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GER MANS MASS FOR
new VERDUN DRIVE
Movement Of Troops to Front
Is Met by n Heavy Ar
tillcry Fire.
SORTIE NEAR DOUAUMONT

Special able Despatch 10 TVS suS.
FANS. April ia small, surprise at
tack was made by the Germans early
las, night against the French lines south
Of Douaumont. The attack was COM
plctcly repulscd.
Last night and to-day the Germans
took up and maintained at intervals a
heavy bombardmcnt of the French posi-
tons at lie Mort lIommc and IIiil 3O4.
west Of the Meusc. and the whole French
front on the eastern bank Of the river.
Particular attention was given by the
German Eunners to the French second
lines on the eastern part of the river
with now and then AN especially violent
burst Of fire or the first lines. No in
fantry action has yet followed these
preparations. which are supposed to
presagc "a resumption Of attacks at these
points.
German troop movements toward the
front were increasingly evident to-day
in the Argonnc region. presumably In
tended for attacks on lie Mort Homme
and Hill 304. These troop movements
drew heavy fire from the French artil-
icry In tho region of M%ontfaucon and
Nalancourt, and the roads In these re-
sions were kept under bombardment
The Germans also brought troops for
ward to-day in the Wocvrc region. west
of -Mousson. and again came
under the fire of the French long range
guns.
The following Official communicate
was issued by the French War Office to-
night:
In the Argonne our batteries were
active in the region OF ~. Hubert.
Nirrc German works were damaged.
~ well as against the roads and
enemy troop movements toward the
front In the region OF Montfaucon and
Malancourt.
East of the Meuse there was a bonn
thc day there vas activity on the part
OF the artillery Of both sides In the
region of IL Mort Hommc.
t.as, of the Meuse. there was a bonn
bar dmcnt Of our second lines and there
Mere some intense but brief artillery
o~nslaughts.
In tn" Woevre. TO the west OF Pont-
a-Mcusson. W. dispersed conveys on
the road from Essey to Nonsard.
There is no important event to re-
port on the rest of the front.
After the failure OF the small. attack
south " pouaumont the Germans began
a hombardmcnt Of the wooded region
south of the Haudromont farm. north
west Of pouaumont. hut the lombard
nieut was not followed by an infantry
attack.
The afternoon communicate said:
,n the left bank Of the Meuse there
"a, violent bombardnent last night
OF our first lines west Of Hill 20i. On
the right bank the yesterday
evening delivered an unexpected small
attack against our positions TO the
south OF iJouaumvIit, but the move
o,.,t ,.. .nfnf.l.telN rpDllSeu.
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GREAT STORES BEHIND vERDUN
Edward u. strttinius Tells About
Confidence of Allies.

Edward Il. Stcttinius OF the export
department OF !. =. Morgan & Co, who
returned from Europe yesterday on the
American iincr 81, Paul. said he had NOT
been accommodating pocketfuls OF orders
for war supplies for the Allies. but just
taking a rest from high pressure labor.
Munition plants In England and
France, he said. were quite able now
to supply the western front with shells.
He was within ten miles OF the Verdun
firing line and was impressed with the
gigantic supplies OF men and munitions
that the French have In the rear. 1t
sould make very little difference. he
ss'd. whether OF not the Germans took
V.rdun.
In France and England there was
a feeling Of confidence that might be
called sublime In the ultimate victory
of the Allies. There would be no trouble
about financing the Allies during or
after the war. Much uncovered wealth
sun existed IN France. The peasants
had not reached the bottom Of their
stockings and would produee moeo
'honey when II was nssdsd.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-15
KAISER MASS.
ArchbishOp Of Cologne GiSes $780,
900 Collected for Wounded.

BERLIN. via London. April lA.-Em-
peror william WAS present yesterday AT
O high mass AT the German main arm!
tesduuarters at which Cardinal Won
hartmann Archbishop OF Cologne. OFF,
Gated. The Cardinal offered prayers
for the victory OF Germany and the re-
turn nf missing German soldiers. lie
presented the Kaiser with $4,000 marks
,s90. 000) which had been collected by
Prussian Catholics to aid wounded SOL
d ers.
The Cardinal after high mass said:
~ the Lord our God requires further
heavy sacrifices from us. l. in this mo-
ncnt, make myself the interpreter OF the
Catholic oldiers Of tGe army and put
INTO the hands Of your Imperial and
RaNal Majesty the solemn VOW of UNI
fnchiHg loyalty"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-15
british seise More u. y. Mail.

LONDON. April 1.-THE British au-
thpritIes at Kirkwall detained 1000
bags Of parcel mail which was on board
the Observation-Disclosures liner United
States. which has arrived at Christiania,
according to a despatch from Copen-
hagen. Two bags Of parcel mall ad-
dressed to an American gunboat sta
toned at C~onstantinople were not held
BY the British. Fifty thousand boxeA OF
California fruit were aiso taken from
the vessel, according to the despatch.
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CHINESE BATTLE AT CANTON.
Troop. Oppose Landing Of UcbcIs
40 Killed ar Injured.

PENIS. Apri' ii-GoN "rnmcut troops
az Canton opposed the landing ~ revo-
lu;ionary soldiers last night AID a battle
resulted About thirty men were killed
or injured.
So eriou has become the situation
in all the southern provinces that the
Chiut Merchants Company today cam
ce'lcd the sailing Of all it, vessels from
TNou-tsin - ports in the southern PROV
iuc,s. Tho Chinese Government offered
20 guarantee compensation II the steatn-
ships we've lost. hnt the company re-
fused TO take the risk.
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The British freight steamship i. Ma
,artzzo. In yesterday from the Mediter-
rau.au had "A light steel platform on
her aftey deck for a quick firing gun
80 use iy case she should he attacked
hy submarines. capt Triunick said
that the gun Was landed a. Gibraltar
and tina when he returned he would
siop there and take J.. aboard again.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-15
AUSTRIAN LINES IN
GALICIA FALL BACK
Vienna Admits Withdrawal of
Main Position Near
JaslOwicp.
VIGOROUS RUSSIAN DRIVES
Special Cable Despdtch to Tar su>.

'S''''' Wv 'VtN'' w " "
LONDON. April 1i.-Vigorous Russian
attacks on the Austrian lines are re-
ported In the official Austrian statement
which reached here to-day. The with
drawal Of the Austrian troops to their
main position near Jaslowice Is admitted
In tho state ment. which Is AS follows:
Yesterday our lines on the lower
Strypa and Dneist, rivers and north
east OF Czernowitz were bombarded
and attacked. During the night in most
of the southern part of the battle field
we withdrew to our main position
northeast Of Jaslowice.
Tho enemy penetrated one of u
advanced positions. but was elected by
counter attacks. We took Two officers
and 100 men prisoners.
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GERMANS CLOSE BALTIC GATE.
Submarine Nets mud Mines Prevent
All Navigation,

CoPENHAGEN. April 1.-THE interna-
tional passageway south OF the sound
between Denmark and Sweden has been
closed by Germany, according to the
Norwegian Shipping Gdcette.
The Germans avc placed steel nets
to catch British submarines attempting
to enter the Baltic. and also the usual
mines and instructions.
The gazette states that Danish tor
pedo boats are ON the spot to make sure
that no Instructions are placed In Danish
territorial waters.
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refuge from the flood in the new posi-
ton.
Tho Turkish statement concerning
the Mesopotamian front is as follows
The 5000 lead from the battle
which occurred on April I on the Irak
front belonged. ms is indicated by their
uniforms. to kitchener's Thirteenth
Division. most of them from two
brigades. In this battle. which. as We
have already reported, ended favora bly,
for us. we lost seveniy-nine killed, 16S
wounded and nine missing.
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Germans Deny Prison Charges.
Sp,ciai Gable DesDafch 10 Tur suS.

BERLIN. via Amsterdam. April a.
The British official report concerning tho
conditions in the prisoners camp at
Wittenberg during the typhus epidemic
is semi-oficlally denied here, The report
Is declared here to he a repetition OF the
former charge, which WAS refuted by a
committee Of American doctors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-15
STEAMSHIPS. U. s. TO FINLAND.
New service VIII Free Russia
From German Lines.

I~r?rIoGrAp. April lit IL announced
hat direct steamship service between
Finland INC the United states will be
opened soon by a company which has
just been formed The capital required
was easily found in Finland and
America. the latter subscribing more
than 50. 900. 900.
TIL" new linc will 10 Of great i'm
portance since IL will cmancipate Russia
from the German ines with head
quarters in Bremen and Hamburg.
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PIECE OF TORPEDO HERE,
Portion Of Cylinder Sent Ia
Washington for Examination,

The American Embassy mail pouch
that arrived yesterday by the American
liner st. Paul and was sent Immediately
to Washington contained Il mass OF evil
dcnce to show that tho Channel steam
ship Sussex was torpedoed ny a German
submarine. also some emphatic letters
from Americans addressed to the Admin
istratiOn and fragments OF the torpedo
that II In alleged destroyed tho bow Of
the Sussex.
The 81. paul also brought the FIRST
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LONDON. April 1A.--Lieut. Cyril Henry,
who was reported wounded and missing,
was killed In the battle OF L0os. II was
announced to-day. He was the son Of
formerly Mis- Julia Ls'sisohn Of New
YORK.
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A~ussriams Preparing for Offensive.
SoeciaI Cable Despafch to THE SUN.

RoME. April 1.-THE Intelligence De-
partment has a~scertained that the o
c~entration of Austrian troops on the
italian front continues. Besides reen-
forcements. especially on the Trentino
and Isonso fronts, the heavy artillery
has been increased. Austrians have Al
ready announced an offensive, but the
81 thsr neopaety fer dsSsacs asatpst he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-15
Germans Sink 80 ships IL Month.

BrELiN. Via London, April IA
Go man Admiralty statement dated
y, - says that during Marc' eighty
lostle 'iading vessels. a~Cgregat'nG
9o7 600 tons. we're sunk by German sub
mtr'.te OF mines.
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berlin, VIA London, April 1.-THE
Dyci>.aS News Agency STATE. that The
fourth Austrian va loan viii be issued
a, - and Wi. yield -. ;'or cent. Treas
ury bonds hca, .ug -. per cent. interest
Will be issued 1t 49,.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-04
The Mountain LdbOrGd.

And brought forth a mouse
Chas. Hughes accepts. After
seven weeks in which to prepare
himself to explain the crises, MIR
Huges made long speech fGll OF
precise details of recen situ5 :
tions and full of expressions Of
disapproval. but without sloSle
statement of what other things
Mr.. Hny hes would ha re done al
any given jancture Hughes
speech of acceptance Is p11he
confession If a candida" " - Is
without an Issue and ~''' - :
policy. Little that Is ne" ap
pears in the speech. Such stun
will not be taken seriously DS
the American publ.c-even tht
most partisan portion OF 1t. Mr.
Hughes speech is a dlSappolnt
ment to his admirers IN all par
lies. He has been content tt
adopt the old plan OF blaming
the administration for every
thing bad and giving ssmethln,
else credit fer everything good
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-04
Able Spamoa Murphq.

Able SeamanM urphy of II Ms
Somespeed was the inventor OF
the most ingenious excuses IN
order to obtain leave. "
what on earth do you repuldr.s,
leave for this time, Murphy,
asked captain. as our hero made
his oft-repeated request. 1t isn't
your greataunt's wedding day, Is
it?" !,
"Faith, no sorr, replied Pat.
with a gnu Its not so bad as
that. It's -trvin6 to look ser
| ious 'bedad, Oh hardly lolke t.
| tell yez, sorr, at all, at all, thin!
"Oh, come now. Murphy sale
the captain, grimly I'll try Il
stand the shock ;,
Wel,. sorr, its like this intolrell
IOi had the misfortune to have ;
brother born blind sorr. Heavel
be praised. he's just got M
soight and wants to see me sor!
Leaves granted snapped th'
captain, as he burst into uncon
trolable laughter
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-04
A Physical ImpOssIDIlty.

To run a newspaper without
occasionally publishing an item
that is untrue or gives otfeAse,
remarks a leyel~headed exchange
IS like running a railroad without
bavrg accidents and smeshupS.
Ia al either is a physical imposs'
;hi!tv. No man on earth IS to SC
great an extent constantly at tbs
memy of both friends and enem
les as the editor of country
newspaper Pushed continually
with work, he must get much o.
the information concerning tran
hiring events second OF thlsd
handed or not at all. Frequently
statements are received IRON
supposedly trustworthy sources
which are subsequently found t
be without foundation, Not on'
editor in thousand willfully in
lures either friend or foe by mis-
representation. Go to him and ash
for a correction, and nine case
out of ten, if your cause is just
Won will be received politely ant
nroner correction will be mad
with pleasure.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-04
Would Save S1OO,O0O,OOO
Yearly, Says Secretary Wilson
SUGAR BEETS THE REMEDY.
We Could Raise Enough Of Them In
Ono State, Declares the Secretary of
Agriculture, to Supply the Needs Of
the Whole Nation.
BY JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture.

One would think that we had enough
sunshine ana wind and rain In this
country for all our needs. but at pres
ent we. are paying out 10 foreign ma
tons the good round sum OF 100000
900 each year for these things. This
amount slips away from us for our an
nual impOrtatiOns OF sugar, which
comes simply from the carbon dioxide
OF the atmosphere. There is no reason
why we should not save this amount
for our own people, our farmers and
laborers, and so on. We could grow
enough sugar beets in n single state TO
supply the needs of the entire nation.
! hope some day we shall grow all the
sugar we need right here at home. But
at present we are paying this enormous
sum. each year to the cane producer In
the tropics. employing the cheapest Ia
Dor under foreign dag.
When 1 first entered the cabinet as
| Secretary OF Agriculture under PreSi-
dent Mckinley In 1897 I had been con-
nected with the Iowa State Agricul-
tural college for six years, and out
there we had made experiments which
taught us the great value Of the sugar
beet not only for its sugar, but as an
aid to the other crops and in Its by
products as a food for the stock.
We made experiments with all sorts
Of root crOps-pOtatoes, sugar beets.
turnips, and so onto ascertain which
would be the most profitable for the
Iowa farmers and dairymen. We had
large herd Of dairy cows, and we
tested these different vegetables on
the COWS to learn their effect in the
production OF milk aud butter. We
found that we could not get good re-
suits from turnips, potatoes and cab
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-04
HOW IT WORKED IN OHIO.
PsuIding Banker Shows Ho" Sugar
Beet Culture Increased Prosperity.

PauIdinq Banker Shows How Sugar
Beet Culture Increased Prosperity.
That the establishment OF the sugar
beet industry in Ohio will result in an
Increase of S2O.o0o.000 in the value OF
farm lands in the state by the end or
the present year is he statement OF G.
II. Allen. a banker of Paulding. o.
ohio and Indiana should become as
great producers of sugar as Michigan"
said Mr.. Allen. and they Will unless
hostile legislation by congress inter
feres with The natural development OF
this industry. In Paulding county
alone. although the beet sugar factory
here has been in operation only two
years. the value Of farm property has
increased 100000 as a result Of the
introduction OF sugar beet culture. An
other result has been the investment or
S5.OO0.O0O or more In other beet sugar
factories in this section OF the state
within the past year. which In turn
will vastly increase the value Of the
farm land surrounding them. adding
| S2O.OOO.O00 az more to the agricultural
wealth OF tbs region.
aside from tie direct financial re-
turns tbat have followed the estab-
! lishment OF he sugar beet industry In
Ohio. there ere numerous other benefits
which. though not SO direct, are no
less imporHnt To obtain good results
from beet culture farmers have found
It necessary 10 pat more hand labor
on the land The result is that thou
sands Of men. women and children
are being taken from the 0vercrowd.
and set to work on the land n back TO
the farm movement that is OF real
practical value.
"This increased tillage of the soil is
the very best-and, in fact, the only
effective-means of overcoming the
weeds that are the chronic enemies or
the farmer, choking his crops and eX-
hausting his soil. Besides all this, we
have found that every other crop rails
ed upon land that has been put into
sugar beetg shows a greatly increased
yield.
upon n piece OF land that had been
In beets the previous season l myself
raised seventy bushels Of oats TO the
acre, while across the fence one OF my
neighbors, on exactly the same kind OF
land, got a yield Of not quite fifty. Last
year on another piece of land that had
been used for sugar beets / grew hfty
bushels of wheat to the acre where the
ordinary crop is between twenty-five
and twenty-five bushels. Farmers have
learned so well that sugar land in
creases the yield of oats that when they
are I'm conversation among themselves
and one reports yield OF from seventy
to ninety bushels an acre the other vii
reply: 'You have raised 1t on suga'
beet land That accounts for it
"This year there Will be taken from
Ohio cities 20 She country TO work IL
the beet fr'ds over 1900 people, ant
yet this industry is ONLY beginning il
the state mo ought to have twenty
five beet g., ar factorics. and Indiana
equally Is prably located and with lane
peculiarly a;ted - Ills crop. shoul'
have an ii nunArr"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-04
Expected To Pay.

Receiving The Courier at the
postoffice regularly beyond the
time for which it is paid means
that YOU WILL BE EXPECTED
TO PAY FOR 1T and a plea Oh
ordered it stopped" never
subscribed for it, only sub
scribed for a certain period,
etc, vii! rot be accepted. The
printed label on your paper every
dav it reaches your hands shows
where you stand. We do not
want to force the paper on an
unwilling subscriber single day
neither do we feel disposed to
cut off a responsible person on
suspicion who does not remit on
the exact date of expiration
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hagcs because OF a deleterious acid
that affected the butter, but from
sugar beets we got a fine quality or
butter. The Importance OF this Is In
the fact that the farmer needs % use
root crop in his rotation TO clear
the ground. The cultivation required
by such crop improves the yield or
all succeeding crops.
Europe had learned the value OF the
beet, and the northern continental ma
tons were making their own sugar
from It and by using IL In rotation
with other crops had been obtaining
surprisingly big yields per acre. But
here we had been backward in realiz-
ing its Importance. The year came
into the cabinet the United States had
produced only 10000 tons OF beet
sugar.
/ managed TO get public spirited per-
sons TO contribute beet seed TO begin
Investigations, and we found that the
f two northern tiers OF states had the
most favorable conditions for beet cul-
ture We made elaborate inquiries,
sent seed in all directions and had the
beets sent back 10 Us for testings-
At the same time we started en-
couraginS beet growing in the north
we began 20 stimulate the growing OF
rice in the south. And l anticipated
that by this time our farmers would
be growing enough OF each or these
products for our needs. But. while they
grow today substantially as much rice
I as Is consumed in the United States.
the beet crop furnishes only a small
proportion OF our sugar. IL Is more
difficult 10 educate our farmers To-
beet raising II IS more complicated
form OF activity
Last year our sugar beet crop Melted
595,455 tons OF sugar. worth SC5.505.-
600. OF this the farmers received about
S26.3J0OO0 for the beets. a fraction
over 10 per cent The beet tops brought
So an acre. amounting 10 $1.35S.47S:
the pulp Qeft after the sugar Is ex-
tracted from the bectS) was worth
sc. CO.. los and the molasses, a by
product ~of the sugar. $l.2l1.036. So
the total value OF the crop was over
t70,oOOO00.
There is no mogs profitable crop tAAz
DE sugar bssk
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-04
PLANT THAT IMPROVES SOIL.
The Sugar Feet Increases Yield OF
Ctncr Crops.

How sa@4s Gets impraye the fertil-
ity Of the ,- AID Increase the yield>or
all crops -guMu IN rotation with them
Is explained in the National Magazine
by Truman . Palmer. who has spent
the past ten years in studying aSricul-
tural methods ia europe and America
''The sugar lcet bcihg deep rooter,
saws Mr.. PGln.rs. n prerequisite TO its
culture is that the soil he stirred TO q
depth of ten to fourteen inches. The
tender beetlet having to undergo the
shock OF thinning soon after it comes
up I'm order TO leave but one beet TO
place, 1t demands well prepared, mel
low seed bed. Gathering the sugar In
It's leaves from the atmosphere by the
aid of the light and storing it up IN the
roots. It will not thrive if the light Is
cut off through being shaded by weeds.
md their eradication means not only a
further stirring OF the soil by cultiya-
ton and hoeing. but they are removed
before going to seed. thus leaving
NEEDLESS fields for succeeding crops.
Being plowed out in autumn gives an
extra fall blowing. which leaves the
land IN condition to absorb instead OF
she'd the fall ard winter rains and store
I'd the moisture Cor the following sea
sons crop With the removal Of the
main root myriaas OF fibrous roots are
broken off and let in the soil TO ar
average OF Ton 70 the acre. and IN
rotting they not only deposit humus II
the lower strata Of soil. but leave mi
mute channels through which it be
comes aera.cl AMI hence fertile. The
roots of subsequent crops follow thes'
interstices and draw nutriment from
two and three times the depth OF sol
formerly reached. and hence the farm
ers double and trele their soil outpu
without increasing their acreage"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-04
Bee. pulp as Cattle Food.

In summarizing The important fea-
lures Of sugar beet growing In various
parts OF the country the Department
OF Agriculture calls attention 10 IT'S
peculiar Importance 10 the middle
western states because OF the extent
TO which stock feeding Is followed as
an Industry In this territory. Beet
pulp-that is, what remains OF the
beet after the sugar has been extract
ed-haS been proved to be the finest
feed vet discovered for milk cows
and for fattening cattle. sheep and
other farm animals. This is true
whether the pulp Is fed in ITS wet
state as II cores from the factory or
after being dried. A business OF abou,
100000 a year has grown up in the
sale Of dried beet pulp. In which foxu
Il can b shipped 20 any distance