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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
COFF|NS POPULAR
Living and Dead Use Wooden
Kimonos' In DRY" North
Carolina Where Anything That
Can Hold WET Goods" Is
Received With Open Arms
and Filled

Residents of dry states never
seem TO tire of deviSing means OF
evading the law. The following story
from the Buffalo Evening Times
shows a few of the methods employed
in dry" North Carolina:
Probably nowhere else in the Unit ed
States where it is unlawful to sell
whisky or other intoxicating drinks
has so large a quantity of forbidden
liquor been smuggled as right here in
North Carolina.
Every known means, and every
hing that would hold pint OF whis-
~, has been brought into use TO get
the stuff into the state, from a
woman's stocking to a coffin.
These violations of the law have
not been committed, as some may
think by the idle and ignorant citi-
zens. Most of the violations have
been committed by many so-called re
spectacle" and influential citizens.
In one county a former official was
convicted of importing whisky into
his county.
Refuses to Pardon.
Governor Craig has refused to par.
don several so-called respectable citi
zens for violating the liquor laws, for
the reason, he says, that the laws are
made for the rich and poor, and il
either violates them they should be
punished accordingly. In Wilmington
n. c.. the authorities discovered that
heretofore respectable storekeepel
has been receiving whisky concealed
in barrels of salt heyrings. They
found 200 half pints of whisky buried
under salt and fish. The storekeepel
got three months on the roads.
Near Wilson, n. c., the authorize:
found 40 pints of whisky concealed il
an automobile tire. A policeman saw
an automobile standing in fpnt of {
store one night. Ii had two instead
of one reserve tire fastened on th'
| rear. The policeman, without sus
pecting that the tires concealed whis
ky, playfully struck one with his club
There was sound OF glass breaking
and an investigation and arrest fol
| lowed
Near Hartford, N C.. 40 pints o
whisky were found in a baby carriag
which was occupied by an infan
about six months old The mOthe
was fined 500.
From Kingston. Y. c., comes a stor
OF over 100 pints Of whisky being dis
covered III a coffin. 1t appeared tina
several collins were shipped to cour
ty in the vicinity of Kingston. TIL
wagon in which they were brought t
town was toppled over when an auto
mobile struck 1t from behind. Tn
collins were spilled together with tn
whisky one OF them contained. Tn
driver Of the wagon claimed that
did not know the coffin containe
whisky. 1t was proved that the coff
was shipped to respectable" cit
zen. who for some time had been T,
ceiving whisky by various means
The respectable" citizen got tire
months on the roads.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
DRINK MORE WATER
# KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat less meat and take Salts for Back
ache or Bladder trouble
Neutralizes acids.

Uric acid in meat excites tho Kidneys
they become oYerworked; get sluggish,
ache, and feel like humps of lead. The
urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is irri-
tated, and you may be obliged to seek re-
lief two or three times during the night.
When the kidneys clog you must help
them flush of the body's urinous waste
or you'll be a real sick person shortly.
AT first you feel dull misery in the kid
ney region, you suffer from backache,
sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you feel rheu-
matte twinges when the weather is bad
Eat less meat drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four ounces
Of lad Salts; take tablespoonful
In glass of water before breakfast
Tor few days and your kidneys will
chen act fine. This famous salts is made
from tho acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with lithia, and has aeeu Uscl
for generations to clean clogg j 80 3
and stimulate them to normal ACTIVITY,
Mao to nentralize the acids in urine, so
It no longer is n source of irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts ia inexpensive, cannot in
lure; makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep the kidneys
clean and active Druggists here say
they cell lots OF Jad Salts to folks who
believe In overcoming kidney trouble
while it 10 only trouble.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
Glass Of Ii0t Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
rOpen sIuicea Of the system each
morning and %ash away the
poisonous, sfsenant matter.

Those OF US who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise;
splitting headache. stuffy from cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid
stomach. lame back, can. instead,
both loo, and feel as fresh as a daisy
always y washing the poisons and
toxins from the body with phosphated
hot water each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast,
q glass of real hot water With tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in
II to flush from the stomach, liver,
Kidneys and ten yards OF bowels the
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the
entire alimentary tract before putting
more food into the. stomach.
The action OF limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
Is wonderfully invigorating. 1t cleans
out all the sour lamentations, gases
waste and acidity and gives one
splendid appetite for breakfast and
ii is said to be but a little while until
the roses begin to appear In the
cheeks A quarter pound OF limestone
phosphate will cost very little at The
drug store, but is sufficient to make
anyone who is bothered with bilious
less, constipation. stomach trouble o
rheumatism a real enthusiast on tn
subject OF internal sanitation. Tr
It and YOU are assured that you vii
look better and feel better In ever
way shortly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
HIGH WAGES ON
AMERICA ROADS
Railroad Payroll Records mads
Public BY ma GarrisrS.
NATIONAL INQUIRY URGED
Managers offer q Leave Question OF
100000 Wage Demands TO an Inn
partial Federal Tribuns to Prevent

New York What Is probably the
most elaborate study OF wages ever
made in any industry has just been
completed by the National conference
Committee Of the railways.
For six months railway accountants
throughout the country have been en-
gagged In collecting the payroll records
to show the actual wage payments to
every individual employe among the
100000 engineers. conductors, fremen
and brakemen now voting on ma
tional strike for a new wage scale.
That these employees are one of the
highest paid groups of workers in any
Industry Is disclosed by the summary
made public today 10y the railroad
managers.
The average yearly wage payments
to all Eastern train employees dnciud
ing those who worked only part Of the
year., as shown by the 1915 payrollS.
were.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
TRAiNMEN'S HIGH WAGES.

When | note from the reports
made TO the Interstate Com
merce Commission that these
men receive average yearly
wages 30 per cent higher than
those of all other railway en-
ployes. and practically double
those of the average American
wage worker. il occurs 10 me
that they ar least have less
cause for complaint than most
others. When | consider that
the average locomotive engineer
has an income OF over $1,000
year. and that most OF the
engineers who have been long
in service make from $1,000
To $1,000 n year. and when |
compare their hours. labor and
RESPONSIBILITIES with those OF
the average small merchant.
farmer or doctor, whose income
is far less. IL seems that in all
fairness they are well paid
John V. Farwen. Chicago Mer-
chant
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
SCOTLAND OPPOSES
PROHIBITION lists

That the Scotch are satisfied with
present conditions is attested by this
story from Glasgow. in the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Prohibition in Scotland is impracti-
cable. in the opinion OF the Liquor
Control Board The board stated this
in substance TO a deputation repre-
senting many thousands OF women
who signed petition urging the adop'
ton OF prohibited for the period of
the war.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
Hol HUM! WHAT'S THE SCORE?

indianapolis News
But, OF course, as he was not can
didate, and hence was not disappoint-
ed. Sameoldbill Sulzer doesn't care
how .steamrollerish the victory was.
He just mentions it TO show that he
is next TO the proceedings
EASY.
luke McL.uke. Cincinnati Enquirer
Amos Rounder saw an advertise
ment in the paper. The advertise
ment read as follows:
How To Live 100 Years. Send p
cents For Recipe"
Mr.. Rounder sent on the two bits
and two days later receive the fol
lowing reply
Spend a Day In a Dry Town"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11

The railroads have considered every
man whose name appears on the Janu-
airy and December payrol!s as an en-
ploye for year, no matter how little
service he performed Ill the other ten
months. 1t Is pointed out by the man
ayers that these averages are. in con
sequence. an understaiement of the
earning power Of these employees
An Appeal TO the Public.
The National Conference Committee.
I'm making these wa:e figures public,
says:
do YOU believe in arbitration or
Industrial warfare:
"'Bhe train emnlOves on all the
railroads are voting whether they
will give their leaders authority
10 tie M the commerce of the coun-
try TO cn ~ar,e Their demands for
S1OOOOU.c,'g wn"e increase.
"'rhc ra;lraa@ &c .ix.stbe public
service-2"r' ~ervi .his army
OF employees j. IL tNs@DSDrlc service
your serVto
"You pay for rail transportation
$4,000. OOO.GG0 year. and a cents
| out of every dol ar FROM YOU goes
TO the employees.
"A S1O0 100000 wage increase for
| men I'm freight and yard service
Qess than ore liftk~Of all employees
| is equal To 3 : per cent advance in
| all freight rates
| 1.-THE mana gers OF the railroads,
! as trustees for the public. have no
right to place this burden on the
cost of transportation TO you with
out a clear mandate from public
tribunal speaking for YOU.
"The railroads have proposed the
settlement of This controversy either
under the exiting national arbitra-
ton law. or ~ reference 10 the
Interstate Commerce Commission
This offer has been refused by the
employes' representatives.
shall nation wide strike or an
investigation under the government
determine this issue;'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-08-11
Wages as High as 1924.

Wages as High as S3,2Z4.
Three-quarters OF these men Gnclud-
ing all those who put in full years
service). earned these wages:
Engineers road. $l,5S5 to S3.224;
yard, 81 1903 to $217S.
Conductors (road), $1,552 to $1,000;
(yard), 1,145 to SI,99l.
Firemen road 1888 to 81, 762; yard,
1852 TO 1888.
Brakemen road). $500 to $l,707:
(yard), 1884 to 81 $50.
For the whole country the average
wages of three-quarters OF the en-
Dloyes were:
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
BUDDY ASKS $4,000.

New Haven, Dec. 27.-John w.
Hammell, manager Of Buddy Faulkes,
terday and appeared quite elated over
Buddys prospects Of climbing into a
ring with Jimmy Wilde. He has
been offered $4,000 and expenses to
make the trip and do battle for 20
rounds, but is holding out for an
other $500. Expecting the figure
Hammell says that the bout should
come off me time in February.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
DOHERTY QUITS COACHING.
Harvard Assistant at Wisconsin Re-
tires From Football Staff

Madison, Wis, Dec. 27.-With the
departure of Quarterback Coach John
Doherty for Boston came the an
nouncement that the matter of assist
ant football coaches for DR.. Paul
Wilmington will not be determined by
the Wisconsin Athletic association
until the spring. Tomeso SOucy's re-
tireme nt for the wooden business, Dick
Kings departure for South America,
and the general belief that Doherty
will be engaged in business in the East
leave the assistant coaching staff
stripped Of all but Howard Buck, the
only nonHarvard man on DR.. With
ington's staff.
Wisconsin Harvardized it's football
with the installation of DR. Withing-
ton as chief coach, With four assist
ants, three from the Cam bridge
school. The system was satisfactory
to the students, though the team
scored few victories.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
PENN TUNES UP.
Urquhart Only Player Unable to Join
Eleven in Workout

Albuquerque, N. M, Dec Blob
Folwell and his husky football war
riors who will give battle with Oregon
at Pasadena on New Years Day, DO
trained for a short workout here yes
terday, having pulled in at the little
Santa Fe depot just twenty-four hours
behind their schedule. The only man
who was unable to take the much
needed exercise was Glenn Urquhart
who is suffering from an infected foot.
Urquart was unable to get his shoes
on this morning, and Coach Folwell
has practically given up hope to use
him in the Oregon game.
He used AL Crane at left end in the
workout here today, and while '~he
showed up remarkably well, Penn Will
miss the speed Of Urquhart. Folweli
believes that Crane will fill his shoes
better than any man on the team.
Providing no further delays are en-
countered, the team should reach.
Pasadena around o'clock this after
noon Yesterdays brief workout was
the first the boys have enjoyed since
leaving Philadelphia last Friday.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
Rules Back
P1nt

gestions designed to increase the bat
ting by stripping the pitchers Of
some of their priced prerogatives.
The two principal changes suggested
are to limit the foul strikes to one
and to give batsman his base on
three balls instead of four.
President Ban johnson will prob
ably suggest a new rule, too, to do
away with the intentional pass. This
is a feature of baseball which is con-
tinually Kissed by baseball fans and
there is a strong inclination among
the club owners to favor eliminatin s
the practice Of giving a strong bats
man his base purposely at a critical
point OF the game instead of giving
him chance to hit the ball.
The meeting of the Rules commit
tee is also likely to bring about legis-
lation of some kind against the moist
ball and the use of other artificial
means to make pitching more effec-
tive.
This same committee. which will
also draw up the schedule, anticipates
no difficulty in it's work, as in cities
where there are two clubs, each club
opens the season. every other year
1t is generally understood that the
season this year will begin on April
- and that the Giants will open at
home with Brooklyn, while the Yank-
Philadelphia.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
STX-DAY CYCLISTS ARE PAID.
Egg. and Dupuy Get $4,000 of $4,000
in Prize Money.

New York, Dec 27.--The last piece
of business in connection with the
six-day bicycle race, which terminated
Saturday night at Madison Square
Garden, was transacted yesterday
morning, when the riders who par
ticipated in the contest were paid off.
This concluding feature Of the event
took place in the Office of John M.
Chapman, on the Twenty sixth street
side of the Garden, and consumed
considerable time before it was COM
pleted. In all about 900 was dis
tributed in prize moneys and bonuses
among the fourteen teams which
started in the grind, and everythin g
was arranged with satisfaction to all
parties concerned.
Egg and Dupuy, winners Of the race,
topped the list Of prize winners with
$4,000, while the team Of Root and
Madden came in for second money
with $4,000: Mcnamara and Spears
got $4,000, Kaiser and Cameron
$1,000: Hill and Drobach $500, and
Walthour and De Baetes $500. The
remaining sum Of $4,000 was dis
tributed among the other competitors
in the race in the form of bonuses
The purse was the largest ever dis
trbuted for a siX-day bicycle race
The event this year was slightly more
successful from a financial viewpoint
than last years event. Al Grenda,
the big Australian rider, who was in
jured during the last days of the race,
was sufficiently recovered yesterday to
be up and around. He broke his
.n1j i,, IL hut
pected that he will recover from the
injury within three weeks. Carman
Of the Carman-Wiley team, who also
received injuries in the race, was at
the offices Of the mana cement yester-
day with a broken rib, which. it is
expected, will be entirely mended in
a short time. The next six-day bicycle
race will be staged in Chicago, and
the majority of the riders yesterday
expressed their willingness to enter
this event.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
TOLEDO SIGNS HARTZFIL.

Toledo, Dec. 27.-Roger Rresna-
han, manager of the local American
Association baseball club, announced
today that he had signed Roy Hart
zell, former captain of the New York
mericans, to play third base for
Toledo. Hartzell now is in Denver.
He was declared a free agent last fall
by the New York club, having served
ten years on the team. Bresnahan
said his object in signing Hartzell was
to have an experienced man at the
third corner
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
NEW CHESS RECORD SET
Marshall, American Champion Sets
New Figure for Simultaneous Play
in Great Display TT Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 27.-Frank
J. Marshall, American chess cham
pion yesterday established a worlds
record for playing simultaneous
games when he met 1876 opponents in
the Curtis auditorium Seventh and
Sansome streets. Play started at 2:20
o'clock, and final adjournment was
taken at IL o'clock tonight.
The first to acknowledge Marshalls
superiority was B. Albert. At 4
o'clock he announced that he was
satisfied. John Chamberlin and Louis
Hopper both members of the Frank
lin Chess club of this city, did not
prove SO easy for the master. Both
drew with Marshall, Cham berlin, who
is captain of the Princeton university
chess team, turning an even break In
fifteen moves, and Hopper, a court
stenographer, in the county. The
former record for simultaneous play
was 105 games performed by Mar
shall in Washington. D. c.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
ST. ELMO ON TOP
United Mechanics Are Not Good
Enough WOrISmen to Dispose OF
the Pythian Carpet BowIers.

After a brief rest ocoasioned by
the holiday vacation, the carpet bowl
ers got back to work again last eve
ming on the Kinks in Lees hall. The
ST. Elmo lodge K. of P. and New
Britain council o. u. A. M. were the
contestants, the former being the
victor score 55 to 3S. The Mechan-
les started off like a house arg,
winning the first rink. by a substan-
tial lead, but in the second and third
Kinks the representatives Of the o. u.
A. NJ. fell down badly. This is par
ticularly true in the third rink where
the Pythians won by the one-sid5d
score of 27 to Z. The results on the
various Kinks follow:
Rink 1, st. Elmo lodge K. OF p.
Ptolmey skip, II, New Britain coun-
Gil o. U. A. M, Fairbanks skip 20.
Rink 2, st. Elmo lodge K of n.
Spence skip, IT, New Britain council,
0. U. A. M, Rockwell skip, II.
Rink 3, st. Elmo lodge X. of P,
Bloodgood skip, 81, New Britain
council O. U. A. M, Wilcox skip, z.
Frederick lodge, A F. &c A M,
of Plainville will play Sir Francis
Drake lodge Sons of ST. George this
evening. -
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27

keen for pacing during practice Of
his son and his two nephews, Will
liam Let's, national amateur cham
piOn ten years ago and now chief in
structor at q san Francisco rink, and
Arthur Let's, said to be the fastest
2oO-pound ice skater in this country
Mr. Let's hung close behind his
son for about six laps and then began
TO spread himself. He got the lead
and finally outnosed his son by three
feet Mr.. Let's was born in Mana
hawI1in, n. J., and is a veteran of the
Civil war He learned ice skating on
the little arms of Barnegat bay. He
followed for years the racing career
of his son and nephews and has
never forsaken his favorite sport.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
BRANSFTELD AN UMPIRE

New York, Dec. 27.--Kitty Brans-
field, the former first baseman of the
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh clubs.
has been appointed a National league
umpire by President John K. Tener.
Bransfeld was an Umpire in the In
ternational league last season
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1916-12-27
RICHARD IS PEEVED
At INTERFERENCE
Promoter Says Rivals Are Aiming
to Prevent Carpenters Coming

New York, Dec. 27.-Tex Richard
has a grievance and, while he does not
indulge in loud lament, those cold
blue eyes of his sparkled dangerously
last night as he spoke Of the matter
that disturbed him.
II had the honor to initiate the
movement to bring Georges Carpen-
tier. the French soldier-boxer, to this
country for boxing bout. I do not
declare that I was actuated by phil
anthropy. But I did suggest that the
release of the French champion would
probably result in the French war re-
lief funds gaining materially.
This suggestion met with the ap-
prevail of q number Of prominent
American women who are interested
in war relief work They lent their
assistance to the movement and have
been untiring in their efforts to obtain
a furlough for Carpenter. The boxer
is more than willing to come. which
he has signified by signing the con-
tract 7 sent to him.
Poisoned Pen Notes.
ut was therefore with considerable
astonishment that I learned definitely
that certain boxing managers in this
city have been employing all their
spare time in writing letters to the
French military authorities protesting
against the granting of a furlough to
Carpenter. While | do not think
these letters will defeat the plan they
have had the effect of delaying action
by the French officials.
1T seems strange that a plan of the
magnitude of the one / started can
not be permitted to proceed without
the petty attacks to which it has been
subjected. However, in spite of this
interference I will succeed in my un-
dertaking.'
Les Darcy held an "at home" day
at his hotel yesterday of callers.
Among the first was Chevalier Dan
McKetrick, who RECALLED the Aus
tralian with statements to the effect
that ne mad leased Madison Square
Garden, had signed Carpenter ana
! that if Darcy wished a match with the
Frenchman this was the time to sign
| a contract.
Thereupon Darcy whispered to
| Manager O'Sullivan and Manager
! O'Sullivan whispered to Richard, who
| was close at hand.
| Some Sound Advice.
[ "Certainly," said Richard. Talk
| business with any one, but see to it
| that they put up the money before you
sign any contract. Get the largest
amount of money you can, but make
sure you get it in coin rather than
| promises
! Later Jack Curley entered and en-
| gagged Darcy in conversation, while
| Richard and Sam McCracken sat on
| the other side Of the room. Curly
| asked for a conference with Darcy in
! private. When Richard was appealed
to he advised Darcy to have a private
cc<ference, but to insist on the money
| before signing any documents.
| Darcy has not as yet selected any
! theatrical circuit but is considering
! the various offers. He will begin to
!! look about today for training quar-
| tiers.