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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
LIKE A AELODRANA
WAS EPISODE IN STElNHEil
CASE AT PARIS.
YOUTH C0NFESSES TO MURDERS
In Courtroom During Trial Of Nine.
Steinheil, But It's all
for Effect.
YOUTH C0NfESSES TO MURDERS

Paris, Cable: The most stirring
scenes of the modern melodramas
have been eclipsed BY startling Incl
dent in the Steinheil murder trial in
the Assize court.
While the accused widow, dressed
in deep mourning and presenting pa
thetic figure, was wrestling with the
Judge, Prosecutor and jury to save her
life, her attorney, NJ. Aubin, cried
Stop" With electric effect he sud
denly pushed to the front a youth who,
he said. wished 10 confess that lie had
been hired To Kill NJ. Steinheil and
Nine. Japy.
NJ. Aubin read letter signed Jean
Iefevre," asking that he be permitted
TO confess, and then he pointed at the
mau and said dramatically:
This is Jean Lefevre."
Nine. Steinheil gazed at him YEARLY
and. after he had made rambling
/ statement. in which he said that, dis
/ guised as a woman and wearing wig
/ OF red hair. he had helped TO commit
the murder. she could not identify him
/ as one Of the murderers whom she had
previously described.
The presiding judge promptly or
/ dered Lefevres arrest and an investl-
\ cation of his statement.
On further examination Leievre said
that his name was Rene Collard, and
he is an actor. He admitted that he
had not the slightest connection with
the crime, and had merely acted on a
chivalrous impulse TO save Nine. Stein
| he'll. Of whose innocence he was con
vinced. lie was ordered detained pend
ing verifcation OF his identity.
A summary OF the evidence shows
that the Judge failed to shake Mrs
Steinheil's original version of the
crime. She admitted intrigue, but
heatedly denied that she sent heI
mother to solicit money from her Low
ers. and she insisted that her husband
had never profited by her immoral life
Admitting that she had done wrong
In a fearful voice she beseeched the
Jury TO pardon her faults. She de
Tended herself by saying that, since
she did not live with her husband al
mis- wife, she longed for sympathy an'
love.
When confronted with the inconsist
encies OF her stories. she justihe'
them By saying she had lost her hea'
when harassed by Journalists and dc
tectiyes. and had thus been led TO be
lieve that those whom sic had &C
cused were perhaps guilty.
The Judge led the woman again an
again over the story Of the crime Il
self. and after suggesting that sh
! had probably worked out a fantasti
!, plot. in which she introduced rec
bearded men and a red-haired woman
, taken from books or adapted froT
. some similar crime OF which she ha
read in her youth. confronted her wit
, the charges of having dyed her dress
! ing gowns after the murder to get RI
, of tell-tale stains and of having e.
! changed some OF her stepmother
= bedding
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
kENN EDYs GREAT GIFTS.
Gotham Rich Man Leaves More Than
s25,ooo,ooo TO Charity.

New York, Special: John Steward
Kennedy. one OF Americas little
known rich men. who died Of whooping
cough In his New York residence sun
day. left requests Of more than s25,-
900. 900 TO religious, charitable ana
educational institutions in his VIII,
filed for probate here.
The gift is the largest single con-
tribution OF It's kind ever made and
the benefciaries include educational
and church institutions, North, South,
East and West in this country, and
several abroad; sixty In all
Nearly half of the s25,0VO.O0 goes
to institutions connected with the
Presbyterian church, OF which Mr..
Kennedy had been an active member
for many years
Aside from these gifts, Mr.. Ken
needy left approximately s35,OOO,OOO 70
his widow, his relatives and great
number of his friends and employees
The Widows share will be about SIG
900 900. All OF the testators EN-
ployes received gifts from $500 tc
81 900 each.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
THROUGH OPEN bridge
FLYING AUTO DASHES INTO THE
CHICAGO RIVER.
EYEWITNESS TELLS The STORY
Hears Piercing Scream as Six People
In Motor Plunge to In
slant Death.
TELLS THE STORY

Chicago. Special: A big touring car
with six passengers, two women and
four men, plunged into an open drow-
bridge OF the Chicago river at the
jackson boulevard crossing at III
O'Clock at night and all were drowned
The accident was witnessed by DIR.
A. E. Bertlng, who, with his wife and
a couple of friends, was in another au-
tomobile waiting for the bridge to
close.
According to DIR. Bertling, there was
no guard chain or policeman at the
opening. He was barely able TO see
that the bridge was open, the night
being foggy.
AS the car dashed by him he shouted
to the driver that the bridge was open.
The chauffeur did not hear him, for
the car did not slacken speed.
Il am certain there was no chain
across the roadway and no policeman,
either city or park. on guard. II all
happened in an instant. The big car,
which had approached from the east,
behind me, did not slow up, and when
came TO realization that they were
! going over shouted at the top OF my
voice, but in vain.
The car had bowled over the edge
and down into the river. ! jumped
out Of my car and ran TO the edge OF
the water and, peering over, could
plainly see one man and one woman
struggling in the water and shouting
in agonized tones for help.
THE boat for which the bridge had
opened had got by Jackson boulevard
before the automobile plunged In. I'm
mediately after the car went in the
river another vessel. larger. came vi
from the same direction and proceed
ed through the draw before the bridge
tender turned the bridge.
What effect the passage OF the sec
ond vessel had on the fate of the un
fortunate party in the car OF on the
car do not know. The river at tha
point has a swift current and | could
observe that the persons. who were
visible. we're carried rapidly south II
the stream.
"As soon as the bridge was closed
I ran on il and found that the bridge
tender had been unable TO throw life
preservers to the helpless persons II
the river because they were tied, ant
he could not loosen thcm-having NJ
knife. as he explained to me.
MY wife and |. Witnessing the &C
cident, were almost beside ourselves
The clearest recollections | have o
the moment is a series of agonizini
cries and heart-breaking screams iron
the persons in the Inflated car"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
FOOTBALL CARNAGE FIERCE.
Eleven Deaths Already, Six Fatal In
Iuries and Many Accidents.

New York. Special: Three deaths
resulting from last Saturdays foot
ball games have served TO call at
tention to the fact that this season
promises 10 furnish the most grew
some list of death and accidents OF
any in the history of football.
Already there have. been eleven
deaths with the most fiercely contest
ed games yet TO be played. A sum
mary of other injuries so far reported
this year shows six young men to be
suffering from what are believed fatal
injuries, twenty-five broken collar
bones, fifteen broken legs, sixteen
broken legs, sixteen broken noses
nine broken ankles, eight victims OF
broken ribs, eleven broken shoulders
six broken fingers, six broken arms
one broken wrist. one broken hand
and two broken Jaws.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
LUNATIc DUPEo HUNDREDS.
knassed Fortune by Assuming Pow
ers Of Prophecy.

Berlin. Cable. Herr Heinrich Ber-
iermann. a man Of unsound mind. has
succeeded IN duping many thousands
Of educated men and women by telling
their fortunes, and thereby amassing a
great fortune for himself and his part
ner. Herr Schmidt. of Madgeburg.
When Bertermann and Schmidt were
indicted on a charge of fraud, aston
ishing evidence was given. Bertermann
established himself at the village of
Bruicn a little more than two years
ago, as a phrenologist. and subsequent
ly as an astrologer. and, by means OF
extensive advertising. offered to fore
tell future events.
His business developed TO such an
extent that he was obliged to engage
Schmidt as business manager. With
Schmidt assistance he established
seventy branches in different parts OF
ne continent. and dealt with the
clients o. all these by mail Accord
Ing TO the evidence Bertermann &C
Cumulated a fortune of more thar
100000 within two years. while the
substantial sum OF approximately
$1,000 fell to Schmidt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
ERASE VOTE OF NEGRO
AND REPUBLICANS WILL CAP.
TURE THE SOUTH.
SAYS CULLoM IN INTERVIEW
Hints at Plans in Contemplation
Which Taft is Now Trying
to Garry Out.

Washington. Special: Judging from
the expression Of Senator Shelby NJ.
Cullom, OF Illinois, there Is growing
sympathy among men conspicuous in
the Republican party Of the Northern
States with the attitude OF the South
ern Democrats toward the negro po-
litically.
The Senator's discussion of the mat
ter is apropos to the Presidents tour
OF the South and OF his effort to win
that section or parts OF II over to he-
publicanism.
Mr.. Cullom said in an interview:
Remove the negro from politics In
the South-give that section of the
country an exclusively white ballot or
a reimbursement which will mean abb
solutely and unequivocally white SUI
premacy in the management OF its
whole affairs, and there Is not state
below the Mason and Dixon line which
will not be found in the Republican
column of the Electoral College.
The whole truth of the situation
is that the South believes in and really
needs the enforcement OF the Repub-
lican doctrine Of protective tariff.
But the people are held in leash, so TO
speak, by the fear Of negro domina-
ton; the fear of colored men in office,
both OF the elective class and those
appointed at Washington.
How can you blame communities
| like South Carolina and Mississippi,
for instance, for voting the Democratic
ticket, where in some sections the pro
! portion OF colored population is 10
| blacks to white? 1t is in commune
ties like these that the white popula
ton are afraid. Now, mind you, l dc
not necessarily mean that i favor the
total Acknowledgement of the negro.
In Illinois, for instance, we have
large negro vote, just as Ohio. Indiana
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New
York have But in these communi
ties it is a different proposition. There
appears TO be a distinction somewhere
between the two sections in this re
spect. and the Northern colored MAI
who uses his ballot with wisdom ant
fairness. We are satisfied with him
but it is notorious, of course. that thu
South is not.
president Taft has a fixed idea o
acquainting himself with the condi
lions and the people throughout tn
South, and he can be relied upon I
give them a square deal. Naturally
he will not allow the Democrats of IN
South to have exclusive control {
Federal patronage. but he isn't likel
To offer appointments TO that sectio
which are Objectionable. But II is
more Importance TO have the Sout
: with us. Therefore, | reiterate th'
IL is the negro vote which is holdin
Dixieland aloof from the Republica
count of the Electoral College. Eras
that Objectionable vote and this coui
try will be a unit politically as IL no
, is periodically.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
Puts o. X. on Peary.

Washington, Special Commander
Robert L. Peary practically was in
dorsed as a discoverer OF the North
pole by the National Geographical So
ciety. Every indication points TO the
fact that Peary's personal statements
before the subcommittee OF the society
convinced it's members that he had set
foot on the top of the world. The ex-
rlorer has been invited to deliver the
first of his public lectures before the
society here November II, and IL was
nointed out that had the proofs been
onen 10 the slightest question he never
would have been asked to appear
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
IMMENSE HAT A BARRIER.
Worn b. a Woman, It Blocks Pass
in the Alps.

Berne. Cable: One OF the papers
Of the Bernese Overland relates an
amusing incident said to have oc-
Cured in the Aar gorges, near Merlin
gen.
IL appears that fashionable dame,
wearing the huge hat which fashion
imposes upon her devotees. failed to
pass through a narrow gorge with
her headgear. The hat stuck between
the two walls and refused TO be
moved.
A party OF tourists coming up be-
hind had to wait until the obstruction
was cleared away. Eventually the
wearer of the monstrous hat was
Obliged to take II of and let the mere
men of the party wrench II free.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
ALCOHOL FOE % NAN
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS HAS
DECIDED ".
PLAN TO FURTHER TEMPERANCE
Public School Teachers Urged to Dis
cuss Subject Before Youth
OF Nations.

Washington, Special: Alcohol and
alcoholism are two OF the real and
substantial enemies Of moral, artistic
and commercial progress OF the human
race, according TO the report OF the
United States delegates to the Twelfth
international Congress on Alcoholism
Just made public by the State Depart
ment.
The delegates were appointed by
Secretary Knox as one of his first
official acts. The congress was held
last July In London. and twenty-five
governments were represented, the
delegates Of each concurring In the
general finding that alcohol not only
was unnecessary to human life ana
comfort. but was inimical TO both.
Three departments OF the United
States government were represented
by delegates, the State, Navy and
Treasury Twelve representatives
went abroad, and all of them signed
the report made public, the finding oil
which is to condemn the drinking
habit as dangerous 10 public health
and morals and subsersive of national,
moral, commercial and military great
ness.
While the Congress urged the neces-
sity of imposing the most rigorous re-
! strictions on the sale of traffic in al
| coholic liquors, IL regarded as equally
important the need of educating the
younger generation TO true knowl
edge of what alcohol is and what Its
effects upon the human system are
The delegates believe that the numer
Gus recent discoveries as TO the harm
fitness and even of moderate" drink
ing. also. should be set before children
that they may see the danger of th'
practice. The American delegates
sum up this phase in their report b.
saying:
Increased teaching as to its char
acter and influence should be provided
to conserve industrial efficiency in tn
commercial competition Of nations, a
we'll as TO promote two Of the chief OF
jections of government, the publ
health and morals"
The United States made goo
showing in its exhibits. Germany a
so was to the fore with a particular
fine collection of colored charts show
/, ing the effect of alcohol on the body
the family and upon society. Esp'
> cially effective. II is said, were tn
> stereopticon slides of the Nations
: Temperance League Of Great Britain
The relation Of drunkenness
crime was a subject that receive
much attention at the Congress. tn
: chief justice of England, Lord Alive
y = stone, announced that in his belt
!, 80 per cent of the crimes passing u
Y der his observation was due TO drin
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
l|T MEDALS ON FIFTY
,.e,s COMMISSION HANDS
orwARps TO THE BRAVE.
SPECTACULAR ACTS OF BRAVERY
o,iosns who Performed DEEDS OF
..,.r a, Athens Flood Get
Lions share Of Honors'

,,..shnrr pa. Special: The Car
fil'1,5, Fund Commission has re-
.ar5el afty persons for acts Oh pray,
md llustrious conduct WIN 'ne
~ .onrion of one award. made 10
e. e., N canada, the persons remem-
.'--s y, me commission are residents
I'm United states, twenty-five h'lns
ID on.-''rgc,imately $4,000. twenty-three
rl .nd fwenty-seyen bronze medals
Ms 81 herolsm during the Hood
=, Athens Ohio, March IA, 1917, re-
os,ye8 the greater part OF the atteh-
I'm az the commission
The acts OF courage brought to the
..,.,,,op of the commission included
savng children from fast running pas
senee- trains. rescues from hood rlV-
srs stopping unmanageable runaway
horses and carrying persons from
mrninr buildings
prominent among The awards and
,-ohabK the most spectacular act OF
br.verv called TO the attention OF the
commission was the case OF Haley
n Woods merchant OF Athens, y.
mining me floods of the Hooking
,lT.r m March. 1907. Woods. unassist-
"a rescued TWO men and a woman
,rom almost certain death. when he
rowed "A fat-bOttomed skiff through
Wild rlnning river current into the
second story window OF a half-sub-
merged house. carrying his rescued lei
low citizens 10 shore and safety. In
investigating the case OF Woods the
commission found that he was In debt
m excess OF $1,000 for his small mer-
ehandise store and presented him with
check for 81 900 and a silver medal.
Several other cases of bravery dur
ing tho Athens flood were also re-
varded suitably
particularly worthy award was the
case of George L. McCue, colored, OF
Garden CITY. Kansas. whose heroic act
In rescuing . baby from in front OF a
.iasi-trarcling passenger train was
1rought to The attention of the com
mission by city officials of the town
'here McCue lived.
mother had left a 2-year-old
child strapped in a baby buggy In
front % a depot and express Office.
Wind blew the baby buggy upon the
railroad. overturning the vehicle. The
strap held the infant N the carriage
McCue saw the overturned carriage
but did not see the baby. A passen
ger train running close 10 sixty miles
an hour was approaching. McCue ran
down he track and, about half way
% the baby carriage, aw that IL con
aIned an infant. lie redoubled his
speed reaching the vehicle in time tC
throw i from the right of way anC
Just cleared the pilot OF the engine
as Tie train sped past the depot.
McCue was given a bronze media
for bis act and $500 for educationa
purposes he having expressed a de
sire 90 attend an industrial school fo
COl0red men
In each OF the other fifty awards
human interest story OF real heroisn
is told
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
Chicago.
,er,seo as "Paris Of America

San Francisco. Special: The drop
ming Of graft prosecutions and the
making Of San Francisco the widest
open town in the country will, II is
generally believed. be the speedy re-
sult Of the election of r. n. McCarty
m the mayorality and OF Charles Flick
ERR TO the county prosecutorship. Nc
carthy has announced that he wanted
TO make San Francisco the Paris OF
America" II Is believed on all sides
that the mayor-elect has in mind the
sporting features OF Paris, rather than
its artistic achievements.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
FEAR CHEWING GUM FAMINE.
Yueatsn chiele Growers Destroying
Trees at Rapid Rate.

City OF Mexico, Special: Dire woe
is In store for the American gum
chewer. In fact. his favorite non-per-
ishable delicacy Is threatened with
extinction, according TO Franklin Can
ming, an officer OF the American Chicie
Company. who has been investigating
the chicle supply in this country.
Owing TO the great demand and con-
sequent high prices. the chicle grow
ers OF Yucatan have been tapping the
trees too often, and as result the
trees are being destroyed at a rapid
rate.
Unless new chicle forests are dis
covered or a system OF reforestaton
is put into effect, Yucatan will have nc
chicie to export in few years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
A Warning 70 preamers.

Vienna, Gable: Dispatches received
here from Belgrade, Servia. say that
Bishop Nikador, Of Nish, Servia. is to
be tried for high treason for an UNI
fortunate dream, in which he saw a
revolution in Belgrade, the deposition
of King Peter and the proclaiming as
King the former Crown Prince George.
The Bishop told of his vision to some
friends and finally II reached the ears
OF the government.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
plant Of a Thousand Blooms.

New York, Special: Samuel Inter
meyer, the well-known lawyer. has
has been awarded the prize by the
Horticultural Society for a single
chrysanthemum plant, feet in diam
eter. 80 feet in circumference and
bearing more than ! 900 large and per-
feet blooms. The judges of the so
ciety's annual exhibit declared 1t to
be the most perfect plant ever grown.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
Finds Greatest Waterfall.

Oshkosh. Wis. Special: Edward
palch Barr. the Oshkosh explorer who
has lust returned from Labrador, re
norris the discovery in the wilderness
~ that country of a huge waterfall
which he is confident will prove the
highest waterfall on the Western
Hemisphere. This fall. he says, is
larger than the Grand Fan In Labra
AR which is 3Gs feet high.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
work Of Jealous Hubby.

Mishawaka, Ind. Special: Dead In
his carriage. with bullet hole behind
his left ear. Enoch Highschew was
found nv his seven-year-old son. Chief
OF Police b. f. Jarrett declared IL was
a case of murder. AS HignscheW
passed a lonely spot he was shot from
behind. II is said by the police that
the shooting was done by the husband
of woman with whom Highschew
has been friendly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
massacred Virginia Family.

Huntington. w. Va, Special: The
famous Grundy (va.) massacre OF an
entire family. which occurred but
few weeks ago, was repeated on
lonely country road four miles out OF
Beckley, when the entire family OF
C. w. Hood, an aged Union soldier, In.
Guiding his daughters Carolina, aged
40; Emma, u. and Roy, rs, were brut-
ally murdered as they slept and the
bodies Ourned with their home In an
effort to Ceal the crime.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
Starts Early on crime career.

Ottawa Special: Cyril st. Almond
Y Years old, has been sentenced 10
six Years Imprisonment for horse
stealing When years old he was
convicted Of an attempt to wreck a
railway train. His youth enabled him
70 escape sentence for this and a mum.
yer q burglaries which followed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
Ae Sure Proved II.

New Orleans, La. Special: J. e..
Wilson, for 29 years disciple OF Mrs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy's Christian Sci
ence doctrine. threw himself in front
of a trolley car to prove his faith, and
the fact that he is still alive conyinces
him that the drastic test has upheld
his belief. Local Christian Scientists
were much perturbed at Wilson's
act and declared that his is a case OK
misdirected energy. and that he nor
the church could hope TO profit by IT.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
Carrie On a Tear.

New York, Special: After entering
the cafe at the Hotel Knickerbocker
and shouting that the men drinking
were going straight to hell" Carrie
Nation, the Kansas saloon smasher,
was followed down Broadway by a
hooting crowd until arrested ard taken
to the Tenderloin Police Station
charged with disorderly conduct.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
Love Died Hard.

Paris. Cable: A man who Is be-
I,eved to have been either an Ameri-
can or an Englishman, dramatically
committed suicide in a Mont Martre
cafe. He had asked the orchestra
seven times to play the waltz, When
Love is Dead" and as the last strains
died away he placed pistol to his
head and shot himself, dying instantly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
Anything to Get Skinny.

Denver, Colo, Special: Oiled silk
waists are being worn, vinegar and
other acids are being swallowed In
large quantities by the corpulent mem
bers of Denver's smart set. who are
taking Spanish waltz lessons and
learning TO kick high that they may
appear we'll in conspicuous costumes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-11-12
,,,o,,,,r, IN. Speed Ordinance.

Cincinnati. O.. Special: Prof. Z. !.
Vowel has reported that Halleys
comet was observed from Mt. Lookout
observatory one night lately. Inc
comet came into view about 10; 80 and
anpeared as small speck OF light
rushing toward the sun at the rate OF
n million miles an hour.