Amherst Times, 1918-05-09

              liberty first, last ij 4 rg jl gllgx i hhhf 1 llb freedom for all j vf lwavs iiiyipjiji ljzj vol, i, no. 27. subscription, $1.50 per year amherst, ohio, thursday, may 9, 1918 official newspaper of the village ohio. s. r. 0. sign out minstrel show home talent dy au courant club great red cross gets $375. splendid program nets large sum seme real much in evidence. ileal was uncovered friday and saturday evenings, when girls staged a benefit cross. f ho performance ' under direction misses baker, their efforts resulted one best shows ever given am-herbt. hundre is tickets were sold advance, tha lted ladles turning evening selling them on street corners. little many, prizes box candy each going to margaret news- bery, who s7 tickets, charles stanley, 85. benefits extent about "total receipts excess ?400. at performance, following short, full-o'-pep talk by miss helen stone, collections taken help people literally stood up in. order get money into tarn borlnes. collection $45 $39 more came evert ing. music furnished boy scouts orchestra, ejna beller. program. opened with chorus participated entire company consisting score young girls, 20 members club, violet bakei' as "miss liberty," inter locutor. dressed' white costumes exception cf four black-face artists, holllngs- worth, fields mrs. r mitchell. first scene typi cal show, some rapid are jokes twhich hit quite few local people), interspersed excel- lent songs. "i don't want well" ruth fitzgerald, good. "keep fires burn ing" stone; "it's long way berlin," jennie jne ger; "hello central, give me france," innnln mnrrnv: "long boy," lionel wilson; 'vm bound round mason-dixon line, nancy slack, an end song "darkles" so good that praise any exclusion ntiioro. would be injustice. number brought salvo applause, during tho intermission 10 jap anese gave pretty drill. "tw southern gentlemen" spe cialty. thegypsy camp. second gypsy camp, beautiful costumes. 'cello solo alma davis scene. lena winterberger fortune teller told several "made order" fortunes. edna beller wandering musicians played beautifully. birdlna foster lullaby which enthusiastically received. dancers, jaeger esther baker interpretation. en.led music. hattie queen. between scenes two three mis3 m. dunham elyrla delightful classical dance, previously having ap peared military girl severs' talented dancer has appeared many affairs other places, headquarters. third showed group cro3s knitters. beral kuss acting president. she im promptu telling something almb cross, why should bo supported. he.ei. stone wih her "stunt song" got money, helene please "just baby's prayer twilight." "send away smile" close. c. e. cooper minute intermission. well balanced planned entertainment, it never deserved. report chairman w. sales stations national thrift stamp day proved stimulator boosting sale stamps amherst dis- rict, but stimulant not strong enough td bring total $4,000. however, slight increase 100 cent will shatter weekly quota thermometer. after being shook bit line week ending 2 tool; form: public financial. german bank park 3 postofflco school religious organizations. st. paul's lutheran church rev. jordan, pastor business places. j. elirman plato & dute wm. ehrman jacob baus keller g. aschenbach guild h. a. wesbecher hardware co. bodmann furniture dock l. moebius b. kassouff atlas engineering millinery p. lersch avery baker-ebb3 frederick sons f. schmauch market coal supply logan natural gas house dr. schaeffer peter newsberry lauer mischka restaurant george bros. sablers pat mcgarvey carl ernst smythe 5 0 7 s 9 11 12 13 14 15 1g 17 19 21 honor roll boys service now stationed rock island arsenal writes interestingly. foster's suggestion adopted council saloons extra hour week. soon have ordinance re quiring men work least 36 hours need new ships. vigorous americans only accepted service. american citizens native-born or naturalized trained crews merchant marine. those reached 21st birthday 30th, eligible training. placed board training ships apprentices, serve sailors, firemen, passors, cooks messmen. conclusion apprenticeship they shipped cargo passenger vessels, making mercantile voyages foreign ports. voluntary exempt from draft. this purely service; there no drafting marine, volunteer signs contract his country marine duration war. owing vital importance war, serves ship ranks army navy, time acceptance n apprentice he exempted draft; remain continues mer chant nav ma rine $30 month, receives also food quarters, fur nished uniform. chances promotion enter ing active with! ! -eo years man become com mander ship, rccele pay accordance. how enroll wishes en .,. kuss, rexall 1ru2 store. amherst. mr. ivujs enrolling agent you full orniation, take your application. mil send j.ioper station, meeting tuesday night, lasted till midnight, tesulted important measures considered adopt ed. most sugges tion made mayor permanent record am herst present such record, almost daily, impossible plete record. probable utmost value. might desirable erect monument soldiers, case every namo available carve solid granite. clerk authorized ?uch list compiled, steps already been carry work. time. petition saloonkeepers asking nights considered. endless discussion decided illow summer months, prepared covering question. provided, interested must changing publication. committee dered prepare require able-bodied male ages 18 55, recognized empolyment 3g ply whether not, similar recently akron, elyria ohio cities, sten toward helping united states win discuss roads. considerable condition streets, espe- ciallv west side. considering use gravel slag this, road, worst orporation. tank oil purchased immediately in' eeping down dust business. small surplus milan-martin sewer fund ordered transferred o sinking fund. fire purchase chemical tank, reel, hose truck, ready reports mayor, missioner, marshal, light committee, etc., read approved. bills paid. letter alan hoffner. bsen designated recruiting president chosen head body wednesday meeting. jaco'i directors held noon. is. expected results keeping executive ability, support influential women der. bryce miller former president, enlisted weeks ago forced position. varsity "a." "a" association high school, 6 reel photoplay, "brown harvard," feature empire theater, mondav evening. 20. harvard exciting college drama its kind. success stage. addition "paddle own canoe," act farce, mem bers junior class. play recent junior- senior banquet. talks speakers. charge program, working hard make success. needs too, fear crowd benefit. it's worth to. dear dad mother: paper just welcome newsy ever. saw had gone over top name list. looks though !cui: pass billion. nice asked for. b went guard ju relieve . i.m alarm sent u manner couple cars caught hi'-. wore pile bags soi.i old lumber tween n' rjte storehouses (these ii. concrete slate roofed), ore water colli lie start .i t'ie roof. these buildings li .,:,ratp stored en,: oth-;r 4-g i:,. ills field suns. store lull. departments daven port help, due ,good services writing letter. building munition did catch afire tore holes roof ream door. damage done very heavy, danger whew! if shells started tear loose probably landed niles river astride shell. supernumary relief guard, called walk post fire. oth er special american. do, it. wops cold chills night before know what doing. shot twice piece ol month ago. said: "me scared and. hear something. shoot twice.'' uremen naci quit walked my s:30 noticed sparks .urned alarm. fortunately guardhouse nearby jiffy. hardest put allowed near except there, go keep lookout mad ne tired. believe kept desire hr-ar ihose loose. among germans where we aim them. wo rain today al soaked coming drill morning, everybody took wetting good-naturedly. afternoon pitch shelter tents again battalion commander us again. shorly quarters poured retreat still although standing call. leaves grass green beginning beauty. golf course, one, fine stretches green. well, tired writing. seven eight jages than average, i'll wish try washing clothes rest hand bit. love, alan. eleven moiith.3 saturday. longer now. loan $125,000 mark final returns oversubscribed big margin. slogan dedicates flag sunday methodist iedicate church, contains stars, gold star represent elmer johnson, died france attendance, gallimore cleveland, superintendent norwalk district, delivered address. girls' glee drug stores , th gta- representing john- country, 0,000 number, havo;sonj tne f0nowns represented: "sandstone center world" discussed. men's thursday "amherst sandstone slo gan village. used oi individual merchants, tin- plan town. discussed advertising frank mischka, homer gust nabakowski appointed thoroughly advertise week, runs cth 11th. evening, tend u!.. details. tin-uujid elyrla, candidate county surveyor, addressed gathering in'er-est candidacy. thank club. branch desires extraordinary forth saturday, said girl3 felt weren't doing wished, because time, effort everything, set performances oxcell, i-;imer hazen schofield, camp sheridan, ala.; hough, bayonne, n. y.; leo womack arthur hol-llngsworth, franco; lieut. ler, rochester, minn.; porter, y. work; cecil mcdougal, sherman; christian, france; leona marble freeman, pe tersburg, va. brownhelm meet. supt. porter hunter principal speakers brownhelm. chil dren. eagles dedicate senile containing 30 jach member serv ice, dedicated uiiernoon reding- ton hall, room completely filled friends relatives presided chairman. stirring address father sheffield, one" city's eloquent - subject "patriotism." attorney richey draft member, brother killed france, splen- talk. tl'e scout orchestra amherst's -liberty bond sub scription $130,000. according latest figures. yet come available, known justify statement lias cent. both banks passed quotas 19th campaign. additional subscribers herewith presented. names, until published. names lank: chris wllker lura variwagnen fred hoizhauer ethel wilker harry meyers john robt. almn geo. henson golskl isaac bias kobie naftzger henry reis emll isarlva mike putttonskl joe dodinsky gaunian tony mojsak adolp kuntovice schultz mullco samuel slack koepp wiegand chas. gebauer kolb joseph oman rafl'al cafaggo bumbar albert mori walter christ heusscr ben nickel billy scoffico vargo tochilo annie allsop clara mccord gentile .mrs. susie powers jocob von kanei earl leonhard rudolph berger fienian david baruhart ott eddie grebe steve galnok william wirtli james russo bauer boryeska solkat mike' pragun stephen rucka anton koba kardosh adam iteis schroeder andrew herman gibas hass herbst lakofska jack gordon georgo holeva witt werner dora anna wohlever ebbs christian braun maria eastern schieferateln schleferstein amelia martin corset shop lillian barber barbara stolz agnes walker o. delbrldge blum mary brucker bechstine edith albrecht schlbley hengen angersbacb pippert edw. fruechtnicht gruge grace grugel howard rice kelch augusta soman grobe t. wolt mr, mrs, v. mcghee contributors contributing advertising, thing, campaign success, city top. follows: jos. wesbecher, wesbecher. co., rogers, mcqueen, fritz. ludwlg, jay or-cutt, jenne, ruth, gourley, lahlff, heller, schibley, menz, menz. lee sippel, catron, catron. delbridge, holstein, k. kaser, auto service, gawn, nich-oll, schlbley, stiwald, sahl, clssne, philip brown. beesing, eagle lodge. mabte young, katie bradley, ella jaeger, el holl, emil hass, bessie parsons, gates, nellie hammell. lizzie szerpick, gertrude gates. caro nobocofsky, rose mar ellen smith. hug' panflolt, hollingsworth. becker, erwin ehlert, balzer, gru gel, manke, nolan. win. hon-man, scoop shiefersteln. par sons, dave brennan, cooper, ii hollingsworth, strohmeier. chas hearn, lauer. daley. c wernert. itu dolph heller. tlios. daley krletzbeig, iiarck, mart'- schroeder, brown, ott, martin, sa- em akaer. zakoer. nickolas klossen, yrast marte, lbert bard:, gabriel tobray. dorii vbraham, milte john, glen lange decker, curtis kreger, lit o, florence mcnatt, theodore pajo mue sirvush, strauss, join .moore, ed i. waslierefsky, frel n'abakowsky, mildred elk haker, louise winterberger, martha rosenkrantz, elii-abeth whyte, jame nichol, davie, isalrci louis kothe, august dute, valsh, ilamann. wilford. published next tar feather party captured left justice office, mill hollow affair creates sensation. policeman coat striking soldier decoration day. patrolman relnke small-sized mob brownhelm, feathers. created sensation town comments heard, effect have. immediate cause arresting. partly intoxicated words officer arrested him station. resisted reinke breaking scalp. followed station complaint citizens. hospital. jones suspended pending investigation. jfficer ind arraigned assault battery, hearing postponed. office home, five masked attired convict wearing cowls heads rushed grabbed him. fight vas finally machine driven east. af attempted follow thrown off track. later police received telephone call could found hollow. :ouch officials here, headed tor roads .eadlng hollow, road. tur-ler picked policeman. believed joined others elyrla. lonely spof, shirt torn off, liberal feathers applied. then there. nar- meeting, rowly escaped hanging, pled chairman, loyal arrange memorial cele- mistake made, bration. 30. parties year, before, ef-1 mystery police. fort celebrate organized worked sys-day fitting manner. tematically quickly. fact larger parade parentage matters any. better patriotic speeches. force years. moral ef- feet pro-german in- .week ends .may g herst. rush creditors, bolleved "big" asso ciation behind movement. letters credit customers calling attention rating system operation. person rated pays future deal ings accordance rating. everyone promptly community healthy basis. starter. once accounts straightened 'hey so. clinatlons great. declares citizen always been. ad mits too hasty visitors tarring, bushes covered remains affair. presentfjri resignations, fearing treatment. safe france. word serg. lewis armstrong, b, 15th gun battalion, safely frapce. armstrong sherman oct. 3, forest mer- ritt, ormsby cake-walk, particularly successful cakewalk social district kuss. short given. including .1. kenneth kyle booth, surpassed himself patri otic unbounded enthusiasm. close $33 sold, outlying districts. edison phonograph, selections played. followed. alden fresbie thomas swain brown harris aiken anna. katherine rahl katheryn merthe franklin ladles' aid society peter's evangelical lapp kluss raesler barchert paul schmidt skinner notes. workers surgical dressings responding loyally sew 3hirts, afternoons needed. registered dressings: mesdames julia boughton, lucy roemer, naftzger, carrie plato, ada braun, mabel nlcholl, pankoff, nina leusz-ler, sipple, steele. ege- land. parker, barber, foster, bawson, g, ovell, gillette, barkley, 'oster, little, norma lersch, maude lucille barck, fern haun. sewing knit ting class tuesday: j, baus, purcell, n, r, blum, miller, walker, peabody, bran-dau. leuszler. a, little. coburn passes away". coburn, old, student morning ot parents, co- burn, milan avenue. 111 health co-burn mourn death. was, popular classmates teachers. funeral, after, noon home. services. ft