Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 6, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 November 1910 — Page 2

WEEKLYJCOURIEB BEN ED. DO A NE, Publisher. JASPER INDIANA

v. i .iiMn'i Z(.p tl!n experiment Mill, Miluuuiines? N'(w York continues to grow In ever way but gvo.i Th re Is hoe. ;nd cd. Nevada has abut i!o 11 on fc.uubllug. If Count Zerrplin Isn't discouraged, have jou any reason to b? Aeroplanes nre good for round Shoulders nnd hollow chests. Tlioso are golden days for the railroads, ns well as tho farmora. A number of London people have appendicitis. That's ono stylo wo set, anyhow. An Englishman has lnvontcd a triplane. We presume It falls three times as hard. A $10.000.000 shoe corporation has been formed In Massachusetts. Now watch the cowhide. New York spends $35.000,000 a year on charity, and oven at that New York is a bad place to go broke In. Pouchkoensle court enjoins a hus band from speaking to his wife for 30 ; days. Now stand asldo and listen to wlfle! New York paper claims "4.7OO.O00 ' ouls" for New York. Nonsense! ! The census ehowod only that number i of people New York man resigns a 14,000 poeltlon because there's not enough work to do. You Just can't please aome people. A Massachusetts man has Invented b flexible rolling pin which, we trust, will not make the pie crust moro rubbery than ever. According to the astronomers there Is an unusual amount of moisture on ; Mars Just now. Canning time per splration, no doubt. If a woman asks $5.000 damages fot Jabbing horself with her own hatpin. how much would she earn by putting 1 out somebody else's eye? 1 Now that sharks are known to bo ood food they become doubly useful, for they hnvo always provided" a superior quality of fish stories. A Chicago woman askod a divorce because her husband wore her undergarments. This is a case whore clothes make the man trouble. A man at Scranton, Pa,, who claims to have a hen that lays seven eggs a day should be hired by party campaign committees to claim elections. , Here's a Boston preacher calling Newport "the vestlbulo of hell." This will disappoint many Newportors who thought they wcro really on the inIde. An American promoter Is about to build nn amusement park in Rome. Tho ancient ruins will have to put In vaudeville attractions . to hold tho crowds. If you knew what a woman wns doing nil tho time you wouldn't worry so much or elff yni would worry more Settle that with your con 6Clcrtce Connecticut man shot hlmsolf '.n the head ten times and 6tlll lives. , That's what Connecticut men get for : substituting wooden nutmegs for genuine vines. j The per capita circulation of tho United States Is now $35.03. Almost any paragrapher that comments oi thin will have hin share if somebody will lend him $35. One authority advises dyspeptics to . eat a teaspoonful of sand with each ' meal. And Just after a doctor told us not to put sugar on our oatmeal! Now what'll we do? A New York wnlter recently bought $100,000 worth of government bonds. Just what his Jocular patrons no doubt ndvlsod him time nnd again to do with the quarters they tipped him. WlBconBln man loses an eye by being Jabbed with a hnlrpln whlio ho was kissing his wife good-by. In tho morning. Experienced husbands have learned to dodge such perils. Pacific const artillerymen made nlno hits out of ten shots at a distance of three miles with flvo-lneh guna In n fog. How would you llko to piny cannon ball pool with those follows? "Fighting Bob" Evnni says the nlrahlp Is a mere plaything and would amount to nothing as a weapon of war. "Fight Ins; Bob" mav bo pardoned for clinging to nn ohl fnxhloned Talth In tho efficacy of tho battleship. Tho New England swain who started lo foreclose a mortgage which ho held on the homo of tho father of tho girl who refused his attention ought to havo his attention called to tho fact that even mcdodrama Ion aco dropped this onco popular form of love's cruel revengo.

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GRAH AME-WHITE LIFTS BENNETT TROPHY MAKES 62 MILES IN 01 MINUTES. LE BLANC AND BR00KINS FALL Neither Are Seriously Hurt, but Their Aeroplanes Are Smashed Molsant Flics a Spectacular Race Around Statue of Liberty. New York. Oct. 31. Claude Gra li&nie-Whtte, flying for the Royal Aero club of thu United Kingdom, lifted the Gordon Dennett international speed trophy from tho custody of America In the fastost time ever covored for the full distance of 100 kilometers. 02.1 I miles, around a live kilometer course. Ills average speed was a fraction better than 01 miles nn hour and his lastest lap was 2:55:77. but the captain of the French team. Alfred Le Blanc, in a similar machine, n 100 horsepower Blerlot monoplane, was making each lap on an average of 20 KecondR faster than Grahame-Wblte and would have won the cup If hu had not mot with a disastrous accident In hla last lap. when he lml the raco seemingly well In hand. World's Record Is Set. His first lap was a ne-w world's record for fire kilometers. 2:46:03, but he subsequently exceeded it with a lap in 2:44:32. Le Blanc was running with the wind under full iower at an estimated speed of SO miles an hour when the feed pipe from his gasoline tank to his motor loosened under the lucessnut Jarring of the engine and he suddenly found himself with nothing bat momentum to carry him. Lo Blanc we helpless and panic stricken. Crashes Into Telegraph Pole. He tried to lift his planes so that the last few drops of gasoline might filter down into the engine and lend him strength enough to make a landing. His steerage way was gone and when a pufT of wind caught him he drifted sideways, still driving at tremendous speed, and crashed head foremost into a telegraph pole. The pole was II inches thick, but he broke It in three pieces as if it had been a toothpick. The chassis and Hteel shield which incloses the motor wcro completely crumpled, but the solid steel of the motor itself withstood the shock. In addition to Le Blanc's acclden. the program was marred by a serious mishap to Wolter Brooklns of the Wright team, who had taken up tho new "baby" Wright racer for the first time. The machine was comparatively untried, and in previous Sights Orville Wright always guided it. Brooklns In Dad Fall. Bronkfn waß just coming around the turn Into the homestretch for u trial circle preparatory to entering into th- ( Jordon Bennett race when four of hN f ight cylinders censed firing. Driven by the wind and his engine, he (am' hurtling through the air at such trrnjendous speed tht when he tou!"'l the earth his front wheels and forward frame collapsed under him The machine stuck its nose Into the lirt, fciowly reared tall upward, and finally collapsed, top side undermost, w 1th a thud. Brooklns was thrown from his seat In M:iergault and wa$ semi-eou-pcLiUrf when he arose. Although he bad been painfully injured in the groin and severely bruised, there were nc bones broken. Molsant in Spectacular Race. John B. Moisant. an American, the arne man who Hew from Paris to London, was th victor In tho most perilou and spectacular aeroplane race known to the annals of aviation. Dashing at more than a mile a minute speed from Belmont park to tho Statue of Liberty in New York harbor and back again to Bolmont park, a distance of 33 Thilos as the crow Hies, but 35 miles including the extra mileage covered In the turns at both ends, he won over Count de Lessopa, the French n viator, and Clnudo Gra-name-White, the English champion, by a margin of 15 seconds. VICTORY MEANS HIGH RATES Rail Heads Admit Intent to Add to IncreaseQualify Statement With Higher Cost Argument. Chicago. Oct. 31. Tho determined fight for Increased freight rates that the western roads are making before tho Interstate commerce commission Is being waged In the hope that victory will bring the opportunity to mako still further advances In the near future. This was admitted by C. G. Burnham, vice-president of the Burlington railroad. In charge of traffic, and by Attorney Dawes, counsel of tho road, at the hearing. The admission was qualified, however, by statements that tho increase nBkcd for In the present hearing would only offset reductions that had been made by tho commission In recent cases and that the further advances would furnish the roads the money declared necessary to meet over-mounting exponses und tho cost of needed improvements and equipment. Nebraska Slayer Hangs. Lincoln, Neb., OcL 29. Hort M. Taylor of Minden was hanged at the state penitentiary. He protested his Innocenco to the laut, lib was convicted of killing Pearl Taylor, nineteen years old, a sister of his deceased wlfo.

NEW ORK STRIKING EXPRESS DRIVERS RIOT

Jersey City Trocps Under Orders to March If Strike Qsts Beyond Police Control, New York. Oct. 29 The stalo troops of New Jersey have been ordered to Ue ready to inarch Into Jersey City. In event the express strike, which continues to spread, passes beyond tho control of (be police. The most serious clash yet In the strike took place when a determined mob swoowod down on eight wagons leaving the Wells-Fargo stablas In Jersey City. Scores of jwrsons wore Injured and many knocked into unconsciousness before the police finally quollod the rloL Sixteen seriously Injured strikebreakers were placed in a wagon and ferried across the Hudson river to the Hudson streot hospital In Manhattan. Tho first outbreak of violence In this city took place at the corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-sixth street. There were some 150 strikers and their sympathizers gathered at the corner when nn American Express compnny's wagon drove up. The mob surged forward. They pelted the drivers with stones and grabbed the reins. Two policemen rushed at the mob nnd succeeded In driving them back as the cxpross drivers turned their team about and galloped tho horses bnck to the stable. There they abandoned the outfit. Shortly after the first attack an other took place at the corner of Mndlson avenue nnd Forty-second street. The driver of this team saw the crowd rushing toward him, hurling rocks and brickbats as they came. Without a moment's hesitation he pulled his horses toward tho sidewalk and fled. ROOSEVELT COINS NEW CRY Declares Issue Now Is "Workshop Against Bucketshop" Ex-Presl-dent Is 52 Years Old. OlovcrsvlIIo. N. Y.. Oct. 2S. Theodore Roosevelt brought out a newcampaign war cry In his speech here. "The Issue Is tho workshop against the bucketshop." said he in addressing the crowd which packed the opera house. Ex-Representatlvo Lucius Uttauer of filoversvlllo Introduced the colonel, complimenting him on the "happy fifty-second anniversary of his birth." "Fundamentally the issue In this campaign," said Colonel Roosevelt, "is the workshop ngalnst the bucketshop. We stand for honesty and the work- . shop. Our opponents stand for politl- ' cnl corruption nnd the bucketshop. Whenever you find a little center of dissension with the Republican ticket In this campaign you will nnd that It springs from correspondence with the bucketshop or from people affected by the ticker crowd." DESK BRIBE JURY DISAGREES! Twelve Men In Pemberton-Clark Case j Discharged Stood Eight to Four for Conviction. Springfield. III.. Oct. 31. After a fruitless deliberation of forty-three ! hours, the Jury which considered the I evidence ngalust Senator Stanton C. ! Pemberton and Representative Joseph j S. Clark, charged with conspiracy to commit bribery In connection with a state furniture contract, was unable to agree upon a verdict and was dismissed by Judge Owen P. Thompson. The final ballot taken before the nen were dismissed stood eight to four for conviction. Following tho dlsehargo of the jury. State's Attorney Hurke announced that an lmmediato hearing of tho case will be had. VICTORIA, B. C, FIRE SWEPT Flames Destroy Many of Finest Structures of City, Causing Loss of $1,5C0,C00 to $2,000,000. Victoria, B. C, Oct. 2S. Fire, which burned with unabated fury, swept through tho heart of tho city's business section, wiping out several of the finest buildings and causing n loss estimated at $1,500.000 to $2,000,000. Huge firebrands floated on the high wind, which swept toward tho water front, and It was with great difficulty that tho firemen, aided by the militia and the garrison at Work Point barracks, kept the flames from sweeping a broad path to the edge of tho water. NEW M0N0N CHIEF IS NAMED Albert H. Westfall of the Alton Road Succeeds J. J. Taylor as General Manager. Bloomlngton, 111., Oct. 29. The appointment of Albert H. Westfall as general manager of tho Monon system was announced effective November 1, succeeding J. J. Taylor, resigned. Mr. Westfall came to tho Chicago & Alton with headquarters in Bloomlngton as general superintendent on March 1, last. Mr. Wcstfall's successor Is not yet announced. FLIES SIX HOURS, NO STOP Frenchman Travels 289 Miles In Con. tinuous Trip and Breaks World's Endurance Record. Etampea, France, Oct. 29. Maurice Tabutcau broke tho world's aviation records for time and distance by flying 289 miles In six hours In a continuous trip. He used a Fanunn biplane.

ARE YOU L C. LOSES TAX CASE STATE OF ILLINOIS IS VICTOR OVER RAILROAD UNDER DECISION BY HIGH COURT. OVERRULES LINE DEMURRER Case Goes to La Salle County Court to Be Heard on Merits Action Based on Findings of Accountants That Reports Had Been Changed. Springfield, 111.. Oct. 29. The state of Illinois won a decided victor' when the supreme court handed down Its long-expected decision in tho Illinois Central tax case. Tho state won every Important contention with the exception that the opinion holds the accounts prior to 1905 have been accepted by the state and payment niado thereon, and that therefore they uro not subject to further Inquiry. But for the future settlements and for the settlement of all accounts since Governor Denoen came Into office, the court lays down hard and fast rules for accounting by which the state will reap a reward of $2.000,000 a year more in taxes than it has been receiving from the Illinois Central Railroad company. Governor Deneen's Action Upheld. When the Illinois Central tendored Its first payment under Governor Doueen's administration he accepted the money with the understanding tho accounting upon which tho money was tendered was subject to revision. This act on the part of the governor, the court holds, makes all transactions with the road during his administration subject to further accounting. The court remands the crso to tho circuit court of La Salle county, with Instructions to proceed In accordance with the vlows of Its opinion. Unless the railroad accepts the court's decision as final, the circuit court of La Salle county will no doubt appoint a master to go into all tho dotalls of the accounting since 1905. and the case may be prolonged indefinitely. At present the railroad is paying approximately $1,000.000 to the state every year. Three Opinions Filed. The opinion handed down Is said to be the longest and most comprehensive ever recorded by the court. A peculiar feature la that three separate opinions are filed, all reaching the same conclusions, but by different routes. The majority opinion was written by Justice Carter. It is the contention of Governor Denoen that for thlrty-threo years the railroad haB been "milking" the state through Its system of accounting for gross earnings, on which It Is required under Its charter to pay to the state in lieu of other taxes. Governor Brings Charges. The suit against the Illinois Central was filed early In December, 1907, by tho attorney general, following a message from Governor Deneen to tho legislature, declaring that the road had been so manipulating Us accounts ns to credit millions of Its earnings to the non-charter lines, not subject to tho tax of seven per cent. Later accounting swelled the amount which Governor Deneen declared tho road owed to the state from $5,000,000 to $15.000.000. KILLS CHILDREN AND SELF Woman Worrying Over Separation From Husband Slays Son and Daughter and Commits Suicide. New York, Oct. 31. Separated for two months from her husband, Mrs. Annie Davis, thirty-one years old, killed her two children, Elsie, three years old, and Charles, five years old, and then took her own Ufo In her apartment In Brooklyn. Neighbors noticed an odor of gns and finally traced It to tho Davis apartment, where the mother and two children were found dead In bed. A tube attached to an open gas jet was lying on Mrs. Davis pillow. The two children were clasped In her arm.

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DEPUTIES IN BEDLAM ON RAILWAY STRIKE French Socialists Yell "Resign, Dictator," and One Tries to Strike Premier Briand. Paris, Oct. 31. The debate on tho railway strike in which the governI meat has been bitterly attacked in the chamber of deputies by tho Socialists, hus taken a new and dramatic turn. During the last session, which was not only the most violent In the history of tho French parliament, but rlvuled In disorder and turbulence the sessions of the national convention luring the French revolution. Premier Briand hlmsolf was the pivot on which the drama turned, and the general verdict 13 that certain government victory has been changed Into possible defeat Smarting under the repented attacks of M. Jaurcs, the leader of the Socialists, and others, the premier leaped to -lila feet and. defending the cabinet's suppression of the strike as a revolutionary outbreak, exclaimed: "If the actual laws had been Insufficient we would not have hesitated to resort even to Illegality for the purpose of preserving tho fatherland." An uproar followed these words. The Socialists Jumped up and were joined by a number of radicals. With shouts of anger they moved towards the tribune, crying "Resign! Dictator, resign!" Ono Socialist tried to fight his way to the tribune to strike Briand. Throughout all. tho premier stood calm nnd dignified and for three-quarters of an hour waited patiently hut vainly to make himself heard. Finally, M. Brisson, president of the chamber, amid imprecations from the Socialists, adjourned tho debate. COL. ROOSEVELT IS SCORED Head of Columbia University Sees Malice and Ridicule in Recent Utterances of Former President. New York, Oct. 31. President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university, during his address at the formal opening of Kent hall, the new law school of the university, took occasion to censure Theodore Roosevelt for his criticism of judges and courts. President Butler referred to Senator Boot's defense of Mr. Roosevelt's utterances on this subject, and said: "On Friday the junior senator from tho state of New York made an Important political speech. In which ho stated in terms of precision and in n spirit of wisdom tho function and the Integrity of the courts In our American system of government "But I fear that in the enthusiasm of tho moment ho underestimated the persistency, tho greatness of the malice nnd the cunning of those who war against them. It is one thing to analyze nnd to discuss In a scientific and judicial spirit the opinion of a great court; It Is another thing to pour ridicule upon Its membership and bring discredit upon the capacity and justice of Its personnel In tho presence of the shouting mob." Y. M. C. A. RETAINS OLD BASIS Oniy Fvangelical Church Members Shall Havo Vote In Government of Association. Toronto, Ont.. Oct 31. At Its closing session the thirty-seventh annual convention of tho Y. M. C. A. decided that there ßhall be no change In tho present evangelical basis of the association, which provides thnt only members of evangelical churches shall have a vote In the association's government. The question of whether any change Is desired was referred to a committee of 15. College Twice Destroyed. Jackson. Miss., Oct. 31. For the second time In Its hlBtory Belhaven college, one of tho oldest female colleges In this state, was destroyed by flro here. The loss is estimnted at $50,-000.

e HAWLEY AND POST LANDED OCTOBER 19 IN CANADIAN WILDERNESS. MAKE NEW WORLD'S RECORD Balloonlsts Descend 300 Miles North of Quebec Two Days After Leaving St. Louis In International Race, Safe and Sound. Quebec. Que., Oct 2S. AJnn It Huwley nnd Augustus Post, the New York balloonlsts who left St. Louts. Mo., In their balloon America II., on tho afternoon of October 17 nnd land ed In tho uutrnversed wilds of the Chlcoutiml district, about 300 miles north of Quebec, two days later, reached this city last night somewhat fatigued by their experience, but well and sound. The United States consul and a vast concourso of people were at the station to greet them. Their balloon Is still In the township where It landed and the task of getting It to tho railroad will be a serious ono should an attempt b made in that direction. Establish a World's Record. Tho flight of tho America II. wins tho James Gordon Bennett cup nnd establishes a now world's record Messrs. Hawley and Post Inndod 4 hours after their denarture from St Louis. They probably flew about 1.G0Omiles, although the direct distance between the two points, on which the international raco is decided, is only 1,355 miles. This would make their average rate of progross about 3." miles nn hour. Calls It Beautiful Trip. "We had a beautiful trip," said Mr Post "Wo crossed Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and followed what I should Judge to bo the route of theproposed Georgian bay canal. Then we crossed tho Ottawa and floated ovor tho forests of northern Quebec, passing over Innumerable lakes and rivers. The country below us always was densely wooded. . "Wednesday morning we found that we wero north of Lnko St. John and going well and wo had hopes that wewould bo able to continue the flight until we struck the Labrador const. Unfortunately, nbout three o'clock that afternoon a storm came up, and It became necessary to make a land tng. Wo picked out a mountain and came down upon it, nnd made an easy landing on tho mountain side, at aa elevation of about 1,500 feet. "This was at 3:45 p. m. It was near nightfall and we knew thnt wo were n considerable distance fro.i any settlement, so we decldod to pasa tho night In the basket of the balloon. Two Snowstorms Swoop Down. "The next morning we started afoot for civilization, heading south. Wo had three days of strenuous exercise, with no moro to eat than was absolutely necessary, as we had to carry all our food, as well as the blanket to cover us at night. And w ncedt-w those blankets badly, for we had to snowstorms on tho way. "On the fourth day wo found the camp of Jnck Matthias, a trapper. Unfortunately, he was away from home. Wo atayod there and enjoyed tho hospitality of his hut for a day of much-needed rost Then our French-Canadian trappers turned up. und, like good fellows, took us by canoe to St. Ambrolse. whore we arrived tills afternoon. "As nearly as we can flgnro. our landing placo was about 6S miles north of Chlcoutiml. Thero Is a Inrge lake near where we landed LnkaPIscocama and we landed between , five and eight miles north of that. Two smaller lnkes also were passed" by us as we mado our way through the woods." KETCHEL PLOT IS UNFOLDED Police Received Letter From Woman Telling of Alleged Conspiracy to Rob Dead Fighter. Springfield, Mo., Oct. 29. A letter received by the chief of police of Springfield signed "Mrs. Maud Nugget" and mailed In Salt Lake City purports to give details of an alleged conspiracy hatched by Walter DIpley and Mrs. Goldlc Smith to rob nnd attack Stanley Ketchel, tho middleweight champion pugilist, who was shot and killed near Conway, Mo., October 1C. Mrs Nugget asserts that the Smith woman wrote her of tho plant against Ketchel and the chief of police tins wired the officlnls at Salt Lake City to learn the Identity of Mrs. Nugget nnd If possible gain possession of the Smith letter If it exists. POLICE INSPECTOR TO PRISON Illinois Supreme Tribunal Decides McCann Must Go to Penitentiary for Accepting Bribes. Chicago, Oct 29. Tho Illinois supreme court at Springfield affirmed tho judgment of the criminal court of Cook county against former Police Inspector Edward McCann in his appeal for a now trial. He was convicted of accepting bribes from people in the West side levee district. McCsum. who is under sentence of from ono to five years ImprlBonmcnt In the Jollet penitentiary, Is out on bonds of $30,000. Eleven Indictments nro pending against him In the crlinInnl court, five charging bribery, five for operntlng a confidence game, and one charging malfeasance In office.