Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 November 1914 — Page 2

LORD ROBERTS KAISER WILHELM AT THE FRONT KLY COURIER l WESTERN CANADA'S HOOSIER NEWS (EN ED. DOANE, Publisher. STRONG POSITION

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What do you suppose toe umpires do in winter? Not that we care.

One of the crying needs of th2 tiroes 1s a standardized slice of pumpkin pie. All the cynics in the world can never succeed in making love unpopular. Boys who are winning acre-crop prizes are not farming like daddy's daddy did. There are men who do more than think twice before they speak. They "hem and haw." With such a war to read about, we ought not to miss baseball for a few months to come. Love :s nine parts agony, according to a woman writer; but think of the one part that isn't! 1 p-to-date office devices that can almost think will not necessarily replace the b ond typists. The waist'.ine is now at the hip, but feminine heads will continue to be worn on the shoulders. A dealer wants to know how to make a $3 shoe fashionable. Oh, mark it up to $5 or $6. "Five thousand bees weigh one pound." That seems strange, when one hornet weighs a ton. So far nobody has succeeded In figuring out a lot of good that will reeult from the European war. A true diplomat can say aumething pleasant to a collector, even though M hopes never to see him again. There are the military experts and there are the plain people who do not know anything about the war, either. What has become of the old-fashioned skinny philosopher who used to advise people to laugh and grow fat? If the curtain is not rung down soon upor the battle of the Alsne, the spectators may begin to yawn and walk out. One advantage of the conflicting war news is that it is possible for any sympathizer to lind a crumb of comfort. Many a woman has ecovared from a severe illness just because she didn't Want some other woman to attend her fun?ral. "The Mexican word for kiss is tentennamiquiliztl'.." But there are other reasons why Mexico is an undesirable place to live. No matter how sensible a man may be, if be. tries to follow the extreme autumn styles in men's clothes he's apt to look like a fool. The man who bo.ists that he doesn't care snap of his fingers for public opinion is afraid to wear a white duck suit to his office in the summer time. A Pennsylvania farmer, it is said. In order to produce the best hams and bicon ever, feeds his pigs peaches nnd cream. A crank or a fabrication which? D daring a moratorium is easy enough to do, but it's like a married man declaring his independence. One never knows whether or not it will bo taken seriously. Styles in shoes for children show pood sense. It is not until they reach Hü age of discretion that people begin to torture their feet. If the consumer could learn to hi bernate it might be a good idea for him to buy n bale of cottou and dig himself into it to save coal. if the price of cosmetics goes up much higher druggists will be able to look their former customers for this class of commodities in the face. Another thing that helps make the world a good place to live in is that every young mother thinks her baby was the stork's choicest selection. An editor who has been considering the economy of the kitchen advises American imen to can all the fruit trey can r.nü eat what they can't can jf they an The New York Herald says dried mpples are about to swell the volume of the export trade. Those who are familiar with dried apples recognize them as a swell article. This . r jargon continues to be as fresh and amusing as ever. Absolutely the latest way of saying that the army retreated is to announce gravely that it "assumed a strategic defensive movement." This paragraph from the Houston Post teaches a lesson in safety first: "The Ohio bride who Jumped in a cistern and saved her life when her clothes caught fire had pres nc? oi mind. A woman like that wouldn'' shy at a bread tray or quail in tb. presence of a frying pan.''

Famous British Field Marshal Succumbs to Attack of Pneumonia.

ALL BRITAIN IN MOURNING Bobs." as He Was Affectionately Known, Recognized as the Most Famous Soldier of the Island Empire Battleship Audacious Sunk by Mine Crew Taken Off in Safety. London, Nov. 16. Field Marshal Earl Roberts died Saturday night in France of pneumonia. A telegram from Field Marshal Sir John French, commander of the British expeditionary forces on the continent, apprised Earl Kitchener, secretary of state for war, of the death of England's great soldier. The telegram read: 'I deeply regret to tell you that Lord Roberts died at eight o'clock this (Saturday) evening." BriUm Loses Battleship. New York, Nov. 16. Two men who saw the British superdreadnought Audacious lying helpless in a heavy sea some twenty-seven miles northeast of Lough Smilly shortly after she had struck a mine on October 27 arrived horn tnHa v rn Vw t , . n . , , V.-.. V-.1 I from Liverpool. They confirmed the stories of the WOUNDED ALGERIAN FIGHTER This Algerian, who wai wounded in the battle of the Aisne, is a type of the soldiers which France brought I over from her possessions in Africa. loss of the warship that had previously ' reached here and added numerous details. One statement they made was that the Audacious might have been Hotting today had she not been blown ' up by the r.ritish cruiser Liverpool at ; 9 p. m. on the day she was disabled through striking the mine. The Audacious was a J5.000-ton first line battleship. It was commissioned September, 1912.. It carried ten 13.5inch gns and 16 four-inch guns. It had a speed of lM knots. Wreck German Submarines. The Standard prints a report, which the pn ss bureau permits, that two of the enemy's submarines have been ; lost. There has been no official an- !

Duiuicvoieui ui turner, i ne oianuar'i uihm s uae ut?eu uwwu report adds that there is every reason "Fierce French attacks to the west to believe two submarines which have i and east of Soissons have been rebecn raiding in the channel have been pulsed with heavy losses to the ensatisfactorily accounted for. according emy."

to information from credible naval sources. One of these submarines has been carrying out a series of daring reconnoissances in the vicinity of Dover. and a patroling cruiser has reported attempts by tiiis Herman craft to torpedo it.

statement has heen received bv the FORCED TO LEAVE DIXMUDE Russian commander in chief's staff: ) ' In East Prussia the fighting conGermans 'J nable to Hold Captured tinues in the region of Stalluponen for

French City Allies Maintain Positions, Indon. Nov. 14. The Germans, who on Tuesday last captured Dixmude, today were driven out with heavy losses. They Btood the terrific lire braveU . in fact, refused to bu!ge from tht ir hard earned position until extermination faced them. They stood their ground before a 'n avy fire of shrapnel and high explo divea. but on the appearance of large

Kaiser Wilhelm, at the right, and a pontoon bridge over the River on

foijce of French marines in a bayonet ! ance. We occupied Krosno and inflictcharge they rapidly retreated, refusing j ed heavy losses on the Austrian rear

to take a chance on heavier losses. German Position Unimproved. At other points in West Flanden the Germans do not seem to have improved their position to any marked extent. In fact, an unofficial report from the north of France tonight says that their attempts to break down the j British resistance around Ypres have ; failed and that their attempt to drive a wedge into the allied lines by a concentrated heavy gun fire at La Bassee also failed. There ha. been a considej nble bulge in the line here for some time, but the allies hold their positions on either flank. Tells of Ypres Fighting. The official press bureau issued the following communication regarding the fighting at Ypres: "Our troops were subjected to the heaviest bombardment that we have yet experienced, from dawn for three hours. This was at once followed by an assault in force, carried out by the First and Fourth brigades of the Prussian guard corps. "It is understood that these picked troops had been brought up specially to act against us in order to force their way through at points where previous efforts made by the infantry of the line had failed. Break Through Allies' Lines. "The attack was pressed with the greatest bravery and determination. Owing to the gallant -y of our troops and their splendid resistance against great odds the attempt to penetrate to Ypres was repulsed, but the weight of the enemy's advance enabled them to break through our lines at three I points. They were, howeer, hurled back and prevented from gaining ; further ground. , "An immense loss was inflicted on the enemy, 700 of their dead being j found on the ground behind our front trenches alone. The casualties suffered by them in advancing up to our line under direct and enfiladed fire must have been enormous. Our casualties i also were heavy. We took 1,300 pris- ; oners." I French Official Report. Paris, Nov. 14. The French official announcement given out here says that from the Lys to the sea the fightin nas uePn less violent than on previous days, several enorts or tne uermans to cross the Yser were checked. The French forces in the north are described as holding positions close to the barbed wire entanglements of the OTri.r... Slight progress on other parts of the battle front is reported, as well as the capture of a German detachment by a surprise attack. From German Point of View. Berlin, by wireless to London, Nov. 14. German military headquarters today gave out an official announcement as follows: "On the branch of the Yser canal at Xieuport our amrines have inflicted j heavy losses on the enemy and we ; have taken 700 prisoners. During our ; attacks on Ypres, which have pro- j gressed favorably, another 1.100 Dris- I . - RUSSIAN ARMIES ROLL ON Claim Successful Advances in East Prussia Berlin Declares Moves Were Checked. Petrograd. Nov. 14. The following the possession of the outlets in the 1 raslern chain of the Mazurian lakes ! ghtingin the region of Soldau ! The fighting in the region of Soldau continues. The German offensive has been repulsed in the direction of Thorn on both banks of the Vistula toward Ryfoin and Wloclawek and farther west. The enemy brought lure a part Of his troops from Lyck. "In the Czenstochowa region the Germans are moving gradually toward the Silesian frontier. "In Gai'ffa our offensive toward Douuaietz nowhere encountered r?si3t-;

a group of his officers, photographed Meuse.

guard. In the region of Sanok and Turka, where we stormed nightly a well-fortiOed position, the Austrians on the morning of November 11 began retreating. "In the Carpathians, on the road Xadvorno to Marmarosziget near Pasieczna, we defeated a body of hostile Sokols." Berlin Reports Russian Check. Berlin, Nov. 14. According to official announcement given out in Berlin today news received from the eastern arena of hostilities shows that matters are proceeding favorably. The Russian cavalry forces, which were defeated previously with heavy loss in the vicinity of Kolo, 40 miles northeast of Kaliscz, Russian Poland, resumed their offensive movements, and swinging to the southward were again repulsed to the east of Kaliscz. This, the announcement says, removes any possible danger of an invasion of Silesia. The announcement adds: "On the East Prussian frontier at Eydtkuhnen and also farther south to the east of the outlet of the Mazurian lakes fresh battles have developed, but no decision has yet been reached." Eight German Flyers Killed. London, Nov. 13. Germany has invaded England by airship, according to official announcement in Berlin, received in London by wireless, which states that German aviators have flown over Sheerness and Harwich. Sheerness is a fortified seaport in Kent at the mouth of the Thames, 40 miles from London, and Harwich, in Essex, is about seventy miles northeast of London. A thrilling encounter occurred in the vicinity of Ypres between eight aeroplanes, four German, two French and two British. The German machines were finally destroyed by artillery fire and the eight officers they carried were hilled. Large Army for Britain. London. Nov. 13 The British cor ernment will call for 1,000,000 more men to fight the Germans. This number is in excess of the number of men already voted for 1914 and 1915. It does not affect the territorial force. The additional 1,000,000 men will bring the British forces up to 2,186,400. On August 5 there was a supplementary estimate of 500,000 followed on September 9 by 500,000 more. The number of men now called out by the ejiiment answers the requirements vi iuc vvui euuiug :uarcu oi, yio. Praise the German Navy. Berlin (by wireless), Nov. 13. "The German navy has destroyed the legend of British naval supremacy," was the declaration of the German press on Thursday in commenting upon the destruction of the cruiser Emden. While the naval critics deplore the loss of the cruiser, they emphasize tne fact tnat England had to call to her assistance the Australian, Japancse Russian and French wairhips to hunt the vessel down, Turkish Troops Invade Russia. Constantinople, Nov. 17 (via Berlin and thence by wireless). Turkish troops have invaded Russia and are striking for the port of Batoum on the Black sea, according to an official statement issued here. It follows: "Turkish troops yesterday occupied all the Russian block houses after a surprise attack on the frontier of the vilayet of Trebizond. The Ottoman forces advanced three hours' march into Russian territory in the direction of Batum and captured the enemy's barracks at Kusco.' Fighting Near Suez Canal. Berlin, Nov. 17 (by wireless). "tin is already going on near the Suz canaL Four wagon-loads of Brit ish soldiers wounded between Ismailia and Suez have arrived at Cairo. The native troops wen; reported to have mutinied. Russians Sink Turk Ships. I'erlin. Nov. 17 Three Turkish transports, the Bezzs y-Aslem. Bashrihener and Mihdat Pasha, are missing and are believed to have been tunk by the Russian fleet.

Warsaw. The High school ing at Pierceton. ten miles east of here, was badly damaged by fire. School children who were in the building fled in a panic. A defective flue is blamed. The loss will amount to ' about $2,500. Rochester. David Hissong, a farmer living near Rochester, led his sixth wife to the altar. He is sixty years old and has lost three wives by divorce and two by death. The bride is Mrs. Minnie Welch, aged forty. She has been married twice. Hartford City The foot and mouth disease has not yet reached Blackford county, according to L. E. Epple of Cleveland, O., a Federa! inspector, who was here. Mr. Epple inspected herds on the Charles Alfrey and Walter Seelig farms and found them free of disease. The cattle were recently shipped here from Chicago. La Porte. Rev. Geo. F. Goodrich, pastor of the First Baptist church of Albion, has accepted a call to the astorate of the Parkside Baptist church in Chicago, located near Jackson Park and the university of Chicago. Rev. Mr. Goodrich, who has been in Albion four years, will go to Chicago on December 1. Terre Haute. Ernest Morris, age nineteen, who had "batched" in a small house at Staunton, after promising mother to return to her home, blew off most of his head with shotgun. Couple returning from a party saw light and looked in window, seeing body half sitting on side of bed. Left rambling statement of mental worry. Bloomington The little town of Harrodsburg, twelve miles south of here, was visited by yeggmen, but little loot was obtained. The safe at the Fowler & Holland flouring mill was blown open, but was empty. The J. B. Smallwood store was entered and $2 taken from the store cash register. The post office is in the Smallwood store and $S of Uncle Sam's money was taken. There is no clew. Lafayette. After operating extensively in this city, Mrs. W. H. Hood and members of her familv. ad vertising themselves as New York furriers, were arrested as they were boarding a Wabash train for central Illinois. Charges of fraud had b?en placed against them. It is said they owed a bill of $2,' at a boarding house here, and that through advertisements in the papers they had obtained credit at many stores and bought fOOdi. A number of people turned j over furs to them to be remodeled. and, it is alleged, these furs had been shipped out of town. The family of six was brought to the jail. Anderson. Henry W. Richart. age forty-thre a painter, was Wed when he came in contac4 with an electric wire about the eaves of the court house, where he was working. He and William Turner, another painter, were working together. When they shifted their position along the eaves, Richart received the fatal shock. Richart uttered a cry, and Turner, seeing what had happened because of Richart's smoking hands, pulled him from the wire. His body fell on the roof, where it lay in the eaves until it c'ould be taken down by ropes and ladders. Turner was unhurt, though slightly chocked. Rich art is survived by a widow and seven efiildren. Kokomo. Harry W. Eckhart, charged witht embezzling the funds of a branch tea store here, of which he was manager, was arrested at his home when he returned and threatened to kill his three-year-old son and himself. Brandishing a revolver, Eckhart forced his way into his home where his wife and mother-in-law were staying and announced his intention of killing the child and then committing suicide. His wife pleaded with him to spare the baby, while the mother-in-law slipped into the next room and called the police. Four policemen rushed to the scene in an emergency automobile and disarmed Eckhart. He was lodged in ja fl . He said he had been in Evansvllle. Terre Haute. Thomas Bürge, alias Bertsche, one of the five alleged gunmen charged with holding up and robbing Ed Broadhurst and Fred Lackey, proprietors of the Plaza hotel poolroom, has been released on bond from the county jail, word to that effecting being given out by Prosecutor Werneke. Bürge was one of the five men captured by the Indianapolis police near Plainfleld, Ind., after they had crossed the county on the morning of October 22 on a wild automobile ride. Werneke said he could not give further information, as he said he did not know of Purge's release until after bond had been accepted. Sheriff Bhea is out of the city and snea has the bond with him. Werneke says none of the men will be tried until the December term of court. Fort Wayne. Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Mary Peltier, formerly of this city, in California, at the age of ninety years. Her husband, now dead, was born in the old fort here. Fort Wayne. Two masked highwaymen held up and robbed James Foley, agent of tie Lake Erie & Western and Chicago & Erie railroads at Kingsland. near here, of $110 in caih and a gold watch as he wai closing the station. Posses of farmers and citizens made a futile search and it is thought the robber escaped on a pass ing freight train.

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"THE WHEAT GRANARY OF THE WORLD' A WELL APPLIED TERM. Western Canada occupies a stronger position today than it ever has occupied. Taking one year with another, the efficiency of its lands to produce

has been well proved. It has not been saici of it that year in and year out there were bumper and bounteous crops. If such a condition existed it would be phenomenal in the history of any country. With an extensive territory producing grain, hogs, cattle and sheep, of some 800 miles wide and l.Oöö miles long, it is easy to conceive of a wide variation in temperature and climate; there is variation in rainfall and snowfall; every section is not the best in the district some are Letter .han others and some worse, but as a general thin, the great percentage is "better." This past year has shown that some portions are not altogether immune from periods of drought. The same may be said of adjoining states to the south. But this year has also shown that in the greater portion of Western Canada drought does not appear, but eveu In the drought-stricken area of this year, past years have shown that the soil produces wonderfully well and even this ear, with modern methods, known as dry-farm ing." good crops were harvested. The large number of Americans who during the past sixteen years have been attracted to Canada have not gone simply because of the advertising of that country, but because their friends and their old time neighbors have done well there, and with careful and judicious farming almost everyone has done well As a result of the great influx of immigration the open or prairie homesteading area is being rapidly taken up. The fact that this is so is evidence that Western Canada lands are productive, and on these open plains today are to be seen the homes of successful farmers from almost ever;, state in the Union. They have earned their patents and now own outright their 1CU acres of land, together probably with an adjoining ICO aires, which they have purchased or preempted, all of which is worth from V25 to $30 per acre. They originally started by growing grains altogether, but they found that they could secure a better price for much of their grain ly feeding it to hogs and cattle, and the most successful ones are those who have followed this course. But to meet the wants of the newcomer a new hörnest ad area has been opened up, known as the "park country." In this park country are to be found beautiful groves of poplar and willow, small lakes and streams, with sufficient open area to enable one to go into immediate cultivation of crop, and in due time when they wish more land to be put under cultivation, they may at email cost cut down some of the groves, which in the meantime have been valuable in providing fuel and in giving shelter to cattle. Notwithstanding the high character of the open prairie lands and the fact that farmers there have realized in a splendid way, there is the opinion backed up by a lot of experience that this parklike country contains soil even better than that of the open area referred to. The opportunities, therefore, for money making are as great today as they ever were. The opportunity for carrying on farming successfully ars fully as great as they ever were. Of this park area we have an immense quantity of land yet to be settled It is true that the railroads have not yet penetrated these districts to the extent that they have the open area, but this will come and as settlements advance, so will railroads build. For the present there is a temporary lull in rail road building, but it is always the case that where there is a demand there will come a supply, and it will not be long before the park country will be penetrated by railroads that will give sufficient accommodation for all needs, but to those who prefer it there are lots of opportunities for purchasing land nearer towns and villages and at low prices and on easy terms. Whether one cares to purchase or homestead it can better be done by uiying a visit to the country and it A'll repay you to spend some little .:rne visiting the different districtsAdvertisement. A Mistake. Wife James, you are without your muffler. Autoist I cut it out. going out VOI R OWN IKl .(.IT WIM. i Fl I Vor Vtj Marine R.T.- Kwd ?r R.-a Weak W . Byes a od (ranaUlxl B liU- No ui i run lust Bye Comfort. Wnta for llook of th K by ma. A Free. Wunne tye Remedy Co. Lticatt True Love's Blight. "Why are you so depressed today?" "I'm suffering from heart failure." "Nonsense. There's nothing like that the matter wth you." "Yes. there is. She said her hvart would never fail me, hut it has." Try Mrs. Auttin'g Bag Pancake, nire to please you, all grocer. Adv. His Wine. What's his business?" "He's a press agent." "Oh; uhat make of press does he ell?" Borrows on Prospects. "I fear that young man of yours Is iving buiid his means' "Oh. no. paps; he hasn't any."