Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 September 1914 — Page 7

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"Here Is Your Jewel Casket, Madam," He Said NEW YORK. 'Madame,' and the handsome station master looked into her VWM ITH, your jewel casket, I am happy to inform you. has been found." The violet yes looked up into his and a flush mantled her cheeks. Thank you so much," she said.

MA0AT1. '(UK JEWEL CfcSt to you." I uggest. further. She shook the leather-covered said the H. S. M., "that you Perhaps some of them might

posal if you wish to do so." And so she of the violet eyes went to the office and the H. S. M. said to one of his assistants, "Odell, just give the lady this desk, will you. She would like to make an inventory of her jewels, which she just lost and found again. ' And so she of the violet eyes opened the lid of that leatherbound box. and these are what she took out, one by one: Ojje small mirror, cracked. One rabbit s foot. One comb. n bottle of perfume. One pot of rouge. One tute of cold cream. One -vehrow pencil. One date book. "How funny." she said, after a pause, glancing at the limp form of the II S. M . v. hi h had fallen back in his chair, "that you should have thought tbtl was tilled with diamonds! Why. this is my tango vanity. All the girls th. rn Mon't you think it is an especially nice one? Everything is all VUht but the little mirror. Thank you so much. Good-by. You have been very kind." And the stat'.ia master went into his private office and lighted a dank, dark cigar and pondered on the ways of womankind.

Firemen Steal the Bed of Pair Wed in Secret CHICAGO. A Maxim silencer on the wedding chimes failed to work when Char'os F. Passow, a ti reman, married Miss Margaret Mulligan at her home. 1340 North Avers avenue. Passow recently asked for a furlough, but did not ( xplain that he intended to be

married He had heard of the pranks pla'i on prospective bridegrooms by their h art!' ss mates In the flrehouse. So he lecided to have a secret wedding. Passow and his fiancee picked out a sunny flat at 5305 Maryland avenue, and during his hours off they visited furniture emporiums and picked out all the accessories dear to the hearts

of the newly-married. Hut Passow undcrest imated the discernment of the other members of the engine company. Mr. and Mrs. Passow went to their new home after the wedding the ither night. Passow tried to open the door, hut the key would not work. This was because the members of company 1 1 had plugged up all the keyholsjS) In a rage hotter than most of the fires he has turned the hose on, Passow struggled with the key until finally he and his bride gained entrance. On the dining room table they found an elaborate set of aluminum kitchen risüs with a card conveying the company's best wishes. They are just beautflul." Mrs. Passow said. Yes, the boys are pretty good-hearted, even if they do have their little kg." Passow conceded. Then he suddenly missed the bed. Once more he felt murder in his heari. He raced back and forth through Um Hat and at last found that the door of a closet was locked and the keyhole staffed. Passow got a chisel and hammer and got the door open. The bed had feed) carefully taken down and stored in the closet.

This Couple Knew a Good Cow When They Saw It MUNCIB, IND -Charles Snick, when he retired from the mercantile business, moved to a suburban home. He had always wished to live out where N could keep chickens, a driving horse or two, and a cow. Whenever Shick and his wife drew mental plans

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Then the county fair came. Shick and his wife went. At the cattle barns they saw a cow. It belonged to the genus Jersey. Its eyes were soft and mallow. Its hoofs and horns were neatly manicured. Its fawn-colored coat was beautiful to behold. And as for the general symmetry and makeup the animal would suit the most exacting. The herdsman saitr this particular cow was an abundant milk producer The Shieks exchanged knowing glances. Verily they had, at last, found a cow that looked ttki the mental picture they had drawn. I suppose you ill sell this cow" Shick asked. Yes. it is for sale," said the herdsman. How much do you want for the animal?" said Shick. Well, ' said the herdsman, it is one of the best animals in the herd, but I 11 take fifteen hundred dollars for the cow." Shick clutched at his wife's arm. Then they started across the fair ground toward the grandstand. For half an hour neither spoke. Then Shick broke the silence. He turned to his wife and in a meok voice said, 4 Say, wife, we know a good cow when we see one. don't we?"

Finds a $367 "Roll" and Gets a 25-Cent Reward DENVER, COLO M. McGrath, a lifeguard at the Washington park bathing bettf h. found 36T in bank bills on the shore. With no thought of reward in his mind, he hastened to police headquarters and reported his find. There h 4 learned the money was the prop-

ertV of a guest at the Argonaut hotel, who had lost his "roll ' while bathing in the lake. I -pent about two-bits telephoning all over the city trying to locate the owner of that money, said McCJrath. Wlu-n I found him I hurried to his apartments and turned the big bunch of cash over to him, with never a thought of reward. "Hut he was so overcome with gratitude and joy, he insisted that be rewarded. He drew a dime and them for fully a minute. Finally he 'You deserve a reward.' He looked so ruefully at that sould have broken his heart, I am

You must have seen me when I dropped it." The H. S. M. said no. but with an accent that did not make it sound like a harsh word at all. I knew it was yours." he said, because it just matched the color of your gown. I was much worried until I found you, Tor I know that the contents must be very valuable. Do not mention it at all. It has been reward enough to have returned these jewels

box apprehensively and listened. "I examine the contents before you go be missing. My office is at your disof their suburban home they included a sketch of an ideal cow. In fact, they decided they would spend, if necessary, a hundred dollars for a cow, hut it must look like a hundred dollars' worth of cow. After they became settled in their new home they Started out cow -shopping. They read the classified advertisements and canvassed Delaware county's 12 townships. They saw a lot of cows, but none looked like the cow they wished. HEKE'S 2St FbR I a quarter from his pocket and studied shoved the quarter toward me and said: twobits 1 couldn't bear to take it. It sure."

Kocnigsberg, East Prussia, one of to have invested. FIERCE BATTLE LASTS FOR 01115; tiiyantic Conflict as the Allies Attempt to Hurl Back the Invad.ng Armies. CARNAGE HAS BEEN AWFUL Really a Series of Attacks and Repulses That Have Gone on Along Front of One Hundred and Fifty Miles Bravery Amounting to Fanaticism Has Been Shown by Both Sides. From the Battle Front, via Paris, Sept. 22. The seventh day of the battle of the Aisne has ended with the Germans and allies intrenched in practically the same positions they held for the last two days. Artillery duels such as never have oeen seen before are being carried on with the hope of compelling the evacuation of the strongly held positions, with occasional successes to the opposing sides, while the infantry, in the face of a galling fire, have charged right up to the guns, only to make their opponents give way slightly, or to be repulsed with great losses. The Germans took the allies' trenches on the river to the north of Soissons after hard fighting. A counter-attack was executed by the allies and the trenches were rewon. The fighting maj; go on for days yet, but sooner or later one side must find the continual fall of shells and the disconcerting infantry attacks too much for them, and, leaving a strong rear guard, will draw hack. It is now possible to give the first details of the terrific battle of the Aisne the greatest battle in the history of the world. It is a story of a deadly duel of big guns, of furious attacks, of terrific counter-attacks, of hand to-hand clashes and bayonet charges and of frightful carnage. It is a story of a succession of battles, which have been fought now on one part of the line and now on the other, hour after hour, for every hour of the twenty-four, day after day and night after night, for six long days, and still with no result at the time of writing. The stcry starts with the day of the fourteenth. From the twelfth to the morning of the fourteenth, the rival armies had been fighting a rear-guard action, precipitated when the retreating Germans turned at bay to give battle to their allied pursuers. The real fighting started on the morning of the fourteenth, when the battle became general along the range of heights to the north of Aisne. The fighting was sustained with deadly earnestness during all of the next day, the Germans contesting every foot of the way in a supreme endeavor to hold their positions until re-enforcements could arrive. On the night of the fifteenth they appeared to have been strengthened, and commenced their formidable movement against the French and British ail along their front. A furious attack on the allies' extreme left, with the big guns of the rival artillerists lighting the line of the opposing fronts in fierce silhouette, was repulsed "with great courage by the allies. Again and again the Germans returned to the attack with the tenacity that was the marvel of French troops, but each time they were repulsed. No fewer than ten times did they drive their dense masses of troops at the allied infantry, but never were they able to break through. All nit,ht long the fighting lasted, the allies bracing themselves, after each successive counter-attack to meet the furious onslaught of charg-

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ing Teutons, until toward dawn the men of both sides were ready to drop from sheer exhaustion. Just before daybreak the Germans threw all their remaining strength and energy into one final charge, that was conducted with all the vim and courage that could be expected of fresh troops. They charged like madmen like fanatics who knew nothing of the fear of death. Hut they were rolled back again, and to their enormous losses of the night was added another long roll of dead and wounded. It was as if this was their one chance of salvation, and all the desperation and all the resolution at their command was thrown into it. Hardly had they recovered from this final grand sortie when the allies followed with a vigorous counter-attack in an effort to catch the Germans off their balance. In tlls the allies were partly successful, for they gained ground slightly. On the morning of the seventeenth fighting again was resumed with the desperation that rivaled that of the big night attack. At the end of the day it appeared that the Germans had been forced to retire about seven miles. During the fighting, which lasted all day and into the night, the Germans lost 600 prisoners, aside from the ad and wounded, which could not be computed, and a number of rapidfire guns. Darkness made the operations extremely difficult, as the use of searchlights by the rival commanders was refrained from, owing to the danger of exposing their positions. Hand-to-hand fighting, in which the bayonet was used extensively, resulting in terrible losses, marked the combat as one of the most furious ever fought. The progress of the battle indicated that the rival supreme commanders are going to leave a decision of the gigantic conflict to the big guns. The struggle is so titanic that mere numerical strength, even when that strength is counted in the millions, has proved itself inadequate tc force the issue to a decisive result. Puts German Loss at 45,000. G. F. Stewart, correspondent of the London Daily News, telegraphs from Rotterdam: "I learn from a private but absolutely reliable source that during the last fortnight the Germans have been losing in killed, wounded and missing an average of 3,200 men per day. This represents a loss of roughly 45,000 men. of whom it is estimated 14,000 were killed." Termonde Almost Wholly Destroyed. The Germans completed the destruction of Termonde (Dendermonde). The communal offices were bombarded and are in ruins. The church still stands though its tower is damaged. The hospital was spared, but all other public buildings and houses were destroyed. No Proposals for Peace. Great Britain has received no proposals for peace from Germany or Austria, according to a message received by Sir Cecil SpringRice, British ambassador at Washington, from Sir Edward Grey. The British war office issued another casualty list, which showed that British officers are still falling in large numbers on the battlefield. Thousands of Belgians Slain. A telegram to the Ixmdon Observer from a correspondent at Antwerp Biys: "Th authorities are preparing an official casualty list of the operations at Liege and I am informed it will show that no fewer than 27.000 Belgian soldiers were killed in that heroic defense." There is a high death rate among the German officers The ratio of wounded to the dead is about two to i one. The total casualties, as given out in Berlin, are 6,535 killed, 8,391 seriously and 42,242 slightly wounded. Russians to Have 7.000,000. The Russian army now in Galicia , will be left there to complete its work. ! for, aceording to a Rome dispatch, an

ana of 900,oe0 Russians is marching 1 VtM other historic and public buildings I into central Poland, followed by an-1 either laid in ruii.s or seriously damI otht r army cf 2.000,000, while a third j aged during the borabardmezt of I army, also aggregating 2r000 000, la Reims by the German artillery.

which the Russians are reported

coming from more distant regions and will reach the front in October. It is said Russia will soon have 7,000,000 men on the move. Britain Out $166,500.000. Calculations based on official returns show that the cost to Britaiu of 43 days of war, continuing from August 1, when disbursements began, has been about $166.500,000, or at the rate of $3,870,000 per day. Announce Fall of Maubeuge. Herlin has officially announced that the fall of Maubeuge took place on September 9, with 400 guns and 40.000 prisoners. Three Nations May Join War. Dispatches from Europe received in official quarters at Washington contain information indicating that the great struggle in the eastern hemisphere is entering upon a new and much mure serious phase. Italy has decided to join the fray on the side of the allies at the moment deemed most opportune for striking a decisive blow and in preparation for the movement is rapidly mobilizing its army. Turkish officials are in Berlin negotiating the terms upon which the Ottoman empire will throw its support to Germany and Austria. Itoumania has given an official re ply to Turkey, which indicates that it j is likelv to tret into the fiuht on the side of the triple entente. Battle on the Ocean. There has nqt been a gun fired in the North sea for days, so far as the British public knows, but the admiralty issued bulletins of important encounters in far off waters. Successes and misfortunes were both chronicled impartially. The German protected cruiser Koenigsberg caught the British light cruiser Pegasus overhauling its machinery m w in Zanzibar harbor and attacked and completely disabled it. The British lost heavily and the Koenigsbeg was able to steam away. The British loss is given at 25 killed and 80 wounded. The German cruiser Emden captured six British merchant steamers in the Bay of Bengal in six days and sank fivo of them. The Emden reappeared at Rangoon, possibly having taken part in other exploits, as yet not known. On the British side of the score was the sinking of a German merchant cruiser, believed to have been the Cap Trafalgar, by the former Cunard liner Carmania. The British loss was small nine killed and ."n wounded. The German loss is unkrttvn, but thu survivors were rescued. German Losses Are Heavy. A casualty list, made up largely of the losses of a few regiments, was made public in Berlin. Of the 6,126 casualties reported, ,,97f of them fall to 15 battalions of eight regiments. The One Hundred and Thirty-first regiment reported 1,141 casualties. Six of its officers were killed and 23 wounded. The One Hundred and Thirty-second infantry reported 32 officers and 561 men killed, wounded or missing. The Tenth Grenadiers lost 20 officers and S20 men, and one battalion of the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh infantry had eight officers killed and fivo wounded. Ulster Volunteers Enlist. The London Morning Post correspondent at Belfast wires: "The flow of recruits from the Ulster volunteer force to the new army continued last week, the total for two weeks up to last night being in round figures over nine thousand. Belfast naturally contributed the larger portion, recruits from the city numbering about 5.600." Russians Advance in Galicia. In a dispatch to the London Times a correspondent at Petrograd says: "Near Sandomir, Russian Poland. &6 Russians have again defeated the broken remnants of the Second German landwehr corps under General Woirsch. Here, evidently, the Austrians had prepared to cross the Vistula river." Famed Cathedral Razed. The French minister of the interior, Louis J. Malvy. announced today that the famous cathedral of Notre Dame , it Reims had been destroyed and all

Bluffton. Mrs. Henry Carrier, fiftyfive years old, was struck by a Clover Leaf train when an umbrella obscured her view, and died a few hours later. Crawfordsville. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert A. Kldredge of this city have arrived home from an interrupted tour of Europe. They were luarooned in the war zone for some time. Marion. The largest Sunday school convention in the history of this city will be held here at the First Christian church September 30, when 115 schools of Grant county will be represented. Rochester. Because Nat Squires, a Minnesota citizen, who was vwlting here, did not know that he had to have a license to fißh. he paid $19. 5u in a justice's court here for angling in Lake Manitou. Newcastle. Rev. V. K. Motley, Prohibition candidate for corg:- - irom the Sixtii district, is exp ted to withdraw from the ticket because he ha accepted the pastorate of the Central Christian church at Richmond. Evansville. Members of the Van derburg County W. C. T. l. at their annual meeting here, avoided the subject of European peace, members asserting the subject would be left for action by the union as a whole. Jeffersonville. Charleston. whivn has been "dry" for six years, became "wet" when the county commissioners granted a liquor license to Conrad Kahle, formerly a saloonkeeper, after a hearing on a remonstrance. Jeffersonville. At the reunion here of the Eighty-first Indiana Volunteers Veterans' association, Joseph (5. Snider of this city was re-elected president, John A. EL Owens of Charlestown was made secretary. Next year's meeting will be held at Scottsburg. September 19. Hloomington. Ruth, the five-year-old daughter of Harry A. Axtell. narrowly escaped death when sh was attacked by a pet deer at the Axtell home. The animal knocked her down and continued its vicious attack until clubbtd off by Mr. Axtell. Mr.

Axtell has a herd of sjsjsj tear at his suburban home, and this is the only one that has ever shown any indication of viciousness. Greensburg. Fifty five survivors attended the reunion here of the On Hundred and Twentythird Indiana regiment. Officers elected are as follows: President, George W. Daniels, Marion; first vice-president, James B. Smith. Fairmount; second vice-president. Hugh Weston, Fairmount; third vice-president, Enoch Hewitt ; chaplain. hev. Jesse Miller; secretary. nHam S. Haler, Glenwood. Marion was selected as next year's meeting place. Rochester. Charles P. Henedict of Indianapolis, deputy grand master of the Masonic lodge, was a guest of honor at a banquet of Rochester lodge, No. 70, F. and A. M.. at which past masters' jewels were presented to 11 of the 18 living former masters. The Rochester lodge was founded in 1849 and has had 39 masters. Arrangements are now being made to build a ' handsome clubroom as an adjunct to the Masonic temple here, Shelbyvflle. Lawrence L.. Brown, a drug clerk, was fined 20 in the court of Mayor Schoelch for selling a half pint of whisky on Sunday to Landy Williams. Brown entered a plea of not guilty, but later allowed the mayor to find him guilty. The fine was paid. When Brown was arrested the charge was selling without a prescription, but this was dismissed and the fine wai imposed for the sale of intoxicants on Sunday. Portland. When his team became frightened at a passing train Me!vin Wright of near Pennville was thrown from his wagon, dying of a ruptured blood vessel a few minutes after. With his wife. Wright was driving home behind a spirited team attached to a spring wagon. On the outskirts of town the horses suddenly veered as the train approached, throwing Mrs. Wright to the street and dashing into a side street and into a tree. Wright was thrown against the tree and his chest was crushed. Mrs Wright was uninjured. Evansville. Two girls met death here as a result of gasoline ex plosions. Emma Keown, fifteen years old. a charge of the orphan asylum, who has been given a home by Albert C. Voss, a bank cashier, poured gasoline into a stove, mistaking it for kerosene. Members of the Voss family. who heard the explosion, ran to the outhouse, whre the explosion occurred, and found the girl's clothing afire. She inhaled the flames and died. Beulah Gibbs. twenty-one years old. clerk in a West side department store, in cleaning and pressing a skirt at her home used a gas iron that set fire to a cup of gasoline. The blazinj; liquid ignited the girl's clothing and she ran from the house a living torch. Neighbors extinguished the flames but she died a few hours later. Anderson. Ralph R Clark, preildent of the Indiana Retail Merchants association, has announced that the association has employed A. VV. Mc Kland as state organizer, with headquarters in Indianapolis. Mr YKKland was secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma City, Okla . und increased the membership to 6.100. Anderson Henry Barr, fifty years old. a former convict, was arrested in Alexandria as the man who obtained several dollars in this city by selling peaches at one dollar a bushel and then failing to deliver the fruit. Barr lenies the aocusatlon.