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lUncle Sam's Aero Boat W ASHINGTONForci&n governfw merits have had their military and naval representatives in Washington watching the experiments that this government has been conducting at the Washington navy yard with the new catapult device for launching aeroplanes. The launcbfng machine is the design of Capt. W. I. Chambers, in charge of aviation in the navy. It practically is a compressed air gun that shoots the aeroplane into the air so that it can be launched from a warship at any time and the catapult then stored below, out of the way. Several tests of the device have oeen made, various hydro-aeroplanes "being used. What was generally considered the supreme test was made the other day whei the new aero"boat that has been built for the navy "by Glenn Curtiss was shot into the air for a succesful flight with Lieut. Theodore Ellyson, the first of the navy aviators, at the helm. The new boat is larger and heavier than any other hydro-aeroplane the government has used. It has a body like a light, fast powerboat, and seats Postmen Cannot Loiter CHARLES B. MATTHEWS, superintendent of carriers in the Washington post-office, and the man who originated what is known as the "block" system of mail delivery, a system that has been copied all over the country, said today: "One of the most intelligent and faithful asistants I have is Mike. Mike is avery humble sort of somebody, so humble, in fact, that he even hasn't any other name. "Mike is "just an old white horse, Pound of body, clean of limb and brighter in his intelligence than many human beings that have been sent to me for service. ' "He has spent about seven of his twenty-four years helping deliver the mail to the local hotels. He knows his route as well as any man who has ever served it. And, better still, he knows just how long it ought to take the carrier to deliver the mail for a given hotel "You can't fool him. "When the hour for starting on his route comes and Ernest Miller, the carrier who owns hirn, in full uniform, gets in his seat, Mike looks first up and then down the street to see if his road is clear, b'Mng particularly careful to watch a little longer to see If an electric car is about to" start on its way to Alexandria. "Once started, he takes In each hoWhites on Reservations oütrÄce) WHITE MEW AR F0RÖ1DDHU TO HW LIQUOR Ort THIS "S7od WHITE men are not to be allowed to have "booze" while the Inum goes dry on Indian reservations. There is not to be one law for the red man and another for his white brother where they dwell together on the Indians' lands, the Indian bureau chief declares. The white man can have readier access to the red ink that is really a writing fluid and which has proved palatable and exhilarating, according to the records, to those who need alcoholic excitement and find other sources dried 'Jp. And he may slake his acquired thirst from the mucilage

Much Interest Being Shown in Muskrat Farming

ACCORDING to the annual report of the biological survey recently submitted to Secretary Wilson, the rearing of fur-bearing animals in the United States for their pelts continues to be a subject of much interest. Skunks, rauskrats, minks and foxes are reared in captivity or on preserves under control of breeders. The large prices asked for mature blaGk foxes for breeding purposes have resulted in confining the industry in the hands of a very few. Comparatively few attempts have been made to raise minks In the United States, but experiments are being conducted in co-operation with the National Zoological park with a view to determining the most successful methods of rearing these animals. Muskrat farming has probably reached its highest point of development on the eastern shore of Maryland. Muskrat marshes are worth more, measured by their actual incom, than cultivated farms of like i

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two. passengers side by side; with a double-control mechanism, so that either man can act as aviator. The boat is driven by an eighty-horse power motor, and is capable of a speed of fifty miles on the water and sixty miles in the air. This launching device is the first that has been practical and successful from a navy standpoint. It was proved more than a year ago, when Eugene Ely flew from the scoutship Birmingham and afterward flew and alighted on the battleship Pennsylvania, that the aeroplane could be launched at sea. In both these cases, however, a special platform was built and extensive preparations were made for theN flight. The new catapult can be clamped to the top of a turret and the turret revolved to shoot the aeroplane into the teeth of the wind without even turning the wheel of the vessel. The device takes only half an hour to erect. Lieutenant Ellyson has been the acrobatic aviator of the navy. He has been willing to try anything, and allowed himself to be shot from the catapult the first time it was used, when it was not known what effect the sudden shock would have on either the aeroplane or the aviator. He has been anxious to develop some practical form of aeroplane launching that could be used on a warship, and some months ago flew an aeroplane at Hammondsport off a steel cable which was stretched for an inclined launching way. When Mike Is on Duty hl Move on IF m STATS MUCH LANCER tel in its turn. He will not permit the carrier who goes with him to stop on his way or loiter. If he tries to do so Mike simply walks on. So when he arrives at the hotel he allows time for the carrier to take the mail in and get back, and if he does not come back within that time Mike simply moves on to his next stop. "Why, I can send the greenest sub in the office out with Mike and he won't go astray, if he knows how to read the labels on the mail sacks. 'He is never sick and has never, lost an hour's time. "When we are ready for him in the morning it takes two men to hitch him, he is so eager to get on his job. He never stands in a sleepy way like some horses. His eyes are always wide open and he seems to be always on the alert, but there is a conservatism and a dignity about him that makes me feel proud of him- as a member of our delivery force." Are as Dry as Poor Lo bottle with greater facility perhaps. These and other devices have been known to the Indian while seeking ease for a parched throat. But the white man on an Indian reservation from now on may not have whisky or other alcoholic beverage, either, for refreshment or to cure his ills or as a precaution against ailments, even on a physician's prescription, as long as the ban is on the Indian. The only intoxicant not under prohibition remains the wine intended solely for sacramental purposes, to be brought into the reservations under church authority. Circular No. 695, Indian bureau, signed by Acting Commissioner F. H. Abbott and indorsed by the acting secretary of the interior, addressed to the superintendents of Indian schools and agencies, directs observance of the law in strict conformity with its letter. It . also calls attention to irregularities in observance of the law that have come to the attention of the bureau. J PaOwu, niOC ÖHAT5 THE OTHER KlflD acreage in the same vicinity. Only one other animal In the world, the European rabbit, exceeds the muskrat in the number of skins marketed. The report also calls attention to the experiments for the extermination of prairie dogs, ground squirrels and gophers that are being conducted by means of poison baits, traps and other methods. It is a surprising f ct that the daily forage of 32 adult prairie dogs equal that required for a sheep, and that 250 eat nearly as much as a cow.

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WOMEN 10 STORM THE LEGISLATURE

WILL SEEK TO DEFEAT SCHOOL , ELECTION FRANCHISE. CALL IT SOP FROM SOLONS Declare It Will Not Be Constitutional If Enacted Into Law and Is Intended to Stay Fight For Universal Suffrage. Indianapolis. It developed that that several hundred women from over the state were to swoop down on the legislature to attend the meeting of the judiciary committee of the senate in an effort to defeat the bill introduced by Senator Stotsenburg to give women the right to vote at school elections and to hold office as members of school boards and school trustees. These women will represent the Woman's Franchise league, the W. C. T. U. and the State Federation of Women's clubs. Senator Stotsenburg evidently stirred up a hornets' nest when he introduced this bill, because the women say it will not be constitutional if enacted Into law, and that in the next place it is only a sop to the women to keep them from pushing on with their fight for universal suffrage. Women Will Oppose Bill. No sooner had the meeting of the committee has been announced than the word was sent out by officers of the Woman's Franchise league, the W. C. T. U. and other organizations for them to send their members here to appear against the bill. It was thought that all the way from three hundred to five hundred would attend. There does not seem to be much of a chance for the bill to get through, but if a bill to give women the right to vote at all elections was presented it would meet with less opposition. Lieutenant Governor O'Neill has come out with an interview in which he declares in favor of amendments to the present constitution rather than the holding of a state constitutional convention for the preparation of a brand new constitution. He says the people have a right to hold a convention whenever they wish to do so, but that it will be a long, tedious process. He says, too, that the present constitution gives the legislature power to enact practice.lly all of the measures that are now demanded by the people, and with a few changes it could be made to meet every requirement. There is a cmestion, he says, as to whether any new amendment can be submitted until the "lawyers' amendment" is disposed of, but he says this can be done by repealing the law which submitted the amendment to the people. He thinks this session of the legislature ought to repeal this law and then submit some amendments. He says this plan could be followed and that it would obviate the necessity for a constitutional convention. Three bills have been introduced in the senate to regulate the loan shark business, and there is good reason to believe that one or the other of these bills, or a new bill made out of the three, will be reported for passage. "Loan Shark" Bill Details. All of the loan shark bills thus far introduced in the senate make provision for a state license. It is believed that this plan will be followed in the passage of a bill, and that the bill will also limit the amount of interest that can be charged for small loans to two per cent, a month. It will also provide that not more than one dollar may be charged for expenses in examining the property covered by a chattel mortgage in making a loan shark loan up to $10, and two dollars for any amount over $10. It is thought, too, that the new bill will provide that all such money lenders shall be designated as petty money lenders and that they will be limited to loans not exceeding $100. All loans above that amount would be controlled by the present law governing interest. This makes six per cent, the legal rate of interest, but provides that eight per cent, may be paid when it is so stipulated in the contract. House Kills One Loan Measure. There are some "loan shark" bills in the house also, but none of them has been reported out for passage. One bill, introduced by Representative Fleming of Portland, proposed to limit the interest on any loan to eight per cent, and to forfeit both the interest and principal whenever more than eight per cent, was charged. The committee which considered the bill, however, killed it, because it said it was not practical. Articles of Incorporation. . Articles of incorporation were filed as follows: Italian Democratic club,. Gary; capital stock, none; directors, Dr. Antonio Giorgi, Ignazio Marino, Giovanni Anaclerio, Rosolino Cusuraano. American Art company, Anderson; capital stock, $10 000; directors, Thomas Hans, Alice Hans, Luzetta M. E. Schdolucke. Howard Motor Car company. ConnersnrMe; capital stock, $10,000; directors. Guilford C. Babcock; Harry Tuttler Clarence L. Millard. '

Fairbank Meet Y. M. C. A. Workar.

One of the moit notable gatherings of Young Men's Christian association workers in Indiana was that assembled at the home of Charles W. Fairbanks. Members of the state executive committee, local members and workers from all parts of the state attended. An illustrated address by B. B. Stacy, state secretary, telling of the work throughout the world and especially in Indiana, was followed by short, talks by Mr. Fairbanks, Governor Ralston, Frank Ball, who has donated large sums to the work in Muncie; Henry M. Dowling, John C. Haswell of Marion and others. Although the meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the work among young men and boys, Governor Ralston digressed and spoke rather upon the question of girls, who, he said, have more of his sympathy because the conditions among young men depend largely upon those among young -women. The governor told of a visit to his office recently by Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon of Evansville, Miss Virginia Brooks of West Hammond, Miss Grace Julian Clarke and Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter in the interest of proposed housing legislation and expressed himself as emphatically in favor of changing housing conditions which tend to retard the moral advancement of young women. 0 The governor even engaged in mis sionary work by asking the men assembled not to give their entire attention to the work among boys, but to assist the girls and young women. Mr. Fairbanks told of observations he made of the Y. M. C. A. work in foreign countries. Mr. Dowling said the Y. M. C. A. is broad, welcoming into its ranks Catholics, Protestants and Jews alike. The meeting was held in Mr. Fairbanks' library and was preceded by an informal reception, Mrs. Fairbanks assisting her husband. Following the meeting refreshments were served in the dining room. Asks Aid of State. R. E. Ayres of St. Paul, who knows of the suffering caused by tuberculosis, because he himself has been afflicted with the disease for three years, has written a letter to the state board of health In which he suggests that the legislature pass a law providing for the extension of financial assistance to those who have been rendered unfit for work. "As my case is incurable it has caused me to think of others who are suffering as I am and to know of the terrible condition in which they are placed," says Mr. Ayres in- his letter. "I would like to see a bill presented before this legislature providing that the state pension all tuberculosis victims who have homes or in such financial condition that with a little help they can. stay at their homes and be comfortable until the end comes. Let those who have no homes go to a state institution where they may be properly provided for. We read of the great amount of money sent to heathen lands while we see our own sick and afflicted suffering here at our own doors. I think it is time to begin looking after home conditions first." Dr. W. F. King, assistant health commissioner, expressed the opinion that the longest stride in ridding the state of tuberculosis will be made when an institution is provided to which persons suffering with tuberculosis may be sent in order to prevent them from spreading the disease. Anderson Man Heads Retail Merchants Terre Haute was selected as the 1914 meeting place at the final session of the Indiana Retail Merchants' association convention in Fort Wayne and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Ralph B. Clark of Anderson; vice-president, Otto C. Hornung of Terre Haute; secretary, P. F. Palfrey of Vincennes; treasurer, Edward Goldsberry of Lafayette. A number of important resolutions were passed. The association went on record as being unanimously opposed to the eight-hour day for women and as favoring the business form of government and the proposed law making advertisers responsible for all statements appearing in their "ads." Would Assist Foreigners. Foreigners living in Indiana will be interested in a bill, to be introduced in the legislature, which will regulate the conduct of foreign exchanges of money. Senator Gavit has been asked to present the bill. It is said that the bill will place such restrictions on foreign exchanges that it will practically eliminate what are known as "barrel house banks." The bill will require that persons, firms and corporations conducting foreign exchanges shall give security which will amount to a guarantee of deposits made by the foreigner who desires to send money to his family in his native land. Several j persons have been arrested in Indianapons upon complaint of foreigners that money placed in their hands to be sent to their native country was embezzled. Cleaners Close Sessions. The fifth annual convention of the Indiana Association of Cleaners and Dyers adjourned in Indianapolis after electing the following officers: President, George A. Schaal, Terre Haute; vice-president, Charles E. Worrell, Indianapolis; secretary-treasurer, Chas Gregg, Indianapolis; sergeant-at-arms, Carl Karstadt Papers were read by' L. G Coppage. Crawfordsville, on the subject, "The Front Shop," and by Charles Kieiderer on the topic, "What a Cleaner or Dyer Must Do to Gain the Confidence of His Patrons."

TO STUDY PROBLEM BUREAU OF SOCIAL HYGIENE IS EXPLAINED BY JOHN ' D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. WAS FOUNDED TWO YEARS AGO Son of Retired Oil Magnate Dcicrlbei the Origin, Vork and Proposed Plan for the Investigation of Vice Conditions. New York, Jan. 27. In order that the public might better understand the Bureau of Social Hygiene, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., on Monday gavo out a statement explaining the origin, work and plans of that institution. The bureau, he said, came into existence about two years ago as a result of the work of a special grand jury appointed to Investigate the white slave traffic in New York city. This jury recommended that a public commission be appointed to study the social evil. Mr. Rockefeller was foreman of that grand jury and he thereafter gave the subject deep thought and conferred with a large number of leading men and women. "These conferences," says Mr. Rockefeller, "developed the feeling that a public commission would labor under a number of disadvantages, such as the fact that it would be short lived; that its work would be done publicly; that at best it could hardly do more than present recommendations. So the conviction grew that in order to make a real and lasting improvement in conditions, a permanent organization should be created, the continuation of which would not be dependent upon a temporary wave of reform, nor upon the life of anV man or group of men, but which would go on, generation after generation, continuously making warfare against the forces of evil. It also appeared, that a private organization would have, among other advantages, a certain freedom from publicity and from political bias, which a publicly appointed commission could not so easily avoid. "Therefore, as the initial step, in the winter of 1911 the Bureau of Social Hygiene was formed. Its present members are Miss Katharine Bement Davis, superintendent of the New York state Reformatory for Women at Bedford Hills, N. Y.; Paul M. Warburg, of the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Starr J. Murphy, of the New York bar. and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. As the work develops now members may be added. "One of the first things undertaken by the bureau was the establishment at Bedford Hills, adjacent to the reformatory, of a laboratory of social hygiene, under Miss Davis direction. In this laboratory it is proposed to study from the physical, mental social and moral side each person committed to the reformatory. This study will be carried on by experts and each case will be kept under observation for from three weeks to three months, as may be required. When the diagnosis is completed, it is hoped that the laboratory will be in position to recommend the treatment most likely to reform the individual, or, if reformation is impossible, to recommend permanent custodial care. Furthermore, reaching out beyond the individuals involved, it is believed that thus important contributions may be made to a fuller knowledge of the conditions ultimately responsible for vice. If this experiment is successful the principle may prove applicable to all classes of criminals and the conditions precedent to crime, and lead to lines of action not only more scientific and humane but also less wasteful than those at present followed." That its work might be done Intelligently the bureau employed George J. Kneeland to make a comprehensive survey of vice conditions in New York, and Abraham Flexner to study the social evil in Europe, and their reports are now being prepared. These studies will be followed by others in various American cities, and it is the hope of the bureau that, based upon all of them, may be devised a practical plan for dealing with the social evil. In conclusion Mr. Rockefeller's statement says: "It cannot be too strongly emphasized that tho spirit which dominates the work of the bureau is not sensational or sentimental or hysterical; that it is not a spirit of criticism of public officials; but that it is essentially a spirit of constructive suggestion and of deep scientific as well as humane interest in a great world problem." Fifteen Hurt in I. C. Wreck. Kankakee, 111., Jan. 27. Fifteen persons were Injured on the Daylight special of the Illinois Central, a mile and a half north of MeLvin, Friday afternoon, when the entire train, except the engine, left the track at 4 p. m. No one was fatally injured. Speaker Shurtleff and Representative Ryan of the Thirtieth district were on tho train. . - Congressman Smith Dead. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 2S. Congressman Sylvester Clark Smith of the Eighth district of California, died here late Sunday afternoon. Heart failure Tvas the immediate cause of the statesman's death. Confesses to Bank Thefts. Denver, Colo., Jan. 2S. Amos W. Grant, receiving teller of tho Pioneer State bank and son of a director of the institution, confessed Sunday that he stole $1,910 In cask from the vaults of the bank.

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Indiana Brevities Lafayette. Nearly 2,un students and faculty members crowded Fowler hall to hear an address delivered by Dr. WUiiam Lowe Bryan, president of Indiana university. Doctor Bryan was the gucist of Dr. Winthrop ID. Stone, president of Purdue, who welcomed him very cordially. Doctor Bryan took as his theme,, "Education Through Occupation." Ho spoke earnestly and forcefully on occupation ns an influencing character. The important consideration. Doctor Bryan said, is not so much what the occupations are, but the level on which they are conducted. The visit of the Indiana president probably will be followed by a return visit of President Stone of Purdue, the plan being to exchange courtesies between the sister institutions in such a manner as to bring them into closer social relations. Newcastle. Mrs. Clara Nicholson, wife of Carl Nicholson, who is serving a life sentence in the Michigan City penitentiary for the murder of Edward Hines last September, entered suit against James Banks, a saloonkeeper, charging him with selling liquor to her husband, thus causing him to commit the crime. She demands damages In the sum of $3,500. Banks was sued a few weeks ago on a similar charce bv Mrs. HntMn "Hines, widow of Nicholson's victim. Richmond. Now that the Wayne county grand jury has returned an indictment against Joseph F. Snyder for the murder of William Henry Dayton, who was found burled In a cellar at the Dayton home, the county commissioners have determined to offer a reward of probably $500 for his arrest. Given Heavy Punishment. Shelbyville. Prank Anderson was given a jail sentence of ISO days and fined $10 and John Copple was given a jail sentence of 90 days and fined $5 following conviction for assault and battery in the circuit court. The defendants were charged with intent to kill Earl House, whom they assaulted and knocked unconscious August 26, last. Elwood. Local ministers are planning a campaign to keep the girls off the streets and have asked the women of the different churches to assist. The women will arrange to spend at least one eveningof each week in the business section of the city and will approach professional streetwalkers and invite them to church. A girls club was recently formed here and club. rooms are being opened for the benefit of the working girls and those without the proper home environment. Vincennes Dr, Thomas J. McGowan, aged fifty-nine, a leading physician of this city, was arrested on a charge of performing an illegal operation on a Bicknell girl. He waived arraignment and his bond was fixed at $1,000. The authorities at Senecaville, O., were asked to arrest Oscar Moffatt in connection with the case. Linton. Much excitement was caused here by a maddened cow, wrhich ran amuck through the main street of the town. The animal charged pedestrians, chasing them into buildings, and in its frenzy butted fiercely into buildings, telegraph and electric light poles and lamp posts. It was finally lassoed by Lew Warner. It is supposed the animal has been bitten by a rabid dog. South Bend. -John W. Talbott of this city was re-elected president of the supreme lodge, Order of Owls,' at the annual meeting of fourth degree members held in this city. Talbott is the founder of the society. Other members elected are: Rodney C. Burris, Memphis, Tenn., past president; George Lauterer, Chicago, vicepresident; F. A. Kenrinder, Iowa City, la., invocator; Dr. C. B. Crumpacker, South Bend, treasurer; George D. Beroth, Sound Bend, secretary; Harry I. Guth, Allentown, Pa., warden; A. E. Jones, Springfield, O., sentinel; Frank T. Nleger, Niagara Falls, N. Y., picket. Fred T. Moore, Cedar Springs, Mich.; T. J. Howson, Chicago, and Ferdinand DeSoto, Hartford, Conn., trustees. Lapor-te. Calvin A. Adams, the Columbus prisoner at Michigan City who sent a financial contribution to the Good Fellows' , club in that city at Christmas time and in whose interest pardon petitions are being circulated in several places, has a remarkable prison record. It developed as a result of an investigation made by Harry B. Darling, secretary of the board of pardons, that under tho name of A. G. Hodges Adams served eight years in the penitentiaries of Alabama, North Dakota and Iowa and sentences of three years in other states under the name of Hines Gary- Xhe Congregational Home Missionary Society of America ended its sessions after appropriating nearly $250,000 for missionary work. Indiana missions were allotted $6,500. The following officers were elected: General secretary, H. C. Herring. New Tork; associate secretary, H. S. Swartz; woman's secretary, Misa Miriam L. Woodbury; general treasurer. W. E, Lougee; state superintendent for Indiana, W. G. Puddefoot. The president, directors and other officers will be named at the June com ference at Kansas City.