Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1918 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

hitorostlng Paragraphs From the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized —Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. Seventeen applicants took the teachers’ examination here Saturday. Murray M. Meyers and William Roy Meyers, both of Wheatfield, were sent to Purdue Friday to take military training. Ray C. Clark "of 'Wheatfield and Russell E. Critser of Rensselaer left Monday for Valparaiso to take military training. Because of Thursday being the 4th of July the county council of defense will not hold its regular meeting until Friday afternoon. There were eight marriage licenses issued last month against nine for the preceding month and nine for the corresponding month of 1917. S. D. Clark*" and family were down from Wheatfield Monday to see the eldest son, Ray, off for Valparaiso, where he will take military tpuning. ; County Defense Chairman Welsh has recommended that W. L. Bott and Mrs.. George M. Myers be appointed to represent this county on the Federal Labor board. Marriage f/censes issued: ■“ 'jnne* 29, Edward Lewis Wilson of Monticello, aged 25 February 6 last, farmer, and Sylvia Agnes Lambert of Gifford, aged 19 August 22 last, housekeeper. . First marriage for .each.

b { _ - - ' Auditor J. P. Hammond received a cabinet photograph yesterday of his son, Herbert, who is in military training in the band at Fort Hamilton, New York, and the lad is looking fine and has filled out wonderfully since joining the colors, judging from his picture. Because of the fact that the chairs that used to be .in the east court roomi and of previous years had been used for the vesper services on the court house lawn have disappeared it is necessary to hold the vesper services in the Gayety theater for the present. The writer is informed that these chairs, which werp bought and paid for by Jasper county, are in use, and have been for several months, in a moving picture show in a neighboring county, but the informant did not say what town or county. There is no record so far as we have seen of the county commissioners having sold or leased these chairs and it would be interesting to know by whose authority they have been taken from the court house and from the county. The notices df*"reclassification are being sent out to the seventy men who were taken from the various deferred classes and placed in Class 1, but The Democrat is unable to secure any information from the local draft board as to who these men are, but rumor has it that among the number are S. P. Hilliard, Ralph O’Riley, Rex Warner, Geo. Dong, Ivan Carson, Harry Eger, Ernest Ramey, Simon Thompson, Dee Adams, Orla Clouse, all of Rensselaer. We have no way of confirming this, however, as to all the mem named above. Just why so much secrecy seems to surround this information in Jasper county only, it is apparent, is beyond our comprehension. The Democrats of Jasper have been given a dirty deal all the way through in the selection of the draft board in Jasper county where they have had no representation whatever oh the board, the only county in the state, according ro.Gov eraor Goodrb’h, vit’e thi’> sort of a deal was pullel est. In .so n? instances The r.*n<?.-it has Men denied information until after it had been given to the Rensselaer Republican.- As this board may continue for two or three years or -jeore, the Democrats of Jasper county should demand representation

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BOY DROWNED AT KENTLAND

Mrs. N. Littlefield was called to Kentland Monday evening by a telephone message stating * that her eleven-year-old nephew, Stanley Graves, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Graves, had drowned in a ditch wear Kentland. The father of the lad was prosecuting attorney of this circuit some years ago and this is their second child, they having one older son. LATER—The Democrat learns from Undertaker Wright, who was celled to Kentland to take charge of the remains, that the accident occurred some three miles north of Kentland, where Stanley, who could swim but little, his brother Robert, aged fourteen, and three or four other boys were in swimming. All had come out of the water except Stanley, who, while called to come, still remained in. The other boys had got their clothes on when' suddenly Stanley called “Oh Boh,” and went down in a hole wherte the water was over their heads. The other boys ran, but Robert pulled off his clothes and kept diving In the water until he got the body out, but all efforts to resuscitate the lad failed.

NEW TIME CARD ON THE MONON

Trains 38 and 35 Are Discontinued —Other Changes. A new time card went into effect on the Monon road last Sunday. Train) 38, Indianapolis to Chicago, passing here at 2:51 p. m., and train 37/ Chicago to Cincinnati, passing Rensselaer at 11:18 a. m., have been discontinued. In place of these two new trains, No. 15 and 16, have been added. They will carry mail and express only, and No. 16 will pass through hgre. going north at 3:46 a. m. and No. 15, southbound, at llr2o p. m. The change in No. 35, which will leave Chicago at about 1:30 a. on., will give us a later edition of the morning papers and will make it more convenient for passengers desiring to go south, either to Louisville or Indianapolis—laying over at Monon and taking the *plug” out of there for the latter place. Changes in time of other trains follow: * SOUTHBOUND No. 35 —3:31 a. m-, Chicago to Louisville. No. 5 —10:55 a. m., Chicago to Louisville. No. 33 —1:57 p. m., Chicago to Indianapolis. No. 39 —5:50 p. m., Chicago to Lafayette. No. 31- —7:31 p. m., Chicago to Indianapolis and Lafayette. No. 3 —11:10 p. m., Chicago to Louisville. NORTHBOUND No. 36—4:32 a. m„ Cincinnati to Chicago. No. 4 —5:01 a. m., Louisville to Chicago. No. 40—7:30 a. m., Lafayette to Chicago. No. 32 —10:36 a. m., Indianapolis to Chicago. No. 6—3:54 p. m., Louisville to Chicago. No. 30—6:50 pi m., Cincinnati to Chicago.

REGISTRANTS MUST BE PATIENT

Docal Boards Must Await Action of Washington Authorities. Indianapolis, July 2.—The fact that all calls for selective service registrants are issued through the provost marshal at Washington makes it impossible to estimate at present how soon the newly registered men will be called to service. It is impossible* at present for any 1918 registrant to determine even in what order he will be called by his local board. This is true because no physical examinations or classifications of the new registrants Have been made. The selective service rules and instructions to local boards regarding registration are that after the day of registration a registration, or serial number shall be' assigned to each registrant. Registrants wishing to know their registration number should inquire of their local board. The local boards expecting an order in a few days to assign order numbers to the new registrants and until that order is received the correct standing of any registrant can not be ascertained. All of the new registrants will be placed at the end of the present class to which they will be assigned and no new registrant will be called into service until all the 1917 registrants of his class have been called. For example, the first man of the new registrants liable to call in Class 1 will not be called into service until all the 1917 regis-

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1918

FREEDOM'S GREETING

O stars erf Freedom*s laaacr bright That clustered steoe in field of bine. From faint, far depths <rf heaven’s height Your constellated fires you drew! From starry ways <rf ages down You bring the fight <rf old renown! Greece first your dawn-bright radiance _ knew When Freedom’s star rose <fer the And Athens’glory full orbed grew When Parthenon crowned the Acropolis steep. The fame <rf Greece then briefly shone With splendor since through ages known. But kindled by Promethean fire O’er other lands rose Freedom's stars. Unquenched by blood, they stiß aspire Where far beyond the old world bars They rose above flie new world bright And blent as one their kindred fight. Long may these stars nafiassed stiß shine In Freedom’s glorious galaxy! Long may our land sta be the shrine To all the world of Liberty, Whose statue stands at Freedom’s gates And for the coming mffions waits! —H. nSMMteAfcwYwtIFMUL

TELLS OF LIFE IN TRENCHES

Large Audience Enjoyed Talk by Canadian Soldier. A large crowd was out Friday evening to hear the talk by Sergeant C. E. Bassett of the Canadian army, .who was at the battle front for ten months in 1915 and participated in the bloody Tyres battle, being invalided home in March of this year. Sergeant Bissett came under the auspices of the War Savings Stamp committee, and urged the people to lend all their available rroney to the government by the purchase of these stamps and Liberty bonds, declaring that to be the best way for the stay-at-homes to aid in winning the war. He-also emphasized the necessity of economy, especially in foodstuffs, that our fighting forces may not be hampered by aay lack of proper nourishment. Sergeant Bissett then told of the daily life in the trenches as be experienced it. He had no bloodcurdling tales to relate but. recited the common-place incidents that fill the long hours of the watchful days and still more watchful nights. Soldiers on duty in the front line trenches are not permitted to remove any part of their clothing or fighting paraphernalia, and sleeping is permitted only during the daytime. The eats in the front line trenches are not of the best, but this is made good when the men are re-

War Savings Drive to Continue The following telegram received: South Bend. Ind.. 6:25 p. m., June 28, 1918. J. J. Hunt. Chairman Jasper County, Rensselaer, Indiana. Because of President Wilson’s earnest entreaty that every county “go over the top” during the present drive I am authorized to extend time for receipt of your complete tabulated report of cash sales and pledges to Friday night bf next week, meanwhile the sale of stamps and the solicitation of pledges may be kept up and your county will receive credit for such sales and pledges as part of present -national drive; this should insure your county raising its full quota. J. D. OLIVER. State Director.

tiered and back of the lines for a rest period. The talk was thoroughly enjoyed, as it gave one an idea of trench life not heretofore known by many, and also impressed all with the enormity of the task before us, and the import part that each one has to perform.

DRAFT AGE IS UNCHANGED

• Washington, June 29.—Rejection of the Fall amendment, proposing extension of the deaf ages to twenty and forty years, paved the way i for passage by the senate today of the 112,000,600,000 army appropria-, |Hou bill. The long discussion over the extension of the draft ages, which was ! regarded unnecessary by Secretary ' Baker and General March, chief of staff in statements made before the senate military committee, was endied by an adverse vote of 49* to 25. .The debate on .the Fall amendment as well as on similar amendments ’offered by Senator Hardwick of Georgia, and by Senator Weeks of | Massachusetts, indicated that the majority of members prefer to postipone all efforts’to extend the draft ages until the new army program, promised by Secretary Baker, is submitted.

Ratine and Revere automobile tires, all sizes, at M. J. Kuboske’s garage, opposite Worland’s furniture store. -

SEND IN YOUR BOY’S ADDRESS

If Oyerseas, That Other Boys May Find Him. Judging from the number of Jasper county boys who have gone overseas in the past few weeks our county is mighty well represented "over there,” and the boys should not get lonesome because of the number of familiar faces they will see. Among those who have gone over in the past month are Stanley Brusnahan of Parr; John Krlz of Newton township; Lloyd Johnson of Barkley township; Wesley N. Hurley of near Wheatfield; Paul Worland, (John Worland has been "over” for some months), Omar Osborne, Dorris Crooks, D. J. Babcock, K. T. Rhoades, "Jorisey” Warner, Arthur Bissendcn, John Knox and Frank Gorham of Rensselaer; James Beckman, Richard Beck and Leslie Zellers of Fair Oaks. Besides this number there are a score or imore others who'have been "over there’’ for a longer period. Among the latter are Vern Davisson Sam Duvall, Carroll Leatherman, Dr. C. E. Johnson, Frank Hardman, Fred Hamilton, Harry Hayes, Edward Peregrine, Elvin Bussell,, Herman Ames, Harvey Phillips, Harmon

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LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS

Stanley Brusnahan Writes of Trip Over. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Brusnahan of near Parr have received letter from their son Stanley, who sailed about a month ago for the war zone. The letters follow: i En Route. Hb * Am getting near the end of the jo-urnety across the “pond.” The man that called it a pond, though, is badly mistaken. I wrote a longer letter a few days ago but am going to condense it on this page. Next day after I wrote my last card from camp we walked the gang plank. Jim didn’t leave with me. We have had a wonderful trip]thus far with a calm sea tor the most part. It was rather rough the third and fourth day out and about a third of the bunch got seasick. Some were very sick and looked sicker. I fared very well though and didn’t get at all sick. Fortyeight hours of incessant rocking did not affect my stomach. Some stomach, eh? Went to mass Sunday. Can you imagine a pile of rafts for an altar and all in attendance wearing life belts? Life belts are beginning to seem like a part of our clothing. Sea lions, a whale and several schools of firth have been seen en route. There was also some sort of water fowl all along the route. Reading, singing and playing cards has been our chief pastime. There were plenty of books furnished us by the Red Cross. Perhaps we haven’t traveled as comfortably as we,did on our last trip, bat I have enjoyed it very much just the same. I could write a volume easier than a few lines but won’t trouble the censor with it. Am feeling fine and have felt that way during the entire trip. STAN. x Somewhere in England, June 9, 1918. Dear Folks: The voyage is over all but the after effects. It was a very interesting trip but uneventful and tiresome. Nothing to do all the way but nevertheless we were a. tired

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CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING

Mr. and Mrs. John R, VanAtta celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary Sunday at their home on Cullen street by keeping o'pen (house from 2 to 9 p. an., when a large number of their relatives and friends called to pay their resi>ects and wish them many more years of happiness. Mr. and Mrs. VanAtta were the recipients of a number of gifts and gold coins. Among the out-of-town guests were their son, Robert M. VanAtta, of Marion; Mrs. Rohlfing and Misses Jessie and Latha Coen of Attica; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hershman and two children of Brook, and Mrs. Ira Yeoman of Remington. - ; Mr. and Mrs.- VanAtta were married on Tuesday morning, June 30, 1868, at 6 o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Coen, on Division street, Who resided at that time in what was recently known as the Brenner property in the presence of the im(mediate relatives and a fejr friends. The ceremony wae performed by Rev. James Patten, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Remington. After the ceremony a fine wedding breakfast was served, when the happy couple left for Francesville, being driven over by James Hem-

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Vol. XXI, No. 27

GERMANS MASSING BEFORE AMERICAN LINE

Allied Forces Await Next Movement by Enemy—Renewal of Offenslvo on Western Front. PENDING BLOW MOST CRUCIAL k - ■ -r » General Pershing’s Report* Indicates Extraordinary Preparations on Cliauteau Thierry Sector Notv Occupied by Yankee Troops. Washington, July I.—Resumption of the German offensive on the west front is now expected momentarily by army olliclals here. General Pershing’s reports as well as British and French advises from the front have shown increasing enemy activity day by day, indicating that the Germans are preparing for another assault. There is great stir and movement among the Germany (before the American lines around Chateau Thierry. Part of the drive Imay be directed against this front in a renewal of the thrust at Paris through the Compejgne gateway. It so an army corps of American troops stands shoulder to shoulder with the French again to block this road. Army Corps Probable. Secretary Baker disclosed today that organization of the first army corps, under Major General Hunter Liggett, probably had been completed, although he made no annoy ncement. “I suspect,” the secretary said in reply to a question, "that several of our divisions are operating together as an army corps under command of General Liggett. Whether any other divisions have been created into an army corps and a tentative army corps commander chosen, I have not heard.’’ Total Strength 220,000 Men. It was learned also that the First, Second and Third divisions (regular) commanded respectively by Major Generals Robert L. Bullard, Major Bundy and Joseph T. Dickman, are included In the Firjpt corps and all are either at Chateau Thierry or at Cantigny. The corps organization plan, however, calls for six divisions, four combatant and two replacement, and with the necessary artillery units and other additional troops, total strength of a corps would be nearly 220,000 men. Unr doubtedly General Liggett has all the elements necessary for his corps if his organization is complete. Fear U. 8. Man Power. With this army corps In the theatre where great events are believed to be impending, the expected German thrust assumes new significance here. The opinion is general among officers that the blow now in preparation is to b e the heaviest yet struck. Unless signs fail the Germans are getting ready for the crucial moment in their great effort to wrench Victory by force before full American fighting power can be brought to bear against them. The belief of General March, chief of staff, that the allied situation is "extremely favorable” as expressed in a carefully weighed statement last Saturday, is believed to be shared by the allied leaders. - The speed with which American troops have been rushed to France probably has played a large .part in the confidence both here and in the allied countries that this new thrust of the Germans will fail, as have the last two thrusts. There is every reason to - believe that by the Fourth more than a million troops will have sailed. Secretary Baker had no advices today to show that formation of the First field artillery under General Liggett had been entirely completed. General Liggett is regarded as the logical organizer and commander for the First army, as he was General Pershing’s selection for commander of the First army corps. The rank if lieutenant general will probably go with the coknmand. The appearance of American troops at five points along the line between St. Mihiel and the Swiss border indicates that this whole stretch of 150 to 200 miles of the front is being rapidly Americanized.