Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 42, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 June 1917 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER CHINESE REPUBLIC DON SANTIAGO ALBUNATE Seen and Heard J EN ED. DOANE, Publisher IS IN COLLAPSE In Indiana JASPER - - - - INDIANA

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Fighting for peace is the old-fashioned way of getting it

Golfers ought to be pretty handy with the patriotic hoel A fine substitute for coal has been found but it is away off in Alaska. And when Susie starts to knit socks for soldiers, she finds that some preparation is needed here also. There should be no difficulty in distinguishing a female spy code by the secret postscript Kaiser Wilhelm says his war Is as righteous now as It ever was. Precisely, neither more nor less. It is quite unnecessaYy to break off friendly relations with the frankfurter. From now on the fence between patriotism and pacifism is made of barbed wire. Much of the pain of this world is the result of trying to make the bunIon fit the shoe. This Is a war of the American peo ple, and the middleman is merely one of us Americans. The seed merchants and the flagmakers are going into the plutocratic class on high gear. ' When war comes It is astonishing to see how quickly knotty problems of International law fade away. The farm may be a healthful place ;to live, and again it may not. Country doctors usually are prosperous. The blunders that happen for lack of forethought generally pull a heavy train of afterthought behind them. This Is the year in which the ruta baga and the bean are more lovely than the geranium and the rubber plant Shark skins make good leather. jShark hunting might be substituted !for shark-dodging as a seaside sport. Maybe the reason Nicholas Bomanoff has not been offered $1,000,000 to act in the movies is the fear that he might accept. , There is bread cast upon the waters and there is the potato planted in good soil. Both may bring notable re turns. Money, cannot perform all the neces sary service in this war, but when freely given it is an earnest of deeds to jfollow. i Those adventurous young men who swore sports shirts in the face of pub,11c ridicule should make mettlesome 'soldiers. Another reason for the high cost of. living. A woman lecturer says that the less clothing a girl wears the more she must eat There was no need for that court decision giving wives the right to go :through their husbands' pockets. They'd do it anyway. i The consumer who buys all of the Jfood he can to store away in anticipation of a war shortage aiso runs the 'risk of overconsuming. A single silver-fox skin has Just been sold for $750, which is a high price, but the skin was worth more than $750 to the fox. The way some men want to die for their country is to sit down in a shady place and have somebody fötch them grub and fan the files off until they simply die of obesity. No man can show where he stands J by sitting down, nor even by walking 30 miles a day around a pool table. If you can't enlist, get in the furrow and follow where the old mule leads. Some would-be vacant-lot cultivators are due to discover that old tin cans, broken bottles and coal ashes cannot be made productive even by patriotic nrdor and a new set of garden tools. The Russian government has taken over all the crown estates of the former czar, said to be worth $2,000,000,000. His former" majesty didn't cominence to shovel snow and work in the garden any too soon. Which would you rather do or be the man who has proudly tacked up a flag in every window of his enormous building and then reads in the morning paper that it is unpatriotic to let them hang up all uight? Hopeful husbands are trying to persuade woeful wives to uproot the rubjber plant as a patriotic duty and raise potatoes in its stead. If you have a hog, keep your eye on him, feed him, treat him tenderly, love ;hlm. In the days to come his very fsqueal will be melodious.

Statistics show that insanity In 'Great Britain has diminished rapidly 4h the last three year. No doubt jmany who were crazy for war havt Ibeen cured.

President Li Yuan Hung Is Under

Guard Virtually a Prisoner in Peking. ARMY SPLIT INTO FACTIONS U. S. Forces Held in Readiness to Pro tect interests as Revolt Spreads Oniy Three Provinces Yet Loyal to Government Tientsin, .Tune 5. After less than six years' existence, a complete collapse menaces the republican form of government in China. A military dictatorship has been established and President Li Yuan Hung is virtually a prisoner in Peking. Two more provinces have seceded, bringing the number up to 11. The army has been split up into factions tinder the powerful military leaders. There has been a reorganization of the cabinet but ail authority is apparently vested in Hsu Shih-Chang, :the dictator. Civil War Imminent The American military force stationed in China are watching the situation closely, for there is wide-spread fear that Civil war is imminent. It is difficult to get news out of Peking, as the city has been isolated and a strong censorship established. A conference of the leaders who were responsible for the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty has been called In Canton. Dr. Sun Yat Sen has already arrived there. Thao-Julin, declared absolutely proJapanese, has been made minister of foreign affairs. . Tung-Haulung, former minister of communication, gets the ministry of the interior. Troops are now within 25 miles of Tientsin and are being moved rapidly towards Peking. The only three provinces still loyal to the president at Kwang-Tung, Kwang-Si and Yun-N'an. The assembly of Kwang-Tung has urged the dismissal of the military governor as an assurance of its loyalty to the tottering government It is believed that if the revolutionists continue in the ascendancy the three loyal provinces will rise in arms on the side of the president. President Li Yuan Hung was reported ready to introduce a bill including a declaration of war against Germany. It is doubtful, however, that there will be a quorum at parliament Disapproval or the pro-German pol icy of the Chinese government sowed the seeds of revolt in the nine provinces that declared their independence, May 31. Consuls Told of Break. Tientsin, June 5. The consuls here have been informed officially the province of Chi-Li has broken off relations with the central government. Detachments of troops have reached Siang-Wan-Chuan, 25 miles from Tientsin. Military headquarters have been established in Tientsin City. The troops are not to enter Tientsin, but will remain within a short distance of the city until the president's final decision is an nounced. NEW NAMES TO SEIZED SHIPS Secretary of Navy Daniels Announces Change in Designation of German Vessels. Washington, June 5. Secretary Daniels announced that names of the seized German ships assi navy have been changed ned to the as follows: Geler to Schurz; Breslau to Bridge port ; Kiel to Camden ; Liebenfels to Houston; Saxonia to Savannah; Vo gesen to Quincy, Nicaria to Pensa cola; Odenwald to Newport News; Hohenfelde to Long Beach ; Frieda Le onhardt to Astoria ; Andromeda to Bath; Rudolf Blumberg to Beaufort; Praesident to Klttery; Locksuu to Gutfport. RUSS REBELS GET ULTIMATUM Notified That They Must Give Up Their Efforts to Establish New Government. Petrograd, June 5. An ultimatum has been sent by the provisional government to radicals of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates who have set up a separate capital at Kronstadt. The followers of Anatole Lamanoff, the young student who was responsible for the Kronstadt movement, have been warned the radicals must give up their efforts to establish a separate government or take the consequences. TO DRAFT 1,500,000 AT ONCE Plans of War Department Disclosed to Senate Military Committee by Provost Marshal. Washington, June 5. Plans of the fwnr department to draft from 900,000 to 1,500,000 men of the 10.000,000 who, it is estimated, will register for the new army, were disclosed by Provost Marshal General Crowder to the senate military affairs committee. . Exemption, he said, probably would result in reducing the number to 025,000 jmen for immediate service.

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Senor Don Santiago Aldunate, am bassador of Chile to the United States, is one of his country's foremost men in governmental and diplomatic af fairs, and is the author of various works on law and political science. He was born in 1857. SPIES' PLAN REVEALED Three Men Captured as New York Police Uncover Plot. Same Method Used to Notify Germany When American Fleet Sailed From United States. New York, June 5. In the arrest here of a twenty-three-year-old German student, federal authorities believe they closed in on the trail of German agents in this country who have maintained an "underground mail system" into Mexico, transmitting military information thence to Berlin by a secret wireless station. New York, June 5. The system by which information in this couniry by German spies is transmitted to neutral countries and thence to Berlin was uncovered by the local police force and others in the arrest of three men and the seizure of a quantity of mail Intrusted to them by Germans, The arrests are believed to furnish the explanation of the manner in which Germany was informed of the crossing of the American destroyer flotilla four days before it had reached the other side and in time to enable German submarines to mine the port for which they were destined. The three men arrested are accused of carrying messages out of the country for German spies on board of steamships. Deputy Police Commissioner Guy Scull and Assistant United States District Attorney John C. Knox refused to name the country into which the information collected by spies was conveyed. Indications were that the messengers took reports of spies and letters from persons en gaged in trading with the enemy to German agents in Mexico. It is be lieved 'that military and naval lnfor mation of value to Germany was trans mitted to her by wireless. CHICAGO BANDITS GET $6,800 Take Money From Stock Yards Bank Cashier and Speed Away in an Auto. Chicago, June 5 George Meyer, messenger or the Stockmen's Trust and Savings bank, 5435 South Halsted street, was held up by two bandits just before noon at Fifty-fifth and Halsted streets, and robbed of $6.S00. Meyer was on his way to the bank when two men drove up in an automobile, leaped out, grabbed the satchel in which he was carrying the money, jumped back in the machine and sped away. ANTI-DRAFTERS ARE INDICTED Seven Principals Are Held by New York Judge Under Heavy Bonds. New York, June 5. Seven principals implicated in anti-conscription activities here were indicted before Judge Mayer in federal district court and then held in bonds ranging from $1.500 to $10,000 for trial this month. Miss Eleanor "Wilson Parker was held in $1,500 bond. Phillipsmd Cattell were held in $3,000 each. Bond in the case of Morris Becker and Louis Kramer was fixed at $10,000 each. Joseph Walker and Louis Sternberg were held in $7,500. NORWAY LOST 49 SHIPS Legation in London Hears of 75,397 Tonnage Destroyed TwentyFive Lives Lost. London, June 5. According to information received by thb Norwegian legation here, 49 Norwegian steamships, with a gross tonnage of 75,397, were sunk Jn May. Twenty-five lives were lost.

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Took Freak Ordinance to Set Matters Right KANSAS CITY. Something new in the way of freak special ordinances was discovered in the council docket. The ordinance, if passed, would have the council settle a private dispute over a $200 police court fine a

Joseph F. Keirnan. Mrs. Bicknell paid the $200. Later Mrs. Marrs complained to Burr N. Mosman, assistant city counselor, that fhe money with which the fine was paid had been realized from the sale of some diamonds belonging, not to Mrs. Bicknell, but to herself. Mrs. Marrs wanted the $200. There had been no intention on the part of Judge Keirnan to collect the fine, he having levied it merely as a club to keep Mr. Marrs in order. Consequently, when airs. Marrs had succeeded in interesting Mayor Edwards and several others in her case Mr. Mosman drew up and recommended the passage of the special ordinance. The ordinance, introduced by Alderman Townsend and approved by the ways and means committee, provides that the $200 be taken from the city and given to Mrs. Marrs. Marrs is a traveling salesman. It is said he and his wife have settled their matrimonial troubles and are living together again.

Unable to Enter Army, Youth Will Work Farm NEW YORK. The patriotic spirit of the youth of this country has manifested itself again and again among the undergraduate student bodies of the universities in this city. Each day brings stories of heroic deeds performed on the battlefields of Europe

by New York college men and of the students here forming into fighting units in preparation for the conflict. Now comes the tale of a group of young men eager to serve their country, but who because of physical disabilities may not go into the "first line." Their patriotic endeavor did not end there, however, and now having failed in their attempt to arm they will farm. Mr. H. H. Van Aken, a senior in

the New York University School of Law, was one of the first applicants to present himself at the offices of the Training Camps association after that body issued its call for men to enlist in the Plattsburg camp. The rigid physical examination preven'ed Mr. Van Aken from becoming an officer in the United States army. His application for enlistment in the regulars was also rejected and it then became necessary for Mr. Aken to turn his mind to other channels in order to serve his country. He decided to utilize a farm which had recently come into his possession in Ulster county just south of Kingston, N. Y. As soon as his decision to return to the farm had been made, Mr. Van Aken announced his intention to his classmates, and in less time than it takes to tell, enough men to work the farm all summer had volunteered their services. Irl each instance they were men who had endeavored to enter either the army or the navy and had been rejected because of physical disabilities. Beans and potatoes will be the principal articles grown, and chickens will be raised.

Visitor Tempted Fate, and i DETROIT. Well, he is dead, and I been hanging around my desk all too, trying to find out who did what

wasted on him. He hung around and hung around. I said, still with the courtesy due a guest: "Dern you I told you to beat it. Now, you beat it or I will heave a lead slug at you and squash you flat." Still he did not go. He hung around and buzzed around, and I couldn't think, or anything, and I said to the city editor that it was something awful the way anybody was allowed to come loafing around the city room and bother the reporters when they were trying to work, and he said something about how we always gotta be polite to visitors, without exception, because some time melibe they will have a scoop and give it to us, or something. So, for awhile I tried to ignore this party that kept bothering me, and tried to keep on writing, and even moved a paste pot so he wouldn't sit in it, and never said a thing when he wiped his feet on my coat, and then, just as I was chasing an elusive adjective up the tree of rhetoric, and all but had it treed on the tiptop limb, this guy starts in to sing ! Did you ever try to write something when anj'body is singing? Well it cannot be done. I glared at him horribly, but he kept on singing. I said to him, "Don't you know any better than to sing around here at ten o'clock at night, just before the bulldog is going to press, and sing?" And he got up right by my ear and began to sing again. And then is when I did it. He was the first mosquito!

Bean Like Rare Gem Adorns Senator's Tie WASHINGTON. Senator A. A. Jones of New Mexico, formerly first assistant secretary of the interior, has recently been presented with probably the most unique article of jewelry known to he craft. A little spotted

bean, known througnout tue boutn western states the only section of the country it which it thrives as the Pinto, is now being worn in the cravat of Senator Jones. It has been handsomely mounted in a solid gold setting and was received by the senator with the accompanying letter : "You will find in the mail of early date a registerea pacKage containing a true snecimen of the New Mexico Pinto bean mounted on a tie .

pin. A few months ago it might have seemed ridiculous to exalt the lowly bean to the realm previously occupied by the diamond, the pearl and other precious gems, but in view of the present prices which the legumes are now bringing, and their increasing scarcity, I have deemed them good material for the jeweler's art. "Twenty-two million pounds of these beans were raised last year on the dry farms of New Mexico. This year we are working hard to double this amount, for there is ncybetter food for the soldiers or the civilian than the bean, and we believe there is no betterr bean than the New Mexico Pinto. Should our senator, even for a moment, show his interest in our efforts by giving this little spotted bean a place in bis cravat, our farmers learning of the honor bestowed upon it, would get busy and raise the largest and best crop of Pintos in the bistory of New Mexico, or break sometbing in tbe effort. "M. R. GONZALEZ, "County Agricultural Agent. "Las Vegas, N. M., May 10."

matter which ordinarily would be threshed out in the criminal court or before a justice of the peace! The dispute is between Mrs. Archibald A. Marrs, 3S41 Wabash avenue, and Mrs. E. T. Bicknell. At t6 instance of Mrs. Marrs, her husband was arrested and later Mrs. Bicknell was also warned in the charge. They pleaded guilty to the charge against them in the South side court and were finned $100 each by Judge

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Retribution Was Sudden killed him, and it serves him right! He'd evening, doggone him ! and I was busy, at the Irvington flag raising, and needing all my natural acumen for the busi ness at hand. Then in he comes! At first I was inclined to be nice to him, because he was the first of his family to honor our city room with a visit this year, and I took his coming as an omen that spring couldn't be more 'n six weeks oft: now. So I was almost polite. I said: "Beat it can't you see I'm busy?" Well, politeness was altogether - THE ßEAN

Logansport. Dr. Charles E. Schooll, seventy-five, lies at point of death as the result of altercation with his neigh-J bor, Bert VIney, forty-four, over a drain. Muneie. Delaware county commissioners have refused renewal of license to C. L. Centlivre Brewing company of Ft. Wayne. Columbus. One of the horses of George Brunnen, farmer, was knocked: down by a stone thrown by dynamitej blast in quarry half a mile away. Muncie. Harold M. Sherritt, business man, is under arrest charged with giving liquor to miuors. South Bend. Six-year-old Halen M. Sawyer burned to death when her dress caught fire from a bonfire. Columbus. D. N. Nutter, dry cleaner, reported robbery of his cash register and discovered that friends had found his place unlocked and removed the money for safe keeping. Peoria. Methodist church here is to be re-dedicated. Anderson. The open forum on the constitutional convention held a banquet here. Muncie. The $1,000 bond of Jennie Albrigbt, charged with operating a "blind tiger" declared forfeited. Anderson. Tbe yearly meeting of Friends held here, elected Hev. Zeno H. Doan, Knigbtstown, president. Richmond. Wage earners here have petitioned for a municipal market. Delphi. Dr. Charles Haugh of the Haugh Coal company, died suddenly of heart disease. Bichmond. Schoolteachers here given raise of $51 a year. Columbia City. Corner stone of tho new city hall, laid. Brazil. James A. McNutt, seventyseven, is dead of old age. . Montieello The high sclwol gave diplomas to 2G students. Orleans. Washington county Sunday schools convened here and re-elected J. W. Lewis president. Greencastle. O. H. Bo wen has bought the De Sota hotel at Marion for $10,000. Marion. Thirty of tbe instructors in the schools of Grant county are subject to draft. Bicknell. Four suits have been filed by miners here for damages for injuries received in the mines. Noblesville. The ninth district convention of the Indiana Federation of Women's clubs was held here, with nine counties participating. Wotrhington. The seventh annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society was held here. Gary. P. W. Seyl, head of the Lassig Iron and Steel plant, Chicago, has been made general superintendent of the American Bridge company plant here. Evansville. Solomon Grundy, Civil war veteran and pioneer, is dead here, aged ninety-three.

Mount Jjummit. A Union traction car stx-uck a motor truck, killing Frank Seeley, stock buyer, and Arthur Alexander. Peru. W. W. Stout has sold 213 bushels of wheat for $042. Anderson. Madison county farmers report 40 per cent of corn planted with an acreage of 125,000, against 80,000 last year. Alexandria. The Alexandria Paper company will plant 75 acres in potatoes. Sullivan. While spading a garden on the Doctor Weir farm, Henry A. Hazelrod unearthed a small brass plate, evidently a relic of . old colonial days. Veedersburg. Boss Furr, "a farmer, suffered minor injuries and wrecked his automobile when he backed over an embankment near Covington. Plymouth. "Park day" was held in celebration of the formal opening of the new Centennial park, a tract of 20 acres, bought by the city for $6,000. Huntington. Ernest Hardin, nineteen, is nursing a broken nose as the result of being kicked by a horse. Both his eyelids were cut and turned black, but the sight was not injured. Lafayette. Contracts for Perdue university's new armory awarded to Leslie Colvin of Anderson! Indianapolis. Third annual covention of the Indiana Retail Dry Goods association will be held here June 12. Greenfield. High school here graduated a class of 49. Elwood. Graduating class from the' high school numbered 50. Colubus. High school alumni canceled the annual 'dance on account of the war. New Albany. Sixty-seven graduates frou the high school this year. Columbia City. Independent Bed Cross chapter of 225 members formed here. Bedford Thomas W. Box, former sherifT of Lawrence county, took horse medicine by mistake, but quick work saved his life. Evansville. Joseph F. Zimmerman, traTeling salesman, arrested 'for alleged passing of fraudulent checks. Marion. William E. Pence, fortyeight, farmer, blew his heart out witn a shotgun. Sharpsville. Newton Jasper Brown, aged sixty-four, first person born In tills city, has gone to the county farm to spend the rest of his days. Culver. The 191S meeting of Indiana Spanish-American war veterans will be held here. iiusnvuie. nusn uounry insn, uam. irul "Rirrl TVnrorr? v Association a&M been formed here. 1 Elwood. A slicht scratch on the

hand of Frank Schoenberger has TfeloDOd & case of tetanus.