Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 60, Number 3, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 September 1917 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER EM CD. DOANE, Publisher UASPER - - - - INDIANA

American smokes for American soltief. No others go to the right spot. Waste a little every day. Pa Is so weed to having his nose to the grindtotie that he doesn't mind it. Misfortunes never come singly. After losing his throne, "Czar" Nick fcroko his leg riding a bicycle. Horizontal stripes will be much worn this year by young men who did not register for military service. tfWar dodger" is a misnomer. Nojbody on earth can dodge it, but some re going to be punished for trying. In knocking railway locomotives off the track automobiles are no more successful than they were last summer. Higher mathematics must now be Kindled by the cutter who divides the pie into gustable fractional currency. Without sacrifice there Is no love. When wo have fought for our country we shall be able to love It better. There's another comforting thought the war must seem just as difficult task to tho Germans as it does to us. The women of. the country are dodig their bit towards canning the knitter by canning the surplus food supply. If this war continues much longer the world may learn to subsist by chewing gum flavored with meat gravy. A new revision of the old adage wight read: Save your pennies and the war hogs will take care of your dollars. Our plans of winning Ihc war are very much in tho air at present, but In the entirely new sense of m the phrase. In the interest of economy, why not sc the largest stamp possible instead of smaller stamps of the same aggregate value? Five interned German ships have been turned ovesr to the United States by Cuba. Every little helps in these U-boat times. Voting men physically unfit for military service may be glad of it but It should be easy for them to avoid seeming proud of It. A Berlin paper says that the kalter and the German people are one. But that doesn't leave much room for the German people. Summer Is usually referred to as "the silly season." Tills year's summer has been one of the most serious seasons in history. Those of us who used to argue that America could raise an army of a million men over night were, of course, spcakiug of a polar night. JCtic Germans probably don't know Hint many a hunter has regretted making too free, with a bear that was drunk on fermented honey. Not only has tho price of buttons Increased from 00 cents to $1.20 a gross since tho beginning of the war, but the price of shingle nails also has gone up. It would never do for a highbrow with the large horn rims to fall over--board, as every nervous gunner on a passing ship would be firing at his tKriscopc. On the other hand, if a young married man should not claim exemption It might be accepted at home as an Judication that he considers that there are worse things than war. That's a shrewd otd fellow who calculates that the plan of guaranteeing two dollars a bushel for wheat Is likely to play the mischief with the campaign for economizing on gasoline. A thing more mysterious and weird than the Mammoth cave, is the person who doesn't take a newspaper, has ho telephone and yet knows all the news before it happens. Tkat food situation has not been wet up to this time. If congress and the people don't watch out It will be the custom next winter to punch holes In the trousers belt up to within three Inches of tho buckle. It Is reported that one of the Greek rovnl family is to marry a rich American woman, The prince Is shrewd enough to see the sIros of the times and to get In from under the rain while good chnnces are around. We think we admire art but. to be frank, we'd rather see a small boy bury his face in a large wedge of watermelon than view a painting of sunset. Uelng constderntc of alien feelings t the expanse of American lives Is poor patriotism and worse democracy. When the new export policy begins to pinch, the government otilclnls In Berlin, from tho kaiser down, will find out how much concern they have over America's onlrnnco Into tho war.

TEUTONS RETIRE

FROM FLANDERS Evacuation of Several Towns Is Reported. Amsterdam, Sept. 17. The population of the Belgian city of. Roulers, behind the German front, has been removed and the transportation of the inhabitants at Ostend has been begun, according to the Handelsblad. The newspaper says 2,000 persons have departed from Courtrat, and that many Belgians have been forced to work on the defenses of Tourcoing. This report is in line with advices received a week "or so ago from Hazebrouck, northern France, that western Flanders was being evacuated by" the Germans as far as the CourtraitThomrout line. Raids by the British near Ivernetfs Copse and Chorisy, on the Flanders front, which gave them new positions from which the Germans were un able to expel them In counter attacks, and stubborn fighting on the north ern Russian front are the principal developments in the war theaters as related by the latest official communi cations. The Petrograd statement says that the Russian troops in the Riga sector aro fighting with determination, re pelling German attacks. Attacks on the Roumanian front also have been beaten back. "In the direction of Riga and on tho Pskoff road, in the region of Zegevold farm, a stubborn battle is proceeding," says the statement. "Our troops are showing groat firmness and stability, repelling attacks. In the region north of Lake Potchur our scouts found the burned remains of a Gorman airplane which our fire had brought down. On the remainder of tho front there were fusillades. "In the direction of Fokshand (Roumanian front), in the region of Fitioniesch and Merechesohi, enemy scouting parties attempted at several places, under cover of artillery fire, to approach Roumanian trenches, but were repelled everywhere. An enemy attack northwest of Merechesci was repelled." The Berlin statement says that tho British troops attacked Gorman lines in tho region of the Ypres-Monin road, where they were thrown back except at one point north of the road where they forced their way into the German line on a small front. The Paris statement reports artii lery engagements on various sectors of tho west front, but records no fighting of consequence. "Following tflielr successful raid west of Cherisy, our troops raided enemy trenches in this neighborhood a second time during tho night and penetrated the Gorman positions as far as the western outskirts of Cherisy," says the British statement. "We captured a few more prisoners and two machine guns. Our casualties were again slight. In addition to the prisoners taken by us and the enemy's casualties in wounded, over seventy Germans weru killed in the course of these two raids. His dugouts and defenses were completely wrecked. During tho night a hostile party attacked one of our posts north of Lens, but was driven off. "Karly morning tho enemy counter attacked north of Iverness Copse in an endeavor to retako tho strong point captured by us in this area. This also was repulsed. "The hostile artillery showers increased actively during the night east of Ypres." Italian troops gained ground along the southeastern side of the Bainsizza plateau, it is announced officially. More than 400 men were captured. CONGRESS PLANS RECESS Leaders Arranging for Adjournment in October. Washington, Sept 17. Adjourn meat early in October is now contemplated by congressional plans. Speed in the Senate alone is essential to carrying this plan into effect. The House has almost completed its work and conferees are making all possible haste to reach agreements on measures that have passed both houses. Indications are that tho Senate will co-operate in the effort to reach adjournment, at the time tentatively set. It rushed through the trading-with-the enemy antl war bond bills last week in record thno and has taken hold of tho soldiers and sailors in surance bill, one of tho two remain ing big measures it has to pass, with an apparent determination to expo dite consideration of it. Cloture may be resorted to if necessary. Quake Lasts Two Weeks. Washington, Sept, 17. Official dia patches from Bogota, Colombia, say tho earth shocks which began there Aug. 29 continued intermittently until Sept. 13. A few buildings wore damaged and six persons wore killed. Prof. Brown Dies. Valparaiso, Ind.. Sept. 17. Henry D. Drown, president and founder o Valparaiso university, Is dead at his homo here.

p c CAPT- GEORGE QUYNEMER French Aviator Who Has Destroyed Fifty Foe Planes. D -O

Paris, Sept. 17. Captain Guynemer is now the high est "ace" in the allied flying service. He won his fiftieth victory last week when he brought up to that figure the numoer of German machines he has destroyed. PR0CLAI M RUSS R EPU BL I C Affairs of State Are" Entrusted to Cabinet of Five. Petrograd, Sept. 17. A proclamation proclaiming Russia a republic has been issued by the provisional government. The proclamation follows: "Gen. KornilofTa rebellion has been quelled. But great is the confusion caused thereby, and again great is the danger threatening the fate of the fatherland and its freedom. "Holding it necessary to put an end to the external indefmiteness oK the state's organization, remembering the unanimous and rapturous approval of the republican feeling expressed at the Moscow conference, the provisional government declare-1 that the constitutional organization, according to which the Russian state is ruled, is a republican organization and it hereby proclaims the Russian republic. KERENSKY7 "Minister and President. "GAROUDAT, Minister of Justice." The title "Minister and President" affixed to Premier Kerensky's signa ture to the proclamation refers to his position as president of the ministry, rather than of the republic. NAVY YARD WAGE INCREASE Average 10 per Cent. Raise in Wages Decided On. Washington, Sept. 17. Wage increases at navy yards averaging 10 per cent, have been decided on by the readjustment board, headed by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt. In the Paget Sound district the board recommended a scale slightly lower than that submitted by the local wage board, but granted a greater increase than at any other yard. This scale makes the Puget Sound yardv the highest paid in tho country. Farmers Protest to Senate. Washington, Sept. 17. Two hundred farmers whose homes would be taken in the government's plan to condemn Kent island In Chesapeake Bay for an ordnance proving ground today lodged their protests with tho Senate military committee through Senators Smith and Prance of Maryland. Auto Kills War Students, Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 17. Philip La Pierre of New York, a student at the Fort Niagara training camp, and Lieutenant Surgeon B. W. J. Worrall of the United States training ship Yantic, now in this port, were killed in an automobile accident near Tona wanda. David Nichols, a private in the Canadian army, driver of the inschine, was seriously hurt. Advertising Helps Church Attendance Muncie, Ind., Sept. 17. The official board of St. John's Universalist Church has given out a statement saying that newspaper advertising for tho church will bo continued, It says that newspaper advertising for the last year increased the church at tendance more than 400 per cent. Bank Conditions Called. Washington, Sept 17. The con troller of the currency has issued a call for tho condition of all national banks of the United States at the close of business Tuesday, SepL 11. Ohio Governor Marries Illinois GIH. Elmhurst, 111., Sept. 17. James M. Cox, Governor of Ohio, was married here to Miss Margaret Blair, daughter of Thomas S. Blair, Jr., at the residence of the bride's family.

SITES CHOSEN FOR U. S. WAR HOSPITALS

Will Be Erected In Nineteen American Cities. Washington, Sept. 17. Sites have been chosen tentatively in nineteen cities for the great "reconstruction" hospitals in which the United States will begin the work of rehabilitating for private life its soldiers who return wounded from the front in Europe. The cities, selected as the largest centers of population, have been announced by Maj. Gen. Gorgas, surgeon-general of the army, a follows: Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Paul, Seattle, San Francisco. Los Angeles, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Memphis, Richmond, Atlanta and New Orleans. The hospitals at Boston, New York, Washington and Chicago probably will have 500 beds, with provisions for doubling their capacity if necessary. "The whole conception of governmental and national responsibility for caring for the wounded," said Gen. Gorgas in making the announcement, "has undergone radical change during the months of study given the subject by experts serving with the medical officers' reserve corps and others consulting with them. Instead of the old idea that responsibility ended with the return of the soldier to private life with his wounds healed and such pension as he might be given, it is now considered that it is the duty of the government v to equip and re-educate the wounded' man, after healing his wounds, and to re turn him to civil life, ready to be as useful to himself and his country as possible. 'SPOT" C0AL TO BE SEIZED Government Prepares Plans to Take Care of Small Consumers. Washington, Sept. 17 Plans for taking care of the small consumers' coal needs this winter by requisitioning so-called spot coal at the mines and directing its sale through local have been disclosed by Dr. H. A. Gareld, the fuel administrator. The first move under this arrange ment, Dr. Garfield explained, will be to ascertain through state fuel u ministrators soon to be named the exact requirements of each state fuel administrators soon to be named the exact requirements of each state above the amounts that have been contracted for. These, will be assembled and the total supply required will be apportioned among the coun try's mines. Operators will be required to trim their contracts enough to enable them to supply the necessarv amount of spot coal to meet the needs of the local consumers of each state. Cotton Embargo issued. Galveston, Tex., Sept. 17. The Gulf, Colorado &. Santa Fe Railway has issued an embargo against all shipments of compressed cotton which do not contain at least sixtyfive bales per car. The embargo further provides that all the cotton in a car must be consigned to one destination or port. Report Favors Suffrage. Washington, Sept. 17. Favorable report on the resolution providing for the Susan B. Anthony constitutional woman suffrage amendment has been formally made to the Senate by Senator Jones of Now Mexico, chairman of the woman's suffrage committee. The report only urged that the resolution bo adopted and submitted to the states. Gold, Hidden on Ship, Seized. A Gulf Port, Sept. 17. Customa officials have removed from a Spanish steamer approximately $50,000 in gold coin secreted in a large quantity of ship stores. The seizure was made a few minutes before the vessel was scheduled to depart for a Spanish port. An investigation is now in progress. Sugar Under U. S. Rule. Washington, Sept. 17. By a presidential proclamation the entire sugar industry in the United States has been placed under the food administration to be conducted under a license system which will control manufacture, distribution and importation. Ends German Radio. Buenos Aires, Sept. 17. The government has withdrawn permission granted to a German wireless company to attempt to receive wireless messages from the German station. at Nauen. Liberty Motor in Navy. Washington, Sept. 17. The Liberty motor for airplanes produced by engineers working under direction of tho war department, will be used also in naval aircraft. President Wilson has no legislation to present and is understood to be quite ready to have Congresi go home.

Tersely Told

-4 Greenfield The Sheldon Bottle factory is running nights with an extra shift. Peru. A tractor demonstration took place on the farm of Emmerson Dunlap with S00 farmers in attendance. Farmersburg. A Home Products and Live Stock show will be held here October 5-G. Muncie. The Associated Charities has appointed Miss Jeannette Nelghly of Indianapolis secretary. Madison. Wildey encampment, I. O. O. F., oldest lodge in the state, celebrated its seventy-ninth anniversary. Bremen. While looking for eggs Mrs. Chris Grose was bitten on the hand by a snake in the nest, Elkhart Safe of the Elkhart Water company robbed or $350 In cash. Bicknell. City council has raised the salary of the mayor from $500 to 'i $1,000. Anderson. Woman's Relief corps of the Seventh district will hold Its annual meeting here October 9. Peru. Dr. M. L. Wagner has been elected coroner of Miami county. Anderson. Indiana State Federation of Labor will hold its annual convention here September 20. rem. Miss Florence Morris, fifteen, found wounded, admits she shot herself with suicidal intent and threw the revolver into the river. Anderson. The annual meeting of the State W. C. T. U. will be held here October 19-21. Shelbyville. Burglars robbed the offices of tire Star mills and ITilllgos & Son of 75 pennies, some apples and a can of tobacco, all they could find. Petersburg. Goad's poolroom robbed of $32 and J he premiums of a punch board. Terre ITaute Mrs. Estelle Potts has been nominated as a candidate for the West Terre Haute city council on the Socialist ticket. Evansville. A Rebekah district assembly including Vanderburg, Posey and Gibson counties 1ms been formed with 17 lodges. Alexandria. Gid Jones, Democratic candidate for city clerk, has resigned from the ticket. Crawfordsville George Qulllcn, retired farmer, elected to city council as Democrat. Newcastle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Tipton. Samuel M. Ralston, former governor, will deliver the dedicatory address when new Auditorium is opened here September 30. Jasper. Mayor George P. Wagner has begun a fight to close the saloons on Sunday. Winchester. Miss Ruby Harper has won a scholarship at Purdue university. Alexandria. Six hundred men will return to work in the Llpplncott Glass factory after a month's strike, having reached a price agreement. Jeffersonville The United Gas and Electric company has announced a reduction in gas rates to large consumers. Goshen Elmer E. Mummert, sixtytwo, prominent lawyer and Republican politician, is dead. Columbus. Will of the late Mrs. Emma Newsom Hadley leaves $5,000 to the American Bible society. Gary. Ell Folger, eleven, killed by motortruck. Columbia City. Freshmen entering high school here organized an antiGerman boycott and there Is no German class. Auburn Frost did heavy damage In this vicinity and throughout northwestern counties. Terre Haute. Dr. IToyt Ives, twentyeight, of Buffalo, a physician of Greencastle, was found deal In a gravel pit here a probable suicide. Angola. Steuben county's soldiers and sailors' monument was dedicated, Senator R. Watson giving the principal address. Brazil. Joseph Koch's large barn was destroyed by lightning, only the horses being saved. Columbus. Miss Mary B. Austin of Battle Creek, Mich., has been appointed superintendent of the Bartholomew county public hospital. Hagerstown. A large barn on farm belonging to H. C. Knode of Indianapolis burned with contents. Loss, $10,000. Greencastle. William Beasy, nineteen, and John Smith, eighteen, have been arrested at Lafayette and brought back charged with burglary. Indianapolis. The condition of the governor Is reported improved after a slight hemmorhage, his fever dropping two degrees. Gary. Passage of the senate's bill to draft aliens will have an important effects on this city. Of 10,000 registrants here only one-third nre American-born. Hundreds of aliens have applied for exemption and unless the situation Is remedied the entire list of American-born ellgibles may be called out for service. Lafayette. John Goldofsky, seventy, of Cleveland, O., Inmate of an Old People's home here, hanged himself to a tree. Winchester. Ralph White, sixteen, arrested and has confessed he set fire to a barn a year ago and that he tried to wreck an Interurban near Harrisvllle. Worthlngton. The contract for the Carnegie library here has been let and the building will be ready this fall. Seymour. The One Hundred and Forty-fifth regiment Indiana Volunteers will hold reunion here September 19-20.

PASSION THAT MAKES THIEVES

Emerson1 Declaration Concerning Bpok Collectors Would Seem. to Have Been Amply Justified. Ralph Waldo Emerson once declnred that book-collectors were all thieves. "The passion of classification jnasters the mind and makes rogues of honest men." The case of a professor of theology in the University of Berlin, who had just been convicted of stealing books from the university, reminds a writer in the Boston Transcript of Emerson's saying and of the following Incidents : "W. S. Shaw, the Tounder of the Boston Athenaeum, used to steal from the private libraries of his friends any books he wanted to make his darling Athenaeum complete. Collectors of shells steal 'oranglns' from the Grlnnells mantelpiece and Mrs. Coffin's house at Slasconset Melllsh Moore told me that the books stolen from the Boston Athenaeum are mostly from the theological department, so that they are forced to keep those locked up. But the books most often taken nre patent reports, by lawyers." Professional and collecting morals must have improved since Emerson wrote those words in his Journal in the fifties ; he goes on and adds: "But even in comparatively late days I have seen some queer instances of collecting zeal as, for example, this: A couple of respectable Boston business men, one of whom collected weapons, visited a very swell house In Rhode Island once in the absence of the family; they were admitted by the aged caretaker; while in the drawing-room, one of these reputable gentlemen engaged the old custodian in conversation while' the other slipped under his coat the authentic tomahawk of a noted Indian chief and got away with it And the queerest part of the matter was that the collector used to boast of the achievement when exhibiting the tomahawk as an item of his treasures.' " LIGHTENS BURDEN OF GRIEF Hard to Overestimate the Influence of a Smiling Face on Those in Suffering. It would be impossible to deny that love and sympathy possess a great influence over the whole course of our lives. How many, let the reader ask himself or herself, are dally drifting astray for the want of these virtues? The thought of having no one to care for them, no one to listen to their plans with a word of encouragement or sympathy in their failures; no one to soothe or heal bodily sufferings, or to whisper a word of comfort when bowed down in sorrow, has caused many hearts to fill with darkness and despair. The road to promote love and sympathy is open to all, there are no barred gates to prevent an entry, no one ready to prasecute for trespassing; all are free to enter. Its best visible and invisible advertisement is a smiling face and a kind heart. As the sunshine is to the flowers, so is the influence of the face which meets you with a smile; as the rain moistens the parched ground and brings forth the fruit of the earth, equally so is the burden of invisible grief lightened by the help of a gentle heart. For Lovers of Sardonix. If you have an eye open for a good sardonix cameo you will be pretty sure, sooner or later, to come across one that will make you glad. There are many imitations of sardonix and it ought to be part of your search to make sure that you know the real from imitation. Often you can come across a good piece in a collection of old jewelry that is being sold because the owners do not appreciate its Intrinsic artistic value. Sometimes especially If you travel in out-of-the-way corners of the globe you may come across a good piece In a little pawn shop. Perhaps In your own family, stowed away in the bottom box or jewel case with various articles of adornment of another generation and another taste, you may be able to find the precious cameo In sardonix you are looking for. As a usual thing the old settings are the best, though if the cameo needs a new setting any good jeweler will put the right sort of frame or setting on your piece. Exchange. What's the Antwer? A movie actress said at a Bar Harbor tea: "A girl can't dress In less than ninety minutes and a ninety-minute toilet is only an ordinary one at that A real toilet, which includes a hair-waving, manicuring, and massage, requires three, hours. "The less a girl puts on the longer j It takes her to do It Girls never wore j as little as they do today, and never. I was it necessary to be as careful and ! thorough about one's dressing. i "Some men grunble because a girl j takes so long to dress, but I say to I them: " 'Would you rather wait for an attractive girl or have aa unattractive girl wait for you?' Her Immediate Needs. The other day a lady was knocked down in Regent street by a horse, but happily escaped with a few scratches. A gentleman rescued her and said: "Can I get ycu anything?" She (much out of breath and gasp ing with excitement) "Oh oh can. you kindly get me " He "Some brandy?" She "No not drink some safety pins. I feel Tm falling all to plecdi."! London Tlt-Blts.

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