Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 April 1915 — Page 8

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BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher. JASPER INDIANA A couple that marries for spite generally gets it Sewing mines will never mend international rent. the witn modern tango on the stage. what's the use of further gymnastics there? me man who walks In the straight and narrow way should be well bal anced. rne dove of peace finds it as hard to land on the waters now as in the days of Noah. In these days and times a man may tie able to speak ten languages and still go hungry. Why do women live longer than men? Certainly not have more birthdays. because they There is a bright side to everything, The war in Europe has put a stop tointernational marriages. The doctors some of them say garlic will keep off rheumatism. Please pass the rheumatism. A n iMignsn woman novelist sayn women are humbugs. That'rf nothing new. Few women think well of each other. Women can fight. A Russian girl put on trousers, enlisted, fought bravely in 19 battles, was wounded and discovered. A dish-washing machine just invented will clean 18,000 dishes in an hour. Away with it It is a breeder of laziness. A contemporary wants to know the

price of a woman's heart It is not. a A general attack by the British and fixed value. The price of a loaf of French fleets was opened on the mornbread Is a more pressing matter just ing of the ISth against the fortresses

now. The perversity of human nature Is found in the fact that a chronic dyspeptic, placed In the war zone, would work up a pork and beans appetite In live minutes. If the food shortage becomes acute the Germans may have to adopt a policy of shooing the Russians away instead of capturing so many of them as prisoners of war. There is one kind of man who will advise his wife Wo do whatever she thinks best, and then go round the place bragging that she always does what he tells her to do. There is a Mexican tribe of Indians -which knows but 300 words. What show would one of those fellows have in the United States senate during a Jong aenate, to get on to the first page? Some people wait for business to get good. Others hustle. But this observation of courso has no bearing on the fact that a New York undertaker's hearse ran down and killed two pedestrians. An eastern physiciau is to the front with the advocacy of hot water as a remedy for snake bites. Now for the list of sportsmen who become blistered from carrying around bottles of hot water in their nip pockets. It is reported that nearly seventy per cent of the co-eds of the University of California have flat feet. We don't know who made the discovery, or how he did it: but we confidently affirm .that he was mean to tell. The professor who taught a worm to turn to the right or the left as he directed must be a wonderful man, but even at that the chances are that he can't steer an automobile. Even at this early date the festive book agent is abroad in the land with "authentic histories" of the European conflict, and the prospect of what is in store with the cessation of hostilities is enough to make a strong man shudder. The Georgia court of appeals saya that a man may get drunk some time in his life and his general character still bo good. This idea of allowing a man at least one legal jag is on the order of the decision that every dog has right to one legal bite. A bird census gives the population of birds at 60 pairs to the square mile and one pair to each acre of farm land. Which affords the rather peculiar .quantity of 60 acres of farm land to the mile. The foresighted man will prefer to buy land by the mile rather than birds, on that tem of measurement. sysSomebody has discovered that food prices are lower in milder weather. That they invariably jump in colder weather has long been observed. Perishable products can be kept lenger. A feminine theorist, with more enthusiasm than clear sight, declares that women could stop war by marching out on the battlefield and standing between the men who are slaughtering one another. It sounds dramatic and thrilling and Inspiring: the only difficulty with such a program is tha iiadramatic one that "It can't be did."

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SOME OF THE LARGEST BATTLE SHIPS IN FRANCO:BRITISH FLEET LOST. 630, -DIE ON FRENCH SHIP British Admiralty Admits Heaviest Blow of Naval War in Sinking of the Dreadnaught Irresistible, Ocean and Bouvet by Mines. London, March 20. -The greatest blow suffered by the allies on the seas since the war began was administered by the Turks Thursday, when drifting mines in the narrows of the Dardanelles blew up and sank three of the largest battleships in the FrancoTurkish fleet while the ships were botnbarding eight of the Turkish forts. The ships destroyed are the 15,000ton British second line battleship Irresistible, the 12,500-ton British battleship Ocean and thp i2.20s.t on TTrpnnh battleship Bouvet In addition, the British dreadnaught cruiser Inflexible and the French battleship Gaulois were damaged by the gunfire from the forts. Nearly every man of the 630 in the crew of the Bouvet was lost with the ship, but almost the entire crews of the Irresistible and the Ocean were saved. This tremendous loss was admitted in an official statement given out by the admiralty. Official dispatches, from Constantinople via Berlin, beside from Constantinople via Berlin, besides telling of the sinking of the Bouvet and saying the Irresistible was "put out of action," also claim that a British torpedo boat was sunk, but the English admiralty has not confirmed this fact. Sixteen Ships Shell Forts. JThe admiralty's statement is as follows: "Mine sweeping has been in prosress 'for ten days inside the straits. in the narrows. At 10:45 a. m. the superdreadnaught Queen Elizabeth and the battleships In flexible, Agamemnon and Lord Nelson bombarded forts J., L., T., TJ. and V.. and the battleships Triumph and Prince George bombarded batteries F., E. and H. A heavy fire, was opened on the ships by the enemy howjtzers and field guns. Ships Fire at Close Range. "At 12:22 p. m.' the French squad ron, consisting of the battleships Suffren, Gaulois, Charlemagne and Bou vet, advanced into the Dardanelles and engaged the forts at closer range. Forts J., TJ., F. and E. replied strongly. Their fire was silenced by ten battleships inside the straits. All the ships were hit several times dur ing this part of the action. "At 1:25 p. m. all the forts ceased firing. The battleships Vengeance, Ir resistible: Albion, Ocean, Swiftsure and Majestic then advanced to relieve the six old battleships, which were inside the straits. "As the French squadron, which had engaged the forts in most brilliant f.-ishion, was passing out, the Bouvet was blown up by a drifting mine and san'- in 30 fathoms of water north of the village of Aren Kios in less than three minutes. "At 2:36 p. m. the relief battleships renewed the attack on the forts, which again opened fire. The attack on the forts was maintained while the operations of the mine sweepers continued. "At 4:09 p. m. the battleship Irresistible quit the line, listing heavily, and at 5:50 p. m. sank, having probably struck a drifting mine. At 6:05 p. m. the battleship Ocean also was struck by a mine. Both vessels sank in deep water and practically the w4iole of their crews were removed to safety under a hot fire. Two Ships Damaged. "The French battleship Gaulois was damaged by gunfire. The British battleship Inflexible was hit by a heavy shell, damaging her forward control position, which requires repair. The damage to the forts effected by the prolonged direct fire of the very powerful forces employed cannot yet be estimated. The losses in ships was caused by mines drifting with the current which was encountered in areas hitherto swept clear. "The British casualties in personnel were not heavy considering the scale of the operation, but practically the whole of the crew of the Bouvet was lost with the ship, an internal explosion having apparently supervened the explosion of the mine. "The battleships Queen and Implacable, which were dispatched from England to replace ships damaged and casualties suffered in anticipation of this operation, are due to arrive immediately, bringing the British fleet again to its original strength. "The operations are continuing as ample naval forces are available. "On the 16th Vice-Ad miral Carden. who had been incapacitated by illness, was succeeded as chief in command by Rear Admiral John Michael Derobeck, acting with the rank of vice-admiral." JAILED FOR PASSPORT FRAUD RJchard Madden and Gustav Cook. Convicted o Defrauding Government, Sentenced at New York.

New York. March 20. Richard Madden and Gustav Cook, convicted of defrauding the government by securing false passports, were sentenced to. ten months to Ne.v York count prison, in the federal lourt here. t

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ivnss Anne Seymour Janes is the pretty daughter of Congressman and Mrs. W. A. Jones of Virginia, and her engagement to marry Lieut. Roland Hopkins of the field artillery has just been announced. No date has been set for the wedding, but It will probably be celebrated in June. NEGRO ARRESTED AS AXMAN SLAYER Police of Monmouth, III., Believe Score of Crimes Will Be Solved With, Arrest of Black. Monmouth, 111., March 22. The police of this city hope that the mys tery surrounding more than a score of "axmair murders, in which entire families have been slain in the last four years, will be solved by the arrest of a negro giving his name as Loving Mitchell, who was captured in a squalid shanty at 1625 Chestnut street, St. Louis, Mo. The negro, a giant in size, was arrested on the spe cific charge of having slain William E. Dawson, his wife and three-year-old daughter, Georgia, as they slept in their home in Monmouth, September 30, 1911. The similarity of the other crimes has led authorities to believe all were committed by the same man. The long list of victims of the "axman's" mania includes 29 persons, and his slayings cover Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Colorado. U. S. LAUNCHES BIGGEST SHIP Pennsylvania Put Afloat at Newport News Has Twelve 14-Inch Guns. Newport News, Va., March 18. Moored to a pier at the shipyard here lay the giant red hull of the nev battleship Pennsylvania the world's greatest fighting craft awaiting completion after her successful trip from the stocks to the waters of James river. Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania headed the distinguished company on the launching stand to see the Pennsylvania take the water. Miss Elizabeth Kolb of Germantown, Pa., named the ship and broke a bottle of cham pagne against the receding bow, after Episcopal Bishop Be'rry of Pennsyl vania had delivered a prayer. The main battery of the Pennsylvania will consist, of twelve 14-inch .45 caliber rifles, set on four turrets, three guns to a turret. Her tonnage measurement is 31,400, against 27,500 for the Queen Elizabeth. The latter, however, carries eight 15-inch rifles, .45 caliber, set two to a turret. SCOTT TAKES PIUTE CHIEFS Chief of Staff BFlngs Old Polk, Tse-Ne-Gat and Others of Gang Prisoners at Bluff, Utah. Bluff, Utah, March 22. The Piute Indian uprising in Utah is over. Brigadier General Scott, chief of staff of United States army, returned here with Old Polk, Tse-Ne-Gat, and other members of his gang as his prisoners. General Scott took the Indians single handed. The Indians surrendered to Scott single handed on assurances that they would receive fair play from the "Great White Father" at Washington. Six men were killed and many wounded in early fighting between the Indians and members from the posse headed by United States Marshal Nebeker. Shell British Naval Base. Berlin. March 20. The Overseas News Agency gave out the following: "Reports have reached Rerlin to the effect that two German aviators hare uomoaraea me tsruisn arsenals Sheeruess. the British naval base.' at German Crop Are Frozen. Copenhagen. March 20. A sudden wevere frost iu the east and south of Germany has destroyed vhe crops.

PARIS IS SHELLED TWO GERMAN AIRSHIPS DROP SEVENTEEN BOMBS ON THE CAPITAL. EIGHT HURT BY EXPLOSIVES Compeigne, Bibecourt and Dresiincourt Shelled; Aeroplanes Drive Off Craft Berlin Says Raid Was Revenge for Attack on Town. Paris, March 22. The first Zeppelin raid on Paris was carried out early Sunday. Four bombs were dropped in the city and 13 in the suburbs. Seven or eight persons wrere injured, one seriously, but none fatally. The material damage was slight. The raiders were driven off by French aeroplane patrols and the fire of antiairship guns. One of the raiders appeared to have been hit. In their retreat the raiders dropped bombs on Compeigne, Bibecourt and DresiincourL Some were explosive and some of incendiary character. No damage was suffered at these places. Probably the most remarkable feature of the raid was the deportment of the population. Warned of the coming of the Zeppelins, men and women clad in night attire flocked in gay and jocular processions from their sleeping apartments to the streets, or in the case of the more discreet, to the cellars of their homes. The discipline of the city's residents was marvelous. There was a complete absence of panic. City in Darkness. when the Zeppelins approached whistles were blown and the sleeping residents aroused, all lights were ex tinguished and when the raiders ar rived over the citv the nnnitnl r icompletely obscured. was it was a beautiful starlit night, breeze There was a light westerly blowing. The approach of the raiders was signaled from at lPast t.wrmtv places. Half a dozen aeroplanes were wheel ing upward to beat them off and highangle guns were blazing from several different points. It was the rapid appearance of an aeroplane squadron, each machine flashing a small, but powerful, searchlight that prevented the raid ers from attacking the center of the city, with its historic monuments. The vast majority of the inhabitants of the southern section of the capital slept on undisturbed. Everywhere the deportment of the people was remarkable. The "qui vive lasted for three hours, the bu gles rallying the people to bed again shortly after four o'clock. The danger was over. Raid Was for Revenge. Behlin, March 22 The war office gave out the tollowing official state ment on the bambardment of Paris by Zeppelins: "To render more impressive our re ply to the misdeeds of two French avi ators in attacking the open Alsatian town of Schlettstadt, German airships dropped several heavy bombs on the fortress of Paris and on the railroad junction at Comneigne." 62,000 WERE SLAIN IN BATTLE Casualties at Neuve Chapelle Were -German Declares Losses Equal to Waterloo's. TerribleWere London, March 22. The casualties on Dotn sides at tue recent battle of Neuve Chapelle equaled those of Wa terloo, which historians agree totaled 62,000, according to the statement of a German officer who is quoted in a dispatch from Amsterdam as declaring that the battle was the most terrible of the war. The most significant announcement from Berlin is that of the capture of nearly one thousand prisoners in the Champagne region to the north of Beausejour, where the French trenches were undermined by sappers and blown up, after which the German infantry swept into the destroyed trenches and drove the French back. BIG FIRE. AT CHAMPAIGN Two Business Blocks Burn Loss Estimated at $400,000 Appeal to Neighbors for Aid. Champaign, 111., March IS. Twothirds of two separate business blocks were burned away by blaze that started in the Morrissey building about six-thirty o'clock. The total damage was estimated at between $300,000 and $404,000. Before the fire was under control, it was feared a whole section of the city would be wiped out. A high wind drove the flames and carried sparks for many miles and blazing brands for many blocks. Calls for help were sent to Danville, Decatur and Bloomington. The response from Danville was immediate. The Urbana firemen' were on the scene early, and the combined efforts of these visitors with the local department prevented a greater disaster. Jolt for Gamblers in Nevada. Carson City. Nev., March lü. Retaining the present strict gambline law excepting only pari mutuel betting on horse races, the Nevada senate defeat ed a Dili to legalize poolroom bettln and the playing of poker and other ganzes. The Dill failed to receive a constitutional majority The legista iure adjourned on Thursday

NOTED BANDIT CAUGHT

"Cundingo," a notorious Cuban bandit, the last of a long list of highwaymen who have terrorized the rural population of the island for years, was caught recently by the Cuban rural guards after a hot chase, and js now m prison. RUSSIANS REPORT BIG GAIN AT PRZEMYSL austrians Crushed in Sortie at For A . tressCzar's Men Capture 4,121. retrograd, March 22. The follow ing omcial report was issued by the headquarters of the Russian general staff: According to the latest reports from Przemysl a sortie there was car-

ilea out by the en tire Twenty-third rr.orvrt Tjv4rt i -division, competed of the Second. T:"0:?.

Fifth, Seventh and Eighth regiments In repulsing this we captured 167 of fieers, including the commander of the Seventh regiment, 3,954 men and IG machine guns. rJhe prisoners state that the losses of the division were enormous. According to an exchange dispatch the Austrians lost many prisoners at Przemysl and the town lost almost its entire garrison. Its surrender is declared to be a question of days. London, March 20. A new Russian drive through East Prussia to attack Koenifirsbure frnm tha

Iieved to be indicated by the invasion , Laporte. In the bankruptcy hearof the northermost corner of the Ger- ins of Max Barnett a clothing man Pmnirp hv Pnccjon roi,. v, merchant, it was developed that

have occupied Memel, a fortified town of 20,000 on the Baltic, at the point where only ten miles of German territorv lies berwepn thp n miri fm Pnc. sian fronfip.r An official statement issued bv the Petrograd war office savs the Russian troops have won a complete success before" Memel wI-mIa flip Rprlin mi. nouncement says "it would appear uiat minor Kussian detachments have entered Memel." mi. i . -me general statt makes announcement that for every village or estate upon German soil burned by the Rusaiaus Lllfc! uermans win destroy tnree Russian villages. It is further anuuuncea mar, ir tne Kussians burn any buildings of the German city of iuemei puoiic buildings m the proviucial capital of Poland will stroyed by the Germans. UtJ aeDIGGS AND CAMINETTI LOSE Both Men Must Go to Prison i California White Slave Case Were Convicted in 1913. San Francisco, March 19. The con victions of F. Drew Caminetti, son of Anthony Caminetti, United States com missioner general of immigration, and Maurice I. Diggs, former state architect, under the Mann white slave act. were amrmed by the United States circuit court of appeals. Discs and Caminetti were tried and convicted before District Judge William C. Van Fleet in 1913 for the transportation of Lola Norris and Marsha Warrington from Sacramento, Cal., to Reno, Nev., for immoral purposes. Diggs was sentenced to imprisonment on McNeil island for two years and fined $2,000. Caminetti was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and a fine of $1,500. The case wras taken to the higher court on a writ of error. SHIP SEIZED IN BLOCKADE Swedish Steamer Carrying Provisions to Germany Is Taken Into British Port London, March 19. The first seizure made by Great Britain under the provisions of its recently announced, blockade of the German coast was made when the Swedish steamer Geheland Dacon, carrying a cargo of provisions intended for a German port, was held up an. brought into Lee in the custody of a British patrol boat. Mrs. Rockefeller's Body in Vault. Tarrytown. N. Y., March 17. The body of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller was taken from Pocantico Hills and placed in the mausoleum of John D Archbold In Sleepy HoJlow cemetery There it will remain till its permanent resting place is decided on. President to Review Fleet. ' . Washington. March 20. -President Wilson plans .o review the Atlantic fleet when it gathers for maneuvers at New York tn May.

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r3 T rrsTTTi irftTrn fe I BRIEFLY TOLD Hammond. Fire Touted 50 guests from the Semloh hotel here and drove them down burning sUirways and ladders clad in night apparel. John Ritts, a fireman, was badly injured in fighting the fire; Paul Stevens, a watchman, jumped through a, window and was badly cut by glass. The loss is $5,000. Indianapolis. Lester Mitchell, twenty-seven, "dope" fiend, was found hiding in the basement of Schopp drug store, after robbing the cask drawer of $45. When placed under arrest he cried that the police could kill him, but that he must have, "done." Raving, he was locked in a padded cell, after a terrific fight with his captors. Evansville. Mayor Bosse has issued a statement to citizens, advising them to refuse to pay their gas bills, which the Public Service company has sent out computed at the old rate. He declared that the S5 cents maximum rate with the sliding scale i fixed by the state public service com mission has been in effect since February l last, and citizens should tender this rate and no more. Laporte. The $35,000 breach of promise case brought by James H. Fort of this city against Mrs. Catherine Bowers Williams of Cleveland was settled here. Attorneys for plaintiff and defendant met behind closed doors to arrange the terms of settlement, and while the amount paid by Mrs. Williams to Fort is not known, it is understood that the "cait uaiw was euubiueruuie iu amount. Indianapolis. Opposition workers were slugged, challengers were arrested on absurd charges and' vile epithets were applied to women who sought to stop fraudulent voting ii no Uni. ... : J 1 I 111 precinct B of tho Sivth wnrH nf öiuuua LUiU in juuge AnuersoLi S federal court in the trial of Mayor Roberts of Terre Haute and 27 other defendants, for alleged election frauds. Hammond. Sheriff White of Clinton county was amazed to find so many of his male prisoners accumulating noisy jags during the past month, and racked his brains to find out how liquor was smuggled into the jail. He discovered a jug of whisky outside one of the cell house windows with a long rubber tube extending from the jug to the bars and tied to them. Barnett conducted a "traveling store," shlPl)inS goods from his Laporte store to Peoria 111.; Detroit, Mich. and several Indiana towns. Barnett's petition in bankruptcy is Pending in the federal court in Indian aPolis, and the hearing is being conducted by Referee Sheridan of Frank fort. Barnett claimed liabilities of ?!4,000 and assets $5,000 Indianapolis. In an effort to in terpret the provisions of the new I. . ly enacted Jones-Burns state-wide primary election law and determine. a course of action with regard to its con stitutionality. the Renublican state central committee convened at the Ho tel Severn. Confusion of ideai exists as to the exact meaning of various clauses of the act. Tile nlnilSP. rrpntmr flip rrrnnfoQtamount of criticism is that which com pels a Qualified voter in thp. fivfint of a challenge to make affidavit that at the first preceding general election he affiliated with the nartv holdine: the primary election and that he voted for at least 60 per cent of the remilar nominees of the party, and that he in tends to vote for the regular- nomi nees of such party at the coming elec tion. While contending that this clause is unconstitutional, although it has been in effect in cities only throughout the state since 1907, the Republican solons intend to conform to the new law because it requires the appointment of more committees and the consequent development of a better political machine. According to wellinformed sources, there will be more candidates for Republican nomination at the state convention next year than ever before in the history of the state. Frankfort. Orville Hodgson, who was arrested in Pittsburgh after a long search, was sentenced to two to "ourteen years imprisonment in the state reformatory at Jeffersonville, on his plea of guilty to a charge of forgery. Hodgson is the son of a wealthy farmer near Marion. He confessed forgeries in 2S cities in the middle West. The young wife and mother of the prisoner were in the courtroom when Hodgson was sentenced. After the court had finished passing sentence the young man stated he would start life over again when he leaves prison, as an honest man. "My parents are thoroughbreds and I have disgraced them." he said. Hartford City. Win Cook, Jatck "Winings, Isaac Gehring, George Rains, John Moore and Bert Sayou. all of Montpelier, are under arrest under grand jury indictments, charging them with maintaining and frequenting1 gambling houses Crawfordsvllle. A tramp, thought to be Roy S. Clark, wanted for a double murder in Rsd Oak, la.; last December, is undr arrest here. Clark admits having been in Red Oak last summer, but will answer no questions concei'ning the murder. He is held pending receipt of word, from the

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