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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
TOGO ARRIVES IN AMERICA
Japanese Admiral Is Greeted by Tafts
Ald-Wlll Be Nations Guest
Two Weeks.

New York, Aug. A government
cutter met the Cunarder Lusitania
when she steamed up the bay last
evening and when the great ship lay
10 at quarantine. Captain Templin M.
Potts, u. S. N, sprang aboard to ex-
tend the greeting OF President Taft to
Admiral Count Heihachiro Togo, chief
OF the naval staff of the japanese EN-
pire and victor OF the battle of the
Sea OF Japan. who will spend seven
teen busy days in doing" America
Much OF the program for the ad.
mirals entertainment has been left
subject to his pleasure. He left this
afternoon for Washington to pay his
respects to President Taft A week
OF official dinners. visits and sightsee
ing tours will await his return to New
York. and he will leave for Boston and
Canada by way OF Niagara on the 10th
or 18th, taking the steamer for japan
at Vancouver
Washington. Aug. 4.-Presiden
Taft's dinner TO Admiral Togo at tho
White House will be one OF the mos
notable affairs OF the kind given II
Washington for a long time. II vii
be a stag dinner. which in itself Is un
usual. vice-President Sherman. AID
miraI George Dewey. the japanese am
bassador, the members OF the presi
dents cabinet and more than a scor'
OF other well-known men have beef
| asked
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GEERS WINS M. N. STAKE
Veteran Driver Easily Takes Classic
Harness Event at Detroit With
Stallion Anvil.

Detroit. Mich. Aug. 5.-The mer'
chants and manufacturers 10000
stake. for % years the trotting classic
OF Detroit's blue ribbon meet, was
won In straight heats by Anvil, Pop"
Geers driving. II was Geers' fifth Nj.
and ". victory. Anvil is a bay stall
lion. owned by Frank Jones OF Mem
phis. Tenn. Lewis Forest. the favor
lie. finished second each time. but In
no heat did be press Anvil to win.
Ottawa. Ill. Aug. 5.-The worlds
record for trotting stations on half
mile track was broken here when Joe
Bowers. by Sympoleer. owned and
driven by +. E. Wickerham OF Arkan'
sas City. Kan. trotted a mile In
2O9L.
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HEADLESS BODY IN SEWER
deep Mystery Surrounds Finding OF
Trunk Of Unidentified Young
Woman Near Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. Aug. 5.-One OF the deep.
est mysteries which has ever faced
me Cincinnati police department
hinges around the finding of the head
less body Of a young woman in the
bloody Run sewer between Cincin
natl and Norwood. The body had evi
IDENTIFY been in the sewer for the past
Ten days or two weeks. II was ex
pensiyely dressed. but nothing could
De found which will In any way go &c
prove the identity OF the woman
The head had been cut of and the
hands had been partially eaten ava,
by sewer rats.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
CHECK ON TOBACCO TRUST
Federal Court Issues Decree Restrain
Ino Company From Extending It's
Business In Any Manner.

New York. Aug. "A decree was
handed down by the United States
circuit court here on the mandate OF
the United States Supreme court. on
,o,ning the defendants In the Ameri.
can Tobacco company case. their
agents and servants. from doing any
act which may further enlarge and
extend the power OF the combination
by any means or device Whatsoever
The decree Is understood to be direct
ed against plans which have beer
outlined for recreation Of the com
pany.
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c,,,.,,.r Workers Convene.

East Mortified, Mass. Aug. A.
Leaders In Christian work from both
England and America were present to-
day when the yearly conference for
bible study began The meetings will
continue until August 20. The daily
Bible class is conducted BY Rev. @. A.
Johnston Ross.
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NATIONS FOR PEACE
,asrrRATIoN TREATIES ARE
s,cnEp BY UNITED STATES.
FRANCE AND BRITAIN.
PRESIDENT Taft IS VICTOR
compae,s Result From Suggestion OF
United States Chief Executive
Md. In Speech Made In Wash
Iroton Last December.

washington, Aug. An the pres
s,ca OF President Taft and a notable
company OF government officials In
,ha presidents library in the White
house. two international arbitration
,,safies. designed to end the POSSIBLE
az ~ war between the United States
,rd Great Britain and the United
states and France. were signed
Secretary OF State Knox signed the
Two treaties in behalf of the United
states James Bryce. the British am
hsssador. affixed his signature In be-
hsH OF Great Britain. thus completing
The Anglo American pact. with the ex-
ception OF ratification by the senate.
The French treaty was signed In
duplicate in Paris ak hours earlier
by J. j. Jusserand. ambassador to the
United States.
As soon as the copies OF the two
treaties had been signed President
Taft affixed his signature TO two
measures for transmittal to the senate.
what the Treaties Provide.
The general features OF the new
treaties are:
All differences internationally tusti-
cable shall be submitted to The Hague
unless by special agreement some 9th
or tribunal is created or selected.
Differences that either country
thinks are not tusticiable shall be re
ferred to a commission OF inquiry. com
posed OF nationals OF the two govern
ments. empowered to make recon-
mendations for their settlement
Should the commission decide that the
dispute should be arbitrated. such de
cision will be binding.
Before arbitration Is resorted 10
even In cases where both countries
agree that the difference Is suscep
uble Of arbitration. the commission OF
inquiry shall investigate the dispute
with view OF recommending a settle
nent without arbitration.
The commission, at request OF either
government. will delay its findings one
year 10 give an opportunity for diplo
matte settlement.
outcrowth OF Taft Speech.
The convention grew directly out U
President Taft's speech in Washing
ton. December IS last, before thu
American Society for the Judicial Set
uement OF international Disputes. II
which he said:
II now we can negotiate and pu
through a positive agreement witt
some great nation to abide the ad
Indication OF an International arbitra
court In every issue which cannot b.
settled by negotiation. no matter wha
II Involves. whether honor. territory
or money. we shall have made lonl
step forward by demonstrating that
Is possible for two nations at leas
TO establish. as between them. tn
same system Of due process OF Law
that exists between individuals unde
q government"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
REYES TO OPPOSE MADER0
General Decides TO Become Candidate
for President Of Mexico at the
October Election.

Mexico City. Aug. 3.-Gen. Ber-
nardlno Reyes will be candidate for
the presidency Of Mexico at the cleo
ton in October. Francisco I. Madero
had written General Reyes that he
was willing TO release him from his
nromise to be the minister OF war
in his cabinet II elected. He said
General Reyes candidacy In opposi
ton 10 his own would not be consid
ered an unfriendly act At that time
however. the general declared ne
would not enter the race.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
MILLIONAIRE PHIPPS DIES
e.r,v Partner OF Andrew Carnegie
Suddenly Expires After Death
OF His Pet Dog.

Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. 3.-Maj W.
A phipps, the eccentric multimillion-
,ire who had not left his rooms at
the Hotel Van Nuiss for eight years
and had kept his young wife prac'
tically a prisoner in the hotel during
that time. died suddenly. his death
Following closely the death OF his pet
dog 10 which he was greatly attached
He was one OF the first partners Of
Andrew Carnegie In the steel ousi
ness. In which he made his fortune
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Pasadena. Cal. Aug. 5.-More than
two years after Thomas Barry. mo-
torman. formerly Of ST. Louis. started
on a vacation. his skeleton was found
I'm Las Flores canyon. near Mount
Wilson. with knife cuts In the cloth
ing. About 800. with which Barry
started his trip in February. 1903. was
missing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
FALLING PLANE HURTS SEVEN
aviator Loses Control Of BIpIane and
Crashes Into Crowd Of
Spectators.

chicago, Aug. 4.-Seven persons,
three OF them little girls. were vic
ums OF an aeroplane accident at the
Ohicago School OF Aviations field,
Nhen Frank Bellai lost control OF a
dig Curtiss biplane and swooped down
from a height OF 100 feet into a crowd
OF $50 spectators.
bellai. aside from a few cuts and
oelng badly shaken up. crawled on,
son the vrscksge unhurt
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
Mlfe SLAYER 10 Suicide.

Cairo. Ill. Aug 3.-Lee Murrell. the
negro who murdered his vile at
Mound City Sunday. and who was
sought by a posse with bloodhounds.
reached his home at Vienna without
being caught He went into his house
and Immediately killed himself BY
firing a bullet through his head.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES

President Taft has sent 70 the SEN
ate the nomination OF Capt Alfred
Reynolds. u. S. ~. as a rear admiral
Charles H. Meyer was reelected
president OF the Western Federation
Of Miners at Butte. Mont. by vote
OF 307 to 80.
After saving her niece from drown
ing at Coney Island. N. Y. hfteenyear-
old Fannie Westerman lost a Tight
with the undertow for her own life.
Prolonged hot weather has caused
an ice famine in London. and the de-
mands of the city and the provincial
centers for ice cannot be satisfied I'M
I'll the arrival Of cargoes from Nor
way.
Fifty persons are dead in Nicaragua
as a result OF the recent foods on the
gulf coast and in the interior The
town OF Rema was submerged and the
gunboat Omatepe sunk in the Rema
river.
The war department has begun de-
termined effort 10 obtain the high
est number OF cadets allowable under
the law for the West Point military
academy. There are one hundred va
cancies
A deluge OF rain has fallen in the
Prairie Dog valley. Kansas. causing
great property damage. the Interrupt
ton OF railroad traffic and the trans
formation OF small streams into raging
torrents.
Rear Admiral Nicholson. chief of
the navigation bureau, has had the
curious and disagreeable experience
OF reading cablegrams addressed to
his family expressing sympathy and
coincidence over his death.
Miss Laura G.. Smith Of Republican
City, Neb., and Alfred d. Adson. a
senior in the medical school at the
University OF Nebraska. were married
on Castle rock. $50 feet above the
ground. in Boulder canyon. Colorado
Thomas Birmingham OF Robinson.
Ill. a wealthy oil operator. was killed.
and r. Z. Wyland. an oil contractor.
was hurt when an automobile. driven
by Birmingham, plunged over an
eightfoot embankment at Martins
Vile, Ill.
At the centennial jubilee OF Bres-
lau university. Germany. honorary de-
grees were conferred on President
Emeritus Eliot OF Harvard. Rev. b.
W. Bacon OF Yale. President Butler OF
Columbia and Prof. Theobald Smith
OF Harvard.
President Taft has signed a procla-
nation reducing the area OF the ma
tional petrifed forest of Arizona from
ninety-five to forty square miles. This
reduction is made upon the recon-
mendation OF DR.. George p. Merrill.
head curator OF geology OF the nation
al museum.
Because Robert G. Valentine. COM
missioner of Indian affairs. made
charges against him that resulted In
his removal from the government serv'
ice. Joseph Farr. until recently gen
eral superintendent OF logging in the
, Indian service. has fled $4,000 suit
for libel and ISLANDER.
Owing to great slides OF earth and
! rock, the famous Culebra cut hal
proved TO be the most annoying and
, expensive part of the engineering
work on the Panama canal The com
! mission has consequently been obliged
; to revise It's estimates and to add
5.257,2s1 cubic yards to the e1cava
ton work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
TAFT TO EXHIBIT HIS COW
Pauline Wayne. Famous White House
MIX Producer. VIII Be Shown at
Milwaukee by President

Washington. Aug. 4.-President Taft
is to be an exhibitor at the interna-
tional dalrymans exposition In Mil
waukee. Wis. In October. He has
promised Senator Isaac Stephenson Of
Wisconsin to send Pauline Wayne. IA
nous White House COW. to the show.
The president hopes to see Pauline
on exhibition himself October IL and
will try to be in Milwaukee on that
date.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
PASTEUR HEAD HURT IN AUTO
Director OF New York Institute Lying
AZ Point OF Death az Result
Of Accident.

Poughkeepsie. N. Y. Aug. 3.-Dr.
George Rambeaud. the director OF the
Pasteur institute in New York. Is lying
at the point OF death In the Vassar
hosn,tai here as the result OF an auto
mobile accident
His wife, Mime. Gerville-Reache. who
was prima donna OF tue Manhattan
Opera company. is badly injured.
Five other members OF the automo-
bilo party. all relatives OF DR.. Ram
heaud or his wife. were Injured. some
of them seriously.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
TAFrs RECIPROCITY HORSE
President Names His New Riding
steed After the Tsrln Treaty
With Canada.

Washington. Aug. 5.-President Taft
got a new riding horse from West vir'
ginia
The horse came Just after the Cana
dian reciprocity fight had ended and
the president took one look at him
and called him Reciprocity"
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eurlinoton offcIaI Dies.

New York, Aug. 5.--Edward Jenner
Swords. general eastern agent for the
Chicago. Burlington a Quincy railroad.
is dead at his home here OF apoplexy.
He was seventy yes'e old.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-08-11
WAR CLOUD BREAKS
GERMANY AND FRANCE REACH
BASIS FOR AN AGREEMENT
IN MOROCCO.
TERRITORY TO BE TRADED
Russia Plays Part Of Mutual Friend
Details OF Settlement Yet to Be
Worked Out But Peace Between
Two Nations 10 Near.

Berlin, Aug. 1.-THE end OF the Mo
roccan trouble between Germany and
France is in sight Jules Cambon.
the French ambassador at Berlin, and
Mai. Won kiderlen- Waechter, the Ger
man foreign secretary, have found
common ground of settlement on gen
eral lines. though the details remain
TO be worked out.
Some time will be consumed dis
posing OF these details. The nature OF
the settlement could not be learned
except that 1t involves a considerable
trading OF colonial possessions. and
so transfers the center OF interest
from the foreign to the colonial Of
fee.
Russia Acts as Mediator.
II Is understood that Russia played
the part OF a mutual friend and inter
posed at London and Paris TO take
the rough edges of the English atti.
tude, the challenging tone of which
for a time was more threatening to
peace than the actual subject OF the
negotiations.
Emperor William. who had planned
TO join Empress Auguste Victoria al
wilhelmshohe. arrived in Potsdam anc
will confer with Chancellor Won Beth
mann Hollweg and Foreign Secretar,
Kiderlen- Waechter.
Empress Has Throat Trouble.
II is officially stated that the EN-
peror has postponed his trip to VII
helmshohe because OF the illness o.
the empress. Presumably this Is OF
account OF the danger OF infection.
The illness OF her majesty. which
was at first described as a hear
attack, has resulted In a feverish In
fiammation OF the tonsils. II is no
considered dangerous. but the empress
is conAAed to her room and her ply
sicians have ordered perfect quie
for her.
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BRYAN IS F[AYEO
UNDERWOOD IN SPEECH IN
HOUSE DECLARES NEBRASKA
MAN A FALsIFIER.
MET WITH WILD APPLAUSE
Charge OF Delaying Iron and Steel
Tariff Revision by Committee 10
GAUGE OF vltroile Attack by Demo-
cratic Leader.

Washington. Aug. 3.-Standing upon
chairs, waving handkerchiefs and
yelling at the tops OF their voices.
Democratic representatives acclaimed
Representative Oscar w. Underwood
OF Alabama. Democratic leader OF the
house, when he fred a verbal broad
side at William Jennings Bryan for
criticising his position on extension
of the tariff revision program.
II was the most remarkable scene In
the house since the beginning OF the
extra session OF congress.
Excoriating the three times candi-
date OF the Democratic party for pres
idential honors, Leadr Underwood de-
nounced Mr.. Bryan's statements as
dental honors. Leader Underwood oe-
titude as to revision OF the iron and
steel tariff schedules. and said Bryan
has placed upon every Democratic
member implications unfounded In
fact.
10 Backed BY kitchIn.
Mr.. Und was backed up In
similarly striking speech by Represen-
tative Kitchin OF North Carolina. long
a devoted friend OF Bryan. Mr.. Kit
chin expressed surprise that any Dem
ocrat should so malign Mr.. Under
wood and the party. and through all
this arraignment not voice was
raised In defense OF Bryan.
II all came about from a published
interview. which purported TO be "au-
thorized" by Mr.. Bryan. declaring II
was time Democratic Leader Under
wood was unmarked"
What Bryan Said.
The action OF Chairman Under
wood In opposing an immediate effort
to reduce the iron and steel schedule
reveals the real Underwood. said
the Bryan interview. Speaker CLARK
and other tariff reformers tried tc
secure the passage OF resolution
instructing the ways and means com
mittee to take up other schedules. In
Guiding the iron and steel schedule
but Underwood and Fitzgerald. the
Fitzgerald who saved Cannon In the
last congress. succeeded In defeating
the resolution.
The unmasking OF Chairman I'm
derwood will serve a useful purpose
II Il arouses the Democrats TO an un
derstanding OF the mistake made III
putting Mr.. Underwood at the head o
the committee. II he solidifies his pol
icy OF delay"
AS the clerk finished reading tn
Bryan interview. Mr.. Underwood. II
calm and even tones. opened the vial
OF his wrath. II Underwoods attacl
was remarkable for its bitterness ant
yigor. II was not more SO than tn
general applause which greeted hi
sarcastic references TO the Nebraska
leader and his specific and complet
denials of the charges made by Bryan
Textile Schedules First.
He declared that because oil MS III
vestments OF the iron and steel mill
I'm his own state. Alabama. he ha
urged the ways and means committe
! at the beginning OF the session {
save him embarrassment by taking Il
the iron and steel schedule at onc'
This had not been done by the con
mittee. he said, because II had deee
mined that the textile schedule
should be revised first to satisfy pul
1la
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-06-09
MORE and BETTER WHEAT
farmers Institute In Kansas 10 Dis
cuSs Wheat Saturday, June
10th 2 10 4p.m.

Kansas wheat averages less than
fifteen bushels per acre. Why not
makes it twenty-fve'
FOR BETTER YIELDS
/. Does t pay to disk stubble
land Immediately after the binder or
header in preparation for ploWine;.
bow soon thereafter should land disk
ed Immediately after the binder CT
header be plowed? Will the results
be more favorable from early blowing
than from medium early blowing or
late blowing? Which is the better
practice; to disk Immediately after
the binder or header and pillow as
soon as possible thereafter, or to pillow
Immediately after the header and then
disk the plowed ground' Why is it
that better results can be obtained
from land early plowed or early disk
ed and then early plowed than from
land plowed in September that has
not been disked previously
2. Does it pay-and if SO in what
part of the State-to plant winter
wheat between corn rows while the
corn is still standing' Does it pay
to plant wheat on corn land after re-
moving the crop' What are the
principal objection to planting wheat
after corn or between corn rows?
8. Does it pay to plant wheat on
simmer falloW in western Kansas
What are some Of the objections and
what are some Of the advantages to
summer following land for wheat in
western Kansas! What is a gooc
rotation for wheat in western Kansas
| In central Kansasl In eastern Kan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-06-09
are Of the highest order.

Concerning Scouting and especial
ly The boys in Columbus, Orwig says:
"That scounting has taken a grip on
communities in all parts of the coun-
try is demonstrated by the fact that
in all the places touched in my trip
to the West the work was found to be
in a most hourlshlng condition and
backed up by the very best men in
each community. In Columbus, Ohio,
the work headed by Mr.. Edgar S.
Martin is of the highest order. The
Scout Masters in Columbus are an
unusually fine type of men, and are
kelly interested in the work. Mr.
Martin in Director Of. Public Recrea.
ton, public official, and with the
multitudinous duties of his office has
found time to oversee the Scont work
Of the city. The Local Council in
one Of the most representative in the
country; being composed of business
men, lawyers, physicians, bankers.
representatives of institutions doing
work for boys, members of Protes-
tant, Catholic and Hebrew denomina.
lions. The work in Columbus has
grown to such an extent that they ex-
pect shortly to put on paid city sec
rotary to look after the Scout work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-06-09

Miss Verna Griffith has gone to
California, where she will spend the
summer with her sister, Mrs. Ed
Fouch.
Ben Slower was down from La
Crosse Tuesday on business. Ben
was formerly a Barton county boy,
and has never gotten entirely weaued
away from US.
|. P. H. Cory was down from the
north side Tuesday evening to meet
Mrs. Cory, who had been down to
Arkansas City where she had been
taking medical treatment.
MISS Maud Hagen came up from
her home in Comanche township
Monday evening and enrolled.
Conrad 0chs was down from o.
mitz on business Tuesday.
Judge Cole says that whenever his
wicked partner is in town, but out Of
the Office, that he knows the home
team is playing ball out at the park.
Miss Lena Volmer is assisting in
the Brinkman Bank for few days.
LA. Harper, real estate agent
from. Hcisington, was id the city
Tuesday afternoon and made this Of
fee pleasant call.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1911-06-09

sas' For planting TO fall wheat, when
does deep plowiOg give best results,
and whyl
Does it pay to fan or grade wheat
for planting! Does it pay 10 send
out Of State for seed wheat! If so,
under what conditions, if not under
what conditions! What variety Of
wheat is best to plant In eastern Kan.
sas' 10 central Kansas 10 west
ern Kansas! When is thu best time
to plant wheat in eastern, central,
and western Kansas! Give reasons
tor your opinion, Does it or does it
lot pay, and under what conditions
might it pay to borrow in the fah' In
the spring. Why is it advisable to
treat seed wheat for smull What
preparation and what met cd of treat.
ing is used' Why is it not well to
SOW treated seed before tits dry.
7 FOR BETTER QUALITY
l. AT what stage of .ripeness
should wheat be cut in' order TO pro-
duce the best quality; soft dough,
hardtdOugh, or dead ripel
2. Which enables US to preserve
the best quality in our wheat: cut.
ting with binder or with a header?
3. From the standpoint Of quail.
ty and market grade, does it pay TO
carefully shock and cap the wheat cut
with a binder?
5. What is the added cost, if any,
stacking wheat before threshing as
compared with shock threshingl In
stack threshing we may gain in quail
ity and condition Of wheat, and prep.
aration Of land for subsequent crop.)
b. What causes the following
kinds of damage in wheat, and how
may we avoid them: "Stack-burnt"
wheat, ."bin-burnt" wheat, smutly
wheat sprouted wheat?
8. Why does not the farmer rails
ing the letter grades of wheat receive
greater premium over the man pro.
ducing the poorer grades'
J. H. MILLER,
o. Supt. Agricultural. Extension,
: Kansas State Agricultural College