Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 29 December 1916 — Page 2

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Dill BARS PEACE MRS. ARTHUR M. DODGE AI EARL CURZ0N PASSES RESOLUTION AGAINST ACCEPTING GERMANY'S PROPOSAL TO END WAR. PARIS REPORTS CAPTURE OF 9,250 GERMANS NORTH OF FORT DOUAUMONT. The new dimes will buy about as much as the old nickels used to. DRAFTS STATEWIDE DRY BILL

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They may have painless surgery, but they have not yet discovered the costless brand. The cost of living may be high, but it puts no curb upon extravagance and the enjoyment of life. That silent treatment would benefit many more of the Ills 'of the world . than mere tuberculosis. The first chauffeurs were bandits and some of the chauffeurs of today are of the same kidney. Picketing must be a popular pastime In San Francisco if they need a charter amendment to prohibit It. t Women are wearing more and costlier clothing, according to u department report, but not at one time. A woman aviator is said by her manager to be utterly fearless, but what could you expect her manager to say? This weather goes hard on the indigent motorist whose machine is in the last stages of gasoline consumption. Candy has gone up so high that the frugal youth may now content him self by sending his inamorata a jug of molasses. Being a divorced woman by occupation would appear to be a career profitable in direct ratio to the amoiint of the alimony. We suppose the egg trust will not he satisfied until humanity shall take off its hat whenever it stands in the presence of a hen. The price of undertakers' hardware has gone up on account of the war. 15ut that isn't the kind of hardware they use in the trenches. Poetry is said to be becoming increasingly popular, which is something else for those who believe in people working for a living to view with alarrn. Nothing enlivens a town like a warm of college boys, with caps and canes and ribbons. Under the circumf stances, who objects to a few "rah, runs?" The fate of the star aviators of both sides in the war shows that the wage of success is death. The only prospect which fame holds out to them is a brilliant doom. When four young girls earn $2,400 from the products of two acres of a garden, the high cost of keeping alive is softened so the thud is scarcely audible; fW them. L:Mn Americans refuse to buy our Klii 15; because our shlrtmakers insist in putting goods in the sleeves that Might to he added to the tails. Why not make it a Pan-American protest? Sawdust alcohol may prove good fuel for automobiles, as the chemists claim, hut safety would require in some instances that the tanks be closed so the chauffeurs couldn't draw any of it off. ' A prominent cartoonist has drawn a series of pictures to demonstrate that an absent-minded man should not get married. It has always been our impression that most married men prefer o be absent-minded. ! ! Although the Venus do Milo figure is now becoming fashionable, it will be seme time before the Venus de Milo foot will be widely copied and the greater the pity I A perfectly healthy woman can in ten minutes' conversation with a doctor convince herself that she is afflict ed with 15 ailments any ten of which are necessarily fatal. The girl who chooses a career that fails to include baby carriages, bibs and things will land at the gates of eternity with the consciousness that she has missed something. I At the current ratio of progress it .will not be many months until black diamonds take the place of the cheaper and more common, garden variety of Jewelry store diamonds tor per sonal wear. "Each whale carries about n half ton of whalebones about him." There is no great demand now for whalebone, which is no longer used for corsets and umbrella ribs, but the whales still have use for It Auto racers who keep up the pace after darkness fails should make pro vision in advnuce for the support of their families. As Cuba's potash deposits have turned out to be valueless, her Inde pendence will not be called in ques tion for the present. The news that the mints are busy making cents doesn't cheer the man who has been getting tired doing busi ness for a year and hasn't made a cent.

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Considers Lasting Peace Will Be Possible Only After a Decisive Victory Over Military Power of the Enemy Allies to Answer Note. London, Dec. 18. A dispatch to Reuters Telegaph company from Petrograd says: "The duma has unanimously passed a resolution against the acceptance of the German peace proposals after a spirited speech by the minister of foreign affairs." Stand Taken by Duma. The text of the resolution as received here follows: "The duma, having heard the statement by the minister of foreign affairs, unanimously favors a categorical refusal by the allied governments to enter, under present conditions, Into any peace negotiations whatever. "It considers that the German proposals are nothing more than fresh proof of the weakness of the enemy and a hypocritical act from which the enemy expects no real success, but by which It seeks to throw upon others the responsibility for the war and for what happened during it and to exculpate Itself before public opinion In Germany. Danger of Another War. "The duma considers that a premature peace would be not only a brief period of calm but would involve the danger of another bloody war and a renewal of the deplorable sacrifices by the people. It considers that a lasting peace will be possible only after a decisive victory over the military power of the enemy and after definite renunciation by Germany of the aspiration which makes her responsible for the world war and for the horrors by which it has been accompanied." Plan to Reply to Note. London, Dec. 18. Public opinion, as represented by the British press, is largely occupied in discussing tlie brief expression made by Andrew Bonar Law, the government leader in the house of commons, that the British government's policy still was based on "adequate reparation for the past and security for the future." It is noticeable that several Influ ential newspapers take the view that this leaves the way open for a policy of not summarily refusing to consider the proposal and for an enunciation of the essential aims and objects for which the entente allies are contend ing. The Manchester Guardian, re flecting provincial sentiment, and the Westminster Gazette are among the newspapers taking this view. Refusal If in Offensive Form. The Westminster Gazette says if the German proposal takes an offensive form and appears as if demanded by conquerors from the vanquished the only reply to the insult would be con temptuous silence and continues: "But if it is sincere we should desire to answer witn a reasonaDie ex planation of why our principal aims cannot be compromised and what kind of European system we think necessary to secure the future." Germans Demand Rights. Berlin. Dec. IS. The national liberal faction in thi relchstag, which attempt ed unsuccessfully to debate the chancellor's peace overtures, has addressed a communication to him protesting against wnat it terms tne complete elimination of the people as represent ed by the reichstag in deciding both Polish independence and peace mat ters. The communication complains that the reichstag was ouly informed of the steps taken in both cases after they had been completed acts, without giving the people's representatives an opportunity either to consult, co-operate or protest. The protestants conclude that Ger many's peace terms must now be settled definitely, since the overtures declare that the four central powers' gov ernments will make proposals, leading, in their conviction, to a lasting peace. They point out that if these proposals should be accepted, the German peo ple would be in a position of receiving a peace in which they had had no word, and demand imperatively that the reichstag be accorded its right to share in deciding all questions concern ing conditions after the war. Demand People Be Recognized. The chancellor is reminded that he has repeatedly called attention to the "moral greatness, unexemplifled sacrifice and wonderful spirit of the German people," and the protestants Insist that such a people must have the right in future to express their views through the reichstag. The communication declares that, on the occasion of a situation so far reaching in its consequences as .the present and no which the whole future of the fatherland depends, there must be a relation of confidence between the people and the government which has been lacking in the past England Asks Pay. London. Dec. 15. Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, said in the house of commons that no proposals for peace had yet been received by the British government from the central powers. He tdded that the entente allies required adequate reparation for the past and adequate security for the future. Premier Warns France. Purls, Dec. 14. Premier Briand dur-

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t KSK::: ..v- Jix Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, well known in New York society, was re-elected president of the National Anti-Suffrage association at its recent convention in Washington. ing last night's session of the chamber of deputies delivered a speech on the German imperial chancellor's peace proposal, in which he warned the country to beware of France's enemies. He added that Prance would not do less in the premises than the other members of the allied conference. The chamber passed a vote of confidence in the new government, 314 to 165. "1 have the duty to place my country on guard against possible poisoning," said M. Briand, amid applause. "When a country arms itself to the teeth, when it seizes men everywhere in violation of the laws of nations and enforces labor upon them, I should be guilty if I did not cry out to my country, 'Look out; take care.' "Blood on Their Hands." "1 have the right, in the first place, to say to our enemies for the hundredth time, 'The blood is on your hands, not upon ours. Not that 1 doubt the clear-sightedness' of my country, but in the face of these attempts to spread dissension among the allies I exclaim, 'The French republic will not do less than the convention.' " WILSON FORWARDS GERMAN PEACE NOTE TO THE ALLIES President Decides to Make No Recommendation Decision Arrived at After Cabinet Meeting. Washington, Dec. IS. President Wilson's decision to forward the central powers' peace notes to the entente allies without any mediation offer by the American government was made after a prolonged cabinet meeting. The notes received from Germany, Austria and Turkey were meant to be identical, but the translations received here differed slightly in wording, and an effort was made to harmonize them. Some officials suggested that the American representatives in each of the central allies' capitals should be requested to transmit the documents direct to American diplomats in the entente countries. The president has not determined whether any action in behalf of peace will be taken later by the United States on its own account, but is holding himself in readiness to serve in any way possible toward bringing the warring j nations together. In other quarters than the White House it was learned that some word indicating tlie official attitude of the entente allies toward the peace proposal is being awaited with the deepest interest. American diplomacy in the various questions relating to the war may be said to have stopped short, temporarily, with the announcement of the Teutonic offer to talk peace. SUICIDE MARKS GRAFT PROBE Davenport Realty Man Pens Note Implicating Two Aldermen and Then Endo Life. Davenport, la., Dec. 15. Oscar L. Susemlhl, a wealthy real estate man who a month ago is alleged to have offered two members of the Davenport city council $250 each if they would swing a deal whereby the city would purchase an old vinegar works building on which he had an option for a city toolhouse, committed suicide by shooting himself through tlie heart while in. his office. He left a note Implicating Aldermen J. C. Proestler and William Moeller, saying ihey were to receive a "split." A committee appointed by Mavor Berwald to Investigate the scandal was in session during the entire day. Beakes Loses Contest. Lansing, Mich., Dec. 15. Representative Samuel Beakes, a Democrat, lost his fight to obtain, as the result of al leged errors, a certificate of election over his RepuLftican opponent, Mark R. Bacon. Three Die in Michigan Mine. aiarquette, Alien., uec. 15. An elevator bucket plunged 70 feet to the bottom of the shaft In the Holme. mine at Ishpeming, killing three oX its occupants.

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General Nivelle Deliver! First Stroke Against Kaiser' Forces Since His Appointment to Supreme Command Troops Advance in Waves. London, Dec 1G. General Nivelle, France's man of action, has delivered his first stroke against the central powers since his appointment to supreme command. Dispatches from the Paris war olllce report an energetic offensive on the Verdun front, with impressive results. Berlin admits that in the new offensive tlie French have gained advantage on both sides of the River Meuse. Berlin Admits Losses. Berlin, Dec. 16, by wireless. French attacks delivered on the east bank of the Meuse in tlie Verdun region resulted in a gain of ground for them toward Louvremont and Hardaumont, the war oflice announced in a supplementary statement. British Open Drive in West. Berlin, Dec. IS (via Sayville). A sudden revival of the British "big push" on the western front was indicated by tlie German war oflice statement. The war office issued tlie following statement covering the fighting on the west front: "Near Hannecamps, north of the Ancre, English detachments, protected by strong fire, tried to enter our trenches. They were sanguinarily repulsed. "On the east bank of the Meuse tlie French continued their attack. After a violent struggle Besonvaux and the wood west of the village remained in their hands. Their thrusts continued farther northward, but broke down before our positions on the ridge north of the village ol! Besonvaux." 9,250 Germans Captured. Paris, Dec. 18. Every foot of tlie 12 square miles of territory north of Verdun won by the French in their brilliant stroke of Friday has been maintained. Two hundred and fifty officers and 9,000 men were made prisoner, according to the statement issued by the war office. On the right bank of the Meuse the French obtained two more successes today. The village of Besonvaux suffered the fate of its M-tifications, which were seized yesterday. And in Besonvaux, the French lines were advanced substantially. Eighty-one guns were captured by the French. Counter-Attack Fails. The Germans made a desperate assault against the French positions on Cote du Poivre (Pepper hill), between Vaucherauville and Louvemont. Gen. Nivelle stopped the attack with a machine gun barrage fire. The Germans are now back very close to the line from which they started their present offensive in February of this year. The territory which it took the crown prince eiht months to conquer has been recovered by General Nivelle in two short, sharp thrusts one last summer, extending over three days, and tlie second yesterday, of less than 24 hours' duration. TUG Verdun front today is virtually what it was on February 25. POISON KILLS 3 CONVICTS Prisoners at Joliet Penitentiary Extracted Wood Alcohol From Products Used in Shops. Joliet, 111., Dec. IS. Warden iichael Zimmer of the Joliet penitentiary said the six convicts who survived the wood alcohol debauch on Saturday, which killed four men would recover. It was thought three probably would die, but drastic measures have counteracted the poison. Prison "moonshining," by which con victs extract alcohol by strange chem ical processes from drugs and products used in the shop- behind the walls, enabled the men to obtain the alcohol from a shellac mixture. They believed the poison to be grain alcohol and drank it in an effort to forget the bitterness of prison life in the false joys of inebriety. The dead : Alexander Archer, Iroquoise county, fifth term for robbery; Martin Harris, Cook county, serving two years for a serious offense; Edward Williams, Cook county, serving fifth term for robbery ; Frank Dawson, Grandy county, one to fourteen years for robbery. GREECE GRANTS ALL DEMANDS Athens Dispatch Says Constantino Will 4 Withdraw Troops From Thessaly. London, Dec. 16. The Greek government has accepted the ultimatum presented by the entente allies, says a dispatch from Athens to the Central News agency. Athens (via London), Dec. 16. The demands if the entente allies presented to the Greek government were in the nature of an ultimatum. All Greek troops are to be withdrawn from Thes silly, according to the demands, and only a certain number of soldiers are to be concentrated In Poloponnesus. The demands for reparation for the events of December 1 and 2, when fighting took place hetween entente landing forces and Greek troops, are to be for mulftted later,

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ma New photograph of Earl Curzon, who is lord president of the council and a member of the war cabinet constituted by Lloyd-George. "NOTHING IN LAW," WOMEN . ARE TOLD BY DARROW Declares in Address at Chicago That Courts Are Boxing Rings With Poor Man Loser. Chicago, Dec. IS. Pretty lawyeresses by tlie score met in the rooms of tlie Brownleigh club to hear Clar ence Darrow encourage them in their chosen profession, but when he got through with them they were a much discouraged lot. The occasion was the monthly dinner of the Woman's Law league. "There is nothing in the law," said Mr. Darrow, to begin with. And then he proceeded to tell them what they could not do. "You can't be shining lights at the bar," he said, "because you are too kind. "You can never be corporation law yers because you are not cold-blooded. You have not a high grade of intellect. "You can never expect to get the fees that men get. I doubt if you ever make a living at the work you have chosen. "The courts today are like boxing rings where dwarfs are pitted against giants and the judges referee the game. "If a poor man gets sick and has to have an operation the best surgeon in tlie city will perform it free of charge. But if the poor man is charged with murder you can't get a decent lawyer to defend him free of charge. Make that your field." U. S. SUBMARINE IS WRECKED Twenty-Six Sailors Rescued From the H-3 Near Humboldt Bay, Cal. Goes Aground in Fog. Eureka, Cal., Dec. 15. Five of the crew of the United States submarine H-3, which had been pounding in the surf north of here since dawn Thursiy, with 26 men imprisoned in it. were Drought ashore on a breeches buoy. A short time after the remainng 21, including the two officers, were rescued by the same means. in a aense iog tne i-ö strucK a sand spit 300 yards off shore, just out side the entrance to Humboldt bay. while cruising iown the coast from Puget sound on its way to the Mare Island navy yard in San Francisco Day. it was accompanied by the Ü. S. S. Cheyenne and tlie submarines H-l and H-2. Officers of the Cheyenne said they believed that the accident was caused by the engines of the H-3 becoming disabled. The H-3, built in 1913, is command ed by Lieut. H. B. Bosnisch, with Lieut E. F. Zemke as second officer. BLASTS WRECK IRON PLANT Llewellyn Works at Los Angeles Burn and the Police Scent Bomb Conspiracy. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 18. Fire nearly wiped out the plant of the Llewellyn Iron works, causing damage estimated at more than $500,000. Sev eral explosions were reported to have occurred, and the police were Investigating to determine if they were inci dental to the fire or if the plant had been dynamited. Robert Lacy, mechanic at the plant, reported that two explosions had occurred, followed by flames. The tire si read to the Lacy Iron m . a j j a i worKS across tne street, out was brought under control. SENATE HONORS SAULSBURY Delaware Man Is Elected President Pro Tern, of the Upper Branch of Congress. Washington, Dec. 15. Senator WI1 lard Saulsbury (Dem.) oi Delaware was elected president pro tempore of the senate, receiving 41 votea to 22 for Senator Gallinger (Rep.) and 5 for Cenator Clapp of Minnesota, the candidate of the PrgreMlve-Republicaai.

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clude All Intoxicating Liquors and Specifically Names Alcohol, Whisky, Wine and Beer. Indianapolis. The bill to establish state-wide prohibition has been draft ed and will be introduced on the ilrst roll call day of the Indiana 1017 leirlslature. Senator Dorrell, representing Brown, Johnson and Monroe counties, outlined the provisions of the bill. which will exclude all intovifaHnir -.-(-, liquors and will snecilically name al cohol, whisky, brandy, gin, rum, wine, beer or "any snirituous. vinous, fer mented or malt liquor or liquid eoiitaimns intoxicating properties canablc of being used as a beverage, wheth er medical or not, and all liquids whether proprietary or patented, which contain alcohol." In a word. alcohol is to be banned in all forms for sale, purchose or to be furnished or disposed of in any manner except for medicinal, mechanical or sacra mental purposes. It is also made un lawful to advertise in any way any intoxicating beverages. Indianapolis. The public service commission reorganized with Thomas J. Duncan as chairman; Joseph O'lteilley as secretary and Charles J. Stewr art as chief clerk. The voting for of licers was unanimous. Chairman Dun can, in announcing the review for re ports from railroads and coal mines, in the state, said there was every In dication that the situation is greatly relieved and prospects for averting a coal tamine are a great üeai Det ter." The Clinton Electric Light and Power company petitioned the public service commission for authority to construct a transmission line to Dana to supply electricity at six to eleven cents per kilowatt hour for lighting and as low at 2 cents for power. Indianapolis. After many weeks' delay awaitiug new equipment, Field hospital No. 2, Indiana National Guard, comprised of five officers and 35 enlisted men, left for Llano Grande, Tex. The hospital corps was recruited by Maj. A. G. Chittick and is made up of men from Frankfort, Noblesville and Upland. Col. Aubrey L. Kuhlman, commanding the Third Indiana, regi ment, has received a letter of appre ciation from Brigadier General Lewis, stationed at Llano Grande, who declared that the Third Indiana made an excellent record on the border. Elkhart. Announcement of tlie ap pointment of Wilson Roose of this city as a member of tlie state board of bank examiners has stirred up a veritable hornet's nest in Elkhart county and city Republican circles. I-ocal party leaders declare they have sen "dou ble-crossed." Mr. Roose vas one of the foremost workers in the Progressive ranks when the new party was organized in this county and G. O. P. leaders maintain he had no connection with the Republican organization during the last campaign. Cicero. Tlie new Christian churcli was dedicated Sunday. It has just been completed at a cost of $10,000, by B. O. Hufford & Son, contractors, of Shirley, and is of brick veneer, with Bedford stone trimmings. The church has a seating capacity of about 375, with classrooms, robing room, choir loft and baptistry, in addition to the auditorium and a basement under tlie entire building. Rev. E. P. Couch of Cicero is the pastor. Bloomington. Stoutly declaring his innocence, Guy Reeves of Indianapolis, representative of the American Cast Iron and Pipe companj', is out on bond, following his Indictment on a charge of obtaining $2,075, graft money from the Monroe county council. The charge Is the outgrowth of a contract for supplying plans and materials for the proposed $75,000 enlargement of the Bloomington water works. Seymour. The dryhouse of the Whitewoocl Products company of Crothersville was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin. The factory manufactures wood novelties. For a while the entire factory was threatened. The loss was about $1,200. Anderson.- The heavy pull of factories using natural gas Is blamed for the threateaed shortage In several cities in central Indiana. Tipton, Anderson and Noblesville already have suffered. Evansville. Transportation and wire service in this corner of Indiana were paralyzed when a blinding bliz zard and zero weather came out of the West. Indianapolis. Governor Ralston, It is announced, will join Edwin Gates and Quincy Myers in a law firm after he leaves the governor's chair. Vincennes. Floyd Duckworth, twenty, was killed when run over by an electric-driven car in the Indiana Creek Coal company mine. New Albany. Charles Miller, thirty, of Louisville, fell from a Southern train on which he was staling a ride here, and suffered such severe injuries he may die. Hammond. Omaha Burse, fourteen, a Mexican Indian, was convicted here of second-degree murder for killing Richard Calveron, colored, of Chicago, at Gary, September 19. Oaktown. The new building of the Holmes Christian church on Grays ridge, seven miles west of town, was dedicated by the congregation, Sunday. Rev. A. 31. Ewing of Frankfort had charge trJ the services.