Amherst Times, 1918-09-12

              i mm mhtfi jy j. jk. jks a libertyfirst, last and always freedom for all forever vol. it no. 45. subscription, $1.50 per year ie?" amherst, ohio, thursday, september 12, 1918. official newspaper of the village ohio. 4 ii n 'inm inrr amherst men are registering today draft officials warn that ignorance law is no excuse. mobilizing her man power in supreme effort to bring war speedy successful conclusion. she doing this simultaneously with whole nation. thirteen million between ages 18 46 under selective service act, from on their fortunes will be directed by government until kaiser brought his knees. not expected older called into at time. they may never be. but come "work or fight" order, do essential work. has intention disrupting families creating countless number helpless dependents. however, endeavor so place country every w.il count toward winning war. passing -new age limits, voluntary enlistments throughout were stopped hereafter placed branch which best fitted. registration locally. vicinity, places arey same as election booths. hours 7 a. m. 9 p. regular have charge registration. brownhelm south register respective communities. known how many here. estlamtes 200 400 been made. each answer 20 questions, pertaining nationality, age, business, dependents, etc. these questions found another page. must obey law. those who cannot speak english required member family friend can interpret him. excuse one promptly. failure perform duties punishable imprisonment result loss valuable rights " privileges cause an immediate induction service. card bear serial number.. when numbers drawn washington wheel identify registrant corresponding order denote he examination. questionnaires examination sent out least week after drawn. army 4,000,000. 13,000,000 plans select 2,000,000 military about 700,000 31 46. remaining 1,300,000 21. first class probably 19 36. only exemptions ing previously registered, now service, certain officials. ao army.7(wrobingtevcmwfypshrdlw why speed needed. enlarged program re quires sys tem, supply additional needed, shall 1 over available upon october. needs because allied final overthrow german ar mles calls early msutering america's contribution. department said tall below 5,000,000 men. three serv- ice. two more made ready, time obtain them come. october training. begnl oct. 1? 1, present rate dispatching troops europe, our cantonmonts depleted, men, process refill' places, en tirely used up. till, therefore, necessary call m e men4o camp, was neces sary soon over, classification begin quota month, beginning october, fill camps departing join boys across. had take later than middle september, installment new ready mr, mrs. e, e.toster turned several days" -visit relatives friends cleveland. federal officers seek "distilleries" here? mysterious woman black causes sleuths make investigation; prominent following story bo true, appeared tuesday's elyria chronicle, mentions well wo reprinting it. readers liberty give credence think deserves: "the black" again heard from, pulled stunt uncle sam caused considerable wrath part victims amusement friends. reader want know is. well, lives township, ,falr, fat forty, dresses big picture hat, woe unto anyone crosses path, exceedingly vindictive, given courts county trouble. recently insisted whis key being distilled illegally county. bothered prosecuting attorney flndlay office getting any satisfaction them, went washington, some means ained audience high-up ficial ordered cleveland investigate charge. six furnish ?d names 80 farmers business in'the harged making whiskey. most vicinity ''his- keyvlllo," ely- ia. claimed reason vas named whlskeyvllle veryone around there here 10 jays ago. list milo kendeigh, john bechtel, sim nash, l. minard, hen ry hahn others. nearly "men pronounced temper ance advocate mad hornets proceeded search homes find illicit still. visit infirmary premises. superintendent baus away time, jeparted before return. inmates sorry nothing. apologized what ivere compelled orders headquarters. searched few then became satisfied received bum steer. victiins so-called joke relieve either mind, simply vindictive. case believe ought taken care of. "rank wesbecher favors times letter camp jackson, s. c. editor five weeks toda t seems longer that. we nuch work day. morning clean up barracks vash clothes if to. laundry comes too late inspection saturday. drive trucks, learn shoot cannon, everything like busy 5:45 evening. much together. homer dute, henry krieger myself 15th battalion, f. r. d battery c, rest somewhere else. joe kassouff buildings bar- rack.s weather hot saturday sun day,' labor day off. see airpalnes tlmo. heavy showers. lieut. smith, us, good man. gave us blue pass go town yesterday. foursergeants right, me, haven't detail once since i've say kick all. don't leave. shipping thou sands other till of-thls not. let you know. y. a., hostess house, canteen where get everything. going columbia afternoon large initiation k. we'll fun there. wish triends would write awhile. your friend, priv. frank wesbecher, batt., batt. d. william abel, brownhelm, suffered fine cattle wednesday night, smothered death straw stack, top-heavy overturned. amounts .between $500, four killed train hits auto sheffield family, pittsfield, wiped tragedy. horrified friday people, occupants bulck auto, wiled 4:14 york central passenger leavltt road crossing just east amherst. dead howard sheffield, 46, 43, 76, howard's father, b. morrlam, 72, sister welling ton. the' struck squarely train, engineer lawrence conductor baker. stantly killed, bodies strewn along track, smashed pieces.' pieces carried point opposite u. automatic co., standstill. returning home. party home farm lorain. driv er. exactly accident occurred, facts generally credited: approached tracks freight approaching east, traveling very slowly. driver thought could cross reached crossing, running 50 miles hour, bore down them. escape. crash, piercing screams, human beings snuffed out. thrown adjoining tracks, brakeman flag oncoming prevent further mutilated. hard tracks. banks earth side distance mr. prob ably aware train. zilch undertaking parlors, viewed hundreds persons. removed pittsfield sunday funeral held monday pittsfield. scene accident, persons vistied sunday. lit tle scene, save portions deniolished auto. pair glasses wholly intact, picked coroner garver conducted investigation tra-gedy, attached blame any' one. flyer samo evening huron badly damaged it, though injured. resi dents wellington merrlam wealthy widow, social charitable affairs. how- ard lived surviving mem bers widow elder mildred sheffield. 18, daughter school parents left were, ad dressed among debris, furnshed clue led identification. buggy truck. belonging bert jenne, son .standing latter's home, corner spring streets, night s o'clock, truck, alleged driven lumber ran smashing beyond hope repair. rig standing .roadway. blocks, truck drove rapidly away, trailed close horse, old, uninjured. trophy stop oberlin "booster" fourth liber ty loan, trains tour district, located. carry com plete outfits equipments aemrican fighting relics trophies battlel fields, sorts guns, shells tools trains' itinerary, obstfin 11. doubt view trip oberlla iamherst roll reaching figures far complete requested information. enlistment record township continues grow quotas leave various camps. still remain tie earlier "should list, efforts boy the'servlce la desired. apply mayor, clerk, pastor lodge secretary card. supplementary hose already published. name, dato given: 139. hazen schoficld, athens, sept., 1916, artillery. 140. hale g. elyria, july 26, 1918, 141. alfred t. field, st. louis, mo., nov. 23, 1915, 142. rich, sept. 3, infantry. 143. fred fahrriey, 21, 1917, 145. charles wragg, april 28, 1913, 146. clarence .1. glynn, akron, o., june 147. myron wm. schlbley, cleve land, aug. 5, coast defense. 148. lee menz, 12. spruce production. 149. walter weber lutz, 150. naggle, infan- try. .. 151. jay kaser, 27, 152. chris fahrney, 153. koch, 2s. 101s, taylor. 154. fazey, in-fantry. 155. 156. philip weigand, 157. emery, 158. arthur ruth, 26. 191s, second "autoless" sees violators passed its 'autoless" day, fewer cars seen street previous car owners gener ally spent cleaning ma chines, learning'more inward workings pre viously known. doctors, directors, others highways cases prepared having con spicuously displayed radiator windshield. communities even slackers painted yellow streak, inconveni ences. enlist merchant marine. boys, minors, listed mar ine through enlisting agent kuss. immediately training ship, boston. aro: rein hard, bonof the. road; george dock, mrs martin dock west avenue carl h. pipper, pippert. grandson pippert, civil veteran. brown run independently. gerald ii. brown, defeated candl auditor recent primaries, announced inten tion independent coming election, filed nomination papers. mayor avon lake. republicans expressed lief fairly beaten mon roe welty primary, scant support elec tion. fall hats. looking styles men's hats, observe dead-sot purpose pn hatters ellminato derby, stiff conspicu ously absent. derby running, freak seen. flat brlra top crown, crown ubout inches brim, brim wide, reminds sailor-effect hats chinamen wore years go. jurors term tho pleas court selected. included sippel ellas baumhart, grand jury work; paul cchmldt stein, .for petit old-timers battle diamond clayte young pitch pro ceeds sammies' baseball fund. old players cavort sunday' 2:30 brandt's park, benefit ball game staged oldtlmers city team. gamo sea son. proceeds batjund, clark griffith, manager american league similar benefits havo country, enormous sums r.eallzed, fcr enough supplies soldiers france. amusement, can't play without something gloves, balls, .maslcb, bats, bases, former stars play. attempt trim youngsters clayton young, amherst's premier pitcher; roy mitchell, smytho, al stlwald, mike schaeffer, earl whoso inspire fear hearts opponents. th03c remember prowess days gone hand cheer victory. ball, though. easy ta3k hands, team weak means. chippy bruce youngsters. litis strikeouts gamo, pitched one-hit game. locals havedeveloped accomplished players. tickets fast. sold rapidly. dr. w. schaeffer i.ersch. sell 25 cents, practically money realized use park donated brandt. crowd. addition spirit patriotism manifested attendants, appreciate presence promise to' stage 500 watch size crowds irt habit playing 'shaily" positively pitch. should sugar. food administrator foster hands full trying satisfy demands receives householders apparently lieve sugar provided secure 3,500 pounds ago, mayor's disposal nothing, none sight near future. general conservation sugar, ministrator warns. aro duty wholeheartedly, using quotas, oth ers abusing privileges. rules visitors sherman colonel rivers, commandant sherman, public set governing within cam.p limits. days, except saturday, allowed roads 1:30 10:30 saturdays noon 7:30 in. fo ni. co lumbus times. entertain quar ters d,:ys, sundays, 5 ra. end draftees obtaining mission -tho commanders satur sundays 6 stone church services. rev. neumelstcr, evangelical (stonel church, sermon topic: ''call service." question: 'can world hands?" lesson studied during hour is: "winning christ." people's topic saloon it." welcome. ormsby painfully burned when, while filling gasoline stove, ignited touching burner. room wab filled flames -and ormbby burns leg arm. boarders succeeded extinguishing flames. allison nicholl writes france medical corps says he's kept likes french cently e. bon, allison, arrived summer contingent cuyahoga county: 'dear mother: "thought lines. inter esting little about. wrote am taking sick. my dispensing drugs supplies; interesting. "havo sure dealing certainly americans anything please us; people surely race. "i met knew back states here, helps, transferred original company. gee, hospital unit great bunch delighted change. 'the hero wonderful, weather, kinds lowers, especially roses. feeling health spirits, md retain appetite. everythiny. home? cer tainly there, long bit. suppose everyone keepmy yood stick rest." "your son, allison." .med. det. beaten. lorain times-herald sue told opening high football season ept. 21 oppo nent "amherst likely victim coach cal- lin's understudies." remembers classy herst year, material year's team, expectations mark seem ikely fulfilled. played lo rain furnishing opposition vermilion sat-jrday, elyria. schedule next week. "oysters r ripe." time-honored sign, ripe" appearing section country. although oyster supposed spawn june, prohibition him august, eaten "r" months. explanation superstition regarding months find, firm hold line, "farmer" consumer. mail fliers airplanes inaugurat ed chicago furnished residents thrill af ternoon 2:30, flew directly town. flying low approached, rose height later. noise motors was' plainly audible. plane short ly 2 'he machine half followed lake shore toledo, bryan, plane, max miller 6:55 m., belns descended small chicago, darkness resumed journey morning. mall becomes regu lar thing, able airplanos co. building nearing completion mammoth built plant company completion. walls roof complete, plastering completed, mains laying creosoted block flooring finishing varnishing rooms. rearranging machinery once. austin structlon contract, ex cellent job. patriotic concert band awards bicycles con-test evening, occasion -demonstration. will' talks speakers garford chair-nan ,s. committee, chamberlain, chalr-nan loan .vill principal talks. theso .nen orators wide reputation mil messages worth hearing. winners bicycle contest. concert, announcement "ontest, participated girls 15 sum mer. prize bicycles, garford, offered girl selling savings stamps, amount, juno 1. boy3 enrolled sales records boys' division, dollars separated winners. quite 'tho finish. awarded stand. palnnod contestants failed win prizes certificate enrollment expresses appreciation efforts. diplomas suitable framing. contestants. enrolled, chairmen amount district: district georgo parker, chairman. $3,460.66. goldle gerber, carolyn guild, evelyn alice ruth naftzger, helen orcutt, emma slack, jessie thompson, elda schofield. o. masters, $5,090.77. harold flowers, lillian gleason, louis haywood, lester husted, vivian ray hensen, ruth. parker baird, sales$4,696.5u cheatham, amelia barthlbm'ej warren ladrach, mcqueen, nelson zilch. program. director krugman arranged excellent musical selections follows: athletic march" gustavo schumann. debutante overture" francis myers. gosh," characteristic march mackie-beyer. "days old," medley selection- carlton. 'sweet buttercup," onestep herman paley. 'stilly night," serenade huff. starry emblem .l. shaggs. "star-spangled banner." reasons, largest crowd turn night. tested ba shown appreciated. th.e visiting "big" ofthe county, orth band, compensation seo collection intermission, 111 buying music band. appreciated concerts summer, farmer camp. thirty-seven un til harvest finished cayed board tuesday. omer qulgley, heusser, springer, moore allen plato community. sells property! real estate carstensen davidson closed sale albright property jackson street, across company, vankeurln possession arm, frequently ot late, handling negotiations ' deals, meeting remarkable success. "georgia cyclone" mary harris arnior, georgia cyclone," est orator,- (stone) afternoon, 15, 2;30 o'clock. subject "war cloud's sliver lining." special music, present. admission tree,