Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1911 — Page 4

TIE JISPER mm DEMOCIRT F. OIBGOGI,EDITOR MDPIILISIEI. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Entered as Second Class Matter June 8, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published Wednesday and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. * Residence Sll. Advertising rates made known on application. SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 1911.

THE PRESIDENTIAL TRIP.

Mr. Taft should have stayed at home. His trip has done him no good. It doesn’t matter where he goes, he is confronted with factional feeling. When a progressive gets his ear. the insurgent boils and when the insurgent basks in the Taft smile, the standpatter growls ominously. The writer has met many republicans in Missouri, Kansas and lowa lately who deprecate the presidential /ftfuket. They like Mr. Taft, but they regret that he felt it necessary to leave Washington. What the president has to say on these grave questions of public import would sound much better if they came from Washington instead of Coon Hollow, Kansas, or Punkin Corners, Mo. It rather strips the office of dignity, which old-fashioned people like to see there, when the chief executive of the nation has to hop-skip over the land at. breathless speed to make speech- . ' Mr. Taft’s enemies are ready to take a crack at everything he says. All his actions are dis-' torted. People are actually beginning to make fun of Mr. Taft. The president was to speak at a convention some time ago, but until a few minutes before he entered’the hall he had thought of no subject. His eye fell upon the sign at the door—Push—and he determined to make that his theme. “Young men,” he finished, “let your motto always be that word which is on the door. Let that raise you to a position of trust, and that only!” As all eyes were turned to the place designated a rapidly growing chuckle could be heard over the room. The sign on the insidg read “Pull.”—Lake County Times. (Rep.)

PREFER WORK TO ‘SOLITARY’

Mfirion Prisoners Hear Ultimatum from Grant County Sheriff. Marion, Ind, Oct. 6.—On the advice of the county commissioners, Sheriff Tony George o-f Grant county hereafter will place in solitary confinement those prisoners at the county Jail who refuse to work with the “chain gang.” Five prisoners who were taken from their cells to do work for the county told Steve Golding, superintendent of the “chain gang,” they would not work and persistently refused. They were returned to the jail and Sheriff George took up the matter with the commissioners. The sheriff later told the men they could either go to work or go into solitary confinement. They went to work. There are now forty-eight persons confined in the county jail, including one woman

HURLS BURGLAR DOWN STAIRS

South Bend Justice Is Lively in Spite of His Years. South Bend, Ind., Oct. 6 —Stepping on a burglar crouching in his bedroom. Justice J. N* Calvert, aged sixtv-five. engaged in a hand-to-hard fight with him and finally threw the burglar headlong downstairs. The burglar then escaped by iumping through a window Mr. Calvert was awakened during the night by a noise in the house, but found no one. His wife then suggested that he look under the bed. As he turned to do so, he stepped on the n.an’s foot, which protruded from under the bed. After throwing the intruder downstairs, C&lvert dressed and started in pursuit, but the bur glar escaped.

* . OFFICIAL COUPON The Jasper County Democrat’s Great Piano Contest One $350.00 Piano to ,be given away Good for 5 votes for_ . Street and No. : 1 ' Town - - One Banner Upright Grand Piano will be awarded to the person living in Jasper or adjacent counties receiving the greatest number of votes.

CHEVKET PASHA.

Turkish War Minister Who Succeeds Himself in New Cabinet-

BALLOON RAGES START

United States, France and Germany Represented. Great Gasbags Float Up and Away from Kansas City in National and International Contests. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 6.—Two balloon races, one international and the other national in character, were started from here late in the day The contest for the James Gordon Eennett trophy brought together six giant racing craft—one French, two German and three American. Six American balloons, the three wiiich entered the Bennett race and three others, fly for the Lahm cup. Interest centered in the Bennett race or. account of its international character. Then, too, there is a good chance that America will come into permanent possession of the trophy this year. By the rules of the contest the trophy becomes the property of the first club that wins it three times successively Representatives of the Aero Club of America have won the last two contests. The last balloon to start in the Bennett race was the Buckeye, piloted by Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm. The contest for the Lahm cup is a distance event for Americans only. This cup is passed on as a balloonist sets a new record. It is now in the possession of Allan R. Hawley. No cash prizes other than those regularly offered in connection with the Bennett race are at stake in these events. The Bennett prizes are; First, $1,500; second, SI,OOO, and third, SSOO.

W. E. CURTIS DROPS DEAD

Journalist Succumbs Following Arrival in Pennsylvania City. Philadelphia, Oct. 6. William E. Curtis, journalist and author, died suddenly here, Mr. Curtis, who was a special writer for the Chicago Record Herald, was sixty-qne years old and was known throughout America. He was a widely traveled man and had put the observations of his travels into several books Ho was born in Akron, O, in 1850, and was graduated from Western Reserve college in 1871. His newspaper career began in Chicago when he became a member of the staff of the Inter Ocean in 1873. After serving this

newspaper tot fourteen yea r* fie went * to Washington as correspondent of the Chicago Herald until 1901, in which j year he Joined the staff of the Record Herald and contributed a daily articlej on travel in different parts of the globe. -

Funeral of College Professor.

Williamstown, Mass , Oct. 6.—The funeral of Dr, John Bascom, for many years professor of political economy of Williams college and ex-president of the University of Wisconsin, was held at the family residence on Park street.

Two Lake Boats Wrecked.

Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 6.—A special from Fort William, Ont., says th« steamer Rosedale of the Inland line and the Plummer of the Merchants’ Mutual line are on the rocks at Iroquois point, near the SaulL

NEW TURKISH CABINET

Said Pasha Finally Succeeds in Forming a Ministry. Constantinople, Oct. 6. —Said Pasha has at last formed a cabinet It Includes Reschid Pasha, at present Turkish ambassador at Vienna, who is made foreign minister, and Cbevket Fasha, as minister of war to succeed himself Khur Sid, aide de camp to the sultan, has beer appointed minister of marine. Reschid Pasha and Khur Sid have not notified the grand vizier of their acceptance. ” Sacrifices of Turkish Women. London, Oct. 6. —The (Chronicle correspondent at Constantinople telegraphs that women are giving jewels, carpets and other valuable possessions to the fund for equipping the Turkish forces. Priests in the mosques are urging the'Mussulmen to arise to meet the crisis. The Turkish authorities have seized Italian mail, but Germans secured its release. Conflicts between Turks and Germans are reported at Ada, where men are working on a tunnel connecting with the Bagdad railway. Favors an Energetic Defense. Vienna, Oct 6. —Reshid Pasha, the Turkish ambassador to Austria, who has been appointed min.ster of foreign affairs in the cabinet of Said Pasha, told your correspondent that he had not declined to accept the portfolio. He leaves for Constantinople today. After conferring with the grand vizier and his colleagues he probably will accept. Reshid Pasha, who is an anglophile, favors an energetic defense against Italy. Repair Tripoli Lighthouse. Milan, Oct. 6.—Admiral Faraveili ordered a party of marines and officers to go ashore at Tripoli and repair the lighthouse, which is of timber supported by columns of wood and iron. From the report of those who landed it seems certain that the Turks, after the bombardment the first day, fled to the interior. Italians in Tripoli. Rome, Oct. 6. nounced that Italian sailors landed at Tripoli and hoisted the Italian colors. The bluejackets occupied the forts, where they found many dead Turkish gunners. French Strike Expected. Paris, Oct 6. —The Presse prints a rumor to the effect that a general strike will be declared at Cette, department of Herault. It is said that 90 per cent of the workmen with that place will go out. The prefect arrived at Cette and cabled to Paris for troops. Miss LaFollette Will Wed. Madison, Wis., Oct. 6 —The engage ment of Miss Fola LaFollette, daughter of Senator I-aFollette, to George Middleton, the New York playwright, is announced here.

MARKET QUOTATIONS

Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Oct 5. Hogs—Receipts 18,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] choice heavy. $6.50® 675 choice light, $6.15® 6.45 heavy packing, and $5.30® good to choice pigs. i Cattle —Receipts 5,500, (Quotations ranged at $5.00@8.?5 prime steers. $4,15®4,75 good to choice fed beef cows, $5.00® 5.90 good to choice heifers, $4.65®)6.20 selected feeders, $3.85 @4.35 fair to good stockers, $8.75® 9.25 good to choice veal calves. Sheep—Receipts 28,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] chioce to prime native lambs, [email protected] good to choice fed yearlings, $4.10® 4.25 choice to prime fed wethers, $3.50@'3.75 good to choice handy ewes. Live Poultry. Turkeys, per It)., 15c; young turkeys, 15c; chickens, fowls, 11c; roosters, springs, 11c; ducks, 12c; geese, 11c Butter. Creamery, 27%c per lb; prints, 30c; extra firsts, 26%c; firsts, 24He; dairies, extra, 25%e; firsts, 22He; packing stock, ISHc. New Potatoes. Minnesota, 73®75c per bu.; Wisconsin, 70@73c; Michigan, 70@73c. East Buffalo Live Stock. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y, quote as follows: Cattle—Receipts 8 cars; market dull. Hogs-—Receipts 25 cars; market lower; heavy, $7.00; Yorkers, [email protected]; pigs, $6.50@)6.60. Sheep—Receipts 10 cars; market steady; top lambs, $6.60@)6.70; year--4.35; ewes, [email protected]. Calves, $5.00 @IO.OO. 1

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ITALY JUBILANT OVER VICTORIES

Tripoli Captured without Damage to Her Warships. CRUISER CHESTER ARRIVES Bome of United States Tars Sorry They Could Not Participate in Battle—American Criticism Displeases Italians. Paris, Oct. 6. The Italians, who are jubilant over the capture of Tripoli without damage tcc-limb or warships, are displeased by the cAticisms of American papers upon Italy’s acts. Tripoli is deserted, as the Turks and the Arabs have scooted to be interior. , The United States scout cruiser Chester is at Tripoli and some of the men aboard are sorrowful because they were not allowed to participate in the city’s fall. London, Oct 6. —-The little war news is practically confined to the activities of reparation by Italy for the occupation of Tripoli and to further dispatches anent the bombardment of Tripoli. These dispatches, as all news to date has been, are contradictory. V Expert commentators here are inclined to wonder at the bombardment, unless it was merely intended as a demonstration which might possibly bring Turkey to terms at qnce. Otherwise the action of the fleet in not having the co-operation of troops is criticised as likely to prolong the next stage of the campaign. Had the bombardment been supported by troops on either side of the city it might have led to the cutting off of the garrison in the rear. Now they have practically been allowed to concentrate with the Arabs behind the town In the meantime Tripoli has not formally surrendered, though the "port is defenseless. Little’credit is attached to the reports from various sources, all of which are unofficial, of naval engagements and bombardments of Mitylene, Prevesa, Derna, Bengali and other places, especially in the b&;rdanelle&.

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. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. The men and religion forward movement, which is to be continent wide, was inaugurated by the opening of an eight day campaign to serve as a pattern for those to be conducted in seventy-five of the lorgest cities in the country. Thirty meetings were addressed by deans in the movement, who are specialists in boys’ work, bible study, missions, social service, evangelism and community extension. BARTLESVILLE, OKLA. —Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger train No. 29, from Kansas City to Oklahoma City, was held up by three masked men at 1:15 o’clock in the morning near OkesJf, ten miles south of here. The robbers rifled the mail and baggage cars, but it is believed got little of value for their pains. They did not enter the passenger cars, and safely made their escape. BERLIN —It has been learned from an official source that the attitude of Germany in the clash between Turkey and Italy will he strictly neutral. Germany will endeavor to get the other powers to join in an effort to localize the war and prevent trouble in the Balkans.

Big Sunday-School CONVENTION Will be held at Rensselaer, Oct. 17=18 at the different churches State Speakers will be here. Special Prizes will be given for the best Delegation in any Township Preachers and County and Township Officers and Delegates at Large. We want four Delegates from every Sunday School in the County Let all Sunday School workers strive to make this j the best Sunday School Convention ever held in ' Jasper County. „ A. L. WAYMIRE, President, * W. E. JOHNSON, Vice-Pres. \ B. D. COMER, Secretary and Treasurer.

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