Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 October 1910 — Page 2

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STATE HAPPENINGS

WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED. DO A NE, Publisher. JASPER INDIANA Alrsblp record soein Tory fragil.

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

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What else can a person do but hob" ble In a hobble skirt.

A raco of queeless Chinamen la possibility In the near future. Don't anybody say a word about the "weather. Might break the spell. Aviating continues to bo dangerous enough to make It very Interesting. Looks as though this fall was going to bo one grand aeroplane-automobile feast. The woman who took an oath and swouned apparently realized Its responsibility. Fall football practise begins with a fresh supply of collar bones all ready to bo broken. Ton arc not compelled to weep when you rad of an accident to the woarer of a hobblo skirt. Esperanto has no cuss wordn. It's necessary to explain this becauso it sounds so peculiar. The fact that the champagne vintage Is a failuro will not affect tho business of tho rathskeller. Science has received a remarkable Impetus. An African professor has learned to talk the ape language. News that the alfalfa crop Is doing well may or may not please tho man who rats prepared broakfast foods. Aviators are flying high, but the morning stars will continue, to sing together without fear of interruption. Tr,e headline suggestion that "A romance ends at altar" is hardly complimentary, although many of them do. A baby has born born on Fifth avenue. New York. The very latest fashion in babies is understood to be pink. If It takes $6,M' to mako a good dresser, many a would be fashion plate mav as well throw up his hands in failure. Y' suspect that tho pantaloon trust Is behind that movement urging young man to get on their knees when proposing. Somebody has found how to convert coppor Into Iron. This may help to reduce the Immense piles of copper that are scattered around. Another sad blow to tho English. An American in a French machine achieved tho world's record for altitude, and right on English soil, too. The crown prince of Germany has been made a rector mngnlflcentisslmus. If he doesn't break under that weight he's tho prince of burden bearers. It Is reported that there Is a scarcity of chorus girls In New York. This being the caic, there must also he a scarcity of Pittsburg millionaires In New York. Britain's most powerful battleship, tho Orion, which has Just boen launahod, can do everything except fly, but it may bo foiled by somo frail craft that cannot do anything else. Minneapolis has authorized Its park policeman to spank mashers. The fact that they are also empowered to first club them Into a receptive mood makes this Innovation all the inoro pleasing. Iro)llv you have noticed the sinp.lar habit a brass band has of finishing its selection and stopping its i.T.g at th icart moment when t"i bi'iome Intt rested and begin to A f -on pie woro followed by a crowd In th- Ktreets of Now York and woro P"C'ifd in state nt the city hall by the a ting mayor, their claim to this dlttlnction and popular curiosity being that they had walked from Kansas City. But in those days of motorboating, automobiling. aviation and general trolley-riding tho man or woman who walks from choice Ib a curiosity. Diplomats in Washington being Immune from arrest, tho enpltal is now torn up over a question whether tho local authorities can compel a foreign attache to muzzle his dog. Fancy an International complication arlHtng from the fact that a lowly poundmaster laid unholy hands on a poodle, not because of any brutality to the animal, but because the mutt belonged to tho third assistant secretary attachod to th legation of the Kazoo of Kazazza. A man bathing: on Long Island Moppod on a $200 diamond pin, lost by a Brooklyn woman who had boon bathing. Pearl divers may yet ho succeeded by diamond dlvors. But It is not everybody who uses safety pins that are so expensive. A couple wno were arrosti n Bvanslon, 111., for violating the speed laws told tho Justice they woro eloping, and tho mean man nut them to tho test by marrying them right men anu mere. Not many Joyriders would tiaro to go as far as that.

T TO PROTECT TREES Fairbanks Will Appoint Committee to Report Later. PLANS FOR REFORESTATION Action Was Taken for; Creattng Permanent State Organization at Conference Dr. W. E. Stone Attends. Indianapolis. Action for creating a permanent state organization for the protection of trees and tho reforestlzatlon of Indiana was taken at a conference at Indianapolis. Charles V. Fairbanks hag taken the leadership in the new movement. Among those who attended the conference woro Mr. Fairbanks, Dr. W. E. Stone, president of Purdue university; Charles C. Doam, secretary of tho state board of forestry: William Waltman of Bean Blossom, Brown county, a member of the state board of forestry; George W. Miles, state commissioner of fisheries and game; Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of tho state board of hoalth; Georgo B. Lockwood of Marion; W. A. Guthrie of Dupont, a former stato senator, and Addison C. Harris of Indianapolis. On tho motion of Mr. Harris, Mr. Fairbanks was ompowerod to appoint a committee of any number desired to roport at a meeting two weeks hence on tho form of organization to be adopted and an outline of the work to bo undertaken. Mr. Fairbanks snid ho would study over the matter a few days before selecting the committee. "The conference was informal," said Mr. Fairbanks, "but was satisfactory. The whole subject of what Is needed for better forestry in Indiana was canvassed, and the different aspoets were freely discussed. The sentiment prevailed that public-spirited citizens who realize tho great importance of the undertaking for the future of the state should be enlisted in tho movement for the conservation of existing forests and tho planting of more trees. Those present were In general accord as to tho wisdom of securing tho co-operation of tho Bchools and colleges In this work." President Stone of Purdue empha sized tho need for systematic educa tion in the value of forestry to be carried on in tho Bchools. Ho said tho arbor day movement in tho schools was not sufficient to instill into the minds of students tho value of tree planting, as arbor day is not systematically observed in all the schools. "The trees and forests have a de elded influence on tho public health," aid Doctor Hurty. "They assist in tho purification of tho atmosphore. Going to tho woods Is beneficial for peoplo. They recognize this fact in stinctively. Trees conserve the water supply, as they let the water out into tho streams gradually. We must not consider that the solo benefit of re forestlzntlon will bo a money benefit It will bo a groat benefit for the health." Mr. Deam, Btato forester, entered heartily Into the plans for an organ Ized effort to Improve Indiana's tree supply. He said that in his travels over tho stato ho had observed about ono Hundred scnooinouses that nau barren places around them. Pressure should be so brought to bear on public sentiment, ho thought, thnt all bar ren places that should have treos should speedily ho planted. He ex plained tho efforts tho stnte board of forestry had made along this line. Responsibility for Wreck. Alexander Shane, chlof inspector for tho Indiana railroad commission, arrived at Klngsland to begin an official investigation of tho disaster there. Blame is placed by some of the traction officials on the crew of the south-bound extra car which, they declurc. violated orders in not keeping safely out of the way of the regular car. Mr. Shane declined to make known the results of his investigation, saying It would have to be given out by tho stato board. Frank L. Hardy, superintendent of transportation of tho Wabash, sat, heartbroken, In his ofllco hero. "In a very short time we will ho nblo to mnko a Statement," said Mr. Hardy, "placing, an far as we can determine it, tho blame for tho terrible wreck Tho extent of tho accident appals ub, yet wo nre doing everything In our powor to caro for tho doad nnd tho in jured nnd to alleviate, so fnr as we may, tho anguish of rolntlvos of the victims. We havo begun tho most careful scrutiny of train orders boar Ing on tho cuhc, and on every bit of rvldonco which might tend to fix the blnme. The publlo soon shall know whore the responsibility lies."

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Former Officer Repays Town. Announcement has been tnado at tho oillco of tho stato board of accounts that Porry L. Houser. former treasurer of the civil town of Leavonworth. Crawford county, has reimbursed tho town treasury for the amount ho was reported short, which, including lnterost at 6 per ceut., was moro than $S00. Mr. Housor's shortage was chargod to an error tnado in falling to chargo himself with 5576 received from tho county treasurer. A. L. Wayniek, a former treasurer of the civil town of Marengo, Crawford county, lias been charged with SIS.ÖG alleged to be due from errors made in hi final settlement with his successor. This is tho only amount charged back In an examination made by the state board of accounts over a period extending from 1903 to December 31, 1900. In this time, however, It was found that many of tho town trustees had contracts with the city for labor or supplies, and the amounts paid for such service nnd supplies are hold by the examiners to he illegal aud to constitute grounds for further charges. Tho accounts of Grant Hostetier of Erie township and those of George N. Leody of Union township, both of Miami county nnd both township trustees, were reported correct. Hosteller was found to have burned his canceled checks aud vouchers for 1909 when

the business of the year was closed up. His explanation was that he did not think they would he of any value to any one. Minor irregularities i-u-found In l-eedy's case, which wore corrected with entries by the field examiners. For New Freight Classes. William J. Wood, chairman of the railroad commission of Indiana and a member of the classification committee representing tho railroads of tho Central Freight association territory selected to propose additional classification of freight, made public the report of tho committee, which met in Toledo. O.. recently. The committee advocated the establishment of at least three additional classes on the ground that such additional classification would "permit tho elimination of a large proportion of the existing commodity tariffs and reduce to the carriers tho expense of their tariff publications." "The existing condition is antagonistic," continues tho report, "to the aim of regulative legislation, which is to prevent preferential treatment of patrons and localities by curriers, and to afford equal opportunity to all." The principal items under consideration by tho committee for the additional classes aro reported as follows: asphaltum, cinder. concentrates, gravel, lead, mortar, plaster, rock, slate, straw, brick, clay, drain tile, ico. lime, ore, pottery, salts, soda, strawboard, wood fuel, cement, coal, flint, Iron, lumber, paper, pulpwood, salt, soda ash, tar. concrete, coke, grain. Junk, manure, pitch, pulp board, slag, stone and wood pulp. Liquor License Fees Small. A report Just completed in tho office of tho stato statistician concerning tho receipt of moneys by city and town treasurers for liquor licenses for 190S and 1909 shows that tho latter year saw a decrease of $70,755.0(1 in the receipts in comparison with thoio for the preceding year. In 1908 the city and town receipts amountod to $808.807.04 and in 1909 to $038.051.98. Tho city and town clerks who submitted the figures to the statistician attributed virtually all tho docroase to tho elimination of licensed saloons by the county option law, although a part of It Is attributed to fourteen revocations of licenses by mayors. Total number of licenses Issued in each of tho two yoars showed a decruaso of 907. Tho revenues for the year from liquor licenses were classi fied as follows: Counties, $353.700; cities, $610.57-1.90; towns, $21,477.08. Tho total of all license receipts for the year was $991,751.93, while the corresponding total for the preceding year wns $1.253.207.04. The total docreaso for counties, cities and towns amounted to $201,455.00. Pension and Postal News. Pensions were granted the following Indlanlans: Lemuel Adams, $15; Robert Barnctt, $30; Phooho Harding, $12; Phoebe A. Henth, $12; Mary E Hollingsworth, $12; Sarah F. Holtz. $12; James N. House, $15; William S. Frohllger, alias William Frazer, $12; Volney B. Konney, $15; Sarah E. Lyman, $12; William Mahnensmith, $15; Reuben E. Milliner, $12; Lycurgus S. Null, $24; Cyrus Oilnger, $21; Catherine A. Overstreet. $12; William Par ker, $15; Laura A. Price, $12; George Ragen, $15; John Sykes, $20; James Thompson, $21; AramlnLi A. Williams, $12; James A. Williams, $17. Tho following postofilces In Indiana will become international anonoy or der offices October 1: Andrews, Cen tervlllc, Mulberry. Pennvlllo, Wlngate. Noah T. Hollingsworth has boon appointed rural carrier and Esslo P. Holllngsworth substitute, on Routo 9 at Marlon.

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ITH PRESENT Indiana Methodist Ministers in Session. MUCH BUSINESS OUTLINED Changes In Assignments for the Coming Year Discussed In the Cabinet Session Hear Annual and Welcome Sermon. Indianapolis. With Bishop W. F. Anderson of Chattanooga. Tenn., presiding, and with nearly 400 members of tho clergy in attendance, besides city and visiting Inlty. which occupied overy seal In the house, the seventyninth session of tho Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church began at Evansville. Addressos of welcomo were made by Judge Curt ail A. Debruler. on behalf of tho city, and by Dr. Hamilton A. Hymes of Grace Momotial Presbyterian church, on behalf of tho city's clergy. Bishop Anderson responded for the conferenco, and the annual conference sermon by Hov. C. M. Smith of Shelbyville. It is problematical whether the conference will take up tho proposal made in one of the Ohio conferences recently, to fix a minimum salary of $S00 for ministers in small chances, and to create a general fund to make up tho deficit for congregations not able to meet that minimum. Members of the bishops cabinet said that the question had not been formally iRised during the two sessions, and there is a disposition to believe that such a limitation would deprive many small communities of churches if it were enforced. There are so many calls upon he general fuuds of the conference for benevoleuces and educational expenditure that the conference may not be willing to take on an additional expense of this sort. Changes in assignments for the coming year were discussed In the cabinet session. The call to be extended to Rev. Morton A. Farr. for nine years paMor of Trinity church here, to the Walnut Hill church in Cincinnati, was regarded with favor by the cabinet, and Bishop Anderson. It is said, will approve a transfer of Rev. Mr. Farr to the Ohio conference. It is not Improbable that Rev. John Rngio, for tho last year pastor of Hall Placo church. Indianapolis, will bo selected bv the conference to bocomo Evansvllle district superintendent of ' the Indiana Anti-Saloon league. i STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Bedford. The Jury In tho caso of John Wall against the Indian apolis Southern railroad venued from Monroe county, found for the plaintiff n the sum of $2.500. Wall is blind and had Just taken hold of the hand rail to get on the train at Unlouvillo when tho train Btarted, throwing him between the coach and platform, bruis ing his body all over and crippling him permanently. Princeton. Tho Princeton sani tarium, one of the bestequippeu Institutions of its kind In Indiana, will receive no morp patients, emergency or otherwise, and will close perma nently as soon as It is relieved of those persons now being treated. This announcement was mnde by the owners, Drs. Anderson, Ziliak and Blair, who opened It four years ago at a cost of about $10,000. Hammond. Andrew Schostrich, forty-threo years old. of Whiting, won a wager that ho could drink a quart of whisky and four cans of beer, but did not live to toll the story. He was found dead in bed. He had a wife and daughter. His friends took up a collection to defray his funeral expenses. The bet waa made with George Duasich in ,a Whiting saloon. No arrests hav been made. Indianapolis. In climbing a ladder placed against a farmer's barn four miles east of Peru, to demonstrate a lightning rod to Frank Dnnlels. owner of the barn, Albert Lutz, thirty-three years old. 02 North Germania avenue, lost his hold on the ladder and foil headfirst to tho ground. His neck was broken and he died inatantly. Lafayette. Telegraph operators on tho Monon railroad received announcement of a nlno per cent, ralso In wages, effective from September 1. The operators also obtained other concessions, their organization, tho Order of Railway Telegraphers, receiving official recognition for the first time. Hammond. Three persons wero injured near hero when a Nickel Plate pasengor train ran into an automobile. Mrs. J. Jacob3. Indcrvllle, Pa.; Mrs. S. W. Ogden, East Chicago, and S. W. Ogden received severe injuries. I but all will rocover.

ITEMS FROM INDIANA. ALL OVEK FRESHIES WIN IN SCRAP Thousands Witness Tank Struggle at Purdue, In Which Victory Crowns New Men Fourth Time. Lafayette, Sept. 25. Tho seventeenth annual tank scrap nt Purdue university was pulled off in a light ralu In tho proaonce of 5,000 pooplo, many coming from all parts of tho stnte to wltnoss the contest. Tho freshmen woro victorious, making the fourth victory for the first year men in 17 yoars. Weather conditions favored the freshmen as the CJimp was located at tho bottom of the hill ju which stnnds tho big steel reservoir that overlooks the collego a mile to tho south. Tho sophomores were compolled to charge tho freshmen down hill and tho slippery condition of the ground proved a big advantage to the freshmen defending their camp. The freshmen had in their fighting rnnko -130. The sophomores had 292. The light, wliilo shorter than in former years, was none tho less sciViub in its character and black ejes and winded students were to be soon in tho field on all sides. Constructs Hog Subway. I.opansport. Sept. 2C A subway for hogs Is being built across the Michigan road and the farm of Porry Newer, four miles northwest of this city. The subway is of concrete. 00 feet In length and large enough to accommodate the largest porker. Newer keeps hogs In two fields, one on each side of the roadway. Frequently It was necessary to transfer tho stock from one Held to another, aud owing to the location of gates this necessitated a long drive. To avoid this Newer decided to do for his hogs what Now York did to relieve congested traffic, and ho Is constructing the subway under the public highway A6k Marshall and Harmon. Richmond, Sept. 36. An effort will be mnde to get Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio to attend tho Wayne county centennial, which will bo celebrated here October 7 in connection with the fall festival. Gov. Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana has accepted an Invitation to speak and It Is hoped to securo a second uroimnent stato oiuciai. l nc t Invitation also includes Mrs. Harmon aud in case of acceptance the Harmon and Marshall families will be guests of Dr. and Mrs Samuel E. Smith at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. Toe Ache Becomes Lockjaw. Trafalgar, Sept. 2. What he considered a trivial pain In ono of his toes, which started several days ago, has grown upon Don llagsdale, son of I Dr. C. E. Ragsdale. unlll ho has been ihrnii-n lutn cnnvnlslnnn. which has roui,0i i lnriMnw. nmi his recovery ia doubtful. Physicians have been In almost constant attendance to young Ragsdale, and upon occasions during his convulsions it required three men to hold him to his bed. Mystery Surrounds Death. Warsaw, Sept. 2C Mystery still sur

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rounds tho Identity of the Civil I wat ! JÄÄar" T&rfHn o w.r E veteran who walked from a Nickel , ftUT dfitn. and that n br contnutionai n"Plate train to his death between Bur- ÄtT wS'Ä ket and Mentone. this county. The ' tu, , w,f SJSSr ÄdÄ Victim. Who Was about Sixty-five years eft mho result, and unlrw th lnflracrution can be

old. Is believed to have been returning from a reunion of his regiment to his home in tho west. There was nothing on his person that would give any clue , n to his name or residence. Jury Finds for Blind Man. Iledford. Sept. 20. Tho Jury In tho ence or John Wall against tho Indianapolis Southern railroad venued from Monroe county, found for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,500. Wall is blind and had Just taken hold of tho hand rail tp get on the train at Unionvlllo when the train started, throwing him between the coach and platform, bruising his body all over and crippling hlra permanently. Refuses to Make Race. Ix)gansport, Sept. 2C O. P. Smith, Bocond vice-president of the Indiana Federation of Labor, stated that he will not be a candidate for tho ofllco of president of the stato federation hefore tho convention, which meets next week. The cigar makers' delegation which will attend the convention from this city also asserts Smith's name will not go before tho convention. Find Glas's Worker Guilty. Muncle, Sept. 2C Jesse BIcknell, tho Muncie classworker charged with attempting to kill his father-in-law, William Crow, on August 20, has been found guilty on a chargo of assault and battery with Intent to commit 'murder In the second degree. A motion for a new trial will be filed by the defense. Plungea Arm Into eld Vat Anderson, Sept. 2C A Roumanian recontly from his native land nnd who Is designated at the factory as "nlngo 885," inadvertently plunged his right arm to tho elbow into a vat of sulphuric acid at tho American Steel and Wire mill. His arm was terribly burned, tendering amputation necessary.

"Whero yer goln'V "To Jaytown." "Well, you'd better hurry if you wantcr sleep Indoors tonight. Da Jail in dat burg closes at nino o'clock." USED HYPODERMICS. Only RePief From Terrible Suffering. Thomas B. Vest, 1505 S. 12th SL, Terro Hnuto, Ind.,.say3: "I had no control over tho urino and tho pain when voiding It was bo great I often screamed. i grew worso and lay in bed for weeks, tho only relief being from hypodermics. I was treated by threo physicians without help and tho last ono said n n operation w a b necessary. At this time 1 began using Doan'u Kidney Pills and passed a gravel stone as largo as a pea. Tho next day I passed two more and from then on improved rapidly until cured." Remember tho name Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 50 cents u box. Foster-MIlburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. Which Do You Like Worst? This is the greatest known way for undecided peoplo to make up ttoelr minds. Vfino 1ml n cf rnnf-.mlriilml woman cnn ever dpc,do whJch of tWQ or lhrce hats sho likes "the best," particularly if they aro all comely. Popular belles have been known to have similar troubles with thel? sweethearts. Which do I like best Is often a momentous question. Why not try tho other way? Decide which, of men, or hats, or attractive "dates" you like the worst, and thon proceed to eliminate. From there you can factor out in the grade of desirability until yon i mill uuim'u I n because it, whatever It Is, la tho only ono lefL The process Is delightfully simple Science and Cheese. A medical authority kindly assure us that as long as cheese Isn't decayed it will not affect tho health or tho consumer. This is a fact that wo havo suspected for a considerable time. Hut how is the ordinary cheeao epicure to detect the difference unless he waits for results? There Is cheese so thoroughly alscuised in tho costume and aroma of decay mat its proper standing on sanitary testing tame uuiu I . . a 1 .1 ,.a1n n j conjuror, j For instance, there is the brand known as limburger. But why pursue this subject? Deafness Cannot Be Cured t&sn out ana inn luue rcsiorcu i tu mit'ot ttn nre caused by CMarrb. vblch b rothln but aa Innarard condition Ol ine m-jemn We wUt rive One Hundred DoSfcm for nr case f pea.'irn Ceautwl lr catarrh) that canot b craws br Hair Catirrh Cure. Send for drriiwrs. irre cy uau w(u f ill.NUV A CO- Toledo. O. Tale Uain lamllr Tllli for comtlpatlon. Not on Your Life. An Irishman obtained a position in a skyscraper that was being: built. He had to carry mortar up to tho top floor. One dny ho went up nnd couldn't find his way down. The boss missed him and called up to him: "Pat," said tho boss, "why don't you come down?" "I don't know iho way," said Pat. "Woll, como down tho way you went up." "Faith, and I won't." said Pat, "for I came up head first." Important to Mothora Examine carefully every bottlo or CASTORIA.n safe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Bears tho Signature of Tn itoa Vnr Over .iO Years. The Kind You Hnvo Always" Bought Even the Children. Ex-Governor Pennypacker, condemning In his witty way tho American dlvorco evil, toll at a Philadelphia luncheon an appropriate story. "Even our children," bo said, "aro becoming infected. A Kensington schoolteacher, examining a little girl in grammar, snid: "What Is tho future of love?' "A divorce, the child answered promptly." Ann Yoim clotiiks KAnnnr TT Rctl Grots Ball Blue nnd make tbera white again. Large 2 or. package, 5 centt Happiness grows at our own firesldert, and is not to bo picked up is strainers' galleries. Douil as Jerrold.