Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 54, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 March 1912 — Page 2

WEEKLYCOURIER BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher.

JASPER

INDIANA

CITY OFFICIAL PROVED HERO

Sailors Do Well to Honor the Memory of Thomai Powell, Brave Rescuer of Seamen.

MRS. OSCAR W. UiMDERWQOD

CHIEF OF CHEMISTRY BUREAU OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CAUSES SURPRISE. SILENT ABOUT HIS PLANS

One of the dramatic Incidents of the "great storm" that devastated England In 1703 was the rescue of 200 seamen from the Goodwin sands. Charles F. Talman, librarian of the United States weather bureau, describes it: "Several vessels were stranded here at low tide, and their men could be plainly seen from Deal, walking about on the sands or cling

ing to the wreckage, signaling for assistance before the rising waters should ingulf them. Their, appeals were not heded at first, for the boatmen of Deal were only concerned with gathering the booty that the sea had brought them, and cared nothing for the lives of the wretched sailors. It was an age in which shipwrecks were an important source of revenue to dwellers on the British coasts, and the professional wrecker still nourished. Only one man was moved to pity Thomas Powell, mayor of Deal, a humble slop-seller by trade. "Powell first appealed to thecustom house authorities, who refused to send out their boats upon an errand of

mercy; then he called a number of citizens about him, and by an offer of 5 shillings a head for all who should be saved from the wrecks, succeeded in enlisting a numerous party of rescuers. He next proceeded to seize by force the custom house boats as well as several other boats that were being used in gathering plunder, and thus equipped he brought ashore as many of the unfortunate sailors as possible, though hundreds perished' before they could be reached. "These he fed and lodged at his own charge, as the queen's agent for sick and wounded seamen declined to do anything for them. The next day several died, and were buried again at the expense of the magnanimous mayor and the rest he provided with the means of reaching London. Long afterward he was reimbursed by the government."

Action Follows Long Conference of Secretary Wilson and Foe of Food Adulteration Expert Refuses to Make Statement at This Time

Chinese View of Millinery. Speaking to a Chinese gentleman the other day an Englishman asked him if the Chinese ladies will emulate the men and go in for western headgear In reply he beamed a smile most childlike and bland. Pressed for something more definite, he remarked: "Did you not know that it is a well-known fact among the Chinese that the reason so many European husbands look harassed and careridden and the further reason why so many of your young men refrain from marriage is this very question of millinery? Ladies' hats cost so much that they spell ruin and so we Chinese have told our women folk that we absolutely forbid them to follow western fashions in this regard, whatever they may do in other directions." Pekin News.

Washington, D. C., March 16. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the department of agriculture, sent his resignation to Secretary Wilson.

Dr. Wiley's action came as a dramatic climax to a long conference He had with Secretary Wilson in the latter's private office. The secretary would make no statement other than that Dr. Wiley had handed in his resignation. No reasons were given, he said, nor did Dr. Wiley outline his plans for the future. Dr. Wiley had been unhappy for a long time in his connection with the department of agriculture. He has asserted that he has been hampered in the administration of his office and harassed by other officials. The recent Wiley-Wiison-McCabe controversy was an outcropping of the friction

that long had existed. Complimented by Investigators. A house committee which recently investigated the department complimented Dr. Wiley in the highest terms

and scored his enemies in the department. Dr. Wiley entered the service of the government as chief chemist in 1S83, serving in that capacity ever since then. Because of alleged technical irregularities in the employment of Dr. H. H. Rusby, a New York consulting chemist, Dr. Wiley several months ago was recommended lor dismissal by Secretary Wilson and Attorney General Wickersham. President Taft set these recommendations aside. Rumor He Would Enter Politics. Ono rumor was that Dr. Wiley

would enter political life and might become a candidate for vice-president on the Democratic ticket. He denied this with a laugh. . Dr. Wiley recently was quoted as saying: "I have for a long time been working to make peace in the department. This, however, cannot exist as long as there are such incongruous ele-

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TRIES TO ASSASSINATE KING VICTOR OF ITALY

FRIENDS OF MOONSHINER IN MOB SHOOT VIRGINIA JUDGE, SHERIFF AND PROSECUTOR.

LED BY OUTLAW'S BROTHERS Posse In Pursuit as Band Flees on Horseback Into Blue Ridge Mountains Governor Theratens to Call Troops to Arrest Slayers.

Anarchist Fires Three Bullets at Italian Ruler Crowd Tries to Lynch "Red," Who Is Handled Roughly.

Animals Sense Danger of Storm. Horace Smith, a prospector, who an

nually makes a visit to the Covina valley, Cal., from the fastnesses of the Sierra Madre mountains, says that the- tree squirrels, skunks and practically all other animals found in the interior wilds have forsaken the mountains and have come down to the foothills, where they are burrowing deep in the earth to protect themselves from a great storm that is brewing. The prospector is borne out in his statement by several old mountaineers who have noticed the same thing. "I have noticed this fear on the part of animals several times in my mountain experience," said the prospector, "and each tir'p there has been a storm in the inteno. mountains."

Rome, March 15. An attempt to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel of Italy was made by an anarchist in Rome. The would-be regicide fired several shots from a revolver at the king, but Victor Emmanuel escaped uninjured. One of his majesty's bodyguard, who was in the immediate vicinity of the king, was dangerously wounded. The shots' were fired from a very short' distance. The assailant was arrested. He chose for his attempt the anniversary of the birthday of the late King Humbert, the father of the present king, who died the victim of an assassin's bullet at Monza on July 29, 1900. The attempt on the king's life was made as his majesty, with Queen Helena, was going from the palace to the Pantheon to take part in the annual memorial service in honor of the late King Humbert. The royal car

riage was preceded and followed by

an escort of cuirassiers. The procession was passing

the Via Lata when three shots were fired from . the crowd. .The soldiers following the carriage immediately dashed forward, and as they did so their commander fell from his horse. The wounded officer was moved to one side by some of his men, while the others dashed up to the royal carriage, where they found the king and queen sitting calm and unmoved. Meanwhile the crowd seized the man who had fired the shots and attempted to lynch him. He was so badly handled that he was scarcely able to answer questions when he was handed over to the police.

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Roanoke, Va., March 15. Meager reports have reached here of the assassination, at Hillsville, the remote county seat of Carroll county, of Circuit Court Judge Thornton Massie, Sheriff Louis Webb and Commonwealth Attorney William Foster by a mob of mountain outlaws, one of whose number was to have been tried on the charge of illicit distilling It is said that three jurors, the clerk of the court and several spectators were wounded in the battle that followed the appearance of the mountaineers. A pitched battle followed the attack of the mountaineers and several citizens are reported to have been seriously wounded. After their murderous assault on the court officers the "moonshiners" rode hard for the

mountains and had a good start on the hastily organized posse of citizens which is in pursuit More killings are likely. Officers Start Prusuit. A special train has left here with lav officers for Hillsville, but part of the journey will have to be made on horseback. Floyd Allen, one of a family of three brothers, who have been engaged in illicit distilling in the Blue Ridge mountains for years, had recently been arrested and brought into Hillsville

fo. trial. There had been reports that

an attempt at rescue would be made, but little attention was paid to them.

During the day two other Allen

brothers, with a score of their co

horts from the mountains, rode into

town armed with rifles.

One report is that the defendant in

the case actually did the shooting in

open court. Hillsville is in a remote

country and communication even by

wire is difficult. Hold Militia Ready. Richmond, Va., March 15. Gov

Mann has offered a reward of $1,000 for the murderers who escarped from

Hillsville court house, after having

slain the court officers. The governor also has ordered Roan

oke and Lynchburg militia companies to be prepared to proceed to Hillsville

if their services should be required. Juror Is Said to Be Dead.

Roanoke, Va., March 15. It is reported here from Hillsville that Juror

Douglas also had been killed and that

Floyd Allen, one of the mountaineers,

has been mortally wounded and is un der arrest.

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CONFERENCE ON DEMAND

OF ENGINEERS RESUMED

Men Ask Increased Wage Scale Be

cause of Responsibilities Due to Faster Schedules.

New York, March 16. A second of

a series of conferences between a committee of locomotive engineers

and a committee representing forty-

eight railroads in the eastern tern

tory, which will continue over a

greater part of the month, was held

to consider the demands of the en

gine drivers for increased wages. The

demands are) not based orf the higher cost of living, but on the increased re

sponsibilities of the engineers be

cause of faster train schedules. The

demands are detailed and complex

and the purpose of the conference

was to give opportunity for a presentation of the reasons of the en

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MINERS' TERMS ARE REFUSED

Suspension in U. S. Mines Predicted

by President White to Occur oh April 1.

MEXICO REFUSED U. S. ARMS

House Adopts Concurrent Resolution

Passed by the Senate Taft to Forbid Shipme'nts.

Penguin Wedding. Dr. Charcot devoted a section of his lecture on Antarctic experiences to the amusing antics of the penguins, which he said were very much like human beings In their behavior. Sometimes a couple of betrothed penguins could be seen seated close together in loverlike fashion in a recess formed by blocks of ice and observation had shown that subsequently the same couple attended before a third penguin, who might be called the clergyman or the registrar, for the positions of all three were similar to those occupied by the minister and the bride and the bridegroom at a wedding. London Daily News.

Dr. Harvey W. WUey. ments as are now to ne round there. I am hoping that a solution of the difficulties may be found. Promise to Issue Statement. "If I decide to withdraw I shall is

sue a statement which there will be no difficulty in understanding." Dr. Wiley at that time was asked whether he had expressed his views to Secretary Wilson. He replied that he had done so long ago. "I have told him what kind of people coiild get along together in the department and what kind could not." At the cabinet meeting President Taft was informed ot Dr. Wiley's resignation by Secretary Wilson. To the newspaper men after the cabinet meeting Secretary Wilson said: "The relations between me and Dr. Wiley always have been pleasant personally." He would say nothing more.

PACKERS GET MEW SETBACK Judge Carpenter Refuses to Dismiss Csscs of Morris and Heyman at Chicago.

Chicago, March 14. New efforts to

free two of the defendants in the trial of the indicted meat packers were defeated when Judge Carpenter overruled a motion made by Attorney M. W. Borders at the opening of court to dismiss Edward Morris and L. H. Heyman. Immediately following the court's refusal Attorney Levy Meyer began a plea for his clients. , Attorney Borders raised the tech

nical point that the charge in the indictment was at variance with the evidence in the case as to the ownership of Morris & Co. The court, in passing on the proposition, stated that nothing could be found in the argument or points raised which would warrant him in dismissing the defendants.

Washington. March 15. The house,

after a brief discussion, adopted the concurrent resolution passed by the senate authorizing the president to

prohibit the exportation of war sup

plies to any American country where

domestic violence exists. In signing

the resolution President Taft will is

sue a proclamation specifically forbid

ding the shipment of arms to Mexican

revolutionists.

Representative Longworth, a mem

ber of the committee, presented a re

port giving the dissenting views of the

minority on the bill.

New York. March 16. "All nego

tiations with the anthracite coal op

erators are off," declared John P.

White, president of the United Mine

Workers of America, at the adjournment, of the meeting between the min

ers and operators, in which the min

ers declined the operators' counter

proposition. "I look for a general suspension of work April 1," he added.

"Will there be a strike? he was

asked.

"I can't say as to that." he replied.

"The miners' officials will discuss that

matter this afternoon."

The meeting between the miners

and the operators was brief. Mr.

White read to the operators the min

ers' reply to their rejection of the

miners' demands. It was received

without comment and the meeting ad

journed without delay. Nene of the

operators was willing to talk.

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In every action, reflect upon the end, and in your undertaking it consider why you do it. Jeremy Taylor.

What is in a Name? A Chicago man who hardly knew one tune from another made the mistake of taking a knowing woman to a concert at Orchestra hall. The selections were apparently familiar to him, but when the "Wedding March" of Mendelssohn was being played ho began to evince some interest. "That sounds familiar," he said. "1 am not strong on these classical things, but that's a good one. What is it?" "That," gravely replied the woman, "is the 'Maiden's Prayer "

PANAMA VOLCANO A MYTH

Emission of Steam and Gas from

Canal Due to Oxidation of Iron Pyrites.

His Only Complaint. Senator Beveridge, at a luncheon in

New York, was talking about the child

labor problem.

'Children are so plucky and so

cheerful," he said, "we don't realize

how horribly overworked they are till it's too late till their bodies and

minds' are stunted irretrievably.

"I was once talking to a tiny errand

boy at the height of the Christmas

shopping season. He was working, I

knew, 17 hours a day. As he walked

sturdily along with a mountain of par

cels piled on his thin, narrow shoul

ders, I said to him:

"'Do you like your job?' "'Yes, sir,' he said; 'I like it üne.

Only'

"Here he grinned up at me sayly

from beneath his load.

" 'Only I'm afraid I'm doing an au

tomobile truck out of a job.'

LiKES CURB ON U. S. SAILORS

Assistant Naval Secretary Beekman

Winthrop Talks on Return From Port Royal Station.

HITS THE PRESS OF AMERICA London Post Correspondent Says in a Lecture It Is at Level of Lowest Reader.

TAFT TO RECEIVE "BIG STICK" Cane Made From Historic Relics to Be Presented to President at Boston.

Not for the Plumage. The Ancient Mariner had shot the albatross. "Well, what of it?" he said, brazenly; "I did it to obliged Sam Coleridge I wasn't going to stand here and see a great poeii knocked into a cocked hat for lack q incident.'' Which seems to show that occasionally it is necessary for somebody to furnish the Frightful Example. t Heads for the Average Man. "The average man will call 'heads' when a point is -to be decided by a coin," said the traveler. "For a season I had a lot of night journeys with a troupe and there weren't enough lower berths to go around. About every fourth night some one of three of us had to take an upper. "I always put a dollar, tails up, on my knee and covered it with my hand, letting the other fellow do the calling and I seldom lost. I suppose If tb pbrare ran 'tails or boadg,' It yirould be the other way."

New Haven. Conn.. March 14. The American nress is at the level of its

lowest reader, in the opinion of A.

Maurice Low, Washington correspondent of the London Post, who delivered the second of the annual Bromley lectures on journalism at Yale university. The only hope of raising the newspaper standard, the lecturer said, is in the schools and colleges. He condemned the publishing of stories of crime and said that in his mind the ideal paper would be one that was endowed and the members of its staff specialists in particular lines of work. The comic supplement, Mr. Low declared, was responsible in great measure for the bad manners and rudeness of American children.

AVIATOR WITTEE IS KILLED Biplane Collapses In Midst of Flight Near Suburb of Berlin and Falls to Earth.

Berlin, Germany. March 16. Herr

Wittee, who took a prominent part in the last Berlin aviation meeting at

Johannisthal, was killed. He was mak

ing a flight in the vicinity of the suburb of Teltow when hi Wright biplane collapaad: and fell.

Boston. Mass., March 14. President Taft soon will own a "big stick." While in Boston next Monday he will be presented with a shillalah. which.

according to the inscription it bears,

was taken from a tree that grew be

side Napoleon's tomb at St. Helena.

In a cavity in the bottom of the cane is sand taken from the battlefield at Lexington, kept in place by a plug of wood from the Washington elm. A plug in the handle is made of wood from the Paul Revere belfry and another feature is an Imbedded Lincoln penny. The stick is the gift of a Salem man. It lies In the office of Mayor Fitzgerald, awaiting the arrival of the president.

Washington. March 16. Assistant

Naval Secretary Beekman Winthrop,

who has just returned from an inspec

tion trip to the Port Royal naval sta

tion, is delighted with the workings

of the new detention system of deal

ing with sailors convicted of breaches of discipline and like minor offenses as now practiced there. Mr. Winthrop

found 200 men under detention and on

probation under the care of Major

Hutch of the marine corps, and was

convinced that the reformatory influ

ence of the system is marked.

Washington, March 16. An expla

nation of the mysterious emission of

steam and hot gases from crevices in

the famous Culebra cut, which gave

rise to a report that a volcano existed

under the Panama canal zone, is given by the Canal Record just received

from Panama.

It is declared that the phenomena

is attributable entirely to the exidizä-

tion of iron pyrites, caused by its ex

posure to the air, and that the tem

perature developed disappears in the

course of a few days after the pyrites

is uncovered.

The only untoward effect of the gai

is to endanger the safety of the ex

cavators, who are obliged to insert

iron rods in the drill holes to test the

temperature and thus guard against

the premature explosion of dynamite.

HARD TO DROP But Many Drop It.

CITY CANNOT LOWER -RATES 0Pp0SES RECALL OF JUDGES

United States Court Restrains Sault

Ste. Marie From Reducing Boat Tolls.

Union League Club of New York Says

Proposal Is Dangerous and a Revolutionary Act.

TAFT HAS COTTON SCHEDULE

Tariff Board Reports Message Prc'duct Probable in the Next Week.

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Washington, March 16. A summary of the tariff board's investigation of the cotton scheduie was laid before President Taft It is probable that the president will begin writing his message on cotton at once It may be sent to congress next week.

Grand Rapids, Mich., March 16.

Judge Sessions in the United States

district court issued an injunction enjoining the city of Sault Ste. Marie,

Mieh., from further attempts to regu

late the rate of fares charged by the

International Transportation company.

a Canadian corporation which oper

ates a line of pass-enger ferries across

St. Mary's river. The city had at

tempted to enforce an ordinance reducing the rate of fare between the

American and Canadian cities of Sault

Ste. Marie.

New York, March 16. Resolutions

opposing the recall of judges by pop

ular vote and the review at the polls

of the decisions of the highest courts

unon constitutional questions were

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adopted unanimously at a largely attended meeting of the Union League

club. In the resolutions the club ap

peals "to all loyal and patriotic citizens, irrespective of party, to oppose

to their utmost these dangerous and

revolutionary proposals, which threat

en to overthrow in a common ruin

both justice and freedom."

Buttermilk Very Nutritious.

Washington, March 16. An ordinary glass of buttermilk contains

about as much nutriment as two ounces of bread, a good-sized potato or half a pint of oysters, according to a department of agriculture bulletin on the utilization of dairy bi-products 9M fOOd.

May Refuse Carnegie Offer.

Virginia, Minn., March 16. Andrew

Carnegie has been "turned down." If

it is necessary to change the plans

of the proposed $40,000 cHy library

here, as he urges, in order to obtain

funds from the "Ironmaster,' the city

council has decided it does not want

tht money.

A young Calif, wife talks about

coffee:

"It was hard to drop Mocha and

Java and give Postum a trial, but my

nerves were so shattered that I was a nervous wreck and of course that

means all kinds of ills.

"At first I thought bicycle riding

caused it and I gave it up, but my con

dition remained unchanged. I did not

want to acknowledge coffee caused the

trouble for 1 was very fond of it.

"About that time a friend came to

live with us, and I noticed that after he had been with us a week he would not drink his coffee any more. I asked

him the reason. He replied, I have

not had a headache since I left off

drinking coffee, some months ago, till

last week, when I began again, here at

your table. I don't see how anyone can like coffee, anyway, after drink

ing Postum'!

"I said nothing, but at once ordered

a package of Postum. That was five

months ago, and we have drank no

coffee since, except on two occasions

when we had company, and the result

each time was that my husband could

not sleep, but lay awake and tossed

and talked half the night. We were convinced that coffee caused his suf

fering, so we returned to Postum, convinced that the coffee was an enemy,

instead of a friend, and he is troubled no more by insomnia. "I, myself, have gained S pounds in weight, and my nerves have ceased to Quiver. It seems so easy now to quit tho old coffee that caused our achaa and ills and tako up Postum." Nam given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever reet the above letter f A w one ajtn:?TH Trum tltne to time, rkey

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