Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 6, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 November 1910 — Page 3

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

SIE MERCHANTS Plans for Entertaining the State Retail Association. COMMERCIAL CLUB'S PROGRAM D. Ward King of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture Has Accept ed an Invitation to Address the Federated Clubs. Indianapolis. With Ralph B. Clark president of the Indiana Retail Mer rants' association, merchants and Ml.er business men of Anderson were ::i conference on details for tho annual meeting of the Indiana association, to le held liero January 17 to 19, Mr. Clark thought there would be an Httendnnce of several hundred mor hauts. Because Mr. Clark has keen I resident for three years, and also Is - vretarv of the Indiana association's tiro insurance company, the business n."n will Join in making the meeting h the president's homo city one of fa mo&t notable for several years, Mr Clark is preparing the program f pr-akers. W 11 Campbell, secretary of the In l.dua Federated Commercial Clubs, I a word that D. Ward King of the Missouri state board of agriculture, an, I widely known as a road specialist, I an accepted an invitation to address ftd-ated clubs during tho annual t fing of tho organization here, on N"vnnbr 1C and 17. Glfford Plnchot l t nonfled Mr. Campbell that con "icing engagements will prevent him fr.'Dj attending the meeting unless he an rearrange his dates. Former ' Pn Milont Fairbanks, who has aci" I an invitation, will speak un Fnr-t in Indiana." It. G. McClure 1 f hid -.-tnapolls will speak on tho r r'f-' of commercial clubs In In- ! ma Am t her speaker is J. J. Berry- ' ! ! of ims Moines, la., one of the lead- ' s' s-f irlis in tho commission form of wr.lr Ii .il government. I' ! understood that the federation in !s annual meeting, give con- ! ral attention to tho commission ;;an of :ovniment and will discuss '!." rjupstlon of lending Its support to a Mil lfore the next session of the Ri'ature for tho commission plan ' t title-, and towns. Committee Lists Named. !' Is probablo no Important changes Ii h state laws regarding dependent r u1 Iren win be recommended by the tr( of state charities to tho genMi assembly. Some changes, how--r. were discussed at tho meeting f 'h board in tho statehouse. A re1 of tho work of tho board for tho Tiartor ending September 30 was conti Vr.-d at tho meeting. Governor Marshall has appointed V following standing committees of ,y board for the fiscal year ending ' 'f:iib.r 30. 1911: :al and Reformatory Institutions : t.sarrt us c. Brown, John H. Holl!, "id W H. Elchhorn. 11 M ItaK for the Insane Rev. Franr H. Gsvlsk. Mary A. Spink, M. D., a ' w. Ii Elchhorn. itutmna for Defectives. Soldiers' l! fcowiers' and Sailors' OrHume John H. HoIIIdav. Rev. Ft Y II. Gavlsk and Emma Lee t institutions W. H. Elch"r! Emma Lee Elam and Dcmart . .. A ' ' iirown. '-tics and PubllcRtlons-Rev. H. Gavlsk and Mrtry A. Spink. 'i 'ltlnc rinmimlm. r n . " ...t. wiun v. uruwo anu " ' o Klani. Mar . TJOf-n H- Holllday and öpink, M. D. Puf" 'n High Schools. -.". i'Bh. 8ch001 enrollment In all - .-iinois or tno stato has In ToAcb,r 8,nco tho opening of "S school yenr, according to "S rntnnlt.J t... n . i.iivii uy uoDort J. Alev, iperlntendcnt of public Instrui- " o in his forthcoming an-7'-Of this tho greater gain. was Hhown In lflOS-mnn m-nr ' i-'-OfdlDR school vnnr. v considers the gain a ro- , one and believes it will conk '' Sevoral yenr. "It indicates," -ai:. have Mn,n.. . ,a'"v "'ßn flcnooi T th;,Rn,Lare providing for It. ' Mr children are taVi v.r.,, " .lI,,,uren ftre taking ad'ap" of Ihn. -..f... ".. " "rnt ln grades In the a w FChoola "hel a to- " , , T f nm ,Ur,nS '0 same , ' " 1907-1 908 to 1908-1909 ; I l? ,909-,9, "as 4.153. -JlZ f"1'1 Mr-Aloy. "does not R'iR ultlV!col nro Witting Mr children to school. Our rat Inn hnvo shfwn fop ' nil tfir.. , m . - "ui iniu N IU SI II P i loiuua mittle. rtr. n I . r Him lower -In, J ho fc,nt- This. In my ,r" or.,ts(or the decreased "in- i nrn iim . .

N ANNUAL MEETING

Gives New Light on White Plague. J According to utlstlcs for the pnst year Just completed by Dr. J p. SI monds of the pathological Iahomtnrv

of tho state board of health, persons between tho ages of twenty-one and thirty are most susceptible to attacks of tuberculosis. Of the 1.022 cases which came under the notice of the state board of health last year 401 persons between the ages given above wero victims. Two hundred and two cases were found among men and women between thirty-one and forty. The third critical period is between forgone and fifty years, and the fourth between tho ages of sixteen and twenty years. Tho report shows bIbo that tuberculosis 1b more common during the spring months. Tuberculosis la more common among women than men. Fifty-four percent of the cases examined during tho last year were those of women and 40 per cent, were those of men. Based upon tho reports of 1.022 cases of tuberculosis, following the examination of the sputum In the pathological laboratory, CI per cent, wero on men and women between the ages of twenty ono and forty, tho productive period of life. Fourteen per cent, developed under the ago of twenty. Thirty-four per cent, of tho cases of tuberculosis during the last year developed from exposure to members of the patient's family or to the patient's a-ssoclates. who were affected. In 47 per cent, of tho cases there was no known causo of Infection and Doctor Slmonds explains that these were pa tients who Inhaled tuberclo bacilli In the dust of the street, of Interurban and street cars and of buildings, where careless consumptives have deposited their germ-laden sputum. Doctor Slmonds has prepared a chart showing the relative chances of the various members of the tubercu losis patient's family contracting the disease. The daughter's chancos of contracting tho dlsoase from the mother are twice that of thcson. The sister's chances of contracting the dis ease from another are a third greater than tne chances of the brother. Ruling on School Licenses. Robert J. Aley. state superintendent of public instruction, has made a ruling concerning the Issuance of sixty-month licenses for school teachers, which Is expected to simplify the license quesIon considerably. Under a former ruling an applicant for a sixty-month llcenso was required to take two exam inations, the first In the common school branches and tho second In designated high school branches. Unless he suecessfully passed both examinations, no I lcense was Issued on either examlnatlon. no matter how good a grade was ; made on the examination in the com mon school branches. Under tho new rule, the applicant will be compelled to have a thirty-six-month common Fchool license before ho may take the examination In the high school subjects to entitle him to sixty-month license, and any person holding such license may be examined for a sixty-month llcenso at any time during the license year In which the thlrtj -six-month license was granted. In all applications for sixty-month li censes, the examinations in the common school and high school subjects must be taken in the same examination year. Relief for Mad Dog Victims. Dr. J. N. Hurtv, secretary of tho stato board of health, will attempt to hnvo the next session of the general assembly reconsider n bill that failed to pass in the session of 1909, and that would provide relief by the state for persons bitten by mad dogs. It Is the general plan of tho proposed law to Impose a special state tax on all dogs In the state, to be paid Into the state treasury, to constitute a special fund which may bo drawn on to establish and maintain a laboratory'and Instituto where persons bitten by rabid animals may be treated, without cost to themselves. The report of the pathological laboratory of the state board. Just made public, shows that 165 persons were bitten by mad dogs during the fiscal year ending September 30. Only one of these persons died from the disease. The others were treated In Pasteur Institutes, either at their own expense or at the expense of the townships, the trustees advancing the money In extreme cases, although thero is no specific law by which the township money may be used for that purposo. The laboratory report shows that the brains of 213 animals examined during the jear contained rabies germs. Get Funds for Maintenance. All state Institution's, with tho ex ception of the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane, have drawn from the htate treasury the funds advanced by the state board of flnanc for main tenance. The Central Hospital for the InHne, the Indiana reformatory and the School for tho Feeble Minded re ceived $2,000 each. The Northern nnd Southern Hospitals for the Insnne, tho Indlnnn prison nnd the Southeastern Hospital for tho Insane each re ceived J1.000: the Woman's prison. $100, and tho Indiana School for the Deaf. $500.

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SEEK SHORE POWERJFDEFEATED Railroad Commission Sees Supreme Test in Big Four Case. RECOMMENDATIONS IGNORED The Step Has Been Taken After a Careful Survey of the Situation, and Results May Be Laid Before General Assembly. Indianapolis. The railroad commission of Indiana, which has taken steps to obtain an order of court compelling II. F. Houghton, general superintendent of the Big Four Railroad company, to supply the commission with data concerning age, service record, etc., of telegraph operators employed by tho company in the state, will "try to obtain a final ruling on the question before the genoral assembly convenes In January. The step has been taken after a careful survey of the situation, and the result will probably be laid before the general assembly in order that that body may have official knowledge of the railroad company's action In com- 1 bating the will of the general assembly of 1907, which provided, by exnress j order, that tho commission should In vestigate two fatal wrecks on the company's lines and make recommendations. As a result of the investigation the commission recomraonded that the railroads of tho state, particularly mentioning the Big Four, do not employ telegraph operators under twentyone years old. At the statehouse tho determination ' to take the matter into the oourts 13 looked on as a supreme test of the powers of the commission. If the commission loses In the courts It Is uroba- ! ble that It will lay the ma.er before the general assembly, with Its report on the Interurban situation in the state as proof that the commission needs ' more authority in order to be effective as a protector of lifo and property placed in the caro of steam and electric road companies. ! .Mr. Houghton, acting on the advice of counsel for the Big Four, declined to give tho commis&lon the data asked for, on the ground that the commission Dau" no right to ask for II The com mission contends that It has the right uaer tne general powers conferred : n It by the general assembly to pre- j .v-v ... ruuruuus iwu m.gm , T1 r nl y-v B.. J I 1 .... Rasing its conclusions on wreck investigations and the opinions of experts, the commission held that a boy of seventeen or eighteen years is not competent, mentally, carefully to handle train orders, and It asked the Big Four for Information, tho request being refused. The commission found. In Its investigations of the Sandford and Fowler wrecks, that the disasters were largoly dne to inefficient telegraph operators. The recommendations at that time concerning tho employment of operators were not heeded by tho Big Four, although this was not known until the commission Investigated a Big Four wreck at Sandford In April of this :enr. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. South Bend. School superintendents from nearly all of the larger cities of northern Indiana are here attending tho annual meeting of the ' Northern Indiana Superintendents' , club. Among the questions to be dls- I cussed Is the exemption of teachers j from examination. Acordlng to a re- j cent construction placed upon the stato j school law regarding exemption of J teachers, a large per cent, of tho II- i censes issued to teachers believed to be exempt are invalid. South Bend. Cities and towns in northern Indlnnn are facing . n coal famine, nccordlng to reports given out to tho retail trade In South Bend and Elkhart by jobbers. The , recent drop In tho temperature brought on a brisk demand for fuel ' nnd the bins of practically all the coal dealers iu this part of the state were ' soon depicted. Anthracite coal Is sell- . Ing from $7.75 per ton for cash to $8.25 on credit. Soft coal averages $4.50 per ton. Fort Wayne. A sanity commission has been called to meet to decide the cape of B. T. Corkwell, the motorman held responsible for the the Klngsland trolley wreck. Physicians say he Is Insano as a result of the wreck. The sheriff was here to serve a warrant on a manslaughter Indictment and found Corkwell strapped to a bed. Fort Wavne. Workmen employed by the Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction company began cutting down the trres which obscure tho curve near Klngsland, where 40 people were killed about a month ngo. Negotiations for the purpose of removing the timber on the land wero coneluded.

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Wedding

By GEORGE Clara J. had said "yes," and the next evening I waded into the Vanvlvver mansion to drag Papa's and Mamma's consent away from them. So long as I played light comedy roles I knew I was a hot favorlto with the old folks at homo, but when It came to doing a leading part and walking off with tho daughter. I began to get uneasy for fear they'd reach for the egg basket and hand me a few unripe scrambles. When I squeezed through the portiere I found the old lady and gentleman very busy discussing their plans for a summer trip. "Where are you going to spend the summer, John?" Inquired Father, giv ing me a limp paw, which I shook hurriedly and then handed back to him. Hero was an opening a grand chance to butt In right at the go ofT. "Well, to tell you tho solemn, we haven't decided yet." I answered. "WE!" they both echoed. "Why, John, 1 thought you wore playing a lone hand?" said the old gentleman. "I've always known you as a young man who could walk up and down Easy street without a guardian or a time-card. This Is the first time I ever heard you speak of a pull-back! Whence the WE?" "I always thought you were free to go and come as you pleased, John," tho old lady put In. Here was ray chanco to climb the family tree and knock down tho fruit, but for some reason or other the blood seemed to rush to my voice, and I went backwards like a crab. Papa had fixed me with his steelblue eyes, and 1 could see by mother's expression that she was beginning to set me back as one of those doublelife leaders. My collar began to faint and my hands grew nervous and wanted to fight each other. "The fact Is, ladles and gentlemen er I mean Mr. Vanvlvver, and you, too. Mother er that Is " Then I grabbed a cat-fish grin and eat there till I usd It all up. I was over the edge. Say. this marriage business is immense after the whistle blows, but the preliminaries make me sick. "You seem to be a little to the bad this evening, John," said Father, and Mamma began to shako her head, as though she had a mental tintype of me far out on the road to ruin, and walking fasL i went at mem again. "As a mat tr nf fo t mri,. An.t thls evening to Inquire If you could- - tnat 8 t0 My lf ,t ,g poaslble for yQ to give me to give me your your er " Overboard again and not a life preserver In slghL It was pitiful. "Most extraordinary attack of hesitation I ever knew you to have," said -What Want Father, while Mamma simply sat there and focussed me with her sad, reproachful lanterns. "Perhaps you need something to brace you up," suggested the old gentleman. I needed a sanitarium and a corps of efficient physicians, but I didn't ay so. At that moment I was doing a chump act never before equalled In tho history of the world. My eyes looked like a couple of vacant lots and I had reversed grins, and was now using tho style most affected by a stuffed leopard. "Tho boy may be suffering from incipient brain fever, or is he In loTe?" whispered the old lady. "Huh!" exclaimed Papa; "In love, sh? That's It. When's the wedding? who's tho girl? Sorry to lose you, John, but the best of friends must part In tho divorce court. Ha, ha!" Thnt cackle went right through me nnd splashed on tho wall behind me. The old man was a fierce Joko puBher. "Come on now, John," he continued;"who Is she? Have you told Clarn? She'll be lonely, for you are certainly the best time killer sho ever had. Speak out; we are your friends,

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s V. HOBART even if you are going to pass us up, "It was good of you, John, to com to us with the news first. Wasn't It, Absalom?" smiled tho old lady. Father nodded his head vigorously, and thero I sat with ray mouth wldo open a regular Charlie Foollshface. I wanted to speak, but every word ln my body was back-pedalling. It -was scandalous. If I had realized what It meant to go up against an unuspectlng family council 1 certainly would have coaxed Clara J. to elope. Then I could have sent her beloved parents a postal card, breaking tho awful news thus: "May I have your daughter? Thanks. I have her now. Last tag, you're It." I began to recover consciousness slowly, and muttered, "You havo me sized wrong. "What I want to ask you is may I" Just then Tacks rushed ln with a whoop. "Pop! Mom! What d'yo think? John Henry and Clara Jano are going to get married!" "Greenwood cemetery no flow ers!" I murmured, and waited for the axe. After a painful pause I opened my ey3 and said, "What's tho answer?" Papa and Mamma had risen and wore giving n tho look-over with a Eidesmile 1 couldn't quite understand. "What's the answer?" I repeated, prepared to duck and avoid a rush of furniture to the head. Papa placed Mamma's arm gently under his own and started away. At the door the old gentloman turned and said, "John, it's up to you!" Then they both chuckled and left me flat. If ever that boy Tack needs a friend I'm for the Job, sure thing! Two or three evenings lator I picked my way Into the house between double rows of messenger boys and dry goods deliverers; fell over about eight tons of packages, anJ, after divers perils by land and sea, finally drifted Into the parlor. Thero sat Marietta Dawson, telling Clara J. all she had over heard. Marietta was to be the maid of honor, but to hear her talk you'd think she was the leading lady. Thnt girl had the busiest volco I ever heard. She certainly was a hard worker with the gab. "Evening, ladles!" I said. Clara J. gave me a spectral sort of a smile and Marietta shook her back hair at mo, then they clinched. "But I'm nfrald. Marietta" Clara J. was at the bat "that I may not look well In iv.'y white. I do wish, Marietta, that I had chosen tho other shade; and the train, Marietta: don't you think two yards too long for mo? Now do tell me! I'm sure it will be. Oh, Marietta, do you think that old lace will be as becoming as the fresh tulle would havo been?" May I" "Nice evening!" I suggested, but they had forgotten I was In the room. "Why, Clara Jane!" gurgled the girl with the spendthrift tongue, "you know that your old point will turn all the women green with envy. I'm sure nothing on earth could persuade mo to think of a tulle veil when I had such perfectly exqulslto lace. Now there was Helen Duval you remember when Helen was married? Sho had one of those " Then Marietta pulled the throttle wide open and took us to Helen's wedding and back again and all ovor the place. It was one of the longest and noisiest Journeys I ever made. "Got any wood for mo to saw?" I Interrupted after a blL I -was tired of playing solitaire. "Pardon us," said Marietta, giving me enough eye-Ice to keep mo cutting for a month; "we are so busy!" Then to Clara J., "what did you say, dear?" Clara J. grabbed her cue. "Really, now. Marietta, do you think that tho sleeves arc clever? I think a frock with poor sleeves Is an abomination." "Just think of being married In sleeves that were not absolutely smart!" cried Marietta.

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Her Tolce seemed to have a high fever. "And the lines of the skirt," Clara J. went on; "do you think they are good? You know a wedding dreai should havo good lines, Marietta; good, sweeping lines. Of course I know the design was good; but made up, Marietta, do you think It will be good mado up?" "Whon do you expect to get those glad garments cooked up?" I ventured ; but all tbo wires were down. In my direction, and I got no answer. Clara J. took out her hammer and began to tap the bridesmaids, whll Marietta held tho anvil, so I got up sideways and went home. It was the most cruel gamo &f freeze-out I ever sat ln. All In good season the present began to show up. One evening the mlnIster. who was a friend of tho family, dropped In to see lf they would suit. Nearly everybody I knew had sent us a cut-glass decanter, and he made me rush out and sign tho pledge. With the exception of two, or three of those present, the wedding was the happiest afTalr of tho kind I ever attended. I was one of the exceptions. When tho fateful hour drew nigh

The Minister Made Me Rush Out and Sign the Pledge. my heart crawled up ln my throat and refused to go back home. I suppose it wanted to see the show. As I stood near the chancel waiting for the bride to como and get me. I felt like a bottlo of ketchup with tho cork out. It seemed to me that everybody In the world was giving me tne fish eye. I couldn't remember whether I should wear my hands ln my pockets or ln my mouth, so I tried both styles. Presently I caught the eye of Syd ney DeBrle, and he didn't do a thing but throw off a grin that nearly put me out of the wedding business. Sydney was one of the ushers, but ho should have been away back sit ing down at his work In the soap factory. He was one of the Five Little Shines who used to drop ln on Clara J. of an evening and tease her with their talk. I don't know why I ever consented to let that human potato-salad be an usher. He couldn't ush for sour pickles. AH he could do was to put his face where I could see It nnd let tired Nature do the resL About this time Billy DeVrles, my best man, began to wilt. I didn't daro look at him, but I knew that mentally he was yelling for Ice water. Outwardly he was very nervous, and he put In his sparo time trying to chew his necktie. Stljl, the thought flashed over mo that Billy, being a college graduate and a football survivor, showed wonderful self-control in confining himself to a conflict between his teeth and his necktie. It's a wonder he didn't give the minister the low tacklo and try for a touchdown. Then tho procession came down the aisle, and tho bell rang for th wind-up. Clara J. was a dream. I played an alarm clock. Ono of tho bridesmaids got gabby and wanted to talk her way Into the main tenL but all around her wero kind-hearted people, so sho wasn't pinched. Pretty soon the minister sprung that old gag on me about the ring, and I suppose for a moment ha thought ho had me, but 1 fooled him. I know It's customary for the bridegroom to get so rattled that ho loses the ring, so I wasn't taking any chances. The day before the wedding I bought eight rings, and when tho buttle was raging I had them stored away In every pocket and a spare ono In each shoe. No fumble on tho ring not for me I No matter In which direction I dipped I was sure to fish up a ring. I think I'll get this idea patented. To n tho minister made a few cracks at us. but we called him every time, politely but firmly, and presently he handed us a card and said wo were duly elected members of th Married People's Union. Immediately thereafter we all went home In a flock of hacks to take a fall out of one of the finest wedding breakfasts that ever came off tho griddle. For one little moment Clara J. and I wero alone In the library. "Did I do all rlghtr she asked eagcrly. "You! The limit!" I raid. "You looked like a queen. But, wait! Stoj tho wagon 1 Why, bless me, In the excitement of a quick finish nobody had time to kiss the bride!" She put her face very, very close to mine and said with tho sweetest of amlles, "Once more, John, It seems to be up to you!"