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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-11-13
Forks and the Coin.

Place two forks with their prong
one set over the other and slip q
coin between the middle prongs of
the forks. Then place the coin
hat On the rim of a wineglass q,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-11-13

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| practically the entirc village popula =
| ton was engaged in the business of
| contributing TO the c.ty's food supply.
A special train was operated daily
| from TEAR to Vera Cruz. bringing in
| free of charge all MeXiCans who APP
| peared with even so little as half n
| dozen eggs, then carrying them back
| again in the afternoon after they had
| disposed of their tiny stocks. Under
| he guns of the marines, who served
as train guards, the Mexcans rapidly
! gained confidence and very substantial
quantities Of foodstuffs were thus
brought into the city.
! Then, apparently. the Mexicans be-
gan to see the stupidity Of their EN-.
barge, out of which they gained little
or nothing, while the only sufferers
were their own people in Vera Cruz.
So they proce, ded To make the embargo
pay. And thus was established the
I present basis upon which the business
Of supplying Vera Cruz with food
largely rests-the collection Of tolls
upon all quantities of foods passing
through the Mexican lines toward Vera
cruz.
There was and there Is not now any
system about it--slmply the collection
4
can soldier on duty outside the city is.
though he is probably unaware Of the
fact up against the law of diminish
ing returns. II he demands too much
silver Of the Indian poems for the privi-
lego Of taking their produce TO the Vera
Cruz market they viii not come again.
So the tolls vary with the Judgment.
nerve or avarice of he Mexican guard
officers, and whatever the Indian car
rior has tn pay goes on the price at
which he offers his produce in the city.
So, too, at the little coast and river
towns from which stuff is now brought
in by boat. The jefes are learning the
game, and large assessments either in
money or in kind are levied upon every
boat before it can head for Vera Cruz
with Its cargo of bananas, corn, man
goes or what not And eventually the
American pays the bill of course Thus
do the conquered fatten off their OPP
prcssors.
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Continued from FIRST Page.

of this forcshortening is lost and the
beautiful ferns, sea palms and other
species of suhaqueous growth are seen
in the full dignity of their real height.
Looking at them from the bottom they
wave and sway in the tide to a height
Of eight or ten feet.
For the first time photographs were
taken of deep sea diver working on
n wreck. Near Nassau there is the hulk
of an old blockade runner that came
to grief while seeking safety during the
civil war. She lies at depth of fifty
feet and scattered on the bottom near
her are some rust encrusted cannon
and many cannon balls. George Will
hanson volunteered to be "A diver and
suit was borrowed from the Colonial
Government. Although he had never
been beneath the surface in this sor,
of garb before. Mr.. Williamson gamely
went down and strollcd about the
wreck, picking up cannon balls and
sending them a,oft in "A wire basket
attached to a line. While he was so
engaged Mr.. Gregory, safe and dry in
the chamber, was photographing him.
As in all tropical waters tho sea
around the bahamas abounds in sharks,
and film that has no counterpart in
the annals of photography was secured
of "A battle between two of these mon
stors. Specimens eighteen feet and
twenty feet long are common, and no
ordinary bait would last long enough
for the purpose of photoEraphlng them.
After unwinding many miles of
British red tape, for the law does not
permit an animal To he wantonly killed.
No. matter how incapable OF work It may
be, lame horse was secured and put
to death by a special agent from the
police department at convenient place
on the shore, whence II was lowed
out to sea and anchored in the water
near the apparatus The carcass was
slashcd with knife SO that the blood
might flow out on the outgoing tide.
and in less than an hour ftcr there
were twenty to twenty-five sharks mill
ing around the bait They are the
natural scavengers of the sea hut some
instinct seemed to tell them that the
carcass anchored there augured no good
for them. They swan around and
around it several at time and swal-
lowed eagerly huge chunks of meat
which were thrown ovei board from the
barge.
The crew caught half a dozen of these
monsters with large hooks attached to
chains. After losing several hooks,
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Naturally, this sys.cm has developed
delightful contest between Mexican
soldier and MeNican trader. and there
is now in progress. "A great game Of food
smuggling. Night has been turned into
day. the former Offering better oppor-
tunity for the evasion of the Mexican
sentrics who are seeking their profits
from the hunger of Vera CRUZ. And
oftentimcs when a sentry is encoun-
tered a peso to the private will insure
his silence in the matter. for II il NOT tho
custom of the guard officers 20 share
with their subordinat.s tho nroe,. ~
their extemporIzed fold cus,on, b,usa.
But certainly II 10 no wander ,ba, tho
common nccessaries Of even tho Noxi-
can table are n Ii,tlo higb in yjou, ~,
the Mexican dealers natural dastra -
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PHOTOGRAPHIlNG DEEP SEA LIFE

winch were secured with heavy woven
wire but which snapped between their
Scrrated teeth like pack threads, one OF
the largest Of these freshly hooked
monsters was drawn close to the cham.
Der to permit the taking of good view
Of his struggles. \ portion Of the bunch
of meat which was used for bait stilI
protruded from his jaws and while he
struggled thus another huge shark
swan in view and wrested It from his
jaws.
He swallowed it at one gulp and
seemed infur.ated that there was no
more. He swervcd about like an angry
bull, swan away for few feet. then
turned and with open jaws darted like
an arrow at the fish still held by the
hook. He snatched at one of the huge
fins and tore ii TO shreds In his razor
like teeth The hooked shark became
Infatuated, Fearing for the safety OF
the man in the chamber, for had one Of
the sharks struck the glass at full tilt
ii would certainly have been broken and
the operator drowned, the men on deck
slaCkened away on the line and the two
sharks engaged in battle royal each
plunging toward the other with widi
opened mouth, tearing each other at
every available point. Finally despite
the hook which stlll hung consciously
10 his jaws the wounded shark beat or
the other one.
Al of this is faithfully recorded in the
film up to the last moment when the
vanquished shark swan way and the
other churned the water into foam, bat
Ting with the barbed death N his
mouth. There have been many fish
films taken in tanks at aquariums and
from the surface, but the tank has
never been built that could stage the
spectacle made by those sharks.
Many stories have been written OF
hand to hand conflicts with nan eating
sharks, but when it comes to finding
a native diver who will actually 20 down
armed with nothing but a short knife
and engage in single handed combat
with one Of these brutes il means con-
siderable more effort than an exercise OF
a fertile imagination with pencil and
paper. Such a man was at last found
and motion pictures were made OF a
naked diver meeting one OF these kings
Of the deep in his own element and with
a long sweeping stroke of a keen knife
disemboweling the FISH, The shark
darted toward the man with open
mouth. The diver escaped the yawning
Jaws as a matador lodges a bun and
with one swift thrust Of his knife landed
a death stroke in the monster $ vitals.
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Natives waiting for Cruz.
Proclaimed Free Port of Entry for FoodstuGs and Made
Merchants Lower Prces-Army and Navy Provided
Food When Huerta's Soldiers Shut OF Supply

baskets made of native reeds by the
Indians-slung over his back, with
sometimes "A dozen chickens, alive and
slunG by their legs on either side of the
burro. The m.lkman rides into town
astride his hurru, sitting in rude
wooden saddle. from which are slung
at the most four cans, in rough raw
hide containers. When the cans are
empt!ed his days work is done. as there
is no reserve dcpu. To- which he can go
for n fresh supply. No American in
Vera Cruz has seen glass of milk
since the city was captured.
There is little house to house peddling
in Vera Cruz. The Indian coming In
takes his few chickens or his hatful Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19
Armed train bringing natives and
their garden truck into Vera Cruz.

eggs or basketful Of vegetables to the
big market near the waterfront. There
he disposes of his entire stock for
few pesos at most to those who keep
the stands and joys back home on his
burro along the trails beside the rail-
road tracks. And to the market must
go the householder or the hotel and
restaurant keeper for the days supplies.
incidentally, the task has become much
less disagreeable since the American oC-
Cupat.on, for however c.ean were the
streets of Vera Cruz before the Amer
lean occupation the markets were I'M
wholesome places, making the thought
of eating rcpulsive to one from the
north.
But no sooner did the streams Of
fresh foods again run into Vera Cruz
than a new complication appeared. APP
parentiy Indifferent to The fact that the
people of Vera Cruz would suffer most
from such obstructive measures, the
Mexican soldiers on outpost duty out
side the American lines began prohibit
ing the traffic between the Indian
farmer and the city markets. Milkmen
and truck dealers reported to the
American authorities day after day
that they had been held up on the trails
by Mexican soldiers, that their entire
stocks had been confisCattd and that
they had been warned not To try TO
bring any more food through the lines.
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Copyright American Press Association.
But he in turn feels the pressure: boat
hands are in demand and are asking
and obtaining much higher wages than
formerly. And this is true all over the
city. In spite Of Gen. Funston's efforts
To avoid the mistakes made by the
Americans in Manila and Havana. the
wage scale rose considerably as the
Americans extended the municipal oper-
atoms of the Vera Cruz government.
The moneyed population of the city
has increased tremendously, thus in
creasing the demand for people Of the
labor.ng and serving class
Thus II Is that owing to the operation
Of certain laws well known to the
economists the prices Of the barest nee
essaries have risen in Vera Cruz While
there are exceptions in both directions.
the average increase in prime neces-
saries. the articles consumed by the
MeXicans themselves, is about one
third; some times less, sometimes
much more. The greatest increases
have been with regard to eggs, pota-
toes and -four. Eggs are now selling
for about Is cents, Mexican, each. where
But this is due to a real scarcity and
an enormously increased demand. for
the army and navy like to substitute
really fresh eggs for the cold storage
product when they can.
Objections were made to the first pro-
posal, namely. that the army commits
sary should establish retail stores from
which to supply the entire population
of the city in competition with the local
merchants. Public funds in Vera Cruz
are largely derived from taxes on sales;
Ia reduce these sales by opening the
commi, sary stores TO the public would
Doe greatly to embarrass the army in its
administration of the city, by reducing
tax receipts. Hence the compromise
measure was adopted of admitting food
stuffs free of duty, trusting to COMPETE
ton to force prices down to normal
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Similarly, boatmen who had the cour-
dsr 10 run down the coast to Alvarado.
situated at the mouth Of "A river tapping
one Of the richest farming districts in
al Mexico, We're refused permission to
return to Vera Cruz with food sup
plies.
ade by the MeXicans the military au-
thort!es redouhled their urginGs of such
McNicans as they met in the suburbs
to increase their efforts to bring in all
food obtainable this side Of the Mexi-
can lines. The confidence of the people
in the vicinity Of TEAR. the site OF the
city waterworks. nine miles out. was
cultivated with such success that soon
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~ I''''' '''''' ''N "iS dInlu the
N alarms Of war. the blessings
w 90 peace or the uncertainties
~ mediation, humans, Amer
Adns and M,N'cans alike, still must
tat IN Vera cruz certain ahnormali-
t,s developed 10y the capture of the
Oiy ny Tire u!i"d states forces have
made what is always necessity a
problem N'r-'ns At times on the acute.
In the average city the processes Of
supp'l.nS ddily requirements in the
way OF food are carried on as automat-
Nal.y ~ t.c body gets its necessary
oxygen. iii IN Vera Cruz II has not
t'tn So simple matter.
Iae 'N''t II the American occupa-
ION was 10 double the burden resting
tIOh 'ht tN.siIns sources of the city's
"od supply and at the same time to
.afoW a monkey wrench into the ma
.'htr\ 10y which the supply had been
maintained The occupation nearly
'"uoItd the Clty's population, while
lie setting up Of the opposing Ameri-
Oh ana Mexican guard lines about
IA Cruz established a great barrier
'Wten Oh" people of the city and the
Ea' population upon whose industry
at Guy dN'.crs had largely depended
'htf food.
To add q. he difficulties of the situ-
"'0n t.rd complication promptly
. Irear'd Not satisfied with the profits
gef.Nrd from The inevitable rise in prices
cue 10 Tie workings OF the law of sup
tY ana demand, the Germans and
S'an"f's Na" control practically all
ITO i1s.''-- E the city and who are
BIOS, ui'' ...al,y Interested in their
"H Tort IS. sought To extend the in
F'dS'I i..'s 10 articles other than
.'d' prod
m.'H'. government must be pa
'i'"'.. .'d upon Gen. Funston has
.t"'h D.. i.lr fdtherly duty than that
' '''''.'- 'H" thousands of people
'.''F BE Jurisdiction to obtain a
''I'' avn .' ~ food at REASONABLE
.,'' .' men od OF Gen. Funston
'.N .'-.. ana military advisers in
."'.- j. I'D" food question has been
,'"'e ..'E nave sought in every
~" to- ''... ne the Introduction INTO
'' wv i"'dStuffs OF all kinds
'"- .' natural law or supply
" '' hrihS ahou' a proper
/. hr4ces' Such restrictive
nave heen adopted were
,-, '.i'.'' OF assuring as far as
,-t nee operation OF 'nat Iaw'
~, .'' ny aruncial interference
'.'.''"l ION declaring vera cruz
.ft..,,,, '' 'ne entry OF al sor's
'ep taken the fight for cheaper
,-,s. Pr"h'pl''oii OF the tN-
The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-08
LEDGERWOOD IS
 AN EASY WINNER
PRESENT POLICE JUDGE IN ONLY ELECTION DAY CONTEST IS
 WELL SUPPORTED.
Other City Officers and the Aldermen From Each of the Wards Were Elected Without Opposition.

In a quiet city election yesterday wherein there was but one political contest involved, Vernal Ledgerwood for police judge was an easy winner over John Campbell, who was the in- dependent candidate for the place. Ledgerwood was the regular demo- cratic nominee.
 The vote was light but consider ins that there was only one contest on the ticket, Mir Ledgerwood might well consider that his friends rallied to his support even in the smallness of the vote for a city election in the six wards of the city.
 James R. Housley for city clerk, and Leo F. Mclaughlin for city at torney. both democratic nominees for second term. ran without opposi- tion. There was but one candidate
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TAP LINES SEEKING
 A RATE DECISION
WANT TO KNOW IF THEY ARE ENTITLED TO SHARE OF
 TRUNK LINE RATES.

Washington, Aprl 7.-The supreme court of the United States was asked late today to decide whether tap lines" running from lumber camps to trunk railroads in the southwest are railroads entitled to share in freight rates of the trunk lines or merely are parts of the lumber plants.
 Attorney General Pleasant of Lou isiana and a corps of private counsel on behalf of the tap lines" upheld the claim that these lines should share in the through rates Counsel for the government argued that the tap lines" really were part of the lumber plants and contended any al lowance out of the through rate was nothing more than a rebate and dis crimination against the lumber plant that sent it's lumber to the trunk line by wagons.
 The appearance of attorneys for both the departments of justice and the interstate commerce commission, making independent arguments in the case, settled the speculation as to whether the recent Orsanization of the legal work of the commission would result in double arguments for the government interstate commerce cases.
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Sentinel-Record Want aos Get Re- suits.
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GET IT AT HALLS.
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GENERAL RUSH ID THE TAX COLLECTOR
FRIDAY THE LAST DAY TO PAY TAXES WITHOUT RECURRING
 THE PENALTY.
County General Scrip Still Selling Tt a Range About 75 Gents, and Road Scrip Has Reached Par.

With but four days in which you can settled with the tax collector without incurring a penalty, there is a general rush on at the old court house, where Collector Housley' s force is busy receiving the money and issuing receipts.
 The close proximity to the end of tax paying time did not bring county general scrip up to the sum that many expected. It is said that mar ket price of the general" fund is as low yet as 75 cents on the dollar, and some selling even lower than that sum.
 The road" scrip. never getting very low in the market, is at practi- cally par now About a month ago scrip from this fund sold at 90 cents on the dollar, then ranged to 95 cents. and now it is selling when sold at 97 cents, with very little being handled for that small margin of saving.
 There are many complaints from those who usually "get by with pay ing only the dollar poll tax fee, but who this year are required to pay 90 cents as an additional tax on a val ration of $20. The board of equaliza- ton decided that most everybody who could pay a poll tax was the owner of $2O worth of taxable prop erty, so a general assessment in this sum was added to the poll tax re- 0uirement
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This is moving day with the faf' teurized Milk Co. They are mosls into their new plant today. 4's'''
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ARMS FOR FEDERALS.

Eagle Pass, Texas, April 7.-Three Krupp field guns, four machine guns, HOO rifles and 100000 rounds of am intuition were passed through the custom house here today for the Mex ican federal garrison at Piedras Ne gras. This equipment was surren- dered by the fleeing federals at Oiinaga to the American troops.
 Fearing ali attack on Piedras Ne gras by rebels, several Spanish mer- chants today moved their property to the American side of the Rio Grande. A large force of rebels un.
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GIANTS TRAVEL NORTH.

New Orleans, April 7.-The New York National baseball team tonight began their journey north, leaving here for Mobile, where tomorrow they will play one game with the Mobile Southern league team. From Mobile they go to Chattanooga for a single game on April 9. Baltimore will be the next stop, the opening game of a three-game series there being sclfeduled for April II. The Giants will open the season at Fhila delphia
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FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR.

As Mir. Ledgerwood has announced that he will not be a candidate for the unexpired term of M s. Cobb, re signed. and being solicited by a committee of school patrons to offer as director for this unexpired term I have, after due consideration, de cided to offer for this place at the election May 16th, and solicit youl votes at that time.
 s. c. CASSEIL. 3-1S-May16
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for alderman in each of the wards, the one candidate in each instance being the democrati9 nominee.
 The city council will meet within a few days and the old council will ad-
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iourn sine die, and the municipal business be formally turned over to the new council
 The following was the vote by wards:
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SPECIAL BARGAIN.

Improved property, bringing Ia an income of S60 per month; corner lot. 1O0x110; 200 feet from car line and
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der Col. Vascas near Las Vacas 's expected to attack Piedras Negras in a few days.
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OFFICERS ELECTED.
Hot Springs County Medical
 Society Holds Annual Meeting.

Hot Springs Garland County Medical
 Society Holds Annual Meeting.
 The Hot-Springs-Garland County Medical Society last night held its annual meeting and elected the fol lowing officers for the coming year:
 Presdent-Dr. l.. R. Ellis,
 Vice President-Dr. E. H. East man. ~
 Secretary-Treasurer -D Dr. NJ. F. Mount.
 Member of Board of Census-Dr. F. D. Holland. aS
 Delegates to State Convention Drs. A. H. Williams, c. A. Hobart, w. IT. Wooten. S
 Alternates-Drs. J. s. Wood, A. H. Trfbble and T. F. Sanders.
 There was a large attendance and a most interesting discussion of the affairs of the organization. Some changes were made in the constitu- tion. and the annual meeting was changed from the first meeting in April to the first in December in the future. Also the office of the secre- tary and treasurer were combined. A vote of thanks was given Dr. Harri- son of the Southern Medical Journal for an editorial praising Hot Springs as a resort.
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paved street Price, s4,250, K. R..
 Jaggers, G15 Central avenue. Phone tO67. 3-l7-tf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-11-28
S. Griffin Seal VS.. Mary Hopkins.
No. 22e7.
Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court,
Parish of st. Tammany,
Louisiana.

BY virtue of a writ of seizure and
sale to me directed bearing date No
vember Is, 1914, will proceed to
sell at the front door of the court
house in the town of Covington, La,
between legal hours, on
Saturday, January 2, 1915,
to the last and highest bidder, the
following described property, to-wit:
A certain piece of ground with all
improvements thereon situated near
the town of Pearl River, st Tam
many parish, La, being part Of lot
No. l C of the Thos. H. Crawford
lands. commencing at distance of
2S76 feet from the corner stake set
at the corner Of lots &c and &c and
&c of said lands, on the new road
beyond Crawford street and being sol
feet along said road; thence north
70 degrees 80 minutes 312 feet to-
ward the center of a branch; thence
parallel to said road south IS degrees
SO minutes east SOL feet; thence
sout Is degrees 30 minutes west 312
feet to the point Of departure.
Terms-Cash. without appraise-
ment.
T. E. BREWSTER,
nzS.6t Sheriff.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-11-28
BASKETBALL.

The Covington Gymnastic Club
team and a picked team from among
the town boys played one Of the most
hotly contested and evenly matched
games of basketball that has been
witnessed this season.
After the game dancing was in
dulged in by those present.
The lineup was as follows:
Gymnasium: Simmons and smith,
forward; E. Menetre, center; CHRIST
offer and r. Menetre, guards.
Town Boys: Noise and watkins
forward: White, center; L. Menetre
and S. Dantoni, guards.
The game resulted in q score OF
20 to IS in favor Of the Gymnastlc
Club.