Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 April 1915 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

BIG BUSINESS Gl SAMUEL LYLE ROGERS LADY RALPH PAGET STATE NEWS ITEMS BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher.

ADMIRAL FISKE QUITS

INDIANA Speaking of sychiilogh'al moments, too much I plenty. Fngland experts to end the war by fall. Hut hos fall? Some imaginations, like ugly bulldogs, should be chained. Apparently It is almott us hard to hold I'rzasuysz as it is to pronounce it. Onehalf the world knows too well how the otht r half livesthey have to pay for it. Submarine warfare makes an oceangoing vessel feel comparatively auto among the icebergs. In defense of the feminine fashions, the injurious charge is niaiie that they art designed by men. Talk if cheap, ami most of the war stuff heard every day is of a marked " down variety, to boot Oh well, of course, it doesn't make any difference what the forecaster predicts as long as the weather remains fine. What particularly comforts the song writer who put Tlpperary on the mar is that his rong also put money In his pocket So far as newspapers and magariM are concerned, the most acceptable literature Is In the form of advertisements. "Merely a voice does not make a great singer." says an expert. But It w-ould undoubtedly help several "great siegers" o-called. Whales are scurrying out of the submarine war zone, so evide ntly we may look for a lively time at the seashore this summer. Austria Is to grow cabbages In the royal gardens. Nor will royalty have the satisfaction of being able to conceal them with a fascinating French name. An authority on masculine beauty says the perfect man must not measure more than 34 inches around the waist The size of his head is also important. But who will get the benefit of that new process by which 200 per cent ' more gasoline can be produced the man who buys or the man who sells the gasoline? To dine in a hot, smoke-filled room and do a little ragtime dancing between courses is a privilege so dear to some people that they hare gone to court to preserve R, It Is stated that there ar. .00 good poets in this country. The person making the statement is too considerate of other peopfe'a feelings and exagrerates accordingly. A Chinaman won the Ten Eyck prize In oratory at Yale Bright as we think we are. where is there an American who could beat tue Chinese in their own language? Patent food experts claim that there is nutrition in straw. Having taken the oats and bran out of the horse's manger it Is now proposed to deprive him of his bed. "Paradichlorobenzene is a new insecticide recommended by the agricultural department. Careless young Insects read the label and then die of lockjaw trvlng to pronounce it. The tango Is now accused of being the cause of 111 temper. It is likely to be so for the man who does not dance and is kept awake by the music. As predictions of the duration of the war have run their limit, the prophets are now turning their attention to tll ing what is going to happen to the world when one or the other side wins. In so many of Itr. aspects la life so ugly today, that an Item of beauty. I telling of the planting In Oregon In 1 one day of 66 miles of roses, ought to be generally welcomed w ith en- I thusiastic relief. A legislature finds It easv to stop smoking when a lady member objects to tobacco The real question will come when a lady Is elected who Insists on smoking whether the other ho! ;s like It or not "The college mnn does not use any more profanity than the man who has never gone 1o college," says a Northwestern university Instructor. Apparently, the college man's course Is not doing him much harm, anyway The New York physical director who declares that business men arc, played out at forty because they neglect physical exercise Is merely reviving in new words the ndage that "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." The hlrd census shows thnt roblna are more numerous In this country thnn English sparrows. This surprises city people; bnt la explained In the supposition that the robin being eatable is wise enough not to live too close to man.

JASPER

AMC RICA THRIVES IN WORLD CRISIS AS OTHER NATIONS FIGHT.

HELPED BY FOREIGN TRADE Advance la Felt From the Atlantic to tr.e Pacific New York Stock Exchange Abolishes Minimum Prices as Needless Defense. Chicago. April 1. Developments along lines of Industrial activities t ii t.tch mit the liilted States wer i 1 urteil in greater volumo and over Widr territory ye-t nlay than at any time since the first spurt of business at the beginning of the year. Heports came from the Montana and the lake copper districts telling of the opening of mines and smelting plants that have been closed or operating small shifts for months, and also that wage advances were being inndo among miners and other work ers. Gains Are Widespread. From the steel districts around Chicago, in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere similar reports of growing activity were heard. Dispatches telling of increased operations in New Kngland marked the one territorial extreme and the gains in Industries on the Pacific coast marked the other. The spirit of improvement In business and the securities markets whs reflected throughout Chicago business circles. Bankers and business men tinnAlA at.n rm a I .9 t t r a r- f k c K 1 f n v wti v cvir i v 1 1 ii r lut'iuro vi m cum , revival In trade and finance. The reports received by them from all quarters told of greater activities. Brokers' offices were crowded and enthusiasm ran high as the stock market advances seemed to presage approaching business prosperity. Predict Further Prosperity. Hankers and business men say the great demand the war has thrust upon lilt United States for practically everything It can produce will bring great prosperity to this country. The Immense trade balance of nearly $600.000,000 in favor of the United States seems to tell the tale. Gold commenced to flow swiftly Into this country and the only check was the creation of huge credits here by the powers of the old world that are taking our merchandise and products of every description. Ends Minimum Prices. One of the strongest evidences of the confidence American bankers have In the present and future financial position of the United States was reflected In the action taken by the New York stock exchange yesterday, when the governing committee abolished minimum trading prices. These were established as a safeguard against liquidation on December M last. The exchange had been reopened three days before after being closed for aeveral months because of financial conditions d je to the European war TWO NEUTRAL SHIPS SUNK Dutch Steamer and Norwegian Bark Destroyed by Submarines Trawlers Torpedoed. IiOndon. April 3. The Dutch steamer Schieland. bound from Hull for Rotterdam with a cargo of (oal. was blown up 24 miles east southeast of Spurn in the North sea. The explosion occurred amidships and one of the crew was blown to pieces. The remainder of the crew of It; took to the boats, the captain and seven men In one boat standing by the Schlehind until It sank at dusk, when they were sighted by the Cornelia Glafina and taken aboard The seven occupants of the other boat were also rescued. The Norwegian bark Nor, bound from Fredirkixtad for Hull with a cargo of wood, was torpedoed west of Dogger bank by the German submarine U-20 The crew was rescued The submarine I'-IO encountered 40 miles from the Tyne the North Shields traw'ere Gloxinna nnd Jason and sunk them. The crews were saved. The fishermen state that the commander of the C10 treated them kindly. gitig them hot coffee and tobacco He spoe good English He said he had been ordered to sink everything in sight. EITEL TAKES ON PROVISIONS Secrecy Maintained as to What Ship Will Ho Enough Supplies to Take Her to Germany. New port News. Vti.. April ?. - With 1,00(1 tons of coal In her bunkers. Ihe i. rman raider. Prinz Eitel Friedrich, prepared to take on provisions. The government has agreed that she shall have sufficient stores In addition to her coal to take her to the nearest Ger man port. Captain Tili richens nnd government officials have maintained their policy of silence as to wut the ship will do 14 MEN PERISH IN GALE Storm Springs Up Suddenly and Crew of Tug Hid No Chance to Escape Heavy Seat. New York. April 6. The oceangoing tug Edward ÜM Lennach was sunk off the Vliginla capes hi the storm with a loss of fourteen lives, in hiding Captain distend, according to messages received by Chnrle- n , potter, secretary of the Luckenba. h Steamship company. Two of the crew were rescued

Samuel Lyle Rogers of Franklin, N. CM is the successor of William J. Harris as director of the census at Washington. RUSS DEFEAT TURKS WHO KILLED MANY CHRISTIANS Czar's Soldiers Inflict Heavy Losses on Sultan's Forces in Persia Twelve Thousand Lost. Tabriz. Persia. April 2. Russians defeated the Turks in a sanguinary battle at Atkutur. north of Dilman. in north w estern Perssa. on March H. The Turks lost 12.000 in killed, wounded and prisoners, as well aa many guns. Preceding the reoccupation by the Russians of Saimac Plains, the Azerbaijan province, northwest of Urunnali. hundreds of native Christians were rounded up by the Turks in the village of Haftdewun and massacred. The Russians on entering the village found IM bodies, mostly naked and mutilated The recovery of bodies from wells, pools and ditches and .heir burial kept Mt men busy for three days. Some of the victims had been shot. In other cases they were bound to ladders and their beads protruding through were hacked off. Eyes were gouged out and limbs chopped off. A general massacre of the 10.000 or 16.000 Christians remaining in I'rurpiah is expected unless it should be averted by orders from Constantinople. Verbal m ssages from Frumiah confirm earlier reports that more than 800 persons already have been killed in that neighborhood and that more than 2.000 have died of disease. These messages also confirm reports of the maltreatment of Rev. Dr. K. T. Allen, an American missionary at Frumiah. The official German statement of Tuesday asserts that 2.000 Russians were killed and 3.000 captured in an engagement at Krasnopol. In the German occupation of Tauroggen, it Is claimed that 1.000 prisoners were taken. KusFlan attacks at other points are said to have been repulsed i The latest statement from the Pet- ! rograd war office is that the German ' offensive movement in this region has I been checked Tho Austrian admit the Russians have assumed a vigorous offensive In the Carpathians, but Insist all their attacks have been repulsed. U. S. NOTE SENT TO GERMANY Washington Proteat on Destruction of the Frye Asks Kaiser to Pay for Vessel. Washington, April 2 The American note to C.ermaiiy over the destruction of the American sailing ship William P. Frye by the (iernian raider. Prince Kltel Friedrich, has been dispatched to Berlin. Acting Secretary Lansing of the state department said the note would he made public here as soon as it had had time to reach its destination. The representations of the Fnlted States concern only the vessel and do not discuss the question of cargo, which the state department it satisfied was not American owned. The note contends there was no Jus tiflcntion for the sinking of the Frye. GERMANS CROSS THE YSER Village South of Dixmude la Occupied by Kaiser's Troops. Declares Berlin Announcement. London, April I tlerman troops have crossed the Yser and captured a nllBKe en the INMl bank south of Jj.Ninnde, nccordlns: to an official an MMMWM frim Berlin, which says'On the Yaer cruhI, south o Dlv made. German troops occupied the village of Dr.l Grachlon on the western hstik which was held by the Belgians Several Frem h charges In the forest of Ui I'retre were repulsed."

RESIGNATION AS NAVAL AID CAUSES SENSATION IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES.

IS REGARDED AS PROTEST Held the Most Important Professional Position In the Navy Told Houso Body U. 8. Fleet Was Not Prepared for War. Washington, April .1. a sensation was caused iu naval circles whin it became known that Rear Ad mirai Bradley A Flake, aid for operations in the navy department, had tendered hla resignation from that office and asked lo be assigned to duty elsewhere Admiral Flake also asked to be relieved from duty as a member of the general board of the navy, of I which Admiral Dewey is president. Admiral Fiske tendered his resig nation as aid for operations as a protest against the present administration of the naval establishment. Admiral Fiske has felt keenly the growing lack of efficiency in the navy as a result of the adoption of policies disapproved by him and other high ranking officers. The admiral told the house naval committee that the Ameri can fleet was not prepared for war. and expressed the opinion that it could not be made ready under five years. This testimony was given last December, and at that time there was talk In naval circles that Admiral Fiske's views had not been pleasing to his superior officers, who claimed thai the fleet was in a state of efficiency. Made Many Improvements. Admiral Fiske is one of the foremost officers In the navy. He was with Dewey in the battle of Manila bay. and had service in various parts of the world, where he diaplavod tact and Judgment in dealing with delicate questions. He is devoted to his prolan. Loag before the navy adopted electricity he advocated it He ;t- sponsible also fur th- ise of the telescopic sights on guns He Is a student of strategy, and has been ol great use in fashioning plans for observance in case of war. BULGARS ATTACK SERBS Irregulars Cross Frontier and Losses on Both Sides Are Considerable. Ktlfc, Siberia, via London. April A Hulgarian attack began at two o'clock near Vallandovo. when several thousand irregulars, wearing military uniforms, crossed the frontier and surprised and killed the Serbian guards. They occupied all the heights on the left bank of the V;rda river and penetrated as far as the station of Strumitis. They cut the telegraph wires and drove back the Servian troops and captured two guns. The Serbian troops, re-enforced, repulsed the invaders after a violent allday fight and recaptured Ihe guns. The Serbians are now pursuing the Hulgarians. who lost heavily in killed and wounded. The Serbians lost fiftv men killed. GERMANY HONORS BISMARCK Teachings of "Iron Duke" Will Bring Victory to Fatherland. Says Beth mann-Ho 1 1 weg. Rerlin (wireless to Sayville. April 2. All Germany yesterday celebrated by patrioic demonstration the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Bismarck, the "Iron Duke.'' In Berlin the day was marked by Impressive demonstrations before the national monument in front oftherelchstag. Military and civil organizations deposited memorial wreaths before the monument. Chancellor von Rethmann-f loll weg. addressing a crowd, said: "Hismnrck's work cannot be taken away from .lermany. The German empire is surrounded by a ring of enemies with rage In their hearts, but we shall defeat them." WILL TRY MRS. CARMAN AGAIN State's Attorney Sets May 10 as Date for New Murder Trial May Have Important New Evidence. Mlneola. N. Y.. April 3. Miss Florence t'onklln Carman, wife of Dr. Fd win Carman of Freeport, X. Y.. will be trod auain on the charge of murdering Mrs. Louise Bailey. It was announced by the state's attorney that the case would be called on May 10 and that the appellate division of the supreme court has assigned Justice Abel F Blackmar to preside at the trial The district attorney indicated he bad discovered new evidence of importance. KITCHENER ON WATER WAGON Secretary of War First to Follow Ex arrple Proposed by King George of England. London. April 2 Karl Kitchener, secretary of state for war. and Just now the foremost figure in Great Britain. Is the first to follow the example proposed by King George Bnd banish all n'cohollc beverages from his household. The war secretary gave instruc tinrts that no intoxicating drink of anv kind should be used In his household dunug the remainder of tbe war.

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Lady Ralph Paget, who was miatakenly reported to have died of typhus while working with the Red Cross in Serbia, is a granddaughter of the late Paran Stevens of New York. Her husband was formerly British minister to Serbia. AUSTRIANS ARE FORCED BACK BY THE RUSSIANS Re enforcements From Permyal Force Army to Retreat Over Carpathians Seven Day Battle in Snow. By FREDERICK BENNET. fatentsttaeal UV i lei i s fconeapei ti et I'etroKrail. April Alter a week of fierce and incessant righting the Russians have captuied the central crest of the Reskid mountains directly south of l'ermvsl Bjad o n.-d another pas sage into Hungarv. The battle began M miles north of the position now won. The infantry often had to buffet ita way through snow drift caching t their necks. The defenders, chiefly Germans, resisted with BJM utmost vigor until the continued Russian successes between Lupkow and l'szok passe threatened their left flank, when tlu-y retreated into Hungary. The victory in the Beskids presages a battle involving much larger forces than could be employed in the high and narrow roads. Fighting in the mountain has been for positions 2.000 and ;:. fees; high. The new entrance into Hungary ojens the way into a different country, where the Cariathian ridge deelines into broad, undulating forests Toe to l,2'ii feet above the Hungarian plain. Vienna. April 5 (via Amsterdam and London i. - The Austrian war office admitted the retreat of Its army from the Beskids befoie Russian reinforcements. I'. 'rogia.l. April n. It la evident j from the number of prisoners taken b j the RmatuM that their advance through the Carpathians is proceeding with accelerate.! sced. The battle is I still being w.ig,,i for that section of the actual summit of the Carpathians between Meridians. Vuslisko and Luto wiska. For some time the Russians have t Ml taking prisoners in this region at the late Of somPth.nj? like a corps 4".. "i a fortnight. In their lat. si ad van. e the Russians found in the melt ing snow numbers of cannon and large luatitities of ammunition abandoned by the Austrians in their retreat. Petrograd. April 1 While It Is admitted at the war office that Austrian troops have invaded the Russian province of Bessarabia and are ad vancing towaid CtsOtta, a fortified town on the Dniester river, the Russian military officials professed to feel no concern over the fact that their left wing had been pressed back about thirty five miles 57 PERSONS ARE INDICTED Many Acts of Vandalism Are Attrib uted to Closmg of the Saloons Live Stock Slaughtered. Fairfield. 111. April ."Indictments against lift v seven residents of Sims. III., were returned by the Wayne county grand jury here after a week's investigation of the dynamiting of the Baptist church and other" sets of vandalism commonly attributed here to a controversy between "wet" and "dry" factions. Live stock frequently was killed by poison and many animals were shot or cut in their stalls. It has been charged by the "drys" that the campaign of destruction was waeed by the wet" faction in an effort to force the legalizing; of liquor selling by an election. BARON ROTHSCHILD IS DEAD Head of English Branch of Family Expires in London Following Long Illness. London. April 1. Iord Rothschild, head or the Knglish branch of the Rothschild family, la dead here.

The Doings of HoosirrJom Reported by Wire.

CONSPIRACY TRIAL NEAR END United States District Attorney Flay Defendants and Says Government Hat Proved Charges Against Terre Haute Politicians. Indianapclls, April 5 A severe r raigiinient t,f the def. udaut in 1 1 Terre Haute election conspiracy Mai accompanied b a declaration tl.. each is as guilty aa sin. was man ? District Attorney Dsiley in tb. fed eral court when he began the closing argument for the gov eminent s BjrOM cutlon of the men charged with rupting the election in Vigo count last November. The number of il,. defendants as reduced to tw.-ntv seven at the morning session of court, when one of them. Fred Morrison, en tend a plea of guilty. Mayor ÜOBI M Roberts sat in the court room lur lng the two hours that Dailev spok. and heard himself proclaim, d ' the ringleader of the oonspiratora tw4 heard the district attorn, v d. iarthat he now. for the tirst time in his life, is iu a place wli. i. he ettaol Mattel the court and w her.- he i annot buy an officer of the conn Haile Minted out the evidence that has I . brought to the attention of the Jeron by government witnesses ami ! ,,r. : that every charge in the indu'ti. ha been proved beyond doubt H will speak all day, and at the eOMpte tlon of his argument the case will is giv ii to the jury. D. A. R. Plans a Tablet. Mumie. April 5. If a mov.-nunt now under way by the local chapter. Daughters of the American Revolu tion. is completed, a monument will be erected on the site of the Delaware Indian village, which was the home of Chief Tecumseb and his brother, the Prophet The site is situated about four miles east of Muncie, and is rich in Indian lore and tradition Tlnr. burned many of the Indian council fires and there many of the can p.oi-i conducted by Tecumseh were ar ranged The story of Old Town Hill." where it is proposed to erct t the monument, has been told man times. Muncie was named for CMH Munsey of the Delaware Indians, who had his camp on the site of the an-t cratlc Minnetrista boulevard reu deuces. Prevents School Panic. South Mend. April The presence of mind of .1. F. Nuner, superintendent I of the Mishawaka schools, prevented a possible panic in the Main street , Mishawaka school. Several hundred : pupils had gathered in the school an ! ditorium to witness a motion picture , exhibition A film caught fire aa it was I), hit: r mov d from the ma hn The excited operator, attempting to throw the film out of the window. ! cast it among the students Superin endent Nun r sprang to the door of I the room and barred the way uhei. the children made an effort to escape j II commanded them to remain in their seats. Several of the pupils suf fered slight scratches and brulees in the rush, but there were no MaiOM II Juries. Pleads Guilty to Horse Theft. Brow nstow ii, April 5. A man giv lug his .lame as Harrv Mev. r o! Mun cle pleaded guilty to horse stealing and was sentenced to from one to fourteen years at the Indiana reform iitory. He hired a horse and buggv at the livery barn and failed to return it It was found he had trad'.l the horse to a farmer In the eastern part of the t-ounty. He was arrest. wj at S.vniour while awaiting a train for Indianapolis. Aged Banker Expires. Anderson. April 5. James A. .1 Brundf. age eighty-three, hnnker of Anderson, died He wns interested r banks iu Chicago and Indianapolis and other enterprises. A month ago he ;ave $ I .'"..noil toward a Young Men's Christian association home in Ander son His estate is estimated at sev oral hundred thousand dollars H never married Three brothers sur Vive Muncie Mayor Indicted. Muncie. April f. An indi : m 1 1 charging malfeasance In office has In en returned by the Delawan conn tv grand jury against Mayor Rollin H Munch. He was arrested and released on f 1.000 bond True bills, charging the iieceptatice of bribes, also have been returned against Mayor Hunch and members of the city admin Istri tlon. Three Deaths Within a Few Hours. I.tnton. April 5 When Jacob Seid lea. a pioneer citizen, dropped dead from heart failure, his demise om pleted a new record of thfM iMtfci within n few hours Mrs. John H Humphrey, wife of a state senator, dud suddenlv and Mrs Deter Arcadia committed suicide with carbolic acid during the night. Teachers at Terre Haute. Terre Haute. April 5. The Fifth i t. . r.' meetitlK OH' 1 ' the Indiana State Normal school W V. Black of Ind'nna university ad dressed the session on the sublecf. "The Function of School Education The high school glee clubs of this city provided the music for the KM slona.