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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Government to Start Picture Shows

III NCLE SAM himself is going into
" the moving picture show business.
With the authority Of President Taft,
a contract has been entered into by
the government officials and a Chicago
firm for the purpose OF reproducing in
moving pictures all of the various &C
tivities OF the nation. The pictures
vii be shown in hundreds OF moving
picture houses. Marines at work on
battleships. gunners firing at the hulk
Of an old battleship, cavalry drills.
mine and rescue work. plant and ant
nal Industry. road building and every
single activity of the government Will
be shown on the films.
The problem OF educating the public
10 the work being done by its own
government was carefully considered
by the president and members OF his
cabinet before the contract was en-
tered into. Each cabinet officer was
then authorized TO make his W ar
rangement with the film concern. hay
Ing the right TO arrange for such pic
lures as he wished TO have taken and
reject those he does not care for.
In the United States Office OF public
roads. for instance. the director. 10
gan Waller Page. arranged TO have
pictures taken showing the effects of
good and bad roads. In the case OF
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
state HAPPENINGS
RECORDED IN BRIEF
NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL OVER
INDIANA.
EXPECT ESQ., 900 ODD FELLOWS
indianapolis Lodge Men Prepare for
National Grand Eneampment-sis-
ty-Three Teams Already En-
tered In Prize Contests.

Indianapolis, Sept. 5.-Odd Fellows
of this city are preparing TO entertain
more than $50, 900 visiting members OF
the lodge and their friends next week.
when the sovereign grand encamp-
ment OF the order is held here, Sep
TENDER IS to 23. More than twenty
five special trains are expected to be
run into Indianapolis.
Already sixty-three teams have en-
tered the contests for cash prizes ag-
gregating $4,000, which have been Of
fered In subordinate encampment and
Rebekah degrees. Prizes totaling
s3,575 also will be offered in the pa
triarchs' militant drills.
One of the novel features of the pa
rade will be a division OF Sons CT
odd Fellows II is planned TO have
at least 1000 boys, ranging in age
from twelve to twenty-one years.
march In the long pageant.
John b. Cockrum of this city. is
grand sire OF the sovereign lodge OF
the world.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Bulk of Concealed Assets Recovered

was recovered. and from John f. Gay
nor s29 ,65105.
Most OF the assets OF Captain Car
ter we're In trust funds. They were
traced to and corralled In the hands
OF receivers for the estate of Captain
Carter. These trust funds included
real estate, bonds, stocks and cash.
The government made attachment in
this case. or the s501,s55.39 recov-
ered from the Carter concealed assets
the Supreme Court Of the United
States allowed s111 .054.2s for Carriers
counsel expenses.
All the proceedings in the courts In
the Carter case have been terminated,
but all OF the assets turned owe TO
the government have not been con-
yerted into cash. The total amount OF
cash in the Carter assets turned in Is
s227,s52. The balance Is in real es-
tate In New York and New Jersey.
and certain securities in Georgia. They
now are in process of being sold. In
every case the assets corralled had
been transferred by Greene, Gaynor
and Carter to other persons or held
bv persons for them in concealment.
The tracing OF the assets was most
difficult
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08

TIE United States has recovered
1 nearly $4,000 from the concealed
assets OF Gaynor, Greene and Carter,
who defrauded the government out OF
100000 in Savannah harbor I'M
provement contracts in 1897. The
actual amount unearthed and attached
was $3.50. 1860. This does not In
clude $4,000 forfeited surety of John
F.. Gaynor. This sum the government
is endeavoring % ecover by civil suit
IN the United States district court for
the northern district OF New York.
More than half of the recovery came
from the concealed assets OF Capt
Oberlln NJ. Carter. the engineer officer
IN charge OF the work at Savannah
harbor and co-conspirator Of Greene
and Gaynor, the contractors. The
total assets OF Captain Carter seized
by the government amounted TO s501.-
So5.Ss. From b. ID. Greene s1O5.46O.25
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Uncle Sam Builds Prison for Women

A PRISON within a prison is being
"a built at Leavenworth. Kan. and II
Will be the first exclusive federal
lrlson for women in the United States.
2 new jail is being built within the
walls OF the United States peniten-
uary, but 1t will have a wall OF Its
own and the inmates will be more Sc
curely shut OF from the world than
me more desperate men confined In
The mems prison.
Ihis inside prison will have room
iof about 500 women. there being now
about hat number in the various
state penitentiaries in the United
states, the government paying the
states for their keep. These women
nav been convicted mainly OF viola
uohs OF the postal laws, smuggling.
Oouhterfeiting or white shaving.
While the worms prison will be
under control of the warden, there
VIII De a woman superintendent and
unuer her a corps OF subordinates.
because OF being confined behind
uouole walls no guards will be neces-
ary' It viii be a rule that no men.
S0aiiy men prisoners. be allowed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08

the latter. the films will show the
farmer trying TO carry loads OF prod
uce over a bad road; how he became
sick; how the doctor is unable to
reach him, and how. because Of the
mud ruts. the undertaken finds IL ex-
ceedingly difficult TO get him to his
grave. Another film will show another
farmer carrying his prodpce-twice as
much-over a model road constructed
under the supervision OF the govern
ment.
The departm ent OF agriculture will
be able TO show. in entertaining as
we'll as instructive style. the effects
of pure food and impure food; the
secretary of war will be able TO show
the advantages OF army life, and the
secretary OF the navy the advantages
OF life on the bounding waves. while
the interior department will be show
Ing how forest fires are fought and
entombed miners are rescued
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Dates for Indiana Fairs !, 1911.

Huntingburg. Dubois county, Sep
TENDER ll-lG; Il. w. Pickhart. secre-
tary Chas. Monkhaus. president.
Nincennes. Knox county. September
1916; James NJ, House. secretary; r..
c. Gilmore. president.
Liberty. Union county. September
1915, b. +. Coddington. secretary;
o. p. Loire. president.
Goshen, Elkhart county. September
1915; Frank f.. Yoder. secretary;
Frank J. Irwin, president.
C~ovington. Fountain county, Sep
TENDER 1915; Thos. III. Bodine. secre-
tary; George p. Schwin. president.
FIT. Wayne, Allen county. September
1916; p. r. Strieder. secretary; II. w.
Tapp. president.
Boswell, Benton county. September
1915: w. ID. Simpkins. secretary; HI
ram Bright, president.
Converse, Miami county, September
1921; Will w. Draper. secretary; c.
C. Crandall. president.
Terre Haute, Vigo county, Septem-
Der 1922; Charles r. Duffin. secre-
tary; w. L. McPeak. president.
Kendallville. Noble county, Septem-
Der 1922; u. C. Brouse. secretary; c.
NJ. Case, president.
Decatur, Adams county. September
1922; Chas. E.. Magley. secretary; T.
II. Baltzell. president.
Evansville, vanderburg county. Sep
TENDER 1923; A. ]. Ragan, secretary.
Chisney, Spencer county. September
$3.50; J. p. Chisney. secretary; ]. c.
Haines, president.
Bremen. Marshall county. Septem-
Der 26-30; j. b. Snyder. secretary:
John Graverson. president.
North Manchester. Wabash county,
September 1929: John Isenbarger, sec
rotary; J.. w. Strauss, president.
Bourbon, Marshall county. october
SO; b. w. Parks. secretary; w. IL
Erwin. president.
Angola. Steuben county. October 10
13; c. G. Heckenlively. secretary: E
S. Croxton, president.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Plan United Brethren Conference.

Washington. Sept. 5.-The program
has been issued for the eighty-third
annual session OF the Indiana confer
ence of the United Brethren church.
which will be held in the First United
Brethren church Of Washington, begin
ming Wednesday and lasting through
the following Sunday. Bishop G. w.
Matthews Of Chicago will be the pre-
siding bishop. The local church a
completed all arrangements for the
conference and has prepared to en-
terrain several hundred guests. The
Indiana conference embraces all the
territory In the state south OF Colum-
bus. and has an aggregate member
ship OF thirteen thousand.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Grant County Wants Hospital.

Marion, Sept. 5.-The Grant county
council will be asked for an appropria-
ton for the erection OF a county hos
pital. The Grant county hospital.
which has been conducted by an asso-
citation for several years, is crowded.
and the persons who have supported IL
are now asking that the county assist
them in building a larger hospital.
Robert ]. Spencer. a Marion capitalist.
has offered a site for the hospital as a
gift, and members OF the council who
have been interviewed are in favor OF
the appropriation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
May Select School Head Soon.

The board Of trustees of the Indi-
ana Girls School at Clermont is ex-
pected TO appoint a successor to Miss
Charlotte Dye. formerly superintend-
ent of the institution. following a
meeting between Miss Lottie w. Cald-
well OF Lafayette and Mrs. W. b.
Campbell OF Anderson, members of
the board, with DR.. Kenosha Sessions
Of Anna, Ill. Miss Sessions formerly
was a physician at the Indiana Hos
pital for the Insane and has been un-
der consideration as a superintendent
of the Girls school for some time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
rIIden Post Office Entered.

Danville. Sept. 5.-The post office at
Tilden. near here, was entered by safe
blowers. who obtained about $50 in
stamps from the safe, according to the
estimate OF j.. II. Ferree. postmaster.
The back door OF the building was
forced open by the burglars, who then
blew open the vault. inside of which
was a small safe on which there lay
the stamps. 1t is thought they were
frightened away before they had a
chance to open the safe, In which
there was a small amount OF money.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08

in the women's prison. The women
viii be more completely shut out OF
the world than clustered nuns.
The women will be kept too busy
70 think about men. however. for upon
them viii devolve the making or all
the bed clothing. tablecloths. towels
and other things OF that nature used
in the prison and the repair OF the
mems clothes. They will mako their
W clothing. OF course, although no
type OF uniform has been decided
upon. 1t probably will be n one-piece
blue dress, but without numbers or
anything to denote the wearer Is a
prisoner.
The women will have their "
chapel and various entertainment
will be provided for them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Auto Registrations Increase.

indianapolis. Sept. 5.-Automobile
registrations for August IN the office
OF the secretary of state amounted to
1882. or eco more than for the CORE
spending month Of last year. If tho
rate OF Increase keeps W, according to
II. l.. Confer, deputy secretary. the
$500 appropriation for seals for next
rear will not be sufficient. The gen.
eral assembly gave the department.
$500 additional for such purpose for
the current fiscal year, and his has
all been exhausted but nine dollars.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Is a City of Magnificent Distances

to ruin II. INTELLECTUALLY speaking. II
Is said TO be the most perfect exam.
pie of Greek art In this country. but
the treasury department had to have
more room. and so they unpinned the
roof and showed It up sonio on the
sides and made a little more room sky.
ward. The state. war and navy build.
Ing always was hideous, being what
Is called Italian renaissance, and not
at all suited to the solid. last-forever
necessities OF the United States gov
eminent. and It looks as tawdry as pos
sible when brought, as 1t is. into jux-
Imposition with the White House and
the simplicity OF the Greek temple Of
finance.
When the building was put up which
was to house the United States postal
department and the city post Office
some architects planned a sort OF Col
ogne Cathedral building. which is a
long ways of from being big enough
for either department and doesn't
match anything In the government
building line In Washington. After this
structure was put up there was a re-
form in ideas for government build
ings. and since then they have been
along the stately, substantial line. The
finest recent examples Of these are
found in the splendid white marble
buildings constructed for the house and
senate Office buildings, which have for
the central figure the beautiful white
marble national capitol. with the con
gressional library and its gilded dome
in the foreground.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
rI.otricItv Kills Worker.

Indianapolis, Sept. civilian Arm
strong, an electrical worker employed
by the Westinghouse company. was
killed by electricity at the new power
house OF the Terre Haute. Indianapolis
& Eastern Traction company. Arm
strong probably received 10000 volts
from a high tension cable with which
he was working.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Hogs Have infantIIe Paralysis.

DR.. j. p. Sinonds, Indianapolis SUI
perintendent Of the Indiana Patio.
logical laboratory: DR.. J. Willard Par.
IRISH, county health commissioner, and
DR.. A. w. Stubs. veterinarian. took
samples of hogs diseased with infan.
tile paralysis. or poliomyelitis. on the
Cherry farm for the Rockefeller in.
stitute. Or. Simon Flexner. director
of the Rockefeller institute, notified
the state board some time ago he
would accept a spinal cord from one
OF the diseased hogs for examination
and the making OF experiments.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
state Employment Bureaus Report

OAdtC iiR
indianapolis. Sept. 5.-The combined
reports of the branch free state en-
ployment bureaus. maintained at Fort
Wayne. South Bend. Terre Haute and
Evansville, show a total of LII men
and women provided with work for the
period beginning whit their establish
ment and ending on Thursday night OF
this week. The bureaus at South Bend
and Evansville have been operating 13
weeks, that at Fort Wayne II weeks
and that at Terre Haute nine weeks.
OF the persons provided whit work.
1,02s were men. Two thousand two
hundred and sixty-seven men sought
employment. Two hundred and seven
ty-three women applied for places.
There were 1864 applications for male
help, and $50 for female help. The
total number given employment was
about so per cent. of the total applica-
tons for work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
Pensions for lndianlans.

Pensions Tor IndIanIans.
Pensions were granted Indianians
as follows: Charles w. Arnold. sl7;
James II. Baker. $50: John f. Bar.
nett, s17; Norval w. Cummings, SEA;
William r. Egnew. s24; Josephine
Fisher. s12; John Guthrey, SIS; Phil
ip II. Grubbs, s24; David b. Johnston,
500: Gen. w. Kilgore. s12; John w.
Mcwhorter. $50; Henry Metz, 500;
Thomas d. Scott. $50; John Sharp.
$50; Eli Swihart, s24; Augustin II.
league, SIT; Joseph Troyer. s17;
Jane r. Tyner. s12; John ID. White.
SIS: John J. Wildeson. s2i.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08
k,lled in street Car Accident.

Kokomo, Sept. Mrs Ida Kessot
was killed and Mrs. Ernest Perry OF
Peru received fatal injuries In a street
car accident here.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08

Misunderstanding. the tive-year-
old daughter of Daniel S~chenkel,
placed her baby brother in a suitcase
and brought the two sides together
with a snap. The parents missed The
baby and Mary pointed to the suit
case with a "Dere it is" They tried
to open the suitcase for a few minutes.
and the father rushed to the dealer
from whom 1t was purchased, and
after a long delay the infant was res
cued. 1t came out laughing and I'M
harmed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08

Gary.-The opening Of the oys-
ter season brought grief to w. II.
F. Parry. He had imported a barrel
OF fancy coves from Baltimore, and
went into the basement to feed the
live oysters their usual meal Of corn
meal and salt. In dipping his hand
into the barrel one of the hungry
bivalves opened its shell too wide with
the result that Parry's fingers were
severely lacerated.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08

Fort Wayne.-Four men are in the
Lutheran hopital here as the re-
suit Of an accident OF the Fndlay
branch of the c., II. & d. railroad at
Tillman, this county. when a motor
handcar struck a dog and the car was
hurled from the tracks. John O'Brien
has a broken leg, George Shaffer suf-
fered a broken arm and Albert Bush
and David Heckert were cut about the
arms and head. John Moore, the fifth
man on the car, escaped. The dog
was killed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08

Gary-As the result of a sunstroke.
which he received during July, Mar
tin vanburen. a foreman in the steel
mills, has developed a peculiar mania
for leading horses and dogs about the
city. On a number of occasions horses
and dogs have been taken from their
owners and after a search Vanburen
was found leading them down the
streets and alleys.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08

Hammond.-A novel suit was
started in a Hammond court, John
Koch started out for a call on his girl.
He wore a new hat and a new suit OF
clothes. While waiting at a railroad
crossing for a train Jesse Jones. the
engineer OF an Erie train. is alleged to
have permitted the engine to spout
dirty steam on Koch. running his at
tire. The railroad and the engineer
are sued for damages.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-09-08

Fort wayne.-Except I'm cases OF
death from contagious diseases that
make immediate burial imperative,
IL will be practically impossible
hereafter to get carriages for a
Sunday funeral in Fort Wayne. A ban
on Sunday funerals has been placed
by the Liverymen and Hackmen's
Protective association, the member
ship OF which includes nearly all the
livery establishments in the city. Cler-
gymen. liverymen, funeral directors and
cemetery authorities here have been
warning on the Sunday funeral for
several years.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-01-26

Jones. Heley's attorney. for
him to call in the canvasif e
board to recount the votes. 1t
was found that the election of
6cels Of Eagle and West End
townships had neglected to
certify to their returns. The
board was asked to sign the re-
turns and cast out Eagle and
West End townships. b IL
Green and Zentgraft refused to
sign-saying they are not on
the board, as they have finish
ed their term as county COM
missioners, some time since,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-01-26
CONVERTED

Nick Klein may or may not
have been converted into the
religious ideas of the church,
but it 10 safe to say, he ia COM
verted into that state of believ-
ing which signifies the fact that
it pays to advertise. However,
he says there will be nothing
happen this month, nor next,
nor the month after, and when
it does happen he will he there
with "the goods" but the "treat',
is on some one else this time.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-01-26
......
OPINION EXPOSED
Shall the People Rule, or Shall a
Few Would Be Bosses Rule
the County7
To the Editor of the Wahpeton

To the Editor of the Wahpeton
Times
The people of the north part
Of the county have become per:
fectly disgusted over the Heley
Moody Contest. AS it is a we'll
known fact that there has been
few individuals living right
III Wahpeton who have contin.
ualIy knocked < a st Mr..
Moody for several years past
and doing every mean thing
against Mr.. Moody to make
him trouble and expenpe and
also saying every mean timing
they could to hurt his standing
with The farmers and common
people of the'county re egard'ees
Of the truth contained in there
statements against him until
the people have become per-
fectly disgusted and today Mr..
Moody is the most popular
man in Rich.and G n t y
among the farmers and the
common people of tn. County.
And if any of those Wahpeton
knockers don't think he is Just
let one of them run against
Mr.. Moody for sheriff 2 years
hence and they will tind out. I
am a Republican but l am of
the same opinion that many of
my Republican neighbors have
that every man should be en-
titled to square deal-Re-
gardless of Politics and that
there is such thing as over
doings things.
A Republican Voter of Col,
fax Township.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-01-26
Congregational Church Notes

Congregational Church Notes
Sunday Jan. 20. sermon at
1890, Sabbath school at 1900
and Young Peoples me citing at
200. We invite you to any or
all of these services.
Last Sunday was one of the
red letter days as to attendance.
1t looked good to see all the
seats filled. May we not hope
that this will be the rule every
Sunday morning blizzards not
coming on the Sabbath.
The pastor wishes to assure
our people that hereafter the
church building will be heated
so that the floor is comfortably
warm. The janitor has been
faithful but with one furnace
entirely out of com mission it is
no easy matter to warm the
room. However from this time
on until warm weather fire will
be started Saturday evening
and kept going over night.
Please remember you will be
made comfortable hereafter.
The Woman's Mission a y
society of our church surely
have an interesting year of
study ahead of them for 1911.
The program committee have
provided the following topics
for the year. The country is
Turkey.
I. Geography. 2. History
these topics for the first two
meetings.
8. Mohammedanism: Past
and present.
4. Beginning of Missions.
5. Western Turkey.
6. Central Turkey.
Z. Eastern Turkey Especial
lesson on Erzroom.)
8. European Turkey.
8. The story of Miss Stone.
10. Recent Happenings.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-01-26
BICKF0RD ARRESTED

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 19.-Ex-
State Treasurer Bickford is un.
der arrest.
The charge is embezzlement.
He was placed in custody
this afternoon by S h e r i fl
Barnes.
There is now excitement
throughout the capitol.
The former custodian of the
state funds was in the capitol
building when the arrest was
made.
During the afternoon he was
in custody i'll the Office of the
attorney general.
The warrant charging Bick.
ford with the crime of embez-
element was sworn out b y
States Attorney Smith of Bur.
leigh county.
When the announcement OF
trouble in the office of the state
treasurer was first made in The
Forum. States Attorney Smith
began private investigation.
He soon assured himself there
was something wrong and to.
days action is the result of HE
investigation.
Ordinarily the arrest should
have been procured through
the Office of the attorney gener-
al.
Bonds for Bickford were fixed
late this afternoon at $4,000.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-01-26
HIGH SCHOOL QUINT LOSES
TO MOORHEAD

The Wahpeton High School
Basket Ball team journeyed up
to Moorhead Saturday for the
purpose of being defeated by
the High School Team of that
email town. However the in.
tention of the local quint was
to do up Moorhead.-The game