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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24
Which limb Dtd IIc BreaIs2

Senator Porter j McCumbcr OF
North Dakota was reminded Of the
following incident
Smith found Jones studying teie-
gram
whats agitattng your" asked
Smith.
why this bcfuddltng wire" an
swered Jones Il don't know Just
where I'm at Don't see why in the
deuce people can't he more explicit"
That's right But do you think the
trouble Is anything serious"
That's just what | don't know" "
said Jones. handing the telegram to
smith
This message says Cousin Jim fell
from an appletree, and broke q bmb,'
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24

The Standard OIL company Of In
diana ha, divided its Kansas City
territory by cutting off ll5 distribut-
ing stations and placing them in what
is now known as the Wichita dis
trict, embracing northwestern okla
homa and Kansas west Of Cedaryalc
The Kansas City district viii take in
Missouri, part Of Oklahoma aud the
eastern part of Kansas
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24

WANTED-Settled production. will
deal with owners only, Address Il. O.
Box S2l, Tulsa, Okla
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24

The Chelsea Refining company viii
open an office in the Otis building.
Chicago lll, May / II viii he in
charge Of w Il Bruce, heretofore
sales manager for the company lie
goes 10 Chicago from Tulsa
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24

II. L. Jones another ono OF the
Jones brothers OF Bristow was IN the
city yesterday.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24
AMONG THE REFINERIES

a.
AMNNC THE EPEFTNFPJFS
The Chelsea Refining company viii
omen an office in the Otis building.
Chicago. m. May II viii he in
charge Of W Il Bruce, heretofore
GOES 10 chicago from Tulsa
The standard OIL company Of In
diana ha, divided its Kansas CITY
tcrritnry by cutting off 1lb distribut.
inr stations and placing them i'm what
is now known as thc WIchit, dis
nict cmhr,cine northwestern Okla.
bnn,, and Kansas west of CcdarygIc
The Kansas City district Will take in
Missouri. part Of Oklahoma aud the
eastern part of Kansas
- w Morrut viii go to Cosdcn &
90 AS assistant TO ! $ Cnsdcn. May
lie viii he succeeded IN the man
lgcmcnt Of the Kansas on Refining
n,n,uony ,t CoCfn,yipe Kansas hy
A.hworth and Harry D. ppmius Mr
A-b,ynrth ,4 ha uorsqull rcprc-
srnt,t,yc or fine ErslIsh ,tockhald-
.rt win hay, financial charge of the
business. Mr Demus. who was
s,r' on rnnuIny and for Inc ulst
rgn va,rs s'Ios manager for the
Eastern kansas OH company will
hIvr nr,rt,r,I charge of the plant
and lnnI, artrr IT,, ,1Ics department
-
Spr,ps weather has given An i'm
pof,4 in the sasolinc trade IN this
district iobhcr, begin to show un-
casiposs over tho fact that their sup
nlv i,nks are cmpiy There seems
io he a feeling among them there is
rn,nr tn hc , HE Increase i'm gasoline
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24

James \. Carroll, formerly Indian
agent at Pawhuslla. but now tax com
missioner Of the Prairie. with head
quarters in Independence Kansas. ar
rived in Tulsa yesterday,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24
Nn,.cn M Cnntrnnlnrs.

sealed proposals for the erection or
o., addition to the Glcnnpool, OKLA
homa schoolhouse viii be received 10y
The board Of education, Glcnnpool,
Oklahoma. At II : m, May T. 1871 D.
plans and specifications ON file at Of
nee Of T. Endacott. architect, Tulsa,
okla. A deposit Of $50 required for
safe return of plans and specifications.
The GIcuupool board Of education re,
serves the right TO reject any and all
bids
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24
PERSONALS

Frank Brown owner Of the oil
Belt railroad, was In the city ycster-
day ON business.
Bates B. Burnett and District Judge
Hughes. both OF Sapulpa were IN the
city yesterday.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
-sTRANGE oATHs.-

Before Mr.. Justice White took the
oath OF chief justice he was required
10 subscribe TO the "oatl OF a!legi-
ance" required OF all ex-Confeder-
ates entering upon federal Office.
When Judge Buchanan presented
himself in the Tennessee supreme
court as member of that body ap-
pointed by the governor a few DAYS
ago, he was called upon, under the
law OF the state, to swear that he
hal not engaged in a ducl since he
p ssage Of the statute on Tie subject
md that he would not DO so dc.iue
term Of Office
is well that judge on tie bench
Rund by sufficient foraai obi
and pledges. At de san-
tsiiy zach oaths as those mentioned
tere formulated for times fr osher
than the present, and it might DO
pSu 70 abolish thern.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01

For years Rossini's body restet
IN Pere Lachaise, and then cit,
Of Florence asked that it might b.
transferred to the Church OF th'
Holy Cross in that city, where thc
bodies Of Galilei, Michelangelo
Machiavelli, Alferi and other grea
Italians are entombed. Conscn
was received from the municipality
but the masters widow, Don
Olympia, would consent TO thc
translation only on condition thn'
when her time came her bod
might be placed next to that OF he
husband. This request was bluntly
denied, for the reason that onl'
Italians "who had achieved great
ness" could rest there In 1873 th,
widow died and before her dsatL
consented in writing to the remova
Of her husbands body 10 Florence
provided her BODY be placed in the
grave from which his would be- TAX
en- in Pere Lachaise, ard after q
long time for constellation Iii:
was done.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
ouLLs 40 WEATHER PRoPHGrN

Another storm is coming, predict
the seagulls. Hundreds Of thesS
birds have besn coming inland and
hovered over the Milwaukee river in
the heart Of the city. Most Of the
time they few high, but occasionally
swoopcd down and splsshed the icy
waters with their wings
Old residents who have noted the
flight Of the gulls for many years
declare that when thoy ooms inland
from their harbor haU - h invari-
ably indicates an approaching storm.
Their presence over The river was
noticed by many persons . few days
ago and may have bctokened the
seorm. that arrived on Sunday
Nllvsakss Seminal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
The ATTIC INSTINCT.
Why eems Persons Cling to Jhinsa
That Are Rubbish.

The attic instinct hangs on sur,
prisi1glys and an observing eye can
tell how many years a person has
lived in the city by merely glancing
under her bed. If there are three
hat boxes one viii contain letters
one scraps of ribbons. ant laces-ii
it's man it's newspaper clippings
and one any thing from a broken
lock to old road maps. If, besides
these, there are Bundles of maya
zines and piles of newspapers, noi
to mention bicycle seat and 8
green umbrella that one might us,
in private theatricals-if all these
things have been placed under the
bed against the protests of the ,farg
ily, if they are patiently moved
every cleaning day and clung t.
through a moving, then their own
ers have the attic instinct to such ar
extent that there is not the slight
est hope of their ever being cured.
They will think from an attic point
OF view for the rest of their lives.
and their family might as well be.
come resigned. =,
When people are willing to make
themselves disagreeable over a bit
OF string and absolutely objectiona-
bic on the subject Of stray pieces of
brown paper they should not be &C
cused of having bad dispositions,
nor should they be suspected of do
ing it to annoy one. They are
merely suffering from the attic in
stinct and cannot help themselves.
Their characters were formed and
have now hardened for a scheme of
life where certain things were al
ways kept in the cellar, others in
the wood shed, others in the pantry
and the cupboard on the first floor,
still others in the closets on the
next floor, and everything Ind any
thing that overfowed from any of
these places was just taken up to
the attic. And now these poor dear
souls live with cellar, three stories
and an attic still lodged in their
minds, and, though they will in
time disappear, like all unnecessary
members-seventh toe, tails, an ap-
pendix-in the meantime they are
having trouble with them, they are
suffering and fighting for them, and
It takes a serious operation to re-
move SO much as one scrap book IL
Tho owner thinks he may like to
read it over in his old age.-Har-
psTs Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01

hogs and 20 pigs bought at that time.
1t is estimated that the SO hogs which
weighed rs or 80 pounds in the spring
mao 4 gain Of 75 pounds per head.
The es sold in August averaged
1S2 ponds and those kept till later
225. Counting only so hogs and moth
ing for the pigs, they returned, after
paying for the $50 bushels of corn
fed. $4,000 to the credit Of the alfal-
ia alone; the hay was worth s27S.0O;
total $6930O, or s115.5O per acre
This alfalfa was not injured by this
extra hard treatment but some parts
OF it were frozen out last winter, and
this spring the field was disked and
cross-disked and the thin spots re-
seeded, securing fair stand. While
many doubt that alfalfa is suited to
Illinois. not having examined the evi-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
HAVE REASON TO BE PROUD
Afford Wow OF Unbroken
Line Of Progress.

During the past 25, ,ycsrs 1Oa:oOl
miles Of railroads have BEEN bNiS
requiring an expenditure Of not lsa
than 100000, 900 for labor anl
material. We are both prodtcesl
and consumers. While our populs-
tion is only little over Ave pa
cent. Of the population Of the world,
we produce 90 per cent. Of the wheat.
40 per cent. OF the iron and steel, 50
per cept- Of the copper, 10 per cenA
of the cotton and so per cent. Of tln
corn OF the world. Furthermore
with inconceivable rapidity, mashin'
cry has taken The plaSs OF humxn
toll, and incidentally millions d
slaves have been set fres. TAs sau,s
triumphant progress has unvAryins.
ly characterized every phase Of hu-
man endeavor on the American con-
tinent. Civil and seligious liberty
is natural condition a. wcli a. an
attitude OF mind. The story OF agr1-
culture, Of manufacturing, Of min
ing, of the arts and sciences, demon
strates tho unbroken progress and
uplift Of the whole people. Finally,
the health and well-being Of ths tod
Ing masses have become, with con-
stantly increasing earnestness Of en-
deavor, the individual and collective
purpose Of the nation. And above
all, the democratic idea, through
good and evil report, has encour-
aged the personal work and charso-
ter of the individual citizen II has
always believed that competition
which encourages skill should re-
main paramount. II has always glo-
ried in this personal competitive
type as the ideal and preeerer OF
democratic tradtions.-ames O.
Pagan, in the Atlantic
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
RAISING Alfalfa IN ILLINOIS

Charles r. Yanney of Mclean coun-
ty, on the George S. Hanna Place, has
some remarkable results with alfalfa
He got good stand on six acres by
breaking the ground the last of July.
disking IL three Tires. narrowing and
cross-harrowing two or three times,
dragging twice. sowing 20 pounds per
acre of seed broadcast, narrowing
1t In and rolling the ground. This
was in 1906. The alfalfa grew about
four inches high that fall and was not
cut. In 1907. it yielded about two
tons per acre. but In addition $50 pigs
In 1908. the big returns began.
Three cutting of hay returned 2H
tons per acre, but in addition $50 pigs
were pastured on this alfalfa from the
time of the first cutting until Decem-
Der. The pigs were bought when
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
IS HUMAN VACUUM CLEANER
Amanda's Economics In Line Of Good
Housekeeping Hare . ecrSw
Loose

Long before the introduction Of
the vacuum cleaner Amanda had
achieved by sheer persistence Of arm,
the energetic welding Of broom and
brush, the precise results accom-
plished by this excellent invention.
Her husband whimsically complains
that the house is always in process
Of renovation and seldom is a con-
dition which can be considered COM
Portable and livable, but he is a mere
man and little can be expected Of
him. Of course, Amanda is Ill from
time to time, usually as the result of
doing more than she ought. She has
headaches, backaches and nerves that
are on edge. Her sons slip out Of
the house in the evening because
they prefer to be where they are not
reproved II they draw a chair from
Its place or leave a newspaper on the
floor. Her daughters enjoy visiting
much more than staying at home,
Ind her maid seldom remains long J,
than a. week or two. She had nine
teen successive maids in a single
season. Somehow Amanda's econ
omies in the line Of good housekeep-
ing havea screw loose. She observed
one day that she sympsthised with
the women who liked to have her
house perfectly ordered and who
then wished that she could take her
family and live in the barn 90 tina.
the house need not be disturbed
Margaret E. Sangster, In Christian
Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
LOWERING THE DEATH RATE
vieures Show That Fight Against TS'
bsrculosIs 10 seipD WaOed
Successfully.

We have the assurances Of Dr.
Woods Hutchinson, writing In The
Worlds Work. that the death -rphe
from tuberculosis h8s declined 10 p
pmt In the sdscade- which means /
tsying Of Ia, 900 to 10000 lives q
~ In the United States. The In
Pant mortality rate b falling With
equal rapidit5, which means snnu-
ally q saving Of 10000 babies from
those Herods Of the twentieth osn-
tuYy-the little fevers Of childhood,
dirty milk and overcrowding. Ths
death rate in all Of our great citis
h being steadily beaten down to q
lower and lower level every year.
The advance census reports show Q
lower national death rate than ever
before by nearly 10 per CENT
The fight against tuberculosis 10
steadily becoming more and moro .
6ght for better housing, more play
grounds, better food ard moro Of II,
shorter hour. Of work, decent and
civilized shops. workrooms and fao-
tories, higher wages, better educa-
ton In tho laws Of health. We hAve
laid tho bugbeas Of its transmission
by meat and milk, and sss coocenr
trating our hrs upon the place vharv
The bacillus bpeods-the infected
house or tenement room. Tho place
whore we look for new cases Of tu-
bEculosis Is In the same house With
The cid ones. i, We must break this
link In the chain IL ever we arg TO
wipe out consumption. From 80 to
90 pr cent. of the children in the
tenemsnts living in the same house.
hold with q case Of tuberculosis are
found to be already infected with
Tho disease.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01

they weighed As. SO and so pounds.
and when they weps weighed In the
middle OF December they averaged
125 pounds. Counting . gain OF rs
uDounds per head and allowing 500 90
for about 200 bushels of corn fed
TO the hogs, and figuring the pork at
cents per pound, these hogs re-
turned $4,000; the hay was worth
total s65700 from six acres
or $4,000 per acre. Contrary to the
results In many other cases this pas
turing did not hurt the alfalfa and
was repeated without harm the next
year.
In 1909. this piece OF alfalfa yielded
3ha tons per acre I'm three cuttings
and pastured SO hogs from the tine
tho alfalfa was four inches high I'm
the spring until August IA. when sc
head were sold. and from then till
frost IL pastured the remaining II
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
LEGISLATORS PERouisIrEs.

6panish deputies, some Of whom
are asitating for salary, already
enjoy certain privileges. They are
entitled to frank their letters and
to travel ON all the railways in Spain
frcs Of charge. Unlike the French
deputies. however, they have to pay
for vfcshments consumed In the
chAmb@, the only article supplied
gratuitously being barley sugar. OF
thh Msss 10 an unlimited >upply,
and Isdy visitors tc the chamber are
alvsys presented with q packet Of
this dslioacy, which serves 70 svsst-
n The dsbstsA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
TAKES OPTIMISTIC VIEW.

Or. Isaac Funk, one Of the mem.
bers Of q well-known book firm. be-
lieves, with DR. Sargent, that women
have advanced greatly within the
last so years and that they approx
mato more nearly the masculine
form and trend Of thought. But
no thinks that in the next 80 years
there will not be any very great
change in this direction, but that the
laws which govern perpetuation will
htnit inr advauca
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
WlTcHcRAFT IN ENGLAND.
The Last ef the judicial Prosecutions
and Executions.


Sir Matthew Hale, it is true, had
hanged two poor women at Cam
bridge IN 1864, bat few years later
Lord Chief Justice Holt set him.
self strongly against such charges
and in every case tried before him
directed the jury to bring in YER
dict of acquittal. In a celebrated
trial at Guildford in 1701 not only
was the supposed witch found not
guilty, but her false accuser, one
John Hathaway, was condemned to
a years imprisonment and to stand
in the pillory three times. Yet,
horrible to relate, a woman named
Hicks and her daughter, child Of
nine, were hanged together at
Huntingdon on July %, Ills, for
raising a storm of wind in league
with The devil.
TIE last judicial sentence for
witchcraft in England was in 1895,
one Jane Wenbam being actually
found guilty, according to the In
dictment, of "eonyersing familiar
ly with thr Ioil in the form of Q
cat" T., ldge, however, procured
reprieve ar poor old Jane, and
she was ultimately released, to end
her days in poace.
Last, tn witchcraft act was re-
pealed for the United Kingdom in
the same year. It was quite time,
for only nine years earlier, in 1727,
q woman was brought before Cap
tain David Ross, deputy sheriff Of
Sutherland, charged with causing
her daughter TO be shod by the dev-
i" and so making her lame both in
hands and feet. The fact having
been proved to the captains salts
faction, the old woman was put into
a tar barrel ard burned at Dornoch.
The weather being cold at the time,
we are told that she "sat composed
ly warming herself by the fire pre-
pared 30 consume her while the 9TH
er instruments of death were get
ting ready"
The last attempt to execute
witch in England ended disastrously
for the perpetrators. In 1871 at
Tring two old people named 0s-
borne. man and wife, being suspect
ed Of witchcraft, were seized by q
crowd, stripped, cross bound and
thrown into a pond Both died Of
this brutal treatment. Bat the
witchcraft act had beeE repealed,
and, a verdict OF willful murder hav-
ing been returned against one Col
ley, the chief instigator of the o.
sault, he was i'll due course trisd
and hanged. --Cornhill Magazine.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
Coburn on Alfalfa.

"The cultivation and feeding OF al
falfa mark the highest development
OF modern agriculture. Alfalfa Is one
OF natures choicest gifts to man: 1t
is the preserver and the conserver OF
the homestead. 1t does not fail from
old age. II loves the sunshine. con.
verting the sunbeams into gold coin
In the pockets OF the thrifty husband
man. II is the greatest mortgage-lift-
er yet discovered"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01

sp's"s'd wos& 1s.ae On. = os.s.s
q JsAe ne~sst I&lssGs>Gf N>ns
: et oouooa. =

What society shall Do With dis
shsrged prisoners 4 slowly but surs.
y being solved by tho John Howard
industrial home at Boston, which
celebrates its twentieth anniversary
soon- A most pathetic object h the
discharged prisoner, who thinks ev-
sry passer-by sees the prison stigma
upon him This saps his courage
and he slips back again until once
more be ID associating with crimi-
nails The Howard home seeks to
furnish him with grip upon a new
life.
During the last 20 years nearly
$1,000 discharged prisoners have
been cared for by the home until po-
sitions have been found for them.
The home was founded in 1890 BY
the present superintendent, Albert
Arnold. and several other workers.
81 am sometimes asked" says Su-
perintendent Arnold, his kindly face
beaming good nature chow many
men are deserving Of helpi I al
ways reply that all sre good men.
Every one has good points.
'Too much criticism Is directed
against them for the slightest errors.
All they need is encouragement IN
order to forget the old life and starr
thA new"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
sAME LANGUAGE.

"pm afraid well have to cut tha,
mans acquaintance" s0id tho won.
an - Sir IS correct ideas.
"N s." rcpl j Mss Cayenne. "IIc
u~ tae same sogt Of language that
e aay two or three dollars a.seat "a
hear at a theatar.'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01
aovAL LOVER OF pooa

Princess Patricia Of Connaught h
said to bc very fond Of dogs, hsr -.
vcrito being a wolf hound csllsd
Captain, who is very cross 10 strsn-
gerA The pdnoess has no fsa. Of
dogs and often visits the hnnaa1
Uhn ahs = in ths osuutxJ.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-01

Alfalfa is most valuable In the Corn
Belt. because the Corn Belt has an
ABUNDANCE OF starch and In short In
protein.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-30
BECKER DIES IN
ELECTRIC CHAIR
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE)

by wires. The hands ciasped in the
agony of death and the cruciix fell 20
the floor. But through il all Becker
made no sound. The only noise came
from the sharp breathing Of the spec
tators and the murmurs of fright and
pity which could not be depressed,
and the creaking of the leather straps
as the body shuddered and rolled in
their grasp.
The body sagged forward and the
doctors gave the signal 10 turn of the
electricity. 1t was decided TO give
Becker another shock for he was a
strong man and hard 10 kill. Two more
shocks were given i'm quick succession
before DR.. G. W. Pharr. the prison
physician, allowed the body. now a
lifeless corpse, 10 be removed from
the chair.
The removal Of the body was a
CHASTITY ceremony 1t lay limp in the
chair and slid into a grotesque atti-
tude as the straps were unbuckled.
When the helmet was taken off there
was a kissing sound like that made by
a person expecting his breath. Becker
face was blush white in the early
morning light. The eyes were closed
but the mouth hung open.
The corpse was quickly carried into
an adjoining room where the autopsy
was performed. When the clothing
was removed the physicians tenderly
removed a photo of Mrs. Becker
which the condemned man had worn
pinned 10 his shirt over his heart
when he went To his death. The brain
was removed and weighed and the
stomach was removed and examined.
Preparations were at once made tC
ship the body to Mrs. Becker in New
York
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-30
How Becker Spent His Last Day

SING SING PRISON, y. Y, July
30.-After a restless night, Becker
arose at sunrise Thursday morning
and spent an hour reading the Bible.
He asked that the morning papers
be brought TO him as soon as they
reached the prison, and when the
guard arrived with an armful, the
condemned man went through them
hastily.
He spent half an hour at his break
fast and soon after s O'Clock the act
ing principal keeper. Frank Dorner,
told him that ne must prepare for
the final step. Becker answered
cheerfully that ne was ready and
walked unfalteringly 10 the bath room.
His head was then clipped 10 receive
the electrodes and ne was allowed 20
return TO his cell. where a new suit
Of black and dark gray shirt. together
with underclothes. were waiting for
him.
While Becker was absent guards
stripped the cell Of everything except
the cot. bed clothing and two prayer
books. A small framed picture of
Mrs. Becker. which hung at one end
OF the cell. was taken down and
mailed 10 Mrs Becker in New York.