Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 March 1911 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER DEN ED. DO A NE, Publisher. JASPER INDIANA

Ar tutor won $9-10.000 last year. They oarnod it. too. Wu Ting-fang süsseste. A6d own Chinatown takos Its cuo. our Anybody cnu detect a noto of spring In the chirping of the basoball tens. Taken nil around, a $1.000 salary ought to bo about right for a 1.000 man. It appears that our warships aro more doadly In tlmos of peace than In tlmos of war. A London taxi cbnuffeur has written a play. And now the public will have h chance to run him down. Foolish birds that wont south will never know what delightful spring weather they are missing. The coronation gown of Queen Mary Is to bo IS feo long. It will not be tacked onto a hobble skirL A Chicago woman rldea on street cars to cure headache. Some 'cures are worse than the disease. The winters are harder to endure" because we now havo the revolving Btorm door in public buildings. Too bad for our sailors to spoil a perfectly good South American revolution by capturing one little gunboat. Tho vagrant air current Is the enemy of aviation and in tho present stage of science it innot bo abolished. Now that the postal banks havo opened, a good many woolen socks will be put to tho use they were Intended for. Woman may need Instruction how to alight from a street car, but she does not need to be told how to ge.t Into an automobile. Between the goosebone prophet and the groundhog prognostlcaUir we are reasonably certain to be provided with considerable winter. An Indiana man Is suing for divorce because his wife bathes her pet dog In the dishpan. Some men aro altogether too finicky. The parlor match Is under the ban. This particular brand of parlor match, howevor. Is the kind you scratch not the social variety. One of the aviators has succeeded In alighting on the deck of a battleship. The majority of us. however, would prefer something softer. Doctor Abt wants everybody to glvo the baby a square deal. That would Include giving It milk that harmful microbes did not use as a swimming pool. Last year's fire losses In the United States and Canada wero only $234,470,650. And then we wonder why bo much of our natural wealth goes to waste! Tho government Is now after the parlor match the kind, however, by which phosphorus is Ignited, and not the Are of love In roung hearts by Cupid's spark. An Ohio couple say they have lived together for sixty years without quarreling, and we Infer therefrom that she has alwayB worn dresses that he could hook herself. j One railroad In the far we?, proI poses to Issue an order forbidding holdI ers of passes to occupy seats In crowd's ed trains. The deadhead has no rights 5 that anyone Is bound to respecu Every little while some court decldes that the hen is a bird or Is not ! a bird. Why not simplify the matter j by having a law providing that any thing -with a wishbone is a bird? We have heard of the bull In the china Bhop, but It remained for Plymouth. Mnss., to furnish a mouse that went wrong In a power house and put the city In darkness. The mouse expired. , Tho king of Italy gots the "busy signal" over the telephone nnd everyone I Jumps on the poor girl at the switch('board. Wo havo known equally log-

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' quarters. For pure cussodness we yield the palm to the New Yorker who has a mania for stealing crepe off doors of houses where funeral ceremonies are in progresB. If there Is any meaner form of theft we have never heard of IL J A number of society women of London have been caught shoplifting In Jtfee American department store In that city. It was doubtless their loyalty ,to British Institutions that caused (them to pick out the American store for their shoplifting efforts. In New York. It Is unlit ... 'going to "remedy the evils of divorce ,;oy remeaying tne evils of marriage." Some cynic may Interject a wnnHnwhether they proposo to do away with li marriages altogother, which would cerlalnly abolish dlvorcsa.

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Ifl BE DISCUSSED DEMOCRATS OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE WILL HOLD JOINT CAUCUS. EMPLOYERS' BILL PASSED All Firms Employing Five or More Shall Be Liable to Respond In Damages to Persons Suffering Injury While at Work. Indianapolis. Tho Democrats of the house and sonate will hold n Joint caucus this week on general legislative matters, but the main topic for discussion is tho legislative reapportionment. There is a growing sentiment among Democrats that tho present apportionment is good enough and there may be a move started to avoid any new arrangement. Several other important matters also will come up for discussion at the caucus. The sonate committee of revision of the constitution held an open meeting to hear objections to the bill for n new stato constitution. Several Republicans nppearod and argued against the bill. Former Governors Hnnly and Durhln havo given out statements denouncing Governor Marshall for proposing a new constitution In this manner. An entirely new employers' liability bill passed the senate unanimously. The bill wn the result of a caucus of the Democratic members of the upper house. The new bill will be known as the Heal-Sbively measure, and Is tho result of the consolidation of the two bills Introduced by Senators Shlvely of Marion and Heal of Torre Haute. The new measure provides that all firms employing five or more persons shall be liable to respond In damages to any person sufTertng Injury while In the employ of such firm, and In case of death the liability of the employer shall survive to the deceased's personal representative, for the benefit of surviving widow or husband and children, or to parents or to the next of kin dependent upon the deceased. The bill does away with the assumption of risk and contributory negligence, placing the burden of this proof on the defendant In all actions brought under the provisions of the bill. Early in the session Senator Deal introduced a measure similar In character. Later Senator Clark of In dlnnapolls Introduced a bill embracing a fellow servant provision, but this bill has been withdrawn. Chances Good for Passage of Bill. 1'resent Indications are that by tho middle of this week the bill for the new stato constitution will have been passed by the leglsln ture and signed by the governor, and then it will be put up to the people of the state at the 1912 election for their ratification or rejection. The bill has been introduced in the senate by Sen ator Stotsenburg and Is making rapid progress through that branch. It is expected that it will reach the house before the close of this week nnd that the house will pass It by the middle of next week. Senator White has Introduced resolution for an amendment to the present state constitution for a stato wide prohibition provision. Ho pro ceeds on the theory that tho new con stitution will be voted down at the election next year. it i . ... in me nouse tne committee on cities and towns has reported for passage the South Bend and Fort Wayne track elevation bill. It killed the Roggen street paving bill which nroposed to allow the city to deter mine whether the cost of street Inter sections should be paid for by tho city or by tho property owners. Representative Lieb, Democratic house caucus chairman, has appoint ed a steering committee to push through the Democratic stato plat mrai meusuros. i no momuors are Representatives Faulkner, Frlsso. Merrlman. MassellrA, McMullon. Corr and Askren. The McGlnnls bill to regulato tho construction of tenement houses In the state has been put to sleep In the house committee. The bill Is bulky and tbt committee decided that it had no time to study Its provisions. Brown Again Named State Librarian. The state board of education reelected Demarchus C. Brown state librarian for n term of two years. The vote of the board was unanimous. The board also adopted a resolution asking the general assembly to recodify all laws governing stato educatlonnl work. The resolution recites that mnny laws are obsolete and that the many chnnges enacted by tho leglslature hamper the work of the schools. Members of the legislature who are educators and members of the committees on education probably will make an effort to have the laws recodified before tho session closes. "Gag Rule" Falls to Carry. An attempt was made In the house to establish tho "gag" rule plan of procedure, but It failed. Representative Cravens Introduced a resolution that nil debate bo limited to flvo minutes and that one mlnuto be given to each man to explain his vote. Representative Wells denounced such a rulo as contrary to Democratic principles. Representative Furnas of Randolph county declared that the Democratic caucus had asked the house to change tho constitution.

Many Dills Pass House. The follow lug bills have been pashMl by the house- Legalizing curtain voluntary associations; authoris

: es fifth rlaws eitle to dispose of park lands for court house iunwsac: to -xeinpt road bonds hereafter l&auod from taxation; providing for ths Inpect Ion of grain in warehouses and tho issuanc of negotiable warehouso receipts; giving state institutions tho right of eminent domain: to provide for n recount at elections whore voting machines aro used; extending the terms of township trusteos two years: providing separate circuit court for Stilllvnn county; providing for the appointment of eight bank examiners and tholr removal by tho state auditor for cause; giving superior court Judges the right to transfer cases to other courts to relievo congestion; regulating the maintenance and ropalr of ditches; for the repayment by Laporte county of $521.72 to M. C. Mann, former treasurer, who lost the money through falluro of a bank: to legalize publication of legal notices in both dnlly and weekly papers In Marion county: for the payment of $531.30 to G. II. Bnlltz. former trustee of Cass township. Laporte county, which was lost through failure of a bank; for tho relief of L. F. Bowman and A. M Chandloss, former trustees of Wayno county: regulating live stock lnsur ance companies. l "e senate passed n bill by Hib ben! of South Bond to prohibit the killing of Qiinil for five years. This would havo destroyed tho fish and game commissioners bureau, as the hunters' license fees amount to $40.000 a year and maintain the department. Tho vote was reconsidered nnd the bill will be voted on again. The senate also passed the bill regulating the cold storage of foodstuffs. Charles W. Falrbnnks appeared beforo the houso committee on clalni3 In opposition to the claim of W. B. Hord for $t3.000 for helping to collect $635,000 from the government for In diana. Try to Dodge Voting. The most Interesting scramble to dodge voting that has been witnessed in the house this session wns snon when the Keegan woman's suffrage bill was handed down on second ading. Several times the absentees were called because so many members refused to vote. Representatives Uedgood and Strickland were among the members who were compelled to vote by the speaker, who noticed they wero present, but had not responded to their names. Bedgood voted to save the bill, but Strickland voted to kill it. Representative Cravens, majority floor leader, did .not respond to his name on one roll call, but quietly had his vote recorded in favor of the bill before the roll call was completed. On the second roll call on the bill he did not vote at all, although he was present. The bill finally was advanced to engrossment after it had buffeted the storm which threatened disaster to It. An amendment was incorporated, however, which gives women the right to vote "on any moral question affecting the city or town." This drastic provision. It is generally believed, will serve to kill the bill on third reading. .Many merr.bers voted for thla amendment who previously had voted to strike out the enacting clause. Regulates Board Elections. Tho Smith bill to regulate the method of electing members of the stato board of agriculture and to authorize the stato board of nccounts to examine the agriculture board, was reported by the Judiciary committee for passage, with amendments. The amendments provide that itemized re ports snau ie made to the legislature ' nnd to the auditor Of Stnte bv th ' State board of agriculture. The clause 1 providing for the election of delegates ; bv tho ponntlf9 m tr. i ... "uituuuu Which WOUld plflPt ho ofnfn h agriculture, has been cut out of the Smith bill on the theory that the provision would inject politics into tho ! - - - - - ...v th. u v k affairs of the board. The bill, how- ; ever, provides that tho members of i the stato board of agriculture shall not havo tho power to vote themselves Into office perpetually. Tho report was adopted. A divided report was made by tho committee on cities and towns on tho Hoggen hill providing for the comrals sion lorm or government to be ob tained by petition of citizens In cities of tho first, second or third classes. State Power Plant Goes Over. Tho ways and means committee of the house decided to recommend for definite postponement Representative Craven's bill to provide for the erec tion of a state heat, light and power plant. Tho ruensuro was the out growth of Governor .Marshall's project for a state plaza, to be established be tween the Monumont nnd tho river, The governor proposed that the power plant should supply light, heat and power for all state buildings within the proposed plaza. Including the new Robert W. Long hospital of Indiana university which may be built In Military Park. Voter's Qualifications. It provides thnt c man. to bo a qualfled voter, must be a citizen of tho United States and that he must havo Ived In Indiana twelve month In stead of six. as at present. Kvorv otor must be nblo to road the consti tution of the stato of Indiana. The constitution would give tho gov ernor tho power to veto any Item or part of an appropriations bill without vetoing the cntiro bill. Under tho present constitution If ho vetoes a part he has to veto all.

DEMOCRATS

CAUCUSJTONIGHT Proposed New Constitution Will Be Main Topic. MANY CHANGES PROPOSED Section Giving Legislature the Power to Enact Initiative, Referendum and Recoil Laws Arouses Much Disfavor. Indianapolis. Fob. 21. The Democratic Joint caucus of tho house and senate tonight will have a number of Important matters for consideration. One of the main topics will bo the proposed new constitution, which has already boon mado a caucus measure, but which will bo thrown open for amendment nnd revision at tonight's caucus. When tho Democratic members of tho legislature had time to study over the various sections of the new constitution they evolved a good many new ideas nnd several asked that another party caucus be held so that they could presunt thel: views. So it was decided to give them all a chance at tho caucus to night One of tho things that will be changed Is tho section relating to the mothod of apportioning tho members I Of the house of representatives among the counties. The orlclnal nlan con templated giving each county In the state, regardless of sizo, one repre sentative and dividing the rest ol the 130 members among tho counties according to population. This will be chnnged so as to leavo tho size of the body the same as It Is now nnd provide for selections to be made at now. Some of tho Democrats believe that the small counties should not b entitled to tho Bame representation as the populous counties. Many Changes Are Proposed. An effort also will be made to strike out the section which would give the general assembly the right to enact laws on the referendum, the recall and the Initiative. Some of tho Democratic members aro not In favor of this section. Another section which will be stricken out is the one which would give the general assembly pow er to enact laws to fix the compensa tion of workmen. As the section Is drawn It Is construed as giving the legislature power to determine by i law the amount of wages which work ! men should receive. The purpose was to provide a means for fixing the 1 amount of compensation to be re ceived by a workman who has been injured or by his family after his death. It was found, however, thai the section would go much farther ' than that In fact there are many changes proposed and tho caucus tonight promises to be a warm one. The bill will pass, however, accordlKg to present Indications, although many of tho members of the legislature are receiving letters from lawyers nil over the state protesting that this plan of ! making a new constitution Is wrong. It is believed also thnt the caucus will agree on the legislative and congressional reapportionment bills so that these matters can be pushed through. No effort will be made to bind the Democrats on the liquor regulation bill. House Members Angered. XTP to this tlmo the senate has nnsqnrl nnlv Vir no lilllo (Vint n.lirlnnt. , w... ...v. .,..0 i, tut VI 11(11ed In the house. One was the bill to nnnrnnrlntf mnnnv for nvnonc.. of the session; another was tho one to appropriate $103.000 to pay the u.. . i nun. Kin uiu BlUl-K ililYUlUU UOT1U3, ! bill. This failure of tho senate to pars any house bills has mado some of the members of the houso anrrv twu uliici da mil v u!an w it m and they threaten now to have tho house retallato by refuting to pass any more senate bills. Thero have been 1,037 bills Introduced, 610 In the houso and 427 In the senate. The house has passed 116 nnd the senate 126. And yet only seventeen bills have been passed by both houses and signed by the governor. There Is some talk to the effect that thero Is a quiet understanding among the leaders In both houses to pass as few bills as possible. They think moro good can bo accomplished by killing bills than by passing so many of them. So that the remain ing two weeks of the session aro likely to witness a general slaughter of measures and the passage of only a few bills those demanded by tho Democratic state platform being nbout the only ones of which there appears to bo much hope. The senate has passed tho house bill providing for the nppolntment of two additional Judges for the superior court at Hammond, one of the Judges to divide his time between Hammond nd Crown Point. It has been announced that no moro senate bills will be handed down for pnssnge In tho house until tho senate passes some house bills. The house members proposo to retaliate for tho delay of the senate In this matter. Hears Bell; Meets Burglar. Rushvllle, Feb. 21. Sorrell Moore, awakened by the fire boll, Jumped out of bed only to meet a burglar face to race. A tussle ensued, each trylnc to get possession of Moore's trousers, which tho thief hold. Tho robber finally escaped, taking 60 cent, but loavinR tne trousers behind.

PUPIL WAS BADLY BEATEN

Anderson Justice of Peace Takes Case of Teacher Accused of Cruelty Under Advisement, Following Perjury Charge. Anderson. Fully 200 poi sons crowd ed tho ollico of Juatlco of the Penco M. II. Post to listen to tho testimony In tho enso of Vance Connor, a Union township teacher, charged with hav ing Inhumanly beaten Van Hoppes, twelve years old, a pupil In his school. Justice Post took the cbbo under ndvlsement. The case hns attracted a great deal of attention hero and tho testimony and arguments were sensa tional In the extreme. Attorney Phil O'Neill, who had been engaged by Samuel Hoppes, father of the boy, to assist In tho prosecution, in his summing up the ovldenco at tho eloso of the trial accused County Superintendent of Schools James Frazier of having porjured himself on the witness stand In behalf of the teacher. Sevoral farmers, who examined the lad's back following the whipping, tos tilled thnt an abrasion of fully elghl Inches could be seen on the llcsh. Patricide Hangs Himself. Michigan City Tho body of BenJamlu Smith, twenty-one years old, a life convict at the state prison, received from Muncie December 2 last, wns found hanging In his cell by a wntcliman who was making hourly rounds of the collhouse In which ho was stationed. Smith had made a rope of his suspenders and with tho noose around his neck stepped upon I his bed, tied the end of the suspenders to the ventilator grate overhead, then stepped from the bed. Following n quarrel with his father while they wero alone at their home, near Mundo. Smith bent the old man to unconsciousness with a brick. Thinking his father dead, young Smith placed tho body In n buggy and started for an nbandoned well. On tho way thero tho father groaned and threw his arm around the boy's shoulder. The son then bent tho elder man's brains out with a hammer and threw tho body Into the well Smith confessed when tho body was found a few days after the crime. Contests Husband's Demand. Terre Haute. A sensational divorce case was started In the suportor court of Vigo county Involving charges of blackmail. Immorality and murder. The plaintiff in the case is Thomas Fudge. T2S Tippecanoe street, a former assistant secretary of the Young Men's Christian association. His suit is brought against May J. Fudge, a fortune teller nnd occultist, as was Btated in her own testimony. The plaintiff Introduced letters which he alleges were written by his wife charging him with murder and acts of immorality, for which she says sho left him. She Is fighting the suit because sno says she loves her husband and wants to continue to be his wife. though separated. Will Inspect All Schools. Richmond. As a result of tho agitation started by Mrs. nen Härtel on behalf of the Women's Colleglnte club regarding the ventilating of schoolrooms and sanitary condition of toilets In the grade schools of tho city, Dr. T. Henry Davis, city health J officer and a member of the state , board of health, requested at a meet- j lng of the board nt Indianapolis, that the board's expert In these matters bo sent to Richmond to make a thorough investigation of prevailing conditions Tho request was readily acceded and Doctor King will make a thorough In spectlon of the Richmond schools ai mifn Unable to Tell of Friends. T . -9 . . abZ h tvTlx ars of vL ' aoout tnirt-slx jonr8 old, who was rttichnil frn.n n Mnr..n VI1., . l . days ago at San Pierre, his right leg being cut off, died In St. Elizabeth's hospital. He was brought to Lafayette two days after tho accident, and his condition was then critical. Ho wns In tho unfortunato condition of being among strangers, of whom no one understood his language. He was not able to make those about him understand where he came from or where relatives or friends are to be found. Court Gives Life Sentence. Evansvllle. Clark Mescl, forty years old, was convicted In the circuit court of having mistreated his daughter, Fern, eleven years old, who later was shot and killed by her brother Charles, sixteen years old, because sho told officers that he, too, had corrupted her. Judgo Do Under sentenced the father to lifo imprisonment. Suffers Another Fire Loss. Brazil. While the adjusters of several Insurance companies wero at work In the Broslus dry goods Btoro adjusting lnsuranco on the flro which occurred, Humes again broke out In tho attic storeroom of the building, causing a loss of J6.000. For a tlmo tho whole building was threatened. Police Search for Farmer. Washington. Relatives - of Vlga Chadd, a young farmer living southwest of this city, nre alarmed becauso of his mysterious disappearance from home, and tho police havo been asked to aid In a search for him. After Chadd had finished a hard day of work ho explained to tils wife that ho was going to a neighbor's on an errand. Slnco that tlmo no ono has heard of his whereabouts. It is bolloved that ho cither committed suicide, although no cause can bo assigned, or In the darkness was foully dealt with.

Sticky Sweating Palms nftor taking- salts or cathartlo waters did you evor notico that woary all fonc fooling tho palms of your hands sweat and rotten tasto in your mouth Cathartics only movo b.VHwoutlugyourbowolu Do a lot of hurt Try a CASCAHET nnd soo how much easier tho job is done how much better JOU fcol. CARCARItTS loc a box for fi weelc'

treatment, nil druecUts. IliKKCit eher in the world. Million boxes a month. the name to rempmhor i you need a remedv for COUCH and COL.D Difficulties nro often tho barnaclea that grow on delayed duties. Take Garfield Tea to arouso a sluggish liver all druggists mI1 it. Chilly. "Thoy Bay tho pretty Boston girl is a good pick. I wonder what kind of a pick' she Is?" "Ice pick, I suppose." , Education vs. Instinct. Jacob Wendell Jr., who plays tho part of the dog In Maeterlinck's drama, wns dining In a restaurant recently when a man. recognizing him as tho actor, approached nnd said: "Pardon me, but you take the part of the dog in 'The Bluo Bird.' do you not? Of course, you don't know it. but I can really bark lots moro llko a deg than you." "Well, you see." answered Wendell, I had to learn." Success Magazine. A Dry Wash. Representative Livingston of Geor gia, who. disgusted nt tho bath-tub debato in the houso recently, proposed that a little money might bo made by renting the bath tubs out, said recently, apropos of this subject: "We are now a good don! like Bill Spriggins on a zero morning. "Bill's valet entered his bedroom one January morning and said with a shiver: '"Will you take your bath hot or cold, sir?' "'Thank you, said Hill; Til take It for granted.' " And It Was All Imagination. "I wonder how much Imagination governs some persons senses?" remarked a visitor at tho St. Regis yesterday; "For a Christmas present I sent to a young woman of my acquaintance one of the most elaborate sachet cases I could find. It was such a beautiful thing that I didn't put perfume In It, for some women prefer to use a certain kind all the time, nnd I thought I would leave it to tho recipient to put her own particular sachet powder in the case. You may imagine I was somewhat amazed to read this In her enthusiastic letter of thanks: 'Its perfume has pervaded tho whole room.' " New York Press. ALL GAY First Tramp The doctor 'as ordered me a bath. Second Tramp You do look pleased nbout It. First Tramp E's ordered mo a mud bath. IT'S FOOD Restores and Makes Possible. That Health There are stomach specialists as well as eye and ear and other specialists. One of these told a young lady, of New Brunswick, N. J., to quit medicines and eat Grape-Nuts. Sho says; "For about 12 months I suffered severely with gastritis. I was unablo to retain much of anything on my stomach, and consequently was compelled to glvo up my occupation. "I took quantities of medicine, and had an idea I was dieting, but I continued to suffer, nnd soon lost 15 pounds in weight. I was depressed lu spfrlts nnd lost interest In everything generally. My mind was so affected that It was Impossible to become interested in even the lightest leading matter. "After suffering for months I doelded to go to a stomach spcclallsL Ho put mo on Grape-Nuts and my health began to Improve Immediately. It was the keynoto of a new life. "I found that I had been eating too much starchy food which I did not digest, and that tho cereals which I had tried had been too heavy. I soon proved that It Is not the quantity of food that ono cats, but tho quality. "In a few weeks I was able to go back to my old business of doing clerical work. I havo continued to oat Grape-Nuts for both tho morning and evening meal. I wako In tho morning with a clear mind and feel rested. I regained my lost weight in a short tlmo. I ntn well nnd happy again and owe It to Grape-Nuts." Namo given by Postum Co., Battlo Creek, Mich. Read "Tho Road to Wellvlllo," In pkgs. "Thcro's a Reason." Rvrr rend the above leMcrf A ear apprara from time o Im. Thrr are seaalaa, trae, aaa fall of aaataa later t.

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