Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 45, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 August 1915 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER mmn ed. doane, Publisher.

iAiPER INDIANA Swat the fly and muzzle the moaqulito! Russia, however, has plenty of jroom in which to retreat The fellow who doesn't know wäea lie is licked is a nuisance. Is life now on the farm to become one grand sweet tractor song? Submarines are more dangerous than they appear on the surface. Judging by the cost of war, the belligerents must be shooting golden bullets. It Is a poor summer in which the mosquitoes have chilblains on their stingers. Our idea of an impressive funeral is one conducted in the interest of some other fellow. Out of the various war scandals that have arisen, we still think the greatest Is war. When a scientist says we are all sons of monkeys it is not because he feels like one himself. One drawback to the powers of psychology is that it explains everything after it happens. A New Haven girl was stolen and carried away on a motorcycle. Even peace has atrocities, too. Submarine gunners call a torpedo a "tin fish," which is, of course, a libel on the entire ßnny tribe. Seventeen-year locusts are keeping up their reputation for punctuality by coming around every year as usual. In the summer, when cool, white materials are the most desirable, shortage of dyestuffs has no terrors. The old toper's declaration that there is no bad whisky is matched by the assertion that there are no good mosquitoes. The sun spots are now held responsible for the wars. But then it is an inntinct of human nature to pass the blame on. The man who thinks he can purchase a mansion in the skies on the installment plan usually drops a penny into the contribution plate every Sunday. Some women are so contrary that they insist on flattening out hubby with a rolling pin when he comes home without any "dough" on pay night The Philadelphia Inquirer is credited with having named aeroplanes "hornets of heaven." Nobody has yot hit upon an appropriate name for a submarine. It is true, as the press agents say, that eminent statesmen receive far less money than moving picture stars. But somebody has to do the drudgery. Police found that a Los Angeles highwayman had his revolver loaded with chewing gum bullets. His object, of course, being to "stick up" his victims. A French scientist claims to have discovered the origin of fashions, but as no mention is made of the Garden of Eden it may be put down as another bluff. The estimated value of the egg crop of the United States this year is $700,000,000, which gives the hen every right to cackle. It is agreed that the fly is without single redeeming trait. Even the shortness of his life does not make him more popular. Some women who marry in haste are kept so busy trying to support their husbands that the,y have no leisure for repentance. It seems almost impossible for a newspaper man to interview a prima donna and not comment on her undying love for America, The price of carbolic acid has risen from seven cents to $1.50 a pound since the war broke out, thus shutting off many from their favorite suicide route. No person who has a passing acquaintance with one can doubt that any boy scout would make a capable commander in chief of our armies if given the chance. The importation of fancy European cheeses has been interdicted to a considerable degree. The deprivation will not be an unmixed sorrow. The Harvard man who has invented a substitute for sleep must have been living in an apartment house where there were no phonograph restrictions Sleepy old Philadelphia herself admits that she crawls along slowly. "City authorities are hot on the trail of the tussock moth caterpillar," announces a Philadelphia exchange.

2 DIE IN AUTO RAGE JOE COOPER, DRIVER, AND MECHANICIAN DIE AT DES MOINES, IA. RESTA WINS AT CHICAGO Drives at the Rate of 102.8 Miles Per Hour in Thrilling Classic Earl Cooper Comes in Second Mulford Victor at Iowa Speedway. Des Moines, Ia Aug. 9. As 7,000 persons packed the grandstand on the new one-mile saucer speedway witnessing the 300-mile auto derby that marked its dedication, they saw Joe Cooper shoot around the east end of the bowl at a speed of 100 miles an hour in his Sebring. The next instant the machine was catapulted off the rim of the saucer, dropped on the ground 20 feet below, and carried by the terrific momentum at which it was traveling, plowed through the dirt for 40 feet under the seats on which they were standing. The car was upside down when it came to a stop. Cooper and Louis Piel, his mechanician, were pinned beneath it Cooper Dies Instantly. Cooper was dead when taken from the twisted body. Piel was carried to a hospital unconscious and may live. With 60 miles left to go, "Billy Chandler blew a tire and his Deusen berg crashed through the wire fence at the "pole" and turned turtle. Chandler was picked up for dead but was revived. His mechanician, Maurice Keiler, died at the hospital at 8:20 p. m. The doctors say Chandler will recover. Dispute as to Winner. The 300-mile derby, a fight all the way between Ralph De Palma, Ralph Mulford and Eddie O'Donnell, was won by Mulford, although a dispute arose among the judges and officials as to the winner. For the greater part of the race the speed slightly exceeded S5 miles, wiiile at times De Palma, Mulford and O'Donnell struck a 90 and 94-mile gait. Mulford's average was S6.2 miles an hour. Here's Official Time. The official time and the order In which the cars finished follow: Mulford, Deusenberg 3:28:52 De Palma, Stutz 3:30:28 O'Donnell, Deusenberg 3:33:04 In both accidents tire blowouts were ascribed as the cause, although in the case of Cooper a broken steering knuckle was said to have been the immediate reason for his loss of con trol. The Results at Chicago. Driver Time. Average. Resta 58:45 102.85 Cooper 59:39 101.41 t-urman 61:22 98.63 Oldfield Flagged Resta Sets 100-Mile Record. Speedway Park, Chicago, Aug. 9. Dario Resta won the world's 100-mile speed championship by driving his French Peugeot 100 miles at an aver age speed of 102.S miles per hour. His time was 5S minutes and 45 seconds. Earl Cooper, in an American Stutz, roared across the tape only 45 seconds behind Resta, with a record for the century of 101.41 miles an hour. It was the first time in the world's history of competitive .automobile rac ing that 100 miles was covered in less than an hour. "Wild Bob" Burman trailed in third with a speed average for the 100 miles of 9S.63 miles an hour. Oldfield Fails to Finish. Famous Barney Oldfield in a New French Delage was flagged and failed to finish. It was a remarkaby clean race, no one engaged in the race being so much as scratched. A record in tire changing was made by Burman in replacing a tire in 16 seconds at the pits. Resta's reward for winning the race was the silver trophy cup emblematic of the world's 100-mile championship, and $2,500 cash. Each of his three competitors also received $2,500 in cash from the association. CZAR REFUSES PEACE OFFER Report From Petrograd Correspondent Says Kaiser's Proposal Was Rejected. London, Aug. 9. Reuter's correspondent at Petrograd transmits the following: "The Bourse Gazette learns from an unimpeachable source that the German emperor made an offer of peace to Russia last week, through the king of Denmark. The answer sent to the king stated that the question of peace negotiations could not be raised at the present time." The Russians continue to retreat before the victorious Germans in Poland. According to the official report of the Berlin war office, the czar's forces are falling back in an easterly direction under pressure of troops under Field Marshal von Mackensen. Serock, at the mouth of the Bug, has been occupied by the Germans. Near Novogeorgievsk German troops have captured the forts at Segrze. Milwaukee Bishop Dead. Milwaukee. Aug. U. Rt. Rev. Edward Kozlowski, auxiliary bishop of the Milwaukee archdiocese, died in St. Joseph's hospital following a recent operation performed on a carbuncle on his neck.

LEOPOLD OF BAVARIA

Prince Leopold of Bavaria, led the German troops that stormed the last defenses of Warsaw, and were the first to enter the conquered city. MANY DROWNED IN FLOOD; $5,000,000 PROPERTY LOSS Erie, Pa., Hardest. Hit Cloudbursts Cause Heavy Damage in Several States. Washington, iCug. 5. A succesBion of violent storms and in many places cloudbursts which touched many local ities in the northern and central half of the states over a stretch of terri tory from Portland, Oregon, to the coast of North Carolina, have resulted in the loss of pernaps 75 lives and the destruction of property to the extent or $5,000,000. The greatest loss of life occurred at Erie, Pa, There a cloud burst swept away many buildings, wrecked light and power plants, filled the streets with debris and caused a suspension of traffic on all railroads entering Erie for more than twelvo hours. The entire Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to Cape Hatteras was swept by a fifty mile gale. Two lives were lost off the New Jersey coast Torrential rains and high winds caused much damage to crops and property throughout lower Michigan, and parts of Indiana and Illinois. Erie, Pa., Aug. 5. Fourteen are known to be dead and between 60 and 100 are missing as a result of the flood that swept over this city Wednesday night. The flood was caused by a cloudburst, following three days of rain. The property damage will run be tween four and five million dollars and at least 3,000 people are home less. Several big manufacturing plants were wiped out or badly dam aged by the onrush of the water, that came down the valley of Mill creek. The flood was caused by the burst ing of Glenwood dam and the over flowing of Mill creek. A five foot wall of water surrounded the ood zone during the night Assistant Fire Chief Durner lost his life with four firemen while they were trying to rescue a family from a house which was floating down Mill creek. The militia has been called out to aid in the rescue work. WHALEBACK WINS IN TESTS Columbus Lists Only 12 Degrees With Equivalent of 4,000 Passengers on One Side. Chicago, Aug. 6. A spectacular test of the stability of the steamshiu Christopher Columbus, the whaleback, one of the oldest boats in Chicago's I excursion fleet, took place off the lake front Loaded with nearly 500 pas sengers and hundreds of bags of sand, the total weight of which was the equivalent of another 3,500 passengers, the boat was sent into the lake. With a list of 12 degrees the boat came gently to a rest. The government allows 3,736 passengers aboard the boat in addition to the crew. It was demonstrated that with a load equal to the weight of 4,000 passengers, all on one side, the vessel would not capsize. The test was made in co-operation with federal and city officials. J. L. Ackerson, naval constructor, said the result of the test was satisfactory. F. K. Johnson, attorney for Harry K. Thaw, asked permission for Mr. Thaw to go aboard the vessel, but it was refused by Mr. Goodrich. U. S. MAY SHELL MEXICANS GEn. Funston's Men Massed Along The Border Have Oraers Tc Fire. Nogales. Ariz., Aug. 5. -After defeating the major portion of Governor Jose Maytorena's Villa army at Mascarras ranch, ten miles south, last uight. the Carranza forces under Gen. P. Elias Calles began an attack upon Nogales Sonora, while American troops lined the border to enforce ;f necessary the order to repel any invasion of American right by Mexican factions.

WARSAW TAKEN

Bavarian Troops Carry the Polish Capital by Storm. IVANG0R0D ALSO CAPTURED Czar's Army Believed to Have Withdrawn In Safety, Protected by. Rear Guard Actions Teutons Capture 4,862 Slavs. By FREDERICK WERNER. International News Service Correspondent Berlin, Aug. 7. Ivangorod, the strong Polish fortress on the Vistula southeast of Warsaw, has fallen. Aus-tro-German troops entered the city on Thursda3 it was officially announced here. The evacution of Riga, on the Baltic, is expected hourly, as the great cavalry army of General von Buelow is less than ten miles from the citv and driving strong against the rear guarü of the retreating Russians. Atter occupying Riga, the German army of the north is expected to strme at the Warsaw-Petrograd railway and cut in two this imnortant line of communication. The evacuation of Ivansorod was part of the general nlan of Omnri Duke Nicholas to withdraw his troops all along the line. The city is an important railway center. One line runs into Ivangorod from Warsaw, anotner from Nbvo Minsk, another from Brest-Litovsk and others frnm Radora. Lukow and Lublin. Warsaw Is Captured. Berlin, Aug. 6 (by wireless via Turk erton, N. J.). Warsaw has fallen Of. ficial announcement of the capture of tne great Russian fortress on the Vistula river was made by the German war office. The statement follows: Headquarters reports that Warsaw was taken this morning PHn Leopold's Bavarian troops broke mrougn the forts on the outer and inner lines where the Russian rear guards were making tenacious resist ance. "The armies of General von SrhnU and General von Gallwitz have ad vanced toward the road to Lomza, Ostrow and Wyszkow with violent en gagements taking place. Russ Resistance Desperate. "Desperate Russian resistanrA nn both sides of the road from OKtrnw tn Rozan was without success. Twentytwo officers and 4.840 soldiers we taken prisoners and we captured 17 macnine guns. 'German cavalry defeated in Pnnr. land and Samititia Russian cavalry, near Gensize, Birshi and Oniskszhty. xesieraay and day before 2,225 Rus sians were taken prisoners. The situation near and north of Ivangorod is unchanged. Our pursuit of the enemv between the Upper Vistula and Bug rivers con tinues. 'German cavalry has entered the region of Vladimir and Volvnsk. east of the Bug." Warsaw fell before the third erroat Austro-German drive that had for its Object the capture of the great Rus sian stronghold. The capture of the fortress means that the Germans are now in possession of a great part of the network of strategic railways in central Poland which the Russians had been using to snut troops from one part of their battle front to the other and for the transportation of ammunition and food to the front. Campaign Begun in May. The campaign which ended In the capture of the Polish capital besran early in May when Field Marshal von Mackensen, with a vast Austro-Ger man army at his back, began drivine tne Russians from the Carpathians. Surging eastward the Germans and Austrians first took the mountain positions of the Russians and then recaptured przemysl and Lemberg. Arter the Russians had been driven from Galicia Field Marshal von Mackensen began sweeping northward to get behind Warsaw. In the meantime Field Marshal von Hindenburg, to whom the lion's share of the credit goes, was waiting in northern Poland and at the proper moment began driving southward. In the meantime General von Buelow had cut into Russian Courland with a gigantic cavalry army and dashed toward Riga in order to sever the Warsaw-Petrograd lines of communication and prevent the retirement of Grand Duke Nicholas' Russian army. All along the line the Russians retired. They were lacking in arms and ammunition and opposing them weie the flower of the German and Austrian armies. JAMES A. FLAHERTY ELECTED Named Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus at Convention. Seattle. Wash., Aug. 5. Knights of Columbus elected James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia supreme knight, at the annual convention here. This is his fourth term. The vote was unanimous. The report of the committer on re lifefous prejudices occupied much time at the day's session. Gen. Von Zieger Victim of Cholera I Zurich. Aug. 5. It is officially stated

mai cjjci c w ei c wit's oi ciioiera id Austria on August L Among the dead ig General von Zieger.

DR. ALEXIS CARREL Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller institute, working with Dr. Henry D. uaKin in the French military hospital at Compiegne, has discovered a new antiseptic which, if applied in time. Is said to make infection in wounds impossible. GERMANY SEES NO TREATY VIOLATION IN FRYE CASE Berlin Government Offers to Pay for Vessel and Cargo Experts to De cide Amount of Indemnity. Washington, Aug. 5. The state de partment gave out the latest note of Germany in the case of the William F Frye, an American vessel sunk by the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Fried rich on January 28. The note rejects the contention of the United States that In sinking the William P. Frye, Germany violated tte treaty of 1799-1S2S. It insists that the treaty stipulations merely oblige Germany to make com pensation for the damage sustained by American citizens in the sinking of tne vessel. It suggests that each government designate an expert, who shall fix the amount of indemnity for tho vessel and any American property which may nave been sunk with her. If this plan of settlement is not sat isfactory to the United States, Ger many suggests that the entire oues tion of the application of the treaty be submitted to The Hague. U. S. MARINES FIGHT MOB Gunboat Pacifique Seized and Crew Disarmed Americans Take Palace. Port au Prince, Haiti. Aus. 7.United States naval forces under Ad miral Caperton took possession of the national palace and the office of the port and seized the Haitien gunboat Pacihque, which arrived from Cape .Haitien in the morning. The crew of the gunboat was dis armed and landed. They were erect ed on shore by a crowd which cried: "Hurrah for Bobo!" During the operation to take nos session of the port office the Ameri can troops were forced to fire and one Haitian was killed. A woman was also reported wTounded. The incident has caused a great stir in the town. General Bobo arrived in the Centic from Cape Haitien and went to his chambers where he immediately Indicted a protest against the American occupation. The occupation is being extended not only on the palace, the fort and all other important places in the town, but three miles beyond the limits. TRIBUTE TO MRS. WILSON Association Holds Memorial Services at Tomb Children Lay Flowers on Grave in Georgia. Rome, Ga., Aug. 7. Scores of children and many adults paid tribute to the memory of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson yesterday, the first anniversary of her death, by placing flowers on her grave. The hour from nine until ten o'clock in the morning was set aside for the children. Many of them went to the cemetery with only a single blossom, which they placed among the mass of floral tributes sent by organizations and individuals in many parts of the country. The Ellen Axson Wilson Memorial association held servives at the grave later. Dr. G. G. Svndnor of tho First Presbyterian church, who conducted Mrs. Wilson's funeral, led the services. Racer Hurt in Terre Haute. Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 9. Auto racing claimed its third victim in two days in the injury here of Garrison of Indianapolis- Garrison was driving a Simplex in the 100-mile race when the machine skidded and tore through the fence. He was badly injured. The accident occurred on the thirty-elgth

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INDIANA BREVITIES

Indianapolis. A movement for the: erection of a National Guard-, armory adequate to house the entirr membership of Indiana's citizen soldiery was definitely inaugurated by thirty prominent men, representing; the chamber of commerce and all allied commercial bodies of the city. A; committee headed by A. M. Glossbrenner took up the work of organizing the Indianapolis Armory Building as-! sociation. Another committee of Na-i tional Guard officers, acting with Carl! G. Fisher of the Indianapolir speed way, began plans for a state military tournament, to be staged at the speedway during state fair week, from which it is expected that an initiah fund of from $25,000 to $100,000 willl be raised toward the erection of the) new armory. The military demonstra-i tion outlined will comprise every, phase of modern warfare maneuvers from the striking of shelter tents toj the firing of bombs from rapidly inov-t ing automobiles and aerial craft Brookville. Sheriff Cook was called! to Laurel and returned with Glen Gant, a barber, and his father, who are charged with the shoot ing of Vera Ward, a bartender, and, his brother Harry. The shooting oc-: curred at Cole's saloon, where Ward! is employed. The two Gants entered! the place and, becoming boisterous,! were ordered out by Ward. Upon1 reaching the sidewalk Glen GantI turned and fired one shot through tho screen, it is charged, the bullet pass ing through the bartender's cheeki and hitting his brother below the eye. lodging in the back of his head. Vera,' Ward was able to attend the preliminary trial here, but his brother is in a serious condition. At the hearing. Justice of the Peace McCammon put each of the Gants under $1,000 bondto appear at the next term of the cir cuit court, Indianapolis. The Indiana work men's compensation act was dis cussed favorably by members of tho Indianapolis Business Men's associa tion at the Chamber of Commercebuilding. Frank G. West, a lawyer, explained the terms of the act and showed its advantages over the old system. The act is optional to em ployers, who have the privilege of re jecting its provisions if such notifica tion is given before September 1, when the law goes into effect. The as sociation voted to send a communication to President Wilson requesting the discouraging of the sale of ammu nition to countries engaged in the war. Plans were discussed for the protection of small retail grocers against concerns operating chains of stores and advertising to sell goods below! cost. A pure-food exhibit is to begiven In October and committees were appointed to make arrangements for it. South Bend. Farmers of St. Jo seph and Laporte counties are up in' arms over a project to increase tho drainage of the Kankakee valley at a cost of ?46G,000, as petitioned for by Dixon W. Place of South Bend and other property owners in St Joseph and Laporte counties. The petition, filed more than six months ago, and the final report of the viewers, filed at Laporte on June 30, fixed an assess ment of from $3 to $3.50 an acre: against the land affected. The project also provides for a road to run 13 miles west from South Bend nine. miles of which has been constructed and four of which is to be built The opponents of the plan declare that! the real motive behind the movement) is to make it possible to build an elec tric line through the Kankakee val ley. Lafayette George Phillips, twentyeight years old, of Shelbyville, who was stealing a ride on a Big Four passenger train, fell from the top of. a coach on the train at the station.' He landed on his head and was rendered unconscious. He was taken to a local hospital, and it was ascertained that his back was badly wrenched. He said that he was going to Chicago in search of work and that as he had only four dollars he could not afford to pay his fare. Muncie. Frank Beam, forty-two years old, a foreman of Boll brothers' glass plant here and a prominent dry worker, was stabbed to death by John Craig, nineteen, a former employee at the plant, who, with a fellow employee, Earl Hopper, had been discharged by Deam for "shooting craps" during working hours. Both men attacked Deam, It is charged, but Craig did the stabbing. They attempted to escape, but later were captured. Rochester. Kirk Barkman of this city, a brakeman on the Erie railroad, captured three alleged robbers single-handed when, he asserts, he caught the men robbing a merchandise car in the yards at Nortji Judson. Barkman was unarmed, but, by a 'bluff,' compelled the men to enter the caboose of his train, where he turned them over to the police. Huntington. Donald Marks, thirteen, was shoved from the runway on a mill dam headgate in a friendly scuffle with Donald Bowers. He fell between the elevated walk and the floodgates in the rushing waters below. He was carried downstream and when he came up some yards below the headgates, his frantic calls for help were responded to by Max Shutt, who dived toward Marks. The Bowers boy also went to the rescue. The '.drowning lad seized young Shutt and both went down. Bowers is a strong swimmer and managed to tow the oth

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