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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
ALASKA BILL WINS
MEASURE THAT GIVES PRESl-
DENT POWER TO BUILD ROAD
WINS IN SENATE.
Wilson Is Given Broad PoWer-Can
Construct or Buy $40,o00,o0o Rail-
way-Sa.e of Lands to PROVIDE
Necessary Funds.

Washington, Jan. 27.-The senate on
Saturday passed the Alaska railway
bill directing the president to purchase
or construct 1000 miles of railroad IN
Alaska at cost not exceeding S40,OOO,-
600. The house has a similar bill pend
ing. The vote was 46 to 10.
Fifteen Republicans and Senator
Poindexter, Progressive, voted for the
bill Senators Bacon, Hoke Smith and
Williams, Democrats, voted against II.
The bill places upon the president
responsibility for the selection or the
route from tidewater 10 the interior
of Alaska and the construction, equip
ment and operation or leasing of such
lines as he may construct or buy to
constitute this route. The broades'
powers are conferred upon the presi
dent in carrying out his duties.
The bill provides for redemption
fund into which shall be paid rs pei
cent. of all moneys derived from the
sale of public lands In Alaska, or o
| the coal or mineral contents thereon
Machinery utilized in the construction
of the Panama canal is made avallapl'
for the construction work.
Unavailing efforts to reduce the sac
600, 900 appropriation authorized TO
the work were made during the clos
ing hours of the debate. Senator Hok
Smith sought to have the appropria
ton reduced to s25,000,000 and Senate
Smoot to $35,OO0,000.
With the consent OF the territoria
committee the bill was amended bt
fore passage to require the senate
approval of the appointment of civ
engineers receiving over $4,000 pc
annum, to forbid any payment for tn
good will of existing railways, givin
. injured employees the right to sue tn
government and limiting the COVER
, ment's defenses to those provided II
in the federal employers liability la
of 1908.
This is the greatest encouragemel
| the west has received in many years
: said Secretary Lane in commenting {
, the passage Of the bill.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR

St. Mary's, Jan. 23.-The grand jury
in session here brought in an indict-
ment against one Of it's own members,
James Severn, on a charge of disturb
ing religious worship. Severn plead
ed guilty. and Judge Woods imposed
a fine of $50, which was paid.
Madrid, Jan. 23-Many persons
were injured in strike riots in the
Minas De Rio Tinto copper mining
district. The situation there is caus
ing the government much alarm.
Webster, Mass, Jan. 23.-An In
crease of FIVE per cent. in the wages
of 1000 operatives in the cotton mills
of the Grosvenordale company was
announced.
Washington, Jan. 23.-The senate
military affairs committee ordered
favorable report on the nomination o
Col. William c. Gorgas to be surgeon
general of the army.
Jackson. Miss, Jan. 23.-The lowe
house of the Mississippi legislature dc
feated a resolution to amend the con
stitution to give full suffrage {
women.
Boston, Jan. 27.-Howard Elliott
| chairman of the New York. New Tia
ven & Hartford Railroad company. re
signed as chairman and as membe
of the board of directors of the Bosto
& Maine railroad on Saturday. MI
Elliott submitted the resignation at
meeting of the Boston & Maine dire'
| TORS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
WOLGAST BEATS JOE RIVERS
Little Dutchman From Cadillac Given
Decision Over Mexican in
Milwaukee.

Milwaukee. Jan. 26.-Ad Wolgast Is
the Michigan wildcat Of old. The ter
rible little Dutchman from Cadillac
came back with a vengeance in the
windup at the Hippodrome, outfighting
the marvel, Joe Rivers Of California,
through ten Of the wickedest rounds
Imaginable Wolgast seldom. if ever,
displayed any more savagery than he
did on Friday. He fought like mad
man all through a desperate half hour
only stopping occasionally for breath
ing spells.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
GIVE S3O5, 100000 FOR MAILS
conoressmen Pass Record Post Office
Appropriation and Aid
Employees.

Washington, Jan. 27.-The post Of
fee appropriation bill. carrying rec
ord-breaking total of s305. 100000. was
passed by the house on Saturday. II
included an amendment which extends
10 post office clerks, letter carriers,
rural free delivery carriers, mounted
letter carriers and post office messen-
gers full salary for one year for In
iuries received on duty. half salary Tor
another year if necessary and S2,OOo
in case of death
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
VOTE ON MINE QUIZ
HOUSE WILL INVESTIGATE COLO
RADIO AND MICHIGAN STRIKE.
Authorities Discover Internal Ma
chine in Suitcase Near Plant CT
Calumet District Shaft.

Washington, Jan. 24.-Congressional
investigation of the strikes in the Colo
RADIO coal mine and the Michigan cop
per mine fields was agreed upon at
caucus Of the house Democrats by a
vote Of 149 to II Thursday. The In
yestigation will be conducted by the
house committee on mines and min
ing, of which Representative Foster
of Illinois is chairman.
Representative Heating Of Colorado.
who with Representative Mcdonald or
Michigan led the fight for the inquiry,
said after the caucus he expected hear
ings would be in progress at Denver
and Pueblo, and possibly Trinidad,
within a fortnight. The resolution to
authorize the investigation will be
urged for action in the house at the
earliest possible moment.
Trinidad, Colo, Jan. 24.-State cav
alrymen with drawn sabers charged a
! crowd of strikers, defeating an at
tempt to march to San Rafeal hospi
tai. where Mother" Mary Jones is un
der military arrest.
Houghton, Jan PA suitcase found
by Undersheriff Harris in clump o.
underbrush near the power plant o
the Ahmeek mine In KeYeenaw coun
ty contained an internal machien. &C
cording to reports received here. AT
tached to one end of, a small board. &C
cording to the report, was a can part
" filed with nitroglycerin. On tn
other end was fastened an alarm clocl
and dry battery connected by wire
with the can
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
BANDIT ROBs TRAIN
PASSENGERS ON MICHIGAN CEN.
TRIAL IN TERROR AS ARMED
THUG TAKES MONEY.
TAKE SUSPECT AT JACKSON
Lone Robber Compelled Pullman Por-
ter to Assist in Gathering Cash
From Occupants of Berths-Jewel-
ry Was Stunned by Thief.

Battle Creek, Mich. Jan. 26.-An
unidentified man was arrested at Jack
son on Friday in connection with the
robbery of passengers OF Michigan
Central train. While all who have
talked of the hold-up say four men
were concerned, none have seen
more than one.
Chicago, Jan. 26.-Thrilling stories
of how lone bandit-a slender, nerv-
Gus young fellow with big revolver -
held up Michigan Central passenger
train No. z, west-bound, at 1:45 a. IN.
ON Friday, near Jackson, Mich, rob
bing and terrifying passengers In one
Pullman sleeper. among them several
| Chicagoans, were told in Chicago
when the train arrived.
The uniqueness of the robber
methods-some of the members or the
train crew thought them comic-con
tributed largely to his success, both
in the hold-up and in his escape. AL
though he aroused six drowsy passen
gers with the aid of cowed porter
he succeeded in getting less than S5O'
in money. He Stunned jewelry.
At the same time, the bandit forced
the Pullman porters into the limeligh
one in a serio-comic role and the
other in the hero's garb 1t was
Louis" Thombs GOODNESS and pre-
cision that prevented futher opera
lions of the robber and caused hin
- ~
Mich, while it was slowing down.
In the country about Parma and il
the city of Jackson the bandit is be
ing hunted, according to press dis
patches, by Sheriff j. F. Greble and
wellarmed posse. They say the fug
tive cannot escape. The Michigan al
thGrities believe the man returned t
Jackson after escaping from the trair
Three other men who are reported I
have left the train when the robbie
jumped off are believed to be tramp
stealing a ride.
The bandits victims were: A.
Todd, 1706 East Fifty-sixth street, Oh
cago. $135; Harry Marks. "A Librar
avenue, Detroit, Mich, $110; F.
Palmer. New York, s2.35; Philip
Savage, Detroit. Mich, So.
In another car Cortland Cram
president of the William Cramp
Sons Shipbuilding company of Phil
delphia, was sleeping soundly. L
did not know how near he came
: losing fairly fat roll until sever
. hours after the robbers visit.
Berth 5, in which Mr.. Marks W;
slumbering, was tackled first IL
porter pulled the curtains aside.
Say, mister" the porter began,
he shook the sleeping man. here is
,, fellow who says he wants yo
. money"
- Marks rubbed his eyes and turn
to gaze into the revolver leveled
!, his head.
- Come across, old man. remark
- the robber, crisply. Il need I
= dough-"
'e Marks looked for moment. tn
he "shelled out"
1t is believed the robber board
the train either at Jackson or A
;. Arbor.
"a Conductor David Ludlum hurri
IL back when the bell cord was pull
but the robber had fed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
E,,,.n "a Ru,e ANNAPOLIS.

Washington. Jan. 27.-Tapt. w. +
Fullam. Secretary Daniels aid for per
sonnet, will become. superintendent OF
the naval academy at Annapolis. In
place OF Capt. J. II. Gibbons. who VIII
command the battleship Louisiana.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
COCKTAILS TO HEAD POLICE
Place Offered to Canal Engineer, Says
Mayor Mitchell Of New
York.

New York, Jan. 26.-Mayor Mitchell
made a statement on Friday ildicat-
ing that Col George w. Goethals,
chief engineer OF the Panama canal
is to be the next police commissioners
of New York city.
From the beginning" said the may
or. Il have wanted Colonel Goethais
to head the police department Re
Gently George w Perkins urged him
to accept the place. | am to have
personal interview with Mr.. Perkins.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
Rail Superintendent Dead.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Byron u. Merwir,
general superintendent Of the Aurora.
Elgin & Chicago Railroad company.
died at his home in Wheaton. He WIS
fif;y-one years old. Mr.. Merwin WIS
operated upon for cancer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
$40, COO 600 for Jap Navy.

Toxic, Jan. 26.-Demands OF the
marine ministry for an appropriation
of $3.50, 100000 for the construction OF
IL new dreadnoughts were made TO
the imperial diet. After debate the
contemplation was cut to sS0.0oo.000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
Mrs Wilson Endows School.

Rome, Ga, Jan. 26.-Endowment by
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson of the Edward
w. Arson scholarship in the Martha
Berry school for mountain girls here
was announced on the occasion of the
celebration of that institutions
twelfth anniversary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

London. Jan. 27.-George Lee Tenn
ple. the first aviator TO fly upside down
in this country, was killed when his
aeroplane plunged TO the earth at the
Hendon aerodrome Temple was TWEEN
ty-tvo years old.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
Fear for afayette Young.

Des Moines. Ia. Jan. 27.-The condi-
ton of Lafayette Young. former United
States senator. was announced as seri-
Gus by his physical He is i'll with
pneumonia Publish.. of the Capital.
Colonel Young is sixty-one years old.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Before We can believe the French
artist that tells us who the two pref
TEST women in America are, we must
have the assurance that he has seen
all of them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

II is probably correct that France
gets an annual income OF sos. 900
out OF the tobacco monopoly. Consid-
ering what the people have 10 smoke,
II should be at least s205. 100000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Boston policemen are forbidden to
chew gum or tobacco, unless incoh-
spicuously. when on duty. II they see
anyone coming they are 10. swallow II.
IL that the idea?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
Noted Astronomer Is Dead.

London, Jan. 27.-Sir David Gill.
the well-known Scotch astronomer.
died here on Saturday. in his seventy
first year. Sir David was one OF the
most widely known scientists OF the
world.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
carneoie BUYS Organ for Church

Spencer. " c.. Jan. 27.-The pastor
of the Lutheran church here an
nounced that Carnegie gave $1,000 to
buy a pipe organ. This is the only
gift made by Mr.. Carnegie to any
church In the state.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06
.so.s- Murphy 90 Face Grand Jury.

New York. Jan. 26.-Charles +. Muir
ply. chief of Tammany Hall. VIII be
called as a witness in the graft In
yestigation that is being conducted
by District Attorney Whitman. lie
vfl not appear for several weeks
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Nine billions for our farm products.
But our enthusiasm is tempered by
the knowledge that We will have to
pay most OF them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

The Japanese author who has just
completed 100-voiume mover ala not
get a dollar a word for 1t.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

kissing aids diphtheria. says med
zeal authority. Which gives diphthe-
ria an advantage that can't be over
come.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

BY the time all the cities have
barred the tango another dance even
more exciting will be ready to be
staged.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

The only time a dead one" seems
TO be popular is just before pay day
when the good fellows come around
to borrow money from him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Anyway, II Connie Mack should de-
eide TO retire, he has enough remnants
to enable him to go into the sofa pill
low business.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

AT that there are so-called men who
would embrace the Washington WON
ans suggestion and wear slashed
trousers and purple socks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

London Is little ahead of New York
In the matter of population. but New
York has a strong lead in automobile
accidents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

The world would be much better IL
people could learn that most or the
things they worry about never happen.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

A duel between two Roman deputies
ended in kisses. Expressions of es-
TEEN for each others Workmanship!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

silt skirts are going out Of style"
Perhaps II will be no more than pru-
dent for mere man to lock up his ex-
ira pair of trousers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Our private idea Of a super-m-n Is
a reporter who never wrote that Tom.
Dick or Harry had sued his wife Tor
divorce"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

When you weigh other people in
your own scales. you should remem-
Der that you are going to be weighed
in their scales.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Hetty Green says eating onions Is
the secret of health. but one can
keep eating onions secret.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

The new Chinese minister to Wash
ington Is Shai-Kia-Fou. SOUNDS ike
college yell.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Society girls in New York are warn
ed TO beware of the cigarette slump
and 1.-The debutante crouch. hurts
health.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

When Luther Burbank develops the
odorless onion he might try MS manu-
on silent celery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Mona Lisa is going to Rome. She
could come over here and go into
vaudeville any time at big money.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Mona Lisa recovered seems to De
worth less than Leonardo ca 'lnci
masterpiece stolen.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Very few quarrels or misunderstood
ings are fixed up satisfactorily py
means of a revolver.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

We shall never kill another roach;
the dictionary says they destroy the
cimex lectularis.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

What has become OF the old-fash-
toned grocer who gave thirteen eggs
to the dozen?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Nevertheless the lady whose hus-
band put toads in the bed might get
even by coming back with both feet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Dancing has developed from for
mer pastime to a course OF pnysicai
culture.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

II is announced there is n peanut
trust. Thanks be.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Fly swatting is no legitimate winter
sport.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Where there is will there Is gen.
orally way to break 1t.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

A woman means TO whittier a man
when she calls him fresh.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

A man never knows the truth about
himself until he gets married.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

Under England's cat and mouse act
the mouse seems always to get away.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

The doctors who cure obesity Just
live of the fat OF the land.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

All slick men are not polished.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-06

A man will do anything once Start
ing 10 keep a diary, for instance.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-01-08

win it, I would have gone after it myself,
before you had finished hearing about it.
Please bear this in mind.
(4.) Don't ask me what my opinion is
concerning the stock that you bought, some
time previously, from man that you did not
know, in company that you had never heard
of, and which you have since been told never
existed, except In the vivid fancy of the
stranger that sold you the stock.
Please fasten a wire-rope around your mid
die finger to remember this by.
(5.) Don't mail me letters, clippings,
poems, and special articles with request to
return. They may get lost in the shuttle.
had New York man to bother me for six
months once, because of my failure to send
back to him book-catalogue that he had
voluntarily mailed and which the cat got,
while | wasn't looking
That New York man wrote me regularly,
for weeks and weeks, calling me all sorts
Of disagreeable descriptive names, and
insinuating that common sneak thief was
scholar and a gentleman, compared to Thos.
E.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-01-08

Finally, to set my conscience at rest, ! sent
that man five dollars that I had earned In
the sweat of my brow-and I was afraid to
tell him what I thought Of him and his
blamed old catalogue, for fear he would con-
tinue the correspondence, or would present
me to the Federal grand jury.
Please recollect this, and don't send me
anything that is SO extremely valuable as that
catalogue was.
(6.) Don't write on more than two sides
Of the same sheet Of paper, especially when
writing with the stub of a short pencil. The
edges were never meant for anything but to
keep the two sides Of the sheet apart. To
continue your letter up the left-hand edge,
across the top, down the right-hand edge,
and then under the bottom, is too much like
hunting rabbits.
Of course you will understand that while
[ seem to aim these New Year requests at
yOu, | am really hitting at some one else,
over your friendly shoulder
So, no more at present from your affec-
tionate old scout 7. E. w.
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& J DON'T ask me to help you, or your
Me- son, or your daughter, or your favorite
scholar to prepare book an essay, debate,
speech, lecture, sermon, dictionary
cyclopedia, or statistical abstract, for pri-
vate, personal and exclusive USE
Please remember this; and, at the same
time, continue to admire me ar1ently. I like
your admiration, but consound such requests,
say I.
(2) Don't ask me to unravel knotty
tangles in the school laws, the road laws, the
town laws, and the game laws Life is too
short for any one man to edit a one-hoss
paper, a two-hoss magazine, writing more
than anybody will read and simultaneously
study all the fool claws" that are continually
being made by the two-by-six skates, spooks
sand animated cartoons that you send to the
legislature.
Please don't forget this
.(3) Don't ask me to come to your aid in
winning prize in some circulation contest of
some blatherskite newspaper.
1t ought to occur to you that if I had any
econfidence in the offer, and in my ability to
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-01-08

to unite the under dogs. They could not be
made to hunt together< Monopoly shouted
'DemOcrat!' here, and 'Repubhcan!" yon-
der, and the under dogs continued to divide
and chase game for their masters, the Mono
polists.
In vain the Greenbackers with Peter
Cooper and Allen Thurman at their head.
strove to open the eyes of the people to the
fact that Monopoly was riding both the old
parties, using each in turn, using both when
both were needed.
The people would not see it. The fatal
legacy, of the Civil War was still cursing
the country with its passions and its preju-
dices.
Time and again, there were official investi-
cations in which such men as Gould and
Havemeyer and Mulhall testified under oath
that they bought the leaders of both parties.
But the people could not realize that this
was the system of the Monopolists. The
people believed that few individuals might
sell the Democratic party, or the Republican
party, but they could not see that 1t 200s the
regular system Of Monopoly to bug acAich-
ever party 1t needed at the time!
And yet the people were told, again and
again, that every Monopoly that was bleed
ing the producers, had organized on the half
and-half principle-some of the members
being Democrats, and some Republicans, in
order that the Monopoly would have
friends at court, no matter how the elections
went.
If the Democrats win, the Monopolies are
not hurt, because the Monopolists are the
Democrats who furnished the Doodle for the
campaign
If the Republicans win, the Monopolies
are not hurt, because the Monopolists are
Republicans who filed the dough-bag
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