Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 57, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 March 1915 — Page 3

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New York's Famous Old Hoffman House to Be Razed iKW YORK The old Hoffman house, fatuous for nearly half a century. yi ,nd one or Manhattan s leading hostelries In the ilmy days, is to so. It mtfl foilow the equally famous Fifth Avenue hotel, the Hartboldl and tho other landmarks at Tw enty -third.

Third street mas the heart of the aeit Witt Way. when Martin's, at Twenty-fifth street, was almost the northern limit of the night ll'.- dis-trict. Ii' hell the original Hoffman house was built the ground cost $.",000. Th alsi n has been sold for $.1.SO.000. 80 much for the unearned increment Aionc ith the Hoffman house proier the purchaser bought the old Hotel Albemari. now an annex of the Hoffman house, and on the site of the two ill t- m Usd a lC-story office building Tft. immediate success of the Hoffman house In its first days led to fre:u...ns. so that, up to a few years ago. the Hoffman, with the Albe arte tdwi. occupied all the ftroadway frontage, at Twenty-fifth street.

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heal days, the Hoffman house vied with the Fifth Avenue hotel, ity-third atreet and Fifth avenue, whirh. some five years ago. gave

way to I office skyscraper The Fifth Avenue was the headquarters of the Republicans and the rival Democrats took up a reservation in the Hoffman i;r ret leveland stopped there frequently and was staying there whpn elected to the presidency the second time Qem Benjamin Hutler and Gen. rt:rO. " were regular patrons of the hotel a growtl of the Fifth Avenue hotel is the fameus Amen Corner, an BBdi -unization of newspaper men and politicians, who hold annual fjtar . . I ill off stunts like those of the Gridiron club in Washington. B 1 the elevator in the Fifth Avenue, adjacent to the buffet, were two f.ai- ung at a right angle, and upholstered in red plush. These aeats .r- kjaa from the lobby, and formed an excellent place for quiet conversation The late Senator IMatt. former Governor H H Odell. the late Mark Haaaa and many other Republican politicians of that day. along with Sam ;l. BMts Higgs and other political v. ri. rs us-ed to meet there each moos for conferences. s mebody dabbed the red plush benches the Amen Corner, and the MM stack. The formal organixatlon grew out of it.

Baby Shoppers Wander

Pill LA HELPHIA After an all-day search for et wanderings led them hither and yn over W and hunrrv and discouraged fonr-yearolds wen fi their homes, and restored to their

annous parents. They had no curvn poles Raft) in the morning the mother sf Win Yiung. Jr. four years old. of "K I innr street, told him to run sal to a nearby upholstery shop to ret some curtain poles The junior Younc w nt to the corner of Lancastar avenue and Thirty eighth street, md proposed to his young friend. Tloma. Griffln. also four years old

tnat they do (he shopping together. Her a uhile they forgot the errand, and wandered off in search of new As the hoars wore on. the parents of both children became frantic, and notified Secla4 Policemen Roseboro and Farmer of the Sixteenth district, also Captain Cameron's office The special policemen scoured West Philadelphia in t o automobiles, but found no trace of the four year-old shoppers. Bravely eeamped upon an old plank, hand clutched in chubby hand, two youngs'ers were sitting alone in a vacant lot at Forty-ninth street and Chester IHW just at sunset Ten year old Thomas Dickson of Thirtyeighth street and I Lancaster avenue, who thought he was doing some traveling himself, stood still in boyish amaretnent as he caught sight of the pair. He bietled thmugh his teeth, and. frowning, descended upon them with re..rovint: .ilr After reading them a youthful riot act as to the sin of keeping one's mother waiting for curtain poles the whole day long, he notified Mrs M. Iteiley of Forty ninth street and Chester avenue, a friend of the Young fane ly. and she telephoned of the safety of the four year-olds

Burglar Is Cruelly Beaten by an Athletic Girl

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Miss Gladys Campbell of Maple avenue, could lift a 50-pound weight; wt her boy friends have gone down to defeat at the hands of the nineteen ear-old girl w hen engaged in a

was sleeping Things started to hapm with the awakening of Miss Campbell. An alarm clock thrown with unerring aim hit Hamlin on the side f the head: before he could recovef r-.m the shock a silver hairbrush closed one eye. while Miss Campbell's fist ' tiipluhed the same purpose for the remaining optic The handle of a I nil. racket fractured a rib and the business end of a dumb-bell served to tnl the intruder to the land of dreams until the arrival of the police In order to make sure of a good job. the young lady took the sheets from er bed and bound the man and threw him out of the door to the front yard. Here he was found by the police. In the city jail Hamlin through his swolhp has made a vow never to burgle again.

Takes Role of Mother to Boys in U. S. Navy I MUVNAPOUS. INT) Mrs. Emma Ellis received another letter the other dav from nn of hr hnv She rets letters of this kind every day and

ers them quickly The letters are '"others and the urite to mothers In Pan j polls who have adopted the une. bluejackets by mall. The idea came to Mrs Ellis half a ear aco. but no one save the moth,r commanding officers In the navy 'raining camp and the sailors themsilsji knew about it until recently, for Mrs Ellis did not seek publicity. "I knew how lonesome motheri"ss bos in the navy must be." said rs Fills "I wrote to several com

manding officers in the navy trainng stations asking for names of boys who have no mothers and no would ke to correspond The list has steadily grown I never choose a n0' ' write to these boys until I have learned to know her personally a good hristian woman, well educated, who can feel deeply She must be an cromplished letter writer-one who can really inspire the boy given over 'o her ' Mrs Ullis has many letters from commanding officers who say she Is Urttng a work that should spread throughout the country These letters kave come from the Atlantic and Pacific

iiruadway and Fifth avenue Into that bourn, from hieb no superannuated hotel returns With the passing of the Hoffman house, famed lo tons and story as well as In the hearts of the millions who have in times ra t made the old place their temporary home, there ill be not h ins; left but Madison Square garden to remind the oldtimers of the days when Twenty-

Far From Their Firesides I-oIes, In which their hiladelphia. two tired two miles away from 7 "T 1 r'hAv YOU AMY nwcTAifi roil! a student in ls Ar.r.ies nun scnooi . w a I friendly boxing ooui If all of this had been tak- n into consideration by Joseph Hamlin, j burglar, before he attempted to enter Miss Campbell's room, he would not j be in the city jail waiting for the swelling to leave his eyes so that he might view his surroundings He did not know, however, just w here he was going, and climbed over the transom of the room in which the young lady from boys In the navy who have no

VALUABLE ARM OF SERVICE

Mar. new Can Point to Record of Great Oiatinction in t' e History of tbe Country. Inoteait or telling ii to the marine... m cording lu the popular saying, th- government is now telling It to tbe people who know all about UN army and the uay. but coin para lively little about the marines V t murine served under John Paul Jones, they raised Us flag over Tripoli, helped capture the city of Mexico, enterst and fortitl.-d t'hapultepec, were foreniobt in our troubles in the lar eat and at (juantanaino. To t. II tut ps all this ajMl also what the inanue Is, tbe goveriuiieut has now an Mtf thing bureau, which sends information d'.reitly and which in six months ha-: been so guccesisful that th- old way of paid advertising hau been dlscarui d. Tho curps numbers :!4 oOl c- rs and 10, (MX) men, and there Ik not a vacancy. Attention of boys, city and country, is brought diroctly to the corps by photographs from life at recru'.t:ng ttatioiie, and literature that is "hvo ' and readah'e On enlistment, pnilts are first drilled as infantry soldiers, then lb Id artillerymen, and members of machine kuii companies For iandiug aorvice and defenders of the uaval advance they arc- taught the uso of portable searchlights, wireless telegraph. They find ränge, place submarine telegraph lines, handle torpedoes, build and destroy bridges, mount ships' guns and so on All of which It is apparent is a range of duties far wider than that of any other arm of tit- t-ervice In bor, the marine corps is for the first time perhaps becoming really known, and the knowledge shows what a high place it occupies WANTED SERVICES PAID FOR Indian Had His Own Idea as to Recompense That Should Be Awarded Him. A reservation Indian was disconsolate ov.T the breaking of his ax handle. He laid his misfortune before the " farmer" of the reservation, who. through pity, took a new handle from his private stix k and adjusted it to the ax. The "farmer" then noticed that the ax was shockingly dull so. mo:ng the owner to turn the rindetone. he expended a half-hour's time in sharpening? the blade. When the rehabilitated ax was given to the Indian he was childishly gleeful, but still lingered about, indicating by hia action that some feature of the transaction had not been adjusted. The farmer was a little annoyed, and called to an interpreter. "Ask the old fellow what he wants now," he directed. After an exchange of grunts and Restur-s the interpreter announced, "He wants twenty-five cents." Twenty-five cents! What for?" "For turning the grindstone." Tht First Touch of War. We did not encounter any battle ships on the way over, but I caught a rather poignant glimpse of the war as we drew up to the Prince s landing Mage in Liverpool Long before any regular conversation was possible we saw a JI -dressed woman on the dock An Englishman with a voice worthy of the Pull of Hashan began to shout cjuestions at her Have you news of Fred?' The woman nodded "Good The woman shook her ft ad. " Is he captured?" She shook her had Wounded?" Again nhe t-hook her head And a woman aboard w ho stood beside the strong voiced man fainted. I don't know whether she was Freds wife or motherFrom a letter to the Outlook from Arthur Hullard. Largest in the World. A plant laid out on a very extensive basts for the leaching and electrolytic precipitation of copper Is beIng constructed nt Ohiipilcamata. Chile The ore body to be worked In this vicinity Is in excess of lOO.non,M tons. sayi the Flecti leal World The first unit of the plant now in course of construction has been designed to treat IfjMI tons of ore per dsr The refinery will have an output of about ."Ur.,000 pounds of copper per day. Energy f(r separat rhg cpier from the ore will be transmitted to the plant from a generating station on the coast over 5 miles of line at lort.noo volts. No Desire to See tHe Late Lamented. My nephew. Wendell H. Pettlfer, is going to be married next week to a widow over In the w estern part of the state, who conies of s fine old family and is blessed with six interesting children, auburn hair and a very superior manner." stated Grout P Smith, the untopular pessimist. "Although I am Invited to the wedding f shall not attend; I prefer to remember poor Wendell as he was in life." Kansas City Star Classified. "Is that do a pointer?" asked the ticket agent at the village station. n. ' replied the weary hunter who was returning to the city with an empty game bag;, "he's a disappointed ' He's Smelt Them Church They say that the New York market loses a million esrsrs a year by breakse1 Isn't that enough to make one hold his breath (Aotham I lold his noae, I should say.

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Washington Plate for White House Collection WSIII.(;T0N The While House collection of presidential ware received a valuable addition when Mi Mary CurtiB Lee. daughter of (". n Robert K. Lee. contributed to the collection a plate of the George Washington Cincinnati dinner set. In many respects

( TUP WOUlO OSOUK lAtur if M HAD '0 om.psm ITHEY LtLLiAfl of an eagle edged with in gold mpsadtd by an white, and on the breast eccnes encircled with patriotic mottoes

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After the society was established the French officers presented Washington with a handsome insignia studded with precious stones, and the ribbon bore the words, "Presented in the name of the French Boldiers to his excellency. Ceneral Washington." It was this which Ixssing confused when he wrote in his "Mount Vernon" that the French officers presented Washington with a Sevres dinner set bearing the Cincinnati decorations. A glance at any piece of the Cincinnati set shows that it Is not china at all. but Cantonese pottery and K is a well founded family tradition with the Washington and Curtis descendants that the Cincinnati dishes, of which there were originally breakfast, dinner and tea sets, were presented to General and Mrs Washington by the American officers Soon after Miss Lee came to Washington this winter the subject was broached to her again, and as she chanced to have one of the plates out of storage she decided to present it to the collection. It is a medium-sized dinner plate, with the deep blue mottled border and gold lines of the Cantonese ware, and In its center is the figure of Fame holding a trumpet to her lips with one hand, while with the other she bears aloft the insignia of the Society of Cincinnati. Ihiring a call upon Miss Wilson at the White House Miss Lee presented the plate to her for the collection, and it was placed in the cabinets in the lower corridor of the mansion.

"Life Buoy" Prevents Loss of Gold on Warships WITH American cruisers in foreign waters taking gold for the use of American citizens, and with the recent return of General Funston from Vera Cruz to Galveston with approximately $1,000,000 in gold aboard the transport there has arisen considerable In

terest in the navy's method of handling gold and of safeguarding It so that it may not be lost. Gold, or other specie, but usually gold, on shipboard, for the reason that it Is current the world over, is stored in bags of such stout material that should a heavy bagful be dropped from considerable height the bag would not split open. The bag. of course, is locked and the material of

which it is made must stand the most rigid test, so there can be no danger of the loss of the precious stuff should a bag be dropped from the side of a vessel to a pier or dock. Another jiossibillty of loss is presented in the danger of a small boat being overturned during a heavy sea while transshipping the metal from shipboard to land or land to ship. This contingency also is guarded against. To each of the bags used for the transporting of gold is attached by a long chain a floating buoy large enough to support the maximum capacity In gold of the bag to which It Is attached Thus, if a launch taking ashore a consignment of gold should be capsized or sunk, the gold would not be lost. If the water be very deep it will not even go to the bottom, but will hang suspended to the length of the chain attached to the buoyThus, the only way the gold taken aboard by the Tennessee could have been lo.-; .! ! !,a in the sinking of the ship

He Understands the Feelings of the Turks Now AWORLiVFAMED sculptor, who makes Is home here now, held up his hands appalled the other day by the magnitude of the oclal activities of the womankind of Washington Overwhelming' Exhausting' How do you manage it? he cried "Every good

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his pants with pins.' because the womanfolks are so rushed You call avidly on army and navy women on Monday and on the judiciary. You call on the representatives on Tuesday, on Mrs Marshall, who is a class to herself, on the wife of the speaker of the house and on the cabinet women on Wednesday The senatorial -t rhood preempts the business on Thursday afternoon. Friday and Saturday in days gone by were wont to be monopolized by diplomatic dames and damsels. But the "dips." these parlous times, are "layin low and sayin' mithin' "

Defense Wins in Congress Self, Not National CONGRESS has so taken to heart the subject of defense, national and other wise, that W. K. Sixsmith says he Representative W W Rucker and other prominent members of the house, got the consent of Speaker

ing points of order he may retire to the athletic quarters and punch the bag or get his torpid circulation in activity by t few whirls about on the flying rlnga. Statesmen whose digestion Is tmterfect may spend a half hour on th parallel bars and oVvelop an excellent appetite With still other statesmen busy with the chest weights, or the Indian clubs, or the stationary horse, It is conjectured that there w ill be such a spectacle as even "Hilly ' Muidoon never dreamed ot

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(jID this is the most valuable piece in the collection, as the Cincinnati china has more historical associations and is 'er known than any of the Washington china The Society of the Cincinnati was founded at Annapolis November U, 178::. by the American and Freiuh officers who had served together during the Revolutionary war. and Washington was made its first president The organization adopted an insignia olive branch from a deep blue ribbon and back of the eagle were symbolic in Ijitin Turk, the sculptor laughed, goes down on his knees, on his prayer rug. the first thing every morning and thanks God that he is not a woman When 1 see you women wearing yourselves out in this social strain. I understand the feelings of the Turk." So "Sister Susie's sewing skirt for soldiers." and Netties knitting knickknacks, only in the Interstices. If there ever are any. In the social merry go-round, while "papa pastes Champ Clark to start a congressional training school These representatives, it Is said, feel they are developing their mental powers to the detriment of physical prowess and believe punching the bag or medicine ball practice will remove pudginess and restore the athletic contours of years ago. According to Mr Sixsmith. arrangements have been made to devote a room in the capltol to athletic exercises If a member gets tired of mak

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Dummy Figures Used as Batter and Catcher. Really Ingenious Dsvice That Seems to Have Practical Points Electricity la the Motive Power of the "Players. A machine for practicing has ball, devised by an Ohio inventor, has t o life le figures that take the part of batter and catcher. An electric motor puts "life" into their movement Rods, levers, joints and springs contained v.ithln the bodies of the dummies cause them to maintain automatically The Baseball-Playing Dummies and the Mechanism That Makes Them Work. their end of the game as batter and catcher. Here is bow it is done: In the abdomen of the catcher dummy is a plate which when hit by the baseball thrown by the player who is practicing closes an electric circuit and causes a bell or buzzer to ring. The catcher's arms and bands are mounted to move in and out on a horizontal plane. The batter, on the other hand, moves his bat up and down To practice with this machine you take a position about sixty feet from the dummy batter and throw at his bat. which extends over the home plate: if the bat is hit, you can jot down one on the score card. Or. land the ball in the abdomen of the catcher, hit the registering plate and ring the electric ML and a Btrike is credited you. If the ball hits the batter or catcher elsewhere than Intended, a foul is counted The inventor insists that the dummies are not unlike natural persons in ! rforming their functions, although some players might not approve of the mode of "catching the ball described. Rostand on the War. In a delightful corner of the Iyrenees a number of temporary hospitals have been established Quite often a certain visitor of note comes to these little hospitals, bringing to the wounded some small comforts, among which are tobacco, cigarettes and chocolate. He Is clothed as a common soldier, although he wears banging from his neck the cross of a commander of the Legion qt Honor. This is Monsieur Edmond Rofand. poet and playwright, the hermit of Cambo. who thug prefers the uniform of an Infantryman to the flannel Jacket of the mountain 1 raprletor or even the green coat of an "immortal " Not all of his "clients" know- who is this distinguished visitor. One of them des ribes him as "a man who has not much hair on his head and writes pieces'" M. Rostand has become fat Our soldiers are getting fat. All the letters from the front certify this. M. Rostand has done likewise and has done well. Le Crl da Paris. Spooring Is Defined. "Spooning'" in the public playgrounds of Pittsburgh Is to end if plans of W F Ashe, superintendent of the new city bureau of recreation aro put through. Instead, dances under projer supervision and other healthful social activities will be carried out. "What is understood as spooning." Mr. Ashe says. "Is Justifiable only when it is the expression of the love of a man for the woman who is to become his wife or the woman for the man who Is to become her husband. In young boys and girls it should be discsjraged We shall have choral societies for the boys and girls. Dancing and music will provide the substitute for spooning." Mail From a Shipwreck. Echoes of the tragic fate of the Empress of Ireland still come over tho waters. For example, a lady who was at the time visiting in Can.ida wrote to her sister in England. The letter never arrived but the sister came buck in due course And now. all unexpectedly her missive has been delivered, stamped with the words: "Recovered by divers from the wre k of the Empress of Ireland " It speaks well for the quality of the mail bag when one says that the letter shows scarcely any trace of its eight months' Immersion in the bed of the 8t LawrencePall Mall Gazette. With Precaution Lacking. The Chlcaxro bureau of safety tells how men blasting a stump broke a chanted light wire on a K!e Tha w ire fell to the ground The foreman sent a man to the lighting company to order the necessary repairs, but did not place a guard over the sire man took hold of the wire and was killed. Safety firat ' requires that thoughtful precautions should bw taken to void such fatalities