Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 12, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 November 1916 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER i BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher

JASPER - - - - INDIANA Being blackmailed is the luxury of nhc careless rich. If Mary still has her famous Iamb she qualifies as an heiress. There is no harm in looking upon the crabapplc Jelly when it is red. . Man makes most of his own trouble and some of the other fellow's. A record breaking hay crop will not reduce the prices of breakfast food. One reason for the high price of veal Is that it is bound in genuine calfskin. This world wasted too much time explaining things that are in the past tense. Another problem that never has been solved is why the innocent bystander bystands. The higher the price of a pair of kid boots, the higher the tops of the boots seem to go. People nowadays who cast bread on the waters appear to have it attached to a hook and line. Probably the most sensible thing to lay aside for a rainy day Is a good serviceable raincoat. Strange ns It may appear, the more ;a man pleases himself, the less he pleases other people. And the worst part of riding on the ba'ck seat of a motorcycle is that some girls seem to enjoy if The old-fashioned poet who wrote that "life is a fleeting show" must have foreseen the movies. A ship from Iceland for the first time In centuries brings no threat of .competition to the coal man. If a girl is in love with a young man who smokes, the odor of burning tobacco doesn't make her sick. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Now we read of a young fellow who stole a prizefighter's automobile. The weed nuisance is not confined to country roads. The crop on some vacant lots on city streets is excellent Is a man who tries to raise a few vegetables in his back yard each year entitled to the benefits of the farmloan bill? One of the new coins will show a full length figure of the Goddess ol Liberty holding olive branches. A gold peace as it were. Red flannel underwear Is doomed because of the scarcity of dye stuffs. Thank goodness something has hap pened to it. When you can read of a motorist or motorcyclist fined for opening his muf fler ,you still have something to be thankful for. The disturbing thing about the ento mologlst's prediction of a shortage of apples Is that there is no substitute that Is equally good. Of a successful forger it is said "lie is a glib talker and has little trou ble in collecting on his worthless checks." Where now Is the man who used to say that there was no good in elocution? The odorless onion Is announced. People who like oaions will want to know whether It is flavorless as well, and If It Is they will call for the old style. The man who already has $14 saved up toward buying a touring car may be somewhat discouraged by the change in crude oil prices to an upward tendency. "Those who make the songs of a nation are usually not the grammarians' says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Frequently they are not the musicians, more is the pity. There was a net inflow of gold for the year ending with August of $410,000,000, but if one may judge from the Jitney limits of one's change pocket lhat gold is a good deal better at inflowing than it is at circulating. The biggest lemon ever raised In California measures IS1 Inches in circumference one way and lO1, Inches the other, weighing three pounds.. Of course, there are lemons that are larger, but they are not good for food. For some reason or other people invariably want to kick the man who predicts that tin war in Europe will last five years longer. Anything less than destruction wUl be considered by the tussock moths as an Invitation to come again next summer and bring their folks. Prices have been advancing and money has been growing cheaper ever since money was invented. Yet people are constantly amazed at each new pi-us of the process.

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DEUTSCHLAND ARRIVES AT NEW LONDON, CONN., WITH $10,. 000,000 CARGO. CAPT. KOENIG IN COMMAND Commander of German Subsea Liner Declares That Sister Submarine Bremen Had an Accident and Sank Says He Dod&ed Warships on Way. New London, Conn., Nov. 2. Guarded like a sacred thing, tho undersea freighter Deutschland, commanded by Capt. Paul Koenlg, with a cargo worth $10,000,000, rests In her cradle in the Thames river at the end of her second trans-Atlantic voyage, the German's proof of having beaten the British blockade. Speaking for Its owners, the captain said that, despite the fate of the Bremen, that never reached port, the fact that the Deutschland had made the voyage twice proved the feasibility of the under-water freight trade, and announced that with the early completion of the Amerika, sister ship to the Deutschland and the Bremen, thsre would be established a regular service from Bremen to New London, with sailings every 40 days. It was said the Deutschtand would start for Germany In a fortnight and return as soon as practicable. Admits Bremen Is Lost. The joy of the Gerxians who came here to welcome the Deutschland was dampened by the announcement brought by Captain Koeilg that the Bremen had been lost at .sea. He said It sailed from Bremen on August 20 and started on the English channel route to New London, He said the German government had positive knowledge that It had 'oeen lost in an accident due either to a storm or a collision. Captain Schwartzkopf, a friend of Captain Kenlg, was commander oi the Bremen, which carried a cargo of dyes and chemicals and had a crew of 28 men. Captain Koenlg said that the cargo this time was worth $10,000,000, while the first cargo was worth but $1,500,000. Serum to Fight Plague. It was learned on good authority Lhat the high value of the Deutschland car go is due to the fact that it carries a large amount of securities, as well .s large conslngments of precious stones. Captain Koenig said it was probable that in the supplies of drugs cached within the cargo might be some serum for the treatment of infantile paraly sis. "I know there Isn't much," he said, "because it takes monkeys to produce it, and in Germany we have now no monkeys." Captain Koenig, who was decorated five times for the way in which he took the Deutschland through her first trip, telling of the trials of the second voyage, said: "We left Bremen In broad daylight, October 10. As soon as we got into the North sea we encountered heavy gales from the southwest. Instead of going through the English channel, as we did on our first trip, we went through the Fair Island channel, between the Orkneys and Scotland. Cruisers Are Sighted. "We saw a number of British cruis ers in the North sea, but they did not see us. As soon as we got around the coast of Scotland we steered a straight course for Newfoundland. "We soon struck very heavy gales. Beginning with the sixth day out, and four days following, we did not make a mile of headway, but just tried to keep on our course. After giving other details of the voy age the captain said: "It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when we glimpsed No Man's Land in hazy weather. We submerged and steered southward until we dropped anchor at the mouth of the Thames at midnight." A few moments after anchoring, the Efco, the motorboat of the Eastern Forwarding company, was not?tied, and brought the health officer a-Jd Captain Hinsch of the Deutsche Ozean Rhederei, owners of the Deutschland. Two hours later the Deutschland, uu der Its own power, moved slowly up to the new state pier and made fast alongside the Eastern Forwarding company's warehouse. Dodged British Warships. The Deutschland brought the same crew It had on Its first trip. Captain Koenig said that on the way over he saw nothing of the Ü-53, but he had heard of Its exploits oft: the American coast before he left Bremen. He also had heard of It by way of the -wireless station at Nauen. The commander of the Deutschland said it had become a simple thing .o dodge English warships. "You simply dodge under them," he said. "1 had to dodge them at least seven times coming over, but I simply submerged until they were out of sight. Altogether, however, on the way over. 1 submerged only for about uiuety-five miles, about the same as 1 did on my first trip." In addition to seeing British war shins in the North sea the captain said he had seen patrol boats off Scotland and several cruisers In midocean. "1 should say that in a fortnight vou will see me no more for a while, but then don't be sad, for 1 will be back right away." The Deutschland brought over sev era! packages of mall for Count von Bernstorff, German ambassador.

MRS. FRANK P. SCRIVNER

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Mrs. Frank P. Scrivner of Balti more Is in charge of the biennial convention of the International Federa tion of Catholic Alumnae, which will meet in Baltimore November 27. BERLIN REPORTS VICTORY OVER THE ROUMANIANS Foe Was Defeated Near Campulung 1,000 Slain Outright and Many Others Wounded. Berlin (via Sayville wireless), Nov. 6. The steady advances of General von Falkenhayn's forces toward Bu charest has resulted in a victory north east of Campulung in which 1,000 Roumanians were killed outright and large numbers wounded and captured. South east of Kothenthurm pass and west of Syurduk pass, Roumanians who had advanced - were thrown back and 150 captured. Ir the Clabaucetel region 1,147 Roumanians were captured. The war office reports as follows: "Front of Archduke Charles of Aus tria Russians in the Tolgyes sector gained local advantages. "On the south front engagements between Altychanz and the Bodza pass road are still going on. The height of Bosca has been reconquered. 'The successes already obtained by us in the region of Predeal pass were enlarged by the storming of Clabaucetul Baiului. "The entire Clabaucetel position is in our possession. It had been constructed especially strong and was defended tenaciously. Here G47 men and 24 officers, among whom was one regi ment commander, were brought in. Yesterday our allied troops made pris oners 1,147 Roumanians and captured eight cannon and 20 .machine guns. "Our regiment, No. 18S, deserves special praise. On clearing the bat tle field northeast of Campulung 1,000 Roumanians, in round figures, were buried in one district between Argesului and the Targuli valley." Bucharest (via. London), Nov. 2. The ttoumanians have driven farther back the Austro-German forces in the Jiul region of the Transylvania front and are continuing the pursuit, the war office announced. They have cap tured more than 000 men and a great quantity of materials. Petrograd (via London), Nov. 2. Austro-German forces have occupied the Roumanian villages of Recovitza and Titechto, about eleven miles south of Rothenthurm pass, on the Transylvanian frontier, according to the Russian official statement, the Russians "retiring a little to the south." RESTORE POLISH SELF-RULE Proclamations Indorsed by Kaiser and Austrian Ruler Read in Cities Country to Have Army. Berlin (via Sayville, L. I.), Nov. 6. Poland, rich in romance, of storied interest almost unparalleled in fascination, was re-created on Sunday. Proclamations re-establishing the right of the Polish nation to control its own destinies, were read at Warsaw and at Lublin. General von Beseler offi ciated at AVarsaw and General Kuk at Lublin. The event, marking one of the greatest moments in the history of Europe, was the consummation of joint action of the German 'emperor and the emperor of Austria. The form of government established by the proc lamation is "described as an autonomous hereditary monarchy. In effect, it extends to the Polish province occupied by the central powers, with respect to city administration, rights of self-government similar to those enjoyed by the city of Warsaw since early in the war. A Polish army is to be created. TRAIN HITS AUTO: 3 KILLED Wealthy West Virginia Lumberman and Two Women Are Victims of Crash. Flinton. W. Va.. Nov. 2. James Gwinn, a wealthy lumberman, was Instantly killed, as were Mrs. J. J- Holland and Miss Ada Gunther, who were riding with him. when his automobile was struck by a Chesapeake & Ohio railroad train at a crossing near here.

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PETROGRAD ADMITS GERMANS SEIZED TRENCHES ON THE STOKHOD IN VOLHYNIA. SLAVS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES Berlin Declares That Troops Under Von Linsingen Took Positions by Storm and Captured 22 Officers and 1,508 Men. Petrograd, Nov. 3. German troops captured advanced Russian trenches on the western bank of the Stokhod river, south of Witoniez, in Volhynia, after the Russians had repelled three previous attacks, says the announcement of the war office. j Berlin Tells of Victory. Berlin, Nov. 3. The capture of Russian positions in Volhynia along with more than 1,500 prisoners by the Germans was reported by the war office. The following official report was given out: "Eastern Front Army group of Prince Leopold The Westphalian and Frisian troops under Gen. von Linsi ngen and Maj. Gen. von Ditfurth have captured by storm Russian positions which had been pushed forward on the left bank of the Stokhod river south of Vitoniez. In addition to heavy losses inflicted upon the enemy we captured 22 officers, 1.50S men, ten machine guns and three mine throwers. Our losses were small. " "Further south, near Alexandrovka, we made a successful raid, capturing CO prisoners." ITALIANS HEPULSE 5 ATTACKS Rome Statement Says 8,992 Austrians Were Captured in Four Days' Fighting 41,373 Taken Since Aug. 6. Home (via London), Nov. G. Italian troops lighting on the Austro-Italian front in the last four days have taken prisoner 270 Austro-Hungarian officers and 8,722 men, says the statement issued by the Italian war department. Since the Italian offensive started on the Julian front, August G, the Italians have captured 40,365 Austro-Hungari-ans, including 1,00S officers. In the Travignolo valley, after attempting a demonstrative action on Mont Col Bricon, the Austrians launched five successive attacks against the so-called observatory on the slopes of Clima Boeche, according to the official statement issued here. They were all driven off with heavy loss and a counter-attack at the point of the bayonet eventually dispersed the enemy, who left numerous bodies, including those of four officers, on the ground. GERMANS QUIT FORT VAUX Berlin Says Teutons Evacuated Stronghold Near Verdun Following Terrific Bombardment by French. Berlin, Nov. 3. Fort Vaux on the Verdun front has been evacuated by the Germans, it was officially announced by the German war office. Following a violent bombardment, during which hundreds of great French guns poured tons of steel upon the battered work, the Germans withdrew. A great deal of the fort had been demolished before the Germans with drew. Gains for both the Germans and al lies were reported from the Scmme front by the war office. Fighting their way forward through the fog and battle smoke, the French won fresh ground last night on the Somrac front and the Les Boeufs-Sailly saillisel line. BANK ROBBER IS CAPTURED Bandit Who Forced Cashier of Eau Claire, Mich., Institution to Give Him $4,000 Arrested. St. Joseph, Mich., Nov. 2. "I did not intend to rob the bank when I entered. I merely wanted to close a business deal relative to banking funds so that I might buy potatoes, but the cashier looked so easy that I took a chance." This was the story given by Frank Iiainey, aged forty-three, giving his home, as Hillsdale, Mich., who on Wednesday afternoon, single-handedly, held up and robbed Vere Beckwith, thirty-y ear-old cashier of the Eau Claire State bank, 20 miles east of here, of the bank's entire currency deposits of $4,00C. Rainey, who claims he was released from the Kalamazoo state hospital last July, was captured by Sheriff Fred C. Franz on Wednes day night in a swamp near Eau Claire. BANDITS ROB BANK OF $10,000 Private Institution at Braidwood, 111., Held Up by Six Men in an Auto Cut Wires Into Town. Braidwood, ill., Nov. 3. A highpowered racing automobile Hashed out of the darkness into this town on Wednesday night and before the in habitants could be aroused six auto mobile bandits cut all telephone and telegraph wires, blew open the vaults of a bank and escaped with loot val ued at $10,000. The bank was a pri vate Institution owned by W. K. Odell & Co. Mrs. Emma Hin es was awakened by the explosion, but was frustrated in her attempt to arouse the resideuts by the cutting of the telephone wires.

HENRY P. DAVIDSON

To sit in a French warplane about a mile above the battlefield at Combles during the taking of that town by the allied armies and see the two great fighting machines hurling themselves against each other and then finally to whiz three miles back of the German trenches during the height of the en gagement while the enemy tried unsuccessfully to bring the machine to the ground, was the thrilling experience of Henry P. Davidson, vice president of J. P. Morgan & Co., who ar rived in this country from England aboard the American liner Philadelphia. The banker's visit to London and Paris was primarily for the pur pose of arranging a new $30,000,000 war loan. SIX KILLED, 40 WOUNDED IN RIOT AT EVERETT, WASH. Two Hundred and Fifty I. W. W.'s Open Fire on Officers Defeated Band Arrested. Everett, Wash., Nov. G. At least six men were killed and 40 wounded in a pitched battle at the Everett city wharf between 250 members of the Industrial Workers of the World, who came here from Seattle on the steamer Verona, and a posse of 150 citizens, headed by Sheriff Don McRae. Sheriff McRae is among the seriously wounded. After the fight, in which about 1,000 shots were exchanged the Verona turned around and started back to Seattle. Many men were seen to fall on the deck of the steamer during the battle, and others, panic-stricken, jumped overboard. Some were taken from the water, but others disappeared, and it is believed they were drowned. The Verona reached Everett shortly before 2 p. m. The coming of the party of invaders had been an nounced in messages sent to Everett from Seattle headquarters. When the Verona reached the city wharf Sheriff McKae stepped forward and informed the men on the boat that they would not be permitted to land. One of the men, evidently spokesman for the party, began arguing with the sheriff and then made a speech. Apparently as a signal, the man dropped his head, and armed men on the steamer opened fire on the posse assembled on the wharf. The first man to fall was Sheriff McRae. One man, formerly a lieuten ant in the Washington National Guard, was killed instantly, and in a moment the crowd on shore was panicstricken. Deputy sheriffs on the wharf quickly rallied their forces, however, and returned the fire. Seattle, Wash., Nov. G. Gov. Ernst Lister said he would order the National Guard to police Everett. The Verona returned here with five dead and twenty injured on board. Two of the injured are not expected to recover. When the Verona pulled into its slip the wharf was surrounded by policemen, some armed with shotguns and others witli drawn revolvers, and thirty National Guardsmen, under command of Capt. Paul Edwards. All the guardsmen stood with fixed bayonets and their belts filled with ball cart ridges, All the uninjured men were loaded into automobiles under heavy police guard and taken to the city jail, where they were locked up. GOTHAM GUARD ADMITS PLOT New York Striker Tells Police He Put Bomb in the Subway Station. New York, Nov. 4. James Merna, a subway guard on strike, confessed to the police on Friday that he set oft: the bomb that wrecked the Lennox avenue subway station on the morning of October 25. 'T would willingly give up my life." ho said, "for the benefit of 11,000 workingmen. No one else is to blame for the plot." Merna's father is a ruotornian on strike. Three associates of Merna have confessed they were implicated in the plot that resulted in the destruction of the Lenox avenue station. Capture Macedonian Town. L'aris. Nov. 4. Capture by the British troops in Macedonia of the village Alipsa, on the left bank of the Struma. was announced by the French war Oftice.

STATE NEWS IN BRIEF

Jeffersonvillo. Fht rases of scarlet fever have appeared at the .Teffersonville Orphans' home, where there are more than 40 children. Sfielbyville. Judge AlonzO Blair .ot the Shelby circuit court has ordered the dismissal of a suit for damages filed by Henry Leo Kelley against the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal company, and brought here on a change of venue from Marion county, because costs in a similar ac-' tion tiled some time ago have not been paid. Huntingsburg. Claude Stevens, a young man about twenty years old, giving Gibson county, Tennessee, as his home, was arrested in Madisonville, Ky., accused of horse stealing, Slaving in his possession the horse and buggy of Frank A. Klosterman of this city. He was brought here and, after a preliminary 'hearing, was bound over to the circuit court. Hammond Will Nill, chief of the Hammond fire department, and his men fought a big fire in North Hammond in full-dress suits. The chief and Mrs. Nill had just begun the grand march at the annual firemen's pension benefit ball when the alarm was given. The dance, which netted the department .$2,000, was resumed after two hours' delay. Princeton. Guinn Heniken, fiftyfive, a carpenter employed at the Southern railroad shops, fell from a pile of lumber and was dead when reached by fellow workmen. He had been stricken with heart disease. The widow and four children survive In addition to his mother, Mrs. Mary Kimball of Albion, 111., and a brother, John Heniken of Mt. Carmel, 111. Quincy. Thomas Allee is search ing for his son, Nathan, age fif teen, who disappeared and was last heard of in Terre Haute. He Is about five feet eight inches tall, weighing about 115 pounds. He has heavy dark eyebrows and blue eyes, and he wore a light suit with belt In the back, black and white check cap, shirt with white collar and dark tie, black shoes, and brown gloves. Muncie. Three schoolgirls were fatally injured, Peter Knoth, driver of a school hack, was seriously injured, and 17 other children were bruised when a Union Traction line car crashed into a school hack near Como. The children expected to die are Maggie Gant, Mabel Wagner and Goldie Stephens. The fact that the traction car only struck the rear of the school wagon saved many from death. It is alleged the driver failed to stop before attempting to cross the railroad tracks. Shelbyville. Joseph Bellis, who says he was sentenced to the state prison at Michigan City from Marion county for a term of two to six years on a charge of larceny, July 24, 190G, walked into police headquarters here, with his wife, and said that he desired to give himself up. He is being held here on a loitering charge, pending word from the warden of the state prison. Bellis and his wife have been working on farms in this county for some time. Mrs. Bellis returned to her work after her husband had been placed In'jall. Marion. The rural churches of Grant county will hold a conference at the Maple Run church, In Franklin township, December 13 and 14, when Prof. G. I. Christie, Miss Lulu Gaddis and O. Hill of Purdue university will give addresses. This is said to be the first of the county rural conferences to . be held in a rural church. Mrs. Culla J. Yayhinger, state president of the W. C. T. U., will be asked to give an address." Columbus. At a joint meeting of the boards of elders and deacons of the Tabernacle Christian church, Rev. Eugene Martin, pastor of the Central Christian church here, was chosen assistant pastor of the Tabernacle Christian church. The congregations of the Tabernacle and Central Christian churches were merged at a meeting at the Tabernacle. The Central church was organized In August, 1S99, and was composed chiefly of former members of the Tabernacle. No disposition has been made of the Central church property. Brazil. Pickpockets, working in the crowd that gathered here to hear Charles E. Hughes speak, robbed at least 12 persons, who have reported to the police losses aggregating about 250. Frank Killion of Center Point lost $110. The police arrested a man who gave his name as George Hanna of Evanston, 111., who the police said was caught in the act of putting his hand In a man's pocket He had only $24. He said he was here looking for a location for a grocery. The police fired at several men who were boarding a freight train, and arrested Dan Hampton of Bloomington, on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. He had a revolver, and was fined .$25 and costs, which he paid. Brazil. Fred Elliott, a wagon driver for the Standard Oil company, lighted a match to look into a coal oil tank to see how much oil a grocer needed. An explosion resulted. The grocery store also caught fire, but the damage was slight. Evansvllle. The Vanderburg county grand jury has returned an indictment against Charles Stuart, charging murder In the first degree. Stuart shot, and killed AI Stelner on e night of .October 17 in the presence of his own wife. Jealousy is attributed as th cause by the state. It is understood Stuart will plead self-defense.

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