Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1918 — Page 1

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WEDDING SURPRISES FRIENDS

Ernest Moore and Miss Ethel Clarke Married Friday Evening. Sergeant Ernest C. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Moore, and Miss Ethel Clarke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Clarke, were married Friday evening at 6 o’clock at the bride’s home by Rev. J. B'udman Fleming of the Presbyterian church. Only the immediate family was present at the ceremony. The young couple left on the 6:50 train Mr Chicago, returning Saturday evening. Both are graduates of the Rensselaer high school and are highly esteemed young people, and they have the best wishes of a host of friends. Mr. Moore has been stationed at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for several months and was home on a ten-day furlough/which will expire today, and he left yesterday for his camp, and his wife will go down there in about a week to remain near him until his unit is sent elsewhere.

JOY RIDERS IN DAD SMASHUP

Stanley Merica and Mamie Bever Miracuously Escape Death. First Lieutenant Stanley Merica of the Reserve Officers’ Training corps at Purdue university, is lying on a bed of pain at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Merica of this city, while Miss Mamie* Bever, also of Rensselaer, is suffering from a nervous shock and bruises at the, home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bever, the results of a joy ride taken Sunday afternoon in Harry Watson s red Buick racer, which Mr. Merica had borrowed for the occasion. That one or both of the young people are alive to tell the tale is indeed a miracle. They had driven over to Remington and after spending a short time there started out on the secluded highways southeast of that city, as young people are wont to do, and, seeing another auto approaching in the dis4?ncp with a small bridge about midway between, it was apparent that each of the drivers attempted to beat the other to the bridge, With the usual result—the bridge was not wide enough for two cars to pass at a thirty-five to forty mile an hour clip, and they “locked horns.” The opposing car was owned by an Amish farmer of that vicinity by the name of Wiebold, who, with his -'family, was returnwag returning home from church, his son driving the car, which -was a Studebaker. This car escaped with a few bruises, such as a bent axle, bent fender, etc., but the Buick car either went off the end of the bridge or the grade to its approach and turned completely over, the wheels being uppermost and the car lying flat on its back. Miss Bever was apparently thrown clear of the car, but young Merica was pinned underneath and was releaced by the occupants of the

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NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

Carl Lough, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fern Lough of Remington, had his tonsils removed yesterday. Mrs. Sam Cross, who had been taking medical treatment at th a hospital, was able to return to her home at Morocco yesterday. E. E. Harshberger of near Parr as operated on for appendicitis Friday, and James Downs of east of town for the same ailment on Saturday. Both are doing nicely at this writing. Mrs. Parkinson was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. V. Porter, Sunday.' Mrs. Magdalena Meyer is improving nicely and will probably return to her home the latter part of the week.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS May 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hall of Hanging Grove township, a son. May 19, to Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lockard of Virgie, a daughter, Marie Irene.

WE TOP THE MARKET. May 21 —The Fancy Produce Market pays the highest price for your produce. They are open on Wednesday and Saturday evenings until 9 o’clock. Prices today are: Butterfat 45c, eggs 30c, hens 22c, and old roosters 12c. —C. E. PRIOR, Prop. x_. ■ ■ ’

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

InturestlngParapaphsFrointhi Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomised —Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Registration day for all men who have become twenty-one since the. last selective service registration date has been set for June 5, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced Saturday. Marriage licenses issued: May 17, Ernest C. Moore of Rensselaer, now in the U. S. army, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, aged 25 October 15 last, U. S. soldier, and Ethel G. Clarke of Rensselaer, aged 23 July 21 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Sheriff and Mrs' B. D. McColly and family and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Thornton drove u-p to the Kankakee river Sunday and spent the day and also established a camp where Mr. McColly and “Fish” Gilmore will spend several weeks in the hope of benefitting the former’s health. Caimp McColly will be “dry,” of course, but there will be plenty of fish and other good things to set before Rensselaer friends who may call upon them.

WINAMAC DOCTOR WRITES OF HUNS’ BRUTALITY.

The best written letter we have seen of the recent German drive is that of Lieut. George H. Reddick of Winamac, which recently appeared in the Pulaski County Democrat, in describing his experiences on the battle front in caring for the wounded men and how the beastly Huns fired upon the wounded soldiers and Red Cross attendants. Mr. Reddick is a son of former County Superintendent Reddick of Pulaski county, and is known to be an honorable and truthful man. His letter follows: April 5, 1918. The intense German “push’’ which began March 21 is now history and everyone in the United States has read of it by this time, and by the time you receive this some will have forgotten it. My friends in and about Winamac may have wondered how I fared, and that fact prompts this letter. If I attempted to write to everyone I would have writer’s cramp, so I will reach them through the medium of the Pulaski County Democrat. I trust the censor will not be too severe, for I will try not to say anything that is not common property in France.

When I came to France I was assigned to take over the medical duties in a regiment In a division that had gained the njme of fighters. I learned it was no misnomer. Things are done on a large scale in this war; for example, a division is about the smallest unit referred to. My division was holding a section of the line, and my regiment was very near the boche line. My aid Dost was a large cast iron hut, similar in shape to an inverted half of a watermelon cut length wise. On top, about the sides and around the entrance were piled a countless number of sand bags. In spite of this precaution, a niece of shrapnel weighing ten pounds came into the aid post, but for that exception we were not bothered except for gas. We were doing the usual routine of trench warfare when about 4:30 a. m. on March 21 we were subjected to a bombardment of eras, shrapnel, high explosives, machine guns, trench mortars, etc.- —more intense than the British army had seen up to that date. Soon the wounded began to go through uiy hands —all day, all night and all the next day. I slept one hour, t worked and slept with my gas mask on. When I return I shall give any of my friends an opportunity to sleep with a box respirator on. 'it is some job. I remember one man who had a minute piece of shrapnel. in one eye. It was imbedded in the eye ball and gave him intense pain. I took it out, but must say that to do so while looking through the eye-discs of a gas helmet was no small job, with the patient also wearing his mask except over that eye. My aid post was the only nne in a large area that withstood the bombardment, and therefore nas receiving wounded from a large area. (As I read over this it strikes me that it may smatter a good deal of the "I,” but it is not meant that way—l can only write from my viewpoint.) After two days of bard fighting

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1918

GARAGE EMPLOYES WALK OUT

And as a Result Rensselaer Garage Is Shy Three Mechanics. The employes of the Rensselaer garage walked out Saturday because of an alleged grievan?e against John Schultz, who has charge of the garage a greater part of the time for John Marlatt, the owner. The employes were “Bob” Smith, who has been employed at this garage for a long time, John Duggins, “Red” Hudson and Hugh Kirk and his brother Edward, the two latter having charge of the battery work and “going out” more in sympathy with the other employes than for having any particular grievance of their own. The two Kirks returned Monday, but the others refused to go back unless Marlatt would “fire” Schultz, who, being a son-in-law, he refused to do. Smith secured* employment at —the Central garage and John. Duggins has gone to work in Mike Kuboske’s garage, it is reported, while Hudson has secured other employment. It is probable that Mr. Marlatt will secure other mechanics soon to take the places of the three who left.

TWENTY-FIVE TO LEAVE TODAY

For Columbus Barracks, Ohio, on Present Draft Call. Following are the names of the twenty-five young men who will leave today on the present draft call, together with their postoffice address when they registered and, if at present outside Jasper county, their present location. The names of the altertiates selected, if any of the tw-enty-flve first named should be ineligible, are also given. This bunch of young men will be sent to Columbus Barracks, Columbus, Ohio, and will leave Rensselaer on Monon train No. 37 at 11:18 this forenoon: Arthur Quinn, Rensselaer Chas. Ray Pollock, Rensselaer Albert Akers, Tefft Herman Ruggles, Rensselaer Frank S. McCurtain, Parr (Dale, Wisconsin) Adam Quebbeman, Rensselaer (Corydon, Indiana) Willette A. Hill, Rensselaer Louis Rachovsky, Remington Lowell F. Hensler, Remington Arthur H. Fletcher, Rensselaer August Olsen, Rensselaer (Lansing, Illinois) Harley B. Miller, Medaryville Lewis DeFilippi, Fair Oaks (Gary) Edmund H. Miller, Wheatfield (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) William A. Custard, Wheatfield (Warren, Indiana) Edwin P. Boxberger, Collegeville (Fort Wayne) Ralph D. Wooden, Remington Jesse Johnson, Newland (Gary) Paul W. Halleck, Demotte Robert E. Meehan, Remington Ray Hopkins, Rensselaer Oscar J. Turner, Wheatfield Albert E. Kerns, Fair Oaks Harvey E. Roadifer, Remington (Chicago) Walter Conn, Rensselaer ALTERNATES MeMn H. Burns, Fair Oakg Alonzo D. Norris, Medaryville Bernard J. Nagel, Rensselaer Leßoy Zellers, Fair Oaks Walker L. Snodgrass, Rensselaer Clifford C. Hamilton, Wheatfield The list of twenty men Who are to leave for Camp Taylor next Tuesday had not been completed up to the hour of going to

WORKING ON NEW ADDITION

To Iroquois Roller Mills, and Same to Be Completed by July 1. Ralph Sprague has finally decided to build a two-story and ba.sement addition to the Iroquois Roller Mill and excavation for the latter has been practically completed. The work is to be pushed as rapidly as possible and it is expected to have same completed by July 1, thus enabling the mill to handle a greater amount of the new crop of wheat than it could otherwise do. Some new machinery wilh also b» installed and the capacity of the mill will be nearly doubled. The second car load of flour from this mill sold to the government was shipped yesterday. It goes to New York city for export to the American forces in France, it is presumed. •

SILO MEETING IN CARPENTER

A silo meeting will be held in the Taylor school in Carpenter township next Friday evening, May according to plans made by Chas. Welch, Carpenter township chairman of the silo drive. A number of leading silo men have been engaged to assist in the discussion. Mr. Welch has been quite active in boosting the silo and invited every one to attend this meeting.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns —Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. SECOND TORNADO IN TEN DAYS Wind Visits lowa District Twice Jn Less than a Fortnight. Davenport, lowa, May 19.—Two persons were killed and two injured, one seriously, tonight in the second tornhdo within, ten days to strike the farming district five miles north of here. The tornado uprooted a large tree and hurled it across an automobile killing Bernard M. Hofer, manager of a biscuit company’s branch here, and his son Roy, and injury to Mrs. Hofer and her eight-year-old daughter Vivian. The mother was z hurt internally.

HAVE CONVOYED 7,700 SHIPS

American Destroyers Have Dome Great Work, Says Sec. Daniels. Philadelphia, May 18.—American destroyers in European waters have traveled over a million miles, fought eighty-seven combats with submarines, and safely convoyed 7,700 vessels overseas since the war started, Secretary of the Navy Daniels told 200 diners at the closing banquet of the League to Enforce Peace convention. The speaker predicted that never again would American soldiers or commerce have to be carried in foreign bottoms, and declared shipbuilding will be the nation’s greatest industry in the future.

FREE CITY DELIVERY SEPT. 1

Service) Will Start With Two Carand One Substitute. Postmaster' Littlefield has received notice that free mail delivery will be established in Rensselaer on September 1 and that we will have two carriers and one substitute carrier, an examination for which will be held later. Free mail delivery has its advantages and disadvantages, but for towns the size of Rensselaer The Democrat does not believe it is worth what it will cost. Of course, it will mean two more on the government payroll permanently and will be of some benefit, perhaps, to a few people living in the outskirts of the city, but to the business interests of the town it will be of no benefit whatever, that we can see, and will cost quite a little more than the present system, beca/use of the fact that all letters to be delivered to city addresses must bear a three cent starry? where can be mailed for two cents. The downtown business men at least will prefer to retain their post office boxes and get their mail more frequently than they can under the free delivery. However, there are many people who wanted free delivery without stopping to consider the disadvantages, and they will no doubt be delighted to have the system established while the rest of ons poor mortals will have to grin and bear it.

CHICKEN SUPPER AT NORTH STAR

The Ladies’ Aid ill give a chicken supper at No. 1 school house, Jackson township, Newton county, on Saturday evening, May 25, 1918. After the supper County Agent Davis will give an illustrated lecture on “Poultry” and “Swat the Fly.”

LIVE STOCK TOUR

The farmers of Jackson township, Newton county, will make a tour of the county, under the direction of County Agent Davis, visiting the various herds. They start on Saturday at 10 a. m. from Mt. Ayr, dine in Chamberlain’s grove and end up at North Star.

Don’t forget The Democrats fancy stationery ahd office supply department when In need of correspondence cards, stationery, typewriter ribbons and papers, the better grade of lead pencils, Ink erasers, etc., etc. _

A HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT

Proved Beneficial to Crops and Outlook Was Never Better. I)oth Saturday and Sunday were quite showery in the vicinity of Rensselaer, but we did not get any rain here to speak of until Sunday night, wh)en a splendid gentle rain fell, continuing for several hours. This latter rain was quite general and was accompanied by quite a bit of lightning, more so over west than here. A barn and some out buildings are reported to have been struck by lightning and burned in Foresman during the storm. The rain was very heavy over in about Kentland and Goodland an 1 was apparently heavier all around us than it was here. At Monon, Francesville and Medaryville a very heavy rain fell Saturday afternoon. A heavy rain was ftlso Feported in the north pari of the county and quite a bit of rain fell in Jordan tonship, but neither here nor at Remington did enough rain fall Saturday to lay the dust. The river rose about two feet Monday, which would Indicate that the section of country north of us got a much heavier rain Sunday night than we did here.

LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS

Edward Peregrine Writes from Battle Front in France. Somewhere in France,At the Front, April 23, 1918. Editor Democrat: I will try and write a few lines to you and friends of long ago, at least that is the way it seems. 1 at one time was a member of Co. M of Rensselaer, but was transferred to the Ist Ind. F. A., which now is on the firing line in France. It was a wonderful trip to a camp in New York. We rode in Pullman cars that made the trio very comfortable, but our journey across the blue pond was almost indescribable.

Well, the first two days out things went well; then for two or three days you can imagine-I—sea-sickness with about 0,000 troops, and the ship’s crew of about 700, including 200 or 300 negrops. During that time of seasickness if “President Lincoln’' would have gone to the bottom no one would have objected. Bunt after that all went well, with exception of the lack of space. We were well fed on the ship. We were on board ship seventeen days. Our transportation “over here" was in horse cars with thirty-t”o soldiers to each car. We went to camp and completed our training with the heavy six-inch guns, and we sure got our work-out. The gun squadron would go to the. range two days out of the week and fire. The drivers would go to the stables, feed and groom horses, assisted by the cannoneers when not firing. We were rushed to the front in horse cars to a certain station in France, unloaded our equipment, marched to the town where we were billeted. After a few days’ rest we received orders to take mip our position on the front. Infantry marched company after company to their positions in the front line trenches. Artillery, battery after battery, regiment after regiment, marched to their positions back of the third .line trenches. Though the streams of infantry, artillery, truck and motorcycles were not able to raise dust, for the roads were kept wet with rain. France has good roads and the rain does not hurt them to a very great extent, Biuit believe me, when we get off of the road 0 we have plenty of mud to wade. One of our guns slid off the grade one evening and it took six teams c thirty-tw'P cannoneers to get it out of the ditch.

Believe me, the fellow that named France “Sunny France’’ sure was full of cognac and arrived here when the sun was shining and left shortly after his arrival. For every day the sun shines, it rains four days in return. It is rainin* here tonight and ! am in my "pup tent’’ writing this letter. I was relieved from the front last Saturday, I mean from the gun positions, though we are not out of range of the enemy’s large guns, but we are fn a hidden place. T have been under shell fire and now I am telling you that it is no pleasant place to be. If you could only imaging the sound those dreadful shells make. At first the report of the gun, then the faint whistle of the shell which grows louder and louder and seems to say. “I’ll get you—l’ll get yoi,” and for a while I thought they would. But I guess this out-door life is alright, for most of the boys over here are well and seem to enjoy it, regardless of the hardships we have. I get The Democrat quite often and it keeps me in touch with the folks of Jasper county and near-by

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FRENCH ADVANCE IN DARING ONSLAUGHT

Enemy Compelled to Give Ground In 4000 Yard Front at Loen. ALLIES HAMMER GERMANS Cloud Battles Feature Sector Occupied by Americans, Who Ix>*e Noted “Ace” in Encounter Above Toul. With the British Army in France, May 20. —The French troops who are fighting alongside the British, have carried out another of their whirlwind attacks to a successful conclusion in the Flanders battlefield and have thereby advanced their line along a four thousand yard front in the Locre sector. Several hundred German prisoners have thus far been brought In. The prisoners have been sent on the happy road to the French rear.

The allied armies are not permitting the Germans to “get set’’ for a serious blow at the western front. (Here and there along the line there have been sudden blows at the German positions and in all of them ground has been captured by the allies. French Hit Third Line. Far to the south, near Rhelms, the French have advanced into the enemy’s positions as far as tha third line of trenches. The Australians on the front before Amiens haye been active and have improved their positions. Heavy artillery firing is reported from several points along the front, it being especially severe near Hangard and south of the Avre near Amadeus. The Germans also report heavy cannonading in the region of Kemmel. The American sectors have been the scenes of fierce aerial battles. The Americans suffered a severe loss when Raoul Lufberry, of Wall-

ingford, Connecticut, one of their most famous air fighters, went to his death In a thrilling encounter above the city of Toul. The Germans have lost several machines, one of which is believed to be the one that accounted for Lufberry. Italian Zone Active. In the Italian theatre of war the fighting in the mountains east of the Brenta river 'continues, reports telling of struggles on the slopes of the mountains. The French troops in Macedonia have taken the offensive near Lake Ochnida and have advanced to a depth of more than twelvfe miles at some points. The object of this operation appears to be the straightening of an awkward salient in the line. The unrest which has been reported from time to time from Austria, in spite of the efforts of the censor, has again boiled up in Prague, where crowds of Czechs and Slavs 'have cheered for President Wilsou and Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyd George. New German Army. A new 'German army, led by General von Beulow, is reported- to have been definitely located in front ,of Arras. This army is said to be made up of units which were not thrown into the great battles on the Somme and along the Lys, and it is believed that it has been brought up to the Arras front to lead the coming attack on the allied positions at that point. The

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REGULAR D. A. R. MEETING MAY 21

The Daughters of the American Revolution will meet with Mrs. A. R. Hopkins Friday afternoon, MayZ 24, for the regular May musicale. America .:. .. .Daughters Piano solo . Mrs. Sage Vocal solo .Mrs. Randle Piano —Misses Parkinson, Carr and Rains Vocal solo Mrs. Allman Reading .... Miss Helen Parkinson Vocal solo Mrs. English. Piano solo ... .-Miss Sarah Hopkins Vocal solo ...Mrs. A. R. IHopkins Paper—Patriotic Airs. Miss Daugherty Star Spangled Banner... Daughters