Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 7, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 November 1914 — Page 3
JAMES W. WADSWORTH, SR,
WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER LINER SAVED CREW OF LREADNAUGHT WHILE AT F Famous English Soldier Succumbs to Pneumonia. Correspondent Teils How Audacious Went Down. WAS PROBABLY TORPEDOED GEN. FRENCH WIRES NEWS
LORD ROBERTS DIES
ROUT
WUness to Sinking of British Warship Says Vessel Had Hole in Stern and Later Her Magazine Exploded.
New York. Nov. 16. The following letter from an International News
Service correspondent on board the Olympic gives details of the disaster to the British super dreadnought Audacious"Tuesday morning soon after breakfast, as wc were off the coast of Ireland but not in sight of it. we saw four or five miles away a British dread, naught, a cruiser and a torpedo boat. We made toward it and round H. M. S. Audacious flying signals to us to stand by that she was sinking. Waves were breaking over her after decks. In the rough sea she seamed to be going down by the stern uHts n hnnw nst tr nort. as if she had
been torpedoed on the port side. Wave Overturns Boat. "After every heavy sea water broke over her side a miniature waterfall. The whole crew of 960 men were on deck, all standing as erect as ninepins, those at the stern with waves breaking over their feet. "All our boats were lowered and manned and sent off to take the crew from the Audacious. "The battleship launched one of her own boats full of men, but a huge wave dashed it against her side, capsizing the boat. All the men were picked up in no time by small boats from the cruiser and the destroyers. Meanwhile the Audacious was making effort to get a heavy cable to the Olympic. "The whole afternoon was spent in
trying to fasten a cable to the Audacious. We had found the sinking
battleship ust after breakfast and it was now getting dark. More than three-quarters of the crew of the Audacious had in the meantime been taken off to the cruiser and a gunboat, which was also hovering near. "About two hundred BMfl remained upon the Audacious- all on dock waiting calmly with a little knot of officers tinder the signal flag fiutk ring from her only mast, and the great battleship seemingly getting lower and lower in the water, while everybody was waiting helplessly. "This was the sight until the last vestige of light was gone. Perfect discipline seemed to prevail on all the ships. ' After dark the rest of the crew were taken off the Audacious and put i hoard the cruisers and destroyers to await morning and a salvage crew ummoned from Liverpool by wireless. We all wondered if the stricken battleship would survive the night. Magazine Explodes on Warship. "The Olympic got under way and was going at less than half speed when the greatest noise 1 ever heard in my life made us ail nearly jump out of our skins. "A huge red semi-circle of lurid
light at least 1,000 feet in diameteflamed from the skies astern of us and in about thirty seconds all was bla( again. The Olympic crept slowly on without stopping. "It seemed obvious to every one on board that the magazine of the splendid Audacious, one of the greatest battleships in His Majesty's navy, had Mown up and $12.500.000 had gone to the bottom. But 1 do not believe a single life was lost. The officers of the Olympic were stricken dumb on the subject of the Audacious. "The disaster is attributed to a mine; at least that was the word given the Olympic when she was summoned to the dreadnauqht's help, but the underground gossip attributes the feat to a submarine.
Field Marshal Was in France to Visit His Indian Forces on Battle Line Warned Nation of War With Germany.
Field Marshal in France Trom
William Rockefeller, one of the former directors of the New Haven road, as he apeared in New York when he pleaded not guilty to the indictment of conspiracy to monopolize the transportation facilities of New England. His bail was fixed at $5,000.
GREAT YIELD OF CORN SHOWN IN CROP REPORT
Increase of 250,000,000 Bushels Over 1913 Valued at $1,885,-867,324.
Washington, Nov. 11. The corn yield in the United States was placed at the enormous figure of 2,705,G92,000 bushels in the estimate issued by the department of agriculture in its November crop report. Although the eron was renorted iniured from
drought, chinch bugs and other detrimental cause, comparison with that of 1913 shows an increase of about 250,000,000 bushels over that of 1913. This brings the predictions of agricultural experts for a bumper crop of corn in the country up to expectations. Comparative g .. 3 are shown in other crops, the yield in wheal, being 891,950,000 bushels for 1914, as compared with 763,380,000 bushels for last year. Oats gained a few million bushels, the figures being 1.139.741.000 for 1914 and 1,121.768,000 for 1913. Barley and rye showed large gains, while cotton come relatively close in the figures, the gain being about 500,000 pounds. Although not so great in volume, the corn crop of the year is believed to be the most valuable ever grown in th United States, hecause of the
European war On November 1 the average price being paid to the farmer for his crop, was C9. 7 cents a bushel. Figuring on this basis, the value of the entire yield of the country would be $1.885,867.324.
HUGH SCOTT WILL HEAD ARMY
President Wilson Selects Him as Successor of Major General Wother8poon.
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London, Nov. 16. Earl Roberts is dead
pneumonia. A telegram from Field Marshal Sir John French, commander of the British expeditionary forces on the continent, apprised Karl 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 in the evening." The place where Britain's aged hero died i3 not known definitely. It is supposed to have been somewhere along the Belgian-French frontier, where the British have been fighting for weeks. Left to Visit Indian Troops. Field Marshal Roberts, who was colonel-in-chief of the Indian troops,
had gone to France to give them his greeting. Soon after his arrival he became seriously ill. He suffered from a severe chill on Thursday and pneumonia rapidly developed. His great
ago eignty-two years muuaifu against his recovery, the crisis in the disease coming quickly. He was the mcst popular military figure in Great Britain and a national hero without rival in the affectior of the people. During the last five or six years, when the German war cloud had been growing, Lord Roberts prosecuted an active campaign to persuade the na
tion to adopt a compulsory military service. In his last , speech to parliament he warned tne nation of the danger of a war with Germany. Breast a Blaze of Medals. The brilliant record of achievement of Lord Roberts, England's greatest and most popular soldier, was written emblematically in the medals and honors which he wore in a perfect blase on his breast when he attended the royal levees at St. James palace. Frederick Sleigh Roberts was born September 30, 1832, at Cawnpore, India while his father. Gen. Sir Abra
ham Roberts, was conducting one of the Indian campaigns. His father
owned an estate in Waterford. Ireland, and his mother came from Tipperary.
He was very young when sent to En
land to be educated. There he was graduated from Eton. Sandhurst and Addiscombe. It was In Delhi that his career of glory began, perilous though it was, and often all but cut short by the bullets, shells and sabers of the Sepoys. 1 "herever the fighting was hottest
young Roberts was pretty sure to be in great evidence. Wounds he recovered from and fevers he defied. Married a Captain's Daughter. He became a lover, and he courted as he fought resolutely, determinedly, with no thought of defeat. On May 17, 659, he married her- Kora Henrietta Hews, the daughter of a captain. She gave him two daughters and one son. The latter was killed in the Boer
Kow the Chief Justice Finally Gained Entrance
WASHINGTON. It was the voice of the chief justice of the United States. There was no response. The chief justice stood before the huge, bronze, barred doors of the Pan-American building. The chief justice (flatted in dignified silence for the doors to be
James W. Wadswcrth, Sr., former member of congress and father of the newly elected successor to Eli hu Root as United States senator from New York, is said to have won $75,000 on his son's election. It is also said his winnings will be placed to the credit of the child which is soon to come into the household of the young senator-
elect.
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PRESIDENT REBUKES A NEGRO DELEGATION
Wilson Objects to Tone of Spokesman in Protest Against Segregating Races.
8 GERMAN FLYERS KILLED Kaiser's Bi.'dmen Are Riddled With Shot When They Pursue Foe Over Trenches.
London. Nov. 14. Details of a thrilling encounter in the vicinity of Ypres
between eight aeroplanes, four eGrmun, two French and two British, were received from Paris. The German machines were finally destroyed by artillery fire and the eight officers they carried were allied Thi French nd British aeroplanes arose to ieet the '.".mans as they flew over the allies' lines, and for some time the machines circled about one another, while machine uns scattered bullets about them Then suddenly the four allied aeroplaner made a swift dash toward their own trenches and were toilowed by the Germane, who too late discovered the feint and perceived the perils of the situation only when shrapnel burst about them In a few minutes the four German aeroplanes crashed to earth.
Washington, Nov. 14. Brig. Gen. ITmih Scott was selected by President Wilson to be chief of staff of the I'nited States army upon the retirement next Monday of Major General VYotberspoon. The vacancy of major genera created by General Wotheripoon'l retirement will be filled by the nomination of Brig. Gen Fredern k F. Funston. Secretary Garrison said .'or the present General Funston would remain at Vera Cruz, indicating that the stay of American forces at the Mexican port still was indefinite. Brig. Gen. Tanker H. Bliss will become chief of the mobile rmy division, and upon the retirement of Major General Murray on April 29. 101.". General Scott will be appointed a major general.
war. Two years ago he retired to private life, but when the European conflict began his war spirit was reawakened and he hastened to the side of his hue friend. Lord Kitchener. . rd Roberts died possessed of more than $1,000.000, thanks to his trust in his friend. J. J. Hill, the American
railroad wizard. "Bobs." with no desire for riches for himself, for he would rather live in an army post than in a palace, but with a thought for his
children and their children, placed his entire fortune $250.000 in Mr. Hill's
hands and told the latter to do his
best with it. That was just prior to
the Boer war.
Washington, Nov. 13. In a heated, sensational manner negro delegates from the National Independent Equal Rights league demanded from President Wilson the abolition of segregation in the government departments and received a sharp and pointed re
buke from the chief executive. The president made a lengthy address to the negro delegates, beginning by rebuking them for dragging politics into the Question and saying that if they had made a mistake in voting for him they ought to vote against him. He said it was a human and not a political question that confronted them. He said he had not sought the presidency of the United States. He added that his present burdens were almost too much for human ilesh to bear. Shortly after this point in his address W. M. Trotter, the spokesman, began to interrupt the president and question him about various points he
had made. The president declined
o submit to this, saying that Trot-
tor evidently was trying to put pas
sion into his questions and that he
was speaking to him, Woodrow Wtt- . . . . . . i
son, tne man, ramer man tne president of the United States. The president then rebuked Trotter in the man
ner stated above. The president de
clared that he believed the interests of the negro would be best served by
making him independent of the white
race. He said the segregation was
undertaken to avoid friction and trou
ble between the two races, and that no matter how much they might de
plore prejudice existing between the white and the negro they must take into account the fact that it exists. The problem cannot be dealt with in a sentimental, but a practical way. he added.
swung open, but the doors did not move. They were locked and double bolted. It was nine o'clock at night A chill breeze blew up across the Mall from the river, fanning the swallowtails of the chief justice's evening coat. All the associate justices of the Supreme court stood silently behind the chief justice, watching their chief hopefully. It was absolutely imperative that they gain entrance, for they
were to give a reception in that very building to the members of the American Bar association, and the reception was scheduled to begin in a few minutes. The chief justice merely shouted: "Open up." Somebody snickered, but nobody answered the summons. The associate justices grew uneasy and shifted from foot to foot. Inside, through the bars of the big bronze doors, was a scene of light, and cheer. Men in evening garb stood chatting gayly, awaiting the arrival of the Supreme court. The chief justice looked about for a knocker. There was none. He peeped here and there for a door bell. There was none. Suddenly he discovered he held a cane in his hand. He raised the cane menacingly. Once again his order rang out in the night air: "Open up." Bang! Bang!! Bang!'! It was the ferrule of the chief justice's cane against that valuable plate glass. Instantly there was a commotion inside. No less than half a dozen uniformed servants dashed toward ihe door to save that olate glass. But the chief justice did not see the commotion and his cane banged loudly against the plate glass until it seemed the glass surely must yield and "shatter into bits. Then, the glass doors were swung open, the bolts on the bronze doors were shot, locks were turned and wide swung the great bronze doors to admit the chief justice of the United States.
0LDFIELD WINS LONG PACE
SANTA CLAUS SHIP SAILS Mors Than 1.200 Tons of Clothing and Food and Toys to Cheer up War Victims.
Makes Best Time in Los Angeles Phoenix 673-Mile Auto Run Nik-
rent Lands Second.
New York. Nov. 16 With more than 1.200 tons of Christmas gifts from the people of America Santa Claus ship.
Phoenix. Ariz.. Nov. 13. Looking
like a heathen idol made of mud. Barney Oldf.eld drove his Stutz into the fair grounds here, winner of the 673mile automobile race from Los Angeles on elapsed time. Louis Nikrent. No. 8, was second; Beaudet, No. 1. third. Bramlette, No. 19. was beaten out of fourth place by V. C. Durant. No. 2.
Chief Little Bears Promises to Remain Neutral THE secretary of the Interior has received a letter from '.ittle Bears, the chief of a roving band of Indians known throughout the ar West as the Rocky Mountain Boys." in which he gives assurances to the federal government that "his forces will remain ab
solutely neutral during the present war in Europe." Newspapers are not delivered regularly in the neighborhoods which Little Bears frequents, and it seems evident that somebody with high ability in descriptive language must have told him about the quantity and quality of the fighting now going on. Little Bears has a local reputation as a man unafraid of anybody in the world, but it appears
that he is not ignorant of the li. ligations of his own forces; he must have been thoroughly impressed with tha - ale of the European war, for he lost no time in sending his letter to Washington. It is said that Secretary Lane immediately submitted the communication to President Wilson, who asked that Little lw-ars be thanked lor his patno.ic attitude. That a roving band of North American Indians should be so deeply impressed by the kind of fighting which goes on day after day on the European battle grounds is pretty strong evidence that the ordinary noncombatant living in Washington, for instance, has full justification for his attitude of blank dismay at the enormity of the field operations. Just as Easy as Burying a Politician, Said Taft
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MAY END WAR IN MEXICO
Leaders Agree on Armistice and Will Attempt to Settle Dispute Withcut Fighting.
Mexico City. Nov. 16. Prospects of effecting a solution of the constitutionalists' factional disputes without warfare were declared to be favorable as a result of an announcement by Gen. Lucio Blanco that the supporters of General Carranza and General Villa had agreed upon an armistice until Nov. 20. On that date, he said, the Asuas Calientes convention will convene again to reconsider the election of Gen. Eulalio Gutierrez as provisional president. Enthusiasm is rife here as a result of dispatches from Washington stating that the American toops will be withdrawn from Vera Cruz on November 23. Arrangements for a preat celebration and parade are
ing made.
ORMER PRESIDENT WILLIAM H TAI T proved the other day that ne has lost none of his physical strength in the time he has been away from
Washington. Mr. Taft was honored by the Chevy Chase club, which purchased an oak tree to be planted by
the former chief executive. The tro was five feet tall, and required a large space for the roots, but Mr. Taft handled the spade with ease, and it took him less than five minutes to level the ground after the oak had been placed in position. "It's as easy as burying a politician," he declared, as he smoothed the earth admiringly after the task had been completed.
Mr. Taft thanked the members of the club for the honor they had bestowed upon him, and declared ho wag happy upon his return to Washington to find that he bad not been forgotten bv his associates while here. During his administration Mr. Taft spent a great deal of time at the Chevy Chase club, where he was seen regularly upon the links. "The Chevy Chase club." he said, "is doing a vast amount of work for which it is not given credit." His remark that the expansive grounds offer "a safety valve to politicians who cannot give expression to their sudden emotions in public places" brought a chorus of laughter.
the naval collier Jason, sailed for running t me from Los Angeles
New'ands Re-Elected Senator. Carson City. Nev . Nov. 14 Corn plete returns from 13 of the 16 coun tie in Nevada, and unofficial returns
Europe. A message of godspeed from President Wilson was received by Lieut. Commander C V. Courtney. U. S N . shortly before sailing time. The docks as the ship cast loose its lines were black with thousands of school children. The gifts that the Santa ".aus ship carried were gathered from every state of the union. They include almost everything from toys and dolls to clothing and food.
Drop Bombs on Antivari. Iondon. Nov. K, Two Austrian aeroplanes drop: d live bombs on An-
tiviiri, Montenegro, according to a Let-
was as follows: Oldfleld. 23:01:35 2-5; Nikrent. 23:35:56 2-5; Beaudet. 25:05:23 4 5; Durant. 26:01; Bramlette. 28:2 : 40 1-5. Nikrent was first into the fair grounds at 3:30:21 p. m Bramlette followed at 3:52:21. and Oldfleld was third at 3:56. Beaudet came In a mtrmte later and Durant trailed In
At 1:21 All the
ANNUAL REPORT ON CANAL
Governor Goethals Says the Cost of the Panama Waterway Stands at $353,559,049.
Washington, Nov. 16 At the close of the last fiscal year. June 30, 1914. the cost of the Panama canal stood at $353,559,049.69. according to the annual report of Col. George W. Goethals. governor of the Canal Zone, made public here. The figures include
racers were incased j the appropriation of August, 1914. and
in masks and garments of mud hurled up from rain-soaked roads by their car wheels.
Wants Babes Named Emden. Cleveland. 0. NOT. 16. The Waechter Anzeiger, leading German daily.
from the renaming three, Indicate I tlnje dispatch to Reuter s Telegraph urges that all German children born tb reflection of United Str.tes Sena j companv. One exploded in front of cn Nov. lu be named Emden to comtor Krancif Q. Newlandi. Democrat, the residence of the crown prit ca. i memorate the sinking of the German
over Samuel l'latt. Republican.
breaking the windows.
cruiser Emden.
the collection and return to tne treasury of more than $0,250,000. Another interesting feature of the report is the paragraph telling of the planning of the permanent town of Balboa. French Mayor Killed in Battle. Paris. Nov. 16. Deputy Edou&rd Nortier, who was mayor of Ncuilly. has been killed in the fighting at Yprea.
President Wilson Has Supplanted Niagara Falls FOR many years it was customary for Englishmen on meeting an Ameri I tourist for the first time to open the conversation with: "From America, ell? You must be very proud of your Niagara falls0"
This was considered quite tne proper thing, and highly complimentary, since Niagara falls was the only thing that England did not have which excelled anything America had, in the Britisher's opinion. Ed Kenna. former Missourian and former vice-president of the Santa Fe railroad, but a resident of France and
England for the past 14 years, tells a new one on the Englishman. CJ? Kenna is a neighbor of Kipling in
Sussex, and the two are great friends. Kenna and Kipling were in conversation one day, with America and Americans for the theme. Something said by Kipling, who has a fondness for both, led Kenna to remark: ' Yes. for years and years you Englishmen, in the preliminaries following an introduction to an American, would ask that question about Niagara falls. Now you say, on being introduced to an American: You must be very proud of your Woodrow Wilson, eh, what" Woodrow Wilson seems to have succeeded Niagara falls in your estimation."
Senator Clarke of Arkansas is tho fastest talker the United States senate probahly has ever seen. When he speaks the stenographers bend over double and their hands fly from page to page like lightning. They tell a story of an expert stenographer who was employed during a political rush. The stenographer was called in by the senator for a long letter. Several moments later he came out. He was perspiring freely. J quit," he announced to the room generally, "woen U cornea to taking dictation from a galling gun."