Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — Page 8

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WILL RECLASSIFY DRAFT MEN

Indiana Is Below U. S. Average In Men Available for Service. Indianpolis, June 13. —By direction of the provost marshal-general at Washington, Major Robert C. Baltzell, state conscription agent, Las sent an order to local boards for yw-eva mi nation and re-classiflcation *of men places in deferred classes in order to increase the number in the first class under the-first registration to 28.7 per cent of the total registration. The average number placed in the first class by Indiana local boards was 23 per cent., while for the country as a whole the number placed in the first class was 28.7 per cent. The order is designed to bring the first class in Indiana up to the nationaj average or standard. Major Baltzell has found that some of the local boards placed only 10 per cent, of the registrants in the first class. This resulted in placing an unequal burden on districts where the number in the first class was higher. In a letter to the local boards Major Baltzell gives them credit for conscientious work, but says conditions have changed to such an extent that “an entirely new classification is necessary at this time.” More men for class 1 will Jie obtained by a re-examination of the following classes: Class 2 —(A) Married man with children or father of motherless children, where such wife or children or such motherless children are not mainly dependent upon his labor for support for the reason that there are other reasonably certain sources of adequate support (excluding earnings or possible earnings from the labor of the wife), available, andthat the removal of the registrant will not deprive such dependents of support. Class 2—(B) Married man, without children, whose wife, although the registrant is engaged in a useful occupation, is not mainly dependent upon his labor for support. for the reason that the wife is skilled in some special clasp of work which she is physically able to perform, and in which she is employed, or in which there is an immediate opening for her under conditions that will enable her ■to support herself decently and without suffering or hardship. Class 3 (A) Man with dependent children (not his own), but toward whom he stands in relation of parent.

- Class 3—<Bl Man with dependent aged or infirm parent. Class 3—(C) Man with dependent helpless brothers and sisters; Class 4 —(A) Man whose wife or children are mainly dependent upon his labor for support. In filling "special induction calls Indiana stands high, according to a telegram sent out to all state conscription agents by Provost MarshalGeneral Crowder, as follows: Investigation made by this office disclose the the dailytelegraphic reports’ of induction to this office are not complete or up to • date. Some states are very near perfection, notably' Itidiana and Pennsylvania, but many states are not promptly fuirnishing satisfactory reports.

OBJECTORS GET HEAVY TERMS

Forty-Five Sentenced in Texas, Some to Twenty-Five Years. San Antonio, Texas, June 13. — Forty-five drafted men, tried by general court-martial here for refusing to wear the uniform of the army because they said they were “conscientious objectors” were Sentenced to life imprisonment, it was announced here today. Their commanding officer in each instance reduced the sentence to twenty-five years.

The men are nearly all from Oklahoma and members of the Mennonite faith. Some of the Mennonites have refused to bear arms, * but donned the uniform and accepted work in noncombatant units. The men who were tried refused to put on the uniform and refused to ■work in any capacity connected •with the army. The trials were held Friday and Saturday and no evidence was offered by the defense beyond the statement that the men were of a faith objecting to physical force. None of the defendants offered any explanation of their failure to obey the command to put on uniforms. Brigadier-General J. P. O’Neil ■designated Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, prison as the placp of confinement. The men will be sent to prison immediately.

REACHES HOME FROM GERMANY

After Being in That Country for Fourteen Years. Mr. and Mrs. David Smalley of Sheldon, Illinois, have received a letter from their son. Dr. Claude E. Smalley, D. D. S., who has been in Germany since 1904, saying that he will be home on June 13, Grandfather Smalley’s eighty-first birthday. Dr. Smalley had not been heard from since November, 1915. His parents had decided that he was either in prison or had been drafted into the German army. He had never been made a German citizen, although he had married into a German family. In January Mt. and Mrs. David Smalley received a letter from a dentist in

Sweden, who wrote that- he had seen Dr. Smalley in Copenhagen and that he had asked him to write to his parents that he was coming home soon. As nothing more was heard for six months his father and mother had decided that the letter was a forgery, until Dr. Smalley himself wrote from New York City. Dr. Smalley is a brother to W. C. Smalley of Remington and an uncle of Mrs. Max Broadie and Miss Ethel Smalley of Fowler.—Benton Review.

vLircles Church of God. S. J. Lindsay will conduct the usual services at the church Saturday evening and all day Sunday. Methodist. Rev. E. W. Strecker, Pastor. — 9:30 a. m., Sunday school. 10:45 a. m., morning worship and sermon; pastor's theme, “Our Ultimate Goal.” 7 p. m., Epworth League, topic, “Jealousy the Handicap of Team Work;” leader, Bernice Carson; -8 p. m., Children’s Day exercises, by the Sunday School.

Presbyterian. ’ Rev. J. Budmah Fleming, Minister. 10:45 a. m., morning worship and sermon, subject, “The Better Blessing.” 8 p. m., .evening worship and sermon, subject, “Test of Loyalty.” “In the Freedom of the Truth, And the Spirit of Jesus, We unite for the worship of God And the Service of Man.’’

Baptist. Rev. D. C. Hill, Pastor.—9:3o a. m., Sunday school. 10:45 a. m., morning worship and preaching. Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. Services at Parr. 10:30 a. m., Sunday school. 2 p. m., dedication of Union township Service Flag in the grove. 8 p. m., Christian Endeavor. "8:30 p. <m., special patriotic service. Rev. H. F. Krqhn of the Lutheran church will speak on “The Relief of War Sufferers.’’ Rev. C. E. Downey of the Fair Oaks Methodist church will speak on “The Ideals for ‘Which America Fights.” The program will also include some songs and recitations by the members of the churches at Fair Oaks.

McCULLOUGH-JORDAN.

A very pretty home wedding took place on Thursday evening, June 6, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. McCullough when their only daughter, Anna Frances, was united in miirriage with Orville P. Jordan of Remington, in the presence of about twenty-five immediate relatives. Rev, Hubert, pastor of the Christian church at Boswell, performed the ceremony, which was rendered doubly impressive by the use of the ring ceremony. Miss McCullough was a beautiful bride in a dainty dress of white taffeta. She carried a bride’s bouquet of blush roses, and was unattended. The groom wore the conventional black. The wedding march was played by Miss Zoe Jordan, sister of the groom. After congratulations had been given light were served.

Mrs. Jordan is well known to Benton, county people, having lived in the Bethany neighborhood all her life. She is a graduate of the Gilboa high school and is one of our most popular young ladies. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jordan. and is well known around Remington where he is employed by the Auto Sales Co. Mr. and Mrs. Jopdan took a short wedding journey to Thorntown and vicinity where they will visit relatives of Mr. Jordan. They will be at home to their friends at Kennington after July I.—Benton Review-.

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GETS THE CROIX DE GUERRE

Captain Warner W. Carr, 9th U. S. Infantry, A. E. F., now stationed somewhere in France, was recently decorated with tne French war medal Croix de Guerre for c r rspicuous bravery. . One of his outposts was shot down and Capt. Carr went out into No Man's Land under heavy fire and brought the trooper to the first aid station. Capt. Carr escaped injury. Capt. Carr is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Carr, who now reside on a .farm in the vicinity of Chalmers. For many years Mr. Carr was engaged in the newspaper business at Oxford and Fowler and it was while assisting his father in the publication of the Fowler Leader that Warner Carr received his appointment to West Point. 'He graduated in 1915 and was assigned to duty in Die southwest during the Mexican trouble. He w’as with the first troops to go abroad and has seen much active service at the front.—Lafayette Journal. ——-

Obituary

Dean Vance Harrington. Dean Vance Harrington, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Harrington of Union township, ' was born at the home of his grandparents in Virgie November 3, 1914, and died at the Jasper county hospital in Rensselaer June 11, 1918, aged three years, seven months and eight days. The funeral was 'held Thursday afternoon at the Christian church at Fair Oaks at 2:30 o’clock and burial made in the Fair Oaks cemetery. Dean was a remarkably bright child and was idolized by all who knew him. He bore his long sickness with remarkable patience and fortitude. While everything was done that love and money could do to soothe the ills of life, it proved unavailing and his brave, lovely and patient spirit was compelled to vacate its tenement of clay for “a house not made with hands.” If, as Mrs. Stowe said, there is a special band of angels in heaven to be sent down to gladden us with their presence for a brief space of time, then to take their upward flight bearing our hearts with them, surely Deanie was one of them, and with complete Christian resignation and fortitude we will »say, “not farewell, but good-bye dearie, till we meet again in that land where death will be felt and feared no more.’’ xx

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ITEMS

AYR (From the Tribune) )ir. and Mrs. Menno Miller of ( Wheatfield were among us Thurs-' day. Mrs. Jennie Rauch of Peoria is here visiting the editor and wife. ( Mrs. Rauch is Mr. Lee’s aunt. Levi Stutzman and wife and Ben' Yoder and wife took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Miller. R. J. Yeoman and family attended a reunion of his mother’s people the Moore’s, at Indianapolis Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Donaldson and daughter Mary left Wednesday for a two weeks’ visit at Mr. Donaldson’s old home at Mayville, Ky. Mrs. Ella Carter accompanied her son Irving to Kentland Thursday. Irving was of this year’s graduation class from the eighth year of school. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Yeoman, daughter Edna, and son Joe and wife spent Sunday near Chalmers. The occasion was a reunion of Mrs. Yeoman’s people, the Chamberlain’s. Harry Spangler and family of Oxford ’ took dinner Sunday with Mrs. Spangler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dirst. Mrs. Mannie Rice and son also visited in the Dirst home Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. R. M.Frye of Silver Lake and Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Roberts of south of town visited George Hershman at Crown Point, enjoyed a fine fish dinner in East Chicago and spent the afternoon at the lake. • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eldridge and family of near Lee were here Friday. Their oldest son, Ezra, will leave in a few days for the army, and he came to bid his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jinkerson, good-bye.

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Miss Blanche Merry went to St. Charles, Illinois, Wednesday to be present at the functions of her sister, Jessie’s, closing ' week of school therh. Miss Jessie closed a very successful term of school as principal at St. Charles.

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PINE GROVE Sunday school at Independence at 3:30. Everybody welcome. , Mrs. Ida Vore spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Will Gratner. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Britt are the proud parents of a new son. Charley Torbet attended the picnic at Elza Gunyon’s near Rosebud Sunday. Mrs. Tom Stevens called on Mrs. Janves Torbet and daughter Creola Tuesday afternoon. Will Hayes and family attended the band concert at Rensselaer last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wells of Rensselaer spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. IHornickel and family of Roberts, Illinois, came via auto Saturday and visitpd until Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Torbet and family. The food demonstration held at the Blackford school house Friday afternoon was well attended. The next demonstration * will be on Thursday, July 14. Everybody come. Mrs. Horace Daniels and daughter Dora, Mrs. Omar Daniels and Mrs. James Torbet and daughter Creola attended the Barkley Ladies’ Aid at Mrs. Harry Arnold’s Wednesday afternoon. Several, of the young folks from this neighborhood attended the surprise on Ernest Garriott of near Aix Tuesday evening. Ernest leaves for Ft. Benjamin Harrison Saturday. We all wish him good luck.

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Miss Mathilda Bahler returned Sunday from a week at Lacross. ; Miss Irene Howard returned from a week’s visit at Bloomington Thurs-1 day. 1 Emmett Boatman of Logansport was a Remington caller Saturday afternoon. Miss Frances Shand went to .Chicago Wednesday morning to enter business college. Mrs. George Haag of Sheldon came Sunday for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Mell Julien. Phil Ochs of Chicago is visiting his parents this week. Phil expects to join the colors soon. Orville Julian and family of Sheldon spent Sunday here as guests of his brother, Mell, and family. “Peach” Balcom went to Gary Sunday, where he has employment in an electric light, and water plant. Miss Elsie Bickel, principal of the school at Woodland, Illinois, came home Saturday for her summer vacation. Mrs. J. D. Snyder and son Walter of Hutchinson, Kansas, are visiting at the home of her father, C. B. Johnston. Mrs. J. N. Bowman, Dr. Turley and wife ,and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sheetz spent Saturday and Sunday in Indianapolis. Mrs. I?, p. Roades and son Milton are spending the week with the former’s daughter,_Mrs. Bruce Wilson, of near Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. John Clauss left for Staten Island, New York, Sunday to visit their son,' Silas, who is soon to be sent to France. Mrs. Mary A. Baldwin left Wednesday morning for Muscatine, lowa,

REMINGTON (From the Press)

where she will make a visit with her sOn, daughter and friends. Born, this Thursday morning, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardner of near Goodland, a son. Mrs. Gardner wos formerly Miss Bess Guy of this place. Mrs. Col. Griffith and daughters, Mrs. Will Zea and Mrs. Ben May, spent from Friday till Monday in Chicago the guests of Charley Griffith and family. Mrs. H. V. Templeton of Morocco, and her daughter, Mrs. Fred Shafer, and son’ of Washington, D. C„ were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bartoo from Sunday till Wednesday. Forty-one government trucks passed through here Sunday morning, and another bunch on Tuesday, and still there are more to come. They sure do put the kibosh oh the roads. , „ ■ Miss Ethel Smalley has accepted a position with the Benton Reviefc and began her new work last week. Miss Smalley has recently taken a course in journalism at Indiana university and will make good in* whatever she undertakes. Fred Gay was in Chicago the first of last week with a carload of cattle. While there he visited with his brother James and family. Jim belongs to the reserve militia and expects to see duty on the Mexican border in the near future. Word was received Monday by Mrs. Ida Williams of the marriage of her son, Ben, to Miss Marie Holloway of Forrest, Illinois, on June 5, at the home of Miss Holloway’s uncle ini Des Moines, lowa, near Camp Funstan, where Ben has been located the past two months. Lawrence G. Eastes and Miss Olive E. Hearn of Detroit were married June 8 at the home of the bride, the Rev. Lloyd H’. Miller of! Woodward Avenue Christian church officiating. The young couple came Sunday for a short visit with the former's mother, Mrs. Ella Eastes, [ after which they will be at home, to their friends in Deroit. Rev. Father Baker had the misfortune to trip over a wire nearly two weeks ago and bruised his face very severely. This later developed into erysipelas and it was thought best to take him to St. Elizabeth’s hospital, which was done on Sunday last. At present the report is that he is getting along nicely. Marriage sometimes has its little embarrassments and unpleasant kiddings from one’s friends. Especially is this so in the case of “Pete” Jordan, who, in spite of protest, was shackled in a trailer and hauled about town like, a captive prisoner. The only fly in the ointment of his persecutors was that he did not put

Public Sale of Persona] Property The undersigned, having bought a ranch in Montana, will sell at public sale at Hemphill’s hitch barn in ' Rensselaer, commencing at 2 p. m., on Saturday, June 15, 1918 1 Durham cow, calf by side, 1 P. & O. gopher, a good one. i Rumely-Olds engine, 1% h. p. 1 8-ft. Independent grain bind- Corn King manure spreader, er, cut only about 100 acres. bu-av 1 Milwaukee corn binder. 1 ° , . 1 Superior 8-ft. wheat drill 1 Model T Ford touring car with fertilizer attachment. in No. 1 condition. 1 Blizzard ensilage cutter with (All tools are practically new) 60-ft. pipe. 1 base burner. 1 Hayes corn planter, fertilizer 2 tank heaters, attachment. 1 scoop board. 2 P. & O. cultivators, ham- Several young chicks, April mock seats. and May hatch. Terms made known on day of sale C. H. PORTER At Hemphill's barn, north of Makeever hotel

SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1918

up a stiff enough fight to make |t interesting. Miss Leona Brucker of Goodland and Mr. Roscoe Eller of this place were united in marriage Tuesday noon, June 11, by Rev. C. L. Harper at his home in Kentland. It was a very quiet wedding and was witnessed by a number of relatives. Mrs. Eller is a sister*of Mrs. John Shearer and is well and favorably known here, where she has frequently visited. Mr. Eller enlisted in December last, and is now located at Camp Hill, Newport News, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Williams and family attended the celebration of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gibb, at Fairbury, Illinois, Saturday, June 8. There are six children and fourteen grandchildren, all of whom were present except the oldest grandson, Rev. Charles M. Ross of Winnipeg, Canada. Mrs. Williams’ sister, Mrs. Roscoe Combes, and daughter, Mary Eleanor, of Fairbury, acompanied them home to spend the week. A very pretty and quiet wedding took place at the Sacred Heart pai*sonage Wednesday evening, when Mr. Leonard Dickinson and Miss Mae Bilile were united in marriage by Rev. Father Baker. The bride was beautifully attired in georgette crepe over silk, while the groom wore a suit of black cheviot. Miss Lydia Budreau, the maid of honor, wore a lemon crepe de chine, and Mr. Roy Sego a blue serge. After the ceremony a three course supper was served at- the bride’s home and many useful present in silverware and linen were received. Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson will make their home in Rockford, Illinois, where the groom has employment. Ed. Baldwin, the noisy end of the Lyric theatre, came out of an automobile accident Tuesday afternoon in which he was mixed up with a whole skin, though how he managed it is hard to determine. He was driving one of the Remington garage’s Maxwell cars on the range line road going north, when, the steering gear went wrong on him and in spite of all that he could do the car went into the ditch, turning completely over, landing on its wheels. Ed. was tossed from under the Wheel at the firstthrow of the machine and landed fairly in good condition with no bones broken and only slightly bruised. The machine was pretty much of a wreck, one wheel being smashed, the radiator demolished and likewise the windshield. The body of the machine was also considerably damaged. Ed. says he was driving slowly.