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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08
The Color of Flames.

Many people have noticed with
much interest the many tinted bars
and bands that rise in the shape OF
"forked tongues of flame" from
wood burning in a fire. These va
ried hues are the result Of combus-
ton from the different elements OF
the fuel. The light blue is from
the hydrogen and the white from
the carbon. The violet is from the
manganese, the red from the nag
nesia and the yellow from the soda
which are constituent parts Of tha
wood.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08
une court PxTTterS.

"a movement was on foot 70,
The alliance Of King Charles O
Wurttemberg and the Grand Ouch
ess Olga of Russia" said an artist
"An emissary of the Russian cour'
came TO the young king, laid certain
proposals before him and submitted
q portrait IN oils of the royal lady
King Charles, after a close scrutiny
said:
"'This portrait aatters over
much. The eyes are too large an(
brilliant, the hair too abundant, tn,
complexion too fowerlike aud the
neck and arms too beautiful alto
gether.'
"But, your majesty said the as
tonished Russian, you do not know
the grand Duchess
"'No,' said the king, but I knov
court painters ,"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08
Sure! High Heels
Cause Corns But
Who Cares Now

Because style DEGREES that women
crowd and buckle up their tender toes
In high heel footwear they suffer from
corns, then they cut aid trim at these
painful pests which merely makes the
corn grow hard. This suicidal habit
nay cause lCckjaw and women are
warned TO stop It
A few drops of drug called freez-
one applied directly upon a sorc corn
gives quick relief and soon the entire
corn, root and all. lifts out without
pain. Ask the drug store man for a
quarter of an ounce OF freezone, which
costs very little but Is sufficient 10 re-
move every hard or soft corn or callus
from ones feet.
This drug is an ether compound and
dries In a moment and simply shrivels
nm the corn without infaming or even
irritating the surrounding tissue or
skin Clip this out and pin on your
wife's dresser. >.>S<.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08
A CROOKED BOUNDARY.
Cause of the Peculiar Lines That d.
vide Two States.

vide Two States.
If you will look on the map Of
New England YOU will see two Gu
rious Irregularities in the dividing
line between Massachusetts, and
Connecticut. One of them is ID
CRANKY township, a little north
west of Hartford, and the other in
Enfield township, on the Connect
cut river, south of Springfield. 1t
is a standing conundrum why, so
long as the boundary is imaginary,
they did not make it straight in
stead of crooked. But thereby
hangs a tale.
Those two little jogs on the map
are monuments to human obstinacl
and to the persistency which is one
Of the chief traits of the Yankee
character. The ancestors of tht
farmers who own those little spots
Of ground preferred to live in Mas
sachusetts rather than in Connect
cut and fought for their preference
until they had their way.
The controversy began in 1719
and continued for i12 years before
it was finally decided. In 1924 the
question was appealed to England
but the government was so much
engrossed in the Seven Years war
that it was never brought to the at
tertion of the crown. Up to the
outbreak of the Revolution both
states continued to levy taxes and
send notices of fast days and cleo
tions to the farmers who occupied
the land, and there is no record OF
how they avoided one or whether
they paid both. Later, however
they voted.and paid taxes in Massa-
chusetts only, notwithstanding the
protest of the county authorities in
Connecticut. In 1893, after peace
was restored, both states appointed
commissioners, but the dispute was
carried on until 1904, when q com
promise was reached. There were
several similar disputes between the
two states besides those which now
appear upon the map, and an agree
ment was reached by which Massa-
chusetts consented to surrender he1
claim to q strip of territory ii
Woodstock and Sufield townships
provided Connecticut would yield
her claims to the other tracts in
dispute. A. action, however, was
taken uponffhe report.
In 1910 the controversy was re-
vived BY some legal proceeding, and
another commission was appointed
but if It ever reached q conclusion
there is 10 record 70 he found. lr
1920 a third commission was in.
trusted vith t.e settlement, anC
after two ears tAcy decided upor
the p e., }oun la-y ,ina, whicl
waa atoa,ca by ne legislature o.
both stats. Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

The Parish Players derive their
name from the fact that they first ap-
pearcd in connection with church.
For a church in the heart of great
acity like Chicago to bring together a
accompany Of professional players and
.open the parish house for the presenta-
ton of high type of the drama, while
rather q unique development In church
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

OF the plays enacted. Mr. Hall wrote:
'The Parish Players Company has
the distinction, 1 believe, OF being the
first acting company in America TO be
established by church. It's director
is Katharine s. Brown. Its member
ship Is professional and is made up
entirely of persons outside the church. -
Miss Katharine Browns work, aside
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

activities, has proved TO the congrega-
ton and friends Of the Chicago Wood
lawn church a source Of genuine pleas
ure and inspiration Their success
was immediate and SO pronounced as
to move such a well known critic as
o. l. Hall OF the Chicago Jourfal to
recognize the high ideals and art of
the players, as well as the worthiness
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

timely drama known as 1.-THE War
Zone which not only interests, but
has a lesson.
Exclusive rights for the production
Of "In the War Zone" have been Sc
cured by the Redpath from the Amer
lean Play Company. The other plays
to be presented are "The Man Outside
and Accounts Overdue"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-06-08

Photographs by Moffett, Chicago.
TIME value of the drama, rightly
directed, in community life is to
be described and illustrated on
the fourth night Of the forthcoming
Redy.ath ChautauQua here. A brief in
troductory address on this theme will
be given, followed by three one-act
plays by the Parish Players.
The first play will be stirring and
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
I.il.ens Wilson to RienH.

Rome, via Paris, April 11.-Premier Boselli, speaking at the inauguration of an exhibition of photographs from all fronts which has been organized in the Capitoline Museum, said. in ref erence to Americas entrance into the war:
 'Six hundred years ago Cola di Rienzi proclaimed from this capitol the rights of peoples. Today from an- other capitol, that of Washington, President Wilson has proclaimed the same, inviting the people to bind themselves with a pledge of love. em- bracing all civilized races.
 The premier emphasized the im- .portance of American intervention both from a moral and material standpoint. Every reference to the United States was greeted with loud cheers.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
HOME GUARD OFFICERS. Frank III. Johnston Elected Captain or Second Company in This City.

Frank H. Johnston, q former local militiaman and major of the Putnam Phalanx, has been chosen as captain of the second company of the Home Guard, formally organized last even- ing. Captain Samuel Magson is cap tain of the first company. Serving with Captain Johnston in command ing this second company are first lieutenant, William Spittler, second lieutenant, Walter l.. Williams. first sergeant, John Lipetz. Jr. quarter master sergeant, L. Myron Jones.
 Hereafter the second company oi the Home Guards will drill at the state armory on Wednesday evenings and the company will assemble to- night for its initial drill.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
NIcssagc Iro1n CuIn,.

Washington, April 11.-Amid N plause, Speaker Clark laid before 4 house today a message from Mig Coyvla speaker of the Cuban hot regarding the Cuban declaration N war against Germany. 1t read: s
 ''The house of representatives1 the Republic of Cuba, in .declar that state of War exists betw( this nation and the German empl resolved, all members rising to tn feet and amidst the greatest entht asm to address message of conf ternity to your body announcing < pride felt by the people of Cuba uniting their modest efforts to tn of the great nation contending for triumph of right and respect for liberty of small nationalities.
 ''The house also resolved to expy1 the special qualification of the CuJ people in uniting their flag sideA side to that of the glorious nat which, in days of undying menl{ sacrificed the blood of hef' sonSl help the people of Cuba to conql their liberty and independence.''
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
PLOTTER AT BRIDGEPORT
Unknown Man Places Bomb i'm Ste house After Eluding Guards { Sets Building Afirc.

Bridgeport. April 1.-The thorities are looking today for m who. it is alleged. eluding the gua1 about the plant of the American T9 and Stamping company here, late night placed an infiammable bomb a storehOuse.
 When the bomb exploded it setl, to the building. which was destro1( The contents, it was stated. N, chiefly bricks and cement and the r was not heavy.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11

STARS AND STRIPES
 INTO TT AT LAST

Ottawa, April 1.-The Stars and Stripes went into battle for the first time during the world war, during the recent entente storming of Vimy ridge in France, according to an unofficial despatch re- ceived here today from Canadian army head head quarters in Europe.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
Premier Borden at Edinburgh Says Ger
 man Military Autoc-
 racy is Inhuman and DeviliSh
CROWD CHEERS AT
 MENTION OF U. s.
Canadian Declares Madness Which Leads a Nation to Abandon Tenets of Civilization and Revert to Most to Self Observation-Disclosures Tried Honorably to Avoid War.

1Ionorably to Avoid War.
 Edinburgh, April 1.-The entry of the United States into the war was the chief subject of an address here today by Sir Robert l.. Borden, the Canadian premier, on the occasion of the granting of the freedom of the city to Premier Borden, Lieutenant General Jan Christian Smuts of the Union of South Africa and the Ma harajah of Bikaner in Great Britain to attend the imperial conference Premier Borden's first mention of the United States was greeted with a long burst of cheering which was re- peated on each succeeding mention.
 Since we were invited to receive this honor," said the premier, a great event has occurred which must have a profound effect not only on the war but on the whole future of the British empire. The president If the United States in 9 message of wonderful eloquence and lucldity and of convincing reasoning invited the congress to declare war upon Ger many. In this splendid message he set forth an admirable and worthy vindication of the causes which led the empire to take up arms. None can deny that the United States ex- ercised all patience and made every effort consistent with honor and self respect to avoid war with Germany. The fact that congress by almost unanimous vote declared war is the last and most convincing proof that the spirit of the German military au- tocracy is inhuman and devilish, and must be cast out.
 "It is hard to realize how thus spirit could have exercised so pro- found an influence on German people, but the madness which leads a nation to abandon the tenets of civilization and revert to the most savage bar barism can lead only to self destruc- tion."
 Illustrating the manner in which the war has drawn closer the various parts of the empire and the United States the premier said:
 A. few days ago I addressed q meeting of officers assembled in one of the Oxford colleges. The gathering included men from Australia, South Africa. Canada and Egypt who had thrown aside all material considera- tions to render the state the highest duty of citizenship. The officer who presided was a citizen of the United States who had abandoned practice as a physician to give services to our cause.
 "Al1 the nations of the empire and the grand American commonwealths will he drawn closer through the war. They are equally democratic in ideas, purposes and methods. and the differ once in form Is not substantial"
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
Brazilian to Demand Passports.

London, April 1.-The Brazilian minister to Germany will demand his passports tomorrow and leave Ger many by way of Switzerland, France and Spain, according to a despatch from Cologne forwarded by the Elk change Telegraph correspondent at Amsterdam.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
NEW ASSISTANT TREASURER.
Oscar IT, Crosby of WsrrcntOn, Vtr-
 gillia, Is Appointed.

Washington, April 11.--Oscar T. Crosby of Warrenton, Virginia, was today appointed assistant treasurer.
 MT. Crosby recently was connected with the American commission for relief in Belgium and in charge of the work in Belgium and northern France.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
Expulsion of Germany.

Geneva, via Paris, April 1.-The Journal De Geneve, commenting on the report that several of the South American republics will follow the lead of the United States in breaking with Germany. says:
 ..The essential factor is in the pro eressiye expulsion of Germany from
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New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
RIOTING IN BULGARIA

1iclman ITOOpS lkepOrtc0 Called Into
 Action to QucH Disturbances i'm
 Sofia.
 London, April 11.-NRioting in sev- eral towns in Bulgaria is reported in a Reuter- despatch from the French headquarters on the Macedonian front.
 In Sofia, German cavalry is said to have captured the rioters occasioning many casualties. In some cases, the despatch reports, Bulgarian troops have taken sides with the manifest ants.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
PRESIDENT AT TCAPIrOI,,

Washington, April 11.-President Wilson went to the house of repre- sentatives today for conferences with Speaker Clark and other leaders on the war program.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
Includes Bond Issu| of $5,OO0,0 ,0O0, ,00|
 and $2,OOO,0OO,O0
 in Treasury Notes
RAILROAD LEADERS
 PLAN CO-OPERATIO|
State Department Informed of Sia fng Without Warming of Wils Line Vessel With One American BOard-No Torpedo or T.bOat Sd Germany Cuts or Mail and Fl
 
 cgrapl Communications.

Washington, April 11.-Thc financing bill, providing for $5,04 OOO,00O in bonds and $2,00O,OO0,0 in treasury certificates, was una' mously reported for passage todayj the house by the ways and med committee.
 fhe bond issue bill will be tal up in the house tomorrow, proba without a rule limiting debate. Kitchin is certain that it will be proved by the house by Friday nt( at the latest.
 Railroads Plan Cooperation.
 The ability of the railroads to n| demands of the government for tra| portation of troops, munitions supplies, was discussed today by p1 idents of the chief roads at a meet with Daniel Willard, president of \ Baltimore and Ohio and membeF| the Council of National Defense's K visory committee. A complete n for military cooperation already been worked out by the Amertt Railway association. Sinking of the Wilson liner Sah having aboard one American, who N saved, was reported to the state partment today by Consul Frost Queenstown. His despatch followN
 "Wilson liner Salmo, 1905 td Oporto to Liverpool, sunk by exI| sion amidships in ten minutes,,lS q D. m., April 7th, 150 miles west kets. Norwegian fireman lost engineer perhaps fatally scalded. S submarine or torpedo seen. Weat] squally, heavy swells, low tempe1 ture. Captains boat rescued by ta1 CT, Konakry. Port Arthur to Queel town, 5 D. m., the Sth. Landed Queenstown. Other boats belici landed Valentia. Sole Americana board, Michael. Piorun, 113 McISN street. Philadelphia, fireman. sasy now at Queenstown. Have afnda Piorun, also master -l&
 Secretary Baker. concluding testimony before the house miit9| committee today announced that decided after consultation with XII officers to take immediate advaul of the authority to increase fhAs ular army by all the incrementsS thorized..
 Under the present plan the warSl partment will immediately increI the regular army to its full comf| lnent of 287,OOO men, instead or oO3,OOO, as was contemplated. increase is wholly apart from the n army to be authorized by selcc4 conscription.
 Gcrnlany Closes Communication]
 Berlin, Tuesday, April 10. via Fl don. April 11,-Germany has StOHy
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
Uruguay to Remain Neutral.

Montevideo. April 1.-The Uru- guayan government today issued a de- cree of neutrality in the war between the United States and Germany and between Cuba and Germany.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
SOUTH AMERICA TO
 FOLLOW LEAD OF U. s.
Other Countries Expected to Go
 to War With Germany URUGUAY REMAINS NEUTRAL
Crowds Gather i'm Streets of Rio Jan. ciro and Shout Down With Ger many'-Leading Men i'm Argentine Sec No Other Way Out.

Sec No Other Way Out.
 Rio Janeiro, Brazil, April 11.-It is expected in diplomatic circles here that other South American nations will soon follow the example of Bra gil in severing relations with Ger many. The Chilean minister is con- tinuing his conferences with Dr.. Lauro Muller, the Brazilian foreign minister Dr. Muller today received Arthur Peel, the British minister, who conferred with President Braz. Spain will take charge of German in- terests in Brazil.
 Pro-ally demonstrations are grow ing in volume throughout the city. The flags of the Entente are visible everywhere and the streets are thronged with paraders cheering for France and England and shouting Down with Germany" The crowds gather in front of the German estab- lishment and hoot.
 The authorities are taking meas ures to prevent sabotage in military establishments which have been placed under 8 rigorous surveillance. It is said that the majority of the Ger man ships which were seized were wrecked by their crews before they left them.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
BRITISH PLOW ON OVER VIMY RIDGE
Germans Unable to Halt Haig's Ju66ernaut on West Front
DEFENDERS SWEPT ASIDE
Tcutons, Taken by Surprise, Neglect to Reply With Heavy Artillery, Which is Being Dragged to Safety French Also Report Progress.

Which is Being Dragged to Safety
 French Also Report Progress.
 Today official statement from Lon- don reports the capture of the village and heights of Monchy le Preux, near ly five miles southeast of Arras, and just north of the Arras-Cambrai main road.
 Satisfactory progress along other sections of the fighting line is an- nounced, one of the points taken be- ing the village of La Bergere.
 Apparently the first swift rush of the offensive is over, but the reports from correspondents indicate that the work of consolidating the ground won was taken up speedily and done thoroughly without interruption of the pressure upon the retreating Germans. AL ready more than 1000 prisoners and heavy pieces. have been taken by Gen. Haig's victorious troops.
 The minimum advance has been ef- fected in tho sector of Vimy ridge, the northern pivot of the Hindenburg line, now turned by the British, where the German resistance was naturally stiffest in view of the importance of the commanding hill positions. New ertheless, the British accounts show further gains against the Germans there.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
Argentine Edgfng Toward War.

Buenos Aires, April lila Razon publishes a series of interviews with national leaders on the question of Argentine's neutrality. Luis Marie Brago, foreign minister of foreign af- fairs, urges that Argentina join the Allies. Senor Brag says: "I advised our government we should have fol- lowed the United States when it broke relations with Germany. Such action was justified by the German notifica- ton that it prohibited all ships from crossing a war zone, arbitrarily estab- lished on a free sea against all con- ception of international law. The sit uation is aggravated today"
 E. Bidaudoyen of the faculty of law, thinks that Argentina is not yet obliged to modify it's position as a neutral power but that the resolution of Brazil to sever relations with Ger many renders it more difficult to maintain neutrality.
 Senator Bidau approves the deci- sion of the United States and praises the address of President Wilson. He believes that the government should be prepared to take a firm stand in the event of the citizens of Argentina losing their lives on torpedoed ships.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11
German Press Ignores South America.

Copenhagen, via London, April II. The German press has so far passed over the South American situation al- most without comment. Despatches regarding the possibility of Brazil and other Latin-American republics join- ing the Allies are vigen little promi- hence.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-11

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Germany Closes ConnitinicatiOn
 Berlin. Tuesday, April 10. via don, April 11.-Germany has stop all mail and telegraph service the United States sNl
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26
/. w. w. Fire
Fighters Returned

Twenty of the Ga men brought
down from Portland to fight forest
fires in the Crater Lake park district
Tuesday were taken to the Butte
Falls fire, while the remaining Al
men were returned to Portland. the
fire being sufficiently under control
in the other districts to warrant the
belief that local fighters could man
age it. Many l. w. w. members were
among the motley crew brought from
Portland and the citizens of Medford
began to consider ways and means of
getting rid Of them when 1t was un-
derstood that many of them would
remain there anyway. Although in
Medford only day, they succeeded
in spreading their propaganda about
the town in rubber-stamp fashion, as
is their habit. Had they remained,
they probably would have had occa-
sion to question the salubrity of this
climate before the week was passed.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-26
WeSterlund is Host
To Big Party

]. A. Westerlund returned on the
1850 train Saturday night from the
annual meeting of the Oregon Hotel
Mems Association at Roseburg, bring
ing with him, as his guests at the
Hotel Holland, score of good-na-
tured and jolly hotel proprietor and
managers, many of them accompa-
MED by their wives.
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock the
entire party, augmented by others
from this city and Ashland. left for
Crater Lake. Returning from that
great scenic wonder, they will all en-
joy an auto journey over the Pacific
Highway to the state line, under the
directorship of Proprietor Wester-
lund of the Holland.
The party is unanimous in express
sions of delight over the interesting
experiences, so far, during the assem-
blage of the hotel men Of the state,
and particularly over the prospect Of
enjoying one of the greatest trips of
their lives in the visit to Crater Lake.
AS guests of J. A. Westerlund, pro-
prietor of the Holland Hotel, in their
journey through southern Oregon,
they are specially emphatic in their
expressions Of gratitude for this un-
usual opportunity Sun.