Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1918 — Page 1

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PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL

At the regular meeting of the city council Monday flight very little business was transacted other than the allowance of the regular grist of claims. Ordinance No. 187, requiring property owners to cut the sod along the edges of sidewalks was passed unanimously. As finally fixed the space is to be four inches wide and two inches deep. This will permit the water to run off and will be of great benefit where the walks are low. The petition of Philip Blue et al for a sewer on IHarrison street tfras ordered placed on file and the city' engineer was instructed to make an investigation of the sewer between M eston street tend McKinley avenue. The mayor was authorized to sign contract with E. L. Hollingsworth for the lease of lots 14 and 15 in block 22, adjacent to the Monon tracks, for use by the city for the storage of coal. The annual rental is to be S4O with option to purchase.

JASPER COUNTY HEADS LIST

Of Indiana Counties In Third Liberty Loan In Percentage. Jasper county has nosed its only competitor, Dearborn county, to one side in Che (percentage of Third Liberty loan bonds taken, and in the final roundup heads the list, its percentage being 271.71 to Dearborn’s 269.70 per cent. This is something to be proud of indeed. For the little and purely agricultural county of Jasper to pass all other of the ninety-two counties of the state ih this, drive is indeed a great accomplishn/ent and reflects much credit on the people who had charge of A!he drive. There was a total of 1,329 men and 745 women subscribers in this county, which means an average of one subscriber to about each six people in the county. The subacriptions by the men totalled $346,500 and that of the women $96,400, to which add $27,800 subscribed by non-residents, makes a grand total of $470,700. Jasper county’s minimum allotment was $170,000, whit i was exceeded by $300,700.

MORE MEN LEAVE FOR CAMP TAYLOR

Twenty more Jasper county men left yesterday forenoon for Camp Taylor, Kentucky, and a large number of friends and relatives and citizens in general went to the Monon station to see the boys off. In addition to the twenty young men whose names were published in Saturday’s Democrat, were the following Who had registered in other counties or states but had received transfers permitting them to " go with the Jasper county boys. The names of these were Lowell Rich of Goodland, Russell Geib of Remington, Don Ensley and Martin Hoffman of Medaryville. The boys were in charge of Captain Moore, who was sent here from Louisville, under the new arrangement, instead of being in charge of one of their own number, as heretofore.

MAKE JASPER COUNTY 100 PCT.

Did you register, Jasper county woman? Or were you away when the registrar called- —perhaps out of town visiting? Don’t let your name be missing on this roll of Jasper county women. Come to the Red Cross headquarters in Rensselaer this week' and attend to this important duty. The cards are being counted and summarized and the reports must go to Indianapolis soon, but you will not be too late if you act promptly. Jasper county’s registration of women must be as complete as we can possibly make it. Don’t be the one to lower our hoped-for record. MRS. ORA T. ROSS, Chairman of Registration.

ATTENTION, LIBERTY GUARD

All members of the 19 th and 88th companies Indiana Liberty Guard are requested to assemble at the drill hall at 1 o’clock p. m.. May 30, for the purpose of participating in the Memorial parade. MOSES LEOPOLD, C .mmanding Officer.

STORES TO CLOSE TOMORROW

The stores in Rensselaer will close tomorrow from 1:30 to 4 p. -m., on account of the Decoration day exercises. —RENSELAER MERCHANTS” ASSOCIATION.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

bitirastineParaeraphs Fromthi Various Dipirtmints DF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Attorney A. D. Babcock was ovet from Goodland yesterday. A. D. has two sons who have already enlisted in the U. S. army, and his only remaining son will soon be in. Judge €. W.' Hanley was called to Chicago Monday morning to be present at an operation which liis brother, Frank (Hanley, underwent that morning. Mr. Hanley had been in quite poor health for some time. John O’Connor was in* Rensselaer a while Saturday on his way to his home at Kniman from Brook, where he had been looking after a large farm, of which he has the management. He stated that they had a •very heavy rain- near Brook Friday. Marriage licenses issued: May 25, Elijah A. Cunningham of Parr, aged 23 July 18 last, farmer, and Beatrice Piatt of Fair Oaks, aged 16 November 15 last, housekeeper. First marriage for each. Female being under age her father, William J. Piatt, gave consent to issuance of license. May 28, Harry iH. Howell of Chicago, aged 4 6 April 8 last, musician, and Nan Florence Clark of Remington, aged 24 January *3O last, musician. Second marriage for male, first marriage dissolved by divorce in January, 1918. First marriage for female.

CITY PAYS MORE FOR ITS COAL

City Light and Water Superintend dent Chamberlain received notice a few days ago of another hold-up of 5 cents per ton, or $2.50 per car, on coal used by the city, “under authority of the United States Fuel Administration publications 2(1, dated March 20, 1918, and No. 4-D-3, dated May 1, 1918,” the coal company from whom the city buys its coal announces. This company used to be producers, but under the government regulation allowing agents 15 cents per ton commission, it ber came an “agent” some months ago and boosted the price 15 cents per ton over the mine prices .it had been charging the city. This latter “regulation” makes 20 cents I>er ton more that the city is paying than it had been paying before

we got so much government regulation. Apparently what we need is some way of regulating the regulators. Mine run coal now costs the city $2.60 per ton at the mines, and with $1.07 freight and 3 cents per ton war tax makes it $3.70 laid down on car at Rensselaer.Later,—Fuel Administrator Garfield has just fixed the price of all bituminous coal at the mines at 10 cents per ton less than the above figures, effective May 25, and all coal leaving the mines after 7 o’clock last Saturday morning will be at the new price. Now if the fuel administrator will eliminate the “straw agents” it will mean another reduction that will help some. But right on top of this news comes the statement of an increase of 40 cents per ton in freight rates on coal to Rensselaer, so that it seems the consumer is bound to get it in the neck despite this brief ray of hope.

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

'Mrs. R. A. Thompson was able to return to her home at Roselawn Saturday. Leslie Hagin returned to his home at Remington Saturday. Alva McCurtain of Parr was brought to the hospital Saturday night and operated on Sunday morning, for appendicitis. For a time he was in quite a serious condition, but at this writing he is slowly improving.

NOTICE TO ODD FELLOWS. All members of Iroquois lodge, No. 143, I. O. O. F., and sojourning brothers, are requested to meet at lodge hall at 1 p. m., Thursday, May 30, to take part in the Memorial day program and march to the cemetery.—C. E. SIMPSON, Secretary.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY. MAY *3. 1913

CITIZENS MEETING THURSDAY

Thanksgiving and Prayer Service at Christian Church at 8 p. m. Pursuant to the proclamation of the President of the United States, asking that all peoples of this country observe some part of the day of May 30 in prayer, and thanksgiving to Almighty . God for his help in the crisis of the hour, the committee in charge in this vicinity are asking that all our people congregate at the Christian church at 8 p. m., Thursday, May 30, and observe this proclamation in an appropriate manner. The following program will be rendered: ' Organ overture. Song, congregation. Invocation. Objects and purposes of proclamation, by Chairman. Song. Jasper county’s war service (past and present), Mrs. C. G. Spitler. Address, George A. Williams. Song. Responses by congregation. Prayer. Song. Benediction. ' 1 I

ALBERT J. BELLOWS IS DEAD

Old Citizen of Jasper County Passed Away Monday. Albert J. Bellows, an old and respected citizen, who had been in poor health for some time and for the past week had been in a very critical condition, died at his hoiw on north Cullen street Monday rnorE ing at 10 o’clock, aged seventy-fouW years, six 'months and twenty-six days. Mr. Bellows was born io. New Hampshire, and was the last survivor of a family of ten children. He came to Kankakee county, Illinois, in 1 857. He was married September 21, 1876, to Miss Jeannette Dunbar, who, with two children, Edward Bellows of Remington aqd Mrs. Charles Murphey of this city, survive him. He was a veteran of the civil w T ar, serving in <po. K, 4th Illinois Cavalry, and was a charter member of Remington Post G. A. R., organized in September, 1886. He was also one of the organizors of the old Remington Fair association organized in 3 875, also served as township trustee of Carpenter township.

For many years Mr. Bellows resided upon a farm southwest of Remington, but twelve years ago he moved to Rensselaer, w r hich kad since been his home. During his residence there he was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church and burial will be made there this afternoon. The funeral will be held here at the Presbyterian church at 3 p. m., and there will also be a short service at the cemetery at Remington at about 5 p. m.

LIVESTOCK BREEDERS MEET

“Individuality, breeding and feed are all essential to progress in the pure-bred cattle business,’’ declared Prof. H. E. Allen of Purdue at the meeting of the Jasper County Livestock Breeders’ association meeting last Saturday. Prof. Allen traced the development of the present breeds from the old original foundation stock and showed how the progress had been made, giving the history of the principal breeds and the characteristics most desired in each. (He cited the records of the showings to prove that individuality alone cannot be deI>ended upon to give improvement as several winning individuals have made no impressions on their breeds. He urged more liberal feeding of pure-bred stock and congratulated the breeders on the results they are accomplishing. Walter B. Krueck fitted a Shortborn heifer for show, polishing the horns, clipping the legs and tail and curling the hair, and improving tbe appearance with very little effort. President Fred Phillips presided at a business meeting at which it was decided to hold the annual show October 10, 11 and 12. Plans were made for enlarging the existing departments and creating a few new r ones. The secretary’s report showed the affairs of the organization to be in good condition.

WE TOP THE MARKET.

May 28—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 29c, hens 20c, and old roosters 12c. —C. E. PRIOR, Prop.-

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Tilitnpfaic Rtyirts FmsMiij Parts if thiCMitry. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby CM»» Towns—Matten of Miner Mention From Many Place*. PROHIBITION LEADER IS READ Isaac S. Wade of LaJayelie. who had been a candidate lor office several times on the Prohibition ticket in this district and slate. 4-i-ed as his home Sunday night from neaiit trouble, aged seventy-one years. liis survived by a wife, two sons am 4 two daughters. He was a veteraai of the civil war; was horn pt Zanesville, 0., but came with it--parents to Indiana and eetikd at Pine Village in 1861.

BRITISH TROOP SHIP IS SUNR

The British troop ship Moldavia w T as torpedoed and sunk Last Thursday morning in the British c-taae-nel and fifty three American diers who were among those «oi board lost their lives. being khieh by the explosion of the torpedo, it is tlumght, rather than by drowning, ai the convoying shije {uct-efl ■up practically all of the men vh-:< were not killed when the t»rj»e<d<struck the boat. There were mmIndiana men in the list of mweJng. who were members of the 58th U. S. Infantry, 4th Division.

MEXICO RECALLS CUBAN AGENT

Mexico Las recalled its to Cuba and severed diplomatic illations with that •repofetic- It generally believed that this arti'® is indirectly a slap at the Vsited States and old Carranza will yes have to have his bunch of allaifa bulled by Uncle Sam before :.e *a3i be good. There has been a gr- a! deal of German propaganda in Mexico, it is reported, and the fact that very few, if any, of lb- National Guard units, which sax vice on the Mexican border !**• years ago have been sent overseas is believed to he d,ue to the fear of impending trouble with Mexicn.

MORE AUTOMOBILE SMASHUPS

Sunday was a beautiful day ai; : everyone possessing an autaanofealk- j was out burning up gasoline. A*! a consequence there were a few accidents, of course, but none f a very fatal character so far as learned. Jefferson Smith of Newton township run his Ford into a tree the corner by J. J- Eigelsba:ij“s residence and smashed the front u.. quite badly, so much so that a new radiator and axle' and porr.bly i) new engine, • etc., will he requii'ed •to repair the damage. Th* aceadent is said to have been caused is his turning the corner, in that fee did not straighten the car up aJner making the turn, but kept turning; right around until stopjx-d by thetree. Mr. Smith suffered a fractured rib and severe concuss*®® »*« the chest, hile Mr*. Smith war badly bruised on each of her kn-e>-and is unable to sit up. The steering gear sticking on ifec-jj Ford car of William Dunlap, whx* was being driven by his son ftalj*! ; is said to have been the cause of-J the car running into the ditch near St. Joseph college Sunday eveningMiss Utica Crowder of southeast of town was in the car with ium at the time and she was hurt somewhat, a gash being cut in her hip. | while young Dunlap was quite badly > shaken up and bruised, his left ieg, which was broken last JaE while playing football, was agatr | fractured. The car had one wheel broken, axle bent, etc. About 10 o’clock Monday forenoon two Maxwell can ewe t»-j gether at the southeast come- of; the public square. Both were going south and the car ahead, driven by Esta Holmes, pulled out to tfee west to make the turn off the corner to go east, when the car f siloing, driven by Charles Jensen of Wbeatfield, crashed into the Holmes car, giving it a pretty hard 1-low and bending down the fenders and foot-board, also doing some other minor damage. The oocapawts *f neither car were injured in the collision. _ 'i J

TOMORROW IS MEMORIAL DAY

at the Cemetery Will Be Made bjr Bon. E. P. Honan. The annual Decoration day exrnijes will be held tomorrow. May and the address at the cemetery wJI be made by Hon. E. P. Honan .of tit.. 3 city at 1 p. m. The busiseess he-unas for most part will be -L.'sed daring the afternoon. The fraternal orders and associal&ms, several Sunday schools, the liberty- Guards and Boy Scouts are invited to attend in a body and to to the officer of the day at si-et ee-ort house at 1:30 p. m. All edit soldiers and wives not to march will be taken to the '‘eatetery in automobiles. The- general public is invited. D. H. YEOMAN, M. W. WOOD. Commander. Adjutant.

LATE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

May 22. to Mr. and Mrs. Louis MoxumUer of Rensselaer, a daughter. : May 24. to Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Morgan, a sou. May 2d, to Mr. and Mrs. William Jordan of Barkley township, a ■Saa.ga.ter.

LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS

tiund W. Leal bemoan Writes Front France. I)avi d Leatherman of Rensselaer received another letter Saturday Jirwair Ms son. Corp. Carroll W. LcaEikerman, who has now been in France- for -several weeks and has written home three times since his arrival there. His letter follows: Somewhere in France. April 28, 1918. B>eir Father: Skadar ere. *>:©© P- m. Supper (? «»« ia timp so I will write you 'cw tines. Have been mowing anMßß.it ev»*r since I wrote the last sjibc.. I rode in a box car for a day aad Mshc tast week. Arrived in tfrife Wasp- yesterday morning. This « the best place I have found in Framce. it is a cahtonment. IHave fair i; Barters and plenty of eats. Rads ts the main thing in the army, life can lay down and sleep anywhere if we get plenty to eat. I don't know what we are going here. We were sent here as dnecke«. clerks and truck drivers. Think that will be good work, and beisere f will like it. I under--r.iis.ti that none of us will stay and some will be sent to an-tMh-rv city. So l don't know which -fla.* I will be yet. but think it jrsil fee permanent for a while at lea.fr. There are about eighty-five *tf at*. I haven't drilled but about wee% since { have been in France. The weather has been very promising the Last few days, but it had to rain today. It rained pretty hard for a short time but didn't last tear.

I attended services at the Y. M. C a. this morning the first time I lav* had a chance to do so since I Mt She U S. There will be an T other - service tonight. You can t assagine hew much the Y. M. C. A. s aie appreciated by the soldiers. Moit of their spare time you will had trfeem at the “Y >T reading, writor playing games, and if there if anything going on, such as 'Hiovpictures or entertainment, the nam is crowded. It is practically the on.LT place of amusement that they have. The people back there tausjnot give too much praise to the wad secretaries of the Y. M. C- A. for the great work they doing among the A. E. F. from the base camps to the front line trenches. No matter where the troops go there is always a Y. M r. a worker following them and there is an old building rented or a teat erected for their welfare. Wdl. I have written about all Shat I can for this time except that I an* fine and dandy. So don't worry about me. As ever, Your loving son, CPL. C. W. LEA THERMAL*. :a, P. V. Til. A. E. F., France. p_ §_This address is indefinite; i wiffl write again in a few days.

Another Letter From Lieutenant George Reddick.

Ig George Reddick of Winamac, a so® of former County Superintendent Reiidick of Pulaski county, v: another interesting letteT to the Pulaski County Democrat which w e cop y heTo w: April 21, 1918. At tie time of writing my last letter I was in a French village resting and trying to parley-voo with the natives. Like a thunder-bolt out of a | '-Dear sky came the order to “stand toThat means for all officers to innf® irithln distance, and for the men of the ranks to be in fiout of the billets with light iHfnipCEent on. Then came the order; “Be prepared to move on onefealf hoar’s notice.” Business comTwrrif then, with the work of paek;r *veryrhinz with which a thousand men were concerned* In my d* cart meat came the job of sorting what to take and what to leave behind. . Then earner “Your battalion

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Vol. XXI, No. 17

ENEMY RESUMES BIG DRIVE IN TWO SECTORS

Expected Blow Struck Between Rheims-Soissoos and In Flanders. AMERICANS IN BOTH BATTLES French Army Offers Stubborn Bo* si stance and Attack in Flanders Indicates Attempt to Reach Hill I“osit ions West of Kemmel and Pinch British —Germans Gain Virtually Nothing. Germany’s great offensive on the western front has been resumed. With only brief artillery preparations, two blows have been struck by the Teuton armies, which have beeu held up since disastrous blows were inflicted on them by the French and British during the Pio* ardy and Flanders battles in March and April. Oue attack was on the line from Voormezeele to Loore, southwest of Ypree; the other of thirty-five mile front from Plnou, north of Soissons, to Rhelnis. This is known as the Aisne sector. In Flanders the Germans have gained virtually nothing, but further south the official Berlin statement claims that the German crown pence's troops have carried the whole ridgy, of the Cheunin, Dee Dames and now are fighting on the Aisne river.

The attack' in Flanders Is against German- positions taken p>y the French May 20, when they recaptured Bruillose and Docre and strengthened their line on each side of Hill 44, which they had retaken a few days before. Recalls Old Battle. On the Aisne front Mho present buttle recalls the fearful fighting of last summer along the Ohemln Des Dames, where for weeks the German crown prince hurled his men against the French positions only to see them crushed and beaten. Last year seventy-five divisions were engaged in the German attacks along this line alone. The attack here is really in the nature of a line straightening operation. It is being launched from Laon as a center and la aimed at the elbow in the line formed during the fighting in Picardy in March and April. Here, however, the Germans must face permanent works which have been occupied by the French for long periods and which can be defended quite easily. Allies Forewarned.

Evidence that the allied supreme command was forewarned of the new German attack may be found in the fact that British troops are fighting there. Up to the .present it had been believed that the British forces did not hold positions much south of the Somme, east of Amiena. The German crown prince is in command in this district and this may indicate a serious effort to break the allied line. Crown Prine Ruppreeht of Bavaria is the nominal commander in Artois and Picardy, and the German crown prince, for dynastic reasons, will strive to outdo whatever success was attained by his colleague further north. It is probable that American troops are engaged in the fighting in both the battles on the French front. It Is known that American troops are close behind the allied lines in Flanders, while some time ago it was reported that they were near Rheims. The late official reports note severe fighting in various sectors, among them the Apremont forest, where Americans are known to be holding positions at the present time. The reports say that the Germans were repulsed in all these attacks. Yanks Drive Out Foe. It is officially reported from Washington that American positions in the Picardy sector, near Cantigny and Mont Didier, have been subjected to attack and that at places the Germans penetrated them. The enemy, however, was driven out by the Americans. If you want a good typerwiter at a bargain price, see those at The Democrat office.