Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 20, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 February 1915 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED. DOANE, Publlther.

JASPER INDIANA Not all common people possess common sense. Modern charity begins at homeland ends in a ballroom. ' The only place a farmer ever says 'By beck" Is on the stage. A bit of scenery always looks good in a picture. Man rarely does. The lazy man's idea of peace is to beat all the spears into fishhooks. In 2015 the most destructive battles will be fought in the air and under "water. The belligerent wife still retains the right of search of her husband's pockets. One of the humoi3 of the war is the ease with which both sides report progress. Our idea of a peaceful war would be to equip floating mines with red lights and a bell. Really, the world moves. Automobiles have taken something for their bad breaths. The lightweight submarine makes the heavyweight dreadnaught look like a has been. When a man boasts of being selfmade he throws himself open to critical inspection. Americans complain of the high cost o! living, but they should reflect that living is worth it. 1 Through a mere coincidence, no doubt, war poetry and "atrocities" died out together. Even the bashful man cannot help noticing that on rainy days many beau-, tiful complexions run badly. Some folks are so strict on neutrality that they won't lick a foreign stamp or beat an imported egg. What has become of the old-fashioned small boy who used to be mean because he had a big brother? Some men drink whisky because they don't feel well, and others pour it down because they feel good. There ought to be fiddles enough in this country to keep everybody in a dancing good humor the year round. A New York teacher says dancing is a sure cure for a grouch. Then "on with the dance, let joy be unconfined." "Dogs are extremely emotional," says a three-line philosopher. Then it must be emotion that wags their tails. A court has ruled that poor housekeeping is no excuse for divorce. Still, it's better than some excuses that are offered. Man's unlimited appetite for news is exemplified by the fact that he still wants full accounts of all the boxing matches. "A Philadelphia woman claims that her husband hypnotized her into marrying him." Old stuff. That's the way all men do. Turkey is reported to be making use of tin cans as war material. Just what the use is wo haven't heard, but she's probably trying to tie them to the enemy. A Chicago doctor, who has tried it, says the suffering involved in starving is imaginary. What's the difference so long as it makes one so very uncomfortable? Some one asks "what has become of the farmer whose barn cost C4.000 and his house $400?" He's in the same old ramshackl house making the rest of the family miserable. Globe-trotting won't be as popular te. 1Ö15 as in some other years, but there will be ample opportunity for the people of this country to do some globe-trotting in America. With a dozen kinds of tangoes in vogue, baseball, football, basket ball, footraces and common walking, there is reason to believe that modern male students tax their legs more than they do their heads. A sociologist expert says that people should live in glass houses of sanitary style. Sanitary science may have its claims, but there are too many people throwing -'tones these days to dare such a d'i: .eile. The ambition of some men is to live long enough to hear of a bride who is not "prominently known in the younger social set." If some of our leading young citizens could handle a rifle as skillfully as they do a pool cue, there'd be no need for an army reserve. A New York hotel man lias made a list of nine, ways by which to tell whether or not a man Is drunk. .Still, there is quite a difference between bein merely "lit" and "laid out."

Ü.S.SENDSWARN1N

GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY TOLD TO KEEP HANDS OFF FLAG. WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE Note Sent to Powers by Secretary of State Bryan Says They Will Be Held to Strict Account for Any Loss of American Lives. Washington, Feb. 12, Notes sent to Great Britain and Germany and made public by the state, department indicate the possibility of a crisis in the efforts of the United States government to maintain neutrality toward the European belligerents. The secretary of state has instructed Ambassador Gerard at Berlin to present to the German government a note to the following effect: "The government of the United States, having had its attention directed to the proclamation of the German admiralty issued on February 4, that the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland, including the whole of the English channel, are to be considered as comprised within the seat of war; that all enemy merchant vessels found in those waters after the 18th inst. will be destroyed, although it may not always be possible to save crews and passengers, and that neutral vessels expose themselves to danger within this zone of war because, in view of the misuse of naval flags said to have been ordered by the British government on January 31, and of the contingencies of maritime warfare, it may not be possible always to exempt neutral vessels from attacks intended to strike enemy ships, feels it to be its duty to call the attention of the imperial government, with sincere respect and the most friendly sentiments, but very candidly and earnestly, to the very serious possibilities of the course of action apparently contemplated under that proclamation. "The government of the United States views those possibilities with such grave concern that it feels it to be its privilege, and, indeed, its duty in the circumstances, to request the imperial German government to consider before action is taken the critical situation in respect of the relation between this country and Germany which might arise were the German naval forces, in carrying out the policy foreshadowed in the admiralty's proclamation, to destroy any merchant vessel of the United States or cause the death of American citizens. "To declare or exercise a right to attack and destroy any vessel entering a prescribed area of the high seas with out first certainly determining its belligerent nationality and the contraband character of its cargo would be an acc so unprecedented in naval warfare that this government is reluctant to believe that the imperial government of Germany in this case contemplates it as possible. "If the commanders of German vessels of war should act upon the presumption that the flag of the United States was not being used in good faith and should destroy on the high seas an American vessel or the lives of American citizens, it would be difficult for the government of the United States to view the act in any other light than as an indefensible violation of neutral rights which i. would be very hard, indeed, to reconcile with the friendly relations now so happily subsisting between the two governments. "If such a deplorable situation should arise, the imperial German gov ernment can readily appreciate that the government of the United States would be constrained to hold the im perial German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities and to take any steps it might be necessary to take to safeguard American lives .and proper ty and to secure to American citizens the full enjoyment of their acknowl edged rights on the high seas. "The government of the United "States expresses the confident hope and expectation that the imperial Ger man government can and will give as surance that American citizens and their vessels will not be molested by the naval forces of Germany other wise than by visit and search, though their vessels may be traversing the sea area delimited in the proelania tion of the German admiralty." Note Sent to Britain. The secretary of state has instructed Ambassador Page at London to present to the British government a note to the following effect: "The department has been advised of the declaration of the German admiralty on February 4, indicating that the British government had on January 31 explicitly authorized the use of neutral flags on British merchant vessels, presumably for the purpose of avoiding recognition by German naval forces. "The formal declaration cf such a policy of general misuse of a neutral's fiag jeopardizes the vessels of the neutral visiting those waters in a peculiar degree by raising the presumption that they are of belligerent nationality regardless of the flag which they may carry. "The government of the United States, therefore, trusts that his majesty's government will do all in its power to restrain vessels of British nationality from the deceptive use of the flag of the United States." Board Rule for Lincoln. III. Bloomington. III. Feb 12 City or Lincoln voted to adopt commission iorw of government by plurality of 127.

HENRY CLARK COE, JR.

Henry Clark Coe, Jr., of Boston, the young oil salesman and protege of President Folger of the Standard Oil company who disappeared from his. home, is still missing. His young wife and other relatives believe he is a victim of aphasia or has been kidnaped. Search is being made for him all over the country. FLEET OF AIRSHIPS SHELL OSTEND AND OTHER PLACES Bombs Dropped on Gun Positions at Middlekerke and Zeebrugge Gra-hame-White Rescued From Sea. London, Feb. 13. An air-land battle in which 34 aeroplanes and seaplanes of the allies were engaged with the German antiaircraft squads along the coast of Belgium, took place over Ostend, Bruges, Zeebrugge and Blaukenburgh. The official press bureau of the admiralty in an official statement give3 the following vivid description of the battle: During the last twenty-four hours combined a.eroplane and seaplane operations have been carried out by the naval wing in the Bruges, Zeebrugge, Blankenburgh and Ostend districts with a view to preventing the development of the German submarine bases and establishments. Thirty-four aeroplanes and seaplanes participated in the operations and great damage is reported to have been done to the Ostend railway station;which was probably burned to the ground. The railway station at Blankenburgh was damaged and the railway lines were torn up in many places. Bombs were dropped on the gun positions at MiddlekerKe, and also on the power station and the German mine sweepers at Zeebrugge, where the extent of the damage is unknown. Flight Commander Claude GrahameWhite fell into the sea off Nieuport and was rescued by a French vessel. Although exposed to heavy gunfire from rifles, antiaircraft guns and quick-firing guns, all the pilots returned safely, and but two of the machines were damaged during the raid. The German official statement says of the battle: "The enemy's airships appeared off the western coast. Bombs dropped over Ostend did no damage to the military works at that place." Other air activity of the day included an attack by five French aviators on the German military aerodrome at Habsheim, an Alsacian town in the outskirts of Muelhausen, and a retaliatory attack by German aviators on the fortress of Verdun, where, according to an official statement received from Berlin, the flyers dropped 100 bombs. FANNY CROSBY !S DEAD Blind Writer of Hymns Expires in Connecticut Added Eight Thousand Songs to Gospel Book. Bridgeport. Conn., Feb. 13. Fanny Crosby, well-known hymn writer, died at her home in her ninety-fifth year. Her death was not unexpected, as her health had been failing for some time. In spite of feeble Lsalth. especially within the last few months. Miss Crosby continued writing hymns up to a short time before her death. Eight thousand hymns of Christian worship sung in Protestant churches through the world are the work of Fanny Crosby. Thousands- perhaps hundreds cf thousands who sang her songs, which were translated into every language, did not know that it was a blind woman's inspiration which they employed to express their Christian faith and hope in song. ENVOY CAUSES U. S ACTION Gerard Told to Object to Treatment of Van Dyke German Authorities Held Up Mail. Washington, Feb. 3. Ambassador Gerard at Berlin was instructed by the state department to make a strons protest to 'the German goeernment against the action of tbp German irilitary authorities in Luxemburg :n holding up the diplomatic correspondence of Henry Van Dyke. American minis ter to The Hague and to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.

KAISER GULLS

ENVOY

GERARD TO DISCUSS SEA WAR ZONE AT THE FRONT. IS INSTRUCTED BY WILSON German Chancellor to Accompany Ambassador Into Midst of Huge Army German Emperor Is Playing for High Stakes. The Hague, Feb. 15. The German emperor has summoned James W. Gerard, the United States ambassador, to a conference at the imperial headquarters in the eastern war zone. Mr. Gerard will go at once. Doctor von Beth-mann-Hollweg, the German chancellor, will accompany him. U. S. Instructs Gerard. Washington, Feb. 15. A situation of the utmost delicacy for the United States has arisen in relation to the European war. Its character is indicated by a request of Emperor William that Ambassador Gerard, in company with Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German chancellor, shall come at once to his headquarters in the eastern theater of war. Mr. Gerard has been equipped with the proper instructions, approved by the president. These instructions are in line with the principles laid down in the note to the German government protesting against the enforcement of the Berlin "war zone" decree. Dramatic Setting Is Seen. It will be a dramatic setting for the conference. Within the armed camp of a marvelously efficient military power will be the diplomatic representative of the United States. The German emperor is playing for great stakes. It is nothing more or less than victory in the terrible war he and his people are fighting. If the United States can 7je brought to the point pf insisting that its cargoes of foodstuffs shall pass freely to Germany, the emperor believes his cause will be as good as won. The German view is that Great Britain must abandon its seizure of such foodstuffs if the American government should object, and thus it is hoped to force drastic action on our part. As the Germans view the situation their government has made a diplomatic stroke of the highest value. Condition Is Offered. Now the German government has notified the United States that if Great Britain will permit neutral foodstuffs intended for the civilian population of Germany to reach their destination, the retaliatory measures, of which the "war zone" decree is the most important, will not be enforced as against neutral commerce. Solemn assurances have been given that all foodstuffs imported will not be used for the army or navy of Germany and will not be sent to a fortified port. Under a new law imported foodstuffs will remain in the hands of the civilian population. URGES POWER FOR EMBARGO Farr Offers Bill Granting President Right to Forbid Exports of Wheat and Flour. Washington, Feb. 15. A bill to empower the president to embargo wheat and wheat flour exports was introduced by Representative Farr of Pennsylvania. It would require the president to find the total wheat supply on hand last July 3, the quantity required for domestic purposes, that already exported, and estimated exports during the current fiscal year. If enough did not remain to meet the average per capita annual consumption based on I the records of the last ten years, the president would proclaim an embargo. Mr. Farr said he intends to press his bill. $500,000 TO AID CATTLE MEN Bill Introduced in House by Representative Qooper of Wisconsin No Action at This Session. Washington, Feb. 13. -Representative Ccoper of Wisconsin introduced in the house a bill appropriating $500,000 to reimburse cattle owners for expenditures caused by the quarantining of cattle at the National Dairy show in Chicago since last November on account of the foot-and-mouth disease. The bill was referred to the agriculture committee. No report on it is expected at this session. MAY HIRE FRANCIS B. SAYRE Reports Consider Son-in-Law of Pres ident Wilson for Office at University of Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., Feb. 16. Francis B. Sayre of Williamstown, Mass., son-in-law of President Wilson, is under consideration by the manager of the University of Wisconsin to succeed Dr. H. C. Bumpus. now president of Tufts college Postmasters Named. Washington. Feb 10. President Wilsen nominated David a Wilson for postmaster at Hartford. Conn.; George b Parrish at Toledo. O.; AJdaman P Elder at Ottawa. Kan.; B. G Costerbaan at Muskegon. Mich.. and H. B. Snyder, editor of Gary Post. Gary, Ind.

MISS MARIAN BANKHEAD

The honor of being the most beautiful and charming of the South's fair representatives at the national capital has been awarded to Miss Marian Bankhead of Jasper, Ala., granddaugh ter of United States Senator Bankhead. She has been selected as queen of the cotton ball, the event of February 15 which closes the social season in Washington. Miss Bankhead is a student in Fairmont seminary. MISSOURI SUPREME COURT FINES PACKERS $25,000 Armour, Swift, Morris and Other Com panies Found Guilty of Violating Antitrust Law. Jefferson City, Mo.. Feb. 10. The packing firms of Armour & Co., Swift & Co., the St. .Louis Dressed Beef and Provision company, the Hammond Packing company and Morris & Co. were found guilty of violating the state antitrust law by tno Missouri su preme court. An order of ouster was issued, but the companies are allowed to remain in the state on payment of fines. Each company was fined $25,000. To stay in the state each company must pay its fine by March 11, 1915. The opinion says that the National Packing company became a holding company for the five packing companies named and directed them, thereby destroying competition and fixing the price for dressed meats. Judge Bond dissented from ordering a fine, though he concurred in the judgment of ouster. He held, however, that as the National Packing company has been dissolved, the ends of justice could be met -by decreeing an ouster, and staying the execution of the order during good behavior. SENATE ENDS LONG SESSION Fate of the Ship Measure in the Sen ate Is Now in Doubt. Washington, Feb. 11. The fate of the administration ship purchase bill hangs in the balance. The chances between the passage of the bill in a still further modified form and its indefinite postponement were believed to be about even. The chief hope of administration leaders lies in the house. The plan there as discussed with the president is for the Weeks naval auxiliary bill passed by the senate last session to be passed with the modified ship purchase bill s a substitute and sent to the senate. Senator O'Gorman, one of the seceding Democrats, moved that the senate adjourn. This was agreed to, 4S tc 46, Senators Norris and Kenyon and the seven insurgent Democrats supporting the motion. This brought to an end a session that began at noon Monday and which sat continuously for 54 hours and 12 minutes, ending at 0:12 Wednesday night DACIA SAILS FROM NORFOLK American Steamer Leaves Port With Cargo of Cctton Bound for Rctterdam. Norfolk, Va.t Feb. 12. Off on a voyage that may prove her iaLt and one that may involve the United States in serious international complications, the American steamer Dacia sailed from this port Thursday morning. When the Dacia sailed the stars and stripes were flying both forward and aft. The Dacia is bound for Rotterdam, but her cargo of 11,000 bales of cotton will be delivered at Bremen, Germany. RUSS KILL 8,300 AUSTRIANS Also Capture 1,000 Troops in the Battle oftDukla Pars Fierce Fighting Reported. Geneva, via Paris, Feb. 15. The Russians have resumed the battle of Dukla pass, lighting mostly with the bayonet, according to the latest advices received here. During the struggle the Austrians are reported to have lost S.000 in killed and wounded and 1,000 prisoner.

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if cross, feverish, constipated, give "California Syrup of Figs" A laxative today saves a siGk Ghild tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour. Look at the tongue, mother! If coated, or your child is listless, cross, feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children's ailment, give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs, then don't worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in a few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thorough "inside cleansing" is ofttimes all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. Human Nature. "My landlady has the right idea about running a boarding house." "Yes?" "You never hear anybody complaining of the service at her house." "Indeed?" "That's the truth. Instead of giving her boarders a chance to complain, she makes them think she's doing them a favor to let them stay tiiere and the result is that they would put up with almost any inconvenience rather than leave." TAKE A GLASS OF SALTS WHEN BLADDER BOTHERS Harmless to Flush Kidneys and Neutralize Irritating Acids Splendid for the System. Kidney and Bladder weakness result from uric acid, says a noted authority. The kidneys filter this acid from the blood and pass it on to the bladder, where it often remains to irritate and inflame, causing a burning, scalding sensation, or setting up an irritation at the neck of the bladder, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night. The sufferer is in constant dread, the water passes sometimes with a scalding sensation and is very profuse; again, there is difficulty in avoiding it. Bladder weakness, most folks call it, because they can't control urination. While it is extremely annoying and sometimes very painful, this is really one of the most simple ailments to overcome. Get about four ounces of Jad Salts from your pharmacist and take a tablespoonful in a glass of wTater before breakfast, continue this for two or three days. This will neutralize the acids in the urine so it no lonCl is a source of irritation to the bladder and urinary organs which then act normally again. Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless, and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and is used by thousands of folks who are subject to urinary disorders caused by uric acid irritation. Jad Salts is splendid for kidneys and causes no bad effects whatever. Here you have a pleasant, effervescent lichia-water drink, which quickly relieves bladder trouble. Adv. Careless. "I see by your sign that you are a dispensing chemist." "Yes, sir." "What do you dispense with?" "With accuracy, sir." "I thought so. That last prescription I had made up here nearly killed my wife." SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR Look Years Younger! Try' Grandma's Recipe of Sage and Sulphur and Nobody Will Know. Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur properly compounded, brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, streaked or gray; also ends dandruff, itching scalp and stops falling hair. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which is mussy and troublesome. Nowadays we simply ask at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy." You will get a large bottle for about 50 cents. Everybody uses this old, famous recipe, because no one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as it does it so naturally and evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair taking one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully dark, thicV and glossy and you look years younger. Adv. Only Two Sides to It. "De man dat thinks he knows mor dan other folks," said Uncle Eben, "Is a useful citizen If he kin prove it an a loafer if he can't." An English insurance company lasues a policy covering damage dona by militant suffragette!.