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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-21
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Evansville. -Self-defense will be
the plea OF Mrs. Zorah Eblen
OF Henderson. Ky. in her trial for
killing her husband. Balm w. Eblen.
according to an outline OF the case in
the first days hearing OF evidence at
Henderson. Mrs. Eblen shot and
killed her husband last May, saying
she had surprised him with ser
want.
South Bend-The annual reunion
OF the Bloody" Ninth Indiana
Volunteers. which was the first In
dia regiment 10 cross the Ohio river
during the Civil war. opened in South
Bend with 100 survivors present.
Among those here are Col. |. c. V.
Suman. Valparaiso. president; Maj.
James d. Braden. Logansport.
Evansville-Clear cool weather
and rapid emptying Of the
flooded bayous and uplands in south
western Indiana produced a marked
change in the food aspect and within
forty-eight hours IT Is expected most
of the water which fell in the 11-inch
rain will be in the Ohio river. run
ming 10 the gulf.
cottsburg.-Section men are pa
trolling the tracks OF the Penn
sylvania railroad and OF the / & T..
Traction company. With rain still
falling. much trouble Is expected
Thousands OF acres OF bottom farm
lands are under from two TO twenty
feet OF water. which Is still rising
rapidly.
Vfncennes.- L. Mcdonald. an
oil operator, was appointed adj
ministrator OF the estate of the
late Charles Edward Gibson under
bond of SIS. 900 by the Knox circuit
court. The appointment was made
shortly after McDonald's return from
Cambridge. O., where he attended the
funeral.
Valparaiso. - Henry Shinabarger
seven years old, while on his
way TO school. was struck by Penn
sylvania fast train and instantly
killed. Three little companions were
saved by being pushed of the track
by freight brakeman.
Laporte. TT Socialists Of Laporte
county have issued a call for a
convention TO be held TO nominate a
county ticket. This will be the first
ticket put in the local field by the
party.
South Bend-Miss Carrie Shafer
OF South Bend. who In search
OF health went west few weeks ago.
is reported to have committed suicide
al Ocean Park. Cal. by throwing her
self into the Pacific.
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STATE BOARD BOOKS
ARE EXAMINED
Difference Between Vouchers
and Corresponding Checks.
SHORTAGE IS REPORTED
Allege John T. SplIIman, Former Trus-
tee Of Clinton Township, Deca-
tur County. Owes $S3s.15-De-
clares Accounts Twisted.

Indianapolis.-No only is John T.
Spillman, former trustee OF Clinton
township. Decatur county. charged
with owing the township 1899 but the
field examiners from the state board
OF accounts. who inspected his books,
allege there is a difference between
vouchers and corresponding checks on
banks. issued during his administra-
ton, OF s1,O67 Sc Checks given on the
township depository. for which no
vouchers were found, amounted 10
sT,529.7l and vouchers given by for
mer Trustee Spillman, during the four
years Of Office. for which no checks
were found. amounted to s440.65. IL is
charged
Joseph L. Sherman and Joseph c.
Lockwood. who made the examination,
have charged Mr.. Spillman with
sl03.70. representing the amount due
the township at the close Of the 1905
business. $GO4.23 for 1906. SCI for 1907
and sG4.22 fer 1908.
The examiners allege Mr.. Spillman
carried his personal and the township
banking accounts together or the
s103.70. charged against Mr.. Spillman
in 1905. $3.50 was Il payment made TO
his predecessor. James A. Meek, for
having paid teachers without vouch-
ers. the examiners allege. The total
charge against the former trustee of
sCO4.23. as the result OF the 1906 bust
ness. is explained as errors in foot
Ing. credits on vouchers for which no
money was paid and excess payments
to teachers and the advisory board. II
is alleged that Spillman overpaid E.
NJ. Moulton. teacher. SCI in 1907
The examiners make no charges
against Spillman in connection with
the alleged difference between vouch-
ers and corresponding checks, the
checks for which. 1t Is said. no vouch-
ers were found and the vouchers for
which the examiners say they found
no checks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-21

In the preventive treatment Of poi
soning we must remember TO keep all
poisons In the household locked up in
some closet or drawer. so as to guard
against children getting hold of
them. They should be kept in a sepa-
rate place from other medicines in the
house. as II has often happened that
some person has been taken sick in
the night and going to the medicine
chest, by mistake has taken some poi
son instead OF the remedy intended.
1t is dangerous practice to put pol
son fly paper. rat poison. etc, around
where there is possibility OF children
reaching them Many cough RENE
Iies, most soothing sirups and head
ache powders contain large amounts
of poison and should never be taken
unless prescribed by physician. They
usually only relieve the symptoms
and do not counteract the cause of the
trouble.
There are good many poisons that
have two ways of producing their bad
effects: /. Chronic action, where the
of the substance during a long pc
Rod. 2 Acute action. where the re-
suits are seen promptly and follow
large dose taken at one time. The
chronic results are often just as inju-
rious and more fatal than those caused
by the acute poisoning. but II is only
the acute poisoning that one would be
called upon to treat as first aid
There are some methods or pnnci-
Piles OF treatment which should be re
membered for all poisons One which
hardly needs 10 be mentioned but
which is very important is to stop the
taking % the poison at once. This Is
best Illustrated by impressirg upon
ones mind the Importance OF moving
to the fresh air person who had
been found unconscious from gas In a
room. The next point 10 remember Is
TO remove as much of the poison as
possible, In case where II has been
taken into the stomach, so as to pre-
vent its absorption into the system.
This is done by causing the patient TO
vomit, or by washing out his stomach.
Vomiting may be caused in several
ways. l. Sticking a finger far back
into the throat 2. Giving teacupful
Of warm water with a teaspoonful of
powdered mustard stirred into H. 3.
Teaspoonful doses OF wine or strip of
ipecac. 4. Large amounts Of luke
warm salt water.
The third point to think OF is TO
give the antidote II the substance
taken is known. II Is not to be ex-
pected that the list OF antdotes can
be remembered except by physicians
and druggists or those familiar with
drugs. so II is best to procure the
list from your physician or druggist
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-21

Patents have been issued 10 Indi-
anians as follows: Charles A. Barnes.
- Greenfield. telephone receiver
handle Alvah l.. Bingham. Muncie.
glass working machine: Charles A.
carlson. kokomo. needle awl: Archer
= Clifton and w W. Preston. Con
nersFAle. vacuum cleaner: David W
Nonarl. Unionville. shoe tie: Myron
Dickson. Martinsville. try square:
hermann W Fachmann. Indianapolis.
game, Kenneth NJ. Cant. Indianapo-
" change speed mechanism: Fred
It.eh = Hoenk. Evansville. tension
INDICATOR Tor sewing machines: LadIs-
lAps lakah. South Bend. cuspldor: Le-
Nfy hercher Roam. excavating and
.eading machine: James l.. Masters.
.-i'ii" axle luhrica,or: Omar F. Nef.
MihQrd attachment for automobiles:
asa y Parrish. Elkhart. making paper
o4s' George VI. schebler. Indianapo-
N eaihureier: Joseph X. Sharpe. Jr.,
,.''ianapoiis. pneumatic stacker: VIII
yam NJ Wlnger. walcott. draft appIi-
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CHARGE LAKE TRADE PLOT
Chicago Men Accuse Railroads OF Plot
70 Ruin Water Rivals; Demand
Commerce Board Act.

Chicago. Oct 12.-Charging a con-
spiracy by railroads TO deprive west
ern grain shippers of the advantages
OF cheap water rates. officials OF the
Chicago Board of Trade filed a petit
ton with the Interstate Commerce
Commission at Washington asking an
investigation. The petition asserts
that the railroads are trying to drive
the grain transportation business
from the great lakes.
The complaint is directed against
the Pennsylvania. the Baltimore &c
Ohio. the New York Central. and "a
other railroad lines operating east OF
Chicago and other Lake Michigan and
Lake Superior points
IL is represented that by reason OF
conspiracy on the part OF the de-
PENDANT carriers, substantially all
means of all-rail through transporta-
ton from Chicago TO New York and
other Atlantic seaboard points. and
also all parallel and competing
through lines OF transportation via
the great lakes from Chicago and
other lake points to Buffalo and from
Buffalo to New York and other At
lantic seaboard points. are owned and
controlled by the defendant carriers"
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Auditor Sets Time Limit.

Oficials OF the Indiana Industrial
Life Insurance company Of Terre
Haute will have a specified time, &C
cording to John C. Bilheimer, auditor
OF state. TO correct irregularities In
connection with $4,000 worth OF mort
gage securities filed in his office By
the concern. II the adjustment is not
made by the time given. Mr. Billheimer
SAYS. action 10 throw the concern into
the hands OF a receiver will be taken
II was found BY the auditor that the
company's securities had been merely
lent by land owners for the purpose OF
providing securities and that while
protecting the policy holders, they
were not satisfactory as representing
the actual financial condition OF the
company.
Mr.. BilIheimer held an Inquiry In
Terre Haute concerning substitution
OF properly drawn securities for the
mortgages offered by the company.
and received the assurance Of the Of
ficers and stockholders. he said. that
all adjustments would be made accord
ing TO his advice. Thirty-fve stock
holders we're present at the inquiry
and they agreed. Mr. Billheimer said.
to put in additional money and to see
that the affairs Of the concern. which
is a prosperous one. are made TO com
ply with the state law in every par
ticular
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Hurtrs 1Iah School Creed.

Dr J y Hurty. secretary OF the
state board Of health. has prepared
TIE following resolutions. which he
Will have printed on cards for dlstri-
button among students Of high schools.
which he will address during the cur
rent school year. the name. High
School Creed having been selected
20 head the list:
The body is the temple OF the
soul anil will study H.
viii take good care OF my body.
3. Niil live in the fresh air as
much as I can
WIN De regular and temperate
r. as habits.
:. Will eat only plain. well-cooked
food and viii let all appetite stimu-
lants alone
VIII not chew gum and will not
bug allday suckers.
VII be a fresh air crank.
III fhe high school boy or girl
aioIis that creed and lives up to IT.
SAID TIE secretary. "a very large per
ceniaea - sickness among high school
pupils Vill be avoided"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-21
PAROLE MODEL FOR
PRISON CONGRESS
HoOsier Delegates Elated at Ac-
ton OF Assembly.
LAWS ARE RECOMMENDED
Saws Indiana Has Best Parole and
Sentence Laws Of Any State and
Better Than Any Foreign
Country.

ENTHUSIASTICALLY delegates from In
s,,na 10 the International prison con
gress are greatly elated over the action
:, the congress In adopting resolu-
lions with respect to the parole sys-
fam ana TIE indeterminate sentences
TIA, are based on the parole and In
aa,a-mfnste sentence laws OF Indiana
The resolutions had TO receive the ap-
nroval % the 46 countries represented.
.,s under the circumstances do not
cal for reforms as far advanced as
those tn Indiana
The delegates 10 the international
congress have said repeatedly since
trev reached Washington. d. C.. that
a. far as their observation has gone
Indiana not only has the best parole
AM sentence laws OF any state In the
United states. but better than any
foreign country.
Many % the foreign delegates are
going home to recommend parole laws
based go the Indiana system Indiana
has occupied a prominent place 70 the
congress Amos W. Butler. secretary
81 me board Of state charities, and
president of the American Prison con-
gress. has been one OF the most active
wcrk rs In the international congress.
II hlr vas referred the work OF sum
rlarl7i-r the various addresses on the
paro'e system and OF presenting to the
congress a resolution embodying its
views
Nr Butler was elected a vice-presi-
dent - the international congress.
M Amos W Butler and Mrs. John
p Elan gave luncheon at the New
willard for the foreign women dele
gates TO the congress.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-10-21
Fractures
broken BOneS)
By DR.. w. III. BAILEY


sign as serious harm may be done TO
the surrounding vessels and tissues.
but II Is sometimes felt while one is
applying a bandage or splint
Make the Patient as Comfortable as
Possible.
All fractures should be seen by
physician as soon as possible and the
person giving first aid should not at
tempt TO set the broken bone (reduce
the fractured. The emergency treat
ment consists simply in placing the
patient in a comfortable position until
the doctor arrives, or. II he has TO be
moved. in applying splints and band
ages SO that the transportation gives
as little pain as possible to the pa
tent and does not add injury TO the
wounded part. II sometimes has hap
pened that through the unskillful han
ding OF a simple fracture. the ends OF
the bones have been pushed through
the skin thus converting II into a com
pound and therefore a much more Sc
rious fracture.
Compound Fractures.
In compound fractures. never touch
the wound In the skin with dirty hands
or put dirty cloths over IT, Treat II
the same as a liberation or n cut or
puncture wound. The person giving
first aid must wash his own hands for
at least five minutes with soap and
warm water that has been boiled.
Then clean up the wound In a careful
manner with water that has been
boiled and with clean sterile cloths.
(The methods of making cloth stel~
lie has been given under wounds OF
the skim. Avoid wiping directly across
the wound but rather wash from fits
margin outward In all directions.
Splints.
In treating fractures OF the extremi-
ties. splints may be made of any stiff
material as cardboard. pieces OF
boards. limbs of trees. canes. um-
brellas, etc. These can be bound to
the injured limb by handkerchiefs.
pieces of rope. grape vines or roots OF
some plants Some padding should be
placed between the limb and the
splint. the hollow places being filled
up so that the splint will put equal
pressure on all parts OF the limb when
tied to g. This packing may be made
from rags. handkerchiefs, caps. hay.
straw. moss. etc.
In vases OF fracture OF the arm. II
can be bound TO the side Of the body
TO help keep It steady. A broken leg
can be strapped TO the other leg which
acts as a splint.
Methods OF improvising stretchers
on which to carry patients with bro
ken legs will be taken up under the
general discussion OF transportation
OF the sick and injured.-William H.
Bailey. A. b.. NJ. d., Kansas University
School OF Medicine. Rosedale.
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Americans VS.. EnqIishmen.

Throw an American out of the win.
dow and he will land upon his feet,
his hands doing something. Throw
an Er-slishman out OF the window and
ne will land on his hands, his mouth
affirming things. Put both into a
bowling wilderness, and the American
will have a city staked out while the
Englishman is cleaning the mud OF
his boots Put both into a complex
Mars, and the Briton Will be running
the new cosmos while the American
is looking for the wire TO introduce hiz
telephone The Americans passion 10
for industry, the = Englishman's for
dominance; the American is an engi-
neer, the Englishman a conductor.
This passion for controlling things.
rather than doing them, touches every
part of the Englishmans life. IL Is
his opinion first. and something else
next, that differentlates him from the
American We are orthodox In neg
ligibe sort Of way; but we are hetero-
dox in a negligible sort OF way also.
With us an opinion is nothing TO make
f1ss over; with an Englishman an
opinion is always something to make
fuss over AS yet we are really an
unopinionated people.-Carl G. Hansen
In Smart Set.
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Fcs'sr Parents Cleared.

REYNOLDS. state agent for de-
pendent children. filed with the hoard
.-htF commissioners OF Clark
..u'y. az the regular session. a
e.a-,l ior SIS on account OF the funeral
Ra'h Wentz. the ffteen.vear-old
49,. Nho committed suicide by hang.
80 herself at the home OF her foster
,s,, ~ Mr and Mrs John westman.
81 90 Columbia avenue. INDIANAPOLIS
,s -, IS. 1910. The claim was
-. 80 ever Tor month. The child was
-. Il ne Jacksonville Orphans
re-, heh her stepfather was com
~, " prison. two years ago. and
- spring she was placed with the
indianapolis family.
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Big Sum Paid Back.

A second report filed by the state
board Of accounts with the governor
shows that. 10 date, officials found
short in their accounts by field ex-
aminers In the employ OF the state
board lave reimbursed the treasures
Of their respective corporations in the
total sum OF s2s.407sl I'm actual cash
turned In. The preceding report. sew
eral weeks ago. showed s21.4S2.6l paid
In.
The report showed the following vol
untary payments: Charles f. Lam
bert. Center township. Delaware
county. s4.29114: Ed. Fisher, Polk
township. Huntington county, s7G243;
j. r. RAIDER. Washington township.
Putnam county. s47G.C9: F. C. Cald-
we'll. Washington township. Wayne
county. s2C4.43; ~. V. Hodson. town
trustee OF Shirley. sl97.70; J. T. Ad-
kins. town trustee OF English, s2599G:
F. T. Hammond. town trustee OF Eng
lish. 1883: w. F. Richards. town
trustee OF the same place. SPACE
All except Lambert paid in full the
charges made by the examiners. In
the case OF Lambert he was not con-
vinced that he owed all that had been
charged back against him. and paid
only that which he acknowledged lie
owed.
The state board has prepared 10 file
with the governor an additional list OF
present and former officials who have
not paid up according to the reports
Of the examiners. These reports will
be certified by the governor. on re-
ceipt, TO the attorney general, whose
duty Il is under the law to bring &C
ton TO collect
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Annual Meeting Of State FEDERATION.


The twenty-hfth annual con-
vention OF the state Fedora
ton OF Labor opened at Lafayette.
Cordial greetings were extended at
the opening session by the mayor, the
presidents OF the Merchants. Young
Business Mems and other commercial
associations OF the city, and Sidney II.
Saltzgaber. president OF the Central
Labor union and chairman OF the en-
tertainment committee. welcomed the
delgates on behalf OF the union work
ingmen o. Lafayette.
When President John Hughes OF In
dianapblis called the convention TO or
der. practically every city Of impor-
lance in the state was represented
The session opened with an invocation
by Rev. Oscar r. Mckay. pastor of the
First Baptist church. After the ad-
dresses Of greeting. President John
Hughes thanked the city's representa-
tiyes and the convention then pro-
ceeded to business.
II developed at the sessions that the
fight for the 1871 convention will be
between Fort Wayne and Terre Haute.
Both cities have sent hundreds OF
badges to be worn by delegates. The
contest for officers is lively. Friends
OF John Hughes. now president, say
he will be reelected. although they
realize that a fight will be made
against him. The report Of the reso-
lutions committee Is also sure TO
arouse some feeling and result in a d.
yided vote.
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confers with eilIheImer.

Following a visit to Terre Haute
by Auditor OF state John c. Bill
heimer and John Ashby. actuary In
the insurance department. TO investi-
gate affairs Of the Indiana Industrial
Life Insurance company. p. d. Carrot,
general manager OF the company. was
in conference with Mr.. BiIlheimer and
Mr.. Ashby AZ the statehouse. Dr. w.
r. Mattox OF Terre Haute, represent
ing the stockholders who made the
complaint. and others were present.
Mr.. BIllheimcr. while recognizing
everything has been quite regular In
the management OF the company, said
he believed satisfactory reorganiza-
tion OF affairs could be effected. IL
any hitch In the plans OF the auditor
occur a receiver will probably be
asked
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STRIKERS
TIE UP RAILROAD
Employees Of Northern Line Also
Cause Wreck.
SOLDIERS HAVE POSSESSION
Refusal OF Company to Increase
Wages OF Men TO One Dollar
Day Is Cause OF
Trouble.

Paris, France, Oct 12.-Employees
Of the Northern railroad are on
strike and the tieup Is complete.
Trains only for Calais and Cologne
are moving. Military engineers have
been called to replace the strikers.
but the number is inadequate to re-
store the running schedules. Several
acts OF violence occurred before day
break. At St Quentin the tracks were
torn up. Two locomotives were in
collision at Terginer and INSTRUCTED
the main track. Military forces have
taken possession OF several stations
and have been posted along the road
to protect the railroad property.
Company Is Surprised.
The strike developed overnight and
took the company and the public by
surprise. There has been III feeling
on the part OF the employees for some
time owing to the refusal of the
Northern railroad TO increase the
wages OF the men to 81 day and to
grant other concessions. There have
been rumors OF impending strikes. but
the men conducted their plans with
great secrecy.
Demands Of the Employees.
Demands of the employees are as
follows:
1. General increase in wages 10
meet the higher cost OF living
2 Retroactive application Of the
employees pension law.
g. More equitable division of work.
a. Granting of one day of in seven
for all employees.
5. Distinct employment by the
month instead OF by the day.
As soon as the company and the
authorities learned the situation the
Paris terminus OF the road was oc-
cupied by the military. municipal
guards and police. The government.
It appears. was not unprepared for
today's developments and had taken
steps to preserve order. In the night
troops were assembled in this city
and along the lines OF the roads in the
provinces. where they were held In
readiness to guard the stations, the
rolling stock and the tracks.
VIII Not BE inundated.
In the face of these preparations the
trainmen declared that they would not
be inundated and that II they were
called upon as reservists to man the
trains they would refuse on the
ground that such commands would
be illegal They asserted that the law
provided only for the mobilization OF
railroad men for the purpose of trans
porting troops.
The demands originated with the
under trainmen. the baggage handlers
and ticket takers, but they were sup
ported by the complete personnel. as
every branch OF the service has some
grievance. The strikers threaten to
draw to their support the employees
OF the state railroad lines.
Work ceased first on the freight
trains and none of these have left
the city. Telegraphic and telephone
communication along the road is in
terrupted. and thus the management
was in ignorance OF what trains were
moving
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St. Petersburg. Oct. 12.-The body
OF Captain Macievich. the Russian
military aviator. who was killed by
a fall October Z. was buried with the
honors accorded an admiral. Em.
peror Nicholas has granted the ayia-
tors widow an admiral's pension.
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An ESCAPE.

THE poet who discovered that there
are books in the running brools was
wonderful man"
Yes. And he was also lucky in not
being suspected OF having designs on
the countrys natural resources"