Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 55, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 13 December 1912 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER BEN ED. DOANE, Publisher. JASPER INDIANA , . . . Notwithstanding the death records UTiators continue to cut loose on & spiral glide.

A Chicago man went to Jail rather than eat hash. Some things are worse than prison. A specialist says that modern dress 1 killing women. 4 . Well, they're dressed to kill. The compositor who set It up "the high coot of loving" is, of course, & skinflint bachelor. . Wisconsin hunters found a thirtypound, mushroom, or in other words enough to kill a regiment. A Corean bride Is obliged to remain absolutely silent on her wedding day. That's because it's her last opportunity. A cent a day is all it costs a man to live in China. But do not rejoice. A half-cent a day is all a man can earn. ' A Texas woman left $100,000 to aid In the support of old maids. But will any woman step forward to claim a hare? Army aviators have invented a nolselesi aeroplane. But what 5s needed more is one that will stay right slue up. The twenty-five most beautiful words have been collected by a prize competition. Oddly enough, money is not one of them. If it is true that there are 4,000 poets in the United States, why don't me see some real poetry occasionally in the magazines? A New York multimillionaire recently bought a $500,000 library. Now he'll probably hire a private secretary to read it for him. An Iowa court has decided that tips belong to the person who receives them. Or the patron who hangs on to them, of course. A St. Louis woman ended a quarrel with a neighbor over their chickens by firing a charge of shot into him. Bird-shot, of course. A Boston litterateur says that poetry is born in the stomach. Which may account for some of the indigestible magazine verse. The man who was ordered by a judge to remain idle to please his wife probably will not be concerned about the eight-hour day. The Eskimos of Alaska seem to be acquiring Vil the diseases of civilization except the hookworm. The latter objects to the climate. Artificial rubber is made in Holland of freshly caught sea flBh. Must have been suggested to some one who ate iome freshly caught sea fish. A recent decision relieves a soldier of the United States army from the payment of alimony and some anticipate a large increase in enlistments. A New York woman obtained a divorce because her husband used to dpple cologne. It couldn't have been the smell of his breath she objected to. Philadelphia high school boys went on strike because they disliked the colors selected for the school. There are times when the wisdom of abolishing spanking must be gravely doubted. England is planning a memorial to Izaak Walton. Sounds like a fish story. A Cincinnati man, suing for divorce, charges his wife with swiping his false teeth and using them herself. A toothsome statement, indeed! The crop of white potatoes is said to be 410,000,000 bushels. A little matheraatics will enable you to determine your allotment for the year 1912-13. Did anybody ever undertake to figure up the postage stamps and printed matter absolutely wasted on unresponsive voters in a national political campaign? Dr. Brooks of Geneva discovered a comet at 4 o'clock the other morning. But most men who stay out until 4 o'clock In the morning never think of that excuse. Los Angeles has a school where girls are taught dressing as a fine rvt. It ought to have an annex where future 'husbands can be taught how to hook 'em up. 'Lying becomes a habit with men who are not willing their wives should know of their movements." Eays a Baltimore preacher; speaks as one who knows. Thirty volcanoes an reported In eruption in one of the Islands of the Tonga group. Still it would be a comparatively quiet place compared with one of our election nighti. A Chicago judge holds that loud coring is not a crime! But as an se it Tjr it tili fcotti ftp own.

ON BANK HEAD, ON STAND, TELLS HOW MEMBERSHIP WAS REFUSED. STATEMENT ISSUED BY P.ÖJ0 Chairman of Committee, That Has Resumed Investigation of Alleged Trust, Declares Reporte of Dissen- I tion as to the Probe Are False. Washington, Dec. 10. The house money trust investigating committee got down to work after a recess of several months. The program for the next few days includes the calling as witnesses of several New York bank ers, among them Jacob H. Schiff, and ! some representatives of the New York stock exchange. William W. Cloud First Witness. The first witness was William W. Cloud, president of the State Bank of Maryland. Samuel TJntermyer, counsellor the committee, took up his ex amination. Mr. Cloud said his bank had applied for clearing house privileges, but had been refused, because it was not a member of the Bal timore clearing house, but desired to ! clear through another bank that was : a member of the clearing house. "Does the Baltimore clearing house prescribe rules which prevent a bank making its own price for exchange on out of town checks?" asked Mr. TJntermyer. "Yes, it amounts to that," answered Mr. Cloud. "But that is thottling competition, isn't It?" "Well, I wouldn't say 'throttling" said the witness. John R. Bland Takes Stand. John It. Bland, president of the United States Fidelity and Guaranty company, followed Mr. Cloud on the stand. Mr. Bland said that his company nad sought in vain to obtain the privilege of clearing out of town checks through its banks of deposit which were members of the association or to get full membership in the association. Within the last few weeks, he declared, he had been given to understand that arrangements were being made by the clearing house to "take care" of the trust companies. "As a result of the agitation of this committee your object has been accomplished?" suggested Mr. TJntermyer. "Well, I could not say as to that." Clearing House Rules Shown. Eugene Levering, president of the National Bank of Commerce of Baltimore and chairman of the clearing house executive committee, produced the constitution and rules of the Baltimore clearing house. Among the other witnesses on hand to testify were C. A. Pugsley, president of the New York Bankers association; W. 1 Frew, chairman of the New York Clearing House association; Charles E. Rushman, counsel for Mr. Frew; Robert Wardrop, president of the People's National bank of Pittsburg, and Harrison Nesbit, president of the National Bank of Pittsburg. At the opening session Chairman Pujo made a statement in which lie repudiated published reports of what purported to be the committee's intentions for the course of the inquiry. "At no time has there ever been any friction, misunderstanding or difference, either among the members or with or without counsel," he said. "The utmost harmony has prevailed from the beginning and the reports to the contrary have been sheer fabrications. Nor is there any authority for the persistent published report as to proposed remedies or legislation. The question has never been before the committee." BRITISH PROTEST IS FILED England Says This Concession Is a Clear Violation of the HayPauncefote Treaty. Washington, Dep. 10. The protest of Great Britain against the principle of free tolls for American ships in an American canal was filed officially nere with Secretary Knox, and simultaneously in the British parliament, the main points in the protest being that such free tolls are a clear violation of the Clayton-Bulwer and HayPauncefote treaties. The case of Great Britain was prepared by Sir Edward Grey, minister of foreign affairs, and was communicated to Secretary Knox by Mr. James Bryce, the British ambassador, accompanied by the counsellor of the British embassy, Mr. Mitchell Innes. It is only a fiction of diplomacy to say that the protest was made known here only now. The president has been aware of the portest, and has been considering it for some weeks, according to two of his cabinet officers, and he has had the answer under advisement. Summarized, this government is from now on officially engaged on the solution of two questions arising out of the protest: FirstWhether it presents an arbitrable question. Second Whether the United States will submit the matter to arbitration. Boat Hits Snag; One Drowns. Pittsburg. Pa., Dec. 10. A watchman was drowned and six other men narrowly escaped the same fate when the towboat Scout collided with piles in the Ohio river near Neville island and sank. The name of the drowned

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Count Romanones has been made premier of Spain in succession to Senor Canalejas, who was assassinated. He was previously president of tr-2 chamber of deputies. GOVERNORS OF 20 STATES GUESTS OF THE PRESIDENT Luncheon Followed by Conference on Rural Credits and Farmers' Co. Operate Banks. Washington, Dec. 9. Governors of more than 20 states moved on to Washington from the Richmond conference and were luncheon guests of President and Mrs. Taft and participated in a special conference on rural credits and farmers' co-operative banks in the east room of the White House. President Taft, who is deeply interested in the subject, has made many speeches in favor of the plan and months ago urged every state executive to make a close 'investigation of it with a view to the adoption of uniform legislation by the states. In addition to the governors who have been in attendance at the conference just ended in Richmond the president sent invitations to the four governors-elect now serving out unexpired terms in congress. Secretary of State Knox, Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh, Myron T. Herrick, American ambassador to France, and Senator Fletcher of Florida, who are keeping close watch on the progress of the credit plan, also attended. President Taft was the principal speaker, and addresses were made by Mr. Herrick and Senator Fletcher. The old mortgage system, by means of which farmers have financed their ventures, it is urged, is completely inadequate, and agricultural experts point to the fact that banks wish to make shorter loans than will be useful to the farmer. President Taft has urged co-operative credit to meet this situation. Just what measures are desirable he wished investigating commissions to determine. The co-operative agricultural bank has been developed to a high point in Germany, where the Raiffeisen system is in general vogue. The basis of this is the establishment of small banks which can lend money on long time at a low rate of interest to small farmers. None of the banks is large and each ministers to a few hundred peasant farmers within a parish. x The bank's management is made absolutely democratic, however, and the administrative committee is chosen, from the community to which the loans are made. MANY JUDGES AT WEDDING Entire Bench of Supreme Court of Tennessee See Chief Justice J. K. Shields Married. New York, Dec. 9. The entire bench of the supreme court of Tennessee, as well as many society people from Nashville and Knoxville, attended the wedding of John K. Shields, chief justice of the Tennessee supreme court, to Mrs. Jeannetto Swenson Dodson Cowen, in St. Bartholomew's church. Mrs. Dodson was given away by her son, a Princeton student. After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was given at the RitzCarlton hotel. U. S. SAILORS IN SHIPWRECK Seventy Merhbers of South Carolina Have Narrow Escape When Vessel! is Dashed on Rocks. Galveston. Tex.. Dec. 9. Seventy members of the U. S. S. South Carolina, in charge of Ensign Collier, were shipwrecked in the road. They left the wharf at midnight for the ship, and were dashed against the rock Jetties by the high wind and tide. Several members of the crew were severely cik and bruised, but none fatally injured. They were rescued by a lighthouse keeper and cared for until sent for by the ship.

Prohibitionist Killed by Fall. Scranton, Pa.. Dec 9. Charles T. liawley, Prohibition candidate for governor of Pennsylvania in 1S94, was killed by a fall from the porch of his home her.

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WILSON SAYS PRODUCTION OF FARMS THIS YEAR WILL TOTAL $9,532,00O,0O0:" CORN YIELD HOLDS LEAD Secretary of Agriculture Estimates Value of Above -Product at $1,750,000,000 Hay is Given Second Place Farm Prices Lower Than in 1911. Washington, Dec. 7. According to the annual report ö'f Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, made public today, the total value of the crop of 1912 in the United States, is $9,532,000,000, this including the live stock output as well as the production of the soil. The figures are based on the census items of wealth production on farms and show that 1912 was the most productive year in the history of the country. In commenting on the productiveness of the past year in relation to those preceding, Secretary Wilson said:. Farmer Increases Wealth Production. "The enormous sum represented by the crop output of the United States for 1912 is more than twice the value of the wealth produced on farms in 1S99, according to the census, and it is about one-eighth more than the wealth produced in 1909. During the past 16 years the farmer has steadily increased his wealth production year by year, with the exception of 3911, when the value declined from that of the preceding year." The report of the secretary was one of the most bulky ever submitted by the department of agriculture. It occupied 259 pages and contained about 200,000 words. Most of this space was devoted to a lengthy review of the technical work of the department, covering such subjects as the epidemic of disease among cattle, the campaign of the department against insects injurious to crops, reports on soils, and a detailed statement of the operations of the weather bureau. Corn In the Lead. In addition to information of thisnature, Secretary Wilson included a crop statement which showed that the corn yield held the lead. The estimated value of this product was $1,750,000,000. The yield reached the high water mark of 3,169,000,000 bushelsHay was given second place in the estimated figures. The yield was 72,425,000 tons, which was held to be worth $S61,000,000. "The importance of this crop," says the report. "is better realized when it is observed that jts value is greater than that of the cotton crop and nearly as great as the combined values of the wheat, tobacco and potato crop." Large Crops Produced. The report states that it is too early to estimate the production of cotton this year, but $860,000.000 was placed as a possible figure for this crop. The wheat yield, as estimated by the department, will be worth to the farmer $596,000,000. Oats were placed as the fifth crop in order, the value being estimated at $47S,000,000. The value of the potato crop was placed at $190,000,000; the barley crop at $125,000,000, and tobacco at $97,000,00Ö. The value of the 1912 flaxseed, rye, rice, buckwheat and hops crops were set at $39,000,000, $24,000,000, $20.000,000. $12,000,000 and $11.000, 000 respectively. The production of sugar from the beet was set at 700,000 tons. Slight Decline In Prices. Farm prices at which the crops of 1912 are valued have declined from the prices of 1911 in the cases of some important products. Barley has declined 36 per cent., corn 10 per cent, oats 25 per cent., rye 17 per cent., wheat S1 per cent, hay 19 per cent, potatoes 43 per cent, hops 43 per cent, flaxseed 27 per cent and beet sugar and cane sugar about 22 per cent. The price of the cotton crop of 1912 has gained about 13 per cent. and for the tobacco crop 7 per cent. Butter has increased 11 per cent, and milk nearly 5 per cent. Eggs have gained 16 per cent, and poultry about 1 per cent. 28 RESCUED FROM STEAMER Liner Atlantic Drifts in Helpless Condition in Fog All NightLights Go Out. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 9. After drifting about the bay during the night and early morning in a helpless ship without lights and hidden in the fog from other bay vessels, twenty-eight passengers were rescued from the disabled steamer Atlantic of the Eastern Shore Development and Steamship company, before dawn and brought to Baltimore by the old Bay line steamer Virginia. The passengers, including three women, were transferred to the Virginia by means of a small boat. The crew of the Atlantic remained with the vessel, which was towed to Annapolis. C. P. BRYAN IN HOSPITAL Former Ambassador to Japan Undergoing Treatment for Injuries Received in Tokyo. Kew York. Dec, 7. Charles Page Bryan of Chicago, former American ambassador! to Japan, is here in a hospital under treatment for a somewhat serious injury received in Tokyo. His carriage fell over the side of a. bridge on a dark night, and he sustained internal Injuries which compelled his resignation. While he will be under treatment for aome time, hii recovery i assured.

COUNT BERCHTOLD

Count Berchtold, the Austrian foreignminister, Is one of the commanding figures of Europe during the settlement of the Balkan war and the disposition of the territory of Turkey In Europe. FLYER IS SLAIN BY TURKS AFTER MANY DARING FEATS Dr. Constantin Photographs Ottoman Lines, but Pays With Life for His. Acts. Vienna, Austria, Dec. 10. The fate ot Dr. Jules Constantin, a French aviator in the Bulgarian service, who was decorated by King Ferdinand for bravery, is described in a dispatch received here. Dr. Constantin started from Curma village on his last flight over the Tchatalja lines, with the object of dropping bombs on the Turkish troops. His biplane disappeared rapidly and several hours later was seen to descend near the Bulgarian camp. The aviator was found on the ground dead with a wound in his chest. The wings of the biplane had been pierced by bullets. The instruments showed that he had reached a height of nearly 4,000 feet He had photographed the Turkish lines and evidently had been shot, but had strength to guide the machine back before he died. Constantinople, Dec. 10. Letters from Gallipoli report terrible excesses by the Turkish troops in that district. The telegraph lines having been cut beyond Gallipoli, the military authorities held the Christian villages responsible for the work and ordered a detachment of troops to punish the residents. The troops burned houses, held many of the villagers for ransom, massacred those who refused to pay, attacked the women and carried on wholesale pillage. The villages of Malgara, Keshen, ICaradjali, Aloali, Grabunar and Examili v;ere destroyed. Paris, France, Dec. 10. The Temps prints a Constantinople dispatch embodying an interview with the grand vizier, Kiamil Pasha. With regard to the peace negotiations the grand vizier said Turkey could not permit Albania to be cut in two to enable Servia to reach the sea and could not give up Adrianople. He refused, however, to indicate what concessions Turkey was prepared to make. RUNS AMUCK IN OHIO JAIL Prisoner Suffering from Dlirium Tremens Injures Superintendent and Fellow Inmates at Lima. Lima, O., Dec. 10. Armed .with a heavy iron bar, with which he felled prisoners right and left, Herbert Mowery, 'thirty-five years old, ran amuck in the outside corridor of the city prison and, after injuring a dozen or more prisoners and Workhouse Superintendent W. H. Workman, jumped from the second story window of the jail and fled. Police captured him after he had terrorized pedestrians on the public square. Three of the prisoners and Superintendent Workman are in a serious condition. Mowery has been confined to the prison a week suffering with what the physicians said was delirium tremens. REFUSED QIRLS; SACK TOWN Mexican Rebelt Destroy HomesInhabitants Flee to Hills to Avoid Fiends. Mexico City, Dec. 7. The town of Valle Del Bravo, in the state of Mexico, was practically destroyed by Zapata rebels under the command of Genovevo de la O because the inhabitants refused to deliver over to them nineteen young women residents. The inhabitants, anticipating that the rebels would wreak vengeance on them, fled to the surrounding hills, leaving the town entirely deserted. They are said to be suffering from cold and hunger. High Diver Is Dead. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 10. Charles Strohl, a. high-diver, known in amusement circles from coait to coast, died In a sanitarium here following an operation. Strohl wai thirty yean old and came from Rockford, 111.

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