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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Washington Is a City Of Many Tall ~Flagpoles

is not among the accessories OF that
building.
A mar who has an intimate knowl-
edge Of such things told the writer
that he had computed that there are
500 f~agpoles above the roofs of Wash
ington city. A number OF private and
public buildings support more than
one pole. The capitol has four per-
manent STATS, one on the senate side,
one on the roof of the house. n at
the west front and one at the east
front. On the state, war and navy
building are three poles, n for each
OF the departments quartered In that
crowded structure. On the postofnce
department are two poles. one on the
east and the other on the west tower.
Some of the big new Office buildings
carry more than one flagpole. On the
Colorado building are three. Even
some of the older buildings are not
content with one. On the Ebbitt
house are four.
A tall pole is SO feet. A few in the
city rise a little above this height.
The average cost of one of these
poles. including the installation of 1t,
is 5000.
In the grounds Of the naval and mil
itary establishments in and around
Washington the masts rise 100 feet
but they are in two or three sections
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
TO PRESERVE FAMOUS HOUSE
Old MorrislitteIl Structure Of Ger
mantoWn, Pa, Rich In Histori-
Cal Association.

Germantown, Pa.-The Germantown
Site and Relic society and the Ger
mantown Horticultural society have
appealed to the board of education to
preserve the old Morris-Littell house.
situated on a part Of the Butler prop
erty, at Germantown avenue and High
street, which the board has chosen as
q site for the proposed Germantown
High School for Girls.
The two organizations have made
their request in written communica-
tons. which will be submitted to the
board. Besides urging the preserva-
ton Of the old mansion, the local or
CARNATIONS request also that the new
high school building be designed along
colonial lines OF architecture, so as
to be In harmony with the general
character Of the locality.
The old stone house that the two
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25

~ WO more warships of the United
l States navy. a few short years ago
rated as among the most powerful
battleships in the world. are to be
pounded to pieces by the heavy guns
of the modern dreadnoughts and their
SCARED remains then sold for junk
The Indiana and the Massachusetts.
twenty-year-old war vessels that cost
more than 5000. 900 apiece. are the
victims selected for the slaughter. The
Indiana distinguished herself in the
battle OF Santiago in 1928, when the
Spanish ieer was destroyed as II at
tempted to run TO safety. The Massa-
chusetts also participated in the same
war.
Development OF Warship building
has left the Indiana and the Massa-
chusetts far behind. The Massachu-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Experts Would Dress Biddy in Much Gay Attire

FOWL ~fanciers and experts in the
i bureau OF animal industry are seek
ing some method OF cross-breeding
whereby the unattractive but useful
hen ian sprout plumage as variegated
as Joseph's coat OF many colors-
The activity OF the experts is in
spired by the fact that an e~ver-increas-
ing number OF states are passing
stringent avs against the destruction
OF birds for their plumage. while sew
eral federal laws prohibiting the traf-
nc in such plumage already are in
effect.
The bird division OF the National
Museum also has the matter under
consideration. but II is inclined TO be
lieve hat the evolution OF the COM
mon hen along the lines desired is
scarcely practicable.
1T might De accomplished" said
one OF the museum scientists face
tiously. by Matching the eggs In .
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25

a little bronze button in the lapel OF
his faded coat, sand I'd like to see eff
it hez changed much
Finally, it was explained to Mr..
Baldwin that he was not the man
wanted. The committee will pay
your expenses and your days service"
said the clerk. What are your e.
penses?"
"Oh, | dunno" replied the wrong
Mr.. Baldwin. Il paid fer my railroad
ticket. l guess that was all. oh, no,
| had to pay a nickel ter ride acrost
New York"
Haven't you eaten anything?" de
manded the clerk.
"Oh, sure" replied the wrong Mr.,
Baldwin. 81 ct a snack in New York
this morning. / guess it was about a
quarters wuth. ! don't eat much, un-
less I'm hungry"
The sergeant-at-arms was instruct
ed to pay the wrong Mr.. Baldwin the
sum of s26.SO.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Gluradsman Given Fifteen DAYS.

New Albany. July 23.-Archie
Smith. private in company C. Indiana
National Guard. was SEN to Jail for
fifteen days by Magistrate Mix follow
ing charges Of refusing to obey a
non-commissioned officer and failing
to attend the annual camp of instruc-
ton. He was arrested on complaints
filed by Capt. II. H. Austin. command
er of the company. just before the de
p%arture Of the company for ~lndianap-
oils.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
dye house. or a paint shop.

dye house, or q paint shop.
1T might also be accomplished by
feeding the chick-a-b iddies ochre.
Prussian blue and other varicolored
paint powders instead OF corn or other
grain. One. you know. can never tell
what might happen in such a truly
scientific experiment"
The bureau of animal industry, how
ever, is taking the matter more seri-
ously and is casting about for some
solution Of the subject
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Believed to Be Insane.

Newcastle. July 23.-Lawrence Van
Buskirk. the New Lisbon farmer who
has visited Richmond several times
in search Of his wife and who told
newspaper men in that city that he
ran for mayor Of Newcastle and was
defeated by three votes, is said to be
of unsound mind. At the present time
there is a petition in the Henry county
circuit court to have him adjudged in
sane and to have his brother appoint
ed his guardian.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
typhoid Becomes Epidemic.

Evansville. July 23.-Thirteen new
cases of typhoid fever reported in Ev-
ansville caused the health authorities
to begin drastic measures to stop the
epidemic. DR.. Charles Hartloff OF the
plete investigation of the milk supply.
People have been warned to boil milk
and water before using. At the
council meeting a special %appropria-
ton for immediate cleaning of the
sewers was asked for by the health
board.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Fires Shotgun at His Wife.

Connersville, July 23.-George Nc
Avene, aged ffty-seven. is held In jail
ON a charge of shooting at his wife
with a shotgun. The woman fell and
McAvene escaped to a corn field.
When officers found him be held them
at bay with a cooked gun for a time.
When assured that his wife was IN
hurt Re lowered the weapon. but at
tempted TO shoot himself. He was
locked Up.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Asks $4,000 for Sons Death.

Wabash. July 23.-Michael Egan. fa-
Their of Morris Egan. eleven years old.
who was killed six weeks ago when
he was run down by an automobile,
instituted a $4,000 damage suit
against G. w. Case. owner OF the car.
and the firm Of Olinger & Warvel.
who had sold Case the machine and
one of whom was instructing him 20
operate the car when the boy was
killed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Forucry is CArQcd.

M%artinsville, July 23.-Lannie Sher-
field of Ellettsville came here a few
days ago. purchased a suit OF clothes
at a local clothing store and gave the
check of W. II. Scales OF this city for
S27 payable TO Charles Wampler.
Sheffield was found al his home.
brought to this city and placed in
Jail to await trial.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Wrecks Auto 10 Save Life.

Newcastle. July 23.-Rather than
kill a man. w. G.. Hillock. manager for
the Newcastle Foundry company.
drove his new automobile into an iron
trolley pole at Broad and Main
streets. Christopher Baker. sixty
three years old. was knocked down.
but not badly hurt The machine was
wrecked.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Must Pay for Cows Death.

Trenton. N. 1.-The supreme court
here decided that Fred'k Bealaman.
a farmer, must pay James Van Nest,
his next door neighbor, for the death
OF a COW owned by Van Nest, which
broke into the neighbours cornfeld.
ate some OF the corn and died.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Jailed for InIurino Husband,

Camden, n. J.-Anne Triblet. a ne
gress, who tied her husband in bed
and then jumped upon his face with
a heavy pair of shoes she had put on
especially. was sentenced to seven
years in the state prison by Judge
Boyle here.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
No Farm Life for Wife.

East Orange, n. Life on a farm
did not appeal to Mrs. Max Walther
OF this city. who left a ote to her
husband in which she declared she
would rather die than go to Wiscon-
sin. Walther. who had bought a farm
IN the western state. set out alone.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Confess Thefts From Cars.

Leslie Drake. each twenty-one years
old, charged with having broken into
a freight train here and stealing sew
eral cases OF whisky and a large guam
tlty OF tobacco. have confessed. Held
was arrested in Chicago and Drake az
Eouon. They have confessed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25
Ends Her Hunger Strike.

Philadelphia, PA plate of Ice
cream and strawberries ended the
hunger strike Of seventeen-year-old
Julia Morgan Of Pottsville. Pa. who
was held by the local police until her
relatives could be found. Miss Nor
gan had tasted more than two days.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25

R~adziwill, married Dorothy Deacon.
both OF whom will be guests at Bonnie
table this season.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-07-25

South Bend.7John Austin. a farm
or. living near Westville, was held
prisoner on his moving machine
for more than an hour, a mad bull be-
ing his captor. Every time the farm
er moved the bull threatened his life.
Finally he attracted the attention OF
passing automobile tourists and aid
was obtained in the person OF Leander
Frakes. owner OF the animal. who
came to the rescue with a shotgun. II
required Jour loads OF buckshot to
subdue the Infatuated Beast. II was
Their Led to the barn and chained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
Butter and Eggs

FURNISHED by The Continental Creamery
Co., Topeka, Kan.l
Topeka, Kan, May L
CHICAGO EGGSS171kG1sc.
NEW YORK EGGS-181xa1s1sc
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago, sOc:
n. Y, Sic; Elgin, 30c; Topeka Wholesale
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
10DAf'S MARKET REPORT.

chicago May 1.-WHEAT-Becauset the
greater part of wheat deliveries TO-DAY on
May contracts, Ss5, 900 bushels-went into
srong hands, the market developed
strength after opening week. May started
1sc to &c off at sligo to 915sc and then
rose to 92Ac. July opened 1kc to ssd15c
down at 911sG92c to 92Ac but in sympathy
with May firmed up to 923sc
AFTER a further slight upturn profit TAX
ing caused reaction. The close was
weak Tor May at 911zc, a net loss of 5sc
and steady for July at 915sc, a net decline
CORN-Corn advanced with wheat July
opened a shade to 7s@14c off at 55Aa56c
to 56go61sc, and on fair buying went up to
ssh assoc.
small additional upturn was met by
selling that again lowered priced The
close was nervous with July lac net lower
at sec.
OATS-lnfluential buying lifted oats.
July opened unchanged to &c lower at
34S@35c and rallied to 35Hc.
PROVISIONS-Better prices at the
yards helped provisions. An opening ad-
vance of PIG to &c was scored, including
July as follows: Pork, 1886; lard, $40. SIG !;
ribs, $11.021a@o11O5.
RYE-No. 2, 631zc. 81
BA RLEY-4697Oc
T1MOTHY-$2. 956JS. 60.
CLOVER-$17. 00@122o0
PORK-S19 .621a.
LARD-S10.971a
RIBS-$l. 1211a11. S71h
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
R0ESCH WILL TALK.
To Make Unique Address at CONNER
ciaI Club Dinner.

H. E. Roesch, manager of the Reming-
ton Typewriter company in Kansas City,
will give an address next Monday noon
before the membership of the Commercial
club at a special dinner. His subject will
be shakespeare as a Salesman and an
Advertising Man. Shakespeare own
language will be used. This address has
been given recently before numerous
prominent advertising clubs of the coun-
try and is said to be unique.
The doors of the cafe will be open at II
O'Clock so that the business men may re-
turn to their work by 1:15 O'Clock. All
former members of the Topeka Ad club
which went out of existence two or three
months ago are invited to attend the
meeting.
J. VIII Kelley, secretary of the Com
mercial club, is in favor of the forma-
ton of an advertising department of the
Commercial club to take the place of the
Topeka Advertising club He said today:
Il would be glad to see such depar tment
formed by business men interested in ad-
vertising. A properly organized depart
ment of this kind could do effective pub
licity work for the club. AS an independ-
ent organization as the club was before 1t
was hard to procure cooperation. In the
last few weeks it would have been posi-
BILE to schedule addresses by prominent
advertising men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
ON A DIET OF PINS.
One Hat, Two Hair and Six Safeties
Found in Woman's Stomach.

F'ishkill- on Hudson, n. Y, May l.
Doctors at the Matteawan hospital are
watching with great interest the case
of Mrs. Anna Bischoff, 60 years old,
who was operated on for stomach trou-
BILE recently.
On seeking the cause of the trouble
the physicians found that a four-inch
hatpin, swallowed by the patient two
months ago, had worked its way
through the stomach and into the
bowels. At the same time six safety
pins and two hair pins We're removed
from the stomach of the patient. who
bids fair to become known as the
Human pin cushion"
The operation was successful and
Mrs. Bischoff is doing we'll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
LAND And water
Government Irrigation Project
Discussion Begins.
Recommended That New Lands
Be Opened to All.

Washington. Nav 1.+Difficulties
and differences of opinion between Of
ficials of the reclamation service ana
users of water from various govern
ment irrigation projects are expected
to be threshed out at conferences
which began here today. Secretary
Lane invited the contending. forces ana
interested members of congress to at
tend the conferences over which ne
will preside at the interior department
It is the announced purpose of the
secretary to develop clearly the d1ffer-
ences between the officials and the
water users over each project that ne
may make such changes in the admin
istrative policy of irrigation and recla-
nation as may be shown to be des1ra-
BILE.
James j. Hill of the Great Northern
railway, whom the secretary invited to
discuss the relative merits and cost OF
government and privately owned 1rrl-
CATION projects, wired he would pc
unable to be here today, but would
be present probably next Monday or
Tuesday.
G. NJ. Bailey, interested in the irri-
agtion projects in oregon, has pro-
posed a plan to turn over the new
lands to the department Of agriculture
for settlement after they have been
con- pleted by the reclamation en-
oil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
ANOTHER new DANCE
New York Society Is Crazy About the
Kitchen Sink"

New York. May Its the ''kitch-
en- sink now. Society is crazy about
it. No, it is not a new kitchen or a
model fat. It's a dance. Pretty soon
it will be the ''parlor Slide the bath
room dip and wardrobe hook
Technically speaking the kitchen
sink bears a close resemblance to
the step and the Boston. And it gets
its name, so those who dance it explain
from the very deep sink which
comes at regular intervals in the dance
But when asked, why kitchen?'' no
one can answer, unless, they say, it is
on account of the bend which is one
a servant might use when scrubbing
the kitchen floor. One knee barely es-
capes the polished ball room floor as
the sink is made.
With the Kitchen sink" there have
also come into vogue other new steps
known among the dancing set as the
chicken walk" which is a gentle and
ladylike turkey trot, and the horse
trot,' which is a romping gallon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
ANOTHER T.B.CURE
Chicago Physician Treats 100
Cases Successfully.
Government Experts May In
vestigate the Claims.

Washington, D. c., May 1-Former
Senator William Lorimer of Illinois
today will appeal to the United States
public health service to detail at least
one of the experts to inquire into the
alleged 'tcure" for tuberculosis said to
have been discovered by DR.. Peter P.
Duket of Chicago. The former sena-
tor arrived yesterday. and promptly
made an engagement for a personal
interview with Surgeon General Ru-
pert Blue.
Mr.. Lorimer expressed confidence in
the Chicago physicians discovery. He
declared that more than 100 cases are
being treated successfully and that the
treatment used by DR.. Duket has been
tested by q committee of the most
prominent physicians in Chicago. So
anxious is Mr.. Lorimer to have the
government inquire into the supposed
"cure'' that he announced his will
ingness to bear the expense of sending
a federal expert to make the investi-
cation.
The public health service now is en-
gagged in an investigation of the al
legged cure of DR.. FREDERICK F.
Friedman. An inquiry in the Duket
treatment also probably will be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
new INDIANA LAWS.
Three Hundred and Fifty Legislative
Measures Into Effect Today.

Indianapolis. May New state
laws to the number of $50 went into
effect today. They were passed by
the last legislature and cover many
subjects Among the new acts are the
vocational educational law; providing
for a Panama-Pacif1c exposition; sub
stituting electrocution for hanging;
forbidding street railway companies
from issuing passes; providing divorce
complaints must be filed sixty days
before being heard: making the car
nation the state flower and ION the
Banks of the Wabash" the state song;
providing that all employees must be
paid twice a month, and a law plac-
ing restrictions on the sale of habit
forming drugs. The act establishing
a public service commission is regard
ed as one of the most important
passed by the general assembly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01

were the only games that the home
team has dropped this year. No other
team in the conference can say that
Missouri lost two to Kansas. Ames
lost two to Missouri.
Nebraska lost one to the Kansas
Aggies. The Aggies lost one to Ne
braska.
Missouri easily beat the Ames Ag-
gies two straight games. That puts
the Iowa farmers out of the road.
Kansas beat the Tigers two games.
That Just about eliminates them.
The Manhattan AggieS and the
Cornhuskers broke even on the Ag-
gies northern invasion. The Aggies
should easily take their home games
with the northerners. That would do
for Coach Stiehm's prodigies.
The struggle seems to be confined
to the contests between the Kansas
nine and the Manhattan farmers.
Comparative scores would show that
these teams were about even.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
ALL ABOUT AST0RS.
London Financier VIII Organize News
Association of His Own.

London, May waldorf Astor, son
of William Waldorf Aston, member of
parliament and controller of several
Sunday newspapers here, is organizing
a news agency to serve American news
papers, with the prime intention of
placing the English portion of the
Astor family in a better light in their
native land, and secondly to secure
for his father the peerage for which
he became an ex-patriot and has
sought SO long in vain.
Young Astor has declared that he is
disguised with the manner in which
the American newspapers and the news
agencies here have treated his family.
The English news agency will not con-
fine itself to exclusive news of the doingS
of the English Aston family but will
handle the general news for the benefit
of the American newspapers. The con-
clusion is reached here that when the
Tory party is returned to power, Will
lam Waldorf Aston, through his sons
aid, will be able to secure his long
hoped for peerage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
LAND WITH POISON.
Charge of Drastic Attempts Against
Oklahoma Indians.

Hugo, Ok, May ". Bronough
and Edward L. Read have been ar
rested here on charge of attempt
ing to poison Ellis Wood, fullblood
Choctaw Indian. with the alleged mo-
tive of acquiring his land. The ar
rests followed a years investigation by
the federal officials of an alleged sys-
tenn by which many Indians have been
poisoned by persons who wanted the
Indian lands
Twelve cases in which Indians have
died under mysterious circumstances
have been investigated and other ar
rests are expected. Government Off
cials charge that the victimized In
dams were induced to make wills be-
queathing their lands to persons who
agreed to pay them a certain amount
of money every month as long as the
Indians lived. 1t is said that many OF
the Indians died within three months
after making such contracts.
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never SEE HIS EQUAL.
big Six's'' Wonderful Performance
Causes Writers to Wonder.

New York. May 1.-Pitchers may
come and pitchers may go, but it is
the unanimous opinion of all local
baseball writer's that the game will
hardly again see the equal of Christy
Mathewson, veteran twirler for the
Giants. Already more than a decade
in big company" Matty was never
in better form than in Tuesdays
game against Brooklyn, when he
pitched thirteen full innings without
passing a man and allowing but eight
scattered hits.
Incidentally 'Matty'' has not been
scored upon for the last twenty in
nings he has pitched. Each year he
seems to come back with the same
winning form that puzzles the experts
and batterS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01
GET MORE TOPEKA TALK.
Line to Eureka Lake Com
pleted in Two Weeks.

Manhattan, Kan, May 1.-The
opening of the interurban line from
Manhattan to Eureka Lake will not
be delayed on account of the trolley
poles not being received on time. w.
r. West announces that the poles We're
shipped and would arrive next week,
when he had really expected that they
would be so late in reaching here that
the inauguration of service would be
delayed.
The only chance now to prevent cars
running May Is will be the failure of
some of the overtrack material to ar
rive on time. The trolley wire is here
and has been for five months.
Work on the track is moving right
along. Nearly four miles have now
been laid. The track is being used to
transport material, but electric power
isn't used.
Mr.. West refused to give out any of
the details concerning the proposed
line from Manhattan to Topeka but
admits that the company is planning
to build it. He says the information
leaked out through Junction City from
the owners of the Rocky Ford Power
company. Mr.. West says he wasn't
ready to make an announcement and
isn't ready yet.