Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 September 1914 — Page 6

ALLIES REPULSE EFFORT TO BREAK THROUGH LINE GENERAL VON HEESINGEN CITY OF RHEIMS RAZED BY SHELLS CAPT. H. T. BULLER BEYERS RESIGNS; RAPS WAR POLICY South African Commander Disapproves of Invasion. i A mau Is seldom cnx scd in love of elf. Mars makod no complaint of bad business.

WEEKLYCOÜRIER EN ED. DOANE, Publisher. . M8P" INJDIANA

FIRED BY GERMANS

The Krupps are not eomplrlning of hard times.

Why not teach the army worn to rat dandelion? Those dreadnaughts seem to dread about everything. The summer girl is counting up the season s conquests.. And there's man a slp 'twixt theForvice and the tip. War is one game in which everybody concerned loses. America may now be forced to raise a crop of opera singers. How many fly swatters have you worn out this summer? European soldiers fight In many languages, but the guns speak only one. When a B0 realizes that he has been done he wants to roast somebody. Perhaps the phrase will be changed from "caught a Tartar" to "caught e Belgian." A submarine with its periscope shot off is like a cyclops with his one eye punched out. Those who proposed to go abroad r;m now have a chance to see their own country. H sounds paradoxical, but the manager of a health resort is seldom there for his health. When the war in Europe ends thrre should be bargains in handsome antique thrones. The discouraging thing about the kisses for votes idea is that a fellow has only one vote. A horse will get tired, and an automobile will have to have nev tires. And there you are. A pessimist Is a man who can sit down before an Ice cold watermelon and still weir a frown. Some punster suggests that the Oer mans are finding tho road to Paris paved with Helglan block. Football hrots this year will have to share their fame with others win: are i la ing a rougher game A boy two stomach Ins been discovered In Switzerland The av i a;e hoy seems to hae t wo Many a man can give a good account or himself In an emergency aftM th t'liii'i Kimcy has p;i . 1 taOtbar Oaestlon thnt In agitating IM i' In what w ill lake (he place of th i;mr" and th maxlxe next Season Prophets or . IT now have a fine o..oittinlt o Kv te.r.cther and pro diet all kind i or dltalttn With : fair . hance of thru prophecies , ntiittiK true If UMTkfthR are forced to Mkl their own ta itt.uiM It won't iw wry harl for them to Improve on neu of tl,- l'HlgBl lhat have come ovt from Purls. The feminist nolo In the upr.utr In Kur I"' li;i been htruek. A Russian " n an .p h.i . Im i ii arrested in Sw eden. On ascertain uk that a fra tlrcur Is onl another name for hu hw hacker, we have to hard it to France for pohtt Data, Thcv may be hea. Miners In baseball, but nobody ever heard of the stn t cleaners winning any street cleaning championships. There will be no International yacht race this year, which Is the only ray o' light penet-atfcn an extremely muddled situation. It Is just possible that the Hapsburg countess who was once a cook will eventually find practical use for her abilities again. Some enterprising coast resort ought to get some of the Kuropean nations to hold their sea battles where we may witness them Still, if Holland should be found hort on ammunition. she might fire Fdam cheeses into the eneiry's ranks. If the milttar? idea rules the coming fashions, is predicted and the different nations engaged in hostilltles sere as models, the streets will look like so many fancy dress balls. There Is no need now of anyone's studying geography through a ccrrependente course. Free instraetion. Including maps, is now plentifully atpii ! l the dail pn -.s

German Troops Repulsed North of Rheims.

FURY OF BATTLE ABATES Soldiers on Firing Line Are Fatigued Teutons Reported to Have Lost Between 80.000 and 140,000 at Maubeuge. London, Sept. 21. The French forces have repulsed all attacks of the Germans north of Kheims, and tre advancing east of that city, which is alire from the enemy's shells, according to an official statement issued by the French war office. Earlier in the day it WM announced that the left wing of the allies had made progress on the right bank of the Oise. It was later forced to yield ground under a violenj counter-attack made by superior numbers, but the statement adds that the lost ground was immediately regained. The crown prince's army seems to be continuing its retreat. The slow progress of the allies in their turning movement is due to the enemy's formidable defenses. The fury of the battle is somewhat diminished owing to the Germans being fatigued and partly due to the prolonged rainstorms. Allies Repulae Attacks. The allies have taken possession of the defenses of La Pompelle, five miles southeast of Rheims, and to the east of the city they have repulsed a number of counter-attacks and made considerable progress. Attacks by the Germans during the day and night of the 19th at other points were repulsed, the enemy losing heavily. The Germans, Supported by their big guns, broke out of their front between the plateau of Craonne and Rheims in an attempt to pierce the Fren h line, but were driven back. To the east of Uhelms. between that city and the Argonne region, the allies have occupied the village of Bottalü, capturing 1.000 prisoners. In Lorraine the Germans have turned hack from the French frontier and the German left wing has been forced to retire, evacuating the reffton in the vicinity of Arriconrt in the Vosges. 140.000 Fall at Maubeuge. Reports f.athcn I by one correspondeat here regardlnf the Banting at Maubeuge arc that from B0,00 to Iii. 000 Gtormattl urate lost in the engagement there These reports wi re uc cepted ns fantastie. hut the eorro pondent declares he received then from three eepn ie and dependable sources. The destruction of the forti about Ifeubeuge has not yet been 0O8 llrmed River Clogged With Bodies. Parisians were warned that becau i Of the blood) battle uti the hankH .f the Marne, ti h Ih the largest ( ri Im taiy nf the Holm., tin water ! the 1 1 v i" mu t not he ii ,,-, for drinking pur pone without being boiled Corpses II" heaped up on the hanks 01 the ri rr There ua- mu. h rejoicing when Mm war odlee made public the oflirlal o ports dealing w Ith i he Fivm-h let. i at Nanc . where the (Jet mane., ;tfter it buttle lasting right l.i,,. fin.Uh uhan dotted their at t nipt to in.ee the l-'rettch position BRITAIN APOLOGIZES TO U. S. British Ambassador, Sir Cecil 8prlngRice, Makes Amends for Criticism of Präsident by Carden. Washington, Bept, is --Sir Cecil Spring Klee, the British ambassador. ui behalf of his u eminent, apologized to the Fulled Slates for tho Interview given out in New York by Sir Lionel ('anion, Hrlttsh ambassador to Hrazll, criticizing President Wilson's conduct in withdrawing the troops from Mexico. The British ambassador called at the Mate department in person to present his government's apologies for Sir Lionel' indiscreet remarks. Sir Cecil informed Counselor Lansing that he had made every possible effort to verify the interview accredited to Lionel Carden. but he as yet had been unable t get into wireless communication with the ambassador to Hrazll. 45 PERSONS ARE DROWNED Twenty-Six Bodies Recovered From Submerged Cars on Frisco Road Near Lebanon, Mo. St. Ixmis. Mo. Sept 16. Twenty-six bodies were taken from the wrecked Frisco train nt Lebanon on Tuesday Between thirty five and forty-five persons are believed to have lost their lives when the Texas Limited south bound on the Frisco road, plunged into a 12-foot ditch filled with water, uear Lebanon. Mo, the tracks having been undermined by a torrential rain of nearly twenty-six hours' duration. At noon 26 bodies were reported to have been takrn from the coaches, which were lylas submerged In the water.

Inspector Generai von Heeringen commands that part of the German army in France that is at the left of the division commanded by the crown prince. i EIGHTY PERISH WHEN SHIP SINKS IN GALE Men, Women and Children Die Off Oregon Coast Two Men Only Ones Saved. Portland, Ore., Sept. 21 Between seventy and eighty men. women and children, coastwise passengers and crew on the three-masted steam chooned Francis H. Leggett. were drowned when the Leggett wai pounded to pieces in a gale, 60 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia river. Alexander Cartel!, the only survivor to reach land thus far, recounted how, In t he height of the storm, Capt. .1. Jensen of San Francisco, a passen ger vsho lost his own ship si month; ao, and for four month! succeeding was marooned on an uninhabited land, came to the aid of Captain Moro of the Leggett. took command of the passengers and controlled them until she sank, taking him with her. Tin- other resetted passenger, (ieorge II. Cullman of Winnipeg, Canada, is on hoard the Buck, which Is now lying ofT the ''olutnhla bar awaiting Calmer w aether before oroetini in. Parrell, who had recovered cont1d erabiy from his exhaustion. Mid the Leggott carried a full list of paaseil gern, between forty and flfty, while the tew numbered tbout twents flvt 14 DIE ON CANADIAN SHIP Government Steamer It Rammed and Sunk by Collier 26 Miles From Quebec. Win I), c, Sept ,! The Hlaek I 1 n mond eoiiier Lingmi ram met) id sank the gov eminent stea Mont m. ii in In a Tog at Meaujcu hunks, a mile be low Cram- Island, In the St. Lawn nce river, and ::i5 miles from Cimbee. . teen pei'MohH, met ibcrs of the Mnnt inagny h crew and or families of two lighthouse Keeper aboard the Mont magus lost their I vch Second olllcer La chance or the Monitnagny van one of thOte who perished. He died with two children in his arms in a heroic but unsuccessful attempt to n-ciic ' win Mrs. LftVelle, wife of the lighthouse Keeper at Flower Island, and tier tour children w ere U st. Survivors w re picked up hy the Iteejn collier Potam and takn to Groose Isle. RUSS HALT GERMAN ARMY Austrian Army Said to Be Cut Off From Main Forces Kaiser's Cavalry Loses Heavily. Petrograd. Sept. 21 The Qermfta offensive movement in Kastern Prussia has been checked, according to an othYial announcement. The Germans have retreated at sevenJ points. The Saxon cavalry. vhich hurriedly left France to assist the Germans In the campaign against Russia, has lost heavily. The Russians captured many &uns. including tfl Howitzers. The RueeteAl have completely cut off General Dankel's army, which forms the extreme left of the new battle front from Przemysl to Cracow. It WM reported. This has prevented his junction with the force under General ron Auffenberg. While General Iankel is retreating in a desperate attempt to reach the Cracow fortifica tions the Russians are advancing from ! Bendomir in an endeavor to cut off that retreat as well. Flyer Killed by Fall. Pueblo, Colo.. Sept. 17. Weldon B. Cooke, aviator, was killed In a plunge of ,tM fert In his aeroplane while giving an exhibition tiight over the täte fair grounds

Beautiful Town m France Bom barded for Six Days.

BUILDINGS ARE IN FLAMES World-Famed Cathedral of Notre Dame Practically Destroyed Destruction of Town Officially Announced. Paris. Sept. 21.-Rhe:ms. the most beautiful city of northern France, has met the fate of Louvain. From the heights around the citv the great guns of the Prussians have rained shells steadily. The cathedral of Xotre Dame is practically destroyed. Flames are rising from the most important public buildings. The people, who lived in thier cellars during the early perod of the bombardment, oaye fled. Even the French troops have hepn driven out by the deadlv downoour of exploding metal. The city is now a mere shell and emotv. The destruction of the city and of us puonc art is officially announced by Minister of the Interior Louis I Malvy. It is the second timt in a hstory that Rheims has been destroyed. The first time the destroyer was Attila. The minister reports that the cathedral itself is now in flames. Bombarded Six Days. Ever since last Tuesday the German bombardment of the city has been continuous. The German batteries were mounted in the forts which had been constructed originally by the PYeinh and later abandoned The city Iteelf WM but slightly defended. It is only six miles from the ring of forts to the center of the city. The Germane took the heights north of the city, the war office reports, and from that ran tag point were able to make the French leave the citjf or be annihilated. The allies are now in possession of the defenses east and southeast of the city and have repulsed German at tacki thero. Hut so far as can be learned there is no living person insi(h the ity Cathedral 700 Years Old. Bevon hundred years ago the work of building the cathedral of Notre Dame at Kheims was begun. More than a century was neded to complete the task, because the structure was to he a world's masterpiece, per feet In every stone, exquisite in Its most remote curlings, a church erect ed not an a mere lathering piece, but as i religious monument Intended to last through ail time. RUSS SHIPS HIT IN BATTLE Britain Announce that H. M. S. Pegasus Wat Disabled by German Cruiser 25 Killed, 80 Wounded. Copenhagen, Sept. 21. AeoordtBf to nil lees I I ulii Htockholin the Halt ie sea !uit i Ie u hich w .o expected I omi dl v u:o Ii;m taken place h Is reported that I Dumber Ol Russian warship have ar rived at llehdngforH damaged great number of wounded were landed and taken to hospitals It is believed the in TUiMerH Imd been em , d with the German Meet uear Mornholm, Umdon, Sept, 21, The official press bureau Issued the following announce menl H M S Pegasus, in Zanzibar hai bor, vuis attacked b the German . I ill .! koelil). Ih-i k atttl ill--,. !.!. (! ( ot oree of j;m the Pegasus lost .i end so wounded i in- t o tm.in i ershlp Emden unit fiM Britten merchant iblOi In the Hay of Tenal The Hritish auxiliary cruiser Carin.mln. convert ed from a Cunard 1 i n t was in action on Beptember ii oft i k eeel coast of South America with a Oermen armed merchant cruiser sin ed to be tl t Cap Trafalgar or the Berlin. The German ship was caisized and sank, the survivors being rescued by an empty collier. " AUSTRIA LOSES 350. IKKl MEN Complete Rout of Francis Joseph's Armies in Galicia Is Announced in London. London, Sept. 17. The complete rout of the Austrian array in Galicia Is now officially announced by the government press bureau here, which has the news et first hand from Russian official sources. The official announcement follows: "Tho Austrian tout In Galicia is complete. The enemy's losses since the taking of Lemberg are estimated at 250.000 killed and wounded, 100,000 prisoners, 400 guns, many colors :nd vast quantities of stores. The Hermans made desperate efforts to save the Austrian army, but failed completely. At one point the Germans lost 26 pieces of heavy artillery. On another occasion they lost a dozen pieces of siege artillery. Costs Kaieer $15,000,000 Dally. London. Sept. IS. The war Is costing the German military administration $15.0 )0.000 daily.

Captain Butler is the commander of the British cruiser Highflyer, which sank the German merchant cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off the African coast. WOMEN OF ALL NATIONSASK WILSON TO AID PEACE Reported That Conference Will Be Held Some Time in Washington to Piscuss Terms. Washington. Sept. 19. President Wilson received an appeal from women of all nations that he lead a movement to end the European war. It was carried to the White House by Mrs. Hosika Schwimmer of Hungary, secretary of the International Woman Suffrage alliance, and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. The total of those for whom the appeal was made was not less than 1,000,000 women of thirteen countries. London. Sept. 19. A Central News dispatch from Christ iania says the Aften Posten of that city published a telegram from Herlin. passed by the German censor, stating that a basis for peace will be reached at a conference soon to be held in Washington. The Aften Posten is the largest and most influential newspaper in Cluistiania. Its reliability has never been questioned, and the report from BerMn that it publishes may therefore he taken as hemp at (.asj M,ml 0ffl, del fcOmt, Sept. 19. That Austria will soon sue for peace with Russia m order to turn her full attention to Sei la and Italy w as an opinion expressed In well Informed circles. Petrofimd Bept L9. Russia will en ter Into no peace negotiations until Germany is thrust Into a position where it can no longer endanger the peace of Europe, according to an o!!lCially inspired editorial printed here. DEMOCRAT WINS IN MAINE O. C. Curtis Elected Governor Over W. T. Haines G. O. P. Ahead of Taft's Record. Portland, Me., Sept, jr, wig, te turns Complete from all tho eitle towns and plantations, OaMelgh C Curtis. Democrat mayor of Portland, v u elei !, i Kovcrnoi of Maine at the state election 1 ".r.'.i plurallt ,,vt the present incunih.-iit, t;., William T. Haiti-1, ltepubllean tlardner, 'n KreuM'vo, ran ver fort thousand be I nd tli- other two candidate;. The returni k!vo Curtii r.s.s::, Kninee, r6.17'.. (Jardner 1 7. 1 H7. The four congrensmon, J. A. Peten end i-'ranu : on ne rv, l(i-publlcatis, and I .1 Mr (iUllcuddy. Democrat, have been r el ted. Tim Democrats made galnn in tho t.ite legislature. The Itepubllcen vote in tho atato showed e sain of ebont IM per cent over that cunt for President Taft. The homo rat gained about. 13 per cent, uhlle the Proprenalveg lost 65 per cont U. S. FORCE TO LEAVE MEXICO Wilson Orders Troops to Evacuate Vera Cruz Says Conditions Warranted Move. Washington. Sept. 16. President Wilson ordered American soldiers withdrawn from Vera Cruz. He issued the following statement: "The troops have been ordered withdrawn from Vera Cruz. This action is taken in view of the entire removal of the circumstances which were thought to Justify the occupation. The further presence of the troops is deemed unnecessary." It Is understood that President Wilson took this action on the unanimous advice of the cabinet. The troops will leave Mexico about October L TO REOPEN RAIL CASE Roads Win Plea to Commerce Body First Hearing October 19. Washington. Sept. 21 The interstate commerce commission decided to reopen the eastern advance rate ase and will begin hearings here on October 19. A formal order to that effekt prepared. Home Rule Bill a Law. London. Sept. 19. Royal assent has been given to the home rule for Ireland bili

Minister of Finance Charges Inferior Officer With Being Disloyal Under Stress.

London, Sept. 21. Brig:. Gen. Christian Frederick Beyers, commandant general of the Union of South Africa's defense forces, has resigned hi p because of his disapproval of fhe action of Great Britain in send: commandoes ( forces of Boer troopto conquer German Southwet Africa. Gen. Beyers reminds Gen. Smui, minister of finance and defense of : South African Union, that in Aut: he disapproved of the sending of comma' does to conquer German Southwest Africa and expresses -prise that Parliament confirmeel Use resolution of the government to conquer the Germa i territory without any provision to the Union by the Germans. Referring to a statement tha' 1 . Britain had taken part in the Europeaa war for the saWe of justice ar. i to protect the independence of smaller nations. Gen. Beyers points to the resignation of two British minist -as evidence "that a strong minority can not be convinced cf the r:irhteouness of war with Germany." "It is said this war is beinjr wai:. i against the barbarity of the Germans," he says in the letter. I have forgiven but not forgotten all the barbarities perpetrated on our country during the South African war. With very few exceptions all the farms, not to mention many towns, were so many Louvains of which we now hear :,o much." Gen. Smuts, in his reply to the letter ot resignation, says that all the plans for operations against German Southwest Africa were made in consultation with Gen. Beyers and that his suggestions were largely cai i 1 out. "Your bitter attack on Greet Britain," Gen. Smuts continues, "not only is entirely baseless, but most unjustifiable, coming, as it doe-, la the midst of a great war." Gen. Smuts refers to the f eerlcm given South Africa by Great Britain, "which allows you to write a letter for which you would, without doubt, be liable 'n the German Empire U) the extreme penalty." "I can not conceive of anything more futal and humiliating than a life of loyalty in fair weather and a policy of neutrality and pro-German sentiment in days of itOIBI and st ress." INCREASE PASSENGER RATE Railroads to Raise Interstate Fan n Both Eastern and Western Territories. Washington, Sept. Jl Interstate passenger fares, in both BftfteiU I d Western territories hit to he m rea 1 by the railroads in the immediate fti tu re, the rates to be fixed n a ha i of 'J'.- rents a mile. var;. im hehtly in particular cast. Information received by the Interstate Commerce ( omnn mn i that the s, might fare between Ww York Pity and St Lour , for inxtnm , ui'l he :oianced $'J.HI, Tin1 faie h. t. i New York and intermediate point 4 will be hired on the increa e Im-Iao the two larger terminals. The fare between New York and Chicago will be ba ed entirely upon a cents a mile rate, and o far an practicable, the fares between York and intermedial" points and Chicago and intermediate point will bear a like mileage charge. It is expected that the new passenger tariffs may be in readme-to ! with the commission by October 1. In any event, they could not become effective before November 1. The determination of the railroads to raise their pa- m- , direct result of the suggestion mad by the Interstate Commerce ommi -sion in its de i ion of the advan e rate case. The commission expressed its belief that the passenger traffic of railways ought to bear it proportion of the burden of sustaining the roads and that the t ravel? ng publi . which demands speed, safety, comfo t and luxury in pasenger facilities, ought to be willing to pay for them. SUCCESSES DUE TO SECRETS. Vienna (via Paris), Sept. tL The belief is growing in official in b here that the Austrian reverses in Galicia were to a large extent brought ahput by exact knowledge held by the Rnssian War Office of Austria's mobilization and campaign plans which had been obtained through an elaborate system of espionage. The military authorities, it claimed, two years ago dis-overeel that Col. Alfred Redl, chief of the general staff of the Eight Austria Army Corps, had betrayed information of vital importance to Russia and. although it is thought probable the- Austrian general staff later made changes in its plans, the militar) experts believe the modifications wouM no have greatly affected the general basis of the campaign as work-d out by the government. Col. Redl was found guilty of being e traitor and on '.he advice of brother officers committed suicide.

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