Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 20, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 February 1911 — Page 7

WASHINGTON 0 ripples of Potomac's stream, Break gently where the tread Of thousands press the hallozued sod Above our greatest dead; Mount Vernon, Freedom's dearest shrine Guard well thy sacred trust, Locked in thy loyal heart of hearts Ye keep the Patriot's dust. 1 sec him glide among the huts That dot the cheerless gorge The Joshua of a struggling band, The Man of Valley Forge; Where'er he goes his smile illumes The shades that thickly lie, And all who hear his words resolve With him to do or die. The pilgrim comes from lands enslaved, Beyond the restless sea, To meditate where sleeps the man Who taught men to be free; The glitter of the sword he drew; Makes bright the world today, And hands unborn will crown its hilt With laural and zvith bay. He needs no granite shaft to tell Of glorious actions done; His monument? the freest land That lies beneath the sun! Today with szvelling pride we seek The banquet board once more, And drink to him whose fame is far Beyond Virginia's shore. He is not thine, Mount Vernon, though Upon thy sacred breast, Wrapped in the mantle Glory weaves, In peace he takes his rest; The voice of Liberty proclaims: "He is my honored son." And Fame zvith lofty pride proclaims: "The World's one Washington." T. C. Harbcush

Washington

POLICE CHIEF FOUND GUILTY I

Muncle's Official, Accused of Allowing Caming In Cigar Store, Dedarts Case Will Go Before Higher Court.

Muncie. After betag out for moro than forty-two hours, tbe jury in the caso of Otto Williamson, superintendent of the Muncle police dopartmont, charged with oporatlng a room for gaming on or before September 1. 1&10, returned a vordlct finding the accused guilty and assessing his fine at ten dollars and costs. Mayor Tuhey is reticent concerning tho matter. Many believe that tho "lid" will now be placed down tighter in Muncie than it ever was before. Williamson was charged with having irermltted games of cards played in his cigar store for checks good for merchandise or half their value in cash. The affidavit was filed by Robert 13. Crabbs, a cigar doaler, who waB arrested three times within ten days by Chief Williamson while other stores, it is alleged, were allowed to operate unmolested.

REGULATION BILL PASSED BY SENATE

Proctor Saloon Measure Adopted After Hard Fight.

STRAIGHT S1,000 FEE FAILED

Agree to Specific Supply Bill. When the specific appropriations bill was agreed on in the house, sit ting as committee of the whole, the total amount provided for in the bill

was only $1.194-4S more than the total t provided for in the bill as Introduced, j The bill as sent to engrossment pro-

j vided. for a total appropriation or s ; J823.945.4C. Of this. S1SS.910 was for ! the state schools. $473.055 for the

benevolent institutions. JS2.7SÖ.S5 for state buildings and departments. The remainder was distributed among a number of miscellaneous Items, including $7.0M.7O to pay a court Judgment in favor of the Indiana &. Mlchl-

Stctsenburg Would Give Councils Right to Fix License In Cities Between 52CO and S50O and Between 5100 and $300 In Towns.

Indianapolis. The senate passed the Proctor saloon regulation bill by a vote of 27 to 21. after a hard fight over the

i question of the amount of license fee to be charged for saloons. The bill provided for a state license fee of $200. ', Ic addition to this saloons in cities shall pay $500 city license; In towns I they shall pay $3H town license. ! Cities have the right to license saloons ! four ratios from their limits, and towns two miles from their limits.

9.enu'.ar Stntsenburc sought to

K. of P. Hold District Feast. Muncie. About 300 visiting follow

ors of Damon and Pythias attended j aajWki b gring dxj councils the right tho sixteenth anneal convention of the .i' " i. u n..,ra hn.

Tenth Pythian district of Indiana, heb ' .eoH ?2(M) 5600 ,n cU1(,3. and bein this city. The convention opened lweea aad 300 Ilt lcrxM, bul with a reception to the visiting dele-, propMUkw wa, d.feated. Senator pates. In the afternoon a public meet-, proclor uUnJ to mRbe lbe license fee a Ingws heldln theSnTcrShleWhalL: thousand dollars, aad this City Attorney A. C. Silberburg mad , ...J ,rhan sn.

the address of welcome in the absence from the city of Mayor Edward Tuhey. .... . J 1. .1

IBS response was umuu aj urnau i Chancellor John F. Petri of Indian-!

a polls. Talks were also made by Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Harry Wade. I'ast Grand Chancellor Charles Noel and District Grand Chancellor Ancust M. Maick. the latter of this

gan Electric company; $027.72 to pay interest held by the supreme court to be due the Union Central Life Insurance company of Cincinnati; $420 to repay Etta L. Reld. for the estate of James D. Reid. for moneys expended for state prison purposes; $350 for the Vlcksburg Military perk commission.

for additional reports; $414.2 to j. Harry Roberts for street improvements abutting on state property in this city, and $11.744.99 to pay Interests claims of a number of insurance

! companies, held due by supreme court

decisions. Tho state boaril of accounts received $2.750 for additional salary for the clerk aad for ofSce aad traveling expenses. For the state board of health $5.000 was provided for preventing the spread of Infdcttons and other dangerous diseases. This was inserted at the request of the governor, who desired that the state board have the money for the purpose of prosecuting an inquiry into the spread of polio myelitis, cr Infantile paralysis. There was a general slaughter of bills la both bouses by committees, a Iar number beim: killed. The house

j passed the general appropriations bill

and several ethers of less importance.

city. Following the public meeting a

class oi iw canmcaics were geu uw . legislative apportionment bill.

which he will introduce as soon as the

ator Fleming of Fort Wayne, who Introduced the original regulation WI1. voted against it, oa the grounds that the license fee was too high. The bill now goes to the home. ReDreseetaUve Charles Lleb. chair

man of the house coinmi' te on legis-1 The Democratic members of the house lative apportionment, has called a j held a caucus to get together on tho meeting: of bis committee to consider , Proctor saloon regulation bill. ... i

a tentative .Iran ne nas prepare iur

rank of page in the Welcome Lodge

hall by the degree team of the Silver Shield lodge of this city. The annual roll call was held and this was followed by a prize exemplification of unwritten parts of the ritual.

Man Cuts Throat With Knife. Columbus. J. F. M. Summers, sixtyfive years old. a well known and highly connected resident of Lebanon, committed suicide by cutting his throat on an Indianapolis. Columbus & Southern Traction car. He committed tho deed la the toilet room of the car jest as the car was leaving this city and he was not found until Taylorsvllle was reached, and his blood was strewn along the track for six miles. The following note was found on tho body: The causo of

committee has Indorsed It. In provisions relating to both the senate and the house of representatives, many rhang-s are contemplated. Marion county, which new has four senators and a Joint senator with Morgan and Putnam counties, will have, under the proposed bill, four senators and a joint senator with Hendriek Vigo county, which now has on- senator aad a Joint senator with Cay. will have one stnator and a Joint senator with Vermilion. Allen, which now has

Amendment Is Accepted. Senator Traylor offered an amendment to the effect that the provisions of the bill should not apply when there Is only one ticket on the ballot. This was accepted by Senator Durre and , adopted. Senator Durre made a speech In fare r of his bill, saying that tbero aro two clasf s of voters who should be compelled to do their duty and vote i bcnstly tbt goody-goody" people, who are too "nie to dabble in dirty politics," and the rougher element

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people ever had a richer legacy than Americans have in their ideal of Washington. Great as was

r l " U his real character U ,. fty and inestimable

410 " " ices to toe country Washington

ü :.3t a demi god nor even a man vtnius. Hut ho did possess a r :s for honesty and patriotism and - the incarnation of common sense, i - mother, after reading a letter l : bim during the Revolutionary 1 - ! h conveyed good news, paid: rp generally carries through b 'hi- c he undertakes." Mr?. I". S. said, referring to her busi 1 determination and persistence is a very obstinate man." Grant r ., r.t a nonius nv more tha't

V . h!:,2ton. but both men had the t cf Mir cess. It it. eil for the American people . thoy havo idealised Washington, i i it is to be hoped that they may t vfr lower nor change their ideal. tt i yet he was very human. As a y'ins; man and even after bis raarr .to he was very fond of foxhunting. otild get very angry on fit ocear 'ns and sametimos swore. Ho drank fi onerous glass of wine every day fif dinner nnd allowed his negro butW and cook each a bottle of beer a 3av Nearly thirty years ago a friend- ' biographer wrote: Eighty years have now pnsscd lnr the death of George Washing-'r-n and already bo Is hidden from us Fonto degree by a haze of eulogy r.rt tradition. He has been so unif rm!y oxtolled that some of our vnp men tell us with a yawn, that N-y are tired of hearing Arlstides r::id Tho Just." Ho has been 'I.tpU into obscurity, like n Greek T'-iv. Where the genial and friendly

Hir referred to one of his eherl lied friends as "Old Put," a rospoct- ' h " litor. devoid of humor, has subf Mifr-d "Genoral Putnam;" until, at 'r.jrth a lover of tho man luw to detul hin against the charge of perf" Hon ' Wn.-.i.insrton hlmrolf never pretend- ' '! ' Ix more than an average man. t'oiKh nil his contemporaries know :is. All that ho claimed was to prfcrt master of himself and to ' Rich powers aa God had riven lim the best he know how. Once aa s prorpsrion In his honor passed throuch tho streets of a city he hoard ft Httie boy exclaim: "Why. father. General Washington Is only a man!" He looked with thoughtful Interest on the child and patting him on the head rppliod: "That's nil. my little follow, that's all." Ho was one of the most dignified men that ever lived, yet one of the most modest. One finds picas-

ity in the fact that while quite yonng ho fell easily In love sad wrote verses and sentimental verses at that. When he was twelve years old. shortly after the death of his father, he was sent to school at Fredericksburc after promising his elder brother to be "steady." 1 was a mixed school of boys and girls and one of his schoolmates, a cousin, said in later life that while George was remarkablv studious be was also fond of

"romnlne with one of the largest ,

girls; this was so unusual that It excited no little comment among the other lads." It was while at this school that George wrote the following acrostic: Krm yur bricht sparkling rs I ny yu h.vf mon transparent than litt ,i i.'t"tt( K'.fMT In t?v rtiriR day. X , , in vivi . i'ial in v(ur brijfht array: .'-.r-i.nl in y ur calm and unpXieJ

( this act Is that my daughter. Fern. In

cabal with Mr. Keener, locked me out j a en8tor Jointly with Porter, will have of my home when I got back from In- j OO0 0 ovrn and a Joint senator with dianapolls to see a doctor. May God J xowtoa, Peotcn aad Warren, foridvo her is my prayer." He wrote I

his wife, who was visiting relatives In s Missouri, to come home on a certain , nicht, ao he wanted to kill her. His

insanity is said to have been due to

that might be paid or influenced to

one and a Joint senator with Adams. gtJty aTr&y from the rolls, will have one aad a Join senator with Senator Sullivan offered an amendDeKalb. Vanderburg. which now has meQt for striking out the provisions of one aad a Joint senator with Spencer Dm requiring electors to vcte at and Warrick, will be left as it is. St. j primaries. There are so many candlJoaepb. which now has one and a Joint j dates on primary tickets. Senator Sul-. senator with Laporte, will have one t nvan said, that many voters do not

by Itself. Lake county, which now nas iee no they could voto Intelligently

worry because of his inability to pay for a home he recently built. Fire Ruins Frame Houses. Peru. Flames. originating presumably from an overheated stove, destroyed three two-story frame bulldtnmn -it nnnvnr. nor here, causing a

House Changes. In the tentative list to control the representatives. Marlon county ha tea representatives, .instead of eight, as now. Vi 50 has three. Instead of two. and a Joint with Vermilion. Vanderburg has two and a Joint with Gibson and Knox. Allen county has three and a Joint with Adams. Instead of three br itself. St. Joseph has three, ta

in primaries. His amendment was lost by a vote of 19 to 17. Senator Curtis moved to amend by striking out three provisions of the bill, one making it the duty of the grand Jury to examine the tally sheets and bring true bills against persons who failed to vote. Another providing that persona who have conscientious scruples against voting must make affidavit to that effect, and another providing that the failure of an ablebodied and qualified elector to vote would be prima facie evidence against him.

stead of two and a Joint with Palaski

loss of $5.000. besides damage to two J aad Starke. Lake has two and a Joint j vhoc HoUse Agrees on Bill.

stocks of groceries and two restau- wiu Newton. msiea m one oa Thore w-as a licl time in rants. James Shumaker. wbo lived Joint with Newton. I . oug, when as a committee

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WHOSO spsnini'uu iv woa.. . t rescued by firemen after he had be-, como unconscious from Inhaling smoke.

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1 ms ,R mi 4 ; .h whole it agreed on tho amount to legislature in a number of years as , for In the general approshown by the large number of bills In- ''. , lh. IJnI, two veara.

troduced. Up to this time &li bills

Driattoas bill for the next two years.

-ri. .iii -a (Inallr ntrrffA n pnrrlos

have been Introduced in the house and 1 AftAA a r(tmr hu.h is saoo.-

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S. kn..!i)?, dorn orw t youitp you'll j A!.. m.- tJiat I should love and con....1 . j Unn l'-- t l.'d wt vr dar reEven ih"JKH vvwly L"T's pain I i: Xerxn th- Crpjit wasn't fr from Cupld'n tart. And 11 lb rentes, heroes flt the uniart The first letters spell Frances Ale.ta. Alexa was the abbreviation of Aloxander. and the acrostic was addressed either to a schoolmate of that name or to some fair Frances living in Alexandria, where the boy was well acquainted. There Is reason to believe that young Washington was as susceptible as the. average young man of tho present day. When about seventeen years old he fell in love with a young lady, whom ho refers to in a letter to a friends as "your Lowland beauty." and says going into comrany simply revives his former passion for her. He adds: "Were I to live more retired from young women. I might alleviate In some measure my sorrows by burying trat chaste ad troublesome passion in the sravo of oblivion or eternal forget fulness, for as I am very well aurd that is the only antidote or remedy that I ever shall be relieved bv or only reres tbat can administer any cure or help to nw. as I am well convinced, were I ever to attemi t anvthlns. 1 should only set a denial which would be only adding

Makes Attack on Hoosler. ' Franklin. Word has been received , horo from O. A. Covert of San Pedro i Sula, Spanish Honduras. Central America, that his sister Alice, while ( closing his house for the nlgnt. was attackod by a native, who sprang at " her out of the darkness aad began to cut her with a long knife. The louder 1

she screamed the moro dosperate the man stabbed at her. Mr. Covert and a guest ran to her assistance and her assailant disappeared.

Traction Car Hits Engine. Muncie. An Indlanapolls-bound Indiana Union traction car. leaving Muncie. and a Lake Erie & Western wltch engine collided at the Kllgore avenue crossing In the western part of tho city. Doth the engine and the traction car were derailed, but no one was injured. The street car track was torn un for several feet and this blocked

traffic on the line for a few hours. The

traction car was badly damaged.

3SC In the senate. Two years ago. up to the same date, there were 3S0 In the bouse and 334 m the senate. This makes a total of S3 for the present session and 713 up to the same date in tho session of two years ago. a difference of ISO- But the committees of both houses have been using the ax and killing bills right and left. Bills Introduced from now on will stand a very poor chance of getting through.

intelligent Dog. The descriptive reporter of a certain dal'v paiH-r In describing the trrr'tm 'V 1R out ot r0Jrt b' ordr r ho lemh recontly detailed th occurrence as follows: "The ejected canine ss h- was Ignomialously dragL from the room cast a glance at he Lie,, lor the purpose of being able o IdenM.'y him at some future time.

Hartford City. A reward of $100 was posted by Sheriff John Clamme for Information loading to the arrest and conviction of tho Incendiary who attempted to destroy the Inroan tile mill at Mill Grove, east of here. The building was discovered in (lames by the owner, who extinguished them after a hard 2ght. Investigation disclosed that coal oil bad boon poured over tho floor and lighted.

Runs Amuck With Shotgun, nushville. After Sam Franklin bad quarreled with workmen at tho city water, light and power plant, where now boilers are being Installed, he returnee' with a shotgun and hold tho men In a room for several minutes, threatening to shoot the first man who appeared. Before tho police arrived women all over tho neighborhood fled, fearing that the man. who was said to be wildly Intoxicated, would murder them. Franklin disappeared when he heard that the police were near. He escape.

Senats Passes Voting Measure. A bill which would compel all able-bodied and qualified voters to vote at all elections in Indiana except such persons as have conscientious scruples against voting was passed by the senate by a vote of 2S to IS. The bill was Introduced by Senator Durre of Evansvllle. It provides that the failure to vote under conditions set forth In the bill shall constitute a misdemeanor subject to a penalty of a fine not to exceed $100. to which may be added a prison sontence of not

moro than thirty days. It makos It the duty of tbe grand Jury to make an examination of the records and to return a true bill against any person wbo has failed to voto In bis precinct, except persons who have conscientious scruples against voting or some other defense of merit, such as sickness. There is a provision that election officers wbo violate the election laws shall be ttaed in any mm from $100 to SLOW.

COO a year more than was carneu in tho bill of two years ago. It Is explained thr the large Increase Is due to the Increased cost of living, tho higher cost of labor and the largely Increased population of the various state institutions during the last two years. Another thing that has helped to make the increase is the fact that the Tuberculosis hospital at Roclprille and the new Southeastern Indiana Hospital for the insane, at Madison, have been opened In the last two years, and that they come In for

resular maintenance appropriations this year for the first time. It was decided to reduce from $5.000 to $3.000 the amoivit asked for In the bill for traveling expenses and other expenses of the board of accounts. No changes were made In salaries of the state board of accounts.

CANADA GETS 51,500 TROPHY. NATIONAL CORN EXPOSITION, AT COLUMBUS, OHIO, AWARDS TROPHY FOR PECK OF OATS GROWN IN SASKATCHEWAN. Again Canada is to the fore, and has secured at the National Corn Exposition Just closod at Columbus, Ohio, the magnificent Colorado silver trophy valued at $1,500, for the host peck of oats. These oats wore grown by Messrs. Hill & Son, of Lloydmlnster, Saskatchewan, and, as may readily bo understood, were of splendid quality to have been so successful in a contest open to tho world, and in which competition was keen. At the same Exposition thero wore exhibits of wh&at and barley, and in all those competitions, the grain shown by Canada secured a wonderful amount of attention, and also a num

ber of awards. During recent exhibitions at which gTain from Western Canada was given permission for entry. It always took first place. At the Spokane Interstate Fair, last fall, where the entries were very Urge, and the competition keen, the Province of Alberta carried off the silver cup, glvon by Governor Hay, for the best state or province display, and a score or prizes was awarded Canadian exhibitors for different exhibits of wheat, oats and barley threshed and In the shoaf. Vegetables also received high awards. A pleasing feature of these exhibits was they were mostly mado by fanners who had at one time been American Citizens and were now farminglu Canada. The Department of the Interior is Just in receipt of a magnificent diploma given by the Tri-State Board of Examiners at the Fair held In Cincinnati last fall for agricultural display by Canada. The Surveyor-General of Canada has Just completed a map showing that a large area of land was surveyed last year In the northern portion of Saskatchewan and Alberta In order to bo reedy for the rush of homesteaders to that district during the coming spring and summer. It is understood surveys covering several hundreds of thousands of acres will be made In addition to these during the coming summer. A return just issued by the Dominion Lands Branch show.j that 4S,237 homestead entries were made last year as compared with 37.061 in 1909; of this 4S.257, 14.704 were made by Americans. North Dakota Jimlng first on the list with 4.S10, Minnesota gives 2.52S, South Dakota 1.133. Wisconsin 745. Washington 730. Michigan 70G.

Iowa 045, while other states show less, but with the exception of Delaware, District of Columbia and the Indian Territory, every state and territory contributed. Tho prospects for an abundant crop in all parts of Western Canada for 1911 are said to be excellent. In the districts tbat required it there was an ample rainfall last autumn, and the snowfall during the present winter is greater than In many previous years. Both are essential factors to the farmers, who look upon the moisture that these will produce as being highly beneficial. A largo immigration from the Vnlted States is expected, and the demand for literature and information from the various Government Agencies located at different points In the States is tho greatest It has ever been. Since the above was written word

has been recolved that in addition to

honors won at Columbus. Ohio, Cana

da won first and second on wheat and

first and second on oats, as well as diplomas.

Norman Cherry of Davis, Saskatcn-

ewan, who was In tho reserve for first on wheat, secured the award, with G.

H. Hutton of La combo. Alberta, second. J. C. Hill & Sons got first on oats besides the silver trophy. G. IL

Hutton took second in oats.

Files Savings Bank Report. State Auditor OTIrioa 81 eC wtth the

clerk of the tiotMe and secretary of tbe senate a report showing the condition of the state savings banks of Indiana. There are only five banks of that class in Indiana organized under the law approved May 12. 1SC8. the last organization being made August 1, 1S71. Tho roport shows that daring 1910 S.SS2 accounts were opened and 6.0S7 closed and tbat the year closed with 33,347 accounts, with a total deposit in savings account? of $12,-040,100.13.

Ban on Hypctism. The senate has passed the Lamont bill which would prohibit public exhibitions of hypnotism and mesmer

ism. Sonator Lamont says he intro

duced tho bill because of the numerous public exhibitions of this character In the state in which hypnotized persons wore made tools of.

A bill has passed th senate for tho appointment of a commission to arrange for tho erection of a fine now

but kling by tie state west of the state hAnae. to be dedicated in 1916. the

centennial anniversary of tho admis slon of Indiana Into the union.

The Chief Need. A pale, Intellectual-looking chap, wearing eyeglasses and unshorn hair, visited Tom Volk, the athletic instructor, not long ago änd asked questions until the diplomatic athlete finally became woary. "If I take boxing and wrestling lessons from you, will It require any particular application?" he asked. "No." answered Volk, "but a little arnica will come in handy." Cloveland Leader.

And In the Meanwhile. Lady Can't you find work? Tramp Yessum; but every one wants a reference from my last en ployor. Lady And can't you get one? Tramp No, mum. You see, he's been dead twenty-eight years. London Punch.

Knew His Cue. "She told him tbat she must not see him any moro. "Whet did ho do?" "Turned out the gas' Exchange.

Sees B'cw ct Probation.

The ' !:: introduced In tho legislature priding two city courts and salaries

of tach for tho Judges was crltl

clscd by Judge Collins of police court. -Tl:e bill comes as a surprise to the

cttlzns of Indianapolis, who aro conversant with the co dltlons." he said The bill to establish a police court to have Jurisdiction In criminal cases, the prosecution of which Prosecutor Baker and his deputies would have charge, can be construed only as an effort to abolish the probation system which 1 have established."

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