburgihg Hindenburg, the allies would cut off the entire German army in the center of the great salient that has been thrust into the allied lines. The southern side of the huge wedge between Montdldier and Noyon is 20 miles long, so that a French break through at Noyon wotHd mean tackling tiie Germans 20 miles in their rear. By administering to the foe his own poisonous medicine ot Cambral fame the allies, it appears, plan to turn the Somme battlefield into the grave of the main German army in the very moment when the German press pictures that -field as the scene of "victory which will bring peace.” Battle Raging on 60-Mlle Front. A battle greater in scope and fury than the Marne rages along a front of nearly 60 miles between Arras and Noyon. It has ail the aspects of a decisive combat. It consists of a series of Interwoven and interdependent flanking attacks and counter-attacks. Foremost in importance is that now being launched by the Frenclu Like a half-opened umbrella, a huge German Wedge has been thrust Into the allied lines near the Franco-British junction. The head of this wedge is northwest of Montdldier. The northern side of this salient is about half the length of the southern one. From Montdldier to Noyon it is ten miles.

New Menace Faces British. The French counter-blow fell against a little more than one-third of the southern aide. Upon the further development of this counter-of-fensive, depends not only the success or failure of the' whole German drive, but the fate of the entire French battle line to the Swiss border as well as the fate of Paris. But to the British, in the meantime, a new menace has sprung up in the form of a German drive against Arras. Strategic evacuation of Arras mjist be counted among the possibilities of the next few hours. Weather Favors Allies. Thus, the end of the eighth day of the Picardy battle, unless all signs are deceiving, sees fortune slowly but steadily switching over to the allies’ side. For the first time in a week the weather has become threatening. This presents another formidable danger to the Teutons, who have to bring up their reserves, supplies and guns across the desert of mud and ruins which they themselves made a year ago out of “sunny Picardy,” 100,000 U. S. Troops Ready. Washington, March, 29.—Not fewer than 100,000 American troops, it is believed by military experts here, are ready to take their place in the battle line In France to withstand the German attack or to assist in a counterattack. General March said he had no such information.

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