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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
BIG BATTLE ON IN RUSSIA
Great Conflict Is Raging on Southern
Front-Germans Say All Attacks
Have Been RepuIsed.

London, Dec. 3f.-Fragmentary in
formation from various sources indi-
Gates that a great battle is in progress
on the southern part of the Russian
front, the most important action for
many months.
The outcome of the gigantic strug-
gle now in progress, Petrograd critics
say. will be a complete change in the
military positions there. and probably
within a few days.
There is nothing to indicate definite
ly the outcome of the great battle, al
though such German and Austrian re-
ports as have been received assert
that all the Russian attacks have been
repulsed.
Russian attacks against the Austro-
German positions on the B~essarabian
frontier continue. however. The Ger
man war office report says:
Eastern front: Russian detach-
ments advancing south OF Schlok
(near the Gulf of Riga and on Cen
eral Won Linsingen's front were re-
pulsed. General von Bothmer's Aus
tro-Hungarian troops repulsed an at
tack of strong Russian forces against
the bridgehead at Burkanov. on the
Stripa eastern Galicia). The enemy
suffered heavy losses. in addition to
losing 900 prisoners"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
TROOPS CAPTURE
THE PORT OF DURAZZ0?
Reported That EmmanueI's Soldiers
Entered Albanian City-French
Seize Turk Island.

Geneva, Dec. 31.-It is reported here
on good authority that Italian troops
have occupied the Albanian seaport of
DuraZzo.
This report apparently is corroborat-
ed by the fact that the German con
sui at DurazZo, the members of his
staff and 80 other Germans passed
through Bellinzona, Switzerland. OF
their way to Berlin.
Durazzo and Avlona are the prin-
cipal Albanian ports. Avlona was &C.
cupied by the Italians several months
ago. before Italy entered the war.
Durazzo is on a peninsula in the Adj
ratio sea, 40 miles south of the Mon
t~enegrin border. There have been pre-
vious reports of Italian activity there.
principally in connection with the
landing of supplies for the Serbian
army.
Paris, Dec. 31.-French troops hav
occupied the Turkish island of Castillo
rizo (kasteloryzo), in the Aegean sea,
between the island of Rhodes and the
Gulf of Adalia, according to the morn
ing papers in Paris. The possession
of Castelorizo as a naval base is char
acteriZed as indispensable.
Rome, Dec. 31.-An official report
from Cettinje states that the Montene-
grin army, REINFORCED by a Serbian
corps, has resumed the offensive on
all fronts, particularly in the Sanjak.
The Austrians were driven from
| Montenegro territory and now have
also been driven from the Sanjak. The
Austrian losses are estimated at TO-
900 men.
Cettinje, Montenegro, Dec. 31.-An-
other defeat for the Austrians in Mon
tenegro is chronicled in the following
official statement:
after a three days battle, in which
thousands of shells were fired from
forts and warships, the Austrians are
in full retreat from ~RaskOvaZora, pur-
sued by U.s."
The battle was fought in western
Montenegro, on the Adriatic ~littOral,
which accounts for the presence of
warships.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
CHARGE VICE IN MOVIE CAMPS
Inquiry as to Girl Actors-Out.
siders Are to Blame.

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. 30.-Reiter-
ated assertions by a clergyman and
others that immortality was .mpant In
many of the large number of motion
picture camps and studios of this city,
and that the surrender of honor fire.
quently was the price exacted Of
young women ambitious to appear on
the screen. received official notice
from Thomas l.. Woolwine. county dis
trict attorney, who said that an inves-
tigation would be begun at once and
action would be taken by the grand
jury IL facts warranted.
Chicago. Dec. 30.-Roscoe Arbuckle.
movie star. who passed through Chi
cago on his way to New York from
Los Angeles. emphatically denied that
there was immortality at the studios
I'm California. He placed the blame on
outsiders.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
TWO SLAIN IN H0LDUP'
HENRY MuESSEL, WEALTHY
BREWER OF SOUTH BEND, IND,
AND EMPLOYEE SLAIN.
SON PERHAPS FATALLY SHOT
Bandits Invade Office of Brewing Com
pany and After Vain Attempt to
Loot Safe Escape-Eighteen-Year.
Old Boy Witnessed Battle.

South Bend, Ind, Dec. 31.-Henry
Muessel, general manager OF the
Muessel Brewing company. and his
chauffeur, Frank Chrobot, were in
stantly killed by two masked robbers
who attempted to loot the safe in the
brewery office here. William Muessel,
aged fifteen, was shot in the abdomen
ly wounded. The two robbers fed with
out taking time to search for money,
in quest of which they committed two
and perhaps three murders.
Owing to the prominence of Henry
Muessel, reputed to be a millionaire,
the entire town was aroused. Posses
secured the districts and the surround
ing country throughout the night, but
no trace of the murderers was found.
Boy of Eighteen Sees Battle.
From Robert Muessel, the eighteen
year-old son of Walter Muessel, presi-
dent of the company, the police gained
their most accurate description of the
robbers. Robert Muessel was in the
office when the bandits entered. AL
though they shot the other three per-
sons, for some unaccountable reason
they satisfied themselves with binding
and gagging the youth.
Leader in German Societies.
Henry Muessel was one of South
Bends wealthiest and most prOmi-
nent citizens and was we'll known
throughout northern Indiana. He
owned a large tract of land in the vi
cinity of his brewery and a number of
years ago presented to the city a valu-
able strip of this property for school
purposes. I1ere a school building,
said to be the finest and best equipped
in South Bend, was erected and given
his name. He was a leader in all the
activities of the German societies in
South Bend, a man of philanthropic
motives and active in local and state
politics. He bitterly opposed every
effort to make South Bend dry and is
said to have made numerous enemies
among the anti-saloon workers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
AUSTRIA YIELDS TO u. S.
Vienna's Reply in Ancona Case Ad-
mits America Is Right in Main
Commander Punished.

London, Dec. 31.-The reply of the
Austrian government to the second
American note on the sinking of the
steamship Ancona, with the loss Of
American lives, is forwarded to Reut-
er's from Vienna by way Of Amster-
dam. The note says in part:
In reply to the second American
Ancona note, the Austro- Hungarian
government fully agrees with the
Washington cabinet that the sacred
laws of humanity should be taken
into account also in war, and empha-
sizes that it, in the course Of this war,
has given numerous proofs Of the
most humane feelings.
The Austro-Hungarian govern
ment, too, can positively concur in
the principle that enemy private YES
sells, so far as they do not fly or offer
resistance, shall not be destroyed be-
fore the persons aboard are secured.
THE assurance that the United
the maintenance of the existing good
relations between Austria-H Hungary
and the United States is warmly re-
c%iprocated by the Austro-Hungarian
government, which now, as hereto
fore, is anxious to render these rela-
tons most cordial"
The reply also says that the COM
mander of the Austrian submarine has
been punished for not sufficiently TAX
ing into account the panic aboard the
Ancona which rendered d~isembarka-
ton more difficult.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR DIES
w. s. Hammond. Former Representa-
tive In Congress, Stricken
in Clinton, la.

Clinton. La. Dec. Glow. Winfield
Scott Hammond OF Minnesota died
suddenly on Thursday in a hotel here
from a stroke of apoplexy which ply
sicians said apparently had been su-
perinduced by a recent attack OF pto-
maine poisoning. He died before ply
sicians could arrive. Governor Ham.
mond. accompanied by j. A. NOVEL;.
arrived here three days ago to inspect
his extensive land and lumber inter
ests In East Feliciana parish.
st. Paul. Mimi. Dec. 3l.-J. A. A.
Burnquist vas sworn In on Thursday
as Minnesota's nineteenth governor.
to succeed Winfield S. Hammond. who
died at Clinton, La.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
SHEVLIN DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Millionaire Football Star Victim OF
Malady Caused by Coaching
Yale Team.

minneapolis, Dec. 30. - Thomas
Shevlin, millionaire lumberman and
amous Yale football star, died of
pneumonia after an illness of only six
days. Mr.. Shevlin caught cold when
coaching the Yale football squad last
fall, and was unable to shake it off.
Shevlin played football at Yale four
years, and was captain of the team in
1905, when Yale had the greatest team
in its history. Always ready to re-
turn when "Old Ellis" eleven called
for fast coaching. he whipped several
seemingly impossible teams into win
ming shape.
Shevlin's lumber interests netted
him a huge income. He carried 1,500.-
900 life insurance, recently having In
creased it from $4,000
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
BRY'V HAlTS PEACE TRIP
Reservations on the Liner Rotterdam
Cancelled Because cf Ford's
Return.

New York. Dec. 2s.-Because OF
Henry Ford's return to the United
States. William j. Bryan. who tad
planned 10 sail for Europe on Tuesday
on the Rotterdam. has postponed his
peace trip indefinitely. Passage which
had been reserved for himself and Mrs.
Bryan was Cancelled by Mr.. Bryan. Mr..
Ford Is ONLY slightly III says O cable
received bers from Stockholm.
Gov. L. B Hanna OF North Dakota Is
suffering rom influenza and is new In
a hospita. in Copenhagen. according
10 a cablegram from members OF the
party.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
SCHMIDT GUILTY OF MURDER
Jury Recommends Life Imprisonment
for Killing Man in Los Angeles
Times Explosion.

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. 31.-Mathew
A. Schmidt. charged with the murder
of Charles Hagcfty, n of twenty
men killed when the Los Angeles
Times building was blown up five
years ago, vas found guilty OF muir
der in the first degree on Thursday.
The jury recommended life imprison-
ment. The verdict was found in half
an hour. At the trial Donald Voss Me-
serve, a detective. testified that
Schmidt admitted he and his associ-
ates intended to kill Gen. Harrison
Grey Otis. owner OF the Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
TRY TO WRECK HORSE TRAIN
Work Near Gary, ind.--Two
Are Captured.

Chicago. Dec. 30.-An alleged at
tempt TO wreck a train load of horses
in transit TO the allies by placing ties
on the rails at a desolate spot several
miles east OF Gary. Ind. was barred to
state and federal authorities. Two
men. trapped at the cen by the crew
of a passenger train. are held by the
police of Gary. An examining magis-
trate held them In bonds OF 5 1000
pending developments. Both are Hun
garians and we'll acquainted with the
environs OF Gary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
BRITISH AGREE TO DRAFT
Ministers Said 70 Have Accepted Bill
Providing a Modified Form OF
Compulsory Service.

London. Dec. 29.-It is stated on ex-
cellent authority that the British cabi-
net has virtually decided upon a modi-
fed form OF CONSUMPTION bill. to be In
troduced In the house OF commons
next week. giving the government the
necessary power. should 1t be- found
needful. to bring In single men and
preserve Premier Asquith's pledge TO
married men.
II is reported Reginald McKenna.
chancellor OF the e%xchequer. and Wal
ter Runciman. minister Of commerce.
have resigned. Their designations
have not yet been accepted
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

New York. Dec. 29.-The federal
grand jury indicted for conspiracy to
foment strikes in American munition
factories the following men:
Congressman Frank Buchanan of
Illinois.
II. Robert Fowler, former congress.
man ron Illinois.
Frank S. Monnett. former attorney
general of Ohio.
David Lamar.
Jacob C. Taylor. president of Labor's
National Peace council.
Franz Won Rintelen, a German agent.
II. b. Martin.
Herman Schulteis.
Fomented Strikes Is Charge.
All of the indicted men. except La
mar and Won R~intelen, are officers or
former officers of the peace council.
an organization which. the govern
ment charges. was formed and
leaders to call strikes in munition
plants. In furtherance of German prop
uganda in this country.
Lamar, who has been called the
Wolf OF Wall street." is charged with
being Rintelen's assistant. 1t is said
hundreds of thousands of dollars
passed through his hands. and 1t is al
legged he benefited personally to the
extent of $500, 900.
RinteIen Is a Prisoner.
Rintelen is at present a prisoner In
England. He was seized by the British
authorities at Falmouth while fleeing
from this country under a false pass
port He is at present under indict.
ment here. charged with conspiring to
procure a bogus passport as an Amer
ican citizen. No effort will be made.
however, to obtain his return to this
country, as the offenses with which
he is charged are not extraditable.
All of the indictments were returned
under the Sherman antitrust law and
charge conspiracy to restraint of the
foreign trade of the United States.
The maximum penalty is one year I'M
prisonment and a fine OF $4,000.
AS soon as the grand jury reported
it's findings. agents of the department
of Justice. acting with United States
deputy marshals. were instructed to
arrest the indicted men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
ALLIES SINK 2 OESTROYERS
One Austrian Boat Sent to Bottom by
Mine and Another Destroyed by
She'll Fire In Adriatic.

Paris. Dec. 31.-Two Austrian de-
stroyers have been sunk in the Adri.
attic sea OF Durazzo. one by allied war
ships and the other by a mine. They
were the Lika and the Triglav. The
balance OF the Au trian ships fed 10
their base pursued by the allied war
ships.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
WARDEN OSBORNE INDICTED
Sing Sing Head Made Subject OF True
Bill In Prison Inquiry by County
Grand jury.

White Plains. N. Y. Dec. 29.-Thom-
"a Mott Osborne. warden OF Sing Sing
prison. was indicted on Ave counts
by the westchester county grand Jury.
which has been investigating condi.
lions at the prison.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

A Chicago man claims to be the
owner of a kitten worth $4,000.
There are people who would be will
Ing to convey n whole back yard full
OF cats for less than that.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Is there not something nerve rack
ing about the generosity of the powder
company that offers a bonus to every
employee who has been in it's service
q year?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

San Francisco leads all American
cities in the number of suicides,
which indicates that 1t takes some
thing more than climate to make peo-
pie happy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

English sparrows used TO sell at so
Cents a pair in this country and the
act that people bought them shows
To what heights OF ~afluence the coun-
try had attained In 1876.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

At the present rate OF reduction In
price. IL will soon be possible for a
man to buy an automobile for a few
hundred dollars that no one would
venture TO call u Tin can"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

San Francisco boasts an angora
worth $745 before being clipped and
$500 afterward: at that. he has moth.
ing on the average pianist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Lack OF European dyestuffs Ices
not prevent a number of American
statesmen from seeing red" when
they hear II another's names dis
cuSSed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

We love a good loser s. we'll as any
body else does, but v ave no money
TO lend to the brant n. liar who says
he dearly loves to 20.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Universal military training might
take some of us away from golf and
pinochle occasionally but even this
sacrifice n might AXE cheerfully
for ones n
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

II is said that American women
spend SIC. 1000. 900 a year on poodles.
Still. you can't blame the men who
sell them jeweled dog collars.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Announcement that Glue jeans are
ABOUT TO disappear will be a severe
blow TO the horny-handed son of toll
that still wears 'em on the stage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

So many new medical discoveries
have resulted from the war that it
would appear expedient to carry it on
q while longer at any cost.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Spontaneous combustion. which
used to for so many fires, has
given way to the more serious plot
theory.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

to bis wristlets may be. for all we
know. the grandfather of the new
fashioned girl who wears knee warm
ers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

California has a man who was
literally forced TO eat his words. He
chewed up . worthless check he had
drawn to avoid conviction.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

A generous inclination to point out
one another's weak spots is still in
evidence amono the nations great
political parties.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Whenever a savant gets up and says
poverty is a disease. the average low
brow is tempted to ask how any dis
ease can be a blessing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
commands

Butter commands e~xtravagant
prices i'm Europe. This is to be ex
pected under conditions which make
cannon objects of greater sC!icitude
than COWS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

\ scientist SAYS bugs have souls. but
no needn't think he can make the
average person more considerable OF
bedbugs by any such claims at that.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Anyhow. no objections are being
heard these days to the smoke and
whistles OF the factories.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

fool is one. But he throws himself
open to suspicion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

There are too many words In the
English language. but the moving pic
lures are helping to ease the strain
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

The man of the hour seems 10 be
the man with the h~ourglass.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Even war has its funny side. The
Turk is accusing the British of atroci-
ties.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

When one hasn't a silver dollar in
his pocket a ~half-dollar looks as big as
b bottom of q tincup.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

troubles you may feel hurt If be want
TO tell you his.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Peace rumors are again in the air.
But there Is a whole lot OF air.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

Affairs have reached that pass
where a censor's victory fails to salts
fy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

A hypoorite has to be mighty care
full. Otherwise he Will pc caught at IL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

An unfailing safety first In diplo-
macy: When In doubt. deny!"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

To err Is human. TO shift the re-
sponsibility on somebody else-ditto.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28

The reason a dog bowls Ia because
II Is out OF tune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-01-28
U. S. |ND|CTS EIGHT
CONGRESSMAN BUCHANAN OF IL.
LIMOS ONE OF MEN NAMED
IN mUNITioN PLOT.
AND LAMAR ALSO HIT

Federal Grand Jury at New York Ac-
cuses Peace Council OF Conspiracy
TO Wreck Arms Plants and Cause
Strikes in the United States.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-05
What Secrecy Does to Nations Income

THE beginning OF the European war the wealth oil
"A Great Britain estimated S900o0oO0OO and the
total annual of her people at s2OoOOooOo Now
the semioioa authorities in spite Of the avagcs Of
war place the wealth OF Great Britain Si330Oo0 600
and the income OF her people at S20OO0OOOO00
The for this increase in the estimates is
verv simple Before the the British millonaires
concean their wealth and lodging their income the
same way that millonares lodging the United
States income Now Great Britain has been forced by
her that every shilling OF the is paid
md her citizens seeing her dire need also paying their
taxes willingly than before In this way billions
that have hitherto been concealed brought light
These estimates Of the British wealth and income
show the absrdity Of the official estimates that have been
made of wealth and income OF the people OF the United
States.
The United States placed the national wealth
$1S7OOOOOOOO0 in 1912, and Secretary OF the Treasury Nc
Adoo places the national income at only $2oOO0O0oOO0
It upon this estimate that he bases his contention
against Manys charge that the United States income is
being evaded the extent Of than 100000 year
The absurdty Of McAdoos estimate apparent
remembered that the United States has than twice
the population and nearly 40 times the of Great Britain
To cinch the argument the income Of the United States
from agriculture is FIVE times great that of Great
Britain from mining TWICE great from manufactures
THREE times great from railroads FOUR times great
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-08-05
Country Registration

m HE country will have difficulty get his
= counted this year than before.
n This is due to the soealled Whitney registration law.
Heretofore country voters did not have TO register This
year they do
The evil feature OF the law however. lies in the fact
that the registration officers obliged to keep any
ular hours accommodate the country registration.
Thus. many registration officials in the country happen
be Hinky Dink type of politician such woudbe boss
w. NJ Whitney caters The county commissioners APP
point the country registration officials and Lafe Hamilton
Of course. is hand in glove with Whitney
With this lineup the registration officials have in many
Instances found announcement be home when
Independent wanted TO register
Many will therefore be jobbed of their fran
chise this fall UNLESS THEY CAMP ON THE TRAIL
OF THE REGISTRATION OFFICIALS.
Unless you register by September you lose your vote in
the primaries.
in the city election last March II you failed TO vote
then. you must register again.