Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1918 — Page 4

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DEATH TOO GOOD FOR KAISER, SAY HIGH OFFICIALS

Never Can Shrive Himself of Crimes and Henceforth Shall Be Pariah. ALL OF KIN ARE OUTCASTS Dynasty of Hohenzollerns Forever Ended, With the Hapsburgs Soon to Follow, Is the Opinion Expressed at Washington. Washington, Nov. 11— "The king is dead” —but there are no cries of "Long lived the king.” The world has done with kings of the Hohenzollern’s type and the news of his abdication has evoked in the nation’s capital no word of sympathy for fallen greatness. Nor has it Caused unmixed rejoicing, for there follows i<n‘ its train the threat of anarchy and civil war. In and out of administration circles, however, there is sober and profound satisfaction at the passing from autocratic power of the last human obstacle to world peace. “It is the fall of anti-Christ and the wreck of absolute monarchies,” said a high civil functionary. “Upon the hands and hears and head of this man rests responsibility for the! slaughter of more than 4.000,000 of his j fellow men and thy crippling of perhaps twice as many more. Henceforth Is Pariah. "He has divested himself of the symbols of power, but he cannot, so long as he lives, shrive his soul of the crimes he has committed against humanity. From this day henceforth he is a pariah, and ail those who carry the taint of his blood will be social outcasts. "His punishment is inypeasurable. Those who cry out for his trial and condemnation and death are really pleading for mercy for him, for death would be sweet release to any mortal. In his position. “For the sake of all humanity the kaiser that was should be permitted to live and suffer. He is mankind’s terrible example of the results of abuse of power. Some of us will say that so Tong as he Jives he will be a menace. I do not believe it. "His rule has not endeared him even to those nearest to him, and his sons •without exception are as heartily hated and distrusted. The military party has fallen with him, and the junkers to save thetflselves and ttieir properties will out-radical the radicals. Dynasty Forever Dnded. “The German people, having been freed of an incubus and having tasted the elixir of liberty, will never again submit to autocratic power. The Hohenzollem dynasty is ended, the Hapsburg dynasty will follow and then we ehall have Come to the end forever of the rule of Norse, Caesars and czars. Peace that will be enduring is shining through the bloody mists that have lowered over Europe for nearly four and one-half years.” Wants Another St. Helena. Senator Ashurst of A/lzona said: “The kaiser should not be let off with a mere abdication. He and Von Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Von Tirpitz should be sent to St. Helena for life. The Prussian autocracy should by reduced to such a condition of ■feebleness that it would be immaterial whether they kept the peace or not.” ... Senator McCuinber of North Dakota said: “I certainly hope the report of the abdication is true. I hope that it means not only the kaiser, but also the entire royal family. “The abdication of the kaiser will hasten the coming of peace, and I am very glad that the kaiser has at last decided to quit.” Must Be Punished. Senator John Sharp Williams said: “The emperor of Germany has violated in the most ‘frightful’ way the essential laws of humanity and civilization and of necessity he must be punished. We need not call in the mob and rend him limb from limb. But before the high tribunal of international justice he should be solemnly summoned to appear and stand trial. “The evidence should be heard, the facts should be weighed, the verdict should be rendered with dignity and decision and this arch enemy of civilization should be punished before the world as the magnitude of his crimes against the world demands.”

RAILWAYS SEIZED BY REBELS

-Stations of Industrial District of Germany Taken. Copenhagen. Nov. 11. —The railway stations in the entire industrial district of Germany, from Dortmund to Duisburg, have been occupied by the soldiers* council, according to a dispatch from Essen. There were no disturbances.

OFFICERS DRIVEN OVERBOARD

German Sailors on Guard ■ Vessels Hoist Red Flag. Copenhagen, Nov. IL German guard vessels In the mine fields of the great belt and little belt have left their stations. The crews forced- the officers to leave the vessels and then hoisted the red flag. *

Y. SIMITCH

Y. Simiteh, charge d’affaires of the Serbian legation in Washington, has asked that Bulgaria and the Huns pay for the spoliation of Serbia. He declares that many of the million Serbs who have died in the war were dellli 1 erately murdered. Mr. Slmltch asks that America judge between Serbia and the Bulgaiu who accomplished Serbia’s defeat by breaking faith with Russia and England.

EX-KAISER IN HOLLAND

William Hohenzollern Signs Abdication and Flees to Safety. Former Emperor Shivers as He Puts His Name on the Document. « London, Nov. 11.—Emperor Charles and Empress Zita of Austria have fled from Wartogg castle to Switzerland, the Daily Express learns from its Copenhagen correspondent. King Ludwig of Bavaria and Crown Prl.nca Rupprecht, the Bavarian, heir apparent, have fled, the Daily Express learns. The king of Saxony will abdicate, the correspondent adds. London, Nov. 11.—Both the former German emperor and his eldest son Frederick William, crossed the Dufcl 1 frontier Sunday morning, according tc advices from The Hague. Washington, Nov. 11. —William Ho. henzollern has arrived in Holland and Is proceeding to the town of Desteeg near Utrecht, according to a dispute! received by the American army gen eral staff from The Hague. London, Nov. 11.—Emperor Willlair signed a letter of abdication Saturday morning at the German grand head quarters in the presence of Crowr Prince Frederick William and Field Marshal Hindenburg, according to t disuatch from Amsterdam to the Ex change Telegraph company. The German crown prince signed his renunciation to the throne shortly afterward. It is believed that King Ludwig pi Bavaria and King Frederick of Sax ,ony also have abdicated. Before placing his signature to the document an urgent message fron Philipp Scheldemann. wno was a so cialist member without portfolio it the imperial cabinet, was handed t< the emperor. He read it with t shiver. Then he signed the paper, say Ing: “It may be for the good of Ger many.” The emperor was deeply moved. Hi consented to sign the document only when he received the news of the lat est events in the empire. Serious food difficulties are expect ed in Germany owing to the stoppagr of trains. The council of the regencj will take the most drastic steps to re establish order.

IRISH ASK HELP OF WILSON

Appeal to President for Aid in Set tling Home Rule. Lond<w, Nov. 11. —The Irish Nationalist party is sending to President Wilson a manifesto appealing for his as sistance in settling the Irish question The document quotes at length front President Wilson’s “great utterancei on this war which we hold justify ui to enforce the demand we have made for our nation on the British govern ment.”

ALL ON BOARD SHIP SAVED

Members of Crew of Steamer Saetii Accounted for. Washington, Nov. 11.—All person) known to have be’en on board thi Saetla, sunk off .the Maryland coast have been saved. Additional survivon landed at Cap May brought‘the num ber to 85, accounting for everybody oi the ship’s lists.

SEIZE CAPITAL OF LUEBECK

Many Are Killed When Rebel Soldier Take Eutin. Amsterdam, Nov. 11—The Rhenlsl Westphalian Zeitung of Essen an nounces that Eutin, the capital of tht principality of Luebeck, is in tin hands of the soldiers’ council. Man] persons, both civilians and military have been shot.

THE TWjCE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

HUNS STILL RUNNING

Retreat Is Becoming More and More Precipitate. Allies at Foe's Heels—Mons Suburb Taken—Yanks Capture Two Towns. London, Nov. 11. —Field Marshal Haig’s forces are closely following up the retreating Germans along the entire front In Flanders. The official statement by the war office announces that the British troops have occupied Faubourg de Bertaimont, on the southern outskirts of Mons, Belgium. “We are approaching Letize and have taken Renaix,” says the official statement. With the Allied Forces In Belgium, Nov. 11. —There are many indications that the Germans do not intend to make a- protracted stand this side of Brussels and Charleroi. Paris, Nov. 11. —French troops renewed their pursuit of the Germans. The French official statement says the retreat'of tfie enemy is becoming more and more precipitate. Everywhere along the line the Germans are'abandoning great quantities of war materials. Cannon, numerous vehicles of all descriptions and in some instances entire railroad trains have been captured by Foch’s forces. With the American Forces on the Lorraine Front, Nov. 11. —The Second American army launched its initial attack in Lorraine. The villages of St. Hilaire and Marcheville were captured.

WILL FACE MURDER CHANGE

Hun Said to Have Caused Explosion Sent to England. New York, Nov. 11. —Frederick Fredericks, alias Capt. Fritz Juobert Duquesne, who pleaded guilty here on October 31 of trying to collect a fraudulent $33,000 eflatin from an insurance company, will probably be turned over to the British government to face 8 charge of murder in Cohqctidn with an explosion aboard the steamship Tennyson off the coast of South America in 1910, according to a statement by District Attorney Swann. According to the British government, the explosion occurred among boxes of “mineral” shipped by Fredericks, and three sailors were kill Al.

AIR VICTIMS LISTED BY HUNS

German Flyers Drop Parachute Con taining Names of Dead. With the American Army in France Nov. 11. —©tiring a recent night raid upon Toul by German aviators the Germans not only dropped bombs, but a flaring parachute containing a list of names of American flyers who’are dead within the German lines or whe are prisoners. The list, .which contained 35 names, 10 of thfern given as dead and the others as prisoners, some of them wounded. The American aviators are planning to carry within the German lines a list of the Germar flyers imprisoned on this side.

HUN IRON CROSS BANISHED

Regulations Prohibit Wearing of Kaiser’s War Medals. ,j Copenhagen, Nov. 11. —The Danish frontier is being strictly guarded by the German soldiers’ council. This is being-done, it is stated, in order to prevent the escape of rich people, generals and other high officers. All national cockades and the eagle of the helmets of soldiers have been re’moved, being replaced by a red band. The wearing of the iron cross has been strictly prohibited.

PEACE TERMS ARE PROTESTED

Australians Bitter Because Country Was Not Consulted. London, Nov. 11.—Premier Hughes of Australia made a bitter protest against the peace terms in addressing the Australian “We were launched into this wai without being consulted,” the premiei declared, “and ndw the terms of peace have been drawn up and we have nol been asked to express our views be forehand.”

SCATTER BOLSHEVIKI BANDS

Enemy in Siberia Reported Dispersed by Allies. Tokyo, Nov. 11. —Bolshevik and Aus-tro-German forces operating in Siberia are now almost completely scattered, according to an official statement Issued at the war office here. Small bands attempted to pillage several towns in October, but were immediately dispersed, the statement says.

KAISER’S ADVISER IS DEAD

Albert Ballin, Steamship Magnate, Passes Away. Copenhagen, Nov. 11. —Albert Ballin, general director of the Hamburg-Amer-ican Steamship company, died suddenly Saturday, according to an announcement made in Berlin.

Two Liners Cross Unescorted.

An Atlantic Port, Nov. 11.—Two British liners arrived Saturday from England with passengers and mails lifter passing through the German submarine zone unescorted for the first Mme in more than three years.

CROWN PRINCE'S BERLIN PALACE IS CAPTURED

People Shout, “Long Live the Republic” and Sing the “Marseillaise.” MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED Revolutionists Shell Buildings in Heart of Berlin Revolt Spreads to Other Large Cities —Krupp Works Seized—ijlead of Concern Arrested. London, Nov. 11.—The crown prince’s palace has been seized by the revolutionists. The people are shouting, “Long lite the republic,” and are singing the “Marseillaise.” Severe fighting took place in Berlin between six and eight o’clock Saturday night and a violent cannonade was heard from the heart of the city. The revolution is ’in full swing in Berlin and the red forces occupy the greater part of the German capital, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company quoting Berlin advices sent from there at three o’clock in the morning. When the cannonade began, the people thought the Reichsbank was being bombarded and thousands rushed to the square in front of the crown prince’s palace. It was later determined that other buildings were under fire. Many Are Killed and Wounded. Many persons were killed and wounded before the officers surrendered. The red forces are in control and- have restored order. Strong guards are marching through the streets. When revolutionary soldiers attempted to enter a building in which they supposed a number of officers were concealed, shots were fired from the windows. The reds then began shelling the building. Great Cities Join Revolution. Leipsic, the largest city in Saxony; Stuttgart, the capital of Wurttemberg, and Cologne and Frankfort have joined the .revolution, according to reports from the Danish frontier, telegraphed here by the Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. The soldiers’ councils at Stuttgart, Cologne and Frankfort have decided to proclaim a republic. Schleswig-Holstein, the Prussian province which formerly belonged to Denmark, is to be proclaimed an independent republic, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. Great Krupp Works Seized. Essen, where the great Krupp steel works are situated, is reported to be in the hands of the revolutionists, says a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph company. Lieut. Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, head of the Krupp works, and his wife, have been arrested. Delegates to the revolutionary German navy arrived in Berlin on Friday, according to a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph company. They conferred for several hours with the minister of marine and with members of the reichstag majoriity parties. It is stated that Huge Haase, socialist leader in the reichstag, has the situation at Hamburg in hand. Berlin Rejoices at Abdication. „ Copenhagen, Nov. 11.—Berlin was occupied by forces of the soldiers’ and workmen’s council on Saturday afternoon, according to a Wolff bureau report received here. News of Emperor William’s abdication was received on Saturday afternoon at Berlin with general rejoicing, which was tempered by the fear that it had come too late. The Wolff bureau, the semiofficial news agency of Germany, announces in a dispatch from Berlin that It has been taken over by the soldiers’ and workmen’s council. Mutinous Navy Shells Kiel. Copenhagen, Nov. 11.—The German fleet at Kiel fired 11 shots on Kiel, killing 12 officers, according to 'the latest dispatch received here regarding the situation there. Revolutionaries have cut off Fehmarn island, preventing the dispatch of the garrison from that point to suppress the Kiel uprising. Other advices declare Herr Dlttmann, addressing 4,000 adherents ol the workmen’s and sailors’ council at Hamburg declared: “President Wilson’s distrust of the German government was justified. "We demand the immediate establishment of a socialist republic and I urge a general sympathetic strike to aid oar Kiel comrades.” Bolshevism Spreads in Navy. Amsterdam, Nov. 11. —Bolshevism Is extending rapidly in the German navy. The soldiers’ councils formed at several ports have been joined by striking dock workers and shipyard men and are negotiating on an equal footing with the admirals and port commanders. At Hamburg sailors armed with machine guns, revolvers an<f bayonets besieged- the Bundestrasse infantry barracks, which surrendered after a sharp exchange of volleys.

WORLD WAR IS OVER; GERMANS SIGN ARMISTICE

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llshments was completed without difficulty, once it was clear that the military had gone over to the people." Victory for the People—Scheidemann. Deputy Scheidemann (leader of the majority Socialists in the reichstag) in a speech, said: “The kaiser and the crown prince have abdicated. It is a splendid victory for the German people. “Herr Ebert has been charged with the formation of a new government, in which all shades of the Social Democratic party are to participate. “Only decrees from the government bearing the signature of Herr Ebert have validity. Only orders from the minister of war bearing the countersignature of the Social Democrat, acting as assistant, are official.” Deputy Scheidemann exhorted the the crowd to keep calm and to avoid incidents. Deputy Thnrr and some soldiers spoke from a motor lorry. A delegate from the corps of officers of the guard battalion announced that the ofcers were on the side of the people. Stormy applause and jubilation accompanied the speeches. Socialist Ebert Takes Control. Copenhagen, Nov. 11.—It is officially announced from Berlin that the war ministry has placed itself at the disposal of Friedrich Ebert, the Socialist leader whose appointment aS imperial chancellor was forecast yesterday by the decree of Prince Maximilian. This action was for the purpose of assuring the provisioning of the army and assisting in the solution of demobilization problems. Friedrich Ebers, the Socialist leader, has been appointed imperial chancellor. He has issued a proclamation saying that he plans to form a people's government which xylll endeavor to bring about speedy peace. Herr Ebert in hl* proclamation said that Prince Maximilian of Baden had transferred the chancellorship to him, all the secretaries of state having given their consent. The new government, he added, would be in agreement with the various parties. Deputy Ebert, who has been appointed imperial chancellor, is Friedrich Ebert, vice president of the Social Democratic party and president of the main committee of the reichstag. Ebert’s election to the latter office in June of this year was taken to mean at the time that tlie Socialist minority in the reichstag had either been reclaimed by the military government or that the Socialists had gained the ascendancy. Later events have proved that the Socialists were in the saddle. Ebert quite recently declared in the reichstag -that the German people would no longer permit themselves to be without the right to decide their fate. It was he who informed the reichstag of the release of Doctor Liebknecht. Amsterdam-, Nov. 11. —The proclamation Issued at Munich in behalf of the council of workers, soldiers and peasants, which constituted itself into a diet, announcing a republic had been formed in Bavaria, declared that the “democratic and socialist republic ol Bavaria has the strength to realize w peace for Germany, preserving that country from the worst.” Prepare for League of Nations. The proclamation, after promising a constituent assembly to be elected by all adult men and women, says that Bavaria will make Germany ready for a*league of nations. It then continues: "The present revolution is needed tc complete the self-government of the people before enemy armies stream acrojss our country or before troops should, after the armistice, bring about chaos.

“The council will insure strict order. Soldiers in barracks will govern themsolves by means of soldiers’ councils. Officers acquiescing in the altered situation will not be hindered in theii duties. “We reckon on co-operation ol 'the entire population. All officials will remain at their posts. “Fundamental social and political • reforms will Immediately commence.” Bavarian Princess Shot Fleeing. Copenhagen, Nov. IL—According tc a frontier message, Princess Heinrich wife of the grandson of Ludwig HI ol Bavaria, was wounded in the am when fired on as she was fleeing from Munich. She and her husband now art hiding in southern Bavarift with ‘Princess Adalbert, wife of Emperoi William’s third son. Names Council to Rule Hesse. i Amsterdam, Nov. 11. —An official dispatch from Darmstadt, capital of tile grand duchy of Hesse, announces *thal (the grand duke of Hesse has decreed the formation of a council of state tc take over the business of the government “until a 'final settlement of the Questions arising frem the present situation.” Revolt Succeeds. : Basel, Nov. IL —An official dispatch received by the Havas agency fron Berlin says: . “Official. The revolution has resulted In a striding victory almost withpul the effuslbn, of blood. A general strike was declared this morning. It brought pessatlon of work in all workshops about ten o’clock. “A regiment of Nurenberg chasseurs passed over to the people. Oth« troops rapidly followed their action. “The Alexander regiment, after hearing a declaration by Deputy Wells went over to the revolution.”

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GERMAN NAVY CONTINUES WAR

Cails Armistice Unjust aad <Shll« otf the Sailors to Defend Their Country,! London, Nov. 12. —The German rev® lutlonarr council in command of thl German fleet* denouncing the armjf| Uee terms as “unjust, particularly me continuation of the blockade, has sunF moned all sailors “to defend the counj try.” It has ordered all submarines in thq Baltic to assemble immediately in the harbor of Sassnitz, on the east of the island of Reugen. The German order was intercepted by the British admiralty wireless and was given out hero. It was sent by “command and sailors’ council,” which appears to have headquarters on the German battleship Strassburg. The or* der reads as follows: “To all ships, destroyers and sub* marines in the North sea and Baltic: • •"The enemy terms are unjust TIM blockade of the German people, in dm fence of international law, continues. “German comrades! Defend you! country again-: such unheard-of pre? sumption! A strong English force U off Shaw. “AB submarines in the Baltic ark to assemble immediately in the harbol of Sassnitz.”

NOTES FROM COUNTY HOSPITAL

• A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kanne on November 9. A daughter was born to Mr. and ' Mrs. Ed Hasty Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Hasty are both suffering from influenza, but are im:oving at this writing. Walter Randle was able to return home yesterday after a light I attack of influenza. j’ Miss Rebecca Fendig entered ithe hospital yesterday for a few days treatment. All other influenza patients are doing nicely.

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

To one who's constituted right, ■some solace always is in sight, 'whatever troubles life may bring; he’ll find excuse to smile and sing. Jim Wilkins had a patch of beans i and artichokes and other greens, •the finest in the countryside; in it he took an honest pride. One I night Si Pennypaeker's cow, which has a low, retreating brow, went bulging into Wilkin’s yard, when ’no night watchman was on guard. At dawn, when Jimuel arose, and I through the window pushed his , nose, to gaze upon his garden sass, he found but ruin there, alas! I thought to heat b : m rant and • swear, and see him paw ar** tear his hair, but he surveyed wftib i manful grin, the wreckage that ithe place was in. “How thankful I should be,’’ said he; “she didn’t ' eat my cherry tree! She spared the clothesline and the pump; why should I have a doleful dump? I'm thankful, too, ’twas but a cow; if it had been a warthog, now, or if some big rhinoceros had come and put this stunt across, there’d taot be any landscape here, so watch me smile from ear to ear.” ' I put him in a padded cell, where he is doing very well.

Drinking cups are made from rhinoceros horn by natives of Suiiatra, who believe that they counteract poisons. The price of peanuts in Baltimore is still “five a bag,” but the buyer finds ofaly about fifteen peanuts in the bag—three for a cent. French scientists have discovered that vegetable ivory can be obtained from the fruit of a small palm grown prolifically in the Sudan. Barristers’ wigs first came into vogue about 20b years ago. Up to the end of the seventeenth century 'judges and sergeants-at-law alone had any distinctive dress. Under Queen Anne the queen’s counselor adopted the court dress and silk gown which made up the mourning of the period, together with the full-bottomed wig then usually worn by all persons of position.

NOTICE OF LETTING CONTRACT FOR COUNTY FARM SUPPLIES Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will on Monday, December 2nd, 1918, receive sealed proposals for furnishing groceries, dry goods and meat for the use of tiie County Poor Asylum. All bids to be on file by 2 o'clock p. m_, of said date, afid to be accompanied by affidavit as required by law. v The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana. JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor. Standing Timber—We have dry wood, standing timber, 2 to 3 miles west of Parr. Will sell in patches, any quantity desired. —J. J. LAWLER, phone J. E. Waiter, Mgr. 337. ts Estrayed—A large black milk cow. —RAY THOMPSON, phone 277. f n-lfi