Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 55, Number 44, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 August 1913 — Page 6

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WEEKLY COURIER EN ED. DO A NE, Publisher. llASPER INDIANA ENVOY AT CAPITAL PRESIDENT GOMEZ K 10 RULE JUDGES SENATOR JOHN W. KERN CORN NEAR FAILURE JOHN L1NÜ ARRIVES IN MEXICO CITYNO OUTBREAK MARKS HIS ARRIVAL. SENATOR BORAH CHARGES M'REYNOLDS' MEN AIM TO INFLUENCE FEDERAL BENCH. GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT SAYS WINTER WHEAT 'MAY LIGHTEN LOSSES. Can not Maxim Invent a soup silencer?

Where, oh where is the sea serpent of yesteryear? '

The new bathing suits have nothing on current fashions. Complaints of latest skirts getting baggy &t the knees are heard. There seems to be more strong headed than strong minded people. Is any bridegroom ever in a perfectly "fit condition of mind" to marry? Among the terrifying possibilities of nomenclature is hydroaeroterreoplane. Fashion decrees that women must wear less. Going pretty far, isn't iL? It doesn't take an alienist to tell as women "doll" up to attract men. A Parisian scientist has discovered billions of germs in a mud pie. Who cares 1 Married men live longest, statistics show. At that, many bachelors live too long. Notwithstanding that Chicago may have few nervous people it has plenty of nervy ones. We tremble to think what a woman voter could do to a voting machine with a hatpin! Imagine woman fishing for a car ticket when the new "skirts" with pockets are worn. International baseball should make for world-wide amity if the pop bottle can be restrained. Cubist food is now the rage. Good chance for the landlady to hand out hash under a new title. Even your best friend hates to lend you the umbrella his wife gave him .for a birthday present. When the cost of aviation is compared with its accomplishments, has the sacrifice been worth while? If the tinkle of the alarm clock was as attractive as the dinner bell, there would be fewer Jobs lost. Once more the ear of the long suffering city man is assailed by stories of the gigantic fish that got away. There is absolutely no excuse for tainted money now, since the government began laundering the stuff! 0Ji9 of the provoking things about baseball is that the opposing team generally has the best pinch hitters. .Dancing teachers want, a six-inch rule for dancers. There would have to be a lightning calculator on the job. Philadelphia ought to give the rest of the country a chauce to see the liberty bell, If its what it Is cracked up to be. Odds are 9 to 5 that your postcard from the absent member of the family reads: "Wo are sleeping under hjinkets." With seats on the New York 6tock exchange offered for sale at $38,000 the poor man can at last settle down in Wall "street. A Chicago man was sentenced to drink buttermilk when arraigned in court for drunkenness. A soft sentence, is It not? Tho vacation tan you buy In the drug store is less expensive than the real thing and is not preceded by painful sunburn. While thinking of tho man who rocks tho boat don't forget tho one who lights his pipe to wind'ard in a gasoline launch. Civilization need not lament the passing of tho cowboy, for the aeronautical rough rider of tho galo li even moro picturesque. Department of agriculture announces the arrival of now pink boll weevil. Falling to get rid of tho post, wo can at least vary tho color. Onco thero waa a studious person with flcavy glasses who road all tho microscopic printing on hla sixty-day stop-over excursion tlckot After listening to ono of tho profes slonal baseball umpires, wo aro led to bellovo that, judging from his batteries announcement, he must have been born and raised In tho Ono Liing loaguc of China. Tho trafflc sqund or tho Indianapolls police have boon appointed censor of feminine attire. It Is to be hopsd tho reform will not bo followed in kind by making policewomen final judges of tho masculine jag. If tho now skirts for women haves pockota, tho hobble skirt and the dependence of tho sex aro alike doomed. The possession of pockets can be en joyed only by absolute freedom, and with her hando firmly braced in them a woman can defy even the dressmaking aristocrats.

WILSON TALKS TO SENATORS

President Tells Three of His Proposals as Llnd Reaches Mexico Conference Discloses That Executive Has Ne Definite Plan. Mexico City, Aug. 11. The Huerta demonstration, which had been awaited with great fear by the foreign residents of the Mexican capital, took place without any untoward incident occurring to justify the gloomy predictions that had been made. As a manifestation of confidence in the encouragement for Huerta. the whole affair fell flat. The "visas" that marked the triumphal entry of Francisco I. Madero after he had crushed Porflrio Diaz were completely lacking. During the entire parade there was I no evidence of anti-American feeling. ' It is believed that the leaders were warned that the' relations between this country and the United States I were too unsettled to permit any outbreak at the present time. Lind Arrived In Mexico City. John Lind, personal envoy of President Wilson to investigate conditions in Mexico, arrived here. He was accompanied by his wife. Neither the envoy nor Mrs. Lind showed any nervousness, despite the rumors that had reached here that Mr. Lind might be attacked on the train bearing him to the capital. "There is absolutely nothing I can say as to my actions and plans," he stated to a correspondent. "I shall be guided by circumstances. I cannot tell how long I shall stay." There was not even a casual meeting between Mr. Lind and the authorities of Vera Cruz. A message from the state department at Washington was handed to Mr. Lind when the battleship New Hampshire arrived. With William Bayard Hale, who also is in Mexico as a personal representative of President Wilson, he went over it carefully. Both appeared to be impressed with its contents. An official understanding of the Mexican situation was reached later by the two. Sends Warship to Americans. Responding to urgent appeals for assistance from Americans at Laguna del Carmen, Admiral Fletcher sent the TJ. S. S. Michigan to that port late Thursday. The report was that Lagunda del Carmen was threatened by rebels and bandits. The admiral has received no report from the Michigan. Assures Bryan Llnd Is Safe. City of Mexico, Aug. 11. Replying to the second note forwarded by Secretary Bryan to the Mexican government, Manuel Carza Aldape, Mexican foreign minister, prepared a statement which says: "Answering your telegram to President Huerta, the rumors it mentioned are absolutely without foundation. Mr. Lind, like any foreigner, may pass through the country freely without being subject to any molestation. "American citizens, like other for eigners, have enjoyed and will continue to enjoy the most complete guarantees on the part of the Mexican government and people. All are under protection of our laws, and the case of Mr. Lind will not modify our intentions and precedents. "Furthermore, there should exist neither fear nor anxiety respecting the security of foreigners, for which there likewise is no foundation. "Respecting mediation of which mentian has been made, the government of Mexico already has made its declarations." Wilson and Senators Meet. Washington, Aug. 11. What is officially described as a "get-together" meeting on the Mexican situation was held at the White House at night. Tho president met both Democratic and Republican members of the senate foreign relations committee and talked with thorn an hour and a half. Secretary of State Bryan also was present. Tho meeting failed to show that President Wilson has any definite plan in mind for the solution of tho Mexican problem. At tho conclusion of the conference President Wilson said it had been held to exchnngo viows and information and to clear up mistaken impressions that have resulted from tho publication of Incorrect reports. Ho indicated his belief that party lines will not bo drawn In congress In tho matter at Issue and that both parties will consider It a matter of honor to act together as all are Americans. Wilson Reveals Three Things. Three points woro mado known by tho president to his visitors. Those points in order of precedence are: That under no circumstances will tho Washington administration recognize the Huerta government, for reasons which tho president deemed It unnecessary to state. That former Gov. John Lind of Minnesota has gone to Mexico without any credentials to adviso tho embassy as tho direct personal representative of tho president and also to mako a spoclal report to tho president regarding tho situation In tho country as ho gathers It to bo, and give his views as to what can or ought to be done. That in all probability de facto Prosldont Huerta eventually will recognize tho peaceful Intentions of the United States this is tho president's belief at least and thus pave tho way for tho holding of an election and the

Juan Vincente Gomez, president of Venezuela, has taken personal command of the army mobilized for the purpose of crushing the rebellion started by Cipriano Castro, former dictator of the country. installation of a government in the City of Mexico wrhich this government consistently can recognize. Mexican Lobby Is Denied. That the president was justified in having the heart to heart talk he had with the members of the senate foreign relations committee was shown by the debate which occurred in the senate. ' ' The outburst came when Senator Smith of Michigan declared that S. G. Hopkins, a Washington lawyer, as representative of the constitutionalist forces, "had the ear of the state department," and '"had much to do with the removal of Ambassador Wilson." Hopkins and Felix Summerfield, he charged, who "had charge of the Maderista propaganda on the border for the last two years," were engaged now in Washington attempting to influence the action of the United States toward Mexico. Hopkins, Smith said, received $50,000 from the Madero government for services to that cause, and "had the ear of the Taft government, and, he believed, still had the ear of the state department." When told of the charges made in the senate, Mr. Hopkins said: "The charges of Senator William Alton Smith are deliberating and ridiculously false in evbry respect. Felix A. Sommerfeld, special agent of the constitutionalist government, has had no discussions on this subject with anyone connected with the United States government." FIRE WIPES OUT OIL PLANT Union Petroleum Company at Philadelphia Suffers $750,000 Loss Several Persons Hurt. Philadelphia, Aug. 8. The plant of the Union Petroleum company, which occupied a block, was wiped out in one of the most serious and costly fires in the city in recent years. The loss will reach $750,000. Tank after tank filled with crude oil, benzine and other inflammable products, exploded as the flames spread. Several times the Are, which started from a spark from an emery wheel, spread beyond the confines of tho plant. Several firemen and spectators were hurt. MORE NOMINATIONS SENT IN President Wilson Sends List of Appointments to the Senate for Confirmation. Washington, Aug. 11. President Wilson sent to tho sonate the following nominations: Joseph L. Murray of Pennsylvania, to be special examiner of drugs, medicines and chemicals in tho District of Philadelphia, and William P. Crossen of" Nevada, to bo secretary of tho legation at. Quito, Ecuador. The president withdrew the nomination of August E. Harken to be postmaster at Paotone, 111. U. S. MAJOR IS SHOT IN FIGHT Charles S. Young, U. S. A., Seriously Wounded While Attacking Fierce Tribe in Liberia. Louisville, Ky.. Aug. 8. MaJ. Charles Young, ü. S. A., in chargo of the military expedition sent to Liberia by tho United States to train tho Llberlan army In modern warfares, was shot in tho right arm and seriously wounded while leading Llberlans In a battle with ono of the fierce tribes of tho Interior, according to a letter from MaJ. Wilson Ballard of Louisville. Major Langhorne Berlin Attache. Washington, Aug, 9. -MaJ. Goorge T. Langhorne, Fifth cavalry, has been selected as militrry attache to tho American embaasy at Berlin, In succession to Capt. Alfrod W BJornstad Mis selection has boon approved, by Emperor William.

PROBE IS USED AS THE LEVER

investigation of Courts Are Made When United States Cases Are On Attorney General Explains Going on Five Years. Washlngtpn, Aug. 8. The flat charge that department of justice agents had investigated federal judges in order to influence their action in cases in which the government was interested was made in the senate by Senator Borah, and indorsed, partly at least, by Senator Norris. Senator Borah's charge was brought out by a report from Attorney-General McReynolds, responding to a senate resolution asking where federal agents were investigating judges. The resolution reflected some sentiment aroused in the case of' Federal Judge Speer of Georgia, whose court had been investigated, and who had attacked the department of justice in a public speech. The attorney-general's reply to the inquiry was that any report that the federal department of justice was maintaining a system of espionage over judges "was entirely without foundation." Borah Makes Charge. Mr. Borah responded with the charge. "I know this is a very serious charge," said he, "but I am so reliably informed that I make the statement that within the läst four or rive years special agents have carried on such investigations with a view to influencing judges' Senator Norris declared he did not have all the information Senator Borah had, but believed his" statements were based on fact. The attorney-general's report declared that only three judges had been Investigated. One of these was Robert W. Archbald. Senator Works, who introduced the resolution, denounced the attorney general's report today as "evasive" and unsatisfactory, and announced ho would make a further demand for information. PAVILION FALLS; MANY HURT Terrific Storm Sweeps Philadelphia Baby Is Slain nd 100 HurtSi ,000,000 Loss Is Reported. Philadelphia, Aug. 1L Two hundred persons were caujfit in the collapse of a band pavilion in Fairmont park Sunday afternoon, when the worst storm of many years struck this city. Rain, hail, lightning and a 60mile wind did great damage all over the city, but the worst accident was that at the park. One baby was killed and 15 of the most severely injured are in hospitals near the park. More than 100 of the injured managed to drag themselves to their homes. The storm lasted four hours, when the city began to take account of its loss of life and property. The latter, based on ä conservative estimate, will reach more than a million dollars In Philadelphia and its near suburbs. HEAT BURNS THE CROPS Mercury Goes to 99 In Southwest and Hot Winds Shrivel the Vegetation. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 8. Temperatures all over Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma raced for tho 100 mark. The United States weather observer here said the meroHiry would make new records. On top of a 13 story building here the thermometer had reached 99 by 12 o'clock the highest noon temperature it ever reached. Hot winds from tho south accompanied similar rapid increases of temperaturo all over Kansas. Reports from Topeka and western Kansas points continued to tell of shriveling vegetation, suffering live stock and at some points imminent danger to human beings from shortened water supply. MORE REGULAR ARMY MEN Chicago Recruiting Stations Asked to Use All Possible Means to Increase the Enrollment. Chicago, Aug. 11. United States army recruiting ofllcers are taking orery possible means to recruit men for tho regular army. Tho action is in accordance with urgent ordors from Washington to Increaso the enrollment. "Wo have had orders to got moro men," an official who Is acquainted with the recruiting situation said. "Thero aro of course no reasons given in such an order and a man can draw only his own conclusions. Wo havo boon having orders right along to try to increase tho army and no undue significance should be attached to the order coming at thin particular time." BOAT SINKS; FIVE DROWNED Four Other Pepsoni of Dance Party Saved From Long Pond, East Freetown, Mass. East Freetown, Mass., Aug. 11. Flvo women and one man were drowned and four other persons were savod when a motor boat sank In Long pond. Tho party were bound for a danco nt Lakeside park.

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Senator Kern of Indiana says h't proposes to have light on the alleged snobbery in the United States navy and to find out whether, In examinations for promotion, it is merit or social desirability which counts. SENATOR JOHNSTON'S DEATH PERILS TARIFF MEASURE Aged Alabama Statesman Succumbs to Pneumonia in Washington City After Long Illness. Washington, Aug. 9. Senator Joseph F. Johnston of Birmingham, Ala., died at bis apartment here. Senator Johnston had been in poor health and had not attended sessions of the senate for a week, but his trouble was not diagnosed as pneumonia until a few days ago. Although the senator's son, Forney Johnston, had been summoned from Birmingham, it was believed Thursday night that the senator was not in any immediate danger. Senator Johnston was seventy years old, had served through the war -between the states in the Confederate army, was governor of Alabama for two terms, and had been a member of the senate since 1907. The death of Senator Johnston weakens the Democratic majority on the tariff bill, though party leaders figure they still can pass the measure by one vote, 48 to 47. The previous calculation had been 49 to 47. In 'the event that any western senator, who does not strongly favor free sugar, should vote against the bill, the Democrats had been counting on the vice-president to carry the day in the event of a tie. Senator Johnston's death, provided his seat is not filled before the vote on the tariff bill, removes the vice-president from the range of possibilities. Danger of the Democrats losing their majority may be obviated if the legislature of Alabama, under the seventeenth amendment to the constitution, provides quickly for the filling of the vacancy caused by Senator Johnston's death. Senator Johnston already had announced his intention to be a candidate for re-election. Representative Hobson had taken the stump against him and the names of Representative Clayton and Representative Hefiin have been mentioned also as candidates. Majority Leader Underwood of the house also is a possibility. JAPS TO SEND NEW ANSWER Note Reiterates Treaty Has Been Violated Action by U. S. Is Needed to Preserve Friendly Relations. Washington, Aug. 11. The government of Japan has not relinquished its purpose to compel the United States to grant the same privileges to Its subjects as are accorded to other foreigners. Information received at the state department is to the effect that the Tokio authorities have prepared a strong rejoinder to the latest communication of Secretary Bryan. It reiterates that the treaty has been violated by the California lantl law and by action by other states, and that in tho interest of the friendly relations of the two countries it is necessary for this government to act. It is evident tho two governments are struggling in a deadlock which It will be extremely difllcuM: to break. Because of the sentiment on the Pacific coast and because the question of state rights Is Involved, the administration feels it can go no further than refer Japan to tho courts. PLANS NATIONAL RURAL BANK Senator Presents BIN to Make Large Sums Available on Farm Security. Washington, Aug. 11. A national rural banking system waa proposed in a bill by Senator Fletcher, chairman of tho American commission on rural credits and also of tho federal commission on rural credits appointed by tho president Tho bill proposos: System of local national rural banks owned and operated by farmers. A rural national bank In each state, to be owned and controlled by the local banks and stockholders. National rural bank of the United Statos, to bo located In Washington, to be owned entirely by tho state rural banks. Switzerland for Peace Plan. Washington, Aug. 11. Switzerland has accepted in principle Secretary Bryan's peace proposal, making the twenty-seventh nation so recorded.

300,000,000 BUSHEL DROP

August Federal Figures Show Thitt Yield Will Be 2,672,000,000 Bushels Kansas and Oklahoma Are Hit Hardest. Washington, Aug. 11. A loss of 300,000,000 bushels of corn, the nation's greatest farm crop, has resulted from the great damage wrought by drought and other conditions since July 1, the government's agricultural experts estimated on Friday in their August crop report A total production of 2,672,000,000 bushels of corn was predicted. The government crop report given out on Friday from Washington was one of the most sensational that the country has seen. It reduced the estimated yield of corn 300,000,000 bushels from the July figures to 2,672,000,000 bushels, or 452,000,000 bushels less than last year's harvest Kansas and Oklahoma have been hit harder than any other states, while their prospects earlier in the year were regarded as excellent, but they have suffered practically a crop failure except in a few spots in eastern Kansas and in northern Oklahoma. The official returns show a loss of 9S,000,000 bushels in Kansas and 52.000,000 bushels in Nebraska. There is a reduction of 246,000,000 bushels on practically 50 per cent, of the corn acreage of the country. Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska have 19 per cent, of the country's acreage, and their combined losses are the worst since 1901, when Kansas raised only 61,000,000 bushels. In 1S94 drought made a crop failure in the states west of the Mississippi river, and the country had a crop of only 1,212,000,000 bushels. A record winter wheat crop will help to lighten the losses made by corn, but as the country consumes nearly 3,000,000,000 bushels annually it cannot completely make up for the defect in the greatest feeding crop, notwithstanding the fact that corn is selling higher than wheat in the market west of the Missouri river. The winter wheat crop is 511,000,000 bushels, against a previous record of 493,000,000 bushels in 1906. The spring wheat crop increased 15,000,000 bushels in July and the three northwestern states have 174,000,000 bushels, which is almost an average. The total wheat crop of the country of 744,000,000 bushels is only 4,000,000 bushels below the record of 1901 and 14,000,000 bushels more than last year's yield. Despite the immense loss sustained by the corn crop, the aggregate yield of the five principal grains is the third largest on record, being 4,047,000,000 bushels. As compared with last year's bumper returns, there is a loss of SS6,000,000 bushels, or 16.1 per cent, but as compared with 1911 the gain is ISO,000,000 bushels, or 4.1. per cent. Owing to the large reserves 'carried over from last year of corn, oats, hay and rough feeds, the losses in this year's crop may be partially offset A drop of 40,000,000 bushels was sustained by Illinois during July, while Iowa dropped 11,000,000 bushels. Nebraska and Missouri suffered heavy losses, the former being off 52,000,000 bushels during the month, and Missouri declined 37,000,000 bushels. Ohio and Indiana fairly maintained their prospects for the month. Comparisons by states follow: EstlmUtc Final State. - Auk. 1, 1913. 1912. Ohio in6.600.000 174,410.000 Indiana HS.SOO.OOO 199,304,000 Illinois 322.900.000 426,320,000 Iowa 339.200,000 432,021.000 Nebraska 168,200,000 182,610.000 Kansas 02.300,000 174,225,000 Missouri 189.000,000 243.904,000 Totals, bu 1,417,600,000 l.S32.S60,O0O U. S. totals, bu 2,672.000.000 3,124,746.000 A record crop of winter wheat has been harvested, the aggregate being 510,519,000 bushels, an excess of 111.000,000 bushels over last year's final returns and 9,000,000 bushels larger than the bumper crop of 1906. A heavy loss was shown in tho hay and white potato crops of tho country, tho condition of tho former being lowered almost ten points last month, but tho indicated crop of 64,000,000 tons la only 9,000,000 tons less than tho bumper returns of last year, and 9,000.000 moro tons than tho short crop of 1911. Tho white potato crop of 339,000,000 bushels Is 82.000,000 bushels loss than last year's final returns, but 46,000,000 buBholu in excels of 1911. With the oxcoptlon of rice, all minor crops are leg than lagt year, but generally In excess of 1911. UNCLE SAM SEEKS RAIL DATA Asks Regarding Dispatch of Soldier to Border Trains on Way Twelve Hours After Notice. Washington, Aug. 11. That the United States government is getting ready to act In tho event of bolng forced into an intervention move, is evident from the fact that inquiries were mad of the Santa Fe railroad people, and to how quickly cars could be provided for troops dostlned for the southwest. The war authorities received a response from tho Santa Fe road that In twelve hours after notice trains could be provided for carrying the first installments of troops. Lord Strathcona Is Nlnety-Thre. London, Aug. S. Lord Strathcona, the "grand old man of England and Canada," celebrated his nlne-ty-talcd hlvthday hero.