Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 16 September 1910 — Page 3

DODHGS

Census Returns Show Lure of City

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WASHINGTON. The census bureau has mado public flgureB concerning enough localities to Indicate certain interesting trends In tho growth of American population. What standB out first Is. of course, the genernl Increase In population r 11 over tho country. While this growth 1b perhaps more striking In tho mlddlo west, or nen in tho far west, the east la little behind those sections. Increases in city population rarely fall helow 20 per cent, for the last ten years. Often the increase is considerably In excess of 50 per cent. This growth has been expected, but there will probably bo some surprlso to find how far the growth of tho cities exceeds that of the rural districts. Here, save in a few localities, there is an increase, but generally it Is below ten per cent Some spot In Illinois may mark the -pnter of population for another ten ears. It Is worth while to eraphaslzo

Uncle Sam Watching Aeroplane Men

TUB experts In both tho army and 1 tho navy are watching with keen merest tho development of tho ! avler-tan-air crnft. While tho offinals are not willing to say much publicly nbout the possibilities of the use "f airships in time of war. they aro haying privately that tho probability Is that when the next great war comes the airship will play a more effectlvo part than battleships, land batteries, or great mosses of troops. The prediction is freely made by army and navy officials In private that not a dollar will over bo snent In fort!-

I tying for the protection of tho Panama

canal. They havo arrived at this conclusion becauso they think they foresee thnt within a few years tho airship will bo brought to a stage of perfection thnt will cnablo It quickly to destroy any fortifications that might be erected along tho route of tho canal. Congress at the recent sebHlon declined to appropriate money for the

Coy Curls Are Coming in From China

V rE-cON'SUL General Stuart J. Fuller of Hongkong sheds light on a problem whicb has vexed the brain of man for many moons where all the hair comes from which goes to make up tho wide expanse of coiffuro which adorns the head of woman. Much as he would like to believe hat all womankind has suddenly come into the secret possessed by tho Seven cSuthorlnnd Sisters, detached wisps, ;urls and occasional plaits, to say nothing of startling variation In texturo, has forced upon tho most unobservant s ivpiclon thnt sho bedecks herself with a foreign product Our representative at Hongkong cliaches tho evidence with brutal statistics. He gives h fo' lowing data of tho quantities and value of hair shipped from that port in the last three oars: Overhauling the treasury building la undergoing no'her overhauling, which this costs $180,000. The renovators ,w lipcn at work on tho tronsurj' ! sliding for a good many years. Not v much has beon done to tho inside f tho great pllo of masonry, where nf I'nlted States money is kept, but i iP or less work is all the time going us on the outside. All of the orlglnnl udstono or soft Hmestono that faced the ontsldo of the building has been at removed, and granite has been put in its place. The principal chango thnt v ,i new be mado will bo to eliminate tho huge granito ontranco steps on the i teiuth street sldo. Several new passenger elevators will bo Installed, lockern will bo furnished sufficient for all of the clerks; tho money-handling divisions will bo segregated on tho ground floor; supplies will be shipped Irom the weßt entrance Instead of the

the word "may," because thero is not available at this time much definite information on which to mako apeoulatiou ns to whore tho center of population will bo. Tho remarkablo Increase in the population of Oklahoma must bo taken Into consideration in a speculation as to where the center of population Is

I likely to "light." A fact worth boarlng j in mind is that tho increases in popuI Intimi In th , ... viwii, I' tvuiui j uaiu been In the larger cities. The center of population has moved almost duo westward since 1790, when It was at a point 23 miles east of Haitimore. From 1790 to 1800 it moved almost duo vest to a point IS miles west of Baltimore. In tho next ten yenrB, from 1800 to 1810, It moved westward and slightly southward to a j point nbout forty miles northwest by ! west of Washington. During the ten years between 1890 and 1900 tho "center" moved westward a little over 14 miles and southward a little loss than three miles, and halted at a point six miles southeast of Columbus, Ind. This movement between 1890 and 1900 was the smallest In 100 years. Tho "center" will have to travel something like 70 miles to get beyond the borders of Indiana this year. fortification of the canal. No publio reason for this failure to make an appropriation waa ever announced, but it is now pretty well understood that tho experts in both tho war and navy departments suggested that it would bo well to defer action until tho government understands betttr what to expect of the airship. Officials in tho army nnd navy departments aro grently Impressed with tho performances of Glenn Curtlsa with his aeroplane at Atlantic City recently. ThoBo performances were not under tho auspices of either tho war department or tho navy department, but agents of each of tho fighting arms were present, and were deeply Impressed with what Curtiss was abte to do. They havo reported to their respective departments that from a height that would have protected him reasonably well from a fire directed at him from either land or water, ho dropped small articles on boats and on objects on land with remarkable precision. Some of the experts from tho departments who saw the CurtlBs performances camo back firmly convinced that if war should come on tomorrow tho aeroplane would be ablo to do destructive work. Yf-ar. Pounds. Value. WW K.1J2 $ U.SS0 1WK 2Ü7.SS3 92.203 l v 415. TS3 327.553 Note how the price has soared. In 1907 hair was worth only about twenty-live conts a pound, wholesale, and we importod only 5C.132 pounds of It. whllo in 1909 wo brought in 445,733 pounds, with tho price at something moro than seventy cents. Such a rata of growth in face of so rapid an increase In prico Is almost unprecedented in other lines of commerce and Is another illustration that woman wants what she wants when eho wants It and Is going to havo it oxpenso bo hanged! Our diplomatic reprosentatlvo leaves us in tho dark ns to what woman In China is doing for hair. If the trado keeps on, the will certainly be bald In courso of time. He payB a compliment, howover, to tho genius of tho Chinese artist by remarking that "Chinoao hair is treated at home in various ways so as to match almost any texturo dosircd," leaving us to conclude that tho diversity of color not infrequently noted on tho same heaa is due to lack of circumspection on Iba part of American women. Treasury Building Fiftconth street; friezo windows will be placed on tho third floor, and a 1 general adjustment of bureaus and divisions will be made to facilitate tho ' work. The treasury dopartmont has i been seriously overcrowded for a num. brr of years. One of tho very first Improvements was the elimination from tho building of tho branch printing office, with its combustlblo Inks, oils, etc. With tho great Fifteenth street steps removed, a fine ontranco at grade will bo provided for iho employes, and a count will bo kept of tho people entering and leaving tho building, which at the present time seoms to bo Impossible. At tho present time tho employes nro obliged to carry their clothing, hats, rubbers, umbrellas and everything of that character Into their worMng rooms, so that lockers are imperative. It will certainly be $180,000 mighty well expended, for In the present condition of tho treasury department it is Impossible to keep it clean or to run it on businessUko methods with departments of tho various bureaus widely separated, so that the chief of one of those spends most of his timo traversing tho corridors in his attempt to keep track of his clerkB and of his work,

INDIANA HAPPENINGS Ncwiy Notes of Interest from the Capital and All Around the State.

II IN CONDEMN

ROAD TAX LAW Wish Present "Farming Out" System Abolished. AT GREENSBURG NEXT YEAR Ella Frey Delivered an Address and Gave Some Insight of the Business Which the National Convention Will Take Up. Indianapolis. The Indiana Stato Rural Letter Carriers' association, which closed ita two days -session, selected Greensburg as tho place for holding the 1911 convention. W. J. Ward of Carmel was re-elected president. Other ofllcors elected were J. O. Bonebrako of Vecdorsburg, vicepresident, and W. G. Moulton of Parker, secretary and treasurer. Tho following wero elected delegates to tho national convontlon, which will be held In Little Rock, Ark., September 20 to 23: G. B. W. Robblns, Rochester; Corwin Overhiser, Bentonville; Edward Abel, Shelby vllle; L. II. Onyatt, Fort Branch; Glenn C. Crist, Muncle; F. P. Delawater, Logansport; W. W. Lentz, Wabash, and W. J. Ward, as delegate-nt-lurge. Elias Frey of Pendleton dollvered an address and gave some Insight of tho business which the national convention will tako up. J. C. Crabill of Indianapolis gavo an instructive talk on good roads, and J. M. Woltz of Hammond, post ofilco inspector In this district, spoke as a representative of the post office department. Tho following resolutions wore unanimously adopted : Resolved, That wo aro heartily In favor of the postal savings bank, and recommend its extension to tho small offices, and we heartily approve of local parcels post. Resolved, That we favor tho repeal of tho present law system of farming out road tax, and that tho road tax be paid to township trustee, and tho money bo expended by him under direction of the county engineer, nnd wo heartily Indorso the utilization of convict labor In making road material, and taking tho convicts out of competition of common labor. Also, wo heartily Indorso a vehlclo tax. Resolved, That wo recommend tho uso of tho road drag, and also tho protection of dirt roads by law, tho same as rock roads aro protected. Resolved, That wo congratulate our honorablo national president, Ellas Froy, on his wise and efficient and economical administration of tho affairs of tho association. Resolved, That wo heartily Indorso the good work of our stato officials, and approve of tho National Letter Carriers' Mutual Benefit association. Roaolvod, That we recommend that tho national per capita tax bo reduced from $1 to 50 cents, and tho state association pay the delegates' traveling expenses to tho national convontlon. Resolved, That wo disapprovo an attempt to the pension bill known as tho Glliet bill, but do recommend tho passngo of tho Goulden bill. Resolved, That we disapprovo an attempt to place rural free delivery under tho contract system. Asserts Loyalty to Senator. That ho had attended any political conference resulting In the recent announcement of the candidacy of Charles S. Hornly, former chairman of tho Republican stato committee, for reprosentatlvo from Henry county, was emphatically denied by W. N. Harding, president of tho Columbia club. According to a report from Nowcastlo it was said Mr. Harding had attended a conforenco thero on tho occasion of tho recent "boosters" meeting, at which It had beon planned to bring out Mr. Hernly as a move toward tho defeat of Goorgo Williams, tho Republican nominee, who Is an avowed Bevorldgo supporter. "I was over at Newcastlo at the timo tho now traction lino was opened." said Mr. Harding, "having accepted a special invitation to be present on thnt occasion. Although I mot a number of friends there I bad no conference with anyone on political matters. I did not even know tho name of tho Republican nominee mentioned, nor did I know that Hornly contemplated entering the raco for tho legislature. In fact, I did not know Hornly had becomo a candidate until I read R in the Star. I havo always been for Senator Boveridge; I am for him now, nnd I expect to contlnuo a Beverldgo man until I am convinced thnt ho has done something which ho has not done yet to lose the confidence of tho Republicans of tho state. I firmly bellovo In him, and bellovo that ho Is right on all tho political issues ha has advocated."

Peyton Scores Critics. David C. Peyton, superintendent of the Indiana reformatory, at Jeffersonvllle, has lssuod an open letter to John Sweeney of Tell City, for several years a member of tho stato legislature, explaining his attitude as superintendent of tho institution to stato politics, and replying to a number of criticisms which havo been made of him by nowspapers of tho Third congressional district because he has not discharged n number of Republican employes in tho reformatory and given their plnces to Domocrats. Tho letter was addressed to Mr. Sweeney because Mr. Sweeney had Inclosed to Mr. Peyton a collection of clippings from newspapers criticizing the superintendent. Superintendent Peyton's attention was called chiefly to a letter printed in tho Telephone of Tell City, written by R. M. Baggerly, In which the governor was sharply criticized for permitting tho superintendent to retain tho Republican employes, as well, as Peyton for keping them. In an editorial the Telephone Indorsed the letter. In his open letter Superintendent Peyton calls tho attention of Mr. Sweeney to the law regulating the employment of assistants In tho Institution and avers that Blnce he became superintendent tho letter and the spirit of the Inw have both been lived up to in every respect "So long as I am superintendent," ho wrote, "I expect to conduct the affairs of the institution in accordance with the law governing It, and all tho powers that be cannot swerve me one lota. "It la true, as every one knows, that the Indiana reformatory has never boforo been conducted on a nonpolitlcal basis, even though such has been the law for a number of years. But If needs be. let it bo shouted from the housetops that during my sojourn here the letter and tho spirit of tho law shall be the governing force of tho affairs of tho Institution. "Tho criticism of somo of the newspapers of Governor Marshall becauso ho haa refused to Interfere in the affairs of this Institution becauso they are not conducted on political lines 1b almost treason. Why should any man ask or expect the governor of tho groat stato of Indiana to Interfere with tho honest and legal management of affairs of an institution nnd thus place himself In the light of interceding in behalf of tho violation of tho lawr

Model Road Sixty Miles In Length. A model rond, sixty miles in length, from Hloomlngton to Champaign, Is the project which Stato Highway Engineer A. N. Johnson in endeavoring to get tho road commissioners and farmers along tho proposed routo Interested in. Model roads havo often been built on a small scale, said Mr. Johnson, but this is tho largest hing In road building thnt has ever been attempted in this state. It is hoped to got tho highway commissioners of. tho various townships sufficiently interested, so that they will strive to cxcell tho other commissioners in tho malntonanco of the roads. For this purposo tho co-operation of the different business men's associations havo boon solicited, nnd it is now tho intention of tho Champaign chamber of cotnmorco to offer prizes to the farmers and commissioners for the best kept piece of roadway along tho routo. Tho routo will be districted and a man appointed to tako caro of each division of tho road. The whole routo will bo kept In a uniform condition, tho ronds evenly dragged and graded, according to tho system outlined by tho highway engineer, and when completed it will bo tho best public highway in tho state. Mr. Johnson says that it will not be necessary to expend a great sum of money to accomplish his purpose, and attain tho desired rond bed conditions. All that Ib needed ia the co-operation of the farmer and township commissioner, getting them working together for tho common purposo in keeping the stretches of road 'assigned to them in a good and uniform condition. The monoy which is now provided and exponded for the malntonanco of tho roads Is sufficient to keop the roads In good condition, If the systom prescribed by Mr. Johnson is adopted and adhered to. Patents for Indlanlans. Patents were issued to the following ludianians: Joseph D. end R. E. Adams, Indianapolis, road drag; Harmon Brown, Tell City, scrubbing machine; Edwin M. Campflold, Richmond, building block; Harry E. Carmony, Shelbyvllle, mall box; Shelton R. Conroy. Gary, rail joint; Joseph F. Crowe, Valparaiso, leaf and rubbish gathering machine; Goorgo W. R. Culbertson and S. R. Clark, Gleason. liquid measuring and filling apparatus; Herbert A Frankenstein and F. H. Amos, South Bend, sand and gravel separator; Isaac Key, Fowlerton, pan lifter; Henry U. Koressel, Howell, weed nnd grass destroyer; Louis J. Llbblng, Fort Wayne, pon holder; Vera McLaughlin, Walnut township, Montgomery county, reaper;

ALL MAY SEE

DAN

T AT Horse Will Be Inclosed, so Admirers Can't Touch Him. PACER TO BE ON EXHIBITION Famous Speed King Will Hold "Receptlon" for State Visitors Minor Heir to Go Against Record. Indianapolis. Tho management of the Stato Fair has arranged to make Dan Patch one of the most conspicuous figures at tho exposition next week, and is giving especial emphasis to hte race. The stable companions of the famous pacer Minor Heir, Lady Maud C. Hedgowood Boy and George Gano will go a mile race. A large tent will be set upon the grounds not far from tho Coliseum and in tho path of the visitors as thoy enter the fair. Tho tent will be so locntetd that all going to the exposition con easily find the headquarters of aDn Patch. The horse will be inclosed so that admlrera can not place their hands upon him, but hundreds of people may seo him at the same time. His tent, in which be will live whllo at tho fair, will bo decoratetd with his gayly colored silk and woo! blankets, his suits of linen which ho wears when not on exhibition, and many of tho trophies won when ho waa seeking honors of tho turf also will bo shown. The five pacers will appear In the State Fair's night horse shows, and Dan Patch will bo Jogged on tho raco track every day by M. W. Savage, his owner. Tho other four will as teams rae Wednesday, and Minor Heir will start against tho world's record. Tho fair management Is preparing for one of the big crowds of tho week tho first day of tho exposition. The pacing stars have this summer been making extraordinary showings. Minor Heir pacing around tho two-mlnuto mark, and the others are expected to reel off somo sensntlonal miles On tho Inidanapolis track. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Laporte. Sheriff Anstlss of this county, who went to Greenville, 111., on transportation furnished by citizens of that city, who believed they had Mrs. Bello Gunnoss, multimurderess, under surveillance, has wired back: "Woman not Mrs. Gunness. Camo here last spring, bought farm. Namo Mrs. Bass; husband llv-, lng." Mrs. Earp, who conducts a bakery in tho Illinois town, wrote for a description and photographs of tho former mistress of the murder farm, Rnd, after receiving them, was confident of tho woman's Identity. Greenfield. Tho rights ' of socalled "social clubs," whero liquor is kept for tho uso of members, will bo tosted In tho circuit court In this city next week. In tho caso of tho stato against Richard Haw and Richard Todd, over whoso placo of business one of theso clubs has flourished slnco the saloons in this city were closed by county option. Tho other club was closed by Mayor Meyers, tho members making no fight In court. Evansvllle.' The meeting of tho eight district superintendents of tho Indiana Methodist conferonco and Bishop Anderson of Chattanooga, Tonn., has been postponed, and tho placo changed from Indianapolis to Evansvllle. This body of nlno men compose tho cabinet of the Indiana Methodist conference. It is their business to attend to all matters of Importance pertaining to tho church, and to select nnd appoint all ministers. Blcknoll. Tho wheat improvement special, sent out by Purdue university, ended Us trip of 14 days here. Cnmby, Mooreavllle, Brooklyn, Martinsville, Paragon, Gosport, Spencer, Worthington, Lyons and Snnborn wero tho other stops made. At Worthington the train was greeted by one of tho largest crowds of tho entiro trip. It was so large, in fact, that it was divided into threo sections In order thnt nil might hear. Michigan City. Michigan City Is probably tho only place In Indiana that has threo feet of snow. Workmen opened a sandpit at tho foot of Hoosler slldo. n and hill near tho shoro of Lake Michigan, on December 5 last. Tho placo became filled with snow during the wlntor nnd drifting sand covered tho snowdrlfL Workmen opened the sand pit and found n bod of snow throe feet deep. Columbus. Inmates of tho Bartholomew comity orphans' homo aro more lucky than many people In this county. They are eating strawberries, whllo others havo none. The homo raised borrles for market last spring, nnd now a second crop Is coming on. Thero aro plenty of berries for tho children, and Mrs. Amanda Drown, the matron, mado strawberry shortcake.

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LAKE MICHIGAN STORM FATAL

ONE MAN DROWNS, MANY HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. Shipping Ii Imperiled by Rain and Lightning Life-Saving Guards Patrol Shore. Chicago, Sept 13. One man was drowned and several other members of the party, who were boating with, him, narrowly escaped a like fate; a church and several dwellings wero struck by lightning, tolephono and telegraph service waa much Impaired, and considerable other damage was dono by a thunder and lightning storm which struck Chicago. With the recent disaster of tho Pero Marquetto No. 18. still fresh in mind, tho captains of tho life saving stations from South Chicago to Evanston were apprehensivo for tho safety of belated yachtsmen on the lake and ordered the life guards out in their motor boats. Tho shoro lino was patrolled for miles by the llttlo cralt, which did not return to their stations until late. Albert W. King, master mechanic of tho Mills Novelty company, was thrown from his sailboat, the Quien Sabe, while entering the mouth of tho Chicago river on hia return from South Chicago. King, his son, Harry, and W. E. Newton were making for tho Columbia Yacht club. A sudden puff of wind caused the boat to jibe and hurled King head 11 rat Into the water. Newton and Harry King becamo panic stricken in endeavoring to put the boat about and when they returned to the spot where the elder King fell overboard no traces of him could be found. King had called out several times before he went down, but although his grief stricken son and friend searched the dark waters for nearly an hour they wore unsuccessful SLAIN IN BIG FOUR CRASH Passenger Cars Collide With Troop Coaches Through Open Switch Two Killed Number Hurt. Indianapolis. Sept. 13. Two men wero killed, two seriously injured, and several slightly hurt in a collision In Brlghtwood, n suburb of Indianapolis, between Big Four pasenger train No. 9, from Cleveland, and a special train carrying Kentucky National Guardsmen to Fort Benjamin Harrison. The dead are: E. C. Ike of Anderson, Ind., firemen; Samuel Densmoro of Indianapolis, engineer. Seriously Injured: George W. IJurtz, "Union City, Ind.; Charles Adnms, fireman. The soldiers' special was carrying the First Kentucky regiment to tho fort for joint maneuvers. None of the troopers was hurt. The collision was caused by an open switch. Knoxvillo. Tenn., Sept. 13. Louslvlllo & Nashville passenger train ""No. 34 waB derailed by a defective switch near Williamsburg. Ky. Engineer J. D. Sudbury was crushed to death and Fireman John E. Branch scalded to death. None of the passengers was Injured. WICKERSHAM IS A GUEST Attorney General Vlsitß the "Smoke Zone" in ntars ;nd Leaves for the East. Butto. Mont., Sept 13. George W. "Wlckershnm. Attorney General of tho United States, and those who accompanied him on the trip through Deer Lodge Valley for tho purpose of supplying him with all available information In regard to the conditions in the so-called "snioko zone." returned to Hullo nnd. after a dinner nt tho Thornton Hotel, tendered him by John D. Ryan, president of tho Amalgamated Copper company, nt which many distinguished guests were prosont, left for the East. Mr. Wlckersham said ho had been enabled to obtain a groundwork on which to proceed in connection with the opinions of experts prepared in the famous smeltor smoko cases. OPPOSE BURIALS AT SEA Church Members of Philadelphia Campaign to Stop Practise of the Liners. Philadelphia. SpL 13. A movement )ux been started to have steamship companies discontinue tho practise of burying at sea tue bodies of prsunt vhc die on shipboard. Rev. William McLoughlln, a prfmlnert i?irgyninn of this city, died nt sea last weok. A wireless message win sent to tne captain of tho liner, reijueJIiitf that .h? bod) bo landed, but It wan cotinlj;iied to the waves. Thft Holy Nam society of tho Catholio t'nurch of Our Lady of Mercy adopted xcsclutloim protesting against the sea-buxial custom. FIGHT CHAIN DRUG STORES Naliunal Association of Retail Men Opens Annum Convention In Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., Sept IS--Tho twelfth annual convention of tho National Association of Retail Druggists Is In session nt tho Fort Pitt hotel and will contlnuo until Friday nlghL Tho convention Is attended by delegates from 1.02G associations affiliate with the national body. Tho organization of the druggists to fight chainstoro competition will hi taken up.