Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 55, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 18 October 1912 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED. DOANE, Publiiher.

JASPER INDIANA Girliy, be careful of the c "Whon it's hot. iron Science cannot regulate marriage or love affairs. "What the aeroplanes need Is a nonskid apparatus. No one objects to the dog's having his day if he wears a muzzle. What has become of the old fashioned orator who mack, the welkin Ting? Every time an aviation meet does not kill anybody congratulations are in order. The summer romances will have their happy sequels in the autumn weddings. Japanese feminine fashions have remained unchanged for 2,500 years. Happy Japan! Our notion of complete and utter futility is to say "by-by" to a six-weeks-old infant It Is said there are no swear words in the Japanese language. That's why golf isn't popular there. China refuses to promise not to abolish Thibet- This is a fine time for Thibet to begin to be good. A Buffalo barber advertises that he is "a man of few words." His waiting list ought to be a long one. An inquirer wishes to know "what an .army overcoat 50 years old is -worth." It is worth preserving. A Boston man says he lias a way of producing a llyless age; but he refers to the Insect, not tho aeroplane. Sometimes tho only way to bring a spoiled and pampered child to his senses Is to give him a spanking. A woman recently marled a convict In a New York penitentiary. She at least knows whero ho Is o nighti. What has become of tho old fashioned spider that used to spin the initials of the next president In its web? Those deaf-mutes who were just united in the bonds of wedlock aro at least assured of a quiet married life. From the deaths occurring In tho ranks of army aviators, It appears as if peace were not without its dangers, too. A reported boycott on fuller skirts by the young women of a West Virginia town may causo Paris to hesitate. A New York man has just died of old age at twenty-six. The great Avhite way certainly sets the pace that kills. Eastern society women are called bad life insurance risks. Germany refuses to insure aviators. Both aro high flyers.. Boston now has tho articulated street car, but it is certain that the Boston articulation of "car" leaves off the final Mr." A female fly lays 120.000 eggs n a single season: but that's becau:-: she don't spend three-fourths of her time cackling over it Elbert Hubbard recommends baseball as a cure for "nerves." Evidently Elbert Jsu't really interested in any pennant outcomes. The new stepless cars may be put in use on New York street railway lines. And then may come the strapless cars, and then the millennium of street car travel. Philadelphia chicken thieves perpetrated their dastardly work by chloroforming the fowls before abstracting them. Taking a fowl advantage of the owner, as it were. A Chicago woman has requested that the courts force her husband to remain home of nights. With the average man it would take more than a court injunction to do that. Telephone girls in one locality have been forbidden to powder their faces. Under such conditions it is useless to deny that tyranny, oppression and cruelty are still rampant in this free land. A pulmotor saved the life of a Chicago woman ufter she was half asphyxiated by illuminating gas. At last there has been a motor discovered that is not devoted to purposes of destruction. Lots of city people do not know the difference between sweet corn and green field corn and some grocers would not trouble to enlighten them. Chicago women, so It is said, are smoking cigars. Some women everywhere are likely to do almost anything. The same Is true of some men. A New York judge committed a pretty miss to jail as a lovo cure. Bather a trifle more strenuous than the old fashioned potion, but surely more certain.

COLONEL ON STAND

PRESETS EVIDENCE TO REFUTE CHARGES REGARDING 1904 CAMPAIGN FUND. f I NEVER ASKED FOR MONEY Colonel Swear3 He Never Solicited Contributions From Harriman Demands That Penrose Be Cast Out of Senate Shows Letters. Washington, Oct. 5. Former President Theodore Roosevelt presented to the senatorial committee investigating campaign contributions evidence to refute the charges that he had sought or accepted contributions from the Standard Oil, E. H. Harriman, and other financial interests in 1904. when he was elected to the presidency. This evidence was in the form of letters written by Colonel Roosevelt and produced before the committee for the first time. They were written to Cornelius N. Bliss and George R. Sheldon, and ordered the return of any contributions received from the Standard Oil company, E. H. Harriman, or others connected with the large financial interests of Wall street. He also denied that he had ever asked Harriman for "one cent." Entered a Protest. In his letters Colonel Roosevelt entered a protest "against asking for contributions from men who are being prosecuted by the national gov ernment," and said that "we cannot aiford to accept aid from corporations to secure immunity, nor contributions which will cive the impression to the public that the contributors are se curing: such immunity." One of the letters said that the Standard Oil would receive just as much of a "square deal" if not num bered among tho contributors to the Roosevelt fund as if it were. The colonel branded as untrue the statement that Harriman raised his fund for Roosevelt's 1904 campaign, stating that Cornelius N. Bliss really raised the fund, and it was used in the state, and not the national campaign. Chastited Standard Oil. He smilingly admitted ho administered the "Abyssinnian treatment" to tho Standard Oil while ho was president, "becauso it needed it," and asserted ho would treat all corporations whon they failed to obey tho law in like manner if elected president again. In tho course of his discussion of Senator Penrose's testimony beforo tho committee, and his speech on the floor of tho senato, tho former president demanded that the senator from Pennsylvania bo cast out of the upper house of congress because of his admission concerning the contributions he had solicited from tho Standard Oil and other Interests. Wants Managers Called. x Colonel Roosevelt also demanded that Charles Dewey Hilles and Representative Bartholdt of Missouri bo called before the committee and be forced to either substantiate their charges concerning contributions to the present campaign, or "be forced out of public life forever." He also advocated the subpoenaing of Charles P. Taft, Charles R. Crane and Democratic Manager McComb, who, ho said, "could tell some interesting facts about contributions to the two old parties." Morgan Gave $150,000. J. Pierpont Morgan was the star witness and a willing one before the senate campaign fund investigating committee here. He testified: That he contributed $150,000 to the Republican war chest in 1904 in two payments of $100.000 and $50,000, the latter In cash. That no contribution was asked by Roosevelt in 1904, and that he had no communication with anyone at the White House on the subject. That he contributed $30,000 to the Republican national fund in 190S. That he made no contribution to the preconvention campaign of any presidential candidate this year. The witness was excused, subject to call by the committee, with the comforting comment, "You know you are entitled to your expenses." "BIG JACK" ZELIG IS KILLED Shot on Street Car by New York Fruit Dealer, Who Says Gang Leader Robbed Him. New York, Oct. 7. Big Jack Zelig, the East side gang leader who is said to have "passed the word along" to the gunmen of his gang to kill Herman Rosenthal last Juiy, was shot here as he was riding in a northbound Second avenue car at Fourteenth street, by an East side fruit dealer named Philip Davidson, and died in an ambulance while being taken to a hospital. Davidson climbed aboard the open trolley car and fired a bullet that entered Zelig's head just back of the right ear. The murderer told the police later he had killed Zelig because Zelig had enticed him into a doorway, had beaten him with a blackjack and then robbed him of more than $400 in cash. Train Derailed, Crew Pursued. Augusta, Ga.. Oct. 5. A long-distance telephone message from Thompson says passenger train No. 2S of the Georgia railroad, on which thero is a strike, was derailed near Darien, G.., and the entire crew with the exception of the engineer, driven into the woods. Shots were exchanged, but pone was reported Injured.

DAVID STARR JORDAN

Dr. Jordan, president of Stanford university, Berkeley, Cal., has anlounced that he will resign in 1915 and devote his time to the promotion of international peace. UNIONS' BOMB WAR ON .BUILDERS IS UNFOLDED Wide Campaign of Destruction Against Association of Erectors Described by Prosecution. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 5. "The strongest stuff ever invented," was the way Herbert S. Hockin referred to nitroglycerin when he bought it to carry out a conspiracy, according to the charges presented at the trial of the 46 accused "dynamite plotters." It was after dynamite was found to be not "strong" enough, according to District Attorney Charles W. Miller, that the defendants in December, 1909, decided to use nitroglycerin. The details, as charged by Mr. Miller, were: Ortie K. McManigal had been blowing up nonunion jobs with dynamite and was in Chicago. In response to a telegram from Hockin he went to Indianapolis. "Wo have decided to use nitro," said Hockin, "and we're going down to Muncie to got a supply." Munclo for a time was tho headquarters from which tho "dynamiting crew" ptarted on its destructive campaigns. While tho "crew" was on duty, Mr. Miller asserted, Charles N. Bourn, Minneapolis; Henry W. Legleitnor, then in Pittsburgh; Eugene A. Clancy, San Francisco; Frank C. Webb, New York; John T. Butler, Buffalo, and Michael J. Young, Boston, were active In sending information about nonunion jobs that were to bo blown up and whero the "dynamiters" were to go AddrosBing the jury and pointing his finger at Frank M. Ryan and the 45 men seated three deep across tho courtroom, Mr. Miller declared the trial had begun of the instigators of "the most farreaching conspiracy in tho history of this country, in which during moro than five years property of incalculable value had been destroyed and many lives had been lost." Eight farmers, two retired farmers, one grocer and one grain dealer, all resfding in country towns or rural districts In Indiana, compose the jury. KANKAKEE HAS $200,000 FIRE Illinois Town Attacked by Disastrous Blaze Two Squares of Buildings Are Swept by Flames. Kankakee, 111.. Oct. 4. Kankakee was attacked the worst fire in Its history, two city squares of buildings being practically destroyed and a loss of approximately $200,000 suffered. Driven by a strong wind, the flames spread with great rapidity, the local fire department being unable to extinguish them without assistance from the fire department of the Kaukakee state hospital, which had an independent department of its own. Although firemen had narrow escapes from death and injury, none was hurt. Three horses were burned to death. THREE BURNED TO DEATH Women and Children Thrown Into Panic by Tenement Fire In New York. New York, Oct. 4. Three men were burned to death, another was fatally injuid, and 40 other men, women and children were thrown into a panic by a fire in the five-story tenement building at No. 167 East Fourth street. The dead: Harry Herman, a boarder. Two unidentified. Berjamin GobliU, aged nineteen, was so frightened he could not open the doors of his room on the third floor, and took refuge under his bed. He was found by a fireman and taken to IMlevue hospital, where it was said he would die. DENIES MURDER CONFESSION Prisoner Held for Child's Death Says He Was Only a Witness of Killing. Detroit, Mich., Oct 5. George Brown Spengler in rambling and incoherent statements denied the confession he made that he was the slayer of twelve-year-old Matilda Reis. whose mutilated body was found near her home, Tuesday night Instead of killing the child, he inssited that he stood within three feet of her when : another man committed the crime. Tho police, however, insist that Spengler is the guilty man.

KILL Ö. 5. HUHNES

FOUR SLAIN AND MANY WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH NICARAGUAN R,EBELS. GEN. ZELEDON LOSES HIS LIFE Insurrecto Leader Pursued by Cavalry and KilledShedding of American Blood May Develop Climax in Congress. Washington, Oct 7. Admiral Southerland, in command of the American forces in Nicaragua, reports to the navy department another fight between marines under Lieutenant Long and rebels at Chimagalpa in which five marines were wounded and ! thirteen of the enemy killed. 7 J Washington, Oct. 7. In a gallant assault American marines and bluejackets drove the Nicaraguan revolutionary leader, General Zeledon, and his forces from Coyotepe and Barran cas Hills, near Masaya, after thirty seven minutes of fighting. In the action four privates of the United States marine corps were killed and a number were wounded. The victory of the Americans opened the way for the Nicaraguan government troops to assault the town of Masaya, which they took from the revolutionists, and the starv ing inhabitants were relieved. The insurrectionists losses were heavy, while the government forces lost 100 killed and 200 wounded. General Zeledon, the rebel, escaped but later was cornered and killed by a troop of federal cavalry. One thousand American marines and bluejackets, under Lieut. Col. Charles G. Long, are moving on the city of Leon, the remaining rebel stronghold. List of Marines Killed?The American marines (all privntp.sl killed were: Ralph VictoiBobbett; enlisted at St. Louis. His father, William H. Bohbett, lives at Nevada, Mo. Charles Hays Durham; enlisted at Indianapolis. His mother, Mrs. Lue Durham', lives at Junction City, Ky. Clarence Henry McGlll; enlisted at Boston. His aunt, Mary Herbert, livcB at 2G Hancock street, Portland, Me. Harry Pollard; enlisted at Hoch es ter, N. Y. His mother, Mrs. Bliss B. Pollard, lives at Mcdway, Mass. Lieut. G. W. Martin Wounded. The Americans most severely wounded were: Second Lieut. George W. Martin, Company C, First battalion, enlisted at Boston. His mother, Mrs. Flora A. Martin, and wife, live at 437 Medford street. Winter Hill, Mass. Sergt. A. P. Sherburne, enlisted at Boston. His mother, Mrs. Francis L. Sherbourne, lives at Georgetown, Mass. Private William Harvey, enlisted at Boston. Relatives not known. Private Alfred Lunder, enlisted at Fargo, N. D. His brother, David Lunder, lives at Baker, Mont. T. P. Captain, ordinary seaman of the cruiser California. The navy department cannot identfy Captain and has asked Rear Admiral Southerland for information. Admiral Southerland, In reporting the battle to the navy department, said: "The department and the country have every reason to be proud of the officers, marines and bluejackets who were engaged in this action." Defeat of Rebels Complete. Admiral Southerland's dispatches made it plain that the defeat of the rebels was complete. The shedding of American blood In Central America is expected to bring to a climax in congress the dispute over the right of this government to intervene in Nicaragua. BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK Fifteen Drowned When Steamship Amerika Cuts War Vessel in Two One Man Is Saved. Dover, England, Oct. 5. The British submarine B-2 was rammed by the Hamburg-American liner Amerika in a fog while maneuvering In English channel off Goodwin Sands and was sunk with the loss of- fifteen lives. The only survivor was Lieutenant Bulloyne, second in command, who had a miraculous escape from death. He was recovered by the crew of another submarine in an exhausted condition,clinging to a piece of wreckage. The accident occurred at 6 o'clock in the morning while the B-2 was maneuvesring with other ships of the channel squadron. The weather was foggy and it was because of this that the accident occurred. The Amerika stood by after the collision, and the boats were lowered to pick up survivors. TO TELL OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS Clapp Committee Decides to Call C. P. Taft, Hilles and Other Campaign ManagersWashington, D. C., Oct. 7. The senatorial cqmmittee appointed to investigate campaign contributions decided to call Charles P. Taft, brother of the president; Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the Republican national committee: William B. McKinley. President Taft's pre-convention manager; Roger C. Sullivan, the Illinois Democratic leader; Charles R. Crane of Chicago and several other prominent politicians.

JAMES WHITC0MB RILEY

October 7 is the birthday of James Whitcomb Riley, and on that day and all the week there will be big doings n Indianapolis, the home of the beoved Hoosier poet. DE PALMA HURT IN GRAND PRIX RACE Bragg Is the Winner Italian Injured in Accident on Last Lap of Auto Classic. Milwaukee, Oct. 7 Ralph De Palma, in a desperate effort to win the Grand Prix race, was perhaps fatally injured when the Mercedes car he was driving crashed into Caleb Bragg's machine, traveling 100 miles an .hour, and overturned. Tom Alley. De Palma's mechanician, escaped with minor injuries. Bragg's car leaped from the tangle and carried its driver to victory. Do Palma suffered a fracture of the left hip, a broken rib and abdominal injuries. It is feared the ragged edge of the rib passed through his intestines. Surgeons said ho had a "fighting chance" for recovery, but that it will take several days to decide. Alley remained in the car. He has a broken shoulder blade and other less serious injuries. Bragg's Victory without Do Palma's competition was decisive. His time for tho 110 miles was 5:59:25, an averago of G9.3 miles per hour. Erwin Bergdoll, tho Philadelphia millionaire, was second, 31.9 seconds ahead of Albert Anderson In the Stutz, the only American car to complete tho race. Bergdoll's time was 6:14:58, Anderson's 6:15:22. Barney Oldfield finished foupth. Time, 6:29:54. George Clark was fifth and Bob Burman was awarded sixth place, although tho race was called beforo he finished, to safeguard spectators who were crowding onto the track. BANDITS HOLD UP FAST TRAIN Kansas City Southern Passenger Robbed Near Poteau, Okla. Express Safe is Dynamited. Fort Smith, Ark., Oct. 5. Bandits held up north-bound Kansas City Southern passenger train No. 4, en route to Kansas City, on Tarby Prairie, three miles north of Poteau, Okla. The bandits rode away on tho same train. A call was sent hero for bloodhounds. The men were seen to board the train at the Frisco" crossing, a mile northeast of Poteau, whero the train had to stop on orders. John Dozier, who resides near by, went to investigate and found the passengers in one car were holding up their hands. While a masked man kept them covered with a pistol another man was searching the passengers. When the train reached Spiro, twenty miles north of Poteau, it was learned that the robbers about six in number dynamited the safe in the express car and stole a large quantity of registered mail. AID FOR DAKOTA FARMERS Fargo Business Men Willing to Spare Portions of Their Forcet to Help Out. Fargo, N. D., Oct. 7. At a mass meeting of business men many employers said that they could spare from one to half a dozen men and run on a short force for two or three weeks to help the farmers complete their thrashing. Some Minnesota and South Dakota men are arriving in the state, and are- planning to help the local farmers. SCORED LAWYERS IN WILL E. C. Bartlett Warned Executors Not to Employ Them on His Estate. New York, Oct. 5. Ezra C. Bartlett, a retired Arizona mine owner, who drapped dead in the gymnasium at the New York Athletic club August 29, devoted a paragraph in his will to warning his executor against having , any dealings with lawyers. The will, ' disposing of a $50,000 estate, has just ; been filed for .probate here. Stomach Tablets Are Fatal. Newark, O., Oct 7. Charlotte Louise, fourteen-months-old daughter of William Bowman, swallowed 12 stomach tablets that had been prescribed for the molher and died ia convulsloni.

WAS FEELING WRONG BUMP

Sagaciout Phrenologist Mistaken In His Conclusions, as it Turned Out. The learned professor was giving his public lecture on phrenology, and for purposes of demonstration he invited a boy to the platform, says the New York American. After a critical examination of the lad's cranium, he turned to the audience: "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "the protuberance on this little boy's head is remarkably well developed. It is the bump of philoprogenitJveness. In the present case it proves that the boy has an extraordinary love for his parents. (Addressing the boy:) Isn't that true, Johnny?" Johnny hesitated a moment, then said: '"Well, I get along pretty well with the old lady, but the old man ain't such a much." "Why, how is that, my boy?" aslied the professor. "Well, if yuh want me ter let It out, the bump yer blowin' about is where pop hit me yesterday wit & belt buckle." Inexperienced. In a boarding house for bachelors, Amanda, typical "Mammy," looked after the guests' confort in true south ern style so well that one of the men thought he would take her away with him in the summer in the capacity of housekeeper. Toward spring ho waylaid her in the hall one day and said: "Mandy, do you like the country?" Mandy reckoned she did. "Would you like to go away with me this summer and keep house for me?" Mandy was sure" she would. "Supposo I get just a bungalow. Do you think you could take care of it nicely by yourself?" "'Deed, no, massa! Reckon you all better get somebody else; I don't know nothin' about taking care of any animals!" Harper's Magazine. He Knew. " 'Where there's a will there's a way,' " avers Taylor Holmes, appearing In The Million. "Tho way, howover, varies, as in the case of a certain pickpocket, who was convicted and promptly flried. "The lawyer of the pickpocket took tho fine imposed upon his cllont very much to heart. "'Twenty-five dollars!' he expostulated. 'Your honor, where Is this poor, unfortunate man to get $25?' "His honor did not know, or If he did he refrained from saying so, but the prisoner was less discreet. " 'Just let mo out of hero for ten or fifteen minutes,' ho said, 'and I'll chow you?'" Young's Magazine. The Greatest Woman. Who was or is tho greatest woman In all history? Two hundred teachers answered the question and with enthusiasm and unanimity the judges awarded the prize to tho one who made this reply: "Tho wife of the farmer of moderate means who does her own cooking, washing, ironing, sewing, brings up a family of boys and girls to be useful members of bocflsty, and finds time for intellectual improvement." Sailing Ships In Demand. In consequence of the better outlook for sailing ships, values have gone up considerably during the last year or two. For Instance, a four-masted sailing ship of 2,750 tons register, which was sold in January last year for $32,600, is at present in tho market for sale, and the owners have refused a definite offer of $45,000; they are asking $50,000. Complimentary. 'What would you call it in a man to steal all my ideas?" "Petty larceny." It is the things that are possible, not probable, that keep some people from being happy. The Food Tells Its Own Story It's one dish that a good many thousand people relish greatly for breakfast, lunch or supper. 'Post Toasties Crisped wafers of toasted Indian Corn a dainty and most delightful dish. Try with cream and sugar. "The Memory Lingers 99 Poftt-um Cereal Company, Ltd. Battle Creek, Micb.