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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
m AGAIN. OFF AGAIN
EMS STORY OF wELLmAN's
Dash FOR NORTH POLE.
any 81 NILES ON HIS WAY
,., Esplodes. Falls Into Sea- and
mat Dash is Postponed
Tin Next Year.

lest Norway. Cable: Wal
mans second airship dash for
tb pole ended even more sud
l.,r. thar his first one. ACCORDING 70
.-t -scaived here. when MS alrl-
a. america exploded with loud
go -r.ry-two miles from the start
~. 1a the Island Of Spitzbergen
~. ~, .rse occurred on SUNDAY No
~ was injured. -
r-rsr Melvin Vaniman, his air
,,..r, and Charles Loud. the
~ s-other-in-law aud assistant
'-. acne In the car and succeeded
,r5.re without injury after the ex-
.,.,,.4 ~. bag had discharged most OF
....airing yapoT The experts are
e. Illinois. Wellman will try again
rex; yctr
Fy-an.an ceniers were debating
rss.b. the ,xpedition had been sue
.s..fsl sri were INDUCING Ia specula-
M ii. fo whether the explorers would
,~-r fart after they had discovered
~ -o.. az would keep on going for
,s-i ara land in British America. y
- .rs that the three men were
,-,8ci.r wearily back 10 the starting
49, 'r obtain conveyance on which
.tav -iehi haul the broken balloon
lack fr repairs.
Tba EXPLOSION Of the balloon con
e,rs -re report Of the captain OF the
i.srs- steamer Thalia that Wellman
ma started on his long-heralded jour
Bg. while the ship was fastening
IN Hsrmerfest 10 give the world the
avs ~ The long-awaited start OF the
sacs-f DASH the second disaster oc-
rt--el ans the aeronauis were back
IN terra frma long before the news OF
,te'- start had been made public.
Wer~ans first attempt 10 reach the
roe N his balloon was started on
Ser-errfar 3 1907. The same balloon
Was u.s.. that exploded last sunday
TAO sean. had been spent fitting II
ur s-f rhe start was made from Danes
Island Bore the balloon had gone
f- ercoun,ered a furious arctic
STORM d Wellman and his two as
ssarts were forced 20 make land
ire phi.h they accomplished in safety
q no fon II a glacier.
Newals theory that the ohis Way
10 reach Tie pole is in a balloon is thr
result III fwo unsuccessful land and
wqfe- fashes that he undertook. The
frs expedition. by sledge and boat.
leh SruDereen in 1894 and reached
afi,ase II degrees north. where II
Vas forced % turn back His second
NIB was III seS-S9. by the same means
an. 81 succeeded ia going one degree
farther north
Af,e ihe failure Of his second ex-
petition Wellman turned TO the study
81 aerarautics. convinced that the
Discover II the pole could be accom-
rGsted olly with the aid Of a balloon.
louis G0lard. a French expert balloon
maker vas given an order for a large
tallsr AMI the America was the re-
SUN r was the largest balloon ever
made with the exception Of Count
zeppelin dirigibles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
WEATHER BUREAU O. X.
sulletin Declares :, Has Made Coed
~ oopins Out westher.

WASHINGTON Special. Answering re-
Int magazine structures On its ability
~ r-o-rrsiicatcr the Weather Bureau
- issued a bulletin intended 70 dis
love ire theory that the bureau has
unt made good
Instead. however. 81 giving iis ov-n
.,-s-io- n It's EDTk- the Weather Blu
ian has gathered together in this bull
r.-in opinions expressed in hundreds
~ rsu-s~auers throughout The country
"a - letters from representative q
,srio,ts commercial. agricultural and
-i.f---s interests. all tending 20 up
l.-s fre work % the bureau. OF more
.---. -ro newspaper criticisms received
~ r. bureau all but three were Ia
,.e-.f1a
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
coURT-wARTIaL At SEA
Mess Attendant Is Being Tried on =
Charge CT Msnsisvshter.

WASHINGTON Special A wireless
Mosaic has uaen received al the Ma
" Department from Rear Admiral
Schroeder. commanding the Atlantic
feet. saving that David Williams. a
mess attendant on the battleship Yer
mont. is now being tried by court mar
tial al SEA on the charge Of man
slaughter
This Is a sequel 10 a boxing match
which took place on the battleshiq Yer
mont 81 Pr0vincetown. Mass between
Williams and a mess attendant named
Harrison H. Foster several weeks ago
The latter vent 10 his quarters. how
ever. and dii not apply for medical
attention until the next day. when il
uas sounI that MS SKULL vas fractured
tie died z few hours later.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
CAUGHT GOLD ON CLOTHES.
smelter in Mint Allowed IL to Splash
on Him and Sold II.

Los Angeles Special: Charged with
one OF the rarest ofienses committed
against the gOyernmeni-tha OF alb
stracting gold from a mint-Charies
Dakin. a trusted employe of the mint
at Denver Col, was arrested In this
city He j. said TO have confessed.
Dakin had been employed as a smell
ter by the Denver mint for four years
previously 10 taking months leave
Of absence last June Failing TO re-
port for duty al the enl Of the vaca-
ton period. an Investigation was start
ed lie was located here. and further
inquiry disclosed that he had sold 5000
worth Of refined gold here.
A method was discovered by which
an employe allowed the metal while
melted 10 splash on his clothing while
at work in the mint and then scrapc
il of and keep il for his own use.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
Ieapinn Tuns Back Again.

Avalon. Catalina. Gable. The leap
Ing Tuna. the fish famous for its fight
Ing qualities. has returned 20 Catalina
after an absence Of five years The
FIRST one. l2s-poundeT. vas taken By
A. c. Brode. after he had fought II
from a launch for two hours and forty
minutes and had been lowed more
THAI twelve niles 20 sea.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
LIauia Eaas Not Approved.

Washiu ztOn Special. Liquid egg. or
dessccated egg. does not meet the ap-
prnvaI OF the purs-food experts OF the
Agricultural Department They main
ain that the egg must reach the con
sumner in its original package-that Is.
in the shell Seizure was made here
az SIX drums OF desiccated eggs On
sent Is a hearing will b held to de-
terrnine whether eggs in this form. as
found in a local bakery. can Be used
Fr~ food
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
Farmers PlO~ with Engines.

Kansas City. Mo. Special: Because
farm labor is 50 scarce in Kansas. the
farmers of larGe tracts Of land there
have adopted gasoline traction engines
10 pun their piows. The plows are
run in gangs IL from ten 10 twenty
four and two men on an engine and
two on gang pillow can do the work
of about twenty ordinary labOrers-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

Rome. Gable Finding that the Vat
lean gardens were not extensive
enough 20 permit ~ his motoring
through them Pope Plus has present
ed his motor car 10 Cardinal Merry
Del Val. the papal secretary " STATE.
The car Is a handsone one vifh Ink
uTious fittings. and Was presented 10
the Pope by wealthy Americans.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

Detroit. Mich. Special Harold Glib
bons. aged : years, fishing from a
crowded dock with a number OF com
panions. suddenly cried. oh. Jack.
I've got a big one" He tugged hard
on his pole. but there was more power
on the other end. He would not let
60. and the fish could not. and the
boy was pulled into the river. where
he persisted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
GUESTS IMPOSE ON KING.
Es~ars Angered by UNLIMITED Per
sons az Last State Ball.

L0r 80 Cattle. King Edward is re-
far De- furious over the manner
b which men OF position attend
dances ta which they have received
Oh rtatnn. in order TO get supper
iW- nothing
u appears that three unlimited indi-
v'ea- managed TO gain admission 20
he last state ball at Buckingham
Palace and as his Majesty has rea-
sl 3 believe that this has occurred
Before he has ordered that those who
c' ~ bring their invitation cards
must nr.te their names on the visit
ors ok before entering the ball.
MON
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
japanese swarnino mukden.

nt Sal Cable. II is stated by a
Russian staff officer who has arrived
here after fulfilling a private mission
" Muaden. that the steadily increas-
ing rnncentration OF Jananese troops
am r'iIlery in the Manchurial cap
Na. ana o'her parts OF the province Is
causing much anxious speculation on
ihe part % the Russian frontier au-
fhrrtles
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

Vienna Cable. Dismissed at a mo-
htt' notice for having kissed the
"lmen clerks. a young bookkeeper in
alnr firm Of this city brought an
aston against his employers. Sew
tFti Witnesses gave evidence 20 prove
war was the girls who had kissed
Mr Dung man. and the judge admit
N-E 'ne difference between receiving
'H- otstowing embraces. he won his
casa
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
AERONAUT's DAUGHTER
Will be Married in Balloon During
Virginia State Fair.

Richmond. Va. Special: The eldest
daughter OF Cary Myers. the celebrat-
Ell aerOnaut. is to be married in a
balloon suspended in mid-air. during
the Virginia State Fair this fall. The
young couple will then begin their
honeymoon in a big parachute built
for two. Both Of Miss Myers sisters
were married in balloons and the
young woman is determined TO keep
up the family tradition.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

New Orleans. La. Special. One Of
the longest canoe trips ever made on
Ire Mss ssippi river ended last week
when EdEerton MoorehOuse and Raw
p--rla arrived here from Milwaukee
Tnav are Il years old. Their voyage.
rrada ia a sixteen-foot canoe. covered
about . 600 miles
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
Decatur's Big Fire.

Decatur. H.. Special: Fire Sunday
DESTROYED property estimated at l.
COO 600. burning a large part OF the
business section Of the city. Nineteen
business establishments were com
pletely destroyed and six others badly
damaged
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
v.ua..ilI. ae,ers Complain.

~hrzzD srecial. An INVESTIGATION
- rhs-r : brought hy VAUDEVILLE
actors associations that he actors are
rared hy TIE sc-cAlled vaudeville
-.st~ upon ubiquitous terms has
IN begun here before The State La
49, rrrrrnisElCu-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

Washington. Special. The Secre-
tary 81 the Interior has designated
csc acres in the vicinity Of Portales.
Taibon Yeso Creew and IN the Estsn-
cia Valley. New Mexico. together with
c0.320 acres in other parts Of the Ter
ritory as coming within the enlargei
homestead act This makes a total
~ l5.5235 acres so designated in
NnN MeNico.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

Wfkesbarre. Pa. Special: George
/. Marion. the theatrical man Of New
York City. who shot AMI killed his
wife here. in the Office Of the Chief OF
police. has decided that when he IS
called for trial ne will plead guilty
and ask the Court 10 direct that he
be hanged a. soon as possible.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
Where are the Men7

4" ashineion. Special. Standing ont
e0Hspicuous feature Of a bulletin
sned by the Census Bureau. en-
Census Of Religious Bodies. r
TACT that out OF church mem
n IN the United States in 1906
Vi 'y $4,000 .o00. men formed con
s'i-i Anly less than half Of the total.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

FITZGERALD. Ca. Special. Henry Tav-
Tor. a coiored ex-conyict. charged with
assauliing Mrs Josh Wicker and then
numbering her and her infant. vas
taken from the sheriff 81 Wilcox
county. between Lumpkins Ferry and
NcRae. and lvnched.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

Boston. Mass. Special: BY allow
ing swarms OF angry bees TO sting
him on the bare arms and legs. ]. n.
Webster. OF Roxbury. Is slowly but
surely recovering from an attack OF
paralysis. and already has regained
the use Of his left arm and can walk a
mile
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

can't murzIe AIabsma Press.

Montgomery Ala. Special: In the
Legislature the Senate refused by a
large vote 70 adcrt The House bill
which prohibits TIE publication OF the
name OF any victim Of criminal as
sault. IL being thouEEt too much Of a
disposition 10 muzzle the press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
-Four Die IN es,,I. Over poo.

arioiie. ;. c.. Special. Reese
hlD farmer was shot TO death and
theirs were probably fatally
in a feud fight growing out
NJ nutroversy over a dog at Hunt
eigs8Nr
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
pilIar coIlapses. kIIIina Fovr.

vienna. Cable. -Four persons were
killed during a public inspection Of
the paIace al Budapest when pillar
supporting the staircase collapsed be-
cause Of the enormous crowds Twe7ty
others were hurt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
Killed =, lee Cream, Social.

Evansville. Ind. Special: In a quar-
rel at an ice cream social near Cory
don. Ky. Jefferson Watson was shot
and killed BY Henry Hall. young
farmer. who was placed under arrest.
The shooting caused panic among
the women and children at the picnic
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

~sw York Special. The ThaE fam
y. + willing a. furnish bail in the sun
a. na1 600 20 guarantee the good
.-Snr- ~ stanford Mites SLAYER II
- allowed lis liberty from Mattea.
IN. SAYS a ruIOr-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
Officer Kills Moenshlner.

Raleigh. y C.. Special: John Bry-
son. a moonshiner. who resisted arrest
and covered officers with a gun when
trapped al an Illicit distillery in Pit
ten. was shot and killed by Sheriff
Tucker. Bryson was an old offender.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27

New York Special. Twenty casks
and nine cases. containing specimens
and trophies OF the hunt collected by
the Roosevelt expedition in Africa.
were brought here last week on the
steamer Provincial from Marseilles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
Offers Taft Cherry Trees

Ain Cable: Mayor Ozakf. OF
= a has offered 10000 cherry trees
Il SIT to President Taft 10 plant in
y, AtN park on the banks Of the Pc
''.-ac River. Washington. ID. c.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-27
nn,u Ahnu, Pirn Pona7

Jackson. Miss. Special Billiards
and pool are now barred. following the
action taken rs the City Fathers FOL
lowing religious revival here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
Evils in Porto Rico.

Due to six years experience among
all classes Of Porto Rico, and speaking
the Spanish language fIuently, I feel
that perhaps my plain statement of the
conditions here may aid in untang1ing
the skein put before the Federal gov
eminent by the two commissions and
adversaries now airing their grievances
at Washington.
At least two-thirds of the people
are ignorant. unlettered, very poor and
really led by INSCRIPTIONS politicians.
The ''Jibaro" as he is slfghtingIy called,
lies usually on the scrubby sides of
a swamp, in by 10 foot shanty,
where in one room, made of old Stan
dard oil boxes and matched with ba-
mana leaves. his family of six or ten
we have 10. 900, 900 of these yellow
white people to deal with, and schools
now reach some Of them, but not
more than one-third. These are the
people that Minor Rivera, the chief of
the uniOnists. enIists for self-govern-
ment.
Now, it is pretty well known that the
Republican party here numbers about
$4,000, consisting chiefly of the ne
groes of the island. whose stronghold
in San Juan, the capital, $4,000 popu-
IatiOn, and in the contiguous villages.
DR.. Rose Barbosa, the leader of this
party, is himself gentleman OF color,
but a man of honorable career, broad
mind. and of American education.
Without going into details. it may
be affirmed that the insular officials
and politicians holding office are
drawing salaries unnecessarily large
in comparison with the financial stand
ing of Porto Rico, which is anything
but a ''rich port" For instance, the
governor draws $4,000, with a hand
some allowance for public entertain
ment, etc. The heads of departments,
respectively, the interior, education,
treasury, auditory. and secretaryship.
nh f7va- Of
San Juan correspondence to New
York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

THE worst trouble about a life pre-
server" said an old sailor on the
steamer L c. Hanna not long ago,
lis that few people know what to do
with one when it's thrown to them.
Many a man would drown in trying
to get a life preserver over his head.
The average person struggling about
in the water would try to life UP the
big life ring and put it over his head.
That only causes the man to sink deep
er and take more water into his lungs.
THE proper way to approach life
preserver in the water is to take hold
Of the side nearest you and press upon
it with all your weight. That causes
the farther side to fly up in the air
and down over your head, ringing
you as neatly as man ringing a cane
at a county fair. After that mister
drowning man can be rescued -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

Yes, there is a rip under your arm
If you knew it this morning you said
nothing to me about it. If you didn' (
know it when you went away then
neither of US are to blame. I think
you made the rip this morning when
you were lifting up the gate to see
why it didn't shut Go on"
''I got on the car this morning to
find whitewash on my hat. Think of
it-whitewash on Bowser's hat! All the
passengers were looking and smiling
and uudging each other, and when
I took off my hat to brush it one big
bulI-necked Ioafer laughed out 'haw!
haw, hawi' I felt like sinking through
the floor of the car in shame
$50 you had whitewash on your hat ,
Well, let me tell you where you got
it You stopped in TO see the carpenter
before you took the car, and you must
have run against something"
"Bunted my head, did I ?" fairly
howled the martyr as he sawed the
air with his arms. Woman, am 1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17

Eugene F. Ware UronquilI) has
written a new book and it deals with
a branch of literature in which the
Kansas poet has heretofore been IN
known-philosoph The book will be
published by George W. Crane & Co,
in Topeka.
E Phillips Oppenheim is now de-
voting a portion of his time to short
story writing, and his work is appear
ing in some of the popular English and
American magazines. Mr.. Oppenheim
recently retired to the SciIly Isles off
the west coast of England to complete
the writing of new novel to follow
THE Governors but he found he
could do better work when he inter
spersed it with golf. so he returned
to his home on the Norfolk coast
where the golf links are always kept
in excellent condition.
The July number of The Book News
Monthly is a centenary number de-
voted to Alfred TennysOn, the English
poet An unusual and attractive ar
ray of pictures illustrates the Tenny-
son feature. which is comprised of ar
ticles by Professor Henry S Pancoast.
Edith Rickert, Warwick James Price
and Amalie Boguslawsky-
The Lippincotts have issued new ed
itions of two successful books, both by
Well-known Philadelphia authors-"An
English Honeymoon" by Anne Hol-
Hugsworth Wharton, who recently
sailed for Europe to gather material
for a new book along the lines of this
volume and her italian Days and
Ways" and DR.. John K. Mitchells
"Self Help for Nervous Women,
which is among the best-sellfng non
fiction books in a number of the large
cities.
Mrs. Margaret Mill McCarter will
have a new book for the holidays but
naturally no one is permitted to tell
much about il.
Books most in demand in the New
York libraries for the week just fin
ished include among fiction, first, The
Inner Shrine Author Anonymous and
"Katrine." by EHnOr Mccartney Lane;
among plays, Charles Ram Kennedy
''The Servant in the House; and
heading the juvenile section, Crafk's
''The Little Lame Prince It is some
thing Of a coincidence that the Harper
house has announced recent reprints
of all four of these books
William Allen Whites book "A Ger
tain Rich Man viii be published this
week 1t is his first novel.
An interesting study in Revolution
ary history is published this week by
the Columbia University Press. In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
OPPOSES THE TAX
Correspondent Claims Income
Tax Right Of States.
That Should Be jealousy Re-
tanned and Guarded.
ONLY IN WAR TINE
Has Government Found 1t Real
ly Necessary
To Levy Income Tax to Run the
Country.
To the Editor of the State Journal:

To the Editor of the State Journal:
While local state politicians and
officeholders with federal ambitions
are expressing themselves in advance
as favoring a ratification, by the leg
fslatures of the states, of the pro-
posed amendment to the federal con-
stitution, empowering the congress of
the United States to levy a tax on in
comes, I think that, before we be-
come enthusiastic, we should very
seriously consider the matter, with
special reference to the action of the
present congress on means of tax
alton of most vital interest to the
people.
The present congress has now spent
four months on a matter of taxation
by tariff, brought about as political
measure for the redemption of
party pledge, made the slogan of the
last presidential campaign; but now,
as the smoke of battle is clearing
away, and the people are able to see
their defeat and the manner in which
they have been betrayed, no differ
ence of opinion should exist, in view
also of the many times in the past
that congress has ignored the gem
eraI wish of the people, that it is not
such a body as has a proper regard
for the power which created it.
If the congress, in the matter of the
tariff now before that body, is. as to
the majority, violating party pledges,
and, as to its entirety, ignoring the
will of more than ninety-nine per
cent of the people. why. in reason
and sense, should any further power
be conferred upon it in the matter of
the taxation of incomes, which, when
once conferred, can just as easily be
the subject of the same gross abuse;
and, I assert now, that that power of
taxation, If conferred as a federal
authority, will be used so sparingly,
that the inflated incomes of the dis
honest rich will find it a burden most
easily to be borne
I. am, therefore, opposed to the grant
ing of this power to the congress, be-
cause I believe the present administra-
ton is of the opinion that swollen in
comes are in need of its protection, and
also, because I believe that such an
income tax would carry so low a rate
as not to affect either the fortunes Of