Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 64, Number 20, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 September 1921 — Page 1

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FAIR, F.tANK, AND FREE, PRICE TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR Vol. 64. Jaspek, Indiana, Fhiday, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921. No. 20.

FIND LOST RATTAIinrJ

I ! i i t -i navy uepanmeni rorgoi marines Soldiering in Cuba. Six Officer and 274 Men Posted In Island During War to Protect Sugar Property. Washington. A "lost battalion" of United States Marines, 0 officers ami 274 men, were formally "found" ly the Navy department a few days ago. Since August, 1017. the battalion has been .stationed in Camaguey. Cuba, In the very heart of the Island, with no apparent reason for its being kept on such an assignment since the days of the war. The discovery of the "missing" marines was made by Assistant Secretary Itoosevelt ufter much searching of record and Inquirynmong Marine officers. The hunt was started as the result of the recent incident in Camaguey. when the marines kicked up some excitement In the Cuban town after Leroy Foster, an American engineer and former navy officer, had been attacked and beaten by Cubans. - "What are the marines doing in Camaguey?" Mr. Roosevelt nsked himself after looking at the map of Cuba, and was asked by others equally curious. Nobody seemed to know. MaJ. Gen. Lejeune, commandant of the corps, said they were there all right, but could vouchsafe no additional information. The navy list showed marine officers regularly assigned to the Cn maguey post, but the warrant for such duty seemed to be lacking. Finally ancient papers were found which showed that, back In 1D17. shortly after Cuba entered the war on the heels of the United States, the Cuban government had requested the State department to permit the stationing of American marines at Camaguey to guard sugar properties there against pro-German plots. WILD AHTELOPE KILLED OFF Reduction of Saskatchewan Herd From 300 to 150 In Year Arouses Indignation Against Hunters. Swift Current, Susk. Indignation has been aroused among those interested In the conservation of wild animals over the slaughter by hunters of at least half the antelope In a large herd that makes Its home in the open country northwest of this town. The herd lived unmolested for years und at Its maximum numbered HOO animals. Hunters began to make clandestine raids on the herd last full and kept up their depredations during the winter. At the opening of spring not more than 150 antelope were left. l'rong horned antelope, once rivals of the bison In number on the plains of North America, have been almost exterminated. This Is one of the few wild herds remaining on the continent. When the Hudson's Hay company was the sovereign power on the prairies the land which Is now rapidly selling to farm settlers swarmed with antelope. LAD'S BROGUE STUMPS DAD Boy, Eight, Acquired Broad Scotch Dialect on Short Trip In the Land of Heather. New York. Hubert Masson, eight, who with his mother, "Mrs. Helen Masson, has been touring Scotland for the last six months, has just arrived home. Hubert IZ. Masson of 1747 East Fourteenth street, w ho was at the pier with a friend of the family, Martin Casey, author and newspaper man, to meet his wife and son, found himself wholly unable to understand the thick Scotch brogue his offspring had acquired during the tour and had to call on the mother to Interpret. The Massons were both born In Scotland, but young Robert Is a native of Flatbush. Ills Scotch outdid even the Scotch and lie was singing what he considered to be the Scotch national anthem, a song in which every verse ended: "Just a wee drop more." Temple 2,300 Years Old Uncovered. Athens, Greece. Uuins of a great temple have been unearthed at Sikyon, a city on the southern shore of the Gulf of Corinthy which in the Fourth century before the Christian era was one of the principal cities of Greece. Kxperts who have visited the new excavations declare that the temple was sacred to the worship of Artemis Perhaps the peak of high prices has been reached, but there appears to be a disposition to hang round the peak. The way to get ahead of the depreciation of your Liberty bonds is not to sell them until the price goes back to par.

S00 RAPIDS NO MORE

Once Navigable Stream Reduced to Rocks and Pools. Fishermen Gather Big Catches In Streamlets Where Once Angry Torrents Raged. Sau!t Ste. Marie, Mich. Modern engineering has broken the prestige of the old-time Soo rapids, reducing to rocks and shallow pools a stream which, in the days before the civül war, schoolers plied with no fear of hitting bottom. Completion of the last of the compensating dams above the rapids has brought to the surface moss-clad rocks hidden for centuries, and it Is now possible to wade across a space where, in 1852, there was a stream of such respectable volume that the sailing schooner Uncle Sam passed easily. Capitulation of the rapids, which has drawn nearer and nearer during seventy years, reached Its climax with startling quickness recently when, within an hour after the closing of the dam, the rapids became gaunt rock and disconsolate rivulets. The scent of fish and moss tilled the air. In pools were some unwary creatures of the water who had not tied in time, and anglers hastened for their kit?. Most of the fish In , the rapids had taken refuge In the lower river as the water receded. Hut the passing of the rapids brings some Joy, for fishermen believe the remaining pools, some of them several feet deep, will attract the rainbow and speckled trout, and that these will b more easily snared. Dams above the rapids were con struct i to regulate the depth of Laki Superior and to obtain a steady drifi of water In the locks. SPARROW'S NEST IN AUTO Farmer Discovers That He Has Been Carrying It and Eggs Around. IUishville, Ind. Ilex Innis, a farmer living west of Itushvllle, has just discovered that he Is carrying a sparrow's nest with four eggs in It around in his automobile. A few days ago, when he filled the gasoline tank under the front seat, he found the nest neatly tucked In the corner and securely fastened between the end of the tank and the seat. The mother sparrow had evidently gained eccess to the unusual place by flying up under the seat. Innis says that he parks his machine In the same place every night and he presumes that the sparrow sits on the eggs every night while the machine Is not In use. The nest has withstood tbe test of all kinds of roads, no bumps being too high or ruts too deep to dislodge It. 'WITNESS TREE' GIVEN HONOR Branches Sheltered Patriots in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1777. Washington. To mark the two hundredth anniversary of known data in connection with the "Witness tree" of the Donegal Presbyterian church of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, the American Forestry association announces that the tree Is given a place in trees' hall of fame. The nomination Is made by Martha Iiladen Clark. The Witness Tree chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has unveiled by the tree a monument and tablet. This tells how the congregation of the chHrch gathered under the tree 144 years ago next month, when they heard Lord Howe was coining to invade Pennsylvania, and "pledired loyalty to the cause of liberty." s s XX XX XX s l s s s ü i IX - Skunk Is Outdone by Nomius Pygmaeus Bug Minneapolis. Minn. The nomius pygmaeus is a concentrated rival of the skunk. This is the text Dr. William A. Riley, chief entomologist at the university farm, has read to International Falls. The citizens of the city, being assailed by a terrific odor, had at first thought their sewage system was faulty, but later placed the blame on some stransre Insects which were being trodden upon. Nomius pygmaeus Is an Arctic species of the beetle, which gives off a terrible odor when killed or injured. It rarely invades towns, but. unfortunately, when It does, there Is no way of avoiding It. t s 8 A 4. 8 I XX is

BiG DOUBLE CIRCUS

I II Kingling Bros, and Barnum ana Bailey to Pr sent Scores of Entirely New Features. The announcement that the far-famed rviugung xroH. ana uarnum x uaiiey. bora bined bnowa are to exhibit at Evansville Saturday Oct. 1st has aroused no end of intereet. It " ould eaem aa though all the youngsters and grown-upa in this section were planning to attend. Twice each day for almost two months .

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New York's great Madison Square Garden was pa ked with those who throng- Tendency to Tighten Restrictions on ed to Bee this biggest program in circus' Hunting of Birds and Big Game la history. They saw ecorea cl the jungle's Shown In Federal and State oost ferociou? beaBts. subjugate:! to euch Law for 1921. a degree, that the.-e bea u animals . . A 41 . , ö , . . , . ., , . . , Washington. A tendency to tighten eiped to and ro le on the bucks cf ele- u . 4 , . . , , , the restrictions on the hunting of pbants and horses, jumped through tlrds and bff.came ls notcd in the hoops of tire, opened their mouths that game laws for 1921, a summary of their men and women tiainera might lay which, both federal and state, has been their heads and hands inside them or compiled by the federal biological surleaped frcin pe ef-tal to pedesta' like vey. Among the notable changes made trained dogs. And these marvelous during the present year was the dumb actors are all an tear with the araendInS of tne migratory bird treaty great double circus. The four immense JJ111"0118 rCSPeCt t0 büS steel arenas in which they perform are amendment provldes that the eat up in the mamn.oth main tent. There daUy bag limit of any person shall is no additional charge everything is now'include "all birds taken by any on the one program. And by "every- other person who for hire accompanies thing" ii meant Dot only the wild ani- or assists him In taking migratory mal displays, but the entire circus. More bds" This will put an end to the than 600 men and women embracing the abuse of privileges under the regula,..,.M'a . . , . : tlons regarding the prescribed daily world s foremost arenic stars, take part.'. r v i. it k . , . , V ; bag limits by persons who claim that Thereare almost 100 clowns. A8:de from bird3 were UUed by accom. the ferocious beasta. the program in-1 panylng them. eludes thirty trained Repliants. Troapes! Waterfowl Seaion. f camels peJorm in the rings. There' The-federal waterfowl season for are live companies of trained seals, many California was fixed 'from October 1 loja, bears, monkeys, pigs, and pigeons.' to January 15, replacing the old seaFully eeveuty trained horses and Shet-! 8011 of October 10 to January 31, the lands are presented. It is the bigaeat BeaSoa noW bcin the same under, boti1 ;.,0 ..w. v. ii u I federal and state laws. Iteguiation 9, circus program the world has ever fceen.' , 4. , - , i , . , . V governing the Issuance of federal ivenunJer the lugest tent and, m con- scientific permits, was amended to

-...i: A M t T-fc uecuuu. it) me lamous con mmen mner ' a ing Bros, and Barnum & Bailey mena,reri j. I I Jiirft Folks By EDGAR A. GUEST EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA. Xot somewhere In America, but everywhere today, Where snow-crowned mountains hold their heads, the vales where children play, Beside the bench and whirring lathe, on every lake and stream And In the depths of earth below, men share a common dream. The dream our brave forefathers had of freedom and of right. And once again in honor's cause, they rally and unite. m Not somewhere in America Is love of country found But east and west and north and south once more the bugles sound 4 And once again, as one, men stand to break their brother's chains. And make the world a better place, where only justice reigns. The patriotism that is here, Is echoed over there The hero at a certain post Is on guard everywhere. O'er humble home and mansion rich the starry banner flies And far and near throughout the land the men of valor rise. The flag that flutters o'er your home J ls fluttering far away O'er homes that you have never seen. The same Impulses sway The souls of men In distant states. The red, the white and blue Means to one hundred million strong, jusr what "t means to you. The self-same courage resolute you feel and understand Is throbbing In the breasts of men throughout this mighty land. Not somewhere In America, but everywhere today For Justice and for liberty all free men work and pray. iCopyrlfiht by Edffar A. Guest.) ; Germany ls pretty nearly as resourceful as a corporation lawyer at tbe Job of postponing the inevitable. Ilesides liquidating its war obligations, the world is taking a great deal of the water" out of inflated stock values. . Would It not be a humane and Ideal way of dealing with both pests to teach the English sparrows to eat dandellcns? If the home garden Is to be a sue cess this year there has got to be an Improvement In the week-end meteor plogical conditions.

NEW LAWS CUT HUNTING SEASON

Bag Limit NOW Includes Birds Killed by Persons Assisting the Hunters. AIRPLANE' SHOOTING BARRED 1 - permit the issuance of limited and spe cial permits, j . State legislation harmonized federal and state Uvs.4?n waterfowl and shore birds In .Kansas" und Oregon,' andl0n waterfowl In Pennsylvania and Ith ode Island ; Washington prescribed a statewide open season on all migratory game birds from October 1 to January 15, 'Lthus deviating from the federal regulations, which supersede the staW law, ; east of the Cascade mountains, where It will now be possible to hunt migratory game birds only from October l.to December 31, without violating either federal or state law; in Idaho the open season on migratory game birds has been shortened under state law two weeks by opening October 1, instead of September 10, and extending to December 31. Bar Airplanes. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon and Washington enacted legislation similar to the federal regulation prohibiting hunting from airplanes. Colorado reduced the bag limit on ducks from 20 to 15 a day, while Kansas Increased the limit from 20 to 25. In New Jersey reedblrds were protected at all times by being pJaced In the nongame class. The open season for woodcock was shortened 25 days In Michigan, two weeks in New York and one month In Vermont. Doves were protected until 1924 in Colorado, and In Kansas an open season on them was provided from September 1 to October 15. In generul, seasons on big game were shortened and hunting further restricted. Buck laws were enacted in Michigan, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and In Washington east of the Cascades. Maine protected spike bucks and prcscribed that one of the two deer al lowed In the eight northern counties must be an antlered buck, and provided that In two of the counties only residents may hunt deer during the last two weks of the open season. Bull moose were protected for five years In Maine. HOLDS HEART, PATIENT DIES Surceon at Clinic In Switzerland Criticized by Student for Unusual Act. Geneva, Switzerland. The cantonal government .has ordered an Inquiry into !an extraordinary operation performed by the chief surgeon at a hospital, who extracted the heart from a man named Tasche. j Pasche shot himself, the bullet pierclng his heart. The surgeon spoke for 20 minutes to the horrified students with the live heart In his hands, j At the end of the lecture, when the man .was dead, the students protested to tht surgeon, who dismissed their objections with the remark that the patient. would have died anyhow wlthIn a few hours. Authorities are not satisfied with this explanation, while the victim's relatives think of bringing a civil action for Ijaniagts.

FULL OF SURPRISES

His Nuptial Race Not "for Maidens" but "Previous Winners." Instead of Getting Widow With One Child. Cot Woman With Seven Children and Two Husbands. New York. Meyer Mauer's marital life was Just one surprise after another. He told the Supreme court about It when he asked for an annulment of the match and recited the list of unexpected events that came to him after he was duly wed. When he married Becky Mauer, he says, she represented herself as a widow with one child. Surprise No. 1 Another child came to the home, calling his wife "mamma." Surprise No. 2 Second child came along later, also child of wife. "How come?'' asked Meyer. "Thought you only had one child?" 'Oh, I merely forgot to tell, you about this one," said his wife. Surprise. No. 3 Third child, also added starter, comes along to live with mother. Surprise No. 4 Fourth unheralded Infant adds itself to home circle. 'How much of a family have I?" asked Meyer. Surprise No. 5 "There are two more," said the missus, and the family grew from the one listed child to seven. tf?.f Surprise No. C Meyer discovered that Mrs. Mauer had two other llvöng husbands and then he decided to let the Supreme court put an end to his family surprise party. "It ls a case of fraud and misrepresentation," he said in asking annulment. "Here I thought I was getting a widow with one child and I find that I got a woman with seven chll- j dren and two husbands." LIKE "4TH" AT HELGOLAND Continuous Blasting in Dismantling Dig German Fortress Sounds Like Celebration. V Helgoland, Germany. Kvery day ls a Fourth of July celebration on this little rooky island. And not a "safe and sane" celebration at that. At sunrise the l,xx) Gern-an workmen who are dynamiting the pet fortress and naval harbor of Kaiser William set o!T their Idasts. The bombardment keeps up througnut the day. Charges of TNT make the water In the harbor spout up like geysers In Yellowstone park and the big gun pits on the summit of the rocky .clifT give an occasional roar like Vesuvius and belch great clouds of black smoke and pulverized concrete. For two years more the work of devastation will continue. It took the kaiser eight years to build the great fortress and harbor which defended the Kiel canal and afforded Germany's navy a base close to England. It cost Germany 50,000,000 marks ($12,500,000). The cost of dismantling, which Germany also must bear In accordance with the terms of the Versailles treaty, will probably be about 4,000,000 gold marks ($1,000,000). COOK TOOK RIDE IN AIRSHIP Came Back in Time to Get Supper After Visit to Home Folks. Turon. Kan. Miss Myrtle Hyatt of Alva, Ok!a., who has been spending her vacation cooking in a threshing shack in this vicinity, decided to surprise the home folks by a little visit, and accordingly Hew down by airplane and spent a few hours and returned In time to get supper. The airplane was from Hlackwell, Okla., Kddie Spencer, pilot, and had been here foi several days doing passenger business. The trip down, against a heavy wind, occupied two and a half hours, but the return trip was made in five minutes. The distance to Alva is seven mile. 5 Frightened Child Too J Quiet to Suit Shakes J SulTern. N. Y. Jei-ni Van

J Olsen, twelve, had a tlirillhiL' p- J 0 perlence with two large rattle J snakes while on a berry pick- J 1 Ing party In the Knmapo mounJ tains. The child had wandered J some distance from the ret of t the party when she heard a J ' humming noise, and turned ' i about to see two snakes near ; ' her. The child was motionless with fright, which probably , J saved her life. Other members J 0 of the party saw her standing. J Investigated and killed the J 0 snakes, which were as large as 0 J'any ever killed In this section. J 4

FRANCE AGAIN ADMITS BOOZE

Lets Down Bars to Whisky and Gin to Satisfy Demands of the Tourists. Paris. The French government has been compelled to permit the Importation into France of a limited amount of whisky and gin so as to satisfy the demands of the tourists here from foreign countries. Such imports had been prohibited since the war and, as a result, the prices of cocktails and hlgballs soared in proportion as the supply of gin and whisky diminished. Foreigners residing here have made desperate efforts to obtain good whisky from England and Scotland and have been compelled to pay extremely high prices for it. Reports - of a great amount of smuggling Indicate that the foreigners have about as much difficulty obtaining their favorite brand of whisky as they do lu America. Death Battle for Young. Maryville, Cal. Finding of the bodies of a huge eagle and a mountain ram on Table mountain In Kutter county revealed a desperate battle to the death between the great bird and the mountain goat, in which each was actuated by love for their young. The eagle, according to mountaineers, three days ago seized a small kid from the ram's herd to feed her small eaglets in their nest high on top cf the mountain. Returning on a similar mission the ram attacked the eagle tnd the pair battled to the death. Mi v Mother Says Her Lot Justifies Profanity Arraigned on a charge of profanity, Mrs. Agnes White of Columbus, O., thirty-seven years old, and the mother of 14 children, said: "Judge, anybody that had to live as hard a life as I do, wojld cuss." Mrs. White testified that she was forced to take in washing and other work to support herself and her children. The Judge dismissed her, after telling her to go and curse no more. i i i i 4 '---.-. FLASH BURIAL RITES TO SHIP Vessel Minus Prayer Book When Fireman Dies Gets Full Ritual by Wireless. Liverpool. During a recent voyage of a liner from America, a request was received in the ship's wireless room from another vessel asking for the transmission to It by wireless of the words of the burial service. The reason for this unusual request was that a fireman on board the Canadian government steamer Canadian Trapper had been taken ill on the voyage and had died, and the captain discovered that there was no copy of the payer book on board. The "Carmanla operator telegraphed by wireless the whole of the burial service. Plays Hearts With Names of 23 Wives Guards at Sing Sing prison, Ossining, N. Y report that L. A. Schaeffer, a prisoner serving a sentence for bigamy, has an odd way of amusing himself in his leisure time In prison after his day's toil ls over. Attendants say Schaeffer admits he has had wives. According to the guards. Schaeffer ha 2'J card. On each he has drawn a heart and inscribed the first name of a spouse. They assert he thumbs these cards over and plays a game of "hearts" with them. Schaeffer is serving a sentence of five years. X v I PICKS UP $20,000 IN GEMS Brakeman Gives Sheriff Robbera' Loot Found in Handkerchief in Freight Car. Dallas, Tex. Diamonds valued at approximately $30,000 belonging to a local wholesale Jewelry house, were taken from a drummer's trunk by robbers, who broke Into the railroad depot at Royce City, near here, wb.re the trunk was stored. About $20,000 worth of the diamonds were turned ever to Sheriff Dan Harston the following day by a brakeman, who said he found thexn in a freight car, wrapped up in a s l ei blue handkerchief. .

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