Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1914 — Page 4

HUNDREDS DIE IN CHARGE AT PEBONNE.

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in the east, and thence' southwaM along the whole France-German border, while the lighter guns play on the infantry lying .in the trenches awaiting an opportunity to deliver attacks and counter-attacka. British Claim Gains. London, Sept. 25.—The offlcial press bureau issued a statement from Sir John Freneh’s headquarters giving details of the present battle of the Alsne and the Oise. The battle the message states, may last for several days yet, as the operations have assumed the character of a <aiege and these tactics necessarily will ‘preclude the possibility of any tmmedi»ate definite result “The enemy is still maintaining him•self along the whole front. Is order to (do so be is throwing into the fight de'tachments composed-of units from the different formations es the active army, the reserve and the landwehr. "Our progress, although slow en account of the strength of the enemy's defensive position, has been continuous. No End of Bsttle in Blghh “The present battle may well last tor some days more before a decision i 3 reached, since it now approximates somewhat siege warfare.’’ "The Germans are making use of eearchlights. This, coupled with their •great strength of heavy artillery, gives rise to the supposition that they are employing the material which may have been collected for the siege of Paris. "A considerable amount of Information about the enemy has been gleaned ?from the prisoners who have been taken. "It appears that the losses among the enemy’s officers have been especially severe. After the battle of Montmirail it was found that one regiment had lost 55 of its 60 officers Home by Christmas. "Prisoners recently captured appreciate the fact that the march on Paris has failed and that their 1 forces are retreating, but they 6tate that the object of the movement was explained by the officers as being to withdraw in order to get tn closer touch with the supports which had stayed too far in the rear. “The officers are also endeavoring to encourage the troops by telling them they will be home on Christmas. A large number of the prisoners be'lieve, however, that they have been beaten.”

BIG BATTLE IN PRUSSIA

German Government Stops All Train Traffic to Public. Russians Now Occupy All of Galicia Except Two Western Forts—- ’ Przemysl Is Invested. Copenhagen, via London. Sept. 25. — It is learned here that the German government stopped all traffic of civil passengers in East Prussia owing to the fact that a great battle was in progress and the Russian army was advancing from that direction toward Breslau. London. Sept. 25. — A Central News dispatch from Petrograd of this data savs: “The Russian advance guards already are before the Austrian fortress of Cracow.” Adding detailed information to tins announcement, a rad dispatch j reaching London by vay of the Messagero at Rome says: “All of Galicia, except Przemysl and Cracow, has been cleared of Austrian trops, and the Russians are ms. sed far west of Tarnow. Russian cavalry has penetrated to every part of Galicia, meeting practically no resistance.” Another Petrograd dispatch announces that the Germans are retreating from East Prussia for the purpose of strengthening the Posen defenses. A dispatch from Petrograd says: "The Germans are rapidly retreating from East Prussia, and the Russians. pursuing, have recaptured the town of Soldau, and have establisehd a firm line froin Warsaw north to the Baltic. That line by its mere existance prevents the Germans from flanking the Russian central army in Its westward march. "In Galicia the Russian advance forces have already reached Cracow, Przemysl is invested and is being bombarded, and Cracow at the worst cannot do more than engage a portion of the Russian forces. It Is a military impossibility now that the Russian central army should be flanked either on its right or on its left. The enemy has no alternative but a frontal resistance. The preliminary maneuvers now have been completed. all of them, and the Russian armies, with assembled and strategically placed forces, are ready now to proceed without further delay to carry out the czar's terse order: " ‘Proceed to Berlin.’ ”

ASSASSINATIONS AVENGED?

Serb Officer Said to Have instigated killing of Archduke Slain. Rome, Sept. 26. —Major Tankosic, the Servian officer who is said to have instigated the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, the duchess of Hohenberg, at Sarajevo on June 28. was killed in the .battle at Kroupagne. on the Drin*

ELKHART VISITED BY COSTLY BLAZE

Plant of Garden City Tablet Company Destroyed. PAPER FIRM AlJsO DAMAGED b Sparks Blown Through Window Believed to Have Ignited Pile of Scrap Paper—Loss Estimated at SIOO,OOO. Elkhart. —Fire practically destroyed the plant of the Garden City Tablet company In this city, causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. The fire originated in a pile of scrap paper In the manufacturing room. Employes say they believe sparks, blown in through a window ignited the paper. The plant had closed for the day a half hour before the blaze was discovered. The office part of the structure was saved. The plant of ths Elkhart Paper company, adjoining the tablet works, was damaged to the extent of $2,000. " -<V' ■■ ; Kills Wife and Self. Richmond.—Williamsburg, which for a quarter of a century has had no justice of the peace or marshal, was the scene of one of the most grew'some crimes in the history of Wayne county. Wilson Shields, a prominent resident of the village, believed to be insane, although adjudged sane at an Inquest held in Richmond about three weeks ago, killed his wife and then himself. While Mrs. Shields was starting a fire in the kitchen range her husband evidently quarreled with her and is believed first to have knocked her down with a piece of stove wood, although there were no witnesses to the crime. He then killed her by firing birdshot into the side of her head. Clell Shields, the son. who was aroused by the discharge of the gun, rushed to the rear of the house and almost stumbled over the body of his mother in the kitchen doorway. He saw his father sitting on the kitchen floor with the butt of the shotgun between his feet and the muzzle against his forehead. When the insane man prepared to pull the trigger young Shields turned his head. The charge tore off the top of the man’s head. Merchant Killed by Burglar. Rushville. Milton Wagner, fortythree years old, who ran a grocery Jn the north w est part of the city, was fatally wounded by a burglar and died six hours later. Two men. who have not been identified, entered the house and awakened Sallie Colvin, a sfster-in-lav. of Wagner. Pointing a revolver at her one of the men threatened to kill her if she did not keep quiet., but her screams aroused Mr. and Mrs. Wagner. Mrs. Wagner appeared first but was forced back into her room by the ntan with the gun. The robVr returned to the room where his confederate stood guard over Miss Colvin: Just as Mr. Wagner rushed downstairs the burglar with the gun commanded Wagner to throw up his hands. When Wagner failed to heed the command, the burglar shot and the two intruders ® p d. The bullet entered Wagner’s back, struck- a rib and coursed down Into the spinal column, penetrating a vertebra. Eoy Killed Under Wagon. Shelby ville.—Arthur Cook, twelve years old. met death near St. Paul when his head was crushed beneath the wheels of a farm wagon in which he was hauling bonedust for his brother, Harr-. Cook, a farmer. He was a son of Mrs. Ann Cook of Adams. His father. Herman Cook, Was found dead in a carriage a few years ago. The boy’s death resulted when the tongue came out of the wagon as the lad was driving down a hill. He held to the lines as the horses made a dash, and was dragged to the ground. Auto Hits Telegraph Pole. Bloomington.—While on the wav to Paragon, a seven-passenger automobile, driven by William Whisenand, a farmer living west of this city, was wrecked when it skidded into a telegraph pole on the North pike. Mrs. Farr and children, Annetta, twelve years old, and Elizabeth, five, were badly bruised about the face and arms. The family was brought to this city in the car of Bert G. Hoadley. The front wheels, windshield and top were torn from the Whisenand car. Brother Fatally Injures Sister. Evansville—Esther, the five-year-old daughter of Joseph Dean, was shot and killed by her seven-year-old brother, Joseph, who Was playing with an old revolver that his father had been cleaning. The ball entered the girl’s head and she died in an ambulance when being taken to a hospital. Band Lured Him to Officer. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 22.— “ You ah 'sure robbin’ me of some day of pleasur,” exploded Munch Dickey, a Kentucky negro, when arrested by T\ illiam C. Ely, post office inspector. The arrest was made at Guthrie, Ky., soon after Dickey had crossed the Kentucky-Tennessee boundary, and it was only the playing of a band that brought Dickey from the Tennessee part of the own. “I just had to see that band.” Dickey afterward told the inspector. The negro is charged with robbing the parcel post at Evansville.

Summary of Most Important News Events

European War News Field Marshal Count von Moltke’s son has been killed In the fighting at Esternay. • • • According to an offlcial statement issued at Berlin, the Russians lost 342,000 men in battles with the Germans near Tanneburg, East Prussia. Of these, it is stated, 150,000 were killed and 92,000 captured. * • • Messages from Berlin asserted that the offensive spirit of the allies is weakening, that the center is retreating, and that the fortress of Verdun is being successfully bombarded. • • • The great battle between the allies and the Germans continues without decisive advantage to either side, and military experts here predicted that it may be several more days before the result is made definite. Paris announced that the allies had advanced on the western wing and had repulsed German attacks on the eastern wing • • • Soisson in Franca has been subjected to a furious German bombardment for nine day 3. The cathedral and other buildings have been greatly damaged. Noyon also is suffering from the German gunfire, but the fine cathedral up to the present has escaped. • • • The casualty list published in Berlin shows the death of two German generals In the western campaign, Generals von Wroohem and von Arbou. Major General von Throtha Is also given as killed, his death having occurred on August 30. Among the lightly wounded are two lieutenant generals, Von Willisen and Von Kuehne. The list contains 5,895 names. • • •

Sir Oawaine George Stuart Baillle. lieutenant in the Scots Greys, has been killed in action. ("apt Hon. Alfred Henry MaUland of the Cameron Highlanders, third son of the earl of Lauderdale, is reported killed, sir Roland .Litres Corbet, second lieutenant in the Coldstream guards, and Charles Movick are among the wounded whose names appear on the latest list in London. • • * Three British cruisers were torpedoed and sunk by German submarines in the North sea. The British rank two of the submarines. Seven hundred English sailors were rescued and !.r>6.'» were lost. ' -•» • % The senate at Washington passed the substitute rivers and harbors bill, carrying $20,000,000 for the preservation and maintenance of existing rivers and harbors work. • • * The battle that has been progressing for several days near Kroupanl, on the Drina river, has pnded in complete disaster for the Austrian army. * * • Russian troops have occupied the fortified Austrian position of Jaroslau. The Russian flag is now flying over the town. * * • The French report that they have made progress in the territory between Reims and the Argonne forest. On their left wing they have reached the heights of Lassigny. * * * British casualty list shows that 797 officers are among the killed, wounded and missing, a high percentage of the total losses. * * • Lieutenant General Kamio. com-mander-in-chief of the Japanese armies that are moving on Kiauchau, reports that he met and repulsed a German detachment on September 18. * * • Guards were placed about the Austrian and German embassies in Rome and every precaution W(as taken to prevent any demonstration against the envoys of these two countries. • * • According to a message which reached the Telegraaf at Amsterdam the troops of the German empire, who were in Brussels, have left that city for the French and Russian fronts. The army occupying Brussels is now Austrian, and has with It several heavy siege guns.

• • • Two squadrons of British naval aim men made a daring raid from Belgium against the German Zeppelin airship bases at Dussendorf and Cologne. The attack upon Dusseldorf was officially reported as having been successful. * • • General Steinmetz of the .German artillery was killed in France September 15. * * • The Japanese lost a second torpedo boat outside Kiauchau. Vessel sunk by German cruiser. * • • Wounded soldiers from the region of Craonne describe the battles there Sunday and Monday as haying been deadly for the Germans. A superior officer among the 'weuhded estimated the German losses In this engagement alone at 7,000.

Three German army corps (120,00* men) are marching on the Russian stronghold of Grodno after cUpturfng the towns of Augustowo, Szozucyn and Grajevo. Eastern army continues successful. • • • The French minister of the interior, Louis J Malvy, announced at Bordeaux that the famous cathedral of Notre Dame, Reims, had been destroyed and all the other historic and public buildings either laid in ruins or seriously damaged during the bombardment of Reims by the German artillery. * * • It is reported that a number of Russian warships have arrived at Helsingfors from the Baltic Sea damaged. A great number of wounded were landed and taken to hospitals. • • * The German offensive movement in eastern Prussia has been checked, according to an official announcement from Petrograd. The Germans have retreated at several points. • • • The offlcial statement from tb4 chief of general 6taff issued at Petrograd says that the Russians are bombarding the fortress of Przemysl, the artillery of which has opened fire. The -Austrian troops which attempted to check the Russian advance in front of Baranow and Ranichow (in Galicia) were repulsed with heavy losses. • * * Jules Vedrines, the noted French aviator who won the James Gordon Bennett cup at Chicago a few years ago, engaged in a courageous fight in midair with a German aviator whom he brought to earth. The German was daringly reconnoitering the position of the allies. * * • Washington Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo announced at Washington that he had refused to deposit government funds for the moving of the crops in ten southern banks because he is informed that many banks refused money for this purpose and also are charging unreasonable interest rates. * . * Plans for a two-cent letter postage rate throughout the Western hemisphere are being considered by Postmaster General Burleson. While a sacrifice of revenue would be involved. Mr. Burleson said strong arguments have been advanced in favor of the proposal. • • •

The federal reserve board at Washington approved of the plan for a SIOO.i'OO.oi in gold f un( i to meet the obligations of this country in Europe . *: • • Personal t'apt Rhees Jackson, Ninth United States infantry, died at the post hospital at Laredo, Tex., as a result of injuries received when he was thrown from his horse. * * * The mysterious woman who attempted to commit suicide at Salem, Wis., by cutting the arteries in her wrists, is Miss Esther Crawford of Missouri Valley, la. Miss Crawford is a well-known teacher of Weston, la. She is fifty years old and is a daughter of James Crawford. • • * Domestic Virginia will join the other “dry states November 1, 1916, a majority of the voters of the state having cast their ballots in favor of state-wide prohibition. Anti-liquor forces carried the electiou by not less than 25,000. The cities of Alexandria, Danville, Norfolk and Richmond were the only ones that gave a majority against state-wide prohibition. * * * A. J. Cooper of Bennington, Vt., who was nominated for governor at the Progressive convention, has refused to run, according to a letter he sent to Dr H. Nelson Jackson, the newlyelected state chairman of the party. * * * Hudson Maxim, inventor of maximite, emerged unscathed from a terrific explosion that destroyed the laboratory in the rear of his handsome home on Elva Point, N. J. ♦ * *

Police and private detectives are searching for a pearl and diamond pendant valued at $50,000 lost or stolen from Mrs. Henry M. Flagler at a hotel in Asheville, S. C. • * * Tommy White, twenty-one years old, confessed at Great Bend, Kan., that he murdered Miss Mayme McQuillan, Lee Morgan and Clarence McGuin at the Morgan home, near Heizer, September 11, according to assertions by officers. He said, according to the statement, that Morgan caused the downfall of his sister when she was thirteen years old. • * • Robert T. Janiel of Georgia was unanimously elected grand sire for the coming two years at the Sovereign) Grand lodge, I. O. O. F., convention. * * * An 1 order issued in the orphans’ court at Pittsburgh. Pa., provides for the payment to Harry K. Thaw of $142,124 due him from the coke trust created by the will of his father, William Thaw. • • * Foreign Gen. Francisco Villa is expected to be named to succeed General Carranza as supreme chief of the constitutionalist party in Mexico when the generals and governors meet In the capital on October 1.

U. S. CLOSES WIRELESS

Daniel* Orders Naval Ensign to Take Charge of Siasconset Plant Today. Washington. Sept 25.—Secrtary Daniels ordered the Marconi wireless station at Siasconset. Mass., clo.sed at noon today, in consequence of the failure of the company to give assurance that it would comply with navaL censorship regulations. The company has failed to assure the navy department it would observe the censorship rule or to explain its action in forwarding to New York a message from the British cruiser Suffolk asking for supplies.

City Tire Shop. Our repairs are good; others are worse. Use good judgment—safety fIrst.—STOCKWELL & BRADOCK, Prop. Concrete Cement Work a Specialty. Sidewalks, cisterns, water tanks and all kinds of cement work done All work guaranteed.—J. J. MTLLER, phone 458. ' .i.ea.d over The Democrat's want an column each week.

Notice of Place and Date of Registration -Notice is hereby given that the various places for holding Registration on .Monday, October sth, 1914, as made by the Board of Conmtfsrs ° f Jasper County, Indiana, at their regular September Term ia n, are as follows: ’ Barkley Township, East Precinct Center School Barkley Township, West Precinct , Cozy Palace School Hnnso Carpenter Township, East Precinct. .... .. '. PalaC6 ° T °wn Carpenter Township, West Precinct George NTerengarten’s ReS,wi asKKK’: - saa Ban., 2*oo, House Kankakee Township .. . .* ;; ;'‘’ ’’ ’ ” Egypt 5011001 Keener Township. . " " ' n Marion Township, Precinct No.' i'.'. 1 '.'. . '.Sample Room Makeeve^Hotll 5= :::::: : 3XX? Vowton T»r.xx •••••—. . Center School Hoaiee Union Township, North Precinct: !!‘ '' ! .'!! M. V. w n al o ker T T W ow^in S ° Uth Pr6ClnCt 'V ■ Logan Wood’s OffiS WheatfieW Township' *.'. !'. !!I" !‘ ! ' :;; j ' _ C * n^ JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, * Auditor Jasper County.

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[I ndcr this head notices will be pub- • ished for 1-cent-a-word for the first insertion, 1-2-cent-per-word for each additional insertion. To save book-keeping cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than twenty-flvv cents, but short notices coming within the above rate, will be published two or more times—as the case may be—for 25 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat's cave, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.) FOR SALE For Sale—Pair spring mules. — MARION I. ADAMS, phone 533-L. For Sale—Three oil lamps for auto, two dksh, one rear.—Call at Democrat office. For Sale —A Shorthorn bull calf, eight months old. I —MRS. MARY BtCKEL, Remington, Ind. Phone 11-K. o-l 0 For Sale:—Hard wood -lumber of all kinds, sawed to order— RANDOLPH WRIGHT, Rensselaer, Ind , or phone Mt. Ayr 54-C. ts . For Rent—Good farm of 160 acres, K mile north and miles west of Rensselaer. Good improvements. All under cultivation.— Phone 130. For Sale or Trade—Set of blacksmith tools and shop, and two town lots. Also have others lots for sale. —BOX 45, Parr, Ind., R-l. For Sale—l6o acre farm, 7 miles of Rensselaer, all level clay subsoil, tiled. AH can be farmed, SBO per acre. Nothing joining can be bought for less than $125 per acre.—J.i DAVISSON, Rensselaer, Ind. For Sale or Trade—Bo acres level, black corn land, well located; price $55 per acre, or will trade for live stock.—HARVEY DAVISSON, Pens selaer, Ind. For Sale—6 acres of land with good 8-room house, 3-room basement, electric lights and city water, inside corporation of Rensselaer. A bargain.—HAßVEY DAVISSON, phone 499. For Sale—Bo acres nice level black land, no buildings, but well fenced; 40 acres In oats, 16 acres hay, balance pasture, very little timber. Will exchange for good residence property in Rensselaer.— HARVEY DAVISSON, phone, 499. For Sale—Farms or different sizes in this and adjoining counties, and some for exchange. Also city and town property for sale and exdhange. List your property with me and I will promise a square deal. Choice alfalfa, wheat, corn and pasture lands for sale from $25 and up.— JOHN O’CONNOR, ex-sherlfT Jasper county, Rensselaer, Ind. WANTED Wanted— To borrow for a term of 5 to 10 years, $4,000 on good first mortgage security. Will pay 6 per cent interest, payable semi-annually.

Piano Announcement. I wish to state that I am the exclusive local dealer for the famous Tonk end Strohber pianos. I cordially Invite you to call at my reeldence on Front and Harrison street! and inspect these beautiful lnstroments. I buy and sell these planes outright and am in a position te quote the lowest possible prices. No trouble to show.—OTTO BRAUN, Exclusive Dealer. See this Tonk record— eleven gold medals. Dizzy Head, Flattering Heart, Floating Specks. These are signs of kidney and bladder trouble. You’ll have headaches too, backaches and be tired all over. Don’t wait longer, but take Foley Kidney Pills at once. Your miserable sick feeling will be gone. You will sleep well, eat well and grow strong and active again. Try them.—A. F. Long. Get your sale bills printed at Hie Democrat office. No charge made for running the entire list of property in the paper, where we print the bills.

For name or party inquire at Democrat office. A\ anted—To rent a barn in Rensselaer with room for 2 horses, hay etc. Address P. o. BOX 516. Repsselaer - s-28 Wanted— -A good active solicitor to canvass Jasper county, , a several months’ job at which a good salary can be made. For name of party inquire at DEMOCRAT OFFICE Wanted at Once—Local and traveling salesmen in this state to represent us. There is money in the work for YOU soliciting for our easy selling specialties. Apply now for territory.—ALLEN NURSERY CO., Rochester, X. Y. FOR RENT For Rent—The rooms over Rhoads’ grocery, which wil be vacated by the telephone company bv October 1 Enquire at RHOADS’ GROCERY. LOST. Lost Ladies’ black leather purse , between Donnelly onion farm and Rensselaer. Finder please leave at Democrat office. Lost—Between Goodland and Rensselaer, feather bed and quilt, sewed in a gunny sack. Finder please leave at The Democrat office and receive reward. FOUND. Found—Large brass hub cap for automobile. Owner may have same by caling at Democrat office and paying 25c for this ad. * i MISCELLANEOUS. Rug Making—Hand-made Eureka C ° lon i al rugs - rag rQ S s and carpets made to order at residence on south Scott street.—T W ms SENDEE. W ’ 81810 Loan—Loans on farms and city property at current rates. AJso a few choice small properties to sell on easy monthly Myfflanti.— EMMET L. HOLLINGSWORTH of flee in First NatTban k^g H| £ Insurance— Fire and ?J g - fj. 3o Bta te cyclone. Inquire of M. I. Adams, phone 633-L. FINANCIAL Earm Loans—Money t<T~loan ‘ si n nno rOP £ rty « ln any 8,11118 «P to SIO,OOO.—E, P. HONAN, Farm Loans—l am making farm loans at the lowest rates of Interest ~ r&UI / , r l thout unurv Maklng or Gordin, [fllllfff Instruments. nIUIIL I J W. H. PARKINSON,