Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 58, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 January 1916 — Page 6

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M1FRR INDIANA Tho reason n dog tiowli 1 because it 1m out of tune. ThQ man of the hour scorns to -be thö man with tho hourgluaa, Poaco rumorH aro again In tho air, Uut there Is a whoto Jot ot air. An unralilnK safety first In diplo; mwy "Whon in doubt, tinny!" 4 ' A hynoorlto has to ho nitKhty carb ful. Otherwise ho will bo caught at ItTo err is human. To ah I ft tho reopönalblllty on Homebody olso-dltto. Affairs havo roachcd that paSB whoro a censor's victory falls to satisfy. ISvon war has its funny side. ThQ. Turk iB accusing the Britten of atrocities. ? f Aftor you have told a man your troubles you may feel hurt If he wants to tell you his. Not everybody who talks Hko a darn fool is one. But ho throws himself open to suspicion. When one hasn't a silver dollar in his pocket a half-dollar looks as big as the bottom of a tincup. Anyhow, no objections are .being heard theso days to the smoke and whistles of the factories. There are too many words in the English language, but the moving pictures are helping to ease the strain. Spontaneous combustion, which used to account for so many fires, has given way to the moro serious .plot theory. A generous inclinationi.to point out one another's weak spots Is dial in evidence amonö the nation's great political parties. Whenever a savant gets up and says poverty is a disease, the average low brow is tempted to ask how any disease can be a blessing. We love a good loser as well as anybody else does, but we have no money to lend to the brand of liar who says ho dearly loves to lose. The old-fashioned man who sticks to his wristlets may be, for all we know, the grandfather of the newfashioned girl who wears knee warmers. Lack of European dyestuffs does not prevent a number of American statesmen from "seeing red" when they hear one another's names discussed. Is there not something nerve racking about the generosity of the powder company that offers a bonus to every employee who has been in its service a year? Butter commands extravagant prices in Europe. This is to be expected under conditions which make cannon objects of greater solicitude than cows. San Francisco leads all American cities in the number of suicides, which indicates that it takes something more than climate to make people happy. Universal military training might take some of us away from golf and pinochle occasionally, but even this sacrifice one might make cheerfully for one's country. 3 So many new medical discoveries havo resulted from the war that it would appear expedient to carry it on a while longer at any cost. San Francisco hoasts an angora worth $745 before being clipped and $300 afterward: at that, he has nothing on the average pianist Announcement that fclue jeans are aoout to disappear will be a severe blow to the horny-handed son of toil that still wears 'em on the stage. A scientist says bugs have souls, buc he needn't think he can make the average person more considerate of bedbugs by any such claims at that. A Chicago man claims to be the owner of a kitten worth $50,000. There are people who would be willing to convey a whole back yard full of cats for less than that. At the present rate of reduction in price, it will soon be possible for a man to buy an automobile for a few hundred dollars that no one would .venture to call a "tin can." California has a man who ,was literally forced to eat his words. He chewed up a worthless check he had drawn to avoid conviction. It is said that American women spend $10,000,000 a year on poodles. Still, you can't blame the men who Eell them jeweled dog collars. English sparrows used to sell at 50 cents a pair in this country and tho fact that people bought them shows to what heights of affluence the country had attained In 1875.

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U CONGRESSMAN BUCHANAN OF IL LINOIS ONE OF MEN NAMED IN MUNITION PLOT. FOWLER AND LAMAR ALSO HIT Federal Grand Jury t New York Ao cuics Peace Council of Conspiracy to Wreck Armi Plant and Cause Strikes In the United otatas. New York, Dec. 29. Tho federal grand jury Indicted for conspiracy to foment strikes in American munition factories tho following men: Congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois. H. Robert Fowler, former congressman from Illinois. Frank S. Monnett. former attorney general of Ohio. David Lamar. Jacob C. Taylor, president of Labor's .National Peace council. Franz von Rintelen.a German agent. H. H. Martin. . Herman Schulteis. Fomented Strikes Is Charge. All of the indicted men, except Lamar and Von Rintelon, are olllcers or former officers of the peace council, an organization which, tho government charges, was formed and financed by Riiitelen to bribo labor leaders to call strikes in munition plants, in furtherance of German propaganda in this country. Lamar, who has been called the "Wolf of Wall street," is charged with being Rintelen's assistant. It is said hundreds of thousands of dollars passed through his hands, and it is alleged he benefited personally to the extent of $400,000. Rintelen Is a Prisoner. RIntelen is at present a prisoner in England. He was seized by the British authorities at Falmouth while fleeing from this country under a false passport He is at present under indictment here, charged with conspiring to procure a bogus passport as an American citizen. No effort will be made, however, to obtain his return to this country, as the offenses with which he is charged are not extraditable. All of the indictments were returned under the Sherman antitrust law and charge conspiracy to restraint of t,he foreign trade of the United States. The maximum penalty is one year imprisonment and a fine of $10,000. As soon as the grand jury reported its findings, agents of the department of justice, acting with United States deputy marshals, were instructed to arrest the indicted men. BIG BATTLE ON IN RUSSIA Great Conflict Is Raging on Southern Front Germans Say All Attacks Have Been Repulsed. London, Dec. 31. Fragmentary information from various sources indicates that a great battle is in progress on the southern part of the Russian front, the most important action for many months. The outcome of the gigantic struggle now in progress, Petrograd critics say, will be a complete change in the military positions there, and probably within a few days. There is nothing to indicate definitely tho outcome of the great battle, although such German and Austrian reports as have been received assert that all the Russian attacks have been repulsed. Russian attacks against the AustroGerman positions on the Bessarabian frontier continue, however. The German war .office report says: "Eastern front: Russian detachments advancing south of Schlok (near the Gulf of Riga) and on General von Linsingen's front were repulsed. General von Bothmer's Aus-tro-Hungarian troops repulsed an attack of strong Russian forces against the bridgehead at Burkanov, on the Stripa (eastern Galicia). The enemy suffered heavy losses, in addition to losing 900 prisoners." MINNESOTA GOVERNOR DIES W. S. Hammond, Former Representative in Congress, Stricken in Clinton, La. Clinton, La., Dec. 31. Gov. Winfield Scott Hammond of Minnesota died suddenly on Thursday in a hotel here from a stroke of apoplexy which physicians said apparently had been su perinduced by a recent attack of pto maine poisoning. He died before physicians could arrive. Governor Hammond, accompanied by J. A. Nowell, arrived here three days ago to inspect his extensive land and lumber interests in East Feliciana parish. St. Paul. Minn., Dec. 31. J. A. A. Burnquist was sworn in on Thursday as Minnesota's nineteenth governor. to succeed Winfield S. Hammond, who died at Clinton, La. ALLIES SINK 2 DESTROYERS One Austrian Boat Sent to Bottom by Mine and Another Destroyed by Shell Fire in Adriatic. Paris, Dec 31. Two AMFtrian destroyers have been sunlr in the Adriatic sea. off Durazzo, one by allied warships and the other by, a mine. They were the Lika and the Triglav. The balance of the Austrian ships fled to their base pursued by the allied warships.

MAJ. ROBERT RUSSA M0T0N

MaJ. Robert Russa Moton, who haa been commandant of cadets at the Hampton institute In Virginia, has been chosen to succeed the late Dr. Booker T. Washington as principal of the Tuskegee Institute. He is fortyeight years old, and has earned the reputation of being one of the foremost negro educators In America. MEMBER OF FORD PARTY SAYS NATIONS WANT PEACE Says World Would Be Surprised If It Were Known What Influences Are at Work to End War. Stockholm, Dec. 29. The public meeting held under the auspices of the Ford peace expedition is characterized as the most enthusiastic demonstration for peace that Europe has seen since tho war began. Nearly a thousand citizens attended the meeting, which was in the Academy of Music. Every mention of an early end of the war provoked prolonged applause When Louis P. Lochncr, secretary of the expedition, announced that the executive committee had secret information that certain of the belligerent nations were willing to negotiate for peace the meeting became tumultuous. "It would astonish the world," said Mr. Lochner. "if we made known at this time what influences are at work for peace. This information has been in the possession of the executives of the expedition ever since we sailed from New York. It was tho real en couragement behind the expedition. We have every assurance that our project will meet with favor, although at this time it cannot be said just what is behind the movement." CAPT. BOY-ED DEFENDS SELF Recalled Naval Attache of German Embassy Blames All to Providence Journal Sails for. Home. i New York, Dec. 29. Capt. Karl BoyEd, former naval attache of the German embassy in Washington, who was recalled by the German emperor at the request of the United States govern ment because of "improper activities," sailed on the Holland-American liner Rotterdam for Rotterdam. Before sailing Captain Boy-Ed issued a statement in which he bade farewell to his friends in the United States and in which he defended his action in sending supplies to German warships at sea, and blamed a Providence newspaper for starting what he termed "spy hysteria" throughout the country. Sail ing on the Rotterdam with Captain Boy-Ed were Col. E. M. House, friend and confidential adviser of President Wilson, and Brand Whitlock, American minister to Belgium. CHARGE VICE IN MOVIE CAMP'S Californians Get Prosecutor to Begin Inquiry as to Girl Actors Outsiders Are to Blame. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 30. Reiterated assertions by a clergyman and others that immorality was i ampant in many of the large number of motion picture camps and studios of this city, and that the surrender of honor frequently was the price exacted of young women ambitious to appear on the screen, received official notice from Thomas L. Woolwine, county district attorney, who said that an investigation would be begun at once and action would be taken by the grand jury if facts warranted. Chicago, Dec. 30. Roscoe Arbuckle, movie star, who passed through Chicago on his way to New York from Los Angeles, emphatically denied that there was immorality at the studios in California. He placed the blame on outsiders. BRYAN HALTS PEACE TRIP Reservations on the Liner Rotterdam Canceled Because of Ford's Return. New York. Dec. 28. Because of Henry Ford's return to the united States. William J. Bryan, who had nimined to sail for Europe on Tupsri I- - on the Rotterdam, has postponed his peace trip maennueiy. rassage which had been reserved for himself and Mrs. Rrvnn was canceled by Mr. Bryan. Mr Ford Is only slightly ill says a cable received here rrom ötocKnoim. Gov. L. B. Hanna of North Dakota is suffering from influenza and is now in a hospital In Copenhagen, according to a cablegram from members of the party.

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lD HENRY MUESSEL, WEALTHY BREWER OF SOUTH BEND, IND,, AND EMPLOYEE SLAIN. SON PERHAPS FATALLY SHOT Bandit Invade Office of Brewing Company and After Vain Attempt to Loot Safe Escape Elghtccn-Year-Old Boy Witnessed Battle. South Bond, Ind., Doc. 31. Henry Muessol, general manager of tho Muossol Browing company, and his chauffour, Frank Chrobot, wero instantly killed by two masked robbers who attempted to loot tho saCo in tho brewery oflico hero. William Muossol, aged fifteen, was shot in the abdomen by the robbers and it is feared mortal ly wounded. The two robbers Ued without taking time to search for money, in quest of which they committed two and perhaps three murders. Owing to tho prominenco of Henry Muessel, reputed to be a millionaire, tho entiro town was aroused. Posses scoured the districts and tho surrounding country throughout the night, but no traco of the murderers was found. Boy of Eighteen Sees Battle. From Robert Muessel, the eighteen-year-old son of Walter Muessel, president of tho company, tho police gained their most accurate description of the robbers. Robert Muessel was in the office when tho bandits entered. Although they shot the other three persons, for some unaccountablo reason they satisfied themselves with binding and gagging the youtb. Leader in German Societies. Henry Muessel was one of South Bend's wealthiest and most prominent citizens and was well known throughout northern Indiana. He owned a large tract of land in the vicinity of his brewery and a number of years ago presented to the city a valuable strip of this property for school purposes. Here a scrool building, said to be the finest and best equipped in South Bend, was erected and given his name. He was a leader in all the activities of the German societies in South Bend, a man of philanthropic motives and active in local and state politics. He bitterly opposed every effort to make South Bend dry and is said to have made numerous enemies among the anti-saloon workers. AUSTRIA YIELDS TO U. S. Vienna's Reply in Ancona Case Admits America Is Right in Main Commander Punished. London, Dec. 31. The reply of the Austrian government to the second American note on the sinking of the steamship Ancona, with the loss of American lives, is forwarded to Reuter's from Vienna by way of Amsterdam. The note says in part: "In reply to the second American Ancona note, the Austro-Hungarian government fully agrees with the Washington cabinet that the sacred laws of humanity should be taken into account also in war, and emphasizes that it, in the course of this war, has given numerous proofs of the most humane feelings. "The Austro-Hungarian government, too, can positively concur in the principle that enemy private vessels, so far as they do not fly or offer resistance, shall not be destroyed before the persons aboard are secured. "The assurance that the United States government attaches value to the maintenance of the existing good relations between Austria-Hungary and the United States is warmly reciprocated by the Austro-Hungarian government, which now, as heretofore, is anxious to render these relations most cordial." The reply also says that the commander of the Austrian submarine has been punished for not sufficiently taking into account the panic aboard the Ancona which rendered disembarkation more difficult. SCHMIDT GUILTY OF MURDER Jury Recommends Life Imprisonment for Killing Man in Los Angeles Times Explosion. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 31. Mathew A. Schmidt, charged with the murder of Charles Hagerty, one of twenty men killed when the Los Angeles Times building was blown up five years ago, was found guilty of murder in the first degree on Thursday. The jury recommended life imprisonment. The verdict was found in half an hour. At the trial Donald Voss Meserve, a detective, testified that Schmidt admitted he and his associ ates intended to kill Gen. Harrison Grey Otis, owner of the Times. TRY TO WRECK HORSE TRAIN Crew of Passenger Discovers Men at Work Near Gary, Ind. Two Are Captured. Chicago, Dec. 30. An alleged attempt to wreck a train load of horses in transit to the allies by placing ties on the rails at a desolate spot several miles east of Gary, rnd.. was bared to atnf(4 and federal authorities. Twn t w w- w - - - ! men, trapped at the scene by the crew of a passenger train, are held by the police of Gary. An examining magisträte neia uiem m nouas or $o,uuu peuding developments. Both are Hungarians and well acquainted with the environs of Gary.

THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE

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Thomas Mott Osborne, the millionaire warden of Sing Sing Prison, has been indicted by a grand Jury at White Plains, N. Y., the charges Involving both his official and his personal con duct. ITALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE THE PORT OF DURAZZO? Reported That Emmanuel's Soldiers Entered Albanian City French Seize Turk Island. Geneva, Dec. 31. It is reported hero on good authority that Italian troops have occupied the Albanian seaport of Durazzo. This report apparently is corroborat ed by the fact that the German consul at Durazzo, the members of his staff and 50 other Germans passed through Bellinzona, Switzerland, on their way to Berlin. Durazzo and Avlona are the prin cipal Albanian ports. Avlona was occupied by the Italians several months ago, before Italy entered the war. Durazzo is on a peninsula in the Adriatic sea, 40 miles south of the Montenegrin border. There have been previous reports of Italian activity there, principally in connection with the landing of supplies for the Serbian army. Paris, Dec. 31. French troops have occupied the Turkish island of Castelorizo (Kasteloryzo), in the Aegean sea, between the island of Rhodes and the Gulf of Adalia, according to the morning papers in Paris. The possession of Castelorizo as a naval base is characterized as indispensable. Rome, Dec. 31. An official report from Cettinje states that the Montenegrin army, re-enforced br a Serbian corps, has resumed the offensive on all fronts, particularly in the Sanjak. The Austrian s were driven from Montenegrin territory and now have also been driven from the Sanjak. The Austrian losses are estimated at 10,000 men. Cettinje, Montenegro, Dec. 31. Another defeat for the Austrians in Montenegro is chronicled in the following official statement: "After a three days' battle, in which thousands of shells were fired from forts and warships, the Austrians are in full retreat from Raskovazora, pursued by us." The battle "was fought in western Montenegro, on the Adriatic littoral, which accounts for the presence of warships. SHEVLIN DIES OF PNEUMONIA Millionaire Football Star Victim of Malady Caused by Coaching Yale Team. Minneapolis, Dec. 30. Thomas Shevlin, millionaire lumberman and famous Yale football star, died of pneumonia after an illness of only six days. Mr. Shevlin caught cold when coaching the fale football squad last fall, and was unable to shake it off. Shevlin played football at Yale four years, and was captain of the team in 1905, when Yale had the greatest team in its history. Always ready to return when "Old Eli's" eleven called for fast coaching, he whipped several seemingly impossible teams into winning shape. Shevlin's lumber Interests netted him a huge income. He carried $1,500,000 life insurance, recently having increased it from $500,000. BRITISH AGREE TO DRAFT Ministers Said to Have Accepted Bill Providing a Modified Form of Compulsory Service. London, Dec. 29. It is stated on excellent authority that the British cabinet has virtually decided upon a modified form of conscription bill, to be introduced in the house of commons next week, giving the government the necessary power, should it bo found needful, to bring in single men and preserve Premier Asquith's pledge to married men. It is reported Reginald McKenna, chancellor of the exchequer, and Walter Runciman, minister of commerce, have resigned. Their resignations have not yet been accepted. WARDEN OSBORNE INDICTED Sing Sing Head Made Subject of Tru Bill in Prison Inquiry by County Grand Jury. White Plains, N. Y., Dec. 29. Thomas Mott Osborne, warden of Sing Sing prison, was Indicted on five cot its by tho Westchester county grand jUt-y. which has been investigating conditions at tho prison.

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BRIEFLY TOLD Indianapolis. Charles F. Stewart, sovonty-nino, for fifty yqnrn a newspaper man in this city nnd a correspondent for metropolitan papers, dlod hors. Anderson. Ralph B. Clark of Andorson, president of tho Indiana Rotnil Merchants association, has announced tho program for tho organization's annual convention, which will ho hold at Lafayotto on January 18, 19 and 20. Poonvlllo. Boonvillo will ontortaln tho meeting of tho Twentieth District Knights of Pythias on Friday, January 14. Jarnos E. Watson will mako tho principal address. J. Ploonor Bauman of Rock port, deputy grand chancellor, will preside Torre Haute. Harry Davoy and Walter Graham, confessed holdups, who took $9,000 from a mining company's paymaster, wero brought in court secretly and sentenced and hurried to prison by tho authorities, who feared an attempt might be mado to rescuo them. Tho money was not recovered. Indianapolis. "Fairbanks for president" signs wore posted throughout tho business district, and It was understood tho nomo of former Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks would bo placed formally before the nation as a candidate for tho Republican uominatfon for president at tho party "love feast" hero. Liberty. Tho coroner exonerated Sheriff Post, who killed Carlo Hurd (colored), saying that tho sheriff shot in self-defense. Plurd was killed when he resisted arrest after Sheriff Post had been called to the Maxwell farm near here to stop a fight in which Hurd, his brother, and another'negro were engaged. Vincennes. George W. Brewer, ago eighty, a colored man, who was known by almost every resident of the city, was found frozen stiff about ten miles east of here. He had been missing from his home three days. Brewer was the father of 18 children. Among the nine surviving are three A. M. B. ministers. Oakland City The will of Dr. D. A. Cox of Howell, who died recently, leaves a fortune of approximately $60,000 to Oakland City college. The money is to be applied to the endowment. The will was filed for probate at Evansville. Doctor Cox was president of the college's board of trustees. Columbus. The city council has passed an ordinance reducing the members of the volunteer fire department from IS to 15 and increasing the salaries of the remaining members from $5 to $6 a month. The advance was made because the public utilities law does not permit free water to tho firemen as has been allowed in the past. Evansville. Hand-knitted woolen shawls, the "kind that grandmother wore," are being made by man prisoners in the county jail here. Two of the shawls have been completed and are valued at $10 each. Four of the prisoners are working on the t shawls, and they have become experts. Exactly 6,405 knots are made in each shawl. Indianapolis. State officials estimated the damage dono by fire in the statehouse all the way from $5,000 to $65,000. The fire department placed the damage at $5,000, but this estimate was thought to be too low. The fire started at the bottom of tho elevator shaft when the big building was nearly empty. Defective electric wiring is thought to have started tho blaze. Shelbyville. Edwin Macy, thirtyfive years old, died at his home near Carthage as a result of swallowing a piece of bone while he was eating rabbit at his home two weeks ago. The accident occurred when he laughed. It is believed the walls of his stomach were perforated. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Macy of Union township, his widow, a brother and a sister survive. Rochester. At the annual meeting of the Farmers' Co-Partnership Insurance company of White, Pulaski and Fulton counties the following officers were re-elected: N. A. McClung, Rochester, president; R. A. Phillips, Star City, vice president; F. C. Montgomery, Rochester, treasurer; E. C. Mercer, Rochester, secretary. Milroy. A few days ago Frank Thomas, one of whose legs recently was amputated at St. Vincent's hospital in Indianapolis, entertained three friends at his home here. lAmong tho four men there were only three legs. A society was formed, with Thomas as president, for HoosIers with less than two legs. Letter have been received from 47 Hoosler who desire to become members. Among those 47 men and the four who originated the society there are only 44 legs. One applicant lost hi left leg in the Civil war and the right was crushed In a railroad wreck a year ago Hammond. Princess Eddy, a Michigan City clairvoyant, charged with transporting Miss Elsie Schwartz from Chicago to Tacoma, Wash., for immoral purposes, was held in $2,000 bond when she was arraigned here before Charles L. Surprise. United Statei commissioner. A further hearing will be held February 1 in Tacoma. Petersburg. After a delay of 15 hours repairs have been made on th C. & E. I. railroad bridge at Rogeri. over White river, six miles north of here, and all trains on the E. & I. division of the road are again running on time.