Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 September 1916 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher JASPER - INDIANA

Electric fans for the rich palmleafs lor the poor ! In the hot weather everyone wishes to be a submersible. . Anybody who can conceal his Ignorance Is pretty smart Ournotion of music Is that the robin can 'bent the cicada singing. Campaign arguments are beginning to get" hot, with no relief In sight In (he case of a submarine, however, It is the downkeep cost that counts. " Looking for the pork in a can of pork and beans is a mild indoor sport It is a wise trigger that can keep out of reach of somebody's fool finger. The average Turk may be illiterate, but he's learning a heap about geography. The direction a fellow halls from is notrquite so important as the direction he Is traveling. No doubt the modistes are already hard at work on the campaign gowns for the stump this fall. How things have changed. If we had It to do over, Paul Revere would take his famous ride on a motorcycle. Mr. I of Hawaii is said to have the shortest name In the world, but lie doesn't use It oftener than a congressman. Soon as a -man begins to like the sound of bin own voice, he wants tq enter into a joint debate with somebody. Whenever we see a beautiful young girl kissing a dog we think she ought to tell her beau to get the license or get out A French corporal and one private took 100 German soldiers as prisoners, but maybe they were not very anxious to fight Our theory of-the war maps is that they lire designed and arranged to keep us from understanding just what I being done. The per capita wealth of the United States is now $2,000. That fact doesn't deeply Interest those of us who have been per capitated out of ours. According to authentic reports there are to be no freak styles in men'sclothes tills year. Men no longer have a chance iu the competition for anything. A Cambridge psychologist is Investigating the reasons why girls kiss soldiers, apparently oblivious to the fact that there are but two girls and soldiers. Even if a boy's stepfather happens to be a doctor, the kid will always believe that the old guy poured the castor oil down him out of pure malevolence. The authorities announce that the nickel is not worth 6 cents, as was reported, thereby disposing of another of the blessings of government by humanity. i The pianist in the orchestra is gohuHo have a tough time standing up when he plays the Star-Spaugled Banner In compliance with Baltimore's new Ordinance. j In hot countries the people are less civilized than in cold ones. Aren't we all less civilized when the temperatnre goes up? What a moral and intellectual blessing, then Is an electric fan! I I A Wisconsin man who caught a Osh was disgusted when lie saw It was nothing but a sucker, but brightened up when he found a diamond ring in Us stomach. Moral, always look In a fish's stomach. j Seven Londoners have been exempted from military service because they me rat catchers and their employer proved that women cannot do the work. Wonder if the suffragists dispute this statement? j A man in Seattle had a desperate fight with a devilfish with tentacles six feet long. The shark sensation is Rlready outclassed and the fish story has risen magnificently to the new demands upon its ingenuity. Possibly the time will come when nil the kinds of people that drive automobiles wyi be running aeroplanes. New York has a car conductor who used to be a doctor, and a lot of other rowns have some that might make good conductors. Among the thrilling feats of the year should be catalogued that of notifying a vice presidential caudldate that he's been nominated. It may be granted" that some of the alleged comic artists can draw pictures nnd salaries, but it still remains one .of life's little mysteries how they ever draw laughs.

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TERrtlFIC DRIVE ADVANOfco NEARLY TWO MILES ON THE soMme. THREE TOWNS ARE CAPTURED Courcelette, Flers and Martinpuicn Taken New Armored Motorcar Advances With Infantry OveV the Trenches and Shell Craters. London, Sept. 16. The greater part of the Bouleaux wood, High wood and the towns of Flers, Martinpuich and Courcelette have beeu taken by the British, who also have captured all the high grountl between Combles and the Pozieres-Bapaume road, according to the official communication. More than 2,300 prisoners were captured in the drive The statement reads : 1 "The fighting, wllich has been severe, resulted in our capture of virtually all the high ground between Combles and the Pozieres-Bapaume road. Germans Resist Stubbornly. 'Most of the Bouleaux wood, Flers, High wood, Martinpuich and Courcelette have fallen into our hands. The enemy fought stubbornly to retain his ground. "Over 2,800 prisoners already have been passed back, including; Go officers, six of them being battalion commanders." Battleon Six-Mile Front British Front in Franoe, via London, Sept. 1G. At dawn the British made the most powerful general attack, supportafl by the heaviest volume of shell fire, since that of July 1, whenthe grand offensive began. The attacking front extends over six miles, from the region of Thiepval to the junction with the French army on the right, or practically the entire line of the Britta advance of ' the last ten weeks. ' Having gained the whole ridge from the cant of Thiepval through Giuchy and ail the old German second line fortifications, the British made their next step, a broad stride down the hill, piercing the newly constructed German thiijd line. Capture Flers , Village. The sweep forward during the afternoon gained the village of Flers, brought the British to the edge of Martinpuich, and put the bloody shambles of High wood and Devil's wood, for which two most determined counter-attacks made the hardest struggle in the history of the British army, well behind the advancing ranks of khaki. The Britjsh also are close to the vil läge of Courcelette.. They have taken "Wunder Werk" redoubt, in the Thiep val region, which belonged, to the old first line fortifications. The Germans continue to make desperate resistance. North of the Sommc the French cap tured a series of German trenches and advanced as far as the village of Ran court. On the Verdun front two Ger man attacks were repulsed. New Motorcar Aids British. Aside from their increased artillery fire in the great new drive on the Somme the British brought into action for the first time a now type of armored motorcar, capable because of its powerful traction of crossing trenches and shell craters. For some days the army had watched it with interest and curiosity, and as it moved along in support of the infantry in their charges they cheered it, even in the midst of shell fire. There has been nothing more wonderful, even in this war, than the spectacle of its advance toward the German line. French Take Town. London, Sept 14. Continuing the spectacular offensive which marked a gain of two miles and at night captured the village of Bonchavesnes and advanced GOO yards beyond the Ba-paume-Peronne highway, the French .extended their gains both north and south of the Somme. A total of more than 2,300 prisoners captured in this action is officially reported by Paris. Berlin Admits Loss. The German official statement follows : "Front of Field Marshal Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (Somme) : The battle north of the Somme has recommenced. Our troops are engaged in heavy fighting between Combles and tie Somme. The French entered Bouchavesnes." T. R. MARSHALL !S NOTIFIED Vice President Told of His Renominatlon by Committee Appointed by Democratic Convention. Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 15. A'ice President Thomas K. Marshall was notified of his renomination by the committee appointed by the Democratic national convention, at his home here. There was a groat gathering of the party clans and much enthusiasm and merrymaking, one object being to outshine the diMiionstration of a few weeks ago when this city's other vicepresidential candidate, Charles W. Fairbanks, was notified. Mr. Marshall, in his speech accepting J the nomination, ridiculed the-fears of the Republicans for the permanence of prosperity after the war and attempted to show that these were entirely inconsistent with a determination to sell more American goods abroad.

ROSSELL h. MILLWARD

,i!'W ffc Russell Hastings Millward, wellknown explorer of the tropics, has traveled 18,407 miles on foot through jungles. He is thirty-nine years old, and has spent 17 years traveling on foot through unmapped portions of Af rica and South and Central America. He travels on both scientific and com mercial missions. He has contributed a large number of specimens to the New York zoo and has contributed many articles to scientific publications. On his next trip to Brazil he plans to capture a white-lipped peccary for the New York zoo. ALLEGED BLACKMAILERS ' ARE ARRESTED AT CHICAGO Men and Women Apprehended by U. S. Agents Thousands of Dollars Collected From Wealthy Persons. Chicago, Sent IS. The five men and three women' arrested on Saturday by government officials and city detecttives in a raid on the Tyson apartments. East Forty-third street and Grand boulevard, as members of a band that has mulcted wealthy men and women out of $250,000 or more, are to be tried in Philadelphia. The bonds of the eight were fixed but they are still held in the county jail in default of bail. Those held are : Henry Russell. Edward Donahue, alias "Doc Danahue," Helen E-vers, said to be the Avife of George Irwin, alleged director of the group; Mrs. Frances Allen, Mrs. Edward Donahue, wife of Donahue; .Tames Christian, alias "W. J. Gross," Frank Crocker, George Bland. Mr. Clabaugh says those held, together with others at liberty, have fleeced at least fifteen prominent men and women in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York by blackmail methods of a most modern type. Pie said there were many other victims who never complained, fearing the notoriety. . "The women flirted with wealthy men and then demanded money from them on threats of exposure and the men did likewise with wealthy women and made similar demands," Mr. Clabaugh asserted. TROOPS BEGIN LONG MARCH Twelfth Division, U. S. A., Taking an 83-Mile Hike From San Antonio to Austin. San Antonio, Tex., Sept 18. The march of the Twelfth division, U. S. A., the biggest movement of this kind in this country since the Civil war, from San Antonio to Austin, 83 miles away, began. The hike will be completed in seven days. There are 14,003 officers and men in 1 Ine under Brig. Gen. Henry Greene. Five motor-truck companies of 3o ma chines each transport supplies, although each regiment is equipped with mule supply trains. The Seventh Illinois infantry marches as the thirl unit of the First brigade under -acting Brigadier GeneraUKennon. Brigadier General Hill commands the Second brigade, composed of (he Third, Fourth and Eighth Illinois. Other Illinois outfits participating are the First field artillery, Signal corps. Engineer company and Hospital companies 1 and 2. JAPAN REASSURES THE U. S. Informs State Department in Formal Note That "Open Door" Policy Is Not Periled. Washington. Sept. 15. Japan, in a forma note to Ambassador Guthrie, transmitted to the state department, ansures the American government that the new Russo-Japanese treaty does not repeal former conventions and that the imperial government has not entertained for a moment any intention t depart from its policy respecting the integrity of China and the open door. Four Dead in Detroit Fire. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 15. Four men are dead and a score of others narrowly escaped from a tire which swept the Salvation Army Industrial' building. About seventy-five persons were in the build! ug when the fire was discovered

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BANDITS CAPTURED BUILDINGS - IN CHIHUAHUA CITY, BUT WERE ROUTED. GEN. TREVINO IS WOUNDED Commander Shotmthe Arm During Battle With Outlaws Many Prisoners Captured and Some Are Put to Death Aided by Residents. Mexico City, Sept. IS. General Obregon, minister of war, announces that a thousand followers of Francisco VilJa, who attacked the town of Chihuahua, were routed with a loss of G00 men killed and many captured. After the battle General Trevino's troops were able to take part in the regular independence day parade. During the fighting General Trevino was slightly wounded in the shoulder. Residents Aid Villa. Aided bj some of the townspeople, the Villa forces attacked at eleven o'clock at night and took the penitentiary and the municipal and federal palaces. General Trevino gathered his troops, placed his artillery, recaptured the public buildings and completely defeated the attackers in the early morning fight. The captured men will be tried by court-martial. General Obregon lias sent a message of congratulations to General Trevino. SETH LOW PASSES AWAY Former Mayor of New Brooklyn Succumbs Long Illness. York After and New York, Sept. 18. Seth Low died at his summer home at Bedford Hills, N. Y.. on Sunday after a long illness. Sofh Low was twice mayor of Brooklyn, once mayor of New York and for 11 years was president of Columbia university. In each of these offices he became distinguished for public service, and he was known throughout the country as one of the leading figures in New York city life. Unlike most college presidents, Mr. Low was not a scholar in the accepted sense of the word when he was appointed president of Columbia. lie was head of a mercantile house. He was born in Brooklyn January IS, 1850. Mr. Low was elected mayor of Brooklyn by the regular Republican and independent forces. In 1SS3 he was re-elected for the second term. In .1890, in his fortieth year, he was tendered the presidency of Columbia university. Iiis administration was a brilliant one. . It was during his administration that the university moved from downtown to its present commanding site Through his influence many large gifts of money were attracted .to the university, and he himself gave SI ,000,000 for the erection of the stately library building, which is a memorial to his father. GERMAN PRINCE IS KILLED Frederick William of Hesse, Nephew of the Kaiser, Slain on the Balkan Front. Berlin, Sept. 10. Prince Frederick William of Hesse, a nephew of the kaiser, has been killed in action at aCra Orman, on the Balkan front The war office on . Friday officially announced his death. The nrince was the eldest son of Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse and Princess Margaret, a sister of Em peror William. He was born at Frank-fort-on-the-Main in 1S93. He is the second of the house of Hesse to be killed in the war, Prince Maximilien having fallen in northern France in October, 1914. i Prince Frederick Willi am is the eichth German prince to have been killed in the war. WALT0NEN LEAPS FROM CAR Alleged Murderer Seriously Injured in Attempt to Escape at Harmon, N. Y. S?ew York, Sept. 1G. Arthur Waltonen, who was arrested in Iron wood, Mich., in connection with the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols, a wealthy widow of this city, leaped from the New York Central train on which he was beins brought to !s'ov York in the custody of detectives, as it passed through Harmon, N. Y. The train was brought to a stop and Waltonen was found in a ditch beside the tracKS severely mjureu. He was brought to the city and hurried to a hospital. His condition is said to be serious. DUNNE AND L0WDEN WIN Lieutenant-Governorship and Attorney. Generalship of Illinois in Doubt Following Primaries. nh i en ro. Sent. 15. With Gov. Ed ward F. Dunne and Frank O. Lowden safelv nominated by huge pluralities. there are only two doubtful spots on the Republican and Democratic slates. They were the Democratic lieutenant governorship between Henry W. Hütt mann and Farratt O'Hara, and the Republican attorney-generalship between Edward J. BrundAge, the Chicago city lmll candidate and -State Senator Richard J. Barr.

RICHARD F. BURGES

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Richard F. Burges of El Paso, Tex., is president of the International Irrigation congress, which will hold its twenty-third annual session in El Paso beginning October 14. TEUTONIC FORCES PURSUE DEFEATED FOE IN D0BRUDJA Von Mackensen Close on Heels of Routed Russians and Roumanians Kavala Shelled by Fleet Berlin, via London, Sept. IS. Field Marshal von Mackensen is pressing his pursuit of the Kussians and Roumanians, defeated during the recent operations in the Roumanian province of Dobrudja, the war office anounced. The Boumauian advance in Transyl vania is continuing, says the statement which in reporting on happenings along the Macedonian front announces that the Greek seaport of Kavula, re cently reported occupied by Bulgarians, Is being bombarded by entente warships. The statement says: "Ju Transylvania the Roumanians are advancing against the Kokel sec tor on both sides of and above Szcke-lyud-Barhely. "Balkan front Army group of Field Marshal von Mackensen. The pursuit of the enemy in Dobrudja continues. "Macedonian front There luv-o been no events of special importance. Isolated enemy attacks on the Moglena front and northwest of Tahinos lake were repelled. Kavala is being bombarded from the sea." Paris, Sept. 18 French and Russian troops, advancing rapidly on the western end of the entente Macedonian front, have arrived in front of 'Fiorina, close to the Serbian border, 'south of Monastir, threatening the Bulgarian right, the French war office anounced in the official bulletin. Farther east the Serbians arc advancing on both sides of Lake Ostrovo, defeating the Beulgarians in engagements near Kajmacklan and continuing to throw troops .ncrus the River Brod, where the Bulgarians are resisting them on ihe right bank the river. London. Sept IS. The Italian forces have occupied Paliucrestro, five miles from Argyrocastro in Albania, according to an Athens dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. WILSON'S SISTER IS BURIED President Attends Funeral at Columbia, S. C. Remains Enterred in Churchyard. New London, Conn., Sept. IS. Mrs. Annie 11. Howe, only sister of President Woodrow Wilson, died on Saturday after a long illness. She suffered a sinking spell at dawn. Opiates were administered to deaden the pain caused by peritonitis. President Wilson was notified imme diately, but it was decided that he would not come hero. The body of Mrs. Howe was taken to Columbia, S: C, for burial and was in terred in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian church. There are buried Mrs. Howe's father, Joseph Ituggles Wilson, and her mother, Jessie Wilson. There lies also her husband, Dr. George W. Howe, a distinguished physician of that state, and a daughter. The president and Mrs. Wilson con nected with the funeral train at fJrenton. N. J. a After attending the funeral service the president left Columbia over the same route and returned to Shadow Lawn. LINER IN FLAMES; 423 SAVED Passengers Rescued as Fire Consumes the Steamer Congress Off Marshfield, Ore. Marshfield, Ore., Sept. 15. Wrapped In flames, the Pacific coast liner Con gress stands two miles off Coos bay after a thrilling race to land Its 253 passengers and crew of 170. All of those on board were rescued by the Colonel P. S. Michie, a bar dredge. The Michie went to sea in answer to an S. 0. S. and was accom panied by the steamer Tillamook. Life savers and boats frcüi the Michie had beep working for nearly un hour. . ,

HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Bicknell. Joseph Klmmel, prosecuting attorney, has appointed Russell S. Racey as deputy to handle cases in' the city each Tuesday and Friday. Milton. Edgar Allen, an employe of the electric light company, was burned severely when he was at the top of the poles and came In contact with n live wire. He jumped from the pole. Greenfield. Remnants of the company flag presented to Capt Reuben A. Hiley in 1SG1 are on display here. Mrs. Parmella Thayer presented the flag, which was made by Greenfield women. East Chicago. Seven hundred employees of the busheling department; and 200 laborers in the finishing plant of the Republic Iron and Steel company struck for a two-cent an hour increase in wages. Monticello. The Church of God parsonage at Idaville, occupied by Rov. and Mrs. M. W. Johnson, was burned, causing a loss of $2,500, which is covered by insurance. The cause of the fire was not determined. Greencastle. The Greencastle high 'school Is so crowded that during chapel periods when all the students are in the assembly room, the pupils sit three in a seat. The enrollment Is the largest In the history of the high school. Plymouth. Before adjournment the Seventy-third Indiana regiment elected James Berry of Argos president and W. S. Ramsey of Bourbon secretary and treasurer. All but nine veterans of the regiment mustered into service in IS02 are in soldiers' homes. Columbus. All business houses here were closed during the funeral of George Xeinaber, fifty-three, who died at the Southeastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. For several years he was a tailor here, and he was a member of the Retail Merchants' association. Marion. For years Fremont Wilson was a safety first disciple. His motto was: "Stop, look and listen." The other night he, as many others have done, forgot, for a moment and was struck by a traction car and killed. He was formerly county surveyor. Clinton. John Lindsey, mine boss at Dering mine No. S, was fined .$1 and costs for violating 'the mining laws of the state in failing to see that props of the right length were taken Into the room of August Hlntz, who was killed by a fall of slate. Lindsey pleaded guilty. Alexandria. Adam Wallerman, thirty-two, was struck by an automobile near here when on his way to Llnwood and was thrown ten feet in the air and over a fence. The driver of the automobile did not stop after the accident. Wallerman escaped with a few bruises about the body. Rochester. An automobile driven by Ralph Arnsberger of Men tone struck a bridge railing near here and Arnsberger and Howard Russell of Mentone both were injured seriously. Russell was thrown through the windshield and he may die of his injuries. Arnsberger suffered fractures of both legs. Princeton. A suit is being tried betore a jury in circuit cuiul muu m which Randolph Linden, twenty-five. asks $2,000 damages for injuries al iened to have been Inflicted when Frank Arburn, a policeman, struck him when he resisted arrest for intoxication. The suit is against Arburn, but the citv is assisting in the defense. Indianapolis. Support of the com mercial bodies in the state was asked bv a committee of Indianapolis busi ness men who will present this city's claim for a farm loan bank when the government commission visits the city September 22. Speakers have been se lected from various parts of the state to emphasize Indiana's independence as an agricultural state. Rose Lawn. A dapper, well-dressed stranger stepped up to John Baker, Monon agent here, and told him he was sent from Chicago to relieve him for his vacation. He presented credentials. Overjoyed, Baker literallyflung the keys at the affable fellow and left. The stranger immediately collected some large freight bills, sold milk tickets and got away with about $500 in cash. John's vacation is ended. Fort Wayne. When the case against John R. Quigley, circus employee, charged with assault with intent to kill, was called in city court It developed that Edward Johnson, the prosecuting witness, could not appear because he was without wearing apparel of any character. Johnson, badly Injured' by Quigley in an attack more than a week ago, v;as removed to the hospital, and his clothing was In such tattered and blood-soaketL condition from his encounter that hospital authorities burned it. Such other wardrobe as the man possessed had moved onward with the circus with which both men had been connected. The case against Quigley was continued. Oakland City. Sanitary drinking fountains of the bubbling variety bave been erected In tills city by the W. C. T. U. The fountains will be ice-cooled. A public dedication of the fountains will be held Friday, the occasion being the county convention of the W. C. T. U. Kokoino. Gusta Seton. the twenty-year-old daughter of James Seton. a prominent Kokomo merchant, after promising Anthon Markon, a Peru merchant, to whom she was engaged, that she would meet him to secure a marriage license, eloped wltk Frank Snnsone, her brother-in-law.