Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 January 1915 — Page 7

GOV. RALSTON'S MESSAGE

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Business of the Slate During Past Year Is Reviewed and Recommendations for New Legislation Are Made bv the Chief Executive.

Indianapolis, Jan. 7.--The annual "message of Governor Samuel M. Ralston was submitted to the general assembly today. The message says in part: Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: It is the theory of. constitutional government that an intimate relation should exist between the executive and the legislative departments; and I shall deem it my duty to communicate with you without reserve whenever I feel that the pub"lic interest warrants such action. While the law does not excuse ignorance, it does presume innocence. All men are presumed to mean well in their relation with their fellow men and to the public. The presumption should not be overthrown by mere suspicion or unreasonable clamor. I congratulate you, and therefore,-that is out of the experience of ages and with the approval of wise jurists, you come to your post of duty as public servants supported by this rule and sustained by this enlightened public opinion. Supplies for Legislature. The charge is invariably made at the close of every session of the legislature that extravagance'has prevailed in 'the purchase and use of stationery and printed matter by that body; and the regrettable thing is, that there have been times when this charge was true. There is such a thing as the state, like the individual, being penny wise and pound foolish; and it is not my desire to see this body adopt that sort of a policy. All printing and" supplies for the general assembly should be purchased through the bureau of public printing, binding and stationery; and the law governing this bureau should be amended so as to make it the duty of the clerk thereof to- submit to the bureau an estimate of1 the printing and supplies necessary for the use of the incoming assembly The general assembly cannot carry on its work without assistants, clerks and employees; but in making up its working force, it should not feel called upon to create a position for everyone, who seeks employment The number of employees, therefore, that will be required should b'e determined, if it' can be determined with reasonable certainty, before you make an appropriation to defray the expenses of this session of y out?" body; and I recommend that you appropriate not to exceed one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars for this latter purpose. Antifbbb'y Legislation. Antilohbying' legislation doei not contemplate that individuals and corporations, that will be either favorably or adversely affected by legislation, shoitlä' noj: be given a hearing. Just the reverse of this is true. A law should be enacted providing i6r the registration with the secretary of state of lobbyists for hire, and it should require them to set forth the character of their employment and the name of the individual or corporation they represent. They should not bo allowed' as lobbyists to occupy or share the seat of a member of the general assembly. Neither should reporters for the press be permitted to seek out members in their seats and privately lobby for or against pending measures under the guise of legitimate newspaper work; and as hired lobbyists tliey should be under the regulations governing that 'class. State Finances. The' recent unsatisfactory financial condition of the state, extending over several years, under the administration of different political parties, was Hot created but inherited by the present administration. The revenues derived under the levies in force prior to 1913 were not sufficient to meet the state's monthly expenses, approxiriiafely $350,000. These expenses included demands by benevolent, correctional and educational institutions, and as far back us 1910, unpaid warrants held by the.5 institutions accumulated in the auditor's office, ranging in amount from $45,000 to $190,000. This led to a policy of mortgaging the future finances of the state by calling for advance payments a practice pursued by both Republicans and Democrats. It would have been a bad business policy for an individual and it was a worse one for a commonwealth. 1 commend, therefore, the legislature of 1913 for having had the courage and statesmanship to take the necessary action to put Indiana on a sound business basis. The total expenses of the penal and benevolent institutions for 1913 were $2,2S9.915.15. The total revenue for this purpose was $95S,6S0.9S, leaving a WELL-TEMPERED LIFE BEST Rural Solitude and Abnormal Life of City Alike Responsible for Mental Disease. Tho statistics of insanity show that the minds of men and women are often made aberrant through the steady drive of environment, in which the supple life and the spurring city -JIfe. are equally at fault. The figures show the per capita of insanity differs little in city and country. Rural soli-

TO THE ASSEMBLY

deficit of $1,331,234.17, which taken out of the general fund. was The deficit for 1914 was $1,015,716.05, which also was taken care of by the general fund. The total receipts of the general fund for 1913 were $3,511,045.02 and the expenditures amounted to $3,457,207.03, leaving a balance in the gen-! eral fund of $53,837.99. In 1914 the total receipts were $4,161,230.87, and the disbursements were $3,S68,629.51, leaving a total balance on September 30, 1914. of $25)2,601.36. It was necessary to make temporary loans abounting to $460,000, but all of this amount has been repaid, the last of it having been paid on December 31, 1914. The present domestic debt of the state amounts to a total of $604,548, as follows: Vincennes university bonds, due April 10, 1917, $120,548; Purdue university bonds, due April 1, 1921, $340,000; Indiana university bonds, none due before 1935, 144,000. In fixing levies for the ensuing two years, you can discontinue the sinking fund of one and one-half cents, since tlic present levy to be collected in 1915 will raise more than sufficient funds to retire the $120,54S of Vincennes university bonds maturing April 10, 1917. Provision should be made by you for the transfer to the general fund of the balance remaining in the sinking fund after the payment of these bonds. The repeal of the sinking fund law and the reduction of the general fund levy from nine cents to seven cents will make a saving to the people in the tax levy in the last two years of three and one-half cents, or $S0,000 annually. State Printing. One needed change is a more thorough classification of the matter to be printed or purchased under the printing contract. This would enable a larger number of printing firms to bid and thus insure more real competition in the bidding for a large portion of the work. The law should be carefully guarded so as to prevent collusion between bid ders and the officers and employees of the state having this work in charge, and between the bidders themselves in the letting of contracts. Public Service Commission. The legislature of 1913 enacted numerous laws in obedience to the demands of the different leading political parties in 1912. Among these enactments may be mentioned the public service commission law; vocational education law; antihog cholera law; the inheritance tax law; the housing law; the law regulating loan sharks; the new registration act; the new corrupt practice act; the law providing for the appointment of a county agent to work in conjunction with Purdue I university in advancing the interest of farmers; and the uniform negotiable instrument law. These are a few of the laws for which that body will final ly be landed in terms of high praise, notwithstanding the partisan criticism we have heard of it. After recounting what the public service commission has done since its organization, the governor says the net cost of the commission for the first year was $92,125. The commission has made mistakes, of course. In the future it will make other mistakes. Its working force is not yet completely organized In truth, it requires skill, patience and time to make up a competent and frictionless organization of expert engineers, accountants and assistants, to carry on the work required by law of the commission; and it takes time for the commissioners themselves to get into the swing of their work, no matter what their ability is. I have expected great things of the commission, and I have not been disappointed, no matter what the disappointments of others may have been. Highway Commission. In June, 1914, I appointed a nonpartisan highway commission composed of five distinguished citizens of the state, namely: Addison C. Harris, Thomas Taggart, Leonard F. Clore, William H. O'Brien and R. L. Sackett, together with an advisory commission composed of one member from each of the 13 congressional districts in the state, to study the building and maintenance of public highways and make me such a report as they believe the facts would varrant The services of the commission and of the advisory commissioners, as well as those of the secretary to the commission, Mr. Luke W. Duffy, have been rendered free of charge. The investigation was made along i tude an(1 the normal life of the city are alike responsible for mental dis eases. It is as bad for man to bo too much alone as it is for him to be surrounded by perfervid life. The history of the race, the inquiries of investigators and the judgment of specialists in the diseases of mind and body tell us that the well-tempered life, void of excesses, is the plane upon which men and women best endure in mental and bodily health; a temperance of thought and a temperance of action in an environment in which the indi

broad lines, and seems to bo very complete. I hope to put in your hands the commissioner's report It points out the staggering fact, that during the year 1914 tie people of Indiana paid in taxes for road repairs and interest on gravel road bonds not due and on principal of road bonds falling due, approximately the enormous sum of fifteen million dollars. Primary Election Law. In brief, all declarations of state touching affairs set forth in the last Democratic state platform, including the one for the enacting of a primary election law, should secure such action by the Democratic majority of your body as will, in their opinion, meet the demands of the people of the state. Conciliation and Arbitration. It is a regrettable fact that we

have frequently to witness employer? and employees organizing as antagonists all community of interest forgotten and so long as this is their attitude toward one another, the public can have but little ground for expecting the initiative to be taken by either, looking to a reconciliation after friction between them has reached a white heat. It is my earnest desire that the Sixty-Ninth general assembly remedy the evils that we have suffered, by the enactment of a law creating a board of conciliation and arbitration, and thus place Indiana in the line of progress alongside of her sister states. Apportionment. It is your duty at this session to pass an apportionment act of representation for the general assembfy. Foot-and-Mouth Disease. The latter part of September last, a disease know as "foot-and-mouth disease" broke out among the cattle, hogs and sheep of Indiana. This disease is very contagious and most destructive. Before the authorities at Washington, however, would undertake to stamp out the disease in this state I had to promise them that f would recommend an appropriation by you of a sufficient sum to pay one-half of the appraised value of the animals condemned and killed, together with certain other expenses connected therewith. The disease is thought to be under control, if not wholly stamped out, in this state. I think $100,000 will meet Indiana's part of the expense, and I feel assured you will not have to be urged to make a proper appropriation therefor, to be paid out on the order of the governor to the proper parties. Constitutional Amendments. There are 22 proposed amendments to the state constitution. Each proposed amendment may be acted upon separately. Amendment No. 2, seeking to safeguard the ballot against those in whose citizenship there is no element of permanency, will permit wise legislation on the subject of registration. I also approve No. 5, which would give the governor power to veto any part of a bill passed without condemning the entire act. Much discussion has taken place in this state during the past two years as to the importance of amending section one of article ten of our state constitution, which fixes the basis for taxation in Indiana. Possibly I am obtuse of this subject. Whether this is true or not, it is certainly true that I do not assume to be an expert on the subject of taxation, and this may account, in part at least, for my having been unable to persuade myself that tfhe attacks made upon this provision of our constitution are sound. Grand Army Encampment. I recommend that you make an annaal appropriation of $1,000 to be pad by order of the governor, or such part thereof as may in his judgment be necessary, in meeting the expenses of the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic of this state. Centennial Celebration. The sixty-eighth general assembly made provision by statute for a referendum vote, as to whether the state of Indiana shall celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of its admission to the federal union by the erection of a Memorial building at the cost of two million dollars. While the proposition was voted down, I have felt that its failure was not due to any hostility on the part of the people of the state to a proper celebration of that historic event, but to the amount uf money sought to be appropriated therefor. I favor, therefore, the creation of a nonpolitical and nonsalaried centen nial commission of nine members to be appointed by the governor. The commission should be authorized to have such public celebration of this anniversary as its members deem fit and proper. The celebration should not be elaborate, but should be in keeping with the dignity of the state; and an appropriation of twenty thousand dollars should be made therefor. ;The law should provide ihm. a considerable portion of this appropriation should be used in historical research and in collecting and compiling historical documents which shall be a permanent contribution to the state's history. vidual is neither submerged by human society nor detached from it. Chicken a La Boston. One cupful cold cooked chicken cut in strips, three cold boiled potatoes, cut in one-third-inch slices, one truffie cut in strips, three tablespoonfuls butter, three tablospoGnful flour, onn and one-half cupfuls scalded milk, salt and pepper. Make a sauce of butter, flour Kind milk; add chicken, potatoe? and truffle, and as soon as heated add seasoning.

TIGHT SLEEVES AGAIN

AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE DECIDED TO ACCEPT THEM. After Refusing for Three Seasons, Sen timent Seems to Have Changed The Silhouette May Be Responsible. The French designers have tried to exploit the fitted sleeve, with its regulation armhole, but the women would refuse it and go on their way, seemingly content with the kind that was rarely right and never comfortable. True, its shape contributed to that carelessness of figure which has been considered the desirable thing by the fashionables and their vast number of followers. And probably the only reason that it u now dropped is that fashion itself has dropped it by one of Velvet Coat for Small Girl. xne juui uiiu ju.p sciieu mdUC of pink velvet, trimmed with ermine, which is much used on children's clothes, The coat and can sketched are made both with and without the black flecks With the high white gaiters and the small muff, this makes a most appropriate cos tume for the afternoon walk. those subtle underground processes which no one woman can put a finger ,on. For three successive seasons, the new gowns have had long fitted sleeves that reached to the wrists and were rationally placed at the top of the arm into an armhole that was sufficiently large for the arm, but no more. First our women refused them on the score that the fashion would oust the elbow sleeve, which was far too comfortable to relinquish without a protest or without being given some thing equally easy to wear; another argument which held good was that the designers had foolishly introduced this form of sleeve at the approach of spring and they had not reckoned, as they never do, with the blizzards of heat for which the American has to prepare. r After three trials they refused it on every variety of pretext. The truth was that they didn't want it, and no score of French dressmakers could make them take up with anything they didn't like. The only reason they accept it now is that they have changed their minds concerning it, or they have wearied of the slouching kimono, or they realize that the new silhouette, growing in power each day, does not admit of a sleeve of this kind. There is no gainsaying the truth of the assertion that the fitted sleeve is a difficult one to arrange, and any lack of skill in its placement makes it as uncomfortable as the kimonf with its underpart extending to the waist, which prevents one from lifting the elbows higher than the bust line. There are three recognized feats of IN FINE HANDKERCHIEF LINEN Novel Model for Apron, Which May Be Made as Handsome as One Desires. A novel model for an apron is of handkerchief linen cut in one piece, the sides slanting off and the corners rounded off a little. This is hemmed around, and the decoration consists of a band of soft ribbon set in a few Inches from the bottom and held in place by small motifs of any preferred lace. Cluny and filet are very effective, while Valenciennes is always dainty as a trimming to wash goods. Ahnvo thp ribbon is a spray of embroidery worked in white or the color of the ribbon as liked best. The belt Is a repetition of the trimming below and confines the fullness at the waist

skill in dressmaking to nt a collar,

a long sleeve, and arrange a decol' letage that neither sags nor binds, that is neither too high nor too low. It is no wonder that the little seamStress and the home dressmaker do not feel confident of success in doing any one of the three. Possibly women will end by being; more uncomfortable in the newly re vived tight sleeve of the 1870 period, which was a revival of the Napoleonic war period and now comes in with the world war, than they were in the kimono, which they learned to put up with as they have the narrow skirt; DUtt at least, wo -know it , is finally established in fashion, although there are many women who prefer, and Wear, the sleeve put into a dropped armhole which maintains that careess fit across the shoulders to which we are accustomed, and which we Qt although there is little doubt that thp inp.nmine and fashionable silhouette, which demands slenderness acr0ss -the body, will abolish even this type of armhole. (Copyright, McClure Newspaper cate.) SyndlHOLDS BRUSHES AND COMB Useful Little Case, Easy of Construe tion and Calling for Comparatively Little Outlay. t This useful little case for holding two military brushes and a comb can be easily constructed from a thin wooden box of a suitable size and -""1 "- V To make it: The lid is cut in hair and nailed down and forms the front of the case. The upper side of the box is removed and fastened on at the back with tiny brass hinges. The whole of the exterior is covered with pale green silk, the material being turned over at the edges and underneath and fastened on with a strong adhesive, and it is lined inside with soft white silk. Across the center of the side of the box that is fastened on wun iuo v.;.-Qo o otmn nf nrnnn wnite eiusr tic is 'sewn and to the upper edge a -i-.Tv.ci nf thp flap is -attached made Of some Ot tne prn rppn qiik impd with white silk and bound at the edges with narrow dark green ribbon, and ribbon strings of a color to match the latter are sewn on where indicated to secure the case when closed. Our illustration clearly shows the way in which the case is arranged, and in the small sketch" on the right it may be seen closed and fastened with the ribbon strings tied m a smart little bow. Initials of the owner might well find a place in the center of the flap m front. Typhoon Color Now. Sand color is familiar to everyone, through the velvet hats that have proved so popular if in no other way. Someone who wanted to give a more striking, because unusual, name to the color, called it typhoon color witn the result that typhoon velvet hats, in that particular shop, sold admirably. line. A second smaller spray of emvvrrnHorv is wnfkerl uuon the bib and

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a frill of lace at top and bottom of have arrested Henry Karch, cwentyapron is the dainty finish. seven years old. of Celina, O., charging that he is the man who has been -i 4 1 1 L - -wa tft

FROM A SCRAP OF VELVET Extremely Pretty Bodice Covering May Be Devised for Dress of Net or Lace. Have you a piece of velvet about a half yard long? Do not throw it away, especially if you are planning a dress of net or lace for evening. Make a bodice cohering that resembles the breast armor of the crusaders. It need only como on the front of the dress, with a very short peplum effect at the lower edge. The upper part can be cut in two points that come over the shoulders. To make this curious piece of velvet a part of the gown, cut slots around the lower part of the cuirass, buttonhole them and run a sash of silk that matches the color of the velvet through the slots. Tie it av the back in a loose bow with ends that hang down to the hem. Pale blue, pink, yellow or black on white is a distinctive touch that a scrap of velvet will add. The V-Shaped Neck. The V-shaped neck line is still in evidence. It is, when everything else is left out of consideration, probably the most becoming neck line there is some of the great designers to the contrary. To be sure, as they contend, it does cut the figure but what line doesn't, unless it be the line of neck J affected by Mother Eve herself? And I the V-shaped line is graceful and soft, and still persists, even in some of tho last frocks that were sent from Paris.

INDIANA BREVITIES

Lafayette. Mrs. Daniel Boyer, ninety-five years old, Is dead at her home here. She was a resident of Lafayettt 67 years. Evansville. Frank Cross of San Francisco, Cal., who . has posed here as the head of a chain of cafeterias, was arraigned in city court here, charged with passing a fraudulent check in payment of a hotel bill. North Vernon. James A. Cox, a lineman of Louisville, Ky.f t ground to death beneath a B. & O. passenger train here when he attempted to alight from the train when it was in motion near the local station. He was unmarried. Anderson. Henry Meeks, twentyfive years old, was slightly injured and 15 persons were shaken up when a South Meridian street car crashed Into a Pennsylvania train at the Belt railroad crossing of East Lynn street. The front vestibule was torn off the street car. Elkhart. Prompt action by the fire department prevented the destruction of St. Vincent's Catholic church. Fire was caused by a candle which had been left burning, and when discovered the main floor was ablaze. The loss will amount to about two hundred dollars, aside from redeco' Anderson. Dr. A. W. Tobias, the oldest practicing physician in Elwood, was sentenced jd pay $25.40 fine and costs "in a local justice court after being convicted of hunting illegally on the farm of Henry Coy, eight miles west of here. Doctor Tobias had lost his ferret in a rabbit hole, and this led to his discovery by J. J. Bravy of this city, deputy fisti and game warden, who made the arrest. Alexandria. Albert Grant, age six-ty-six, committed suicide here by nrinc a Duiiet irom a revolver miu imb " his brain. The ball entered the head above the right ear, lodging near the top of the skull. Despondency over poor health is believed to have caused him to take his life. He was injured internally when a stand collapsed during a Republican meeting here last summer. Grant seated himself in front of the mirror that he might see the exact place to point the muzzle of the gun, and then pulled the trigger. Rushville. An ignoramus was returned by the grand jury in the case of John Lee, colored, held for the shooting of Joseph Clevinger, white, who was found dead in a lane near his home the morning of November 28. Lee was not captured for four days. When arrested he said Clevenger had been shot accidentally in a scuffle for the possession of a gun which he (Lee) carried, and that another man was helping Clevenger take it away from him. Luther Butts was arrested as the third person but wa3 later released. The grand jury is said to have determined there was no evidence by which Lee could be convicted. Columbia City. Noah Davis, fiftythree years old, shot and killed his wife, forty-four years old, in their home here, firing two bullets from revolver into the woman's head and then beating her with a stove poker. attempted suicide, but the billet inflicted only a scalp AVOund. The fa banfl declares that he followed his wife and Walter Klingerman, thirtyfour years old, home from a revival meeting at the Free Methodist church, and that it was jealousy of Klingerman that led to the killing. Klinger man disappeared, and officers are now seekIng him as a material witness. Ml, and Mrg Davis formerly lived in countrv south of this city, but mpved here about three years ago. There are no children in the family. Klingerman is not married. Both men are laborers. Muncie. Through the aid of A. C. keim, a local druggist, the police VHJJVS HViUVlO 111 bill l.. ww.-'w- ' - Karch presented a prescription at the Helm drug store asd obtained a box of tablets. Helm immediately notfied the police, and Karch was arrested three hours later with a portion of the drug on his person. Later the police took in custody Mary Taylor, who lives at the same boarding hou;o where Karch has been staying, and she asserted Karch sold her some "dope." Some drug tablets were found behind the trunk In her room Tuesday evening. The police a few days ago arrested two Alexandria boys here, who had a quantity of drug tablets in their possession and the police believe the Alexandria boys may have obtained the "dope" from Karch, as they asserted when arrested that they did not buy it at a local drug store. It is probable that Karch's case will be placed with the state board of pharmacy. Marion. Thomas Kinneraan. ninety-five years old, said to bo th oldest brick mason in Grant county and one of the oldest in Indiana, died. He came to Marion in 1S49 and had lived here ever since. When he first came to Marion it was a hamlet of 300 inhabitants Mr. Kinneman was the first brick maker in Marion. Among other big jobs done by him was the brick for th Blumenthal and White blocks on ths public square, were mads wit thsfew crude tools he had at that UibmThe only surviving relatiYfc Is tks al frho-re horns hs died.