Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 47, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 August 1910 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher. JASPER INDIANA We are at tho morcy ot the avla-tors.

As we remember it now, winter had corns good points. To orphan banana republics the fatherland refuses to bo a mother. Now hero como the dontista with that anti-klsslng thing, too. Going swimming looks like the only rational employment in hot -weather. The army may have to help devise means for a 6ane artillery drllL Are thoro any records that year's weather has not broken? this Europe might try exporting its surplus rainwater to our mlddlo west. As a diversion to swatting the fly. keep vour stable clean. If you've got one Chopping Americans into little bits Is still a favorite pastime of the Moros. Speaking of -weights and measures prose out ions, how J uu like to be the icfnun? Swa'Miag the i-onunon house fly Is now r:- of oar .:.ost popultr indoor lady shorts. Even though tli" water Is fin?. If yoa ian t swim. Jon"t go in beyond yo ar dpth. Fir he sake f thirsty crops any good citizen she ;!d willingly sacrifice his s'.iaw hat. "What's the right word for an aeroplane garage?" asks the Doaton Globo. How s planebunk? What has become of the Chicago joy rider who killed a woman and was afterward captured? The assistant hef of a lake boat refused to cook ;n. d potatoes and the chef at once ma-id him. Ttc l ont rock r md the fellow who star Is 'iv in th 1-;U are In evidence again, but have ai td so far. As if it were not bad enough for thr eanh to fly up and hit aeroplanes, lighting has beg in striking them. What bald-headed man had hoped to live to see a flyless world? Yet that Is what the scientists are planning. Giddy New York regards the idea of closing Its lobster palaces at 1 a. m. as very little better than a curfew law We wonder bow one small cone can held so many kinds of chemlcals.and hav rr-ra left for a nickel's worth of 1,0 rtaiu 1 rin's JS.O1' na11'-! a? govern' g, v '!'"Tlt con In '."-Mun ' a day to run the -r- What will the u-n aeroplanlng Is A ("h-'-aeo mn t-. ? fW0 for "mere ! .'.bably was a v oing slice of r F " ' - i ineal " t- -h oni1 1-- fisrnlng oat 3 -1 a day. One 'o the being In full C ' ;.'vral si t-r r'ort tla .' presuTrfd Ptateto . n'l't'ni men th. ' ' :nd r rtlnratea of merit going largely to t ' tans. IIa no one . a wtrl for a goMipR ;ard KIplirir urges that airmen . frt nrn(fti inn r ,.,,".,.... ' r "J";" in (at.r of accident That Is simpler ,.,, r-.hn, l II an cuvrruib Liijs atiu " - beds Considering the slxe of the heads of some of the hatpins that the glrlsaro wearing, they certainly do not come under tho law forbidding the carrying of concealed weapons. The word-colner has an easy task. All he needs to do in expressing his views on a public policy Is to select tho name of a man he dislikes and attach tho syllable lsra.' London and New York may soon be connected with telepheno communication. None of the fictlous of fairy tales can surpass this modern miracle of a chat over tho ocean. Tho Kaiser has been writing poetry to a party of German maidens who called upon hlra and took him chocolate. Incidentally, It Is to be hoped the chocolato was better than the poetry. One of the latest aeroplane accidents shows that It Is bad to be In a firing machine hit by lightning, In the .air. But whero la being struck by lightning either comfortable or salubrious? Some of New York's most wealthy and fashionable women are importing French aeroplanes and preparing to learn to aviate. Philadelphia women have taken the load at Newport, and there seems to be nothing for the New York ladUi to do but fly high around home.

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AMERICAN AVIATOR TRAVELS FROM PARIS TO LONDON, CAPTURING PRIZE. CARRIED SINGLE PASSENGER Le Blanc Wins $20,000 Purse In CrossCountry Kace, Having Covered 485 Miles In Less Than 12 HoursLatham Craft Wrecked. London. Aug. IS. Aviator Molssnnt, the young American aviator, succeeded In making tho first aerial trip from Paris to London, which, since the crossing of tho British channol by Blerlot and others, has been the aim of many aviators. Molssant accomplished his remarkable flight from Paris to Calais and across the channol with an oaso nnd brilliancy seldom surpassed. By making his remarkable flight he capturos the cup that a London paper offered and the proceeds of tho subscription raisod in Knglnnd for Graham White, which tho unsuccessful competitor In the London-Manchester flight offered as an award in the Paris-London competition. Latham's Machine Wrecked. Hubert Latham, who started from Issy. a suburb of Paris, to race Molssant to London, met with a sories of 'accidents, tho last at Amiens, culminating in tho wrecking of his machine as be was preparing to rosuiuo the flight Latham oscaped unhurt, but is out of the race. The last stage of Molssant's flight, the trip across the channol, was accomplished in a strong channel brcoze, foe wind being so high that experienced aviators looked upon the start as foolhardy. It was such a wind as repeatedly deterred BlerloL latham and other aviators from attempting the passage of the straits. Aviator Shows Great Skill. MofesAnt, though one of the youngest of the aviators, managed his machinery with the greatest skill, and, as the Blerlot with Its guide passed out of the zone of greatest danger near the shore, he seemed to steady it Wins Race and $25,000. Paria, Aug. IS. Alfred LeBIanc achieved a notable triumph by winning Le Latin's $20,000 prize for a mapped out circular course of 489 miles, to be covered in six stages without regard to wind or weather conditions. LeBIanc covered tho distance In 11 hours and 56 minutes actual flying time . He made the lost leg of the course, from Amiens to Paris, a distance of about 75 miles, in 1 hour, 42 minutes. Aubrun, the only other starter who qualified for the prize in the other five stages, made the distance from Amiens in 1 hour. 54 minutes. Both aviators used Blerlot machines with Gnome ongines. Outflles Pigeons In Race. A flock of 47 carrier pigeons was released at DounI at the same instant that Le Blanc. In his Fannan biplane, started from the mark on his 50-mile flight to Amiens. Rushing without a tremor through tho calm air, the biplane soon outdistanced the birds and when Lo Blanc reacbt-d Amiens the flock was not in sight, the first pigeon arriving six min utes and twenty seconds after Le Blanc. Before the last of the flock bad come In Legagneux. who had farted at the same time as Le Blanc, but consumed nine minutes more on the trip, arrived, beating the last pigeon by 12 minutes. PEST IN ITALY SPREADING Twenty Thousand People Flee CJjolera Stricken Town Disease of Most Virulent Type. Rome, Ang. 20. The cholera epidemic ts rapidly spreading In southern Italy, but rumors that It had also 1 w ibuvni ivuuuu' , tloa. Not a single case has been re . . .,. , ported here and the health ofllclats are on the qui vlve for any appearance of the malady. According to tho lntest reports the disease is of a most virulent typo nnd accompanied by a high death rate. Thirty deaths are reported at Tran I. The town is being rapidly depopulated because of the panic among the Inhabitants. 20,000 of whom have already fled. Similar conditions prevail In Barietta. St. Petersburg. Aug. 20. The record of the cholera epidemic for the past week shows 23.994 new cases and 10.723 deaths, which brings the total number of cases for the yoar up to the tremendous total of 112.9S5. Tho percentage of mortalities Is placed at 44.5. i SPEEDING BANKER IN TOILS! ! St. Paul Man Sent to Workhouse for Forty-five Days Without Option by Judges. SL Paul, Minn., Aug. 19. Frank W. Weterman, presldont of the Ramsey County State bank, wn3 given a straight sentence of 45 days in the workhouse, without the option of a fine, by Judge Flnehout In police court for speeding his automobile in the city above the limit allowed by law. Twaln'a Daughter a Mother. Redding, Conn., Aug. 20. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Osslp Gabrilowltsch at tho home of the late Samuel L. Clemens. Mrs. Gabrilowltsch was before her marriage Miss Clara Clemens, oldest daughter of "Mark Twuln."

CALIFORNIA INSURGENT IN REPUBLICAN POLITICS

Johnson, Opponent of AnM-Machlne Doctrines, Wins Nomination for Governor In Direct Primary. San Francisco. Aug. IS. California is Insurgent in its Republican politics. Hiram V. Johnson, loading opponent of antl machlno doctrines, has Bwcpt tho field in tho direct primaries, winning his party's nomination for governor by a plurality that will border on 50.000 when all returns are In. Just how great was the extent of tho disaster to the stalwarts cannot bo known until outlying districts havo , been heard from, but every Indication points to a clean-cut declaration by the party for Insurgency and against ffnn rv .1 Pacific railway. Johnson's supporters are crowding his headquarters offering him congratulations. Among his callers wns Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ft is asserted that the progressives havo carried to victory two new Insurgent nominees for congressmen, William Kent in the Second district and W. D. Stephens in the Seventh. The returns Indicate that those men have boen successful, although the fight is a close on in each district. FRANCIS JOSEPH IS EIGHTY Relatives of Austria's Aged Ruler Celebrate His Birthday In the Little Town of Ischl. Ischl. Upper Austria. Aug. IS. Francis Joseph, tho eniporor-king of Austria-Hungary, is eighty years old today, and all the country is celebrating, while here in this little town, scores of the members of the house of Hansburg are assembled to do honor to the head of the family. Ischl Is finely decorated In Alpine fashion with garlands of pine and juniper and ail the beautiful mountain flowers. So many of the aged ruler's relatives are here that he had to receive them in groups at the imperial villa, where he has been living for more than a month. During tho day the emperor received messages of congratulation from all the rulers of the civilized world and from hundreds of other persons in foreign lands as well as in bis own dominions where he Is so deeply beloved. He seems to be in robust health and has been taking long walks i .!.ti, i,. ,ir h.mtc tt-hn. ever the weather permitted. ' GAYN0R IS GROWING STRONG Official Bulletin by Doctors Dispels Alarming Reports Concerning Patient's Condition. New York. Aug. IS. Out of the riotous tangle of reports concerning the actual condition of Mayor Gayuor at the beginning of the ninth day after he was shot by James J. Gallagher, a discharged city employe, came tbi3 bulletin from the doctors: "Yesterday was the best day the mayor has had since receiving his injury, and he is stronger than at any time. There is no foundation for the alarming rumors that have been In circulation. If conditions continue as satisfactory as they now are, only two dolly bulletins will hereafter be idfeued." CRESCEUS TIME IS BEATEN The Harvester Trots Mile In 2:02 and Makes Four New World's Records. Buffalo. N. Y.. Aug. 18 Sensational racing marked the second day of the grand circuit at the Fort Erie track. Several world's records were made in ! the final heat of the 2:07 trot, when f . i . 1 . T.l I HO liarvesitsr, untn u u umsra, covered the mile in 2:02. cutting a quarter of a second from the world's record, held by Cresceus for nine years. The 2:02 mile also gives The Harvester a world's record for five-year-old trotters; a world's third heat record, stallions, mares or geldings; a world's record for stallions. The track, horsemen said, was two minutes slow. PACKER'S COUNSEL IS FREED Armour's Lawyer Urion, Is Cleared of Charge of Attempting to Obstruct Justice. Chicago. Aug. 18. Alfred R. Urion, chief cotinRol for Armour & Co., was cleared by Judge Landls of a charge of attempting to obstruct justice In connection with the burning of certain notebooks of the packing company, domanded by the federal grand t Jury. I In announcing his decision Judge Landls stated that tho decision In the cases of the other three co-defend-ants, W. W. Shaw. George M. Willltts and W. A. Heiander, would be consldered at a later date. SHOT ON STEPS OF HIS HOME Chicago Hospital Storekeeper Slain In Presence of Wife by Discharged Watchman. Chicago. Aug. 18 Daniel Cumnilngs, storekeeper at tho county hospital, was shot on the steps of his home, in the presence of his wife, by Thomas J. Bent, a discharged night watchman at the county institution. Cummlngs died later at the county hospital. Bent believed that Cummlngs was Instrumental In his discharge. After the shooting Bent stood over the body and waited until a policeman came upon the scene and arrested him.

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TURNS 01 GANNON LONGWORTH, AFTER CONFERENCE WITH TAFT AND OTHERS, MAKES STATEMENT. WILL NOT VOTE FOR SPEAKER Son-In-Law cf Roosevelt Declares He Will Not Again Support Danville Man for Presiding Officer of House. Beverly. Mass.. Aug. 19 Congressman Nicholas Longworth 'of Ohio, son-in-law of Colonel Roosevelt, opened the fight of the Republican party organization against Speaker Cannon. In a statement which he Issued Mr. Longwerth declares that having voted for him la caucus on four diSfereat occnoas he PP0" Ca.BOa to ! t0 speaKersnip tor tue iasi um auu i ... . .. n.AnA tiMa fnmwtn namely the meeting of the Republican caucus at the assejabttag of the next congress, he will oppose Uncle Joe to that position. Says Cannon Cannot Be Elected. Mr. Longworth makes It clear that In his view harmony la the Republican ranks and party success depends upon Cannon's elimination. "I am absolutely convinced." he says, "that Cannon cannot be again elected speaker." The Importance of the Longworth statement lies not only In the fact that the Ohio congressman, a long time friend and supporter of Cannon. Issued it, but that It was not given to the public until after a series of conferences with President Taft and other leaden that hare called here, and that the president was acquainted with the context of the statement in ' advance of its pabUeatlon. and that Vlce-ProsWeat Sherman likewise was Informed Wednesday of the contemplated move and gare It hi, tacit ap4 proval. Others to Follow Longworth. It is said by a high authority that Mr. Longworth's statement Is only the first rf a series uiat wui oe issued of a n Ke nature in ui wniou m uk country by Republican candidates for congress. The plan s to make It clear that Mr. Cannon caaaot be reelected speaker even If the next house of representatives be Republican. Mr. Longworth issued his stateate&t at the executire offices, where be bad called tOLsay good-hy to Secretary Norton prior to his derrture for Newport On Saturday he will go over to Oyster Bay as the geest of his fxtheri ln"law for few. dyfCannon Resigned to Opposition. Danville. 111., Aug. 19. "I have no quarrel with Longworth as to who shall be speaker of the next house, and there is no room for disagreement touching this matter between Representative Longworth and myself." said Speaker Cannon after reading a statement by Representative Longworth. "If any Republican candidate for congress feels that his position or the Republican ticket would be strengthened by pledging that he will not support mo In a Republican caucus I hare no objection to his making the pledge." LEWIS' LIFE IS THREATENED President of Mine Workers Receive "Black Hand" Letter Saying He Will Be Killed. Indianapolis. Aug. IS. InternaI tional President T. L Lewis of the miners revet uwn uauu icuer saying that he would be killed. The letter was from an Illinois town and was In Italian. It had a picture of a cartridge, a dagger and a black hand. All the signs of the Comorra were on the letter. An Investigation was immediately stavted by President Lewis to find out the name of the man who sent it to blm. French Wheat Crop Short. New York. Aug. 20.Vith!n the last ten days 10,000,000 bushels of American wheat bare been purchased for exportation to France. The French crop of wheat thin season, accord lag to advices received here, has shown a deficit of about 67,000,009 bushels.

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CHAtLtf A, FRANCE DEDICATES BRONZE STATUE OF WASHINGTON Replica of Houdon's Marble Is Presented by Col. James Mann of Virginia. Versailles, France, Ang. 19. In the Napoleon hall of the chateau of Versailles. In tii presence of the French minister of war, General Bran; the French ambassador ' to the United States. M. Jassemnd. and his wife. and the American ambassador, Robert Bacon, and Mrs. Bacon, the bronae replica of Houdon's statue of Washington In the Etatehocse at Richmond, Va., presented by Virginia to the Frcncjs republic, was dedicated. General Brun, who presided, spoke of thi statue as the greatest work of the greatest French sculptor of the eighteenth century. Col. James Mann, chairman ot the Virginia commission, delivered the speech of presentation. Ambassador Juseeraad accepted the statue on behalf of th French govern ment. He declared that the friendship General Washington and of the .nk0iMn ns .,i,.? Ma rr ; the gSorfes of France, it was, there - - -- - fore, singularly appropriate that this statue, "the third erected on French soil by our ancient allies, should be placed la the palace coaiecrated to all our glories." Mr. Mann in his presentation speech recounted the splendid deeds of "the father of his country" both in war and in peace, and paid fitting tribute to the illustrious Lafayette who aided America in Its struggle for liberty. BROWNE JURY IS COMPLETE More Than 500 Persons Are Examined Trial of Legislator on Bribery Charge Is Begun. Chicago. Aug. 2!. The Jury which Is to try Lee O'Neill Browne on the charge of bribery la connect km with the election of United States Senator Lorlmer waa completed after four AvtXMtC Stuce the examination of Jurors started August 4. eight iperlal panels or ioo men each have been drawn for u lhHn 5,v p-. sonalty examined to ascertain their qualification, etc. Judge Kersten charged the jury and the actual trial begaa. ILLINOIS CAPITAL IN TENT Governor Dcneen Takes Up Official Residence in National Guard Camp for One Week. Peorta. 111.. Aajg. 2. For one week beginning today the temporary capital of Illinois wilt be a tont on Headquarters" hill In the largest military camp in the United States this year. Governor Deneen has taken up his official residence there and Is protected by 7,00$ members of the Illinois National Guard. With the exception of the Fifth Infantry, which was directed by the war department to co-operate with the regular troops In the Indianapolis maneuvers, the entire strength of the state's military establishment is quartered on a 2.000 acre reservation four miles north ot Peoria on tho banks of the Illinois river. MaJ. Gee. IV.-ard C. Young of Chicago, commanding the division, is in command of Camp Dencen. Under his Immediate command aro three brigades of infantry, embracing Beven regiments, the cavalry regiments, the signal corps, and the newly organized hospital service. Retain Lawn Tennis Title. Newport. R. U Aug. IS. Frederick B. Alexander and Harold II. Herrlck retained their holding of tho national lawn tennis doubles championship by defeating the Pacific coast champions, Thomas C Rundy and Trowbridge V. Hendrick, the challengers, by the score of 6-1. 8-6, 6-3. Objects to Ten Children. Cleveland. O.. Aug. 1S. Frederick Sprink draws the line at "marrylsg an entire family." lie has asked for a divorce, saying in bis petition that he is Willing to support his wife, but not her tea children by a former husband, asd her son-in-law.

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THREE FORMER OFFICIALS OF ROAD ARE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. MORE ARRESTS WILL FOLLOW Charges of Conspiracy to Defraud and of Confidence Game Placed Against Harrlman, Ewing and Taylor n Car Repair Fraudi. Chicago. Aug. 20. Three of the highest former officials of the Illinois Central road were arrested in connection with the ? 1.500.000 car reiwlr frauds. Other arrests aro to follow, and further disclosures in which new natumay bo revealed are promlsod at the trial of the men, who were artet-w on charges of conspiracy and obiaiuing money under false pretense. Those arrested are: Frank B. Harrlman, formor gen- ral managor of tho Illinois Central storn. Charles I Ewing, former gt-nt-ul superintendent of the Illinois Central lines north of tho Ohio river. John M. Taylor, former storekeeper for tho Illinois Central. Released on Bonds. Tho men wero taken before Municipal Judge Druggemeyer. who released them on $20,000 bonds eat-h Both Harrlman and Ewing u.ai statements after their arrest. "There Is no turth absolutely in the charges, and I have nothing tu f- ai ," said Harrlman. "My record as ?-u-eral manager of the Illinois t'entrn! Is an open book. Nothing will be proved against me." "I deny the charges, said Ewmg, "and I will be proven innocent. I hake done nothing to be ashamed of " "Immunity Bath" for Some. Certain raon identified with th conspiracy will be given an "immuni ty bath" as a result of confess! n they made. They will torn Btat'a .-U-dence. It la said, and they alra.)bave promised to take the ttn'ss stand and tell the inside story of the frauds, its origin. Its growth. Its continuation and the names of the men who benefited. The history of the car repair fra Mi the alleced fraudulent transit -i n between the ofilcials and rallrna l pkvyes. and the like also will t.- ; : 2 on the witness stand. Harrlman Next to Rawn. Harrlman, as general manager of the entire system, was the nixt man to Ira G. Rawn, the vice-prebldent who resigned to become president of the Mo cm road, and who was kllU ! w:tb his own revolver in his Wiunftka home. Harrlman resigned his position in March, tho public announcer raent being made March 15. Thf withdrawal of Harrlman followed the flection of W. L. Parks as vlce-prei.lnt to succeed Rawji. C. L. Bwlng resigned as general raperiniendent of i.he northern lins at Chicago soon after tho first f-i)ur were made In connection with tb .ha covery of wholesale frauds. Taylor resigned as genera! rkeeper May 1. at the time h n I'r -'. dent Harahaa's ofilce was b-iif '' ' ed with resignations from oitu-r t Msh ' BABE SLAIN; WOMAN SLASHED Mrs. Dorothy Bartlett With Throat Cut Declares She and Child Wero Man's Victima. Cfctlcago, Aug- 19. Reside n' of Hyde Park were thrown into ir:.excitement when Mrs. Dorothy lurt tt was found lying on the fi r of the bathroom at the home of E H Fortmlllcr. her soa-la-law. with l r throat cut front our to ear. Beside Mrs. Bartlott'a pron form was nestled the body of nr it Ue granddaughter, Katherln. tin months old. dead apparently froai strangllng. Medlcal aid was Immediately called and It was declared by doctors fbat Mrs. Bartlett has a chance of recovery. She told tho polico that br granddaughter had been brutally murdered and she herself attacked by a man who. sho says, was concealed In the building. Search was at once Instituted for s man answering a description given by the aged woman during brief Intervals of consciousness. Mrs. Bartlett has been suffering from what aro described as severe pains in the head for some month, it was learned by tho police. MEW ZEALANDER IS WINNER Champion Arnst Defeats Barry of London In Race for Sculling Title on Zambesi River. Livingstone, Rhodesia. Aug. 19 The sculling match for the charnriship of the world between Richard Arnst of New Zealand and true Barry of London was won by Arnst. the champion, by two length. Tae race was rowed upon tho amoes river. R short dlstanco from the wmous Victoria falls, over a curf' three and a half miles. Tho stake were ?2,500 a side. Love Affair, Double Shootinfl. Morgantown. N. C. Aug. 2 -A" "' tendant at tho Insane hospital wre shot and fatally wounded Mlf Cuthbertson. an attendant at the same hospital, who refused to marry ni He then fatally thot himself.