Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 December 1914 — Page 3

BATTLE WITHOUT DEFINITE RESULT Neither Side Makes Claims of Victory in the Conflict in Poland.

FIGHTING IS STUBBORN Many Prisoners In the Hands of Russians, According to Petrograd Reports Emperor William Bestows Doccration on Genera' Mackensen. London, Dec. L Another day of the crucial battle between the Russians and tht Germanic allies in Poland has passed without uews of a decisive result The facts, as gleaned from various fueusagpg of correspondents, appear to bo that three semi-independent engagements are progressing between Thorn on the north and Cracow on the south, ir, which both combatants have achieved local successes, without a distinct victory for either arms. 50,000 Austrians Taken. Tonight s official Russian statement, while announcing Russian successes, makes no claim of a sweeping victory. However, the r port does claim officially the capture of 50,000 Austrians during the first half of November. The statement follows: Stubborn engagements continue in the direction of Lowicz. An attempt by the CeTinnns to advance in the region of Rzeszow has been repulsed with gfual losses to the Germans. "On the rest of the front alone the left bank of the Vistula an artillery engagement took place on November Take Carpathian Passes. "The Russian troops, after a fight lasting ten days, captured on November 2S the Austrian position? which protected the passes in the Carpathians, extending about thirty-three miles from Koneczna, north of Hartfeld, as f:.r as Sczuko. The Russians in this district captured cannons, machine guns and many prisoners. "During the first half of November we captured in all 50,000 Austro-Hun-garian soldi. rs and 600 officers. "At Plotsk (Poland), the Russian troops seized four ships laden with machine gttBfl and munitions. "In East Prussia minor engagements co in in ue." German Army Forced Apart. Some of the Hrltish military experts belh-ve that Field Marshal von Hindeuburg's forces have been split into three units, one of which certainly is almost completely enveloped, while the Russians have driven wedge betvt the GenBtS army and its Austrian ally in the region of Cracow. Tfeey declare that the Germans are n .hing heavy re enforcements from ti e western line to avert a Polish Sedan. rii y express the opinion that the issue depends on whetner these arrive l.i time. Berlin Reports Success. I'erlin reports the failure of the Russian attack on the fortifications east of Trakehnen, in East Prussia, with heavy losses, while unofficial messages from Petrograd describe an important Russian gain and the capture of ten miles of trenches to the northeast of Lodz. Germany acknowledges that the Russian northern army has penetrated into East Prussia to a distance 15 miles southwest of Gumbinnen, which is about twenty miles west of the German border. Semi-official infer- atton from Petrograd is that operations along the Prussian front ary turning to the advantage of the Russians and that the Germans are retiring in disorder. Germans Capture 4,500. Meanwhile the great battle in Russian Poland between the Vistula and Warthe rivers, continues without definite result. The German war office states that the Russians were defeated In a battle south of the Vistula and that 4.500 men were captured. Futher south in Galicia the Russians are said to have reached Cra cow and to have begun the siege of the city. A dispatch received here from Danzig, In West Prussia, says that Emperor William in a telegram to General Mackenstil expressed his great satisfaction iriUl the successes achieved by the general's army in l'oland His majest conferred on G n cral Mackensen the Ordr of Merit. Rust Cavalry Movisa North. Petrognd, Nov. 30. The Russian cavalry which forced a broad passag northward above the left whig of the Urman i-ositlon in Poland lias hastened the final stage of General von Hindcnburg's great experiment. The backbone of the German defensive portion now extends vertically from the IMPORTANT IN RUSSIAN LIFE Writer Payi High Tribute to the Simplicity and Sincerity Character istic of the Peasant. !n "The Mainspring of Russia" (Thomas Nelson) Hon. Maurice faring declares that "The Russian soul Is filled with a human Christian d ar ity which k warmer in kind and in tenser in tieree. and expresse.1 with a greater Mmpltcitj and simvrit than I have met with in any other people

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Kouthwest for 40 miles from the line which the Russian cavalry cleared. This line Is now held by a strong fighting column northward to the Vistula above Gombin. The Germans attempted an answer to this turning movement by pushing southward from the other end of their line at Zunska Volia on the Warthe river near Sieradz, but found an impassable barrier in a Russian column, which had thrown back westward the German position at both ends and intensified the assaults from the south on Von liindenburg's intrenchments. The Russian combined armies are now rapidly forcing a terrible defeat on the German Invaders. The soldiers fight with the meßt unflinching determination. The heaviest German losses in the last phase of fighting has been Inflicted along the corridor opening from the position where two corps were ini l'sed last Thursday. Two other corps were sent to elect a junction with the m in the Stryk.iw region, near Zgerz, and now the entire force ha9 been for three days under a luavy Russian fire from both sides of the passage leading toward the north. It is believed that the stubbornness and resistance of the German commanders during the last fortnight Is partly due to the necessities of the Austrian situation. Move Against Roumanla? The Austrians are showing no strength around Cracow, and they are pessimistic as to the result of German strategy on their own territorial campaign. Yet the Germans urged them to deliver a decisive coup against Servia. ard also to throw a considerable force upon the Roumanian frontier. s a consequence Roumanla is prohibiting the export of petrol. This Austrian army is reported to be cont rating near the Pharova border, a district of Roamania, which contains important oil fields. It Is believed the Germans will seek to maintain with the utmost energy their position in Poland until Austria hai an opportunity of performing hor latest task in the Balkans. Austria Loses 919,000 Men. On the basis of reports received tr. Petrograd from Hungary it is stated lure today that the Austro-HunKarian casualties to date amount to 900,000 men and 10.000 officers. Six hundred prisoners, seven guns and many wounded fell into Russian hands in yesterday's fighting to the west of Lowicz. where the Russians took ten miles of German trenches between Glovno, sixteen miles northMUsI of i,odz, and Sobo?a, according to information received tc day. It is semiofficially announced that the Germans have received re-enforcements in the shape of two infantry divisions and one cavalry division. Russ Line Strengthened. The occupation of Glovno, Bielary and Sobota straightens and strengthens the Russian right wing, whieh ready is said to have widely outflanked the German left, bringing the Russian right from twenty to twenty-five miles in its adance on Strykow. where battle is ragtag, and puts the Gennas center under an attack from Glovno and LodX. Germans' Eyes on East. Berlin, via The Hague to London. Nov. SO. The departure of Emperor William to the eastern front, the appointment of General von Hindenburg as a field marshal and the publication of appreciative telegrams to the eastern commanders have directed the attention even of the uninformed public to the fact that events in Poland are of far greater importance than those in Flanders and along the Aisne The emperor has conferred the Order of Merit on General Mackenzen for his victory at Lowicz. The following official report was given out by the German war office: "On the East Prussian frontier ai attempt bj strong Russian forces to make surprise attacks on the German fortifications east of Trakehnen failed with heavy losses to the enemy, from whom we captured a few officers ai 600 men. "South of the Vistuli the counterattacks which we mentioned yesterdayled to satisfactory results. Eighteen cannon and more than 4,500 prisoners fell into our hands. V British Army for South Africa. Perlin. Nov. 30. Trm official press bureau announced tod? y that it had received advices from Rotterdam to the effect thai Kngland was soon to M ad a part of her new army to South t'rica. The remainder of the British r. eeforeements. it is said, are destined for the continent. The situation at the end of the past week shows, in the opinion of military critics, that the time is ripe for resumption of active operations against the Russians, which wa re hindered by the adxance of Russian re-enforcements in northern Poland. Gaining in the West. In the western arena of war the situation is not bo clear as it is in the east, but reports continue to show that the enemy's attacks have t)een repulsed. The Germans, it Is announced, are gaining ground and thus gradually nearing a final decision. anywhere else. ' The Russian peasant Is the most important factor in Russian life. He constitutes the majority of his nation. The peasant not only tills the arable land but he owns the greater part of it. This is a fact which is practically unknown. It is difficult to bring home to the average person the way in Hhieh religion enters Into the daily life of the Russian peasant. He be ves in God as a matter of course, be cause it is plain to him that it la 0M j right thing to do.'

Uncle Gam Is Planning W ASHIXGVOX. Uncle Sam is planning

den in the world at his flower gardens near Arlington. "The American

Rose society last spring completed arrangements to co-operate with the de

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three hundred and twenty varieties, but there are many hundreds not yet included, and eventually the site can accommodate as many as 2,000 varieties, if they can be secured. ' The garden makes an interesting show place for visitors to Washington. The roses are arranged, as far as possible, according to parentage. Teas and hybrid-teas, for instance, have a bed to themselves, as have hybrid-per-pctuals. As far as practicable the roses are arranged also according to color. A fence six feet high, in which climbing roses will grow, is to surround the garden. The walks are of turf, and the plan has been to use a different kind of grass in each walk. There w 11 be rose canopies on the corners and at the entrances. A summer house will stand at the most commanding point, where a view of the whole collection may be obtained. "Anv crower of roses who thinks he has roses not already in the collec

tion has been invited by the society to

Ordinance ol Secession Is Restored to Louisiana IN EXECUTION of tho provisions of an act of the -eeent session of congress. Adjutant (teneral McCain has restored to the state of Louisiana the ordl-

nance of secession passed by which was seized by the forces when Now Orleans was captured. No one remembers exactly how the old zinc tube containing the record of the convention which voted to leave the Union ever reached the war department. The case bears the aim pie legend painted on Its cover: STATE OF LOUISIANA. Ordinance of Secession, January 20, 1S01.

It is the only one of eleven secession ordinances that the government possessed. Different stories exist as to the means by whieh the relic reached the capital. It is believed that General Hutier when he captured New Orleans seized all the official papers he could find and sent them to Washington. It is probable the old brown tube containing its message came north with other trophies of the war. As far as the record shows, the ordinance first came to light after the v ;ir in a drawer of Lieutenant Colonel Corbin's desk, in the adjutant general's office. It was delivered to Major General Davis, now retired, in 1895, and from him it went to the secretary of war, who ordered it restored to the archives of the adjutant general's office. The parchment is yellow with age but in excellent condition and perfectly legible, though some of vhe signatures are a bit faded The text is divided into two parts in English on the left and in French on the right. Antiquarians and students of history have frequently sought permission to copy the quaint old document.

Perfect Babies Wanted for Exhibit in Washington ANNOUNCEMENT of a perfect baby contest is made by officials of the Washington Diet Kitchen association. With this announcement the association made an appeal for more- funds for the conduct of its six infant welfare stations. Hitherto the stations have been

PERFECT BfcfcES WANTED i EXHIBIT PRIZES TO

maximum of 590. Though the stations were formed primarily to supply milk, they gradually assumed a much wider scope until the name "milk station" was superseded by that of "infant welfare statio- Even this term does not express the varied nature of the services performed. For not only infant diet, but cooking conferences for grown-ups, classes for "little mothers," lessons in household economics, and many phases of household management, hygiene and sanitation are imparted to mothers. At present the interest of the mothers and workers alike is centered on the second annual baby contest in January. Only babies registered two months in advance will be considered. This year a general prize, a medal, will be given to the best baby of all those entered. Another prize, of $25 In gold, will be awarded to the most nearly perfect baby among those from the milk stations.

Congressional Club Occupies Its Fine New Home

T HE new home of the Congress onal street northw. -t, is completed and

new structure cost about ::n .nod. exclusive of the property, which was donated to the club by Mrs. John P.

Henderson, one of its founders, as a site for the building. Three stories and a basement high, the new clubhouse is 1"0 by SO . and is a handsome addition to the structures in that vicinity. It is built of buff-colored press' brick, terra cotta and Indiana limestone, with marble panels. Ground was broken for the building early last spring. On the first floor are located the

executive offices of the club, the library, retirement rooms, and cloakrooms. The major portion of the ßecond floor is devoted to a large clubroom, which is about one and a half stories high, taking in the mezzanine floor. The dining room is also located on this Boor. On the third floor are the kitchens, servants quarters and storerooms. One of the features of the clubhouse will be the circular stairway, which is to bo very handsome. The woiren of the Congressional club are exceedingly proud of their new home, and it will be the scene of many a social function during the season. The club ll a nonpolitical organization, the members being the wives or other female relatives of present or past members of congress.

the Biggest Rose Garden the biggest and prettiest rose gar partment of agriculture in establish ing a rose garden," it is stated at the office of information of the department of agriculture. "It is to contain as complete a collection of roses as will grow outof doors in this section of America. The society is furnishing the roses, the department two acres of ground. The garden will be under the direction of federal horticultural specialists. The farm is in Virginia, just across the Potomac from the capital, and convenient to The garden already contains about contribute a plant.

the legislature of that state January 26, 1SG1, Union

supported entirely by a list of patrons, and because of other demands upon many of these contributors, the stations find themselves facing the winter with treasury exhausted. Six of these stations low are open, and though five of them have been in operation less than six months, more than five hundred babies now are being cared for by them. During August this number reached a club, at New Hampshire avenue and U has been occupied by the club. The

RATTLESNAKE IS AUT0-PRO0F

Reptile Continued in Fight After Being Repeatedly Run Over. Mood Villiamtturguson of the Charleston Motor Sales company, while driving through North Charleston in an automobile, effected the capture of a large rattlesnake, which he brought to Charleston, S. C, alive. The reptile ia between five and six feet in length, with six rattles and a button, and it of the deadly diamond back variety. The capture was made by the skillful use of a lasso which was hastily made from a ball of twine. When first sighted the snake was vigorously disputing the right of way with Mr. Rurguson's automobile, and it was the buzzing of the snake's rattles which first attracted his attention. The rattler was stretched across the road, and Mr. Rurguson, intending to kill it. drove the car directly over its body. The snake coiled, and made several vicious strikes at the auto, apparently none the worse for having had its body passed over by several hundred weight. The driver backed the car, and auain ran over the reptile. Out with no apparent effect, except to put i the rattler in a worse humor, for the latter repeatedly struck at the wheels of the car. Mr. Fturguson then alighted and attacked the husky specimen with a large stick, and thte snake retreated to the bushes on the side of the road. After an exciting chase the reptile was finally stunned and las soed. Mr. Hurguson brought it to the , dty in a box. It is the intention of! Mr. Purguson to give the snake to Professor Rea of the museum, alive, as the reptile seemed to recover com pletely from its rough handling within a few hours after its capture, and showed fight every time any one took a peep at it in Its temporary prison. THIS HACKMAN WAS THRIFTY Notwithstanding His Lack of Memory He Manages to Collect a "Half" Fare. A Newark man went to Newtown, Conn., the other day. in quest of an interview with Doctor Iladley, president of Yale. At the railway station he learned that the Hadley home was s veral miles distant. An elderly hackman, driving a spavined horte and a rickety carriage, waited conveniently near, and the reporter hired him for the trip. Out through the country they drove for three or four miles. Suddenly the hackman slapped his knee and shouted: "Whoa!" "What's the matter now?" asked the reporter. -By crickety!" said the hackman, "if that feller Iladley didn't leave town on the train this morning, and I clean forgot all about it!" "It's a wonder you didn't remember before you brought me away out here," the reporter explained. "Oh, well," replied the hackman. "I won't charge you but half -faro. I won't charge you but a couple of dollars." The Periscope. Permit me to introduce myself to the public generally. Modest and retiring, both by nature and occupation, I have hitherto refrained from obtruding myself upon the attention of che multitude. My name is Periscope. My principal object in life is to rise to every necessary occasion. When this demands my more or less immediate presence, I occupy myself by holding up the mirror, not to Nature, but to the enemy. Like an occasional idea which renders superfluous old systems of philosophy, I have come to render superfluous an entire cycle of inventions. I am the last triumph of mind over matter. I reflect, and a thousend men go down to their f,ate. Within the blue zone of my horizon, subject to my orders, flits the angel of death. I am the naval eye that put the naught in dreadnaught. Life. Canadians Teach English. Canadian troops arriving at Salisbury Plain, England, carry an entrenching tool that is novel to the Englishman. It is capable of being used as a shield and is slung a-cross their shoulder in a leather case. The tool is a spade weighing about four pounds, and consequently can be carried at all times. The spade has an oval hole in the center of it through which a gunbarrel can be thrust. Tho tool thus serves both as a rifle ret and a shield to the soldier in tho trenches. All the spades have been subjected to heavy fire and the metal in thorn is practically bulletproof. At a distance of 200 yards heavy ammunition only cracks the shields and does not penetrate them. Nathan Bedford Forrest. It is not true that General Forrest was "an ignorant man, never to his dying day able to read or write," as has been said. On the other hand, he was a man of extraordinary natural ability and the possessor of a great deal of solid wisdom The poverty of his parents prevented him from obtaining an early education, but in mature life he learned to read and write. The best life of Forrest is that of Dr. John A. Wyeth. Edinburgh for Quiet Sunday. Cinematograph shows have been prohibited in Edinburgh on Sundays, by the magistrates They have also instructed the chief constable to take steps to mitigate the nuisance caused by boys shouting newspap rs on Sunday, especially during divine service.

WESTERN CANADA'S OFFER IS AMERICA'S OPPORTUNITY GROW GRAINS IN WESTERN CANADA, ENJOY AN EXCELLENT CLIMATE AND MAKE MONEY. With the European wheat fields desolated, and the farming population more than decimated, there will be for a number of years s demand for food products that has not been experienced in the memory of the present generation. Everyone regrets the horrible war that has Drought this about Its effects are felt not only in Europe, but in every part of the American continent. Many lines of business have been hurt, but only temporarily it is hoped. Financial stringency is being talked of. There is a way of overcoming these things; and Western Canada offers the solution in its immense agricultural area. hen tho possibility of retrieving losses, making assured gains, and at the same time becoming a factor in providing the world with the one great requisite wheat is so pro-

nounced that it cannot be overlooked. There are several ways in winch - w excellent farming lands can be secured in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta, and also Hritish Columbia. In the first place the offer of the Dominion Government of 160 acres of land free to the settler is something not given by any otner country ditions of settlement are easy ConLive upon the land six months In each year, for a period of three years, cultivate about thirty acres, and erect a habitable house. Instead of cultivation, the keeping of a certain number of head of cattle will carry with it the same value. Many of tln-se homesteads may be had lu the open prairie area, where every acre can be put under cultivation, but to the man with limited means, in the park area, lying north of the central portion of three of the provinces named, there is afforded the best chance. In this park country are beautiful groves of poplar and wiHow, small lakes and streams, and sufficient open area to enable one to go into immediate cultivation for crops of wheat, oats, barley and flax, any one of which does wonderfully well, giving prolific yields. In due time when more land is required for cultivation, these groves may be cut down at small cost- In the meantime. loweftr, they have been valuable in providing fuel and shelter for cattle, which thrive wonderfully on the wild grasses that grow in abundance. Another plan is to purchase from some of the railway companies who hold large tracts, or from some responsible land company. The prices asked are exceedingly low and the terms easv. Whether one may decide , to ocatG m the open prairie area or in tho park country the land will be found to be of the same general texture, a rich black or chocolate colored loam on a clay subsoil. Again attention Is drawn to the fact of the great opportunities for farming that are offered in Western Canada. Already a number of holders of tracts of land tin re, who are residents of the United States business men. merchants, lawyers, bankers men of foresight and keen knowledge of business, have decided to cultivate the lands they have been holding for speculation and wait no longer for a buyer to turn up. They are acting wisely. Canadian laws are as fair and just as can be found in the civilized world. Military service is not compulsory, nor Is there one ounce of coercion used. Anything that is given to Great Britain whether in money or men U entirely voluntary. There is no drafting nor conscription of any kind. Already over sixty thousand of the young men of Canada have volunteered for service, and thirty-flv thousand have gone forward, many of these having left their farms in their love for Great Britain and a desire to fight for their country. As a consequence, many farms may be left untilled. Therefore Canada invites others to come in and take their places. This then is the opportunity for the American who wishes to better bia own condition. Advertisement. Frank Intention. want to marry our daughter, 'I s!r. "What are your means of support, young man?" "I haven't any; that's why I want to get married " Backache Spells Danger Do you know that your bad back may be m rHy a hint m niu-n. j peated kidney disorder? (Vnaua n-cord how that datb from kidney aiaorahnv Increased 72 in 20 yara. ivopi . t i a . W 4. . ..In can t set-m 10 reinii mn mc um k" In the back, the flrtt di"rdr r tna urine, demands Instant attention that it may be a signal of coming rheumatism. gravel, dropsy or ratal urigm a anwThe best prevention of ' h4rt-f disorders Is prompt treatment the beat medicine ia Doan's Kldmy PUla. An Indiana Case "Wrrrv Ptrtitrt TtlU a Start" yS Ml r. rng10 Wodlawo . Ave., Indianapolis. Ind. as: "I naa agonising p a 1 n a through th amatl of my back and was go Um that 1 could hardlv get up or down. I felt r- stless and nerrosjs) nichts and often had aevere heada b-s and dtxzv spoils. Soaasswe advls.d 'me to trv TViAfTa Kidney Tilts nnd first I did. . hey h-lpd me from th - AM W a. and before l nn I w .is ni oi im'n hea and palna. kiy kld.-.ea were eti ,m in ahin h n I nnve Bf a kidney tonic since Ivan's Kidtuy l'Ula have always relieved me. Cat Do.ni at Aar Stove. 80c a frv A VC KIDNEY Mjvj sr y pills FOSTLR-MILBURN CO- BUFFALO. N. Y.

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