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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
FOUR DIE, IL HURT IN FIRE
Firemen Plunge 20 Death and Injury
When Milwaukee Factory Reef
Coilapses.

Milwaukee. March 25.-Four fire-
men were killed and twelve were in
iurcd. two perhaps fatally. by falling
through a roof during a FIRE In the
building Of the MicdletOwn Manulae-
turing company. Wholesale matters. at
354 Broadway The dead.
JOHN HINTZ captain
PETER JANSEN.
DICK BURKE
HAMMOND
The fire had been burning half al
hour and nearly 20 men had been
fighting the flames from the roof OF
the four-story structure when sud
denly there was a creaking and sway
ing Of the upper portion. and before
the fremen had a chance TO hurry
away the roof collapsed. carrying
them through 10 the basement
Many Of the firemen were buried in
the debris. while others were lucky
and escaped through basement win
dows.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
Mount Vernon Sank cIoses.

Washington. March 25--The Mount
Vernon National bank Of Mount Yer
non. \. Y. with a capital Of 100000.
was closed by It's directors. Herbert
T. Jennings. its president. is also an
officer Of the First National bank OF
oneonta. which was closed by ifs al
rectors Thursday.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
lNDIcT WOMAN FOR MURDER
Grand Jury Returns True Bill Against
Alice Poehler for Staying Illinois
University Man.

indianapolis. Ind. March 23.-The
grand Jury returned an Indictment OF
murder in the first degree in the case
Of Mrs. Alice Poehler. who shot Carl
V. storey OF Columbus. Ind. the for
mer veil leader at Illinois univer-
sitv. I'm a room at the Braden hotel.
January u. The shooting was the
elimination OF love affair. II Is un-
derstood that a plea OF insanity Will
be ensered by the attorneys of the de-
PENDANT.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
SHIP LOST; THREE PERISH
Neufoundland Mall Vessel Bruce Goes
on the Rocks OF Cape
Breton Coast.

louis burg. c. b.. March 25.-Three
persons perished in the wreck Of me
Newfoundland mail steamer Bruce.
u hich struck the rocks OF Scatteri in
the night. News Of the wreck received
here indicates that the steamer Is
total loss. The Bruce was on the way
from Port Aux Basques TO this port
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31

Lille. France. March 25.-Six per
sons we're burned TO death In a nre
which destroyed a motion picture the
a-.r There we're many women among
the spectators. Panic followed the
outbreak Of fire and N the rush Tor
exits many we're knocked down and
trampled.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
NOTED EDITOR PASSES AWAY
Thomas 7. Williams, Publisher OF
New York Evening Journal, Dies
After Short illness.

New York. March 23.-Thomas T.
Williams. one OF the most able and
icrceful figures in modern journalism.
died in his apartments at the Hotel
Gotham.
Mr. Williams had been III less than
'hree weeks. After he had con
racied heavy cold. erysipelas de-
Veioped and despite his strong ply
hsue complications followed.
Al the time OF his death he was
treasurer OF the New York Evening
Journal publishing company and pub.
Usher +; Iho Rev York Evening Jour
nal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
Judce Attacks cayror.

New York. March 2i.-Magistrafe
Corrigan's open letter in which be de-
scribed the wave OF crime which If
rolling over New York city. and for
which he fixed the responsibility on
Mayor Gaynors Rule by epistle- has
caused a tremendous sensation here
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31

Den.son. Ia. March 25--A masked
man who climbed aboard the rear OF
train No on The Northwestern. east
bound. forced the fiagman. al the
point OF a revolver. 20 90 ahead into
a sleeper The stranger held up A C.
Hanson Of Olympia. Wash. for sl4
and a diamond ring. and relieved j.
y Henden OF Wichita. Kan. OF SIS
ard a gold watch He then jumped
from sae train and escaped
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31

Washington. March 23.-The oil
trust scored on the railroads In I'LL
nois and Indiana. through the medium
Of the interstate commerce commits
sion. In a decision handed down the
commission orders a reduction Of one
half cent per hundred pounds on
freight rates on crude oil shipped
from the wells OF the Standard com
pony at Stoy. Ill. TO points in Indiana.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
PACKERS IN DEFEAT
FEDERAL JUDGE oVERRULEs MO-
TON TO oUtsH INDICTMENTS.
UPSETs PLEAIN ABATEMENT.
GOVERNMENT TO RUSH TRIALS
Decision Denies Right Of Ten Big
Packers TO Whitewash as Result OF
Their Testimony Before Grand
Jury In Former Inquiry.

Chicago. March 23.-The indicted
Chicago packers lost their fight
against going on trial on the indict-
ments obtained by the government
several months ago. when Judge Car
penter. in the United States district
court overruled their demurrer 10 the
charges and held that the immunity
granted by Judge Humphrey OF the
federal circuit court in 1906 did not
apply to the present charges. which.
he held. were based on evidence not
included in the Humphrey decision
Judge Carpenters decision went
into the controversy relating TO i'm
munity with great detail.
Court Tells Difference.
In trief. the packers position was
that any conspiracy that might have
existed was the plotting prior TO
Judge Humphreys immunity decision.
and that the immunity from prosecu-
tion granted them extended over all
1 future time. so long as the acts COW
cred by the 1906 decision remained
| the same.
]
ruled that the immunity granted
them was only for acts which had oc-
CURED prior 10 the date OF the indict-
ment and could not pertain TO any IN
lawful act which was performed after
that time. The evidence given by the
packers before the grand jury. be
said. could not relate 10 that which
had not occurred. and hence could
have no future application.
Conspiracy in Effect.
As 10 the contention OF the defense
that the conspiracy ended with the
first plotting. he ruled that so long as
the acts complained Of continued. the
conspiracy remained in effect. and
unlawful acts growing out Of the con.
spiracy and occurring after the in
dicted men had testified before the
grand Jury were new and separate Of
lenses and subject 10 the operation
OF law.
In addition. the offenses admitted
before the grand jury by the packers
prior to their immunity and from the
criminal responsibility for which they
were defined by the court as none the
less criminal in themselves. He said
they could be used in prosecution:
which were predicated on continue
ton Of the offenses.
Names Of the Indicted Men.
Following are the defendants: Louis
F. Swift. f. f Swift. Charles F. Swift
Francis A. Fowler. Edward Tilden. }
, Ogden Armour. Arthur Meeker
Thomas J. Corners. Edward Morris
and Louis H. Heyman.
United States District Attorne,
; Sims said he would In day or I'VE
demand that the packers be brough
into court TO plead 10 Indictment
and have dates set for trial. sim
was iubilant over the ruling Of Jucg
Carpenter.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
FIND FREDERICK NOT GUILTY
Illinois Legislator Accused OF Paying
Brike in Lorirer Election Is
Acquitted

Springfield. III. March 25--"Not
guilty was the verdict OF the jury In
the case OF Senator John Frederick OF
Chicago. accused Of bribing State Sen
ator ID. W. Holstlaw in the election OF
William Lorimer TO the United States
senate
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
Town shaken BY BLAST.

Port Clinton. o.. March -s.-Four
persons were hurt. but none seriously
When 500 pounds Of powder exploded
AZ the plant Of the American Gypsum
company at Gypsum. near here no
shock vas felt for miles around
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
FIvlno Fox Is Dead.

New York. March 23.-From Paris
comes the news that Flying Fox. the
great race horse which Edmund Blanc
purchased some years ago for $780,
600. Is dead. He won $4,000 In
purses On the French turf alone
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31

Montgomery No. March 25.-The
bank az Curryville. a small town
across the line in pike county. ~ss
robbed % $4,000 last night The rcb-
bers made their escape.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31

Columbus. No. March 20 - Fire
early today destroyed the Mechanical
Arts building % the Missouri state
university. causing a damage est
mated a. $4,000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-03-31
i60 Federals Slain.

f'rcsldio. Tex. March 25.-Accord-
ine 20 messenger who reported 10
General Jose de la Cruz Sanchez. I'm
command Of the insurgents besieging
fno town Of Ojinaga. insurrectos I'M
Ger the direct command Of Francisco
Madero have won an important vic
TORS ia the vicinity OF the city Of Chi
rNanua. routing the federal troops
aiftr leo had been killed and 80 taken
prisoners.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25
ESTABLISH A PARCELS POST

One of the most important matters
that will occupy the attention OF con-
gress at the next regular session will
be the establishment of a parcels post
system throughout the country. There
is every indication at this time that a
rural parcels post system will be es-
tablshed. The house committee on
postoffices and post roads has for
INFLATED plan for rural parcels
post system that will without doubt
meet the approval Of the entire coun-
try.
This committee recommends that
packages up TO eleven pounds in
weight be carried on rural routes. The
charge for the first pound will be
five cents and two cepts for each ad-
ditional pound. The committee also
recommends that packages up to six
pounds in weight be carried in the
general mails and that the charges be
reduced from sixteen cents per pound
to twelve cents.
The Atlanta Georgian. one of the
|staunchest advocates of the parcels
post. declares that the sentiment of
the people generally is oyerwhelm-
ingly in favor OF the extension of the
postal service.
The Georgian says on this subject:
"In fact It may be asserted that
everybody fayors 1t except such pow
erful organizations as the railroad
and express companies. II Is their
power and their influence that have
blocked It's path so far.
evident that they will not be able to
But IL IS becoming more and more
do so much longer. So general is
the demaSd for the parcels post that
both OF the great political parties have
felt the pressure in its behalf.
THE fact that these provisions
meet with the approval Of the repre-
sentaiives OF both parties in the COM
mittee means that they will undoubt-
eddy meet with bipartisan approval
in both the house and senate.
In other words il viii be enacted
into law and viii be the entering
wedge for a general parcels post just
as Canadian reciprocity is the enter
ing wedge which is to overthrow the
walls of high protection.
THE ineyitableness Of an out and
Fout parcels post is generally conceded.
Putting in operation the qualified sys-
TEN as recommended b. the commit
tee will shorten the time before It's
final contamination.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25
SPARE THE TREE

The president Of large civic asso-
citation. In a public address recently.
told bis audience that II anyone eau sbt
man in the act 81 destroying 4 tree
in a city TO Kill the man and allow the
tree 70 live. The lecturer declared
that Il would be an easy matter to
get another man worth more than the
man who would destroy a tree that
grows on city street. but that Il
would take years 70 get another tree.
Killing would BE- TOO severe punish
ment for town officials who ruthlsssIy
destroy shade trees 70 make way for
what they call progress. but some
kind Of punishment should be dealt
out 70 them. IN 4 number Of North
Carolina cities magnificent shade trees
which have for years been a browning
ornament 10 the towns have been plac-
Cd az the mercy 81 the woodlands
axe. The officials 81 these cities are
feeling the swelling tide 81 Industrial
development. which all Of the cities
Of the state are undergoing just nov,
and they think that the FIRST method
Of showing this progress il 70 destroy
the shade trees on the streets. whs,
the citizens Of other towns would give
thousands Of dollars TO have the Of.
fcisls Of these towns value not a, ali
The latest recruits to the ranks 81
tree destructIonists are the city 81.
HcIaa Of Charlotte. These solons
have decreed that q number Of the
magnificent natural ornaments on the
principal streets Of the city are 4
be destroyed 70 make room for &c.
ment sidewalks. The street 10 qaes-
l,icn Is one Of the most beautiful 70 b
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25
Nothing Like Them !!

One of these Elegant Pictures, reproduced
from world famous Art Trcasurcs-ln the
Corcoran Gallery at Washington, in the Art
Museum at New York and in the Louvre at
Parsley celebrated masters, given on every
SOC cash subscription paid in at the Sun or
Recorder Office, whether by new sub
scriber or an old one. Upon payment of
fifty cents you get one of these Beautiful
Works of Art, the originals costing, some
Of them, hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
Take your choice of these: Readings
from Homer" Alva Tameda; "Narrow Es-
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man; "Forum" at Rome; castle ST. Angelo"
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"Madonna of the Streets" Roberto Ferruzi;
"Old MILL Jacob Van Ruysdacl; "The Doc
tor" Luke Fildes; "Boyhood of Handel"
NJ. /. Dickscc.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25
FEDERAL AID FOR ROAD BUILDING

Federal appropriation for good roads
is the next step In the nation wide
campaign for better routes Of travel.
The appropriation Of funds from
the national treasury for this purpose
Is viewed with alarm BY many ultra
conservatives to whom any step for
ward Is alarming. But appropriations
for the building Of roads would be no
more paternalIstic or any other kind
Of istic than appropfiating money for
the improvement Of rivers and har-
bors from which a comparatively few
people get any direct benefit II
would be no more paternalistic than
appropriating funds for aiding agri-
culture: for the erection Of public
buildings throughout the country. or
in any 81 the thousand other things
for which appropriations are made
every year. The fact IS that IL some
Of the money that Is spent BY the fed
cral government In the erection 81
100000 buildings In $4,000 towns
was spent In building good roads the
whole country would be vastly more
benefited. A part Of the millions Of
dollars spent every year ID dredging
creeks and rivers that serve az routes
Of transportation from which a COM
paratigely few derive the benefit
should. as a matter Of justice be spent
in some way that would benefit d.
rectly the people Of the inland. What
better way could this be spent than
in the building Of roads?
Senator Cullen. Of Illinois. has
prepared 4 bill that would make an
appropriation from the treasury Of
the federal government Of $4,000
900 for the building Of 1900 miles OF
good roads This 1900 miles Of
roads. according to the plans n
Senator Culiem, would radiate from
Washington as a center in seven DIFF
ferent directions. trasersIng prac-
tically every state In the union. One
Of these routes would 70 BY way or
Richmond Charlotte. Atlanta and ID
Austin, Texas. Another Of The seven
routes would be BY way Of Richmond.
Raleigh Wilmington, Savannah and
Jacksonville.
There il no likelihood of the ap-
prOpriatiOn Of the vast amount n
money proposed BY senator Cullen
any time In the immediate future. But
the concerted movement IN practically
every county Of every state IN the
union will sometime create such Q
sir0ng public sentiment III favor Of
federal aid for road building that the
national lawmakers will be- compelled
Ito accede % the demand.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

found in North Carolina. To carry
out the orders of the authorities would
be dissertation of the most criminal
sort Why the newspapers of the
Queen city do not rise up in their
wrath is more than we are able to
understand.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25
Be Sure 10 Gel One

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Mail orders will receive prompt attention
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You are not limited TO one picture
Every fifty cents paid in by new or an
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Make your home beautiful by securing an
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25
UNION HAS NO "ULTE-
RIOR MOTIVE"


That the farmers of the country
can form organizations of themselves
which will not become mere political
machines is demonstrated by the
operation Of the Farmers National
Educational and Cooperative Union.
This efficient organization now has
something like 100000 members,
This membership is made up OF farm
ers of every political creed and every
|yariety of disposition and viewpoint.
In spite of this the farmers union
|put its shoulder to the wheel as one
individual The union has never en-
tered politics. but it has more influ-
ence in local, state and national
politics than any other organization
that ever existed.
The work that the unien has done
in educating and uplifting the farm
ers and lettering farming conditions
cannot begin to be calculated. 1t
has been mighty dynamo OF agri-
cultural progress. making its influ-
ence felt for good in every township
in every state in which it is organ
lied. Wherever there is a progress
siye movement amongst the farmers
Of the south there has been found
the farmers union behind that move
ment.
The placing of the state organiza-
ton Of the farmers union behind the
movement for a farm life school in
Durham county is but another ex-
ample of the work that the union
is doing in all parts of the south.
The letter of President Alexander to
Colonel Cameron, as published We'd
nesday, will repay careful reading
by those who are inclined to oppose
the farm life school, whether these
opponents are farmers or followers
OF other occupations. President
Alexander declares that ignorance OF
the farming classes is one of the
greatest curses OF the common
wealth. Ignorance of the farming
classes brings economic loss TO all
classes. Anything that raises the in
telligence Of the agricultural classes
benefits all classes. Speaking of this.
President Alexander says:
Every man who has a clear and
correct conception Of economic condi-
tons as they are today. must know
that continued aid increased pros
perity in all lines OF industry Is de-
pendent on a more intelligent and
efficient agricultural and laboring
Classes. Ignorance is the greatest
tax on our commonwealth. 1t Is an
incubus that Is clogging the wheels
OF progress in all lines. And unfor-
tunately we find the largest percent
age OF ignorance in the classes that
produce. primarily, IS per cent OF
the wealth OF our country and on
which the prosperity OF all other
classes must ultimately depend. Ig-
norance is a very unstable founda.
ton on which to attempt to erect a
great superstructure; and yet that !:
Just what the whole business world
Is doing. Therefore, It is not sur
prising that wise business men ar,
beginning 10 realize that ignoranc,
and inefiicIency Of the producing
classes. threaten the prosperity o
their business"
The truth Of this statement hal
been demonstrated in a hundred
different ways. In the face of thii
firm stand BY the farmers organiza
ticn. which can possible have no Ak
20 grind. how can any resident o
the city or county of Durham cas-
a vote against the farm life schoo
Except he.be actuated BY either preju
dice or ignorance.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

Secretary Wilson says he had rather
resign than 70 through another bureau
roN. Can't somebody start i bureau
ros for the good Of the seryieeY'
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

Let he seaboard know We con.
slider the main line 4 good thing foi
Durham In 10 uncertain manner
While We are about Il.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

A; this time Of the year al the
schools and colleges are preparing
10 open one u the most largely At
tended sessions IN their history.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

n the Merchants Association would
employ a capable SECRETARY % de-
vote his time 70 the business inter.
ssis o. the city that would DO about ~
Hsll As . chamber Of commerce.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

WITH the state Of Maine for the
stage The prohlbitionists are present.
lnr = one.aet performance entitled
a Fight for Life"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

virginia women sre 70 be commend
ed for staying away from athe Beattie
trial and they will BE- worthy 81 still
more commendatlon u they continue
TO stay away.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

Everybody fayors the farm-life
school except Nr. skintiint and he
ought to be ashamed to oppose it.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

some colleges will BE- unable 10 pre-
dict = successful session until they
learn boa many Of last years eleven
vii return.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

Be sure your ballot reads For
Farm-Life School.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

At least the peace treaties will rest
in peace until December.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

At any rate automobilists auto be
more careful.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

Senator cuIIoms bill for govern
ment highways was just feeler. and
he IS feeling in the right direction.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

A vote "Ror Farm-LIie school
means progress and advancement; .
vote Against Fsrm-Life school
means nothing but sordid selhshness.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

Judging from he evidence in The
habess corpus proceedings the Flem-
lns children viii lose either way the
divorce case Is decided.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

A Nevada ex-congressnan has en-
tered the university Of that state as a
student Wonder If he will Try to make
The football team this fall?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

And all that Fleming "slops" will
have to be stirred up again.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

Consistency. consistency thou art
non-existent.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

A city cannot have too many bust
ness enterprises and Durham could
have ! good many more than she has.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

And now the congressman can give
their undivided attention to fence
building.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

II they can't get "Tama Jim" to re-
tire any other way the government
could afford 10 pension him
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

The man Who eyerlastingly rides a
hobby becomes too narrow-minded
and ons-sided to be desirable citizen.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

The colonel need have fear; the
republican national convention will
not kidnap him next year
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

Don't care how high aviators fly
they have to come TO earth for gaso-
line.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-08-25

Uniformity in marriage laws might
help uniformity of divorce laws some