Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 58, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 March 1916 — Page 2
3,130 PERISH ON SH D DR. THOMAS A. JAGGAR GERMANS TA WEEKLY COURIER mWJi ED. DOANE, Publisher. SINKING OF FRENCH CRUISER PROVENCE BIGGEST OCEAN DEATH TOLL REPORTED. JAPEX INDIANA FRENCH ARE OUSTED PKUtvi viu LAGE OF DOUAUMONT BY TEUTONS. In winter the ooe pimples. simple life is full of W Vessels Captured in Bold Cruise By Moewe Before By the way. who censors aor? Or is he infallible? the cenHAD ABOUT 4,000 ABOARD SECOND FRENCH Fv0RT RAZED? Relurnlng Home.
GERMAN RAIDER ARRIVES SAFELY
Wii MISS GRACE F0RDNEY
Thcre is doubt whether wider skirts will help the cause of matrimony.
Proparedness those days for most of uo means a handkerchief in every pockeL
Many a child wondors if t'io Lord Is as good and forgiving as his grandmoth gt.
It's tradition, not gravity, that canses a collar button to. roll under the dresser.
Poetry and fiction are helpful to the imagination. Seed catalogues also may be mentioned.
Evidently England really wants to wake up. It has placed a foreign order for 100,000 alarm clocks.
Fashion used to teach one what to
wear: its function now seems to be
to teach one what to bare.
Paris has been deserted by the tour
fcU. bat business will surely pick up
as soon as the war is over. 4
During zero weather a good many
people have reason to wish that they were living in smaller houses.
m .
Amsterdam Dispatch Says mat vaux
Has Been Destroyed by Teutons Kaiser's Forces Renew Attacks North of Verdun.
The story of the woodpeckers that got drunk won't surprise the old soak who tapped the silo with a gimlet.
To he original, men proposed to this year ought to think of something else to say besides "This is so sudden."
Tho oyster trade must be fairly good. Nobody has discovered a $1,000 pearl in an oyster stew for a long time.
London, March 4. The new German a
drive upon Verdun in the region oi Douauraont and Vaux, northeast of the
city, has again been checked by the French after the loss of the village of Douaumont and 1,000 men to the Ger
mans. The new offensive is still continuing, though the advance is temporarily halted, an.i is assuming the nature of a double drive in the Douaumont sector and against the heights facing the Woevre plain, where the great German guns are battering the French defenses with terrific violence. French Forces Rally. The night communique from Paris declares that the French have regained part of the territory lost at
nniionmnnt Thi? ndvance was offi-
cially announced by Berlin and admitted by Paris, but the midnight communique declares the French now hold
fo liirrh knoll on which the
;ui t w. w-v- o village of Douaumont is located.
British Make Gains. London. March 3. The British offi
cial statement issued here on the fight int; in the western zone says:
We recaptured the trenches at tne
bluff of the Ypres-uomines caimi.
which we lost February 14, and also
captured a small salient in the German
Line."
The capture of 800 yards of British
positions southeast of Ypres. after
heavv artillery bombardments.
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Ministry of Marine Announces Vessel Carried Many Men to Re-Eenforce Troops in Saloniki Only 870 Soldiers Were Rescued, Says Paris.
This is a nicture of Miss
FnrHnftv nrcltv dauahter of
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Grace
Con
gressman Uos;eph W. Fordney of Mich
igan. She is making her home In Washington this winter, where she is a member of the congressional set .a ill I
that has not yet reached tne oua-
Paris. March 4. It was announced at the French ministry oi marine that
Lll CI Vi V CI C UCOI JJ 1,UUW www.the French auxiliary cruiser Provence when it was sunk in the Mediterranean
on February 26. It was stated that on board the Provence were the staff of the Third Colonial infantry regiment, the third battalion, the second company of the first battalion, the second machine. gun company and one extra company, in all nearly 4,000 men. As the ministry of marine on Feb
ruary 29 announced that the numoer of survivors of the Provence disaster
was estimated at S70, it is indicated that upward of 3,130 lives were lost.
Greatest Ocean Disaster. The loss of more than 3,000 lives in
the sinking of the Frencn auxiliary cruiser Provence is the greatest ocean disaster of modern times. Up to the
present the largest number of lives p.vpr Inst in one wreck was when the
Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar is probably the foremost diagnostician of the activities of volcanoes. He is of the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and' director of the Hawaiian volcano observatory on Mt. Kilauea.' Doctor Jaggar appeared before the congressional public lands committee in the hearing for the Hawaiian National park.
Teuton Ocean Terror Which Captured
Appam Wit i Prize Crew Gets Past British Watchers.
in
169 PERISH WHEN BRITISH SHIP MALOJA IS SUNK
ding" age. Miss Fordney is attending white star jjner Titanic struck an ice-
Many
In our opinion, tho war will not end wntll the marriage casualties among tho nurses reach the ago of thirty-fire.,
A peace argument somotimes has to
bo very carefully managed to prevent it from sounding like a clarion call to
Arne.
Tho Eastern court that decided that tipping was legal might have ventured
a fUep further and decide Unit it was
common.
Wlien "jay walkers" and "joy riders" comp together, there's bound to be work for the sunreou and tho
undertaker.
Sleop in tho morning hours may bo called tho "beauty" sloop to distinguish it from tho duty sloop oi the virtuous who go to bod oarly.
a fashionable girls' school.
GLYNN LAUDS ACTS
OF THE PRESIDENT
Wilson Euloaized Before Democrats
at New York Meet by Former Governor.
was Syracuse, N. Y., March 2. President
berg off the Newfoundland oanKs on i April 14, 1912, and sank with a death loss of 1,595. - The rescued numbered 743.
The French ministry of marine pre
viously had issued no statement as to
the number of persons on the Prov
ence when it went down. The vessel, however, when in the transatlan
tic service, could carry 1,960 persons,
including the crew, and it has been
I . a mm . 111 r ' 1J I I I I I m-m I I I I I 1 I 1 .- I M I & 1.4. M V ft P-k I T r n
inWri in thA Qerman official state- Wilson's policy, especially, as ruut. r - - uiaiuju curneu m pei
men! of February 15 which added that the European war. was eulogized by troops oetween Po. . . U9 passengers and ment.of February 15, w mc nVflpnnr nivnn of New York was carrying a number of men larger 2C0 survfvors
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Ono of the first things a baby loams Is to put his foot in his mouth. And in 8omo cases It Is Impossible after"wnrd to break the habit.
Tho new omperor of China Is qulto an tip-to-dato politician. Already ho has repudiated an embarrassing interview alleged to havo boon granted by him.
n la- .ini-Atir Ann
a maioritv ot tae ut;iiiuuia
British trenches were killed.
The French war office reported the
renulse of a German attack against
Fresnes in the afternoon, casting dis
credit on an official report from Berlin
that Fresnes has been captured hy the
Teutons. Reports Fort Vaux Razed
An Amsterdam dispatch to tho Central News says that Fort Vaux, live miinc nnvHinnsb nf Verdun, has been
destroyed by heavy mortars, according to unconfirmed German reports, but that tho'GormaiiB cannot approach tho fort, as the French have brought hevy artillery to bear on the approaches. It is added that a German battery has been destroyed by French shells and that tho Germans have concentrated 00.000 men near Buzy, who an to resume tho offensive with re-en-forcomonts from the Argonno. Buzy is about sixteen miles east of Verdun. Repulse New German Blows. Paris, March 3. -German attacks of great violence both artillery and In-
fan try. have been resumed nortn or Verdun. Tho official statement issued by tho French war office at night say furious infantry assaults havo been repulsed by tho French troops, "whoso Hre decimated tho ranks of the enemy." Tho exact figures of the French m m I
inccnQ nf Vorrhin havo boon civon LO
. ... V a. T- V v I I II, III I I I I I I I rl I I llfll.IL T
in nn nririrpRR ro in a ueinociitLiu staic -
nnnfornnno horn wmwidi ricnu,
WtllUIVllVU HVI J I . t 1 i
..-.... a ..,it ihs Tho othcml statemeni annuuiiuiuts
whole world is plunged into war." said the slitting of the Provence said:
Mr. Glvnn. 4,But we are at absolute
peace with the world; more prosper
ous than at any time in our history:
enjoy more liberty and opportunity
than has ever been known in the his
tory of mankind. And this is direct
ly tho result of the successful policy
miranori hv ihnsp. in charge of our
lta UiaSVI m' v w - -w - government."
Mr. Glynn denied that the Repub
lican party Is the only exponent of
miHtnrv nronnrndness and DOlntS tO
"The French auxiliary cruiser Prov
ence II. engaged in transporting troops to Saloniki, was sunk in the Mediterranean on February 26. Two hundred and ninety-six survivors havo been, brought to Malta and about forty to Melos. "No signs of a submarine were noticed either before or after the sinking." Other great sea disasters were: Tlin T.usitnnia. torpedoed by a Ger-
London, Feb
show that lßö nersons. including 55
passengers, are missing and probably
lost in the sinking of the Peninsular and Oriental liner Maloja. In giving out this statement, officials of the line expressed hope that further rescues will be reported.
The revised figures show that the
-sons, Including
account for only
The Maloja was a vessel of 12.4ST tons. The company's office gave out i statement declaring that 200 person? have been saved. There were 119 pas sengers and 292 officers and memberf of the crew aboard About a score of women and chil dren were among those who lost their lives when the Maloja turned turtle while dozens of smaller craft wero hastening to Its assistance.
Among those rescued was a baby warmly clad, which was found floating on its back. Tho child was discovered by a patrol boat and was taken Into
BERLIN (via London), March 6. The latest chapter in one of the greatest mystery stories of the seven seas, the successful culmination of the unparalleled feats of the daring German raider Moewe, was told yesterday when that vessel slipped safely past the exer-watchfut cordon of British and French warships and entered a German home port. The arrival of the Moewe was announced in an official statement of the naval general staff, which declared that the raider had on board 199 prisoners and 1,000,00 marks, $250,1 000) in gold bars. During her months of prowling about the high seas, skillfully eluding the allied warships, the Moewe has captured fifteen merchant vessels of a total tonnage of 57,833 gross, besides laying the mine that sank, on Jan. 10, the British battleship King Edward VII. The greater part of the ships captured were sunk, says the announcement, although a few of them including the British steamer Appam brought under a German prize crew,
Revised figures to Newport News, United States, were
taken to neutral ports. Count Von Dohna, the Moewe's commander, has been awarded the Iron Cross of the first class, and the members of the crew have received the Iron Cross of the second class. Count Von Dohna has been ordered to meet Emperor William at headquarters.
Womsr and Chi'-jrsn Drown When Big Vessel Turns Turtie
29.
GERMAN RANKS THINNED BY STORM OF FRENCH STEEL
m Terrific Struggle for Road Leading to Douaumont Given Up Afttr Eight Attacks.
tho efforts made not only by the pres
ent administration, but to those of the with tho loss of 1.20G lives.
Grovor Cleveland and William C. Tho burning of tho excursion steam
hin rjnnnrnl Slocum in the East
tv uiiijuj auuiuiijn iiiiuiiui I ... - - - tiia,ii nf hies ndfii-nac Mr. nivnn de rivor Nnw York. June If). 1004, whe.i
voted to contradicting charges against nearly 1.000 persons perished
man submarine and sunk May 7, 1915, the engine room. After being warmed
ii auumu ill no i vauucia u-uu ouuiuwi
With tho boys' colleges doing away with class lights and tho girls' collogcs abolishing daisy chains there is loss and less Inducement to leayo home.
tho present administration by Elihu Root. Legislation achieved by the Wilson
government also was pointed out by Mr. Glynn as offering possibly the best evidence of its stability and good intentions. Mr. Glynn outlined, step by step, just what has been attained by tho present administration, both legislative and diplomatic, and pointed out that tho United States has been so far kept out of the European emhroglio. better laws have been enacted and
These, he
Tim irrmmii linn stonmshin La Hour- passengers
gogno, sunk July 4. 1S9S. with the loss small, they stated.
Ul uqv uvua, The Japanese liner Kiokor Maim, sunk September 2S, 1912, with tho loss of 1.000 lives. The Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland, sunk May 29, 1914, with the loss of more than 1,000 lives.
BITLIS CAPTURED BY RUSS
Tho more wo road of the rumor from tho European capitals tho moio aro we convinced that the United States liars lack olllcioncy and Imagination.
r-"?. . ..r ;r," , prooponty Is at U8 height.
no i.,.. .uüu u. .... .... Biil.l. aro the bust recomniomlntions
Slavs Continue Advance in Lake Van Region and Turkish Armenia.
rescuers
none the worse for the immersion All the survivors who reached London agreed that there was little panic aboard. Tho loss of lifo among the
would have been very
had not two of the the water, one ot
them capsizing An ofilcial inquiry was ordered to determine how it happened that tho liner struck a mine Nine vessels havo met with disaster within the last 30 hours. Tho steamship Empress of Fort WU liam of 2,171 tons gross, while attempting to rescue the survivors of the Maloja, struck another mine and sank In less than a half hour. Tho crew of tho Empress was saved by other boats In tho vicinity.
It Is
3.
Atlas In upholding tho world seems to havo had a light and oasy Job compared to tho present attempts of tho noutrul nations to uphold intornatlonal law.
Ah to dispensing with kissing In those dangerous tlmos, as tho health authorities advise, much will depend. jMBt 8 in more cheerful tlmua, on tho Rlrl.
Leather bIiooh aro said to ho the cauHO of foot troablos, but as thoro
are ko many Imitation
intiny people munt
trouhlo under
tho chamber of
noucabeille, chief secretary to oral Gallionl. minister of war. stated that they wero not high. 40 Square Miles Captured. Rorlin (via wireless). March
That Germany in her Verdun drive had taken 170 squaro kilometers (approximately forty square miles) of positions held by the French, or more than four times as much as the French gained in tho entire Champagne offensive last fall, was stated In a correspondent's summary from tho west front, olllcially made public here on Thursday. The olllclal statement add3 that these gains were mado with tactics "which evaded the possibility of great human losses," and that by "collaboration of all arms and an advanco consisting of a scries of human tidal
waves" all tho
TEUTONS BEGIN SUBSEA WAR
Announced at London That Entire Crew of One Merchantman Was Killed or Drowned.
London, March 2. Germany's submarine war against British shipping as threatened in tho warning notice to
tho United States government, was
opened on scheduled time
sea offensive against th
set to go Into elTcct at midnight
before noon word ha,d been received of tho torpedoing of two merchantmen. Thoy wero the Thornsby, 1,782 tons, and 'the Malvlna. 1,211 tons. It Is an nounced that all tho members of tho
London, March 4. According to a Router dispatch from Petrograd tho Russians havo captured Bitlis, In the Lake Van region of Armenia. Tho city was taken by assault. Bitlis is a city of about 35.000 Inhabitants and tho capital of the vilayet of the same name It has numerous mosouos and convents of
SENATOR'S CHARGE DENIED
Gore Tells of Report That President Said Clash With Germany Might End the War.
Washington. March 3. Senator Gore, in an address to the senate in
rinrvtohes and is located 4.700 support of his resolution to warn
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feet above the sea level. Americans w uvop u uuuuu Gcrmans retired, leaving-
Thn Russian advance in Asia Minor, ent merchantmen, declared tho im-
" The kaisnr's radiating along three main lines from polling reason for his course was a o British wis Bpzcruni toward Trebizond, Slvas and report that President Wilson had told m hit iPi nnri Bitlis, Is meeting with equal success certain congressmen that a war be-
PARIS, March 6. It is stated semiofficially that the battle at Verdun continued yesterday throughout the day with the same intensity and without causing any change in the respective positions of the opposing armies. Fighting is" still going on for definite possession of the village of Douaumont. French artillery immediately opened a heavy fire which separated the first wave of Germans from their reinforcements. Nevertheless the fresh troops came on, and observers saw plaintly the tragic spectacle of lines of men plunging into that storm of steel and emerging, tjiinned to half their strength. Some contingents lost six out of every ten before even having fired a shot. The survivors, undaunted, resolutely stormed the French trenches and fought hand-to-hand in fierce melees at the outskirts of the village. The bitterest fighting was for possession of the road leading to Douamont, the
advantago of which was obvious. The Germans charged eight times there. The supreme effort was carried out by six regiments, advancing in close formation. French machine guns did grewsoma execution in the mass, and French infantry held carefully under cover until the advancing force approached the trenches, and leaped out to meet the onrush with cold steel. The fighting n't ? i fill. -
was nnisneu in a lew minutes, ino
hundreds
in all three directions. Tho continued tweon tho United States and Germany
Russian armies "might not oo ungraioiui aim mignu
In advancing civilization by
fnrward SWOOP of tho
is retarded only by tho rugged country and tho severity of tho weather.
crew of tho Thornsby wore killed by
gains were obtainod tne attack or drowned. From tho speed
"with losses which ly Inslgnlllcant."
wero comparative-
leather shoos
obtain tholr foot
false protensoB.
Sotno of tho doctors bolluvu that thoy have a euro for whooping cough. Vry well, hut nothing outuldo of nn Intelligent puhllo opinion cifn euro tho open-faced Biioozo, that earrlOM do viu tHtton in itn train.
Aü nearly us ono can nmko out from Uiu complicated terminology of tho hauiorloloKlHlH, oxtromo cold weather In healthier for human because then nil the little grippe ami pneumonia neruiM cHtoh cold and die
i'hlladalphl Ihir nturtud a crusnrio for hyglenlo wnltortt. it Ih not a part of Uto crutmdo, however, that tho Up must bo Hturillzod,
Wounded U'MiiHportGd iHuroplfinoH,
Hold lorn aro now behiK from th ImtUotloldn tn the poor follow being tn
',110 condition tu protont.
Thtt Philadelphia brldoKroom who ,coimnlttud Huleldo when IiIh hrldo Mkol him to wipe tho diMbuH whh r
itritlu hüHty, Uo might Imvu boeu HMkml
'4o whmIi them lirttt,
PORTUGAL DEFIANT TO BERLIN Member of German Colony Said to Have Fled to Spain Declaration of War Believed Near. London, March 11. A Gorman declaration of war against Portugal Is bo lluvod horo to bo a matter of houm.
"Gormany is prepared to declare war on Portugal Immediately In tho ovont of an, unsatisfactory ropty to tho nolo demanding tho reloaso nf
'aolzgd German ships M nald a dispatch
from Uorlln on Thursday. Lisbon, March :t. -Sixty loading momhors of tho Gorman colony loft
hurriedly for Spain on rooulpt it reports that Gorumny la about to do elaro war on Portugal. . ,r ,J. H. SHEA NAMED AS ENVOY Member of the Indian Supreme Court Nominated by President us AmbniNftdor to Chile.
with which tho now Gorman submarlno war was launched In British wa tors It was evident that submarines had been sent out In advanco with orders to begin attacks as sooa as any enemy ships wero sighted on Wednesday.
QUEEN MOTHER- IS DEAD Elizabeth of Roumnnla Fall Victim to Pndumonln Her Pen Namo Wn Carmen Sylva,
London, March 11. A nucharoia dU patch received by Router's Telegram company by way of Amsterdam say tho queen mother IClUahoth of Ronmania l Carmen Rylvn) died on Turnsday A dispatch said tho queen was ill Mth pneumonia. Tho pen name Carmen Sylva," hy which tho queen was most wldoly known, watt chonon hy her In oxprostilon of hor lovo for houk and tho woods In hor own words, she wan born "far from a
throne, for. although una wan a MPinoiiHs f Wied, ono of tho many tiny
principalities with which Germany republic M
,,tMiiutm hor vouth wan that of an unto ovor
POST OFFICE BILL IS PASSED Measure Prohibits Increase In Present 'Limit of Fifty Pounds In Parcel Post Package.
sVasmlngton, March L Tho annual post olllco appropriation hill, carrying approximately $1121,000.000, wont to tho senate, following Its passage bv tho house Monday night ovor blttor and persistent opposition. As It loft tho houso the bill contains provisions for substituting a spaco basis for tho
present weight system or paying railroads for carrying malls and prohibit log any Increase In tho existing llmu of DO pounds on parcel post packages.
result
bringing about tho end of the
pcan war by midsummer." Senator Stone vehemently
Euro-
denied
torn and tangled in the barbed wire defenses and thousands laid low by machine gun shots and bayonets. The Germans in their assaults art using several sorts of burning liquid projectors. One of those is in the form of a small tank, which is carried on the back, filled with a composition liquid which seems to be mostly kero- ... . . . i . i ;
snnn. ALtacnea 10 inc nozziu is an
tho president had mado such a state- ißnlinß apparatus. The liquid is pro
mcnt
Tho following statement was Issued at the Whl to Houso: "When tho attention of tho White Houso was called to certain statements In Senator Goro's spoech, tho president authorized an unqualified denial of any utterance to which any such a moaning could bo attached
jectcd by means of a hand pump. The radius of action of the oil depends on the skill and the physical elTort of the man who projects it, but it is ordinarily from sixty to ninety feet.
COL. HOUSE REACHES HOME
PACKING-HOUSE STRIKE ENDS Sioux City (la.) Employees Win Advanco In Wags Scale Vots to Return to Work.
Declares Nerves of Belligerents Are On EdgM Says U. 5. Feeling Is Exaggerated.
NEW YORK, March 0. Col. H. M.
House, who sailed for Europe on Dec.
U. S. GUARDIAN OF HAITI Treaty Ratified by 8onte Provides For Virtual Protectorate For Nation. Washington, Pel) 21), Tho senate unanimously, ratified tho Haitian treaty which gives th6 fulled State a virtual protectorate ovor tho "hlaoK
Where wn n half hour docertain provUlntiH in the
. sit... I.. Mntoili ' - -MM. Ulnliv I
sioux u uy, u., ;; "; ; 28 on n confidential mission for Pr8lCity PMWnh dent Wilson, arrived here yesUrday 2.R0O mon, was settled nt n mans moot- . . , Kottorium from i of ho Mtrlkoi'H on Thursday. Tho l Ntoamship Kottoiuam nom ins or too BuiNw Falmouth. Ah soon as he landtd from
v,,ui,hurmn. March -1. .lOHonh H. ordinary
Shea, inombor of tho supremo court of Indiana, was nominated by President WlUon to be the ambasHador to Chile.
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robust country k rl who treaty, mu me unm uv ruwurueu nu
loarnod to cook and sew and who opposition, Under tho treaty tho Uul romnod In tho open with her compan- tod States will organlxft a constnbu
WaH lnry III Ihn repuoiu) mm win anuiiiue
tor thtt lnauce)i of th nation.
Ions born
it . ni.
nt tho village icnooi. öiiü IDoeembor 20, IS 13.
ttt in rniurn in vruin wn
unanltnouH, It followed tho report or a committee of 2ft appointed to eonHldor tho propoHltlou of returning to work with the underwtandlnK that tho huflinoH mon of tho city wore wit-
noMHOH to tho agreement that tho packnra had mado verbally with tho trlk-
H Tho HtrlKorn ko okck io wora on now ncnlo, btiHod on n minimum of
conU an hour ror an laooram, anu Dint h minimum of al
au an eviHWMv loant oiKhty houra' work will b provided ovory two wok for evory res
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a special const guard cutter which mot tho Rotterdam at Quarantint, Cob Iiouao announced he would lvr t once for Washington to mt th PruHident, Ho declined to comment on bin mission or what he had Keen or done whilt abroad, reiterating th statnmnt h hnd made prior. to leavliiK hre in 1comber that his mission waa to convey to some of the American ambckri Information havinj to do with inUrnational question that could not X tupplUd by cabU or litttr. . 4 t i - t
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