Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 39, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 July 1914 — Page 3

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President Wilson Orders Or ASH I NOT ON. There is sorrow in

W touring cars and a landaulet have been brought to a state of watchful waiting. There is an embargo on speed which will not be lifted. Four

ville the White House machines have been passed by about everything on the road. Recently one of those runabouts (the type that sounds like a lawn mower and travels with a limp) actually went ahead ot the big seven-passenger car which President Wilson affects. The cause of the sorrow is manifest. The engines in the White House cars are of the latest type, and can, without an effort, run the machine up to 50 miles an hour. And on the road it is extremely difficult to gauge speed unless one's eye is constantly on the speedometer. President Wilson has always insisted that the cars in which he rides be run slowly. Rut occasionally when his friends are taken out for a little spin the chauffeur has been inclined to open the throttle and let things whoop. Resides the automobile washer, there are others in the White House who feel a certain relief. They are the secret service men. When President Taft was in office life favorite recreation was a highpowered automobile. Coming to a quiet little stretch of load, the former president was not averse to having the high speed touched up a little. Colo4, nel Roosevelt was also fond of speed.

Sleigh's Bells Give Shivers to the Gauzily Clad IT was at noon on G street when the jingling bells of a sleigh were heard. A large, perspiring, spluttering fat man suspended his palm leaf fan in mid air. ' The doctor told me to cut it down to two these hot days. I didn't; flow I am hearing things." he mut

tered. Another jingle, in frosty accents. A willowy maid, exceedingly su av merish and diaphanous as to her gown, pulled her gauzy skirts close about her and was seen to shiver. And still they jingled. Temperature, 98 in the shade. A puffing lady, of generous girth, plumped down her market basket on the pliant asphalt and felt her pulse.

Traffic was suspended, passing horses sniffed the air and Doctor Cook's press agent came running up from a nearby hotel to see whether some other intrepid explorer had put another cne across on his employer. "Going, going, gone. At twenty And it's a bargain at that." Th' raucous voice of the c uctioneer explained the greatest natural phenomenon Washington has witnessed for many moons. The fat man dashed back through the swinging doors for another bracer. And the crowd, with sheepish expressions, melted away as only a crowd and a peony vanilla ' snowball'' can melt on a sweltering June day. That's the hottest job I've had this week," plaintively wailed the auctioneer, as he wiped a seeping sleeve across his briny brow. "If any more uptown folk want to raise cash for a trip to Newport by belling their last year's double-runner, two-seated, low-set, steel-shod, single or tandem "Gee. I'll be doing that in my sleep tonight. Say. did you ever try to sell a sleigh with the thermometer at 9S in the shade?" Oscar Raun bought it. He says he wants it for an investment.

Birds Use Bubble Fountain as a Bathing Place VHG English sparrow is the quickest of all the feathered tribe to adapt

1 itself to the advances of science and civilization. This is frequently proved to the consternation of biologists and many lovers of the beautiful. The most striking Instance of this

ported themselves in the cool water of an open fountain. Some lovers of bird and animal life wondered what these sparrows did for a drink and a bath after the fountain was torn up. Apparently there was no water in sight. Some time ago a drinking fountain of the bubbling type was installed. For weeks and even months the sparrows paid but little attention. One or two audacious fellows eyed the bubbling stream at close range, but could find no standine water. In the heat of noontime the other day, one of the boldest and noisiest of a twittering group, solved the problem. He lit on the outer edge of the fountain, cocked his dark brown head and eyed the stream. One or two pedestrians stopped to watch. Others gathered. Finally Mr. Sparrow thrust his hill into the stream with a quick darting motion. Nothing happened, and he tried it again. Finally he let it rest in the stream, and withdrawing it only to throw back his head, drank his fill. Contented he eyed his surroundings while an admiring throng applauded his perspicacity. Suddenly seized of a ne notion he fluttered through the stream to the other side. He repeated this feat several times, and many sparrows, quick to learn, were soon using the drinking fountain in approved style.

He Got His Money's f0 YOl swear. said the marriage U statement! herein given are the th truth so help you God one dollar The young man with the large. expressive hands, the trembling knees and the huge, awkward feet, dug feebly into his pocket and produced the sum of money required. Thf-re w:is omcthing to red-faced and apologetically :;ibbitlike in the way he did i that one almost expected to see him tlap his cars. But he didn't. 'Vish you aM the luck in the world " said the marriage license Herk. evidently desirous of making

the agitated young man feel at peace. The tall awkward young man scratched himself violently. Where's a preacher?" he demanded abruptly.

Tho marriage rieense clerk waved a hand toward the 'Take your pick." he urged. "There are all kinds

plenty of justices of the peace if you want them." "I want a baptist," said the tall young man stubbornly "I come from powhucket, W. 1 a And I kinder eloped here for the fun of seeiu' the City while I was gettin" married. And" "l found one! ' he announced triumphantly. And then he continued the brief sketch of his life. He was a young man with a wide range of interests. And having paid a whole dollar for a bit of paper, he made up hla mind that Ik would gut hi money worth of conversation.

Lower Speed for Autos

the White House garage. Two mighty chauffeurs any one of whom can pass . witnin an men or a given oojeci mlc, running at 50 miles an hour are constantly on watch lest the speedometers start to climb on them. About the only person in the garage who is happy is the automobile washer, who has figured it out that the slower automobiles run the less dirt they accumulate. Ever since a presidential automobile was held up outside of Hyattsadaptivity was recently proved to a group of laymen who gathered by the little triangular park in front of the Munsey building, that has recently been landacape-gardened into architectural eminence. The sycamores along the avenue side of the park, and its cool shrubbery are favorite gathering places for the sparrow. Before the Pulaski tatue was erected, the sparrows dis Worth of Conversation license clerk light-heartedly, "that the truth, the whole truth and nothing but please"" I kin I FIH0 A PftEftCHEl r city directory. in the city. Also

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IS SELF-MADE STAR Ford Sterling Has Achieved Own Way in Profession.

One of the Most Prominent of MovingPicture Players, He Began His Career as a Boy Clown With a Popular Circus. Ford Sterline. who. next to John Bu j gaid tQ De the nigDest salaHed comedian in the raotion picture . u.jBntl.ln hnv anfi l)rmld v vi o u tuv.vi4jiu r of it. He was born November 3, 1S80, in La Crosse, and the story of Lis rise to his present position reads like a romance. When he was seventeen years of age. Ford Sterling ran away from his La Crosse home and joined the Robinson circus, in which he was known. as "Keno, the Boy Clown." After two seasons under the white tops, he made hla first stage appearance with George Whittier in a piece called "Tangled Relatives." After that he comedian appeared with the Four Mortons, John and Emma Ray, Otis Skinner and William Gillette in various vehicles, climbing steadily upward as one may see by the names of the stars with whom he was associated. Mr. Sterling made his first appearance as a film actor in 1912, and later in the same year he helped to found the famous Keystone Comedy con -pany, until he organized his own concern. One of the first productions of the new corporation is called "When Smaltz Ixves," in which Mr. Sterling plays the principal part, of course. Ford Sterling's work Is of the slapstick variety and he is regarded as the peer of burlesque funmakers. Film comedies contain many trying situations the comedian may push a river out of his way or leap from the top of a skyscraper but the point is . you laugh when you see them, ana Ford Sterling's ability to produce laughs has made him a fortune and one of the most popular stars of the motion picture world. WRECKED TRAIN FOR MOVIES Engine and Four Cars Thrown Over an Embankment While Waiting Camera Clicked. An engine drawing four coaches at 50 miles an hour crashed into an open switch at Milltown, N. J., and rolled down a 35-foot embankment while six movie operators stood by and turned the cranks of their cameras. No one was hurt, as there was no one on the train but the engineer, Thomas Maguire, who jumped while the engine was in motion. The cars burst into flame when they had tumbled to the bottom of the embankment, the engine blew up and the stunt was such a success generally that the company considered the expenditure of 15,Q00 a good investment. THOMAS COMMERFORD Thomas Commerford, so well-known in motion pictures for his ability td handle the different characters assigned to him, prior to his engagement with another film manufacturing company, played in Lincoln J. Carter productions for over a quarter of a century. Mr. Commerford plays "heavy" parts. Maid Personally Interested. Rosalie, Arele Lane's colored maid, is quite a character, and just recently gave her adored mistress away in great style. In talking to a visitor she said: "Yassum, Miss Lane do have a powerful lot of dresses, but she has some she has never worn; she jes' likes buy in' 'em. I guess. I wish she would wear 'em when they is well wore I get 'em. yassum. ' As a matter of fac, Miss Lane is one of the most stylishly dressed women in the western photoplay world, both on and off the stage. New Star In Photoplayt. Edna Maison has started her starring career v ith a comedy drama. "The Transformation of Prudence." Miss Maison takes the part of a Queker girl who enters society and effects a cure for her erratic husband. The production is being directed by George Stanley. Ray Gallagher is playing opposite Miss MaiaoA.

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MEN WHO MADE GREAT PLAY

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Harold McGrath, author of "The Million-Dollar Mystery," and Lloyd Lonergan, the author of the scenario. REGISTER A MARK FOR TACT Device of Manager Resulted in Retaining Services of Valued Man, and Curing Defect. Carlyle Blackwell once employed a "heavy" whom he afterwards discovered to be pigeon-toed. Mr. Blackwefi was in despair, for the man was a splendid actor and he hated to part with him. More, he felt he could not wound the man's feelings by remarkon this defect. Finally he hit on a brilliant plan. Whenever he was near the actor he himself walked pigeontoed. At last the man noticed, and, being not particularly tactful himself, remarked to Blackwell: "Say, I never knew your toes turned in!" Said Blackwell: "They don't turn in any more than yours do and, by the way, on the screen they don't register half as much as yours do." "Why," the "heavy" said in surprise, "I'm not pigeon-toed!" "What'll you bet?" asked Blackwell. They bet something, and then the "heavy" was taken to see himself on the screen. Blackwell won both ways, for he convinced the man he was pigeon-toed without having hurt his feelings and managed to retain his services, for the "heavy" never again forgot his feet for a moment and there was not another picture in which he was registered as being pigeon-toed. "Bally-Hooing" Into Riches. Mr. Tom Moore of Washington, D. C, started in the early days of motion pictures by purchasing the film of "The Great Train Robbery" for $21 about all he had. He presently traded the film for a horse and buggy and a cow, sold the animals, and found himself with a capital of $85, on which he leased a theater; he bally-hooed in front, his wife sold tickets, and when the show started he ran the machine Binging songs to Mrs. Moore's piano accompaniment between reels. This pooh-bah gentleman has a circuit of 15 theaters, which he is replacing with much more ambitious ones, the first of the new type costing $225,000 World s Work. Pictures to Instruct Ball Players. John J. McGraw, manager of the Giants, has made arrangements to install a projection machine in the Giants' club house, where the ball players will be given daily instruction and tips regarding possible improvements in their work. Harry E. Aiken, president of a film corporation, conceived the idea of applying the lessons of 'he movies to big league baseball. He believe? that just as the employes of the Pittsburgh steel plants are taught industrial processes and labor saving movements in their work, so baseball player be coached by of the motion picture camera proving his work. can a scenes in imPlan to Produce New Works. Lois Weber. Phillips Srnalley, and their company of players will leave the studios at Hollywood, Cal.. shortly for Laguna beach, along he southern coast of California, where they will remain two weeks and produce two rtmmna Among those who will supnort Miss Weber and Mr. Srnalley in the Laguna beach Rupert Julian, Fred Brown and Ella Hall. productions are Wood, William The Way of It. "There was a big cut in iron lately." "Why, I didn't notice any dropping of prices." Prices didn't drop." "What did. then?" "Some convicts who sawed through the prison bars." At the Club. "We have more important matters to discuss just at present. That osculation matter can wait." "But, my dear madam, osculation is the most pressing of issues." Alluring. Madge Would you marry a spendthrift, my dear? Marjorie It wouldn't be so bad if he were ju-t starting out on his career. Judge. Expensive Production Destroyed. The negative of "Protea." the $60.000 production, was burned in the XT' In I Aat y.xrA fhoir nlant

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BRYAN ASKS TREATY

SECRETARY ISSUES STATEMENT URGING THAT U. S. PAY COLOMBIA $25.000,000. REPUBLIC FACES BIG LOSS Declares America Can Afford to Be Generous Friendships Cannct Rest Upon Force Says Nation Feela Aggrieved Over Stand Taken. Washington, July 13. Secretary of State Bryan made public the following plea for the ratification of the Colombian treaty : "As the terms of the Colombian treaty have been published and are now before the senate for ratification, the following statement may assist the public to form an opinion upon the merits of the question. 'The present administration found an estrangement existing between Uk United States and Colombia an estrangement that has continued for nearly thirteen years. As the normal relation between nations is one of friendship, it is desirable that differences shall be adjusted and cordial relations resumed. "Our nation being much the larger and having refused to arbitrate, takes upon itself the responsibility of doing justice to Colombia. Not only is it our duty to do justice to Colombia, but in case of doubt as to what is just, we must resolve that doubt against ourselves and in favor of Colombia. "Colombia feels that she has been aggrieved and whatever may be said as to whether this feeling is justified, no one will deny that she has sustained great financial loss in the separation of Panama from her. "Before the separation took place this government offered Colombia $10,000,000 for the canal route and $250,000 a year for 100 years. This annuity might be. capitalized at about $7,500,000, so that this government's estimate of the loss suffered by Colombia could not be less than about $17,500,000. Fixes Ctlombia's Loss at $25.000.000. "But that estimate was made upon the supposition that Colombia would retain the state or department of Panama. The retention of Panama would have given to Colombia not only the value of Panama but the incidental benefits to be derived from proximity to the canal. We cannot deny, then, that the actual loss to Colombia was considerably more than $25.000,000. "If the cordial relations are to restored with Colombia they must be, be restored on a basis that is satisfactory to Colombia. Friendships cannot rest upon force; neither can they rest upon acquiescence in the power i might.. "We must satisfy their sense of justice although a less sum might satisfy our sense of justice. In every settlement there must be concessions, and our government has not conceded more than the rights of the situation demand. "We Can Afford to Be Generous." "The ratification of the Colombia treaty will restore the friendly relations which for a century preceding 1903 existed between Colombia and the United States. "This nation can afford to be just; even more, it can afford to be generous in the settling of disputes, especially when by its generosity it can increase the friendliness of the many millions in Central and South America with whom our relations became daily more intimate." HUERTA PREPARES TO FLEE Leaders of Rival Bands March Mexico City Villa Turns Army South. on Vera Cruz, July 14. Four hundred laborers, acting under orders from Mexico City, started work repairing the two-mile gap in the Mexican railway connecting Vera Cruz with the capuai, aim nit- lusnuig ui mo vw n. ia a t a. It IIa-. believed nere to inuicate a possiDiiuy that the first train to pass over the repaired road may be a special conveying General Huerta and his family to the coast. Chihuahua. Mex., July 14. Fearing the sudden turn of affairs in Mexico will result in Gen. Alvaro Obregon and Gen. Pablo Gonzales pushing their forces to Msxico City before the division of the north of the ftxican con stitutionalist army can reach there. Gen. Francisco Villa ordered all his commanders in the field to prepare for an immediate movement southward. Villa announced that the campaign against Queretaro and Mexico City would be well under way in less than a week. SPURN PLEA OF SUFFRAGISTS Democratic Congressmen Refuse Hear Delegation on Capitol Grounds. to Washington. July 14. Democratic members of the house rules committee again "turned down" the suffragists when they refused to meet them in the capitol grounds and hear a plea to call a special meetiag to consider tne suffrage resolution. August Belmont, Jr., Hurt. Now York, July 13 August Belmont, Jr.. playing polo at the Rockaway Hunt club, Cedarhurst, wat thrown and landed on one shoulder. He was unconscious for 20 mlnuem I Xo bone WOT6 OrOKeil.

State News in Brief

Lawrenceburg. Rev. O. W. Bowman, who has been preaching fn Rising Sun. has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist church. Brazil. Thomas Burk, who was hit by a rifle bullet during the Fourth of July celebration here, will lose the sight of his right eye. Valparaiso. Frank Craig, held for shooting Miss Gusta Newman at Wanatah. has been bound over to the circuit court under $2.000 bond. South Bend. Because of ill health James Curtis, sixty years old, committed suicide by drinking poison. He leaves a widow and two children. Goshen. Fred Jarvis and Harvey Myers of Elkhart were killed when the automobile in riding was struck which they were hv a Lake Shore train at Bristol. Lebanon. Harry M. Grave, thirtyeight years old, of Whitest own, committed suicide by swallowing poison. He leaves a widow and a daughter. No reason is known for his act. Rushville. Herschel Cover, twelve years old, is dead of blood poisoning, resulting from a stone bruise. He is survived by his parents, a sister and a brother. Hammond. Fire, believed to have been started from a cigar butt, destroyed the German village of the Athey Hydro Amusement exposition at Roby. Damage was estimated at $20.000. Loeantville. While hunting turtles Carl Phillips caught a four-foot rattlesnake alive and brought it to town. Before it was killed it bit a kitten that ventured too close and the kitten died in an hour. South Bend Mrs. Wesley W. Ford has been granted a divorce because her husband recently be?ame drunk at the funeral of his mother-in-law tried to sell a team of horses at auction and had to be locked up. Marion. A jury in police court found Wipam Dailey guilty oi running a "blind tiger" in West Marion and fined him $50 and costs, to whh-h. was added a jail sentence of 30 days. Dailey appealed to the circuit court. Brookville. Rev. Father A. A. Schaff celebrated his silver Jubilee. About twenty priests from different parts of the state were present. Members of the congregation presented Father Schaff with 428 silver dollars on a tray. Marion.-"-George Witeon. a prisoner in the county jail, suffered a dislocated left shoulder when assisting Sheriflf White in putting an insane man into a cell. Wilson had volunteered his aid when the man was battling the sheriff and his deputies. Elkhart. John McKeeo of Indianapolis, eighteen years old, fell exhausted in the street here and asserted that he had had nothing to eat for two days. He is being cared for at the police station. He said he had been in Chicago seeking a physician he had heard could ( ure him of epilepsy. Laporte. Despondent because of a disagreement with her huband. Mrs. Harry Crane, wife of an expert machinist, endeavored to commit suicide in Pine lake, but was rescued. She was unconscious, but a physician re vived her. Now she is glad she not die. Goshen. Eating poison, which spread upon crackers obtained in did he the saloon where he became intoxicated. Harry Floerkey. thirty-two years old, tried unsuccessfully to commit suicide following a quarrel with his wife. A policeman found him lying helpless in the rear of a business room. Hartford City Mrs. Mirinda Bell of this city, administrator of the estate of her son, Roy R. Bell, who was killed in Indianapolis in a fall from a building being erected by the Indiana Bridge company of Muncie, has ac cepted $850 in settlement of a suit for I ei n Q00 which has I J been pending in Muncie courts. Logans port Harn Organ, under parole from the state prison, to which he was sentenced from Cass county for forgery', was arrested here on an old warrant for forgery' at Decatur, but obtained hie release by habeas corpus proceedings, contending that he was In effect still in prison and subject to the jurisdiction of the state board of pardons. Aurora, Mrs. Maude Veit Frocka, thirty-six years old, obtained $6.000 bond after her arrest on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill Richard D. Windhorst, fifty-seven years old. Windhorst and William C. Frocks had quarreled over a line fence. Windhcrst charged that Mrs. Frocka hit him on the back of the head several times with a shotgun and left him unconscious on the ground. Mrs. Frocks had a warrant issued for the arrest of Windhorst on a charge of provoke. Bloomington. James Weaver, fiftytwo years old. a prominent farmer near Stanford, in the southwestern part of this county, died from the kick of a horse Weaver was turning three horses through a gate when one kicked him in the abdomen. He is survived by a family. Bvansville. Edwin Appel, age seventeen, of this city, was drowned in the Ohio river at Cypreea beach, ten miles above the city. Walter Wischer went to the rescue of Ap pel and almost lost his lift He saved by Thomas Major.