Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1918 — Page 3

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1918

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HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

FAIR OAKS Luther Myres moved to Wheatfield last week. A’ happy New Year to the many readers of The Democrat. Howard Rayner and Douglas Mc- / Connell are sick with the mumps. There are no new cases of influenza in our town at this writing. Milt McKay came home a few days ago from Purdue until after the holidays. Fred Thomas, who had charge of the - elevator here for W. C. Babcock of Rensselaer, has resigned and gone home, Guy Potter succeeded him. Bark Crawford and family have been down with influenza the past week but are some better now. Carol and Etta Burroughs went out and took care of them and done the chores. Job Barker, youngest son of Mr. Mid Mrs. Gallega'r Barker of Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, is visiting relatives in the vicinity of Beaver Lake. The family moved to North Dakota a\y>ut twelve years ago. Jobfhas a pother in France and he wks all right about the time the armistice, was signed.

LEE Mrs. S. M. Jacks still continues in very poor health. Mrs. Joseph Stewart has been bothered quite a little during the past week with rheumatism. Miss Cecil Jordan, who had the Influenza where she was teaching, at Parr, was able to come home It for Christmas. We . finally did have snow for Christmas, the first of the season except a. very light fall vffiich only lasted a few hours. Miss Lural Anderson, who has been teaching at Fair Oaks, had the influenza and was not able to come home till Christmas evening. C. A Lefler’s children and their families were all home on .Christmas day, and also Joseph Clark and family -and Misses Thelma and Etha Noland. AH enjoyed a Christmas tree and a big dinner. The Christmas guests of tl. A. Jacks and wife were their daughters Mrs. L. L. Lefler and family of Lafayette and Mrs. Thorston Otterburg and family of Barkley township, and Mr. Jacks’ brother William and family of near Rensselaer. Miss Mabeth Callon whose home is in Johnson county, south of Indianapolis, but who is teaching the , fifth grade in the Laporte schools this winter, came Monday to spend her Christmas vacation with her aunt, Mrs. C. A. Holeman, and other relatives. > * GIFFORD D. D. Zook was a Rensselaer goer Tuesday. Asa Eliott’s of Moody called on relatives in Gifford Xmas day. Frank Antrim of McCoysburg is spendin the holidays with Robert Steele. Grover Norris and family were visiting relatives at Rensselaer Inst week Mrs. Frances Toombs of Marion, Ohio, is spending the holidays with relatives here. Snow covered the ground Xmas

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day and quite a drop in the temperature, also. Many “flu” patients here now; some are getting along nicely while others are very bad at this writing. There is about 140 flu patients in and around Gifford. The baby of Ray Collins was taken by ambulance to the hospital Saturday suffering from’ influenza. The rest of their family is reported better. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Kerns 'of Wheatfield spent Christmas with the latter’s' mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Cavinder, who has been having the “flu.” Dr. C. E. Linton was called to John Hill’s Saturday about 2 o’clock on account of the "flu.” There were so many in need of his services that he could not get away until eight o’clock Saturday evening, and then could not make all the calls that came to him.

VIRGIE W. W. Zellers was a Rensselaer goer Tuesday. L. R. Zellers returned to Hammond Wednesday. Mis-g Flossie Wiseman went to Rensselaer Tuesday. Fred Theus spent Christmas with the James Wiseman family. Miss Zelah Wiseman spent Christmas with home folks. Miss Mabel Barnes spent Christmas with the Wiseman family. . Iva Petty of Fair Oaks spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. John Guss. Ray Potts and Miss Alice Pollack were married in Rensselaer Saturday. , Mrs. Lewis Harrington called on the C. A. Harrington family Wednesday afternoon. Mi:, and Mrs. W. W. Zellers took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mallatt Christmas day. George Talbot and family are sick with the “flu.’’ They are staying at Jernes Williams’. Carl Zellers came from Hammond Saturday to visit his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Zellers. James Wiseman has received a letter from his son Earl, stating he was in Luxembourg and was in the army of occupation. Mrs. M. E. Replogle and William Johnson, who had been visiting the John Zellers family, returned home Frida-- evening. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Zellers and Miss Indus Wiseman came from Hammond Thursday to spend Christmas with relatives here.

MT. AYR. (From the Tribune.) Mr. and Mrs. W., R. Lee are spending the holidays at her parents and other relatives in Bluffton. Mrs. J. W. Meharry and daughter Elsie visited Clarence Meharry •at Longcliff a few days the past week. Atty. Geoyge I Hershman and wife of Crown Point took dinner with Mrs. Hershman’s father, Jasper Wright, Sunday. School will be dismissed but two days for the Christmas vacation. One bf these will be made up by

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teaching Saturday of this week. Dan Guthrie’s wife came up from Logansport Friday evening, bringing their two little children to him. She returned to Logansport Saturday. Miss 'Delma Convert did not return to her work at Valparaiso last week as Intended, but instead took a turn at that fashionable disease, the flu. She is alright again now and will return to her studies in a few days. Nelle Makeever returned Friday evening from a two weeks’ stay in the Jay Stocktoh home where they have been sick with the flu. Miss Nelle got them all through in good shape and feels that she is some nurse. Mr. and Mrs. Courtright of Brook were here Sunday. They came Saturday night on account of the serious condition of Mrs. Courtright’s sister, Mrs. Witcher, who had an operation for cancer Saturday evening. Little Merle Snow remains in quite a serious condition. Merle attended deaf and mute school in Indianapolis last year and came home sick in the spring. Her trouble seems to be a complication that the doctors are unable to reach.

MILROY Juanita Fisher spent Christmas with home folks. Elmer Clark and daughter Ora were in Rensselaer Monday. Mrs. Lillie Mitchell and Mrs. Marion Dunn went to Rensselaer Monday. The flu patients are all improving at this time as far as we are informed. Mrs. Anna Chapman has been in poor health but is some better at this writing. Mrs. Charles McCashen and children spent Monday afternoon with Mirs. Fred Saltwell. J. R. Clark of Cochranton, Pa., came to spend a few days’ visit with neighbors and relatives. The Fisher family entertained a number of relatives from Lapel, Goodland and Wolcott over Christmas. Word has been received from Clyde Fisher as to his location. He had been in Russia but is now in London. The rains have caused the roads and bridges to be in a bad condition. The bridge west of Queen City is entirely gone. Mrs. Anderson, who had the measles and asthma, died last week and the body was shipped Monday morning to Illinois for interment. Mrs. Anderson was a kind neighbor and a loving and devoted mother and companion, and will be sadly missed by her family and friends.

LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS

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usually much rougher than the ocean, but was very calm the night we crossed it. Havre is a very pretty place, but like all other cities in France, not at all modern. I saw a couple beautiful castles there. Our next stop was Mehun, near Bourges, where I stayed for nearly four months. The largest ammunition depot in France is located there. There were millions of rounds of it of all calibers. The smallest was the rifle cartridge and the.largest was the 14-inch. The projectile for the latter weighed 1,400 pounds and the powder charge for it weighed 664. Part of the time I helped with the loading and unloading of this and part of the time I had an easy job. The work at times was pretty heavy, but good for me ,if I could stand it. Many times I was thankful for my size and strength. The work, though, for the most part was far from unpleasant.

As I told you in a previous letter I studied ammunition there that I sent to the front to 11610 at a dump there. We'll,« I got the desired result when they sent tge here. ~ Th/ lieutenant who was to have charge of the dump came here a few/days ahead of us. He had and pioneers fixing up the road, etc., for the dump. Fifty were killed doing this work. Awhen we got here the "SammiesV had advanced some, but it was still warm enough to suit me. Our six-inch (155 mm.) guns were shooting over our heads and the dutchman was shooting over a few every day at 4:30. I always had business at my dug-out about that titrfe. Onp night about 11 o’clock th.e boche started firing at the dump. He shot about forty shells in and around it. The fact that most of them were “duds” is all that saved the dump. One hit a shell pile, knocking the ends off of two - shells (duds) but they did not explode. Another shell went into a dug-out and under the bed where two Of our boys were steeping. Needless to say they were pretty badly scared. I have a couple shrapnel balls that I picked up about three feet from whpre I slept the night before. None of our 150 got even a scratch. but- two men wAre killed by one shell between my dug-out and the kitchen/ Another fellow got shot by a machine gun during an air raid one night. I dreaded clear nights for the bodies came regularly. / . We got here on a Saturday evening and pitched our pup tents in the trenches. We thought we would get a few days to straighten up before any work came in. The next morning at 10 o’clock French trucks started coming in with sixinch (155’s) shells. We worked till dark in the rain and slept

HUNGER DRAWS THE MAP

A food map of Europe today shows not a single country In which the future does not hold threat of serious difficulties and only a small part which is not rapidly approaching the famine point With the exception of the Ukraine only those countries which have maintained marine commerce have sufficient food supplies to meet actual needs until next harvest, and even in the Ukraine, with stores accumulated on the farms, there is famine In the large centers of population. Belgium and northern France, as well as Serbia, appear on the hunger map distinct from the rest of Europe because they stand in a different relation from the other nations to the people of the United States. America has for four years maintained the small war rations of Belgium and northern France and is already making special efforts to care for their Increased after-the-War needs, which, with those of Serbia, must be Included in this plan, are urgent in the extreme and must have Immediate relief. The gratitude of -the Belgian nation for the help America has extended to her during the war constitutes the strongest appeal for us to continue our work there. The moment the German armies withdrew from her soil and she was established once more in her own

that night with our wet clothes on. That was my last day of manual labor for the next day I was ■put in charge of camouflaging the dump. It was my business to make a powder house look like a beer garden. I did this with brush and some regular camouflauge material.” Most of the latter had been used by the Germans. After completing this job I was put in Charge of the 4-inch (105 mm.) French powder and the flinch and 9.2 inch English powder. It has been like a vacation for me all the time. We are at present shipping this dump to Montigny. near Stenay. and we 13 here expect to follow it to that place. A pioneer company from Minnesota is doing the work of loading. All men and all the ammunition of the first army is being concentrated there. They sav it is a fine place, too. The rumor is that we go home from there but I think that will be some' time yet. Personally, ] would like to go to the border with the third armv, but of course I’d prefer the,Th S. As soon as I get to Montigny I am going to put in for a sevendav -pass' I have not taken my leave vet. but they say I can get lit from there. • I This morning I got up at 9 1 o’clock and ate breakfast in my dug-out. Doherty had brought my wheat cakes and coffee over and set them on the stove to keep hot. Can you imagine that in the army? I spent the rest of the

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seat of government the little nation’s first thought was to express her gratitude to the Comnfission for Relief in Belgium for preserving the lives of millions of her citizens. Germany, on the other hand, need not figure in such a map for Americans because there is no present indication that we shall be called on at all to take thought for the food needs of Germany. Germany probably can care for her own food problem if she is given access to shipping and is enabled to distribute food to the cities with dense populations, which are the trouble centers. England, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, all of which have been maintained from Ain er lean supplies, have sufficient food to meet Immediate needs, but their fututre’ presents serious difficulties. The same is true of Spain and the northern neutral countries—Norway, Sweden and Denmark —whose ports have been open and who have been able to draw to some degree upon foreign supplies. Most of Russia is already in the throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people there are beyond the possibility of help. Before another spring thousands of them inevitably must die. This applies as well to Poland and practically throughout the Baltic To-

day taking a bath and doing my washing. a «. Again wishing you and all a very merry Christmas, I am, your son,: STAN. Cori). S. S. Brusnahan, care Chief O. O„ A. P. O. 774, A. H.. F., I France. Dr. C. E. Johnson Is Now in France. Chateauroux, France, December 2, 1918. Dear Lou and Rose: — Your letter just got here. Was mighty glad for it and the snap as well. Well, I presume you are all over the influenza scare. It must have been a lot worse in the States. Our outfit had a few cases but none serious. I £eard the American soldiers had it tough on the • boats coming over, but being with the British I didn’t see much of it. Was with them unti Ithe armistice was signed, and then transferred to the U. S. army. I had a good time with them, rather warm occasionally, but plenty of excitement. Was in England several times for short stays. Just happened to be there when L. H. Hamilton cabled about. Fred, or I shouldn’t have seen him at all. He got away very lucky. I suppose Blanche was sorry not to I get over. Thought I saw her once, i but was fooled. Understand Dr. ■ Gwin came over recently. He should ■ have come in when the water was fine. I would hate to stay over here now that things are quiet. There isn’t a bit of fun to be had. Restrictions of all sorts and every Frenchman trying to get all your francs. I think I will be on my way home by January or February at the latest. Am awfully anxious to get back to work. I presume many others are in the same boat. I have never seen any of the Indiana crowd that I knew. 'One patient in my ward a couple of weeks ago came up and asked if I didn’t live in Rensselaer, but I didn’t know him. He had bee na hand on the Thompson farm in 1914. • His name was Keefe (Frank) —had been hit in the head with a piece of shrapnel, but was about 0. K. again. Have wanted to run into some of the crowd, and may get a chance yet but it is doubtful. Miss Brunt, Carrie’s nurse, is stationed about 100 miles from here. These hospitals are scattered all over the country. The fellows who anTgoing on into Germany seem to be having an easy time. I read their reports every night.. .. . • Don’t suppose I will be here long enough to get a reply, but will let you know when I get back to a real country. Sincerely, C. E. JOHNSON. Base Hospital No. 9, A. E. F., A. P. O. 738.

glons, with conditions most serious !■ Finland. Bohemia, Serbia, Roumanla and Montenegro have already reached the famine point and are suffering a heavy toll of death. The Armenian' population if falling each week as hupger takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania and Rouinania so serious arc the food shortages that famine is near. Although starvation is not yet imminent, Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Turkey are In the throes of serious stringencies. In order to fulfill America’s pledge in world relief we will have to export every ton of food which can be handled through our ports. This means at tiie very least a minimum of 20,000,000 tons compared with 0,000,000 tons prewar exports and 11,820,000 tons exported Inst year, when we were bound by the ties of war to the European allies. If we fall to lighten the black spots on the hunger map or if we allow any portions to become darker the very peace for which we fought and bled will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy inevitably follow famine. Should this happen we will see in other parts of Europe a repetition of the Russian debacle and our fight for world peace will have been in vain.

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