Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 58, Number 23, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 February 1916 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER EN ED. DOANE, Publlhr. RUSS CAPTURE IS JEAN ALLEGRINI Hill EARL OF DERBY

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INDIANA Both skirts and oysters are being scalloped this season. Grippe, like matrimony, is merely one of the incidents of existence. Speaking of sour grapes, there are hothouse strawberries at current prices. Astronomers say the moon Is deviating from its proper course. Full, probably. Did you ever stop to figure out how much precious life is wasted in winding the clock? At this rate they'll soon be throwing In an automobile with every gallon of gasoline. A scientist says that dimples are defects in anatomy. Then let us have more defectives! Still a leap-year proposal gives a man more of a chance than when he proposes himself. Doubtless the scientist who made Ice of hot water was getting ready to boil a cold-storage egg. What a riot there would be if a manmade law compelled the wearing of those chin-chin collars! An Investigation of the cost of anything may prove interesting, but seldom changes the price tag. Recent college fatalities recall that no one has yet been killed in a student rush for the classroom. An eastern court has decided that tipping is legal. Tlis, however, is the best that can be said for it. Clean living is always desirable, but with laundry prices going up. it is also going to be more expensive. The leap-year peril must be exaggerated. Very few bachelors wear a hunted look at least in the open. If typewriting and telegraphy were as expensive as ammunition the cost of diplomacy would stagger humanity. Speak of the tender horse steak, the faithful mule wishes to be remembered as a particularly tough character. There is no more reason for the open-faced sneeze than" for the dumping of the furnace ashes , into the street. ' The girl who proposes ought to be sure she is able to support him in th? Htyie to which he has been accua t.omed. 1 A puncture-proof tire seems to have Leen perfected at last, but the bubble reputation is as easily punctured as ever. It now begins to be plain that all ! these alluring fashions were coolly j and cruelly devised to render prospects defenseless against leap year proposals. We fancy that if all the sneezes of this country could be compressed into i one and exploded, the world might suffer a blowout that would set the seismographs to vibrating. You may talk about the equality of the sexes all you please, but it is absolutely certain there is no chance to ! get women as highly interested in I men's clothes as men are in women's clothes Berlin has established a hospital for war dogs, when what is really needed by civilization is a competent catcher and a good dog pound. Unfailing optimism is illustrated by tho actor who is now figuring on what his income tax will be from his next season's bookings. Tho American citizen who stays at home runs no risk of bringing about international complications and losing his life into the bargain. At sixteen a girl can't keep her hand3 away from her coiffure, but after she becomes a mother she can't Jceep her hands off the baby. Swearing, a student announces, springs from a desire to put more action in speech Strange tho things they are discovering these days. One guess as to the reason why eating onions is a preventive of colds is that when a fellow has indulged liberally in an onion diet no one will approach him near enough to convey Lh contagion. Things are getting so that Americans who venture away from home Mill feel noglectod if they are not ordered out of some country or other. The war Is said to be making pipesmokers of the French. Only, unfortunately, it Is not the pipe of peace that is being sinokeü. The man who is trying to keep one ec on the war in Europe and the other on the political situation In this country will soon need the attention of an oculist.

JASPER

SLAVS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE IN THE CAUCASUS OCCUPY AKLEM.

MORE TURKS ARE TAKEN Remainder of Thirty-fourth Division Seized Northwest of Erzerum Fall of Trebizond Believed Near Troops Land on Armenian Seacoast. Petrograd, Feb. 21. The victorious Russian army in the Caucasus continues its sweep westward, and according to an official war report the grand duke's forces have captured Mush, eighty-three miles southeast of Erzerum. Other Russian forces, it is announced, have, occupied the village of -Aklem. The report says the remainder of the Thirty-fourth Turkish division has been captured northwest of Erzerum. It also is reported that Russian transports under cover of warships' guns are landing large forces of men on the Armenian sei coast seventy miles east of Trebizond, encountering only feeble resistance. It is believed here that the fall of the Armenian port is only a question of days. Plan to Join Armies. It is the understanding here that the troops being landed on the seacoast will march, westward, joining the troops now advancing from Erzerum. The troops on the Armenian coast are being transported from Batum, where they have been held in readiness for several mortbs. News from the front indicates that the Russians are now driving westward on a front of more than 120 miles, extending from a point north of Erzerum to south of Mush. The whole of Armenia is expected to be within the hands of the czar's forces before spring. Fate of Commander in Doubt. It is thought possible the Turks will attempt to make a stand at the first favorable point, which is in the hills on the western edge of Erzerum valley, eleven miles distant, but it is not regarded as probable they have been able to erect any extensive fortifications there. No news has been received of the fate of Ekved Pevzi Pasha, commander of tin Ninth corps, who was in charge of the defense of Erzerum. (The reference in the foregoing to Ekved Pevzi Pasha as the commander in charge of Erzerum before its surrender apparently disposes of unofficial reports of several weeks ago that the Turkish army there was in charge of the German field marshal, Von der Goltz or his compatriot, Field Marshal Liman von Sanders.) Story of Russ Victory. Petrograd, Feb. 21. The first story in detail of the capture of Erzereum by the Russians has reached Petrograd, semiofficially. It shows complete co-operation of Russian troops over a wide area, which made useless resistance on the part or the Turks. Apparently the Turks realized the fall of Erzerum was inevitable and withdrew most of their forces before the final onslaught, leaving the garrisons of the widely separated forts to their fate. Troops Move on Forts. The campaign began to reach its climax in the last days of January. The troops of General P , from the North, and those of General K from the East moved against the first line forts under the most severe weather conditions. The Russians dragged their artillery to the heights surrounding the fortress, and when all was ready began to bombard Forts Kara Gudek. 20 miles, and Fort Dalan Gez. 15 miles northeast of Erzerum, preparatory to the bayonet assault. On January 29 both forts capitulated. The taking of Dalan Gez made a breach in the outer line defenses along the Beve Boinu range in front of the city. The capture of Kara Gudek opened a direct passage through the Karabagas pass to the city proper from the northeast. LEVY MAYER MAKES CHARGES Tells Senate Committee That International Harvester Co. Furnished Mexican Rebels Money. Washington, Feb. 19. Charges that tho International Harvester company had furnished money for arms and ammunition for the Ortez-Argimedo revolution against tho Carranza government in Yucatan. Mexico, were made by Levy Mayer of Chicago in the senate agriculture committee's investigation of an alleged monopoly for control of the sisal market. Walter L. Fisher of Chicago, former secretary of the interior and now counsel for the Harvester company, denied the charges. TWO PENSION BILLS PASSED One Measure Applies to Spanish War Widows and Other to Indian Campaign Veterans. Washington. Feb 17. -Two pension bills passed the house, proposing in all the addition of more than $2.500.000 annually to pension expenditures. One would grant pensions to the widows and minor children of officers and enlisted men who served ninety days or more in tho army, navy or marine corps during the war with Spain or the Philippine insurrection The other bill would give $20 a month to survivors of Indian wars.

Jean Allegrini, under arrest In Chicago as the alleged accomplice of Jean Crones, who put poison in the soup served at a banquet to Archbishop Mundelein and vho escaped. It is supposed the poisoning was merely a part of a widespread anarchist plot against churches. GERMAN SEAPLANES RAID TWO TOWNS IN ENGLAND Drop Bombs on Lowestoft and Walmer Three Persons Killed British Aviators Pursue Invaders. London, Feb. 21. "Te Deum laudamus! We praise, Thee, Oh God," sang the congregation of a church at Walmer, a little town on the Kentish coast ten miles north of Dover, toward the close of the service Sunday morning. Suddenly a loud explosion just outside the edifice interrupted the singing of the hymn of thanksgiving and threw the congregation into a panic. Every window in the church was blown in. "The Zeppelins!" was the cry among the church people as they rushed into the street. Soaring overhead were two German seaplanes, less than two-thirds of a mile high, dropping bombs on the town at intervals of a few minutes. Before the raiders turned back over the channel they had killed two men and a boy and wounded a British marine. Beside the raid on Walmer and an attack on Lowestoft, on the Suffolk coast, by two other German seaplanes half an hour earlier, in which 17 bombs were dropped without casualties, one German flier dropped bombs on Dunkirk and on the French lines near Luneville, while other aeroplanes attacked Logoschin and Tarnopol, in the , eastern war theater. Berlin tells of an i uii uu.Li.it; iitJtii .nciuiint: in wmuii British fliers were killed. British and Italian aviatoro also were aotive. The British airmen shelled the German aerodrome at Cambrai, France, during the night. A squadron of Italian Caproni battle planes raided Laibach, Austria, dropping several dozen bombs, one of which fell near a hospital. Both Vienna and Rome agree that one of the aeroplanes was shot down by the Austrians. The most spectacular of the raids, however, were those against the coast of England. FIVE ARE KILLED IN WRECK Six Others Injured When Northern Pacific Limited Collides With Train No. 42. Spokane, Wash., Feb. 21. Five persons were killed and six injured, three seriously, when Northern Pacific passenger train No. 2, known as the North Coast Limited, eastbound, crashed into the rear end of Northern Pacific Burlington train No. 42, eastbound, at South Cheney, Wash., 17 miles from Spokane. The dead and injured are all from the Northwest. The cause of the accident has not been ascertained. The dead and injured were brought to Spokane. The dead are: Elton Fulmer, state chemist, Pullman, Wash.; I. J. Minnick, deputy grain inspector, Spokane; B. L. Berkey, J. J. White, Lee M. Couroy, traveling passenger agent. On the body of Professor Elton Fulmer was found an ai.cident insurance card, providing for $25.000 insurance in case of death on the trip. The policy was obtained just before he boarded the train at Pullman, Wash. CHICAGO BANKER IS GUILTY John E. Hartenbower and G. D. Hiltabrand Convicted by Jury in Ottawa, III. Ottawa. 111., Feb. 19. John E. Hartenbower of Chicago, president of the Tonica Exchange bank, and George D. Hiltabrand. the cashier, were found guilty of receiving deposits after knowing the bank was insolvent. Each was sentenced to three years In prison and fined 128. Tho jury waff out only 45 minutes. The trial started just a month ago. The bank closed its doors November 14. 1913. Its liabilities were $514,1S4, but claims filed amounted to only $337.000. Big rire at Fall River, Mass. Fall River, Mass., Feb. 17. -Two city blocks in South Main street were destroyed by lire Sixteen buildings were burned The heavy coating of ! snow, nearly two feet thick, on the roofs in the residential district alone saved the entire city from being swept by lire. Embers from the tire showerned tho whole city, but when they fell on the roofs they were quickly extinguished by the snow. The loss was estimated at $2,000,000.

123 PERSONS FROM U. S. KILLED IN REPUBLIC IN LAST SIX YEARS, SENATE LEARNS.

LANSING REVEALS FIGURES Secretary of State Says That Government Is Military Rather Than of a De Facto CharacterInformation Requested by Senator Fall. Washington. Feb. 18. Fart of the state department's data on the Mexi-1 can situation, asked for by Senator Fall, were transmitted to the senate 1 on Thursday by President Wilson. Under motion of Chairman Stone of the foreign relations committee the records were ordered printed as a public document In a letter from Secretary Lansing accompanying the report it is said that 76 American citizens Tere killed in Mexico in the years 1913, 1914, 1915, as against 47 in the three years preceding it, and that 26 civilian Americans and 16 soldiers were killed on American soil in the same three years as a result of Mexican troubles. Government Is Military. In describing the Carranza government, Secretary Lansing wrote in the report: "It cannot be said that the de facto government of Mexico is a constitutional government The de facto government, like the majority of revolutionary governments, is of a military character, but that government has committed itself to the holding of elections and it is confidently expected that the present government will within a reasonable time be merged in or succeeded by a government organized under the constitution and laws of Mexico." Order on Border. The report says regarding the deaths of Americans: "When the murder of American citfy zens was reported the department of state made representations for the apprehension and punishment of the assailants, and in some instances the department's representatives made such representations to the appropriate officials on their own initiative." Secretary Lansing further said that order along the Mexican border was gradually being restored. President Wilson, in a brief letter forwarding the report, said he approved of Secretary Lansing's letter submitting the data. Senator Fall expressed disappointment because the president and secretary of state deemed it to the public interest to withhold some of the information requested. RATIFIES NICARAGUAN PACT Canal Route and Naval Base Treaty Is Approved by the Senate, 55 to 18. Washington, Feb. 19. The senate on Friday by a vote of 55 to 18 ratified the long pending and persistently opposed Nicaraguan treaty, whereby the United States would acquire a 99year option on the Nicaraguan Canal rout 3 and a naval base in the Gulf of Fonseca for $3,000,000 Included in the ratification resolut on was a provision declaring ' that the United States in obtaining the naval base does not intend to violate any existing rights in the Fonseca Gulf of Costa Rica, xionduras and Salvador, which had protested against the proposed acquirement. Immediately after the senate had acted. Senor Chammorro, the Nicaraguan minister said he expected ratification of the corventicn by his government would soon follow. LINCOLN, GERMAN SPY, TAKEN U. S. Agents Capture Teuton Agent in New York Escaped More Than a Month Ago. New York, Feb. 21. Ignatius T. T. Lincoln, former British parliament member and famous international spy, was too daring, and again fell into the hands of the federal authorities after eluding capture for more than a month. Betrayed, he said, by a rooming-houst keeper, Lincoln was arrested and taken to jail. Lincoln escaped from Deputy Marshal Francis Johnson in New York on January 18 by simply walking out of a restaurant where they were dining. He was being held pending the outcome of extradition proceedings brought by the British government to have him tried ostensibly as a forger. The trial was said merely to be a cloak for the graver espionage charge. LEWIS FLAYS ELIHU ROOT Hurls Broadside at Ex-Senator in Reply to Latter's Arraignment of Wilson's Policy. - Washington. Feb. 21. Senator Jamos Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, from the senate floor hurled a broadside denunciation at ex-Senator Elihu Root, in reply to Root's arraignment of President Wilson's foreign policy. With "hypocrisy of statesmanship" as his subject, the Illinois senator said that if Root had been a person less conspicuous his remarks would have meant either deliberate, ignorance or i malevolence." He charged Root with insincerity and with playing politics to provide his party with a platform in the coming campaign.

New portrait of Edward George VIIliers Stanley, the seventeenth earl of Derby, who may succeed Earl Kitchener as minister of war in the British cabinet. He has had charge of the recruiting campaign. NEW YORK DELEGATES TO G. 0. P. MEET UNPLEDGED Whitman and Barnes Battle to Draw at New York, But Governor Loses Control of Body. New York, Feb. 18. New York will send its delegates at large its Big Fourunpledged to the Republican national convention in June. An effort on the part of Henry L. Stimson, ex-secretary of war, to instruct them for Elihu Root for president was defeated by William Barnes, the Albany boss, who explained later that he was acting as Root wished him to act. The Big Four selected in the Republican state convention in Carnegie hall, are: James Wadsworth, Jr., United States senator; Charles S. Whitman, governor; Frederick C. Tanner, chairman of the state committee; Elon B. Brown, Republican leader in the state senate. The governor obtained certain concessions that he had' demanded and lost others. Mr. Barnes won some advantages and lost others. The principal points of the platform adopted are: Advocacy of "complete preparations for the common defense, economic industrial and financial, as well as military," including a recommendation for a naval general staff and substantial strengthening of the naval and military forces of the United States. A demand that in international relations the United States insist upon universal observance of the principles and rules of international law. Denunciation of the Wilson policy toward Mexico as one of "inconsistent and irresponsible interference," and a demand for the protection of American rights in Mexico, either by a responsible Mexican government or through co-operation with other American republics. Denunciation of tne bill to grant Independence to the Philippines, which has already passed the senate, as an "abandonment of tne duty of this nation and a breach of trust toward the Philippines." A demand for "restoration of the Republican policy of tariff commission," and for "adequate measures for the quick upbuilding of an American merchant marine." ALLIES' SHIPS ARE BURNED Two Steamers and 40 Barges Destroyed at Brooklyn Loss Put at $5,000,000. New York, Feb. 17. Two big British steamships, partly laden with munitions and other war material for the allies, 40 lighters and their cargoes of oil, cotton and shells, and Pier No. 36, on the South Brooklyn waterfront were destroyed by a fire which is believed to have resulted from a bomb plot. A third British munitions ship, the Bellagio, was badly damaged, but the fire on this freighter was extinguished by firemen after it had raged for five hours. The total loss is estimated to be at least $5,000,000. The steamships Bolton Castle and Pacific, owned by the Castle line, were swept and wrecked by the flames. Thousands of tons of war munitions stored in Pie No 36 were burned. U. S. REFUSES NEW SEA ORDER Notifies Consuls That America Believes Merchant Ships Have Right to Carry Guns. Washington, Feb. 19. All diplomatic and consular officials abroad have been notified in a circular communication from the state department that the position of the United States is that merchant ships have a right to carry defensive armament. This move, which became known here, is the first formal announcement that the United States does not accept as legal tho announced intention of Germany and Austria to sink armed merchant ships without warning after February 29 as coming withiu uter national law.

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