Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 September 1920 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER DEN ED. OOANE, Publisher JASPER .... INDIANA

Anions the other dead slang: "What's on I lie tapis?" Of coi:i'( those enriched hy the war will build the war's monuments! When made uncomfortable by the heat, reflect how the crop is growing 1 One nice tiling about bridge is tliat n man does not have to employ a caddv. 'Hie ones who really suffer In campaign y-ar are tlie babies that are kissed. Why Ir is that a straw hat never seems s attractive after the price Is cut? Tlie sage who said that "talk 's cheap" never hired a hiwyer to talk for hii:. In politics, as In more romantic matters, broken hearts are usually soon mend'?!. Lovely woman dresses a great deal more sensibly than does man in hot u eat In r. Tood prices fluctuate rapidly, but unfortunately there are few fluctuating appetites. While one ran wear his old straw hat, it is impossible for him to burn last winter's coal. Straws 'show which way the wind blows these days, even if the straws are woven into hats. It is hard to convert to bolshevlsm a workman wearing a $23 silk shirt and driving his ovn car. Toy that lies in picnics may Indicate atavism, but did prehistoric man ever sit down in a custard pie? It looks as If the first person, singular, is going to he displaced in either event by the editorial "we." Hefen tbis campaign is over every student of politics may be able to call ach Ohio voter by bis first name. Ohio is now in the limelight, and while bot raying a becoming modesty is not trying to hide behind auvthing. No man is wholly good or wholly bad: and it is tlie same way with candidatos. (Stop the gush and vituperation. Old-fashioned parents who fear the children will eat too much sugar will have little to worry about this summer. Another advantage In the announcement of those census figures is that It calls to attention a lot of thriving little cities which most of us did not know exist. Hritish labor appears to be swinging back to a conservative attitude, thus vindicating the wisdom of the British policy of "Let 'em rave" toward wildeyed agitators. Industry can be depended, on to ndjtist itself if every man who wears overalls in his regular business will keep them on for a series of mansized working ktys. Before believing the report that a fish larger than any whale has been seen in the Atlantic, one demands to know whether tlie report wos made by a one-half of 1 per cent American shipper or by a 100 proof foreign seaman. Someone figures that we spend eight billion a year on luxuries. Hut he Included a lot of things that others consider necessities. I'y this time CJermany ought to have n faint suspicion that she lost the war and does not exactly belong In- the class of dictators. Occasionally a letter of congratulation suggests a recognition of the inevitable rather than any great sentimental enthusiasm. A Mexican politician desiring contributions to his campaign fund avoids tMnbarrassing obligations by simply robbing a pay train. Cities on the Kusso-Pollsh frontier are becoming so accustomed to being taken and retaken that they are tempted to carry a change of Hags to bed with them. With two newspaper men as candidates for the presidency and one of them bound to win. the press maintains Its supremacy as the ruling factor of the land. Hostile allen' may now leave the country without a permit. And to add to the celerity of their going, we promise to speed the parting guest. The ex-kaiser wonders why he has not yet been called back to the throne. It might Im suggested to him that he ran too fast to hear at yone culling him. According to a gloomy expert it Is going to cost more to be born, to marry and to die: so the pessimistic conclusion Is what 18 the Use of living, tins how ?

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4 HMMfMMtt Hartford City. The lienner stock farm, west of this city, added Marshall's (Sinnt, a yearling Spotted Poland-China boar to its herd. Mr. Stirn son. proprietor of the farm, paid $21,000 for the animal. Kokomo. Threshing this season has not been satisfactory to farmers, owing to a drop In the market value of grain at threshing time, and threshing charges, members of the Howard County farmers' federation say. Kvansville. Fire In the Varney Kiectric company store spread to the three-story building adjoining, occupied by the Andrew Jackson Cigar company as a factory. The total loss of both companies is approximately $7;",00) Vlncennes. Johnson county in lower Kane county will have the banner corn crjp in many years, according to reports from some of the farmers. (Jeorgo L. Ilyan, oil operator and farmer, expects to market about IV.000 bushels of corn this fall. Columbus. Joseph K. Clouse of Hope, aged sixty-five, said to be the oldest rural mall carrier in point of service in Indiana, and possibly in the United States, has retire! from the service , under a new law that provides for retirement on pensions. Cra .vfonteville. Fourteen head of sheep were bought by the Japanese government at the first live stock sale at the Crawfordsville live stock pavilion.' recent I j erected. Ninety-one head of Shropshire sheep were sold, buyers being present from several states as well us two men. from Japan. Lnporte. Frank Comorford of Chicago will deliver the address at a meeting celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Northern Indiana Editorial association at Angola September : and 4. Morton Struets of Angola Js president of the association and Charles Foster of Monticello secretary. Seymour. The peach crop in JackSon county is the largest in many years. Many trees which have bona no crops during the last live years are loaded and the fruit is of flue quality, (rowers who are not equipped to ship the fruit are offering peacbes on the trees at 1 a bushel. The larger and better varieties in the commercial orchards, however, are selling from S.'i.ü." to .:&." a bushel at the orchard. South Iiend. Fire, believed to have been caused by a carelessly thrown cigarette, destroyed the veneer department of the case works of the Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing company here, causing a loss of $170,000. Although the flames were under full headway when discovered, the fire department of the city prevented the fire from spreading throughout the $1.000,000 plant. Indianapolis. That the stock yards of the state should be placed under some form of state supervision was the opinion of the live stock committee of the Indiana Federation of Farmers' Associations in session at the statt headquarters.. The committee also discussed the advisability of establishing a market bureau at the state headquarters to assist farmers in the co-operative buying of feed and other farm supplies in wholesale quantities. Russellville. Jumbo. believed to have been one of the largest hogs in the United States, is dead at the Sutherlin brothers' farm, near here. He weighed 1.Ö30 pounds. Jumbo was of the Hig Type Poland variety, and was sired by Mammoth Giant, by Disher Giant, and was to have been exhibited at the Illinois and Indiana state fairs and the International Stock show at Chicago. The hog was one of the most widely known show hogs in the country. Lafayette. Soy bean growers in Indiana and surrounding states have been invited to a meeting to be held September : at the farm of Taylor Fonts, near Camden, Carroll county, to -perfect an organization and make preliminary plans for standardizing varieties and handling this year's seed crop. A soy bean dinner menu is 1lug prepared now by women in the home economics department Vf Purdue university for the meeting. Speakers from-Purdue and institutions in surrounding states have been invited to attend. Shelby ville. The Shelbyville can- ; nlng factory was opened for the sea son, the first corn being received. The pack will continue until the latter part of September. The corn is said to be of the best quality. The canning company pays $20 a ton for the corn, the highest price ever offered. Farmers of ; Marion township. Shelby county, have ! voted to postpone wheat sowing this ear until October 1. which tests have shown to be the My date in the county. Tests will be made by government exjverts during September to determine the exact date for the sowing of wheat. f bo rid of the My, which has been the cause of much damage and loss to Shelby county farmers. Indianapolis. Governor Goodrich announced the appointment of Miles SohaefiVr as state Insurance commissioner. Charles W. Camp wr.s appointed state bank examiner. Washington, I. C. Indiana has a population of 2 0:,,0,Ml, an Increase since 1010 of 22b.Vi, -r s..r per cent, accord fug to the preliminary count announced by the director of the census. Indianapolis. A Into fall will bo necessary to mature the Indiana con: rop. according to the prediction of, George C. Ilrynr.t. field agent f the co-operative cni reporting service.

English. August finds some thrashing done and a great deal of wheat and oats stacked in Crawford county. The scarcity of help Is causing a delay In thrashing. Tomatoes are ripening late. Evansville. Of S3 city firemen In Kvansville, G3 voted against the double platoon system adopted by the state legislature for cities of a population of 15.000 or more. Twenty firemen die not vote. Indianapolis. The second special session of the legislature cost Indiana taxpayers i20,0;3.1S, L. S. "Rowinnii, assistant auditor of state, figured. The legislature worked parts of 17 days, making the average cost to taxpayers SI, 70S a day. Indianapolis. Steps will be taken to negotiate a new wage scalewith the Indiana coal operators independent of action in other states of the central competitive field, President Kd Stewart of the Indiana district qf the United Mine Workers announced. Darlington. Ebenezer V. McCla'skey, age eighty-six. is dead at his home south of here. He was one of the best known men in this part of

the state, having serve 1 three time. In tlie? Indiana legislature, in ISftS, 1012 and 1011; was twice elected as county sheriff, in 1SSC and ISSN, and had served as president of the Darlington State bank sitae its organization on October 14, 1912. - Seymour. All dogs in Hamilton county, Jackson county, are under quarantine under the orders of the Indiana state live stock sanitary board because of the presence of rabies in the community. . A dog, afterward found to have been suffering of rabies, appeared in Cortland and bit a number of dogs and several head of stock. Brownstown. Owen, Car and Driftwood townships of this county, have been under quarantine for several weeks. Gary. Gary's municipal tax levy for 11)21 will be 70 cents on $100 and will be sullicient to raise a revenue of Sl,O.V,000 for municipal, park and library purposes, it is said. The rale is lixed by the appropriation ordinance. Last year's tax levy was 7 1 cents, but this was cut to ." cents by the state board of lax commissioners. The levy for ihe city alone will he C-l centos; the library, 3 cents, and the park board. 7 cents. This will give the library about StJO.OOO and the park boardapproxiinately :07,000. Indianapolis. L. II. Wright, director of the state highway department, has dismissed II. K. llishop, chief engineer for the department, ami has i oplaced -Mr. Iiisliop witli C. ('ray, for merly in the employ of the Portland Cement association. Mr. Wright acted in the matter in connection with (iovernor Goodrich. Along with Mr. Uishep jo also Wallace Southard, chief of the bureau of plans, and J. M. Kimmel, chief of the bureau of county aid. The dismissals are to take effect September 1. Noblosyille. Actjng on an agreement: made at a, meeting held a few days ago. a committee representing the Hamilton County Farmers' Federation, has closed a deal with a Pennsylvania coiapany for the purchase of a train load of hard coal. The company agrees to make prompt, shipment for $10.00 at the mines. The farmers pay the freight and they estimate that the ecst of the fuel will be close to i?ir a ton by the time it is in their bins. This is said to be one of the largest purchases of coal by farmers wer made in the state. Logansporf. Six elevators of Cass county an closed. Inability to get cars to move grain is given as the cause for the temporary suspension of operation. Cass county is in the mitist of harvesting season and should any considerable time elapse under these conditions, serious consequences will result. Grain dealers say they do not know when they will resume the buying of small grain. Indianapolis. Horizontal increases for 1!20 assessments of poronal property in 12 counties has boon ordered i by the state board of tax commission. ers. The orders are comity-wide and were made to equalize assessment valuations throughout the state. Increasf ordered by the board follow: Daviess. Montgomery, Gibson. I'oey and Warren er.untlos. .1 per cent: Jackson county, 7 per cent: Newton. Vigo and Switzerland ountie. 10 percent: Fountain and Johnson counties, 20 per ent. Increases do not apply to personal property of railroads within the 'entities. The roads were assessed by the board originally. Whiting. Waiting has revolted against the despotism of the Indiana pulalic service commission, which ordered Its citizens to pay S cents oar fare. The municipality l as entered suit in the Lake superior court complaining that the commission acted beyond its capacity in granting the street car companies an increase of 00 per cent in fares over the 5-ccnt fare formerly In vogue, and fixing car fares at S cents. In effect the city has untitled the commission and the Hammond, Whiting and Kast Chicago Street' Itailway company that It will not pay the higher fares unless It Is coo.polle.l to do so. Jefferson villo. School taxes in most of the school units of Clark county will ! increased from fit) to 100 per cent, ju lidug from the rates recommended by th township trustees. In some cases those arem-.re than double. So:ve units were compelled t: borrow d.:r!eg the last school year. I P -h vi lie. Two largo stock nam on C o Will L. Walker farm, northwest of here, were Vstrov..' !.y Mre. The hss Is $S.00O. only ptrtly covered by Insurance. The f.re started from the buck f.re of a gsjline engine which wns left running In one of the bams.

;Y THE VÄ Consistory at Rome Tells Archbishop to Be Cautious in England, iRISH SEIZE 13 SOLDIERS British Troops Taken Prisoner After Sharp Fighting at Traltee Treated , to Tea and Then Released by Captors. London, August 21. The consistory at Rome ", has directed to Archbishop Daniii J. Mannix of Melboure, Australia, a strong exhortation, urging moderation In bis treatment of British politicr.l questions. This was learned from a British official message from Rome. Tralee, Ireland, August 21'. Thirteen fully armed soldiers returning to Tralee In a military lorry were ambushed. After sharp fighting from both sides the soldiers were forced to surrender, and were disarmed by civilians. Four of the soldiers were wounded.' , They were rushed to a hospital. The remainder were taken to a farmer's house and treated to tea by their captors. Later toey were driven a short distance outside the town of Dingle and released. Macrooui, Ireland. August 21. Lieut. Sharman. commanding a military patrol, was killed and .four of his men were badly wounded near Rallyvourney in ä pitched bnttle with armed civilians who made a surprise attack. The attacking party had dug trenches and felled a tree across the road where the patrolling military passed. No casualties are reported among the civilInns. Dublin, August 21. The holding up and robbing of mail trains and mail motors by armed and masked gangs is continuing apace. A party boarded a Dublin southeastern train at Farns, taking an ine ouiciai mans. i Twenty raiders held up a mail car near Kilbrittain and seized six bags of mail. Postal oflicfals, vith mails from Duncrana, an important naval and military center, were waylaid and the mails taken. Ofliclal letters wore removed from another train held up near Runernna. 99-YEAR TERM FOR PRIVATE i Soldier Brought From Germany to Federal Prison Killed Sergeant at Coblenz. Leavenworth. Kan., Aug. 10. With nine other military prisoners from Coblenz. Oormany, John Mosher. ha arrived at the federal prison here to begin a sentence of 90 years. Mosher, formerly a, private in the army of occupation, was convicted of killing Sorgt. Lester Cull in Germany when the sergeant attempted to arrest him for being absent without leave. RIOT IM RANDOLPH COUNTY Whites and Blacks Battle in the Mining Town of Coulterville, III. St. Louis. Aug. 18. A riot between while and negroes broke out in Ooulterville, Randolph county, Illinois, a mining town 40 miles south of St. Louis, according to the crew of an Illinois Central train. A negro man and woman are reported to have been shot and their homes burned. The trouble followed importation of negroes to work in the mines. It was said. SUFFRAGE IS BEATEN IN N. C. House Refuses to Ratify Federal Amendment by a Vote of 71 to 41, Raleigh. X- C. Aug. 21. Ratiticalion of the womab : suffrage amendment was defeated in the North Cifrolina house 71 to 41. The esnate having alrea!.. voted to postpone consideration on the amendment until the regular session of the legislature, next January the action of the house virtually ends the ratification tight in this state until that time. WANT TO GET OUT OF U. S. Serbian Official at Paris Says More Than 1,000,000 Europeans Want to Return Hörne. Paris. Aug. 2. More than 1,000,000 emigrants In the United States want to return to Europe, according to a Serbian ofliclal In Paris who Is arranging a commission to go to America to arrange for the repatriation of 800.000 Jtigo-Slavs who are said to have signified their wish to return to their t.ative land. Chicago Bandits Get $100,000. Chicago, Au;:. A mall pouch, containing $100,000 In currency, was stolen from the platform of the Illinois Central railroad station at Pullman The money was to have been used for pay rolls. Two Die in Airplane Crash. San Antonio. Tex., Aug. Lieut. Irving C. Stemson and Cadet Kvorctt II. Burton were Instantly killed when tlie ntrplrthe ,n which they were riding roilapsed and fell In a cornfield fear here.

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- Glacomo f'uccitd, the famous Italian composer of Madama Butterfly" and other operas, is coming to the United States soon to writ a new opera on American life. lie will go to Virginia in order to absorb atmosphere for the score. THIEVES GET $100,000 G,3b Pouch of Payroll Cash at . Pullman, III. Bag Is Snatched From the Hand of a 13-Year-Old Helper at Station. Chicago, -'Aug. 21. A mall pouch, containing $100,000 in currency, was stolen from the platform of the Illinois Central railroad station in Pullman. The money was being sent hy a bank to Pullman, to be used for payrolls in plants there. The bag was ripped from the hands of a thirteen-year-old helper about the station as he was lugging it from the station mail chute to the post office delivery cart. v It had been dropped off the suburban mail train, which arrived in Pullman fron Chicago at 2:02 In the afternoon. The boy was Leo Wilgus, liSlO Langley avenue. The janitor of the station was nearby, Mid on the platform was a crowd of station loiterers and passengers waiting for suburban trains. As the lad attempted to lift the pouch into the post office cart, an elderly man. gray-haired, his eyes shielded behind horn-rimmed spectacles, appeared beside him and said: "Here, boy, I'll give you anhand with that." Seizing the bag, the stranger tossed it into a black Marmon car, parked live feet away. Refore young Wilgus could cry out, a younger man. sitting at the steering wheel of the car, had turned on the gas and the automobile sped north in Cottage Grove avenue. There was a third companion In the car. WARNS HUNGER STRIKERS British Government Will Not Be Responsible for Prisoners Held in Irish Jails. Dublin. Aug. 20. Warning that hun-ser-striking prisoners will not he released unless acquitted b; given In an official statement issued on Wednesday in Dublin castle. The government announces it will not he responsible for consequences of the prisoners' abstenation from food. The new regulation is to apply P all awaiting trial on charge of political murders or complicity in mch crimes. It has been decided by the authorities, however, to release temporarily 22 prisoners In the Cork Jail who are awaiting trial for less serious offenses. Among them are 11 m"n arrested with Lord Mayor MaoSwoncy. While the military were searching a house at Do rry gallon near Kanturk, County Coric, two men occupants of the building tired on the soldiers. The latter returned the fire, killing one of their assailants and dangerously wounding the other. BALLOON PILOT BADLY HURT Carrier Pigeon Summons Medical Aid to Injured Man Near Los Angeles. Los Angele. Cal., Aug. 21. An nrmy balloon exploded when It came in contact with high tension electric, lines near Elizabeth lake. 70 miles northeast of here, seriously Injuring Kenneth Frnzler. pilot. A surgeon was ilispatrhed to the scene from the halloon school at Arcadia. ur on the arrival there of a carrier pigeon with a message from Krazler. Mexican Volcano Is Active. Mexico City, Aug. 21. TIk volcano of Popocatepetl is showing signs of activity. Luminous .moke Is visible above the crater and-ashes are fnlJitr: o.i the neighboring town of Ayot: i-o, In the state of Mexico. Indiana Miners Out Indianapolis, Aug. 21. Many of the Indiana mines are closed, hrank Farrlngtoo president of the Illinois miners', has wired the meu t) stay on the Job. because Ma sti c nv r.dll result In government action.'

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