Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 45, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 August 1910 — Page 3

STATE HAPPENINGS

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STATE BREVITIES Indiana News Item3 of Interest Gathered by Our Special Correspondents.

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nj ASHINGTON. America hjas TT taught tho people of the Chinese empire to Hinoko cigarettes. In ft roporf to thlH government on foreign trnde by Consul Gonontl Charles Donby of Vlennu, In which ho described tho clriBH of foreign markets which mav be created by American enterprise, and then supplied tho consul general says: 'One of the most conspicuous examples of such a market is the demaud for cigarettes In China. Ten years ago tho cigarette was an artlclo UBed In China by n small number of people, chiefly foroignors. Tho field attracted the attention of a group of American manufacturers who oxnmined Into It and decided to Intro-dud-the cigarette to tho Chinese people by American methods. Tho result it that now the cigarette is popular throughout tho emplro." Tho International opium conference to to held at Tho Hague next fall will have a very goneral representation of the power, according to tho latest information reaching the state department. In reporting to thU government on opportunities In Malaysia for rubberHeads of Navy Are ToHN HAY had a saying thnt the J ideal diplomatic servlco if any g"ernmcnt ever succeeds in having iu- will ba composed exclusively of unmarried men. Mr. Hay had no experience In naval matters, or ho might " have included the navy In his maxim. There probably Is no branch of the government service, the Washington Post says, where pottlcoat Influence. 1- so strong as In the navy. Ask any ex spcretary of tho navy about it and 1 will toll you how the navy women In a thousand different ways, sometimes uuconsclously and occasionally (Miberately, annoy tho .navy departriftit. He will tell you how they homo to obtnin desirable posts of f'it for their husbands or sons and l nw they nnnoy tho department with n quests for a chango of orders when lielr husbands aro transferred from m easy Job In Washington to sea duty "D the Asiatic station or sonfo other fir away tropical post. The recent row i' tbe Boston navy yard, which cul GirFs Good Looks APTKR losing four positions within i M ar Just because of her beauty, M;t Todd has left Washington nnd tti 'l try her fortune elsowhero. Miss Tit.ld sot out to bo a stenographer. Ii' r employer got mixed up In his dictation nnd Included phrases that could ii "t have been part of tho correspond- " p As n Bhopglrl the floorwalkers strolled too often near her counter. As a milliner she aroused the envy and J' linusy of customers. Miss Todd has been living In Gcorge"n for n little more than a year, f rame here from a small PennsylnMa town, well equipped to work, ' money enough to wait until a ' i onably Sod position was open to Sad Red Men Must

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P')OH Lo has suffered many privations at the hamls of the national rninent In the process of civilizing but the hurdest blow yet must be 1" more "'flro water" sold on tho coded ' Is of MlneBota. Lo will take his ' on tho water wagon at onco. Th order Includes several counties tP ' If carried out to the letter would ' n i revont tho sale of liquor In St f ii and Minneapolis, which stand on r ' '1 lands. t'n-lcr state laws tho counties onv ''""I In tho order Becker, Cnss, i Hubbard. Mahnomen, Norman, 1 Itnscn, Polk. Clear Water, 1 I ak. Crow W!ng, Wadenc and ft ul -have enjoyed tho license ly low hia flro water, has been nb!o

growing enterprises, Consul General James T. Dubois at Singapore, cited as follows an Instance to Bhow how tho Investing public Is sometimes token In In tho oxploltatlon of tho rubbor Industry there: An estate was sold to promoters for $150,000. The syndlcato got an old plantor who know the estato to put a flotation value on It. He named $250,000. Tho promoters wero not Batlsflod. Another expert examined and reported. His price was $350,000. Brltlnh and American gold was pouring Into tho country and tho got-rlch-quick spirit was born. Another expert wbb called In. Ho was told of tho former valuations and that they wero unsatisfactory. Ho valued the estato at $COO,000. Just nt this time, rubber took a big Jump In tho London und Now York markets and another oxpert was asked to report and ho placed tho flotation price at $750,000 and the syndicate In order to have It In round numbers mado it an even $800,000 and floated It nt this prlco. People fought for the stock, tho share Isbuo was oversubscribed and many of them Immediately sold at a good advance. All thlB was done within n few months without tho slightest Improvement on tho property except tho natural growth of tho few hundred acres of Para plants which had recently been planted. Trained white supervisors on tho rubber estates aro in demand, the consul general reports, and thoro Is a scarcity of labor and consequent high wages.

Annoyed By Women minated In the court-martial of two officers, Illustrates the prominent part women play In navy circles. Almost everybody knows of tho mutual 111 feeling existing between the navy women and tho department. Every once In n while something happens to widen this breach. Only a few dayB ago Ensign Chnrles M. Auatin, son of Representative Richard W. Austin of Tonnessee, was deprived of an especially desirable berth by the navy department merely because ho got married. Ho had been detached from the dispatch boat Dolphin at tho Washington navy yard and ordered to Japan for duty as a student attache at tho American ombnssy at Tokyo for the purpose of studying the Japanese language. On tho way to hla new post of duty ho stopped at his former home In Tennessee nnd was married to a girl he had known for many years. This was too much for tho tinromnntlc departmental authorities, who suddenly decided that a married ensign would not make as good n student of tho Japanese languago as a bneholor. Accordingly his orders were revoked and Instead of spending his honeymoon In Tokyo be will have less Interesting servlco at tho naval training station on the Pacific coast He will, however, have his wlfo. Are a Bar to Work her. "Yes," sho said, lmlf-angry and halfamused, "I have been overwholmod with offers of marriage as well as of employment But these offers do not appeal to nie. Most men forgc that I j have my own sweetheart, and If I were Inclined to consider a second time it seems thnt mino should bo j the privilege of inviting his nttontlona without having them thrust upon mo. "At first I did not take such things seriously, but Hlnce then I have known other girls who have shared the samo fate, merely becauso they are nioro beautiful than their colleagues. "I have worked In offices where thoro were 17 girls, nnd by the end of tho third wook I wnr, embarrassed by repeated offers of company, pleasures and tho like by various men In tho office. This gnvo rlso to some bitter passes between some of tho other girls nnd myself. "I hope to bo married by tho autumn of next year, but until then I wish to do something." Ride on the Wagon to procure It without restriction. By tho new order ho will have to go dry. The provlnlons of the treaties by which tho lands were ceded prohibit tho Introduction of Intoxicating liquors In the whole northern part of the stato, except by consent of congress or tho presldont, but up to the present tlmo tho provisions have not been enforced owing to opposition from the white population, which vastly outnumber the reds. Ooean vs. Bartender. "Do you remember whero they stung us ten cents for beer on the pavilion nt Brighton, whero we sat at a tablo nnd looked at the ocean?" he asked. "Well, when you all went nwny 1 walked around to tho bar and got ono for five. A shame to charge you ttvo cents more Just to sit down and look at tho ocean, isn't It?" "Oh, 1 don't know." she snld "I'd rather pay the extra five than havo to ntand by tho bar and look at the bartender if hp was i n: thing like soum

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NEW8 ITEMS FROM ALL OVEK INDIANA.

CHARGES THREAT TO KILL Restaurant Keeper of Frankton Held at Anderson on Allegation That He Attempted to Take Life. Anderson, Aug. 2. James Dole, a restaurant keeper of Frankton, Is in the county Jail and will answer a charge of having attcinptci to kill Miss AHa Kittinger on a street adjoining tho public square. The screams of the woman wero heard by the patrolman in that district, who succeeded in wreBtlng a 38-caliber revolver from Doyle before he had used It Tho girL who was badly frightened, declared Doyle had been following her and that he suddenly drew a revolver from his pocket and threatened to kill her if she did not Btop. Sho ecreamcd and attracted the attention of the officer. Doyle, who is also charged with Intoxication, has been twice convicted In tho circuit court of operating a "blind tiger" in his Frankton restaurant. The building in which his place was located was consumed by flro less than a week ago. Venturesome Youth Drowns. Henryvillo, Aug. 2. Pink Bowyer, a young man seventeen years old of Bellersburg was drowned while bathing in a pond nt Speeds, near the Portland cement mill. Bowyer, with two other companions, went In for a swim, and the youth ventured too far in the water. Not bolng u good swimmer, ho became exhausted nnd sank in 12 feet of water. One of his companions endeavored to savo him, but in vain. After three efforts Carl Creemer, nn cmployo of the mill, brought the body to tho surface. Bowyer was tho son of William Bowyer, a rural mall carrier, who hurried homo from his route after learning of tho accident The boy was employed at the cement mill. Says Biscuit Too Costly. Kpkomo. Aug. 2. "Me. I eat-a no more dem-a biscuit. He coBt-a too much. Mo, I eat-a pie, b'gar! He more cheapest!" This In explanation by Nick Moder, yard hand at tho South side steel mill, who was fined $11 for assault and battery upon his messmate. Lew Volk. Nick Moder explained that at tho mess table Lew Volk had snatched a biscuit from him. In reprisal he had smitten Lew Volk with his open hand. "Ye-e-a, he hlt-a me a gude one," grinned Low Volk, who apparently felt that he was the real culprit and could not understand why pun lshraent should fall on Nick Moder. They loft tho courtroom mutually -expostulating. Stricken Farmer Killed. Shelbyvlllo, Aug. 2. While pitching hay In the mow Daniel Eck, living north of St. Paul, was killed following an attack of heart trouble. When seized by the disease he slipped, falling Into the wagon below, alighting upon his head, his nock being broken. A physician was summoned, but life was extinct when ho arrived. Eck owned a small farm and rented a larger place near. Ho was forty-live years old. The widow survives. Brick Falls to Feare Bird. Princeton, Aug. 2. A brick weighing several pounds foil 26 foot from tho top of the Odd Follow building, in course of construction at HnzoKon. nnd struck James Bird on tho top of tho head without even nbraldlng tho skin. Bird dropped, apparently dead, but quickly revived, and 20 minutes Inter was at work as though nothing had happened, only a slight bump being raised on his cranium. Painter Falls to Death. Anderson. Aug. 2. A letter was received by relntlvos here announcing tho accidental death at San Francisco of Martin Wilton, formerly of this city. Mr. Wilton wns ongaged In painting a breakwater in San Francisco bny when tho ropes which supported him were severed nnd ho fell a distance of 100 feet to tho Jagged rocks. His mother, Mrs. J. M. Thorp, left for San Francisco. Factory Cans Elderberries. Wabash. Aug. 2. Tho Wabash Canning factory will can elderberries, which are abundant here. This Is tho only factory In Indiana or In tho west which cares for this crop. Boys nnd girls have a chance to market a crop without owning or renting ground, nnd tho venture is being watched with Interest, as other Indiana canners may follow this plan If successful. Postmaster Quits Position. Warsaw, Aug. 2. W. H. Vaughn, who has served as postmaster at Atwood, Kosciusko county, since tho administration of President Arthur, has resigned because of falling health, brought on by eye trouble An examination will bo hold August 27 In Wnrsaw to All the vacancy. Farmer Commits Suicide, Flora, Aug. 2 Tho lifeless body of Archie Stewart, ulxty-soven years old, well-known farmer near this city, was found by his daughter suspended by a ropo which had beon tied to a raftor in the haymow. His neck was broken. The coroner tendered a verdict of sulci da

NO COMPROMISE WITH COMPANIES

Prosecutors Must Not Settle Out of Court. SAFETY APPLIANCE CASES Two Reasons Why the Commission Has Adopted the Policy of Requiring Railroads to Pay Penalties. Indianapolis. There will be no adjustment out of court of cases brought by the railroad commission against various railroads of Indiana In local courts through prosecuting attorneys for violation of tho safety device act if tho commission is able to control things. This has been made clear to a number of prosecutors who have written tho commission asking If that body would object to the suits being Indefinitely continued in tho event tho defendant railroad companies wero to agree to remedy all safety appliance defects. Ono prosecutor In a county In the north part of tho state whero a number of suits have been brought, wrote the commission, saying that ho had had success in handling the Impure milk and insanitary food producing and distributing plants by continuances whero the defendants agreed to obey the law, und suggested that the commission permit him to adopt such a method in dealing with the railroads and not to collect penalties prescribed by law. If the roads remedied tho conditions leading to tho filing of tho suits. This thp commission has declined to do, setting out Its reason in a letter containing the following: "The commission has adopted the policy of requiring railroads to pay penalties for two reasons: "1. We call attention to the law by circular letter, and advise tho railroads that In tho ovent they do not comply, penalties will be enforced. 1 Inclose you a copy of our letter with reference to automatic bell ringers. "2. Tho railroad companies have sued this commission, or rather the state of Indiana, In probably as many as fifty cases, putting tho stato to a great deal of expense. We propose to collect enough penalties from the railroad companies to offset this ex ponso. Wo therefore concur with tho attorney general In his request nnd direction to you to proceed to enforce the penalties In those cases, and to ad vise us that you have done so." Organize Body for University Outings Tho Sangamon County Stato Unl verslty Excursion association has been formed. Its members compriso those who have been accustomed to making the farmers' trip oach year to the state university to study crop methods employed-there. The organization was launched through tho agency of Major J. E. K. Herrick and County Suporln tendent E. C. Prultt. Tho following officers nnd directors wero elected to servo the first yenr: Prosldent Edgar C Prultt, county superintendent of schools. Vice-president MaJ. J. E. K. Herrick. Secretary nnd treasurer F. K. Ken nedy. Board of directors Maj. J. E. K Horrlck, chairman; Cnrtwrlght town ship, Newton Rawls, J. H. Plunkett; Island Grove, W. H. Dunlap; New Ber lln, Thomas Hergerty; Maxwell, R. B. Smedley; Loninl, J. M. Dodd; Talking ton, Arthur Brian; Salisbury, A. F. Rhodes; Gardlnor, William Gardiner, T. S. Duncan; Currnn, Fred Ovcrstreet; Chatham, Charles H. Purdan; Auburn, Henry Hart, Fred W. I-ndage; Fancy Creek, A. E. Peteflsh; Springfield, W G. Fagan; Woodsldo, Will Ladage; Capitol, B. F. Drennna; Ball, J. W. Dronnan, Jacob Stout; Divornon, Wal tor Drennen, C. E. Hay; Williams, O A. Hobklrk, S. E. Moore; Clear Lake, H. C. Riddle. Hears Tie Tax Evidence. The stato board of tax commission crs met to henr tho remainder of tho evidence submitted In the caso of the Indiana Tie company of Evansvillc, on anneal from tho assessment of the Vanderburg county board of review. Tho tie company submitted figures which wero alleged to show a valua Hon of $359,488 on property In Indlnna, Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee on March 1. 1910. Tho company wns as se8scd on $10.000 worth of property In Vnntlorburg county nnd on $103,000, the alleged excess of the capital stock value over all property owned by the company. The Vanderburg countyboard of review maintained that tho capital stock, $000,000, was worth 90, becauso stock had been sold nt that prlco. Tho company Bet out that this alo Involved only a few shares and

was to nn employe of tho company.

Dates for District Meetings Ar Set.

Plans which, It was said, would bring about a more complete organization of tho Democratic Btato forces than existed' two yenrs ago, wero pre sented by State Chairman Jackson to tho members of the state committee nt a meeting nt tho Denlson hotel. The committee approved tho chairman s suggestions, and dates wero set for tho meetings next month of the respective district chairmen with candi dates on the county and state tickets, together with the congressional nomi nees. Chairman Jackson also is to meet with the district chairmen and the plans of the campaign throughout the stato aro to bo discussed. A portion of theso plans already have been car ried out in some of the districts, al though they had not received tho offi cial approval of the state committee. Following are the dates for the dis trict meetings: First District T. D. Scales, chair man, to meet with state chairman, county and state candidates and congressional nominee at Evnnsvllle, August 5. Second District Fablus F. Gwln, chairman, to meet at Vlncennes, Aug ust C. Third District Mark Storen, chair man, to meet at New Albany, August 8. Fourth District F. M. Griffith, chair man, to meet at North Vernon, Aug ust 12. Fifth District Peter Foley, chair man, to meet at Terro Haute, August 1G. Seventh District Bernard Korbly, cualrman, dato not set. Eighth District George Beebe. chairman, dnte not set. Tenth District Chnrles Murphy, chairman, to meet nt Gary. August 20. Eleventh District E. E. Cox, chair man, dato not set. Thirteenth dlstrlt Peter J. Kruyer. chairman, to meet at Plymouth, August 19. O. K. Five Trustee Reports. Two trustees of Montgomery county, one trustee of Elkhart, one of Lagrange, and one of Jefferson county wore found by the flold examiners to have all account? correct, according to their renorts. filed with the state board of accounts. All of the trus tees mentioned wont into office In January, 1909. nt tho time that the law was passed creating the state board of accounts. The truateos Given nasslnc marks by tho examiners aro Ulysses G. Cotton. Cleveland town ship, Elkhart county; O. L. Osborn, Wavne townshln. Montgomery county ; John B. Hopping. Ripley township. Monteomery county: L. W. Moronoy. Eden towndhlp. Lagrange county, and Harry Underwood, Smyrna township. Jefferson county. Three Trustees of Jackson county are charged with errors and short ages. Oscar Allen, trustee from 190a to 1909. is cliarced by tho examiners, William H. Aikmnn and Horatio Harryman, with having drawn $ IS excess snlary as overseer of tho poor. Honry H. Tlnch, trustoo of Salt Creek township, Jackson county, from 1905 to 1909, is charged with having drawn oxcess salary to tho amount of $10. Railroad Men to Confer. The advisory commlttoo appointed by tho last annual rnllroad convention to confer with the railroad commission of Indiana regarding matters of railway operation which would prevent accidents, will meet the commission. The members of the committee are J. W. Loshend, Evansvillc. superintendent of tho Louisville & Nashville; D. F. Shaft. Ind anapolis. superintendent of the Big Four; J. C Sullivan, superlntendcnt of tho Wnbnsh, and J. W. Coneys, superintendent of the Penn sylvania lines. This commlttoo will prepare the program for the annual rnllroad convention to bo held In In dianapolis November 10. This conven tion Is a unique departure In the field of railway propaganda. The law erentlng tho convention was written by the chairman of the Indiana commission. Judge W. J. Wood. No other state has such a conference. Test Seed Wheat Will Be Sent. Tho Indiana experiment station desires to place a number of co-operative tests of wheat varieties with farmers throughout tho state. It Is believed that tho wheat yields could be maerlally Increased by tho use of better yielding varieties. Only by testing varieties side by sldo under similar condlt!ons can it be determined which Is the more adaptable variety for tho süll and climatic conditions. Tho experiment station will furnish free ton pounds each of four or five varieties. These aro to be sown with tho same soil preparation and cared for In tho samo way as the general crop. At harvest tlmo dcfinlto areas nro to bo threshed soparately and accurate reports of the yields furnished tho stato. Tho crop remain1 tho property of tho grower. Farmers Interested should address Prof. A. T. Wlancko, Purdue unlverHity, Lafayette.

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THE NEW LAW Three Eligible Under Federal Pa role Measure. BOARD TO MEET IN AUGUST Under the Old Law It Is Provided That There Shall Be Certain Deductions In Time for Good Conduct of Federal Prisoners. Indianapolis. As tho result of tho parole law passed p.f the last session of congress, three Indiana bankers who aro now In the Ft. Leavenworth federal prison, nre eligible to parole. Whether they will be paroled remains to be seen. The parole board provided for by the law will hold Its first meeting In AugusL United SUitcs District Attorney Charles W. Miller said he did not know of any movement on foot at the present time to have these men paroled. The three men who are eligible and who wero sentenced for violation of the nntlonal banking laws are Justus L. Brodrick, former president of tho Indiana National bank of Elkhart, who was sentenced April 21, 1904, to servo ten years; Gustav A. Conzmnn, former cashier of the Vigo County National bank of Terre Haute, who was sentenced January 29, 1906. to servo eight years, and Fred Lubbo, former cashier of the First National bank of Dlllsboro, who was sentenced June 12, 190S, to servo five years. Mr. Miller points out that tho now parole act provides that every jirlsoner convicted of an offense against tho United States and sentenced for a definite term, whose record of conduct shows he had observed the rules of such Institution and who has served one-third of the total of tho term, may be released on parole under certain conditions. The act provides that "If it shall .appear to tho parole board from a report by the proper officers of tho prison whero the prisoner Is held, or upon application by the prisoner, that there Is a reasonable probability that such applicant will live and romaln at liberty without violating tho laws, and if in the opinion of the board, such release Is not incompatible with the welfare of society, tho prisonous release mny be authorized upon such terms and conditions ns mny bo prescribed. No roloase or parole shall bo operative till tho finding of tho bonrd or parolo shall havo boon approved by tho attorney goneral of the United SUUos." Under the old law It is provided that there shall bo certain deductions In time for good conduct on tho part of federal prisoners who wero Fontenced for n definite term other than life. ' Deductions for Good Conduct. Those deductions nro ns follows: Commencing on the first day of his arrival nt the penitentiary, prison or Jail: Upon n sentence of not loss than six months nor more than one year, five days for each month; on a sentence of more than one year and less than throo years, six days for each month; on n sentence of not less than three years and loss than five years, seven days for each month; on a sentence or not less than five years, but less than ten years, eight days for each month; on a sentence of ten years or more ten days for each month. STATE NEWS BRIEFS. Nashville. Harry Artls, a farmer of Georgetown, was bitten by a large copperhend snako and Is In a Berlous condition. Ho was coming from the field nnd tho snako sprang from a bunch of grass and struck him on the leg. Ho grabbed n club and killed tho reptile. When ho entered tho house ho fainted and a doctor was summoned. Tho snako was tho largest of Its kind ever killed In this county and measured six feet four Inches. Grcencnstle. A fox chase through the streets of Greencastlo was tho unusual spectaclo witnessed by several persons. Persons on tho streets were first attracted by the baying of a pack of hounds. A few seconds later a fox, closely followed by seven hounds, dnshed across the public square, through the court houso lawn nnd on through tho northwest part of town. No ono was following the hounds. Winamnc Tho Tippecanoe river added another victim to its list when Leon Lewis Thomas, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ieon Thomas, was drowned. The pnrcntB live on a farm four miles north of town, nnd were threshing. Tho child slipped nwny and with his pet dog went to tho river to play. Ho had beon throwing sticks In the water for the dog to bring back to him, and It Is supposed lost his balance nnd fell Into tho stream.