Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 28, Jasper, Dubois County, 16 April 1915 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER Biß B ESS G IN SAMUEL LYLE ROGERS ADMIRAL FISKE 0Ü LADY RALPH PAGET STATE NEWS ITEMS BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher.

INDIANA Speaking of psychological moments, too much is plenty. England expects to end the war by fall. But whoso fall? Some imaginations, like ugly bull dogs, should be chained. Apparently It is almost as hard to liold Przasnysz as it is to pronounce 1t. Ono-hnlf the world knows too well now the other half lives they have to pay for it Suhrnarine warfare makes an ocean going vessel feel comparatively among the icebergs. sale In defense of tho feminine fashions, the Injurious chargo is made that they are designed by men. xaiK is cnoai). and most of tho war stuff heard every day is of a markeddown variety, to boot Oh, well, of course, it doesn't make any difference what the forecaster pre dicts as long as tho weather remains fine. What particularly comforta tho song Writer who put Tipporary on tho map is that his song also put money In his pocket So far as newspapers and maga zines are concerned, tho most accept able litoratu ro Is in the form of advertisements. "Merely a voico does not mako a great singer," says an export But it would undoubtedly help several "great singers" so-called. Whales are scurrying out of tho submarine- war zone, so evidently we mny look for a lively time at tho seashore this summer. Austria Is to grow cabbages In tho royal gardens. Nor will royalty have the satisfaction of being able to con ceal them with a fascinating French name. An authority on mnaculino beauty says tho perfect man must not measure more than 34 inches around tho waist Tho size of his head is also important But who will get the benefit of that new process by which 200 per cent more gasolino can bo 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 have gone to court to preserve it. It is stated that there are 100 good poets in this country. The person making tho statement is too const lerato of other people's feelings and exaggerates 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 the 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. "Farndichlorobenzene" is a new insecticide recommended by the agricultural department. Careless young insects read the label and then die of lockjaw trying to pronounce it. The tango is now accused of being the causo of ill temper. It is likely to be so for tho 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 telling what is going to happen to the world when one or the other side wins. In so many of its aspects is life so ugly today, that an item of beauty, telling of the planting in. Oregon in one day of 56 miles of roses, ought to be generally welcomed with enthusiastic relief. legislature finds it easy to ston 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 ladies like it or not "The college man does not use any more profanity than the man who has never gone to 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 are played out at forty because they neglect physical exercise is merely reviving in new words the adage that "All work and no play makes Jack a dtill boy." The bird census shows that robins are more numerous in this country than English sparrows. This surprises city people; but is explained :n the supposition that the robin being eatable is wise enough not to live too dose to man.

JASPER

AMERICA THRIVES IN WORLD CRISIS AS OTHER NATIONS FIGHT.

HELPED BY FOREIGN TRADE Advance Is Felt From the Atlantic to the Pacific New York Stock Exchange Abolishes Minimum Prices as Needless Defense. Chicago, April 1. Developments along lines of industrial activities throughout the United States were reported in greater volume and over wider territory yesterday than at any time since the first spurt of business at the beginning of tho year, iReports came from the Montana and the lake copper districts telling of the opening of mines and smelting Plants that have been closed or oper ating small shifts for months, and also tlmt wage advances were being made among miners and other work ers. Gains Are Widespread. From tho stoel districts around Chi cago, in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and else where similar reports of growing activity wero heard. Dispatches telling of increased operations in New England marked the ono territorial extreme and tho gains in industries on tho Pacific coast marked tho other. Tho spirit of Improvement in busi ness and tho securities markets was rellected throughout Chicago business circles. uanKors and business men .u. u..m,i. ana mninw men :m o strong evidences of a sharp val in trade and finance. The ros received hy them from all quarit.i f i 11..IH concedo revival ports ters told of greater activities. Brokers' offices wero crowded and enthusiasm ran hich as tho stock market advances seemed to presago approaching business prosperity. Predict Further Prosperity. Bankers and business men say tho great demand tho war has thrust upon tho United States for practically everything it can produce will bring great prosperity to this country. The Immense trade balanco of near ly $600,000,000 in favor of the United States seems to tell tho tale. Gold commenced to flow swiftly into this country and tho only check was tho creation of huge credits hero by the powers of tho old world that nro taking our merchandiso and products of every description. Ends Minimum Prices. One of tho strongest evidences of tho confidence American bankers have

In tho present and future financial Tho Russians on entering tho vilposltion of the United States was re- läge found 720 bodies, mostlv naked

fleeted In tho 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 15 last. The exchange had been reopened three days before after being closed for several months because of financial conditions due to the European war. TWO NEUTRAL SHIPS SUNK Dutch Steamer and Norwealan Bark w " - Destroyed by SubmarinesTraw. lers Torpedoed. London, April 3. The Dutch steam er scineiancl, DouncI from Hull for Rotterdam with a cargo of coal, was blown up 24 miles east southeast of Spurn in the North sea. The explo sion occurred amidships and one of the crew was blown to pieces. The remainder of the crew of 1G took to the boats, the captain and seven men in one boat standing by the Schieland 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 Fred irk is tad for Hull with a cargo of wood, was torpedoed west of Dogger bank by the German submarine Tj-20. Tho crew was rescued. The submarine U-10 encountered 40 miles from the Tyne the North Shields trawlers Gloxiana and Jason and sunk them. The crews were saved. The fishermen state that the commander of the U-10 treated them kindly, giving them hot coffee and tubacco. He spoke good English. He said he had been ordered to sink everythin in sight. CT EITEL TAKES ON PROVISIONS Secrecy Maintained as to What Ship Will Do Enough Supplies to Take Her to Germany. Newport News, Va., April 3. With 1 .G00 tons of coal in her bunkers, the German 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 German port Captain Thierichens and government officials have maintained their policy of silence as to what the ship will do. 14 MEN PERISH IN GALE Storm Springs Up Suddenly and Crew of Tug Had No Chance to Escape Heavy Seas. New York, April 5. The ocean-go-

ing tug Edward Luckenbach was sunk nouncement from Berlin, which saysoff the Virginia capes in the "On the Yser canal, south of nw.

storm, with a loss of fourteen lives, including Captain Unstead, according to messages received by Charles H. Potter, secretary of the Luckenbach Steamship company. Two of the crew were rescued.

Snmue Lye R s of FranK N. C, Is the successor of William J. Harrjs as director of th renn -if w-,h i?Bton. RUSS DEFEAT TURKS WHO KILLED MANY CHRISTIANS uzars Soldiers Inflict Heavy Losses on Sultan's Forces in Persia Twelve Thousand Lost. Tabrlz, Persia, April 2. Russians defeated the Turks in battlo at Atkutur, north a sanguiinry of Oilman in Atniv.li 9 ' northwestern Persia, on March 25. The Turks lost 12,000 in killed, wounded and prisoners, as well as many uns. Preceding tho occupation by the Russians of Sal mac Plains, the Azerbaijan province, northwest of Urumiah, hundreds of native Christians wore rounded up by tho Turks in the village of Haftdewan and massacred. and mutilated. The recovery of bodies from wells, pools and ditches and their burial kept 300 for three days. men busy Somo of the victims had been shot, In other cases they were bound to ladders and their heads protruding through were hacked off. Eyes were guugeu out ana nmüs cüoppeü otf. a general massacre of the 10,000 uv j.u,uuu vyiuiöiuuis remaining in Urumiah is expected unless it should be averted by orders from Constaaunopie. veruai messages irom Urumiah Connrm earner reports that more than S00 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. E. T. Allen, an American missionary at Urumiah. The official German statement of Tuesday asserts that 2,000 Russians were killed and 3,000 cap&ired in an engagement at Krasnopol. In the German occupation of Tauroggen, it is claimed that 1,000 prisoners were taken. Russian attacks at other points are said to have been repulsed. The latest statement from the Petrograd war office is that the German offensive movement in this region has been checked. the Austrians 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 Protest on Destruction of the Frye Asks Kaiser to Pay for Vessel. Washington, April 2. The American note to Germany over the dest of the American sailing ship William P. Frye by the German raider, Prince Eitel Friedrich, has been dispatched to Berlin. Acting Secretarv Lnncinr of the state department said the note would be made public here as soon as it had had time to reach its destination. The representations of the United States concern only the vessel and do not discuss the question of cargo, which the state department is satisfied was not American owned. The note contends there was no justification for the sinking of the Frye. GERMANS CROSS THE YSER Village South of Dixmude Is Occupied by Kaiser's Troops, Declares Berlin Announcement. London, April 5. German troops have crossed the Yser and captured a village on the west bank south of or Dixmud e, German troops occupied the village o( Drei Grachten on the western oanii wnicn was neid by the "Several French charges in the forest of La Pretre were repulsed."

RESIGNATION AS NAVAL AID CAUSES SENSATION IN OFFIC1AL CIRCLES.

IS REGARDED AS PROTEST Held the Most Important Professional Position In the Navy Told House Body U. S. Fleet Was Not Prepared for War. Washington, April 3. A sensation was caused in naval circles when it became known that Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, aid for operations in the navy department, had tendered his resignation from that office and asked to be assigned to duty elsewhere. Admiral Fiske also asked to be relieved from duty as a member of the general board of the navy, of which Admiral Dewey is president. Admiral Fiske tendered his resignation 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 tho house naval committee that the American 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 , , lenshlE to his superior officers c m , n ' 110 c11111110" i?" ",0 neot was 1,1 a stato oC nlcioncy. cy. Made Many Improvements, Admiral Fiske is one of tho fore most officers in the navy. He was with Dewey in tho battle of Manila bay, and had service in various parts of tho world, where ho displayed tact and judgment in dealing with delicate questions. Ho is devoted to his profession. Long before the navy adopted electricity ho nrivnnntorl If. Mf was resmonsiJlo also for the use of tho telescPc sights on guns. He is a student of strategy, and has been of great use in fashioning plans for observanco in case of war. BULGARS ATTACK SERBS Irregulars Cross Frontier and Losses on Both Sides Are Considerable. Nish, Siberia, via London, April 5. A Bulgarian 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 Varda river and penetrated as far as the station of Strumitza. They cut the telegraph wires and drove back the Servian troops and captured two suns The Serbian troons. re-en fnrppri rp pilised the invaders after a violent allday flght and recaptuved the guns. The Serbians are now pursuing the Bulgarians, who lost heavily in killed and wounded. The Serbians lost fiftv men killed. GERMANY HONORS BISMARCK Teachings of "Iron Duke" Will Brinq Victory to Fatherland, Says Beth ma nn-H oll weg. Berlin (wireless to Sayville), April 2. All Germany yesterday cele brated by patriotic 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 of the reichstag. Military and civil organizations deposited memorial wreaths before the monument. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, addressing a crowd, said: "Bismarck's work cannot be tiaken away from Germany. 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 Nw Murder Trial May Have Important New Evidence. Mineola, N. Y., April 3. .Miss Florence Conklih Carman, wife of Dr. Edwin Carman of Freeport, N. Y., will be tried again 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 P. Blackmar to preside at the trial. The district attorney indicated he had discovered new evidence of importance. KITCHENER ON WATER WAGON Secretary of War First to Follow Example Proposed by King George of England. London, April 2. Earl 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 and banish Lall alcoholic beverages from his house"Old. The war secretary gave instruc tions that no intoxicating drink of any kind should be used in his household

(during the remainder of the war.

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Lndy Ralph Paget, who was mis takenly 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 hus band was formerly British minister to Serbia. AUSTRIANS ARE FORCED BACK BY THE RUSSIANS Re-enforcements From Permysl Force Army to Retreat Over Carpathians Seven-Day Battle in Snow. By FREDERICK BENNET. International Nfwx Service Correspondent. Petrograd, April 5. After a week of fierce and incessant fighting the Russians have captured the central crest of the Boskid mountains directly south of Permysl and opened another passago into Hungary. The battle began 14 miles north of the position now won. The infantry often had to buffet its way through snow drifts reaching to their necks. The defenders, chielly Germans, resisted with the utmost vigor until the continued Russian successes between Lupkow and Uszok passes threatened their left Hank, when they retreated into l-Iungary. 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 mountains has been for positions 2,000 and 3,000 feet high. The new entrance into Hungary opens the way into a different country, where the Carpathian ridge declines into broad, undulating forests 700 to 1,200 feet ahove the Hungarian plain. Vienna, April 5 (via Amsterdam and London).- The Austrian war office admitted the retreat of its army from the Beskids before Russian re-enforcements. Petrograd, April 5. It is evident from the number of prisoners taken by the Russians that their advance through the Carpathians is proceeding with accelerated speed. The battle is still being waged for that section of the actual summit of the Carpathians between Meridians, Yaslisko and Lutowiska. For some time the Russians have been taking prisoners in this region at the- rate of something like a corps (40,000) a fortnight. In their latest advance the Russians found in the melting snow numbers of cannon and large quantities 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 advancing toward Chotin, 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 Mahy Acts of Vandalism Are Attributed to Closing of the Saloons Live Stock Slaughtered. Fairfield, 111., April 5. Indictments against fifty-seven residents of Sims, 111., were returned by the Waynecounty grand jury here after a week's investigation of the dynamiting of the Baptist church and other acts 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 waged 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. Lord Rothschild, head of the English branch of thm Rothschild family, is dead here.

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire.

CONSPIRACY TRIAL NEAR END United States Dlitrlct Attorney Flay Defendants and Says Government Has Proved Charges Against Tcrre Haute Politicians. Indianapolis, April 5. A severe arraignment of the defendants In tho Terre Haute eloction conspiracy trial, accompanied by a declaration that each is "as guilty as sin," was mado by District Attorney Dailey in the federal court when he began the closing argument for the government's prosecution of the men charged with corrupting the election in Vigo county last November. The number of the defendants was reduced to twentyseven at the morning session of court, when one of them, Fred Morrison, entered a plea of guilty. Mayor Oonn M. Roberts sat in the court room during the two hours that Dailey spoke and hoard himself proclaimed tho ringleader of the conspirators and hoard the district attorney declare that ho now, for the first time in his life, is in a place whoro ho cannot control the court and where ho cannot buy an ofllcer of tho court. Dailoy pointed out the evidence that has been brought to the attention of tho juron by government witnesses and declared that every chargo in tho indictment has been proved beyond doubt. Ho will speak all day, and at the comple tion of his argument the case will bo given to the jury. . L. A. R. Plans a Tablet. M uncle, April 5. If a movement now under way by tho local chanter. Daughters of the American Revolu tion, is completed, a monument will bo erected on the site of tho Delaware Indian village, which was the homo of Chief Tecumsch and his brother, tho Prophet. The site is situated about four miles east of Muncle, and is rich in Indian lore and tradition. There burned many of the Indian council fires and there many of the campaigns conducted by Tecumsch wero ar ranged. The story of "Old Town Hill," where, it is proposed to the monument, has been told times. Muncie was named for erect many Chief Munsey of the Delaware Indians, who had his camp on the site of the aristocratic Minnetrista boulevard residences. Prevents School Panic. South Bend, April 5. The presence of mind of J. F. Nuner, superintendent of the Mishawaka schools, prevented a possible panic in the Main street Mishawaka school. Several hundred pupils had gathered in the school au ditorium to witness a motion picture exhibition. A film caught firo as it was being removed from the machine. The excited operator, attempting to throw the film out of the window, cast it among the students. Superin tendent Nuner sprang to the door of the room and barred the way when the children made an effort to escape. He commanded them to remain in their seats. Several of the pupils suf fered slight scratches and bruises in the rush, but there were no serious injuries. Pleads Guilty to Horse Theft. Brownstown, April 5.A man giving his name as Harry Meyer of Muncie pleaded guilty to horse stealing, and was sentenced to from one to fourteen years at the Indiana reformatory. He hired a horse and buggy at the livery barn and failed to return it. It was found he had traded the horse to a farmer in the eastern part of the county. He was arrested at Seymour while awaiting a train for Indianapolis. Aged Banker Expires. Anderson, April 5. James A. J. Brundt, age eighty-three, banker of Anderson, died. He was interested in banks in Chicago and Indianapolis and other enterprises. A month ago ho gave $125,000 toward a Young Men's Christian association home in Anderson. His estate is estimated at several hundred thousand dollars. He never married. Three brothers survive. Muncie Mayor Indicted. Muncie, April 5. An indictment charging malfeasance in office has been returned by the Delaware county grand jury against MayoV Rollin H. Bunch. He was arrested and released on $1,000 bond. True bills, charging the acceptance of bribes, also have been returned against Mayor Bunch and members of the city administration. Three Deaths Within a Few Hours. Linton. April 5. When Jacob Seidlea, a pioneer citizen, dropped dead from heart failure, his demise completed a new record of three deaths within a few hours. .Mrs. John H. Humphrey, wife of a state senator, died suddenly and Mrs. Peter Arcadia committed suicide with carbolic ncid during the night. Teachers at Terre Haute. Terre Haute, April 5. The Fifth district teachers' meeting convened at the Indiana State Normal school. W. VC. Black of Indiana university addressed the session on the subject, "The Function of School Education." The high school glee clubs of thi city provided the music for the, sessions.