Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 March 1912 — Page 6

BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher. 'JASPER INDIANA " " ' - "" " " " t A nw cure for cancer has been disco Yered again.

Chicago -whether it women gmil naturally helps thoir looks or not. France get a new cabinet more frequently than many a man gets a new hat. The American farmer will be pleased to know that he is worth nearly nine billion dollars. If the "tip trust" provokes the traveling men to effective resistance it will not have lived in vain. It is said that Yale will have a record-breaking crew. Accent on the record or on the breaking? An English preacher has discovered a cure for snoring. An old-fashioned dig in the ribs works pretty well sometimes. Wasp soup is said to be a delicacy in China, but Yunu Shi does not appear to relish the in. net's nest he has stirred up. Lawn tennis on ice is the latest sport. Knowledge of the game might have helped the American players Australia. in Kansas City citizen wants a divorce because his wife keeps thirty-five dogs in th h mi KP. Another marriace gone to the dogs. New York gunmen broke into gambling house the other day and held up the proprietor. One good holdup deserves another. It is predicted that 25 years hence we will be eating reindeer meat. After that we may be ready to eat the Christmas toys. Since the automobile began to make such great strides into popular favor very few horse thieves have gained prominence in the country. Brander Matthews predicts that we shall have war again by 1930. We predict that in 1930 "war" will continue to be spelled the same old way. The Boston Transcript says: "An exebango of feline amenities is entertaining Boston." One notion of feline amenities is to see the fur fly. 'The mother-in-law Is omnipotent in China" says Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Evidently Ella has. discovered the real cause of the Chinese revolution. The Cambridge clergyman who doesn't mind if men sleep through his sermont probably will commend an alarm attachment to the contribution box. A Connecticut preacher denounces rice throwing at weddings as a filthy habit The only excuse for it is that it gives English sparrows a change of diet Aviators are abandoning the flying gaillO bOCaUSe Of its dangers, and yet there are plenty of men who persist in venturing Into the woods to hunt deer. A style congress In Chicago has doomed the hobble skirt to extinction, which, paradoxically enough, will rejoice the narrow-minded critics of feminine attire. Wolves are said to menace the population in some districts of Michigan, but Michigan is not the only stato in which people have trouble in keeping the wolf from the door. Russia has imprisoned a man for writing a volume of poems. Are there, after all, virtues in autocracy? A learned judge was asked to pass upon the complaint of a family which objected to rag time overhead. He couldn't do it, being a mortal. New York policemen are learning wrestling that they may arrest offenders "with less brutality." Why shouldn't they study etiquette? Chinese highwaymen, we are told, succeeded In getting away with a trifl ing sum like $S50.000. Even at this early date the Chinese republic has developed successful financiers. One of our historians arises to remark that Mother Eve was not a good looker, but what's the uso of being beautiful when there is only on. man In the world and no other womet - New Yorker dropped dead when he learned that he bad been left a legacy of $180,000. but In spite of its danger most of im aro willing to take a Ul rl - - " - 1' mim inft thrtt much monoY. V.iftliV5 wm w...0 ' A young woman in Chicago has gone to Jail rutbor tlian talk. Such a thing would seem Incredible if there were not court roconU to provo thin amazing charge against any daughter of Kvo. A rich man in Pennsylvania, and a member of tho bar at that, has had to pay a $20 lino and C80 costa becau he tried to bout Undo Ham out of a c?nt by minding through tho mall chck folded in ft nwjpapr. rvd him right, you say? W thought ymi woull

J, J. HILL QUIZZED

N SIEEL PROBE Throws Light on Ore Land Lease to Railroad. MAKES TRUST PAY HIGH PRICE Declares He Did It for Benefit of Great Northern Shareholders for Whom He Acts as Trustee. Washington, Feb. 13. J. J. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of the Great Northern railroad, testified before the house steel trust 'investigating committee. When the railroad builder took the stand and had been sworn Chairman. Stanley welcomed him and announced that Mr. Hill had willingly responded to the committee's request and consented to aid the inquiry all he could. Throw Light on Lease. Mr. Hiirs testimony was designed to throw light on the so-called Hill lease of the Lake Superior ore fields to the United States Steel corporation n loasft which was recently or dered to be canceled, in 1915. Mr. Hill told the committee how out of his own pocket, he had bough S4. 000.000 worth of ore and railroad T ' property on the Mesaba Range, how he had engineered the lease- with the United States Steel corporation, by t.hf tprms rf which the trust was un mercifully "chiseled," paying $1.02 per ton for ore wiiile independents paid other companies between 15 and 47 nfmts- how he had turned over the James J. Hill. Mesaba properties and half a dozen other concerns to the Lake Superior company, limited, thus keeping inside the Sherman act, and how the profits of the Lake Superior company had afterwards been turned into the Great Northern Ore company, whose stock was distributed share for share among the shareholders of the Great Northern Railway company. Acted as Trustee. Mr. Hill confessed that he did this because for thirty-three years he had acted as trustee for the Great Northern shareholders and made it a rule to make money for them whenever he aid for himself. Mr. Hill said that he lost nothing by his generosity to the shareholders of his railroad, although he "stood to lose" if the investment he had made had turned out badly. He got his $4,000,000 back from the Lake Superior company with live per cent, interest. Incidentally, he se cured for the railroad the privilego of holding and leasing the mines in the Mesaba and building and operating an elevator in Buffalo, privileges which would have been denied the railroad as a corporation. AVIATOR HAS EXCITING TRIP Struggles With Hysterical Woman and Disordered Engine 1,000 Feet Above Earth. New York, Fob. 13. Struggling with a hysterical woman 1,000 feet above the earth and with his engine out of order because the gasoline had frozen In the carbureter, George W. Beatty, the aviator, brought his aeroplane and passenger, Mrs. William A. Dunlap, safely to the ground after perhaps the most exciting trip of his career. Mrs. Dunlap stated after recovering from her hysteria that neither gold nor precious stones would ever tempt ner to again leave the earth in a flying machine. LANGF0RD BEATS JIM BARRY Heavyweights Battle Twenty Rounds Before Large Crowd in Sydney, Australia. Sydney, Australia, Feb. Langford, beavywoigbt 13. Sam A mcrlcan I . . . . pugilist and heavyweight champion " - . , - i , T ,1 OL KllgllllUl ClOicnuui janics nurr.v, mu Chicago heavyweight, on points In a match of twenty rounds. The fight took place In the Stadium In the presence of a large audience. Runs Away; Weds a Soldier, Washington, Fob. 18. leaping tho vigilance of her father, a. A. Mart ltt of Hock island, 111., who removed hur from Imro to that city with a view of separating her from nor Munee Mary J liarthnt, twenty-thrmi yearn old, arrived her und Immediately was married to Alfred W. lMcknrd, ft prt Vftt In th uiarlmi corps.

DEFEAT FOR REBELS

MANY SLAIN IN BATTLE AT QUI, CHIHUAHUA. MOMadero Minister Nov Trying to Buy Revolutionists to Lay Down Their Arms. Juarez, Mex., Feb. 13. Rebels in Chihuahua, commanded by Braulio Hernandez, were defeated at Moqui, west of Chihuahua, by federal troops. Many were slain on both L.des, and the federals captured many prisoners. Captain Saigado of the government troops is reported to have been killed. Hernandez and his band are said to be in flight. Orozco was going to meet Hernandez with a flag of truce, the government claims, when the lebels fired upon him, and Orozco returned the fire. Abram Gonzales, constitutional governor of Chihuahua and minister of gobernacion in the Madero cabinet, left El Paso in a special train for Chihuahua to distribute $300,000 among the rebels in an effort to get them to lay down their arms. Cananea, Sonora, Mex., Feb. 13. The leaders of the Yaqui Indians reported to the Madero government that they would attempt to prevail upon the discontented members of the tribe in revolt against the loyalists to accept President Madero's offer oi land for services during the late revolution. This action on the part of the Indians, it is believed, will have a salutary effect upon the other inhabitants of the state. FAILS TO LASH RUSS PREMIER Duma Rejects Urgency Interpellation of Minister Kokovsoff as Minis ter of Finance. St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 104 13. votes The duma against 74 rejected by an urgency interpellation concerning alleged illegal actions com mitted by Premier Kokovsoff as minister of finance. He is said to have permitted an extensive issue of patents o, membership of the Merchants' First guild to Jews in Kiev, giving them the right of residence in that city and exempting them from the original seg regation- law, which restricts the ter ritory habitable by Jews to the Polish ! .1 T ! 4 1 T" 1 1 r- r ? o provinces and Little Russia. Members of the duma who introluced the interpellation asserted that the Kiev branch of the imperial bank of Russia was patronized by Jews. NEW ROUTE FOR CANAL ROAD Relocated Track Between Gorgona and Gatun, Panama, in Operation February 15. Washington, Feb. 13. Work Panama canal has progressed that the Panama railroad is on the so far being worked out of its old right of way. On Feb. 15 the railroad will begin using the section of the relocated track between Gorgona and Gatun, a distance of 33 miles, and by the first of April the section of old track will be entirely removed. By that time it is expected Gatun lake will begin to rise to the 50-foot level. The new track increases the distance across the isthmus from Colon and Panama approximately five miles and adds ton minutes to the running time, which is now two hours and five minutes. ' f NEW BALL LEAGUE FORMED Chicago, Louisville, St. Louis, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, CleveF land and Kansas City Enter. St. LoiliS, Feb. 13. All dOUbt regarding Chicago having a third league oiuu ab luaiwiw at cuv; "w"b tlie uoiumoian league uuiu. vmmui Niesen was granted the franchise. Louisville, St. Louis, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Cleveland and Kansas City were also granted franchises. The most important action taken by the magnates was the decision not to ask players to jump major league contracts. Those not under reserve, however, will be secured by all cities. JOHN D. AND FRANK ÄT OUTS Oil King's Brother Rockefellers Have For Twelve Testifies Two Not Spoken Years. Cleveland, O., Feb. 13. Frank Rockefeller, brother of John D., testified in municipal court before Judge Levin that he had not spoken to the oil K'ng for twelve years. Besides, Fran insists his name should be pronounced Rock-e-feller, with accent on the e, to distinguish it from his brother's name. The statement was made by Frank Rockefeller when he was in court as tho defendant in a suit brought by his chauffeur, Samuel Fried, for $G3. STATE FIRST IN SCHOOLS California's Per Capita for Education Larger Than That of Any Other State. Sacramento, Cal Fob 13. California stands first anions all the states of tho Union In making public expenditure for education, In the assertion of Stato Comptroller A, M. Nyo. Thin Htnto npomU woven dollars por capita, Including atule ami lo cal oxpondltudcH, while thts nvornKO for all tho Htate U $1.50, Now York nnd MnHHachiiHotU rank next to California with hü eiptndlturi of nix dollars pr oMyltft.

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. TAKEN ON HIS HONEYMOON Woman Accuses Heating Appliance Maker With Having Three Wives and Causes His Arrest at Valparaiso. Valparaiso, Feb. 13. Apparent possession of three wives and the insistent demands of one of their number resulted in the arrest of John William Smythe in the midst of an otherwise happy honeymoon. The wives of Smythe, who is a maker of heating appliances, are listed by his accuser as follows: No. 1 Mrs. Smythe; married In Philadelphia about 1S95. No. 2 Mrs. Mary Smythe; married In Philadelphia, 1903; has two children. No. 3 Mrs. Lillian TillotsonSmythe; married January 8, 1912. While installing a heating appliance in the high school at Chesterton, Smythe wooed Mrs. Tillotson, widow of a prosperous land owner. They were enjoying their honeymoon in the Tillotson country seat near Chesterton when Mrs. Smythe No. 2 appeared with two children. At first Sm3rthe denied ever having seen his accuser. But when the children called him "Papa" he confessed that they belonged to him. Trains Sparrows to Sing. Bloomington Feb. 13. A graduate of Indiana university, Dr. L. Conradi, now of Clark university, has trained young sparrows to sing like canary birds by simply putting them wTith the songsters. Doctor Conradi has been making experiments with the much-despised sparrow for several years, and his work has now been crowned with success. Prof. E. M. Haggerty of Indiana university has been conducting experiments much a, the same Hnes . in connection with Ills study of the imitative behavior of animals. He says that it is now a known fact that the young sparrow when placed with the canary will imitate that bird and pick up many of Its notes. Defends Parole System. Laporte, Feb. 13. Filling the pulpit of the First Methodist church by invitation of the pastor, Harry B. Darling, editor of the Argus-Bulletin and secretary of the state board of pardons, made a vigorous defense of the Indiana parole system and of the work of the state board of pardons. Mr. Darling cited as proof of the statement that the board of pardons was doing a work of reformation reports submitted by 100 men to whom clemency had been recommended and granted by the pardon board, showing that only three had been returned for violations. He declared that modern penology is rapidly ceasing to be retributive and Is becoming redemptive In its purposes. Meets Death While on Trip. Lafayette, Feb. 13. William Wepley, for fifteen years an engineer on the Lake Erie & Western railroad and a former resident of Lafayette, was killed in a railroad accident at Elgin, 111. His home was in Battle Creek, Mich., and he was on a pleasure trip when he met death. His wife was fnrmprlv Miss Marv Burk, at one o raalfmf of TmllnTmnnlia. Wen-fifty-live years old and was enjrineer out of Battie Creek. Wanted to Outlive Him. Richmond, Feb. 13. John Merrett, ag'w1 Seventy-two, died of pneumonia at his home near Centerville. Mr. Merrett, when taken ill a wTeek ago, declined to take any medicine because as he said he preferred to die rather than to survive his wife who also is very ill and whose recovery is not expected. His grief over his wife's illness was the primary cause of his own gickness. Entire Train Goes in Ditch. Fort Wayne, Feb. 13. Wabash passenger train No. 3 on the Montpelier division went into a ditch at Thurman, ten miles east of here, when a bar dropped from the engine. The entire train went into the ditch, but, it is reported none of the passengers was injured. A relief train was sent from here. Sick, Kills Himself. Lebanon. Feb. 13. T. K. Clawson, aged flfty-five, a farmer living four miles northwest of the Thorntown, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. He left a note In which he gave ill health as a motive for his act. Six sons and one daughter survive. Die Alone In Her Home. Vlnconnos, Fob. in, Mrs. Louisa Wind man. aged olghty-olght years, the widow of Frederick Wlndmnn, who wan killed by a train two yearn ago, va found dead In tho kltchon of her homo, which ho Inhabited alono. Tho body was frozen. Gas Kill Two Girl. Hammond, Feh. J3. MImh Mario Soltfcmnn "d her friend, MIhh MarKtUMjt MUIk, were found dend In room In Itobertxdult, a miburb of lUmmomt, from gn MphyxUtlou

Indiana Brevities Marlon. Directors of the Marion Federated Charities announce that they have joined In the crusade against tramps and beggars in Marion, and authorize a statement that they will go before the city council seeking the passage of an anti-begging ordinance. The . directors say if the ordinance is adopted the members of the charity organization will aid in every possible way in the enforcement of the law. The police department has been enforcing the orders of Mayor John O. Willsou to rid the city of hobos and the result has been gratifying to the executive. Richmond. Charles Keever, tliir-ty-five years old, married, and William Sommers, thirty-seven years old, single, wrere killed while engaged in clearing away the freight wreck which occurred on the C. & O. railwav of Indiana here. Both men were members of the wrecking crew and were residents of Peru. Keever is survived by a widow and one child, ft is said that the men were engaged In coupling two cars when another member of the wrecking crew gave a signal to the engineer to back his train, crushing Keever and Sommers. They died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital here. Fort Wayne Daniel Lytton Hardins died here from heart trouble. He was sixtv-nine years of age and came to Fort Wayne from England more than 50 years ago. He was elected mayor on the Republican ticket in 1SS9 and served two years, being defeated for re-election. He had for 26 years been secretary of the Wayne lodge, A. F. and A. M., and was prominent in Scottish Rite work. He was also one of the prominent insurance men of Indiana. South Bend. Frank E. Arnold, one of the best known young lumbermen of South Bend and Schoolcraft, Mich., has turned over to the police a letter demanding payment of $500 or forfeiture of his life. Arnold has no idea who the blackmailers are. Arnold a short time ago fell heir to. a large estate of his mother, Mrs. Manley P. Andrews of this city, and it is supposed the blackmailers, hearing of the fact, attempted to force him to pay over the $500. Newcastle. The police discovered that the city has been flooded recently with bogus checks, which lo cal merchants have cashed and in each instance given change. A dozen different schemes were worked, and the merchants, although warned and using precautions, were absolutely taken unawares. Spurious coins have also turned up and the police believe there is a counterfeiter working in the city. Wabash. Because of his opposi tion to the operation of motor r cars on public highways, Ora Abshire, twenty-five years old, a farmer, hurled an ax at Lewis Bing of Indianapolis as the latter passed him in an automobile near here. Abshire was arrested. The ax just missed Bing, and coming In contact with a tire on one of the wheels of his car, cut it in two. The farmer was in a wagon when the auto1st passed him on a country road. Logansport. Mrs. Mary Landis, aged eighty, who has been sick for some time, is now in a critical condition. K. M. Landis of Chicago, United States district judge, is here in answer to a summons. Dr. John Landis of Cincinnati, head of the health department of that city, and former Congressman Charles B. Landis of Washington have been notified of their mother's serious illness. Marion. Three boards of county commissioners will be in session at the Grant county courthouse on February 29, the boards bein those of Grant, Wabash and Huntington counties. The tri-county meeting is for the purpose of passing on matters norlnmintr tr tho hllfldinc of COlintV line roadg During the past year Grant and adjoining counties constructed several line roads. have Indianapolis. James Ryan, alias Jack Quinn, of Cincinnati, who robbed the post office at Swazee last July, pleaded guilty in the federal court. Judge Anderson sentenced him to the prison at Leavenworth, Kan., for five years. Ryan is fifty-four years old, and had served a ten-year sentence previously at Leavenworth, having been convicted of a post office robbery in Illinois. Terre Haute. Ray Heincy, manaKer of the light and water plant nf JaROnville. nrobably saved his life by rolling in the snow when his cloth ing took lire from a gasoline explosion. His burns are Hcrlous. Alexandria. Charles B. Baxter, forty-livo years old, 1 dead at his homo In Orestes, threo miles west of here. He had just llnlshod n conversation with one of his friends when ho topplud to tho floor dead. Measuring ttvo feet six Inches tall and sixty Inches around the waist. Mr. Uaxter tipped the scale at 370 pounds, bulna; tho heaviest man In Madlaon county, Ills neck moasured twnty-threo Inches In circumference. KlghUen yearn ago he wax an ordinary man, hut an attack of dropsy rmiNd htm to sain in weight.

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