Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 September 1916 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher JASPER - - INDIANA

It's no crime for any army to forge ahead. f Although the tussock moth says little it has a way of arriving. London war reports have made fish stories dull and uninteresting. Vacation is merely a mad competition to spend in two weeks the savings of a season. Where are the sentimentalists? Why not a society for the protection of hungry sharks? IDniciency may he v. much overworked word, but that only tends to prove its efficiency. A European ruler always swells up and speaks of "my troops" when they're winning. A goodly portion of Europe doesn't care where it eats Its Christmas dinner, just so it eats. Nobody loves the neutral now, but after the war he will be hailed as everybody's best friend. Returning vacationists are convinced that after all a rich brown tan is not much as a tangible asset. Aside from the fact that our aeroplanes on the border will not fly, they are pretty good aeroplanes. Cleanliness Is coming to be an essential to business success in the handling of foods. This is progress. Some of the best road records of the season are being made by American aviators walking back. "Money makes the mare go," but owing to high prices of gasoline, it's now an auto that makes the money go. The fault of our time and manners is, men are too apt to regard an oflice a place to browse in instead of serve in. Ala i no fisherman says he knows fish can talk. When they have anything to say they probably tell it to the marines. Fortunately, it is not necessary to appeal to the supreme court to decide whether every tennis service is in or out What the world most needs is a Winsted hen that will lay an egg with the word "Peace" indelibly etched in the shell. Another costly variety of paper is that upon which are written the notes that are bases for breach of promise suits. It is announced that there is $3S0,201.7G7 in the Philadelphia mint. That is one of the finest mint beds we ever heard of. "Few men," sagely observes a wise guy, "know what is really in them." They should try eating ice cream with pork and beans. Beneath the thwarted patriotism of the tens of thousands of prisoners of war in Europe there lies the consolation of a chance to live and maintain possession of two hands and two feet. The man who leads a dual life is a consummate scoundrel, but the man who wears himself to a frazzle trying to support one family, stern though he be in condemnation of the fellow who supports two, hands it to him for managerial genius. Nearly all the members of the militia wear wrist watches. Nobody questions the utility or desirability of the wrist watch in the field; it's only the soft chap who wears it in the ballroom who makes a joke of it. When a moving picture serial is given the managers should take pains to see that the plot moves along a little every 'Week or so. It seems that it is a fad of the North sea fishermen to hear the noise of naval battles that never happen. That San Francisco judge's proposal for shooting feebleminded jurors hasn't been carried out yet, we understand, but the juries are still compelled to suiter the gas attacks of the lawyers. As soon as a possible shortage of leather was announced Dame Fashion, with characteristic extravagance, made the shoetop higher than ever. One of the pitiful sights in life is to see a man with a plan for ending the war trying to raise a car window. It must be embarrassing to the guests at the summer hotels to have to give the orders to college girl waiters who know how to pronounce the menus. A Cleveland pastor thinks Darwin is to blame for the war. Still, when getting right back to first principles. Adam and Kve were probably fundamentally to blame. A'ith gasoline and golf balls both cheaper the sufferings of the unfortunate rich are somewhat alleviated.

ENOS LONG SESSION

SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS ADJOURNS AFTER PASSING REVENUE BILL. TOTAL COST $1,858,384,485 Appropriations Break Record and Houses Act on Many Crises Growing Out of the European War Wilson Lauds Lawmakers. Washington, Sept 0. In a statement issued following the adjournment of congress, President Wilson called attention to the "helpful and humane legislation" passed and declared that while he regretted additional legislation dealing with the recent dispute between the railroads and their employees had not been completed he had every reason to believe the question would be taken up immdiately after congress reassembles. $1,858,384,485 Expenses Authorized. Congress, which adjourned at 10 a. m., appropriated exactly $1,G2G,439,210, which, vIth obligations and authorizations for the future, makes the j;otal .$1,858,384,485. Just before adjournment, .Representative Gardner of Massachusetts introduced a resolution, which he announced he would press at the winter session, for congressional investigation of organizations which it is alleged under foreign influence have attempted to affect elections of congressmen. He named the American Embargo conference and the American Commerce and Protective committee among those he wanted Investigated to disclose the source of their financial support and to determine whether they have violated the neutrality of the United States. The president signed the emergency revenue bill at 9:25 o'clock. Important Acts Passed. Important acts of congress were the ratification of the Nicaraguan and Haitian treaties, confirmation of Louis D. Brandeis as associate justice of the United States Supreme court, rejection of the nomination of George F. Rublee to the federal trade commission, and the defeat of the Gore and McLemore resolutions to tie the president's hands in dealing with the submarine crisis with Germany. Each of these acts in volved warm controversy. By far the greatest achievement of congress, in the opinion of leaders on both sides, was the passage of the preparedness program. This program was divided Into six bills, which ap propriated a total of nearly $700,000, 000 for the national defense. Farm Loan System. The rural credits bill provided a farm loan system and created a farm loan board to supervise the system. The shipping bill created a ship ping board and provided $50,000,000 for the purchase of ships to relieve the shortage of freight-carrying facili ties in foreign trade. The child-labor bill places a ban on the shipment of child-labor products in interstate and foreign commerce. The Philippines bill provides a more autonomous government for the Philippine islands. The vocational education bill provides for federal aid to the states for training in agricultural pursuits and in the trades. The workmen's compensation bill fixes the compensation to be paid to United States employees injured or killed. The good roads bill provides $S5,000,000 for federal aid to states in the construction of good roads. Railway Legislation. The eight-hour bill provided an eight-hour day for railroad employees engaged in actual transportation service and provided for investigation of operations of that plan. The emergency revenue bill provided $200,000,000 for current expenses of the government A closing act was passage of a bill providing for the purchase of the Danish West Indies for $25,000,000. The rivers and harbors bill appropriated $43,000,000 for Improvements to the harbors and waterways of the country. This was vigorously opposed as "pork barrel" measure. The Nicaragua treaty provided for the payment of $3,000,000 to Nicaragua for canal and coaling station rights. The Haitian treaty established a protectorate by the United States over the republic of Haiti. MARSHALL ASSAILS HUGHES Says Horse Must Strike Gait at First of Race to Win Believes Justice Got Poor Start. Winchester, Ky., Sept. 11. "In this blue grass region I need not remind you that the horse that doesn't strike his gait during the first quarter never finishes under the wire a winner," said Vice-President Marshall here at the opening of the state ."ampaign. "Republican Candidate Hughes, it is said, has not struck his gait," he said. Marshall assailed Hughes' campaign speeches as based upon "copious notes taken at conference with such political purists as Roles Penrose and men wedded to the Aldrich school of politics, with a soft pedal tone for the ears of the Progressives." Declaring that the administration hud achieved "more remedial legislation than was ever written by any two administrations." Marshall said that if the Republicans returned to power they would fail to enforce it.

GENERAL VON BERNHARD!

General von Bernhardt the noted German writer on war, has been given a command on the east front at his own request. ALLIES CONTINUE TO GAIN ON THE WESTERN FRONT London Announces Advance of Three and One-Half Miles in Week Important Positions Held. London, Sept. 11. Continuation of the great British offensive in Picardy has increased the gains to a depth of from two miles to a quarter of a mile along a front of three and one-half miles, for the week's activity. The Falfemont farm, Leuze wood, Guillemont and Ginchy were the most impor tant points captured. On the French sector of Picardy German attacks with liquid flame were repulsed after they had entered French trenches. At Verdun the French added 100 prisoners to.,the 200 previously cap tured in thoir brilliant success of Sat urday east of Flury. Paris, Sept. 8. The French have captured the German first line trenches over a front of one mile on the Verdun front, the war oflice announced. The breach in the German line was effected on the front northeast of Verdun between the Vaux-Chapitre region and the town of Chenois. The French took 250 prisoners. rue French statement acms that a powerful effort made by German troops to dislodge the French from Hospital farm on the Somine front was without success, and that the Ger mans were dispersed with heavy losses. Berlin, Sept. S. French troops have gained a foothold in Vermandovillers on the Somme front, the war office ad mitted. On the eastern front the Austro-Ger-man lines have been withdrawn on the Zlota Lipa front, in Galicia. GOLF TITLE TO 'CHICK' EVANS First Player in History to Land Both Crowns In the Same Season. Philadelphia, Sept. 11. Two men came out of the West, champions, and both from Chicago, to struggle for the ribbon of the links in the final grapple at the Marion Cricket club on Satur day, and when the decisive putt had been laid so close to the cup on the fifteenth green as to leave no doubt as to the outcome, one of these two men, Charles Evans, Jr., , had emerged champion of them all. -"Chick" de throned Robert Gardner, last year's winner, 4 and 3, over the 3G-hole route. NOW Evans wears the double Crown, amateur ana Open. INever Derore, eitner in uns country or ureat umain, 1 x.l . f a 1 t i f has the same man won both the ama teur and open title in the same season. Some few have landed both crowns, but never in the same year. Evans won the national open title at Minne apolls in June. WILSON AT SUMMER HOME Political Conferences Due This Week First Vacation for President This Year. r.nnsr Rnmph. N. .T. Sont. 11. Prosident Wilson began his first vacation of the year by laying plans for the "porch campaign" he wil conduct from Shadow Lawn. The president visited his daughter. Mrs. William G. McAdoo, who is ill at Spring Lake. He attend ed a theater performance here on Sat urday night. The president expects this week to get in active touch with the campaign. Vance McCormick, chairman of the Democratic national committee, will come here early in tlie week to begin a series of political conferences. Secretary McAdoo dis cussed the campaign with Mr. Wilson in a general way. RUSS SHELL, BURN HALICZ Gahcian of City, Sixty Miles Southwest Lemberg, Is in Flames, Says Petrograd. Petrograd, Sept. S. The Russians nre bombarding the Gallcian town of Halicz, about sixty miles southwest of Lemberg, says the Russian official report Issued on Thursday. The town is In Ii am es.

TAKE FORT SiLISTI

GERMAN-BULGAR FORCE CAPTURES STRONGHOLD NEAR ROUMANIAN CAPITAL. HEAVY LOSSES FOR ALLIES Austrians Drive Foe Back Following Battle in Transylvania, But Are Forced to Retire to Former Positions by Fierce Counter-Attacks. Berlin, via London, Sept. 11 Official announcement was made that the German and Bulgarian forces that are invading Dobrudja. eastern Roumania, have captured the Roumanian fortress of Silistria, on the Danube, 60 miles southeast of Bucharest, the Roumanian capital. The announcement follows: "Silistria has fallen. "The Roumanians and Russians during the last few days appear to have suffered very considerable losses. "South of Dorna-Watra (southern Bukowina) our troops came into touch with Roumanian forces." Called Key to Capital. Silistria is One Of the line Of IiOUmanian fortresses on the southern bank of the Danube. It is 2o mires northeast of Tutrakan, capture oi which river post by the invaders was announced last week. It has figured as an lmnortant fortress in earner i . wars. The city has about 15,000 in habitants. SUistria is considered the gateway to Bucharest. With Its guns disposed of there are practically no more nat ural obstacles to the drive of the Teutonic allies toward the Roumanian cap ital. Another aerial attack on the Rou manian Black sea coast and on Russian warships in these waters was announced officially as follows: "German seaplanes successfully dropped bombs on grain silos, oil tanks and the railroad station at Constanza, and also on the Russian naval forces in nnrf. Notwithstanding a hostile counter action, all our planes returned undamaged." Right Wing Forced Back. Vienna, via London, Sept. 11. After a uattie aionsr the road Denveen retroseny and Hatzeg, in lower Transyl vania, the invading Roumanian forces were driven back two and a half miles, the war office announced. The Roumanians then launched a new ana strong attack against the southern wing of the Austrian forces, which was compelled to retire. Teutons Capture 20,400. London, Sept. S. With more than 20.000 Roumanians captured by the Bui gar-Teutonic forces which stormed Tutrakan and its seven forts yester day the invasion of Roumania, which is now threatening Bucharest, and the sweep across Dodudja to cut the main Roumanian line of communication with the Black sea port of Constanza continues. The capture of Tutrakan is officially announced by Berlin and confirmed by Petrograd. Roumanians Continue Drive. Zurich, Sept. 9. During the first week of their participation in the war Roumanian troops took more than one hunJred villages and towns from the Austro-Hungarians and hoisted the na tional Üac. according to reports to Swiss newspapers. The dispatches state that everywhere in Transylvania the soldfers of King Ferdinand were enthusiastically received by the civilian population. HUGHES HITS 8-HOUR LAW Nominee Asserts Settlement by Con gress Is Another Step to Abdication Calls Act Deplorable. Hnmnton Beach. N. H.. Sent. 8.Charies E Hughes, in an address here rpfprrpd Vo the Adamson law. "not as referred to the Adamson law, "not as i i, n rarra I UU ClKUl'UUUl Vitl J 1 44. TT , UUL U 1 an eight-hour day law, but a wage nnA .io,wi t,nf ofiörrör.f lnw" nnd declared rhnt settlement of I ' lndustrIal disputes such as that recently made by congress was but "another step to the abdication of government Itself." His audience applauded loudly, "We cannot afford to surrender what . . . ... , .1

we nave won lor our institutions in leuce uucurreu wntu iuiwmei uumthls country," the nominee said, nlni, twenty-seven years old, a strike"What have we won? We have won breaker employed by the Interborough

the right to free discussion, a free press, a democratic lorm or govern ment free assemblage, free legisla tures and an executive chosen by the people. We have left autocracy. We have left tyranny. We h..ve left force. Thev shall not come back it we can prevent it "we have recently seen wnat 1 re gard as a very deplorable surrender of that principle. I am for the arbitra tion of industrial dispatches. That is afford to surrender that principle." CAR KILLS THREE TEACHERS Two Illinois Women and a Wisconsin Man Meet Death at Muncie, III. Danville, 111., Sept. 9. Three high school teachers, Miss Edith Ellenborg of Marion, 111., Miss Anna Kirkland of Urbana, 111., and Harold Gentven of Beaver Dam, Wis., were struck by an interurban car and Instantly killed at Muncie, 111., 12 miles west of here. The party had come from Champaign to inspect the new high school being constructed in Oakwood township, they having been engaged for the ensuing school year. On the way to Muncie they passed a Big Four train which was making so much noise they did not notice thecar coming on the interurban.

ALBERT S. BURLESON

Postmaster General Burleson was so vexed by the senate's rejection of the nomination of D. C. Williams for postmaster of Chicago that he threatened to ajve iyir Williams a recess appointment to the position. PRESIDENT WILSON SEES VICTORY FOR SUFFRAGE Vote Will Come in "Little While," He Tells Women at Atlantic CitySpeech Warmly Applauded. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 11. Tri umph for the woman's suffrage cause in a little while" was predicted by President Wilson here in a speech be fore the annual convention of the Na tional American Woman Suffrage as sociation. "I have come here to fight with you, the president ueciarea. limuediately the 4,000 women present stood and cheered. A few minutes later Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary presi dent of the association, with Mr. Wil son still present, declared : "We have waited long enough to get the vote. We want it now. I want it to come during your administration." Again the great audience of women stood and cheered, waving handkerchiefs. The president's pledge of support to the suffrage movement caused Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the organization, to say in a speech soon alter he closed: xou toucneu our hearts and won our fealty when you said you had come here to fight with us." The president did not speak on the method by which he would bring about woman suffrage, but said we snail not nuarrel in the lone: run as to the method of it." The women in their speeches also failed to mention the question of method. The president was warmly ap plauded before, during and after his speech. With Mrs. Wilson he sat dur ing several addresses. The meeting came to an end with the president and Mrs. Wilson standing between suffrage leaders joining in singing patriotic songs. Speaking of the future of the move ment Mr. Wilson declared that the tide was rising and would come to its flood. GOTHAM CAR STRIKE SPREADS New York Surface Lines Are Now Af fected General Industrial Tieup Threatened. New York, Sept. 11. The strike of unionized employees in the subway. on the elevated railway lines, and on surface cars of the New York Rail ways company which began last week spread to the surface car lines of the Second Avenue Railway company and Hip Third AvpniiP onmnnnv I , i' J These onmnnnips nnernfe vlrfnnllv all of the surface cars in Manhattan and the Bronx, and the strike, if successful, it is said, will completely tie up surface car traffic in the two boroughs. The first serious indication of vioi ,t rt i. -l rti Itapid Transit company, was shot and probably mortally wounded by an un identified assailant. A union official asserted that sus pension of work for at least 24 hours in au traue ainnateu witn tne Ameri can Federation of Labor in New York was likely. Thees trades, it is esti mated, employ 750,000 workers. AITKEN WINS THREE RACES Peugeot Driver Captures Events of the Harvest Auto Racing Classic at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Sept. 11. John Aitken, piloting Peugeot, won all three of the events of tin- Harvest auto racing classic on Saturday. He drove the last eight miles of the 100-mile event with a broken steering arm. Aitken led consistently throughout the race, except for a lap or two, with Eddie Rickenbacher a close second. The time was 1:07:05.04, an average of S9.44 miles an hour. The next three were Hughle Hughes, I-Ioskins special ; Wilbur D'Alene, Duesenberg, and George Buzane. Ralph De Palma was eighth. The best time was made In the 20mile event. The average speed in that was 95 :0S miles, with the time 12 :37.35, Howard Wilcox, rremler, was second. Chevrolet third, and Hughes fourth.

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Hoosier News Briefly Told OOOCXOOGOCOCOOOOOOCOOXXX3 Bicknoll. For the second time in a week 510 miners at the Indian Creek mine went on strike when the company employed nonunion men. Bloomington. -John A. Hunter, fiftytwo, the largest stone quarry operator in the Bloomington district, dropped dead. He was prominent in the af fairs of Indiana unlverstiy. Indianapolis. The D. M. Shively estate is the name of a South Bend com pany Incorporated with $75,000 capi tal stock. Directors: D. M. Shively, G. K. Bitner and A. A. Fulke. Anderson. An ordinance designed to prevent schoolchildren from attending "movies" except on Friday nights and Saturday is being drafted at the request of Mayor Mellett. Anderson. Little hope was held out for the recovery of Dale Gtbbs, twentyfour, formerly of Kokomo, who shot himself on the street with a revolver. Gibbs asserts the shooting was accidental. Hartford City. J. D. Brown, a Civil war veteran and a former resident I this city, committed suicide by shooting at 1is home in San Diego, Gal., Thursday, August 31. according to word received here. He was despondent because of sickness. Muncie. McCulloch park will have bathing and boating features next year by the damming of White river, if plans being considered by the board of park commissioners are completed. The Whiteley Malleable Iron Castings company has offered to give the city a large tract of ground as an addition t the park. Anderson. Six persons were injured in a movie theater here when panic-stricken men, women and children rushed for exits after fire had burst out in the film cage. The fact that two policemen happened to be in the theater and fought the crowds back with maces probably prevented loss of life. Indianapolis. Hail and rain storms in many sections of the state caused much damage and also proved of Immense benefit to crops. In many places rain was badly needed. It is estimated that $50,000 damage was done by a storm in Blackford county and railroad washouts were reported from Jefferson county. Muncie. Spreading rails are believed to have caused eastbound Chesapeake & Ohio train No. 4 to leave the track near Medford while traveling 40 miles an hour. A. N. Decker, baggageman of Chicago, sufTered the most serious injuries. His foot was badly mashed. The back of Robert Harris, engineer of Peruv was wrenched, and several others were slightly injured. Marion. Emma and Benjamin Myers of Lansing, Mich., have filed suit here against D. Rice and Elbert C. Ferris, asking that a deed given the defendants for property in Gas City formerly owned by Mrs. Myers be declared void. It Is alleged the deed was obtained through fraud and misrepresentation in the trading of properties. Tipton. Health officials believe they have smallpox well under control, no additional cases having been found since eight were reported among the children of three families Monday. The cases caused' a postponement at the opening of the city schools, and theaters, revival services and other public meetings have been closed temporarily. None of the patients Is in a serious condition. Indianapolis. The federal stamp taxes under schedules A and B, which yielded $490,000 last year In the Sixth revenue district, became inoperative Saturday midnight. Revenue officers notified all substations in the state of this. Among the articles included by the two schedules were promissory notes, bonds, express and freight bills, telegraph and telephone messages, perfumes, toilet water, cosmetics and other toilet articles. Michigan City Warden Edward J. Fogarty of the Indiana state prison has leased 2,150 acres of farm land near New Carlisle for a state prison farm. Prisoners will work the land and will be housed in the ten dwellings on it. There will be no guards at the farm, every man being placed on his honor. G. G. McCaulley, former guard, will be superintendent in charge. Warden Fogarty expects to build a cannery and a pickle factory on the farm next year. Indianapolis. The will of Addison C. Harris, former minister to Austria, which has been probated here, provides that his widow, "if she can make a good provision, give, say $50,000 to $100,000 to some institution in this state to help young men to a good, thorough education in the noble profession of law." The entire estate is given to the widow with other requests that she make bequests to certain relatives and to the Indianapolis Orphan asylum. The estate was valued at $300,000. Harris was greatly Interested in the Indiana Law school of this city, in which he was a lecturer. Newcastle. Sam Ford Bales, a teamster,, returned to his home and found his wife dead, with three small children and a baby grouped around her. Neighbors had seen her rocking the baby two hours before. Indianapolis. Edson E. Sarber, county superintendent of Kosciusko county, was appointed deputy superintendent of public instruction by Superintendent .Charles Greathouse. Greenfield. The Hancock county council adopted the 1017 budget providing for a levy of 20 cents, after eliminating provision for telephones ia the county offices. v