Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 58, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 October 1915 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

ULLIS HI BATTLE I SPENCER MILLER I). 5. TROOPER KILLED VICTOR MUR00CK FC REIGN TANGLE EN BD. JASPER DO A NE, Publlaher. INDIANA NEARING A CRISIS German Situation Expectec ) Clear Up-Ready With Note for Britain. ANGLO FRENCH ARMIF TAK. SOUCHE2 AND LOOS FROM GERMANS. CARR ANJA SOLDIERS LOOT AND BURN STORE AT PHOGRESO. TEXAS. A means oi poison ivy en by not us tit Attacks on trawlers ought to boom tbe sardine Industry later on. 20.003 TEUTONS CAPTURED ESCAPE BACK INTO MEXICO

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hThe only ship that will not atnk la the justly popular "ship of the desert." We have now the sanitary peanut .u iue uiu ucuoie joiuieu son c-sieu better I . . . I .J .a ft- l a j a - - M The war is in Its second year, and there never was a more terrible youngster of its age. Water is the gr. . -: r.if et er Invented, but some folk never find It out uMil the next morning One advantage of a set automobile race is due to the fact that tbe pedesflan knows what to expect. An aggressive feminist wants to know If women are people Certainly they are. and all kinds, at that. It's a Boston Globe paragrapher who says that the canceling of European wheat orders "goes against tbe grain." Milder rem dies being advocated for the mounded, perhaps the old-time boneset tea would help in ordinary fractures If it is true that mosquitoes are by nature vegetarians, there are a whole lot of abnormal insects in this part of the country While the women are discussing the possible ret.irn of the princess figure, the mm are going wearily over the bank book figures. A New York judge rules that a man has the right to cuss all he pleases in bis own home Even at that, a married man is a fool to do it. London announces that Queen Amelie of Portugal is employed as a war nurse. At last reports ber son. King Manuel, was out of work Scientists with a calm disregard for the war In Europe continue their hunt for buried cities, a harmless and instructive way to spend one's time. Wemm of the future will be taller and darker, says a scientist, and the chubby blondes are prepared to assert that he knows nothing whatever about it The new sunspot that Is 45.000 miles across I some spot, but a tenspot in the hand Is better than a llyMfrOalt sunspot that is 95,000,000 miles distant. Of course, an inveterate smoker can save much by smoking five-cent cigars If he can manage to keep their sparks from burning up his four dollar linen shirts. German inventive skill is said to have discovered a substitute for cotton. It remains to be seen whether King Cotton can be dethroned by a Pretender. Consider how much more graceful a woman looks when photographed holding a bow and arrow than she does when photographed in the act of swatting a golf pill. A Chicago scientist Insists that men are crazier than women. He might have added In excuse that women reserve as a special prerogative the right to drive men crazy. The days of autumn lose some of their proverbial melancholy when It Is remembered that they put an end to dsw seashore bathing accidents The professor who has carefully figured out that more than half of the collere girls never marry might be Interested In tho results now If he should di some figuring about the other girls "People who are always looking for trouble miss a lot of joy rides.' observea the Cincinnati Times-Star. But conversely, people who aren t looking for Joy tides often miss a lot of trou ble Parisian modistes are showing the winter fashions When Paris stops Its style creation then the war may be depended on to be getting serions for France. For fashionable Paris dies hard Europe ought to be a fine country after a while Tor the American wooden leg trade We get business coming and going. Send shrapnel to shoot off th- legs and follow up with wooden legs as substitutes The paragraphers are doing their awfullest with the report thnt General Blot has withdrawn from Haiti, but most of them overlook the fact that his name is French, so that its proper pronunciation would give their puna a geueral blow. puny American children will Kt friPr Christmas gifts of toys an 1 dolls from Germany now held up from England It Is a arreat relief to know that war holds off In some Instances from such a useless sacrifice as making tbe little; ones unhappy.

So far the lappa 111 bas been especial terror of nonconibalants.

Off col Statement Issued at Berlin Ad mits Repulse French Push Enemy Back on Fifteen M It Fro-.t British Take Five Miles of Trenches.

lxmdon. Sept ... The greatest vielory lor tDe aiej irm 8lD(.tf lbe lia. flu nt rhu Mo...... ka tko, - - - - "ii ..(ui nr. h in .j luv i'iiaii fci Marne. of General J off re and Sir John Kreuch saved Paris, baa crowned the tirst move of the great Franco-British drive to hurl the Germans from France. Almost a year to the day since that great battle, which marked the eud of tbe German advance into France. Joffre and Prem h have burled their legions a, the German line ith a violence tor which they have been months in preparing. As a result, the German position, which extends in the form of a rightangled triangle from Ypres south to a point northeast of Cotnpeigne thence ijirectly east through Reims to a point north of Verdun, is in imminent danger of envelopment and annihilation unless tho allied drive is stopped short. 20.000 Germans Captured. In the two days since the great allied offensive began, striking at the extremes of this great German trian. with the purpose of flanking both an Kb i the Fr. in h and British have taptured Njltt un wounded prisoners. The French, on the southern line of the German triangle, have smashed their way for two and a half mi:es through the German line on a front of fifteen miles, while at the northern end near Arras the British army has ' raptured five miles of trenches and broken the German lire tn some places ! for a depth of 4 .W0 yards. The German war office admits the loss of Loos and Souchez and the retirement of the Germans for more than a mile over a wide section of the front. The greatest intensity of the French attack is being covered on the lower i or left flank of the German line in the I Champagne region, where the French , on Frirt jr drove the Germans from . their first line of trenches in the most j furious battle which bas taken place in France since last autumu. Underground Positions Lost. Saturday and Sunday the ad vane ! was continued with greater vehem- ( ence. Paris reports that the powerful sys- , tem of entrenchments, caves, re I doubts, protection sheds and fortifica tions wnicn tbe Germans spent the winter in constructing and protct.ng have been taken by the French on tbe front between Auberive and Ville-aur-Tourbe. just east of Reims In the Champagne district. After driving the Germans from these positions the French attacked again with a terrific vigor and forced I the Germans to retreat between three and four kilometers (two and a half miles i to tueir second line of entrenchments. In this battle alone the French took 16.0W prisoners. 200 of whom are officers. 24 field guns and a vast quantity of supplies stored in the works the Germans were compelled to abandon. Th" French report declares the allied troops have captured tbe villages of L'Epinc de Vedegrange. LaCabane and Tabaraqne. towns lying between Reims and Verdun which have been in the Germans' hands all winter. French Take Village. In the Joint drive the British and Belgian troops have taken a valorous part in the district between Arras and Ypres. The advance was timed so that the British attacked near La Bs see at the same time the French startm i.,n, urr .roun-i Arrai Kast of t urenav ana vermeiies. south of tbe i.a nassee canal, tfte Hritish broke j Ii.....! me merman unes tor a depth of 4.000 yards across a front of five j miles, capturing the village of I-oos part of the village of Huliuch and the ' earthworks adjoining HIM N0 H Further south the French coneen itrated their artillery fire on the Germans holding the village of Soucbez. where fighting has taken place at In tervals all winter without results. L'n der cover of this rain of shells the French troops charged and forced the Germans to retreat. The entire village fell into the hands of the French. From this point the allies advanced eastward in the direction of Giveneby. hoping to effect a Juncture with the Hritish who were moving southwsrd Dyring this battle the French captured 1JN prisoners The British took 1.70". according to Sir John French s report. Only at one point were th. Germans successful. This was at Hellewaarde. In Belgium, where the Hritish were driven out of tbe village after capturing iL The losses on both sides are report ed to be fearful Every known en gine of destruction has been used by the Germans and allies In the terrific conflict. Thousands of bodies ar- i ing unburied for more than IfV miles Dr. Barbour Dies Suddenly. Stoddard. N II.. Sept '7.--neT f)f Thomas S Barbour, former!) foreign secretary of the American Baptist For eign Missionary aoctetv. died sudden ly at his summer home bere Hoc-tor Barbour was active In the miv. nint to stop the aL-ocities in the Congo re gien

Spencer Milter, engineer and inventor, who was selected as a memetr of the naval advisory board ty tn American Society of Mecnamcal Engineer, was born m Waukegan III. and studied at Worcester Polytechnic . institute and Amherst ca'lege. Me is an exPrt practical sanitation. BROADWAY SINKS INTO NEW SUBWAY AT NEW YORK Woman Killed and Three Persons In jured Score Fall Into Excavation When Thoroughfare Gives Way. New York. Sept. 27.-With a roar that brought terror to thousand in the theatrical district, the west side of Proadwav bet wetn Thirtv-thth ami I Thirty-ninth streets, collapsed at night i For mure than lev feet the thorough j fare dropped to the bottom of the new i subway excavation, tf feet below, killI ing one woman, seriously injuring; at I least three others and imprisoning a score more. This is the third serious subway excavation accident in four days. Two automobiles and a taaicab took the plunge into the abyss. A thousand persons, many in evening dress, bound for the theaters and restaurants, were on the sidewalks in the block at the time. A wild panic followed desperate efforts io escape. A southbound street car reached Thirty -ninth street just as the street collapsed. All the west side of the street, from crossing to crossing from Thirty-eighth to Thirty-ninth street, and from the curb line to the south bound car trac k. dropped into the pit. To ! add to the terror of the situation. the falling street tore loose from tbeir moorings tbe three gas pipes which join in the main at this point. KEIR HARDIE PASSES AWAY Well-Known Labor Leader Succumbs to Pneumonia at Glasgow, Scotland. London. Sept. 27 Keir Hard! the labor leader, died of pneumonia in a nursing home in Glasgow, the ritv he loved more than any other. He was product of the maswei and by the mases he ras idolized. Born of s in Scotland. August 15. mines at tbe age of seven to help with the pittance be ! received to support bis family. At an early agre he became a labor leader, advanced Democrat and Socialist. He became president of tbe Ayrshire He won the miners' union In H2. seat In parliament for south est H in 1?2. He soon became a politics and was feared by tbe aristo power in crats ss much as he was beloved by the masses - WAR LOAN IS NEARLY CLOSED Oefmte Announcement of Agreement Between Financiers It Evpectea Tho Week. New ork. SepL 22 Negotiations for the Dotation f a credit loan to Great Britain and Franc if SCCU.voo.WJ I $h).uwv.uuv rs rapidly n earing conclusion, it was reported. Azi nouncemetit that a deficits agreement bad been reacted waa expected oy the American financiers witbin a few days, pwssibly by tbe cksw 'A me week. There are several minor matters to ' be decided upon. One of the chief of ; these wss said to b tbe exact matter of tbe loan. ine snKirrcDCB nnanciai cc.aunia slon co.iv.nue. m negotiations wttn American baikers. RUSS RETAKE THEIR FORTS Recapture Nearly All of Tnanoie. Which Includes Dubno. Rovno and Lutsk Defeat Austnans. Petrograd. Se.; 2. hsve recaptured aim fortress triangle wblc Russian forces tot I rely trie includes fhjt no rtov no ana Luis in (is lie is tbe

""ww. ism anven MM a across th- rivers which ran pVallei to the border.

Retreat of Ruders Covered by Severa) Hundred o "First Chief's" Troops General Funston May Co After Bandita-

Brownsville. Tex . Sept 25 One American soldier was killed, the captain commanding the Americans was wounded and the post office and gen eral store at Progreso, Tex., were looted and bum-d wben about eighty armed Mexicans crossed into Texas and attacked a small detachment of Troops B and C. Twelfth cavalry. Re-enforcements have been rushed from several army posts and General Fur.: on reports the situation well in band. However, all tbe Mexicans, with the exception of 1? killed and 1 prisoners, have recrossed into Mexico under tbe protection of sev eral hundred troops on tbe other stile of the border. May Cross Into Mexico So serious is the situation felt to be here that it is believed General FUnston will order his men to pursue the raiders into Mexican territory in ease of a repet:t:on of the raids Ott i ers who took pan tn the fighting have reported to General Funston that the soldiers belonged to Carranxa's army. Major Anderson, in command at Men-edes. made the follo'-ving report to General Funston: Party of about eighty Mexicans attacked store house at Progreso post office at abojt daybreak in the m rnin; broke into store, looted the place and set fire to It. A detachment of Troops B and Twelfth cavalry. numbering; about twelve men. I fired upon as they approached store. The fire was returned rere tbe "Private Henry StubbU field. Troop B. Twelfth cavalry, was shot twice in the body and was killed. Pour officers and about sixty of oat men participated in the fight. The firing kept up about two hours. Captan Anderson Shot. Tapt. A. V P. Anderson, who was in command, received flesh wound in arm. but is not considered dangerous Two horses were killed and one wounded. "The Mexican were pursued la brush to tbe river. Several hundred Mexicans on other side of tbe river kept up a heavy fire to cover crossing of Mexicans Some of the Mexicans were in uniform and some in civilian A captain reported in full . clothes uniform " Raoul Made-o Seized. San Antonio. Tex.. Sept. 2L. Gen Raoul Madero. brother of the slain president, and eight other prominent Yillistas have been arrested at Glenny Springs. Tex., where they crossed the i border. Those taken with Madero and sent to Alpine. Tex., are: Gen. Santiago Sanches. Jose Pulido. Emilio Vasquez, Tlyanim Rangil. Juse Maria Rodriguez. Raul. Darila. Ramood Partildoand Abraham Martinez. B'G CHURCH IS BURNED Grace Episcopal Edifice of Chicago Destroyed by Fire Loss Is Half Million. Chicago. Spt. IT. Grace Episcopal church, at HC? South Wabash avenue, one of Chicago s most venerated landmarks in the southern outskirts of the city when it was built in IMS. was destroyed at an early hour Sunday morn inc In one of the most spectacular nres in tbe city's history. The pfpe orB and ctiV1 celebrated for its tveautiful architecture were ut terly destroyed. Although firemen fought heroically to save tbe besut'ful altar, only a charred and blackened portion of it remained among the ruins when tbe fire was extinguished Tbe Coliseum, which adjoins the church on u,u,d no Pprcciable damage Including the destruction of the sixstory business block adjoining the church on the north, in which the fir; started, tbe loss is roughly estimated at a half million dollars BRITAIN MAKES CONCESSIONS eritith Embassy to Issue Clearance Papers for Goods Purchased in Germany and Austria Washington, Sept. 7Z As a result of the conference between S;rKlcbard Crawford, tbe British embassy s trade expert: Acting Secretary of gtate l Polk. Chandler Anderson J ; :ce Fleming, representing this ment. an agreement bas been reached wberehy tbe British embassy here will now issue clearance papers to Amen fmn importers which will teure tbe hrtnglnc to this country of all goods purchased from German and Austrian sources prior to March 1 last. FORTY HAITIANS ARE KILLED S. Var-r-es Attaca Rebeia Two Miles From Cape Mattien Ter. Americans Wounded t'rpe llaitien. S pt 21 In an attack jy Haitian rwteie on sn American force about two miles from v'sne Mai tie. 4tl Haitians were killed ibe

r?bels have refused to disarm and American are marching on Maat uu iC&p , tLe r,a,3 u u

Victor Murdoch, national chairman of the Progressiv party, says a straight Progressive ticket will be nominated nest year, that being the wish of the party leaders with whom he has talked.

RUSSIANS REPORT VICTORY OVER AUSTRIAN ARWY Slavs Recapture Positions Near Lutsk Von Mackensen Forced to Retreat in Region of Logoschin. Kiev. Sept. 5. Reports from the 'rvat stat.- that the for of General Ivanoff and General Prusitoff won a great and complete victorv over the Autnans in Volhynla Thursday. Resuming their offensive on the Styr and Ikwa rivers, the Russians are said to have broken tbe Austrian front, taking several thousand prisoners, while esst of Lutsk other forces de feated the Austro-Germxn troops, forcing tbeai to evacuate Important posiI ons and retreat across the Styr. with tt I Russians in pursuit. Mighty efforts are being made by , the Russians to outflank Field Mar- ' ?hal von Hindenburg's army at the northern end of the battle front. The Russian war office, in an official statement made public a Petrograd. . dwells upon the ferocity of the fighting southwest of Riga. Villages are con- I tinoously changing bands. One height I was captured, lost anJ recapture six j times. On the southern end of the front Russtan cavalry is successfully engag ing the AnstroHungarian forces Berlin. Sept I Field Marshal von Mackensea's army bas been forced to retreat before the Russians In the re- , gton of Logoschin. Tbe czar s forces j in that district, which is north of Pir.sk suddenly launched an enveloping movement that put Von Mackensen s forces in a dangerous position and they were forced to withdraw from tbe east and northeast of Logoschin German troops are now assailing Dvinak by land, by water and by air. While the Teutons are bombarding the fortress with tbeir heavy artillery balloons containing asphyxiating gas are being sent up to burst over the city BULGARIA DEMES WAR MOVE Premie- Says Army Was Mobilized for Protection Greece Calls Oat Army. Washington. Sept. ZZ A statement cabled to the Bulgarian legation here ; by Premier Radoslovoff announces I that Bulgaria does not Intend aggres sive action against any of ber neighbors and that her mobilization is not to be construed as indicating that she Is about to enter the war. Ixjndon. Sept 2S Before many hours have passed the flame of war may have seared tbe Balkan nations again. witn tne Bulgarian army on one border of Serbia and Austro-Germans ready to strike on another. Greece and Roumania tbe last of the Palkan states to become infected with tbe war fever, have begun preparations to enter the conflict. Tbe menace of Bulgaria s mobilization wss met by Greece with a royal decree calling twenty classes of troops to the colors Minister of War DangHs issued an order calling out all tbe .: k reservista. Simultaneously tbe Roumanian cabinet was called into hasty conference with King Ferdinand in circumstances that leave no doubt that the meetin will be followed by a mobilisation order. Ijnndon. Sept. ?T Tbe Bulgarian covernment officially ximmunicated to the powers a note stating in tbe most categorical fashion, that the mobilization of tbe Bulgarian army was ordered in the national In'eresL snd that it bad not tbe slightest offensive rbsurwctet SOIL PRODUCTS SHOW OPEN Exposition st Denver Has Great Ehibits of Interest to Farmers of Country. Denver. Colo, fiept 21 Tbc international soil products exhibition began bere and will continue unUI October 10. wMl tbe tmeroatiooa: farm con gress will hold Hi meetings bere October 4-7. Among the delegates there are represetitstlves from i-any every country on the globe The I nlteo: States government has an exhibit for which xmgress appropriate! S2V. (KM. This and tbe C anadian exhibit are of great value Twenty states nave installed tine exhibits of agricultural

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WEEK'S IMPORTANT PROGRAM

Eact Status of Enst.ng Internst Controversies and the Manner Which It la Hoped They Will Be Settled. Washington. Sept. 8.-Ausiru ha formally notified Ambassador Pwai that it will recall Doctor Oumha Austrian atubat-sador to thStates, as requested b) r- .: Washington. Sept. Zi. Tl.- ; week promises to be a history u in so far as the foreign reiat the I'nited States are cot, . r; The matters in flllllinj tween Germany and AuMriu will be well on th- road to ment before the week ends ar plications of the gravest char. will have resulted The agree:, wort h whereby the $lT.i0". American imports, now booses in Rotterdam, also is sheduled to go week. ar r.er in whih it is hop.-: settled were outlined at tb part men t as follows: German Ambassador von P.. r: will . m.- U '.:,. ;.,r ; to show In writing that German-, baa hanged her submarine attitu !. m satisfv the United State. He hoc to effect s complete agreement between the naticiis. and it is expected that his first endeavor will be to secure an agreement on the Arabiceven thotich it is necessary to avow intent in that attack whir the stumbling block to a com; settlement. Expect Oumba Recall. Ansrrtan officials expect that V - a will recall Ambassador Bumba without further delay and look for a note from there at any time. If the a tioa be aot taken voluntarily a v . ! the ambassador will be h -- !-d b:s passports Officials are ill Mi i as to whether this action would cause implications, but most of them think not. Great Britain and Her Allfos If th German situation should be cleared np this week, on of the most drastic documents in the history of Amer. an diplomacy will start for London It hi practically complete, needing only formal revision of minor phrases and takes square issue with the order in council and th placing of cotton on th contraband list. Meanwhile, the state department and British embassy hate completed arrangements for the release of the goods of German and Austrian origin now in Rotterdam and the :ssu snce of clearances will begin tsmor'row. Full Power to Bernstorff So far as the German situation is concerned, officials are verv hopeful Ambassador von Bernstorff has been clothed with full powers to act and : aa he and Secretary Irnsing aln-adv have established a 'common ground , In their informal conferences, it Is ; expected that when they resume their i negotiations they will make speedy progress. Whether the Hesperian Is to bo made an incident in Im- of German positiv- denial that any submarine attacked her. Is not yet known Pieces of hat the British government say was a torpedo found on the -.!aer have be-n turned over to the state department and will be Investigated by naval experts GIVES UP 2.000.000 PESOS General Gutierrex Turns Ove- B kj Suns of Money to Carranza Governor. Washington. Sept : -The Carranza agency here was notified by Gov. Gustave Mlrelles at Saltillo that Ol s eral Gutierrez, former president of Mexico, hsd turned over to him nOn.oon pesos to be used by the Constitutionalist government General Gutlerrea bad held the money sin his election by the convention for' - after the downfall of Victor! Huerta. BIG CONCERN NEAR SOLVENCY Avery Company of Peona, Ready to Pay 50 Per Cent of Outstanding Nctea. Chicago. Sept. 2. Frank O. Wetmore, chairman of the extension committee of the Avery company of Peoria. Ill-, which went into the hand of receivers a year ago. with liabilities of $?.00Mt0. announced that per cent of the outstanding extension notes will be paid October 1. TwentvII ve per cant of the notes have already been paid Schooner Westcott in Distress Washington. Sept Waterlogged, the schooner Westcott is in distrff Sleeping Bear Tolnt. lake Ml- higan. sod the coast guard cutter Tusrarors started from Milwaukee to ter aid.