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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
BOB BURMAN KILLED
MECHANiClAN AND GUARD ALSO
LOSE LIVES IN RACE ON COR.
oNA (CAL.) TRACK.
FIVE SPECTATORS ARE HURT
Famous Auto Driver Was Speeding 100
Miles an Hour When Fatal Accident
Occurred-Contest Won by Eddie
O'DonneII.

Corona, Cal, April 1O.-"wrd Bob
Burman of Detroit, Mich, Mechani
lclan Eric Schrader of Chicago, anC
Track policeman w. II. Speer, dead
ana I'VE spectators injured, three oil
whom may die-that made up the
tragedy that wound I'D the third an
nuai Corona road race on Saturday.
burman suffered a fractured skull
several ribs were crushed and both
legs were broken. Burman died in the
city hospital at Riverside, where he
was taken from the track. Mrs. Bur.
man was with her husband soon after
the accident and remained with him
until he died.
Race Goes to O'Donnen.
incidentally Eddie ODonnell. in a
Dusenberg car, won the $4,000 prize,
making an average speed of S6.5 for
the 301 miles. Joe Thomas in a Mercer
was second and Eddie Pullen, Thomas
teammate, trailed In third. Tetzlaff and
Durand finished fourth and fifth re-
spectively.
burman's car blew out a tire in the
nlnety-seventh lap as it was rounding
a curve at a speed estimated at 100
miles an hour. The speeding machine
skldded upon a culvert, turned COM
pletely over and crashed past two tele-
phone poles into throng of specta-
tors. Schrader was dashed TO the
ground and sustained fractured skull
and a broken leg. He died five min
utes afterward.
In Its wild flight Burmans Peugeot
wrecked an automobile beside which
Speer was standing. The policeman
was terribly mangled and died a few
later.
burman was fourth to the last of the
drivers and about six laps back of
ODonnell when the crash occurred.
Earned Name "WiId Bob"
In Bob Burman the automobile rae
ing game lost it's most spectacular
driver and the most fearless man that
ever challenged time and distance with
motor car. wild Bob" Burman he
was called and he deserved the name.
HIS most famous achievement was
his worlds record drive against time
&c Daytona, Fla, in April, 1911, when
at the wheel of the Bitten Benz. he
covered a mile at an average of 142
miles an hour.
Burman was slightly hurt on two &C.
;asions in 1910. once on the three
luarter-mile track at San Antonio and
again during special challenge race
1t Savannah. Burman was married
vice. He was born at Inlay City,
Mich, in 1884.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
CARRANZA REFUSES USE
OF RAILROADS TO u. S.
First Chief" of Mexico Denies Report
That Permission Had Been Grant.
ed to Washington.

Queretaro, Mex, April S.-The Next.
can government has not given the
American government permission to
use Mexican railways for any purpose
whatever, said Gen. Candida Aguilar.
Mexican minister of foreign relations.
after a meeting Of the Carranza cabi-
net.
AT the meeting General Carranza
and his advisers discussed the modifi-
cations suggested by the United States
In the recent proposals for an agree
ment for crossing the frontier between
the United States and Mexico by the
armed forces of the respective govern
ment.
The latest proposals of the Wash
ington state department were received
here on Wednesday, having been sent
by Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican minis
ter-designate to the United States.
General Aguilar denied vigorously
stories published in the American
press to the effect that the Carranza
government had given permission to
the United States army forces to use
Mexican railways for transportation of
foodstuffs and supplies.
Please rectify these false state
ments," said General Aguilar to a cor
respondent. THE Mexican government
has not given the American govern
ment permission to use Mexican rail-
ways for any purpose whatever"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
INDIANA G. o. p. PICKS TICKET
Endorses Fairbanks for President and
Names Delegates and
Electors.

Indianapolis, Ind, April THE
state Republican convention, which
nominated two candidates for the Uni
ted States senate and a complete state
ticket, adopted platform and elected
four delegates at large to the national
convention to be held at Chicago In
June. was enlivened by a number of
contests for places on the state ticket,
but was regarded as harmonious
throughout
The twenty-six delegates to the ma
tional convention, elected by the 13
congressional districts. and the four
delegates at large, were instructed 10
present the name of Charles w. Fair
banks to the national convention as
Indiana's choice for the presidential
nomination. The platform adopted de-
nounces the Wilson administration
The tariff plank demands the re-enact.
ment of protective tariff at the earli.
est possible date. The platform favors
a privately owned and operated mer-
chant marine under the American flag
and such preparedness as may be
necessary upon land and sea to pro-
tect American citizens in their persons
and property at home and abroad"
Strict neutrality toward the nations
engaged in the European war is also
recommended.
The presidents Mexican policy was
attacked.
Following Is the ticket named:
Delegates at large-Will H. Hays
Sullivan; Fred a. Sims, Frankfort: Ed.
ward c. Toner. Anderson; James A.
Hemenway, Boonville
Presidential electors at large-Wal.
ter B. Riley. Lake county; ]. w. Dun.
bar. Floyd county.
United States senator-Short term
James E. Watson, Rushville: long
term. Harry S. New. Indianapolis.
Governor-James p. Goodrich. Win.
chester
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
FARMERS WIN BATTLE
AGAINST MILK DEALERS
Farley Held at Chicago Brings Raise
in Prices to Producers-No In
crease to Consumer.

Chicago, April 8.-The farmers have
won the milk war and the consumer
VIII not be the victim. This was the
glst or an announcement by Health
commissioner Robertson at the con.
clusion OF negotiations between repre-
sentatives Of the distributors and pro.
ducers.
The producers will get their price
or $1.55 a hundred pounds, and the
consumer will pay the old price of
eight cents.
The guarantee Of the old price came
from the officers Of the Bowman Dairy
company. whose surrender ended the
seven-hour parley.
1t required a seven-hour conference
to end the strike.
At ten o'clock in the morning Will
liam Pinnow, mayor of Crystal Lake,
who mad asked Health Commissioners
ROBERTSON to take the initiative In
steps to end the strike; r. B. Swift,
the president of the Producers asso-
citation; w. ]. Kittle, secretary; C. H.
Potter, chairman Of the fighting milk
board, and former Judge George Brown
OF Sycamore called upon the health
commissioner.
Doctor Robertson Immediately sum-
moned the dealers.
At the close of the conference Presf-
dent Swift of the Milk Producers as
ISOLATION was jubilant
1T is a deserved victory for u.s."
he said. II think we understand each
other better now and can come to
terms again without struggle Great
credit should be given Doctor Robert
son for calling US together and his pa
thence in averting a break two or three
times"
The Borden Condensed Milk COM
pany, the last Of the dealers to hold
out against the demands Of the Milk
Producers association, gave in and
agreed to pay an average price of
S1.55 per hundred pounds for milk
during the following six months This
means that the last outposts of the
farmers will be called In and
Chicago will receive It's full quota of
milk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
G. O. P. NAMES w. G. HARDING
Ohio Senator Elected Temporary
Chairman of Republican conven-
ton at Chicago.

Chicago. April 8.-Warren G. Hard.
ing, United States senator from Ohio
was elected on Friday temporary chair.
man of the Republican national con-
vention on June z by the subcommit.
tee of the Republican national commit.
tee, in session at the Congress hotel
Senator Harding is dyed-in.tbe-
wool standpat Republican. 1t was bs
who placed the name of William How.
ard Taft before the Republican ma.
tional convention in 1912.
The committee announced that vii.
liam F. Stone of Baltimore would be
temporary sergeant-at-arms. and
George L. Hart OF Roanoke, Va. tenn.
porary official reporter of the conven.
ton.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
WAITE PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Accused Man is Picture of Apathy and
Dispatched Without
Bail.

New York April 11.-Dazed and
shaken. DR.. Arthur Warren Waite was
arraigned before Judge Grain in gen.
eral sessions court on Monday and en-
tered plea OF not guilty 10 the in.
dictment charging him with the muir.
der OF his rich father-in-law. John F
Peck of Grand Rapids Mich. Waite
was a picture OF apathy and despair.
Never once did he raise his eyes
from the floor while the proceedings
were In progress. Judge Grain COM
mitted the prisoner to the tombs with
out bail.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
Three Perish In Fire

Detroit, Mich, April 1O.-Three are
dead and one injured as the result of
fire in the home OF Homer DiebIer
TAT Marlborough avenue. The dead:
Mrs. Lillian Diebler, TWENTY-FIVE.
Irma Diebler. four; Evelyn Diebler
two. Mrs. Dorothy Liebler, sister.in.
law OF the dead woman. was also bad.
ly burned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
CAR KILLS TWO IN AUTO
Miss Elsie Fathers, Daughter Of
Mayor of GAINESVILLE, Wis.,. and
Charles Carr Lose Lives.

GAINESVILLE, Wis. April 10.-Elsie Fa-
theirs. daughter Of Mayor James A
Fathers, and Charles Carr were in.
stantly killed at South GAINESVILLE on
Sunday when their automobile was
struck by a Rockford-Janesville in.
terurban car. Miss Fathers acted as
her fathers private secretary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
LONGER DAY FOR GERMANY
All Clocks VIII Be Set Hour Ahead for
Economic and Hygienic
Reasons.

Berlin. April Z. by wireless.-The
German federal council has passed a
measure that on May l all clocks shall
be set ahead one hour The measure
was proposed for hygienic and eco
nomic reasons. as frightening working
time during daylight and decreasing
the necessity for artificial light
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

but ma 1t not be observed that the
theory or the optimist who bases his
belief that the world is growing better
on the increasing tendency TO say
limb" instead OF leg is without
a leg 10 stand on"f
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

1t will be difficult task to convince
the average citizen that a young man
who marries two widows OF uncertain
age in rapid succession should be
classcI mollycoddle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

College girls quizzed about the
qualifications they desire in a hus-
band. unanimously declare they re-
CURED in their life partners ability
TO dance, though none wanted any
addicted 10 skates.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

The way crude oil continues to go
up likewise suggests further study as
TO ways and means OF getting more
mileage out OF a gallon OF gas.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

The seizure of 1888 parcels of rub
Der in the transatlantic mails merely
goes TO show how elastic the modern
laws of war have become.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

There are men who lie like Ana.
MAS to escape four dollars OF taxes
and In the same evening bet $40 on q
bobtail flush and lose IT without bat
ting al eyelash.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Wine-colored dress suits for men are
said to be coming into fashion. As IL
the dress suit didn't have enemies
enough as ii is.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Fur-bearing animals presumably are
gratihed TO learn that the price of furs
continues to advance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Some girls can squeeze their way
through a crowded street car and
emerge without looking mussed. How
they do ii Is a secret.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
Much More Refined.

DO you mean to say the finger OF
suspicion is pointed at Mrs. Gadder7"
oh, dear no! That Is never done
IN our set. But when she appears
there is a perceptible lifting OF eye
brows"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

The ruinous advance in the price
OF violet dye Is not going to worry the
violet that coyly hides by the messy
stone.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
Pass Augmentation RiIl

Washington. April 1.-THE senate
passed the legislative. executive and
judicial bill appropriating SIS, 200. 600
for next year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

One thousand bird-of-paradise feath.
ers TO De destroyed by the govern
ment7 Just think. girls. OF the bargain
sales that are thus going TO waste!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Some young women make fortunes
In the movies and others bring half
million-dollar breach of promise suits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Perhaps the idea that two can live
as cheaply as one originated in the
mind of young fellow who boarded
with his father-in-law
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

When the devil finds a fellow who
is too mean for anything else he
makes a bootlegger Of him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

A Frenchman who says this coun-
try lacks poets never saw the inside OF
an American waste basket.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Spring fever is the lazy mans most
plausible excuse.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

The man vino tries to sing, though
knowing he can't, is never given credit
for possessing praiseworthy emotions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Various psychologists have intimat-
ed that rashness is, after all, only fren-
zied cowardice.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

soldier In the trenches is said to
have written grand opera. One new
er knows what the by-products of war
are going TO be.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
Dublin Journalist Dies.

London. April 10.-Wilfred Philip
Ward author and editor OF the Dublin
Review, died at Hamstead. agod sixty
years
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Speaking of the four corners to
husband, the lady lecturer must have
had in mind those that IRE on the
square!
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

It's a rather thoughtlsss congress
man who sends free garden seeds to
man who works ON a morning news
paper.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Politics is anybr 9 game this
year. with the C avor Of the
man who hasn't ] - 100 many
tricks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

There may be 9 scarcity of dye, but
the world seems to be flooded with
q lot Of highly colored talk right now
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Is an eight-hour day a cut?" is be-
Ing discussed; it is-the most unkind-
est. as Bill Shakespeare would say.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

An obese woman tries to console
herself with the belief that she knows
some other woman who is fatter than
she is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

II one term in Office satisfies mans
ambition he wants another for vindi-
cation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

why a dogs nose is cold worries the
philosophers a good deal more than It
does the dog.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

The high cost of gasoline has not
appreciably reduced the number OF Joy
riders.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Berlin insists that English merchant
men must be prevented from kicking
Germmy's U-boats around.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

No use telling the man who is sick
to let well enough alone.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Men who once sang In quartets are
captains OF industry now. You never
can tell.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14
Many Children ar, s,cI,x.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds In "a hours, relieve Fcverish-
ness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething
Disorders, move and regulate the bowels, and
Destroy Worms. They are so pleasant to take
children like them. Used by mothers fort syears
All druggists, 25c. Sample FREE Address
Mother Gray Co., lie Roy, N. Y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

some get rich in war stocks and
some raise early cucumbers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1916-04-14

Mrs. Frank NJ. Roessing, chairman
OF the congressional committee of the
National American Woman Suffrage
association, has been head of the lobby
in behalf of the suffrage bill. She 10
from Pennsylvania.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-16

the opening mp OF regions hereto
fore Inaccessible. will greatly in
crease the use of the resources In
the forests. will shorten lines OF ira
vel across the states and between
communities. vii stimulate pros
pecting and mining In mineral re-
rions and will aid community mp
building.
The Importance OF having pub
lie forests az the headwaters Of I'M
portant streams has been recognized
and greatly emphasized through the
appropriation of ss.oo0.0oo for con-
tinued purchases OF lands begun IN
der the so-eallcd Weeks law. Tn,
work OF establishing these forests
has been started Under the most IN
vorable auspices, anu its discontinu'
ance would have been peculiarly un.
fortunate. With the new appropria
ton the purchases may now go for
ward with view 10 blocking oui
and extending the various units"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-16
Honoring Miss singleton.

Miss Inez Singleton, who will be
one of the December brides, was
honored Wednesday afternoon with
an attractive tea in the Philathea
class rooms of the First Methodist
church, the compliment coming from
the Philathea class, Miss Singleton
having been past president. The
tea table was laid with cluny
cloth with lace doilies. In the
center was crystal bowl filled with
white snow ball chrysanthemums,
the flowers being presented to Miss
Singleton after the tea. Red wood
baskets filled with sandwiches were
placed about the serving table
where Mrs. Talmage Newton and
Miss Modena Hawkins poured tea.
The tea was served from an alcohol
kettle. Miss Singleton wore hand
some blue velvet afternoon dress
with silver trimmings. A gold lace
hat with ermine trimmings gave q
charm ito her costume.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-16

invitations had been issued for n
church wedding but plans were
changed, and only few were pres
ent. Guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Buie OF Mertens. Mr.. and Mrs
>. ). Middleton OF Midlothian. Mrs
Ed McElroy and Miss Matte Middle
ton. The groom is farming nea-
Merteps, where he has always made
MS home, and is highly esteemed as
one of the fine young men of that
community The bride is the eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Mid
dleton of this city. After finishing
at the high school she attended
Trinity university. She will be much
missed in church circles, being one
OF the efficient helpers of the prima-
ry department in the Central Presby-
terrain church.
A large number of attractive gifts
were on display in the dining room
at the brides home, the brides un-
Gle, Mr.. ]. s. Middleton OF Midlo-
THAN, giving them twenty dollar
gold piece.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buie left after the
ceremony for their home at Mertens.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-16
Buie-Middleton Nuptials.

Thomas Creighton Buie and Miss
Ethel Beatrice Middleton were mar
red Thursday morning at the home
q the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
7 81 Middleton, on Brown street.
Rev. G. H. Hogan, the brides pas
of, officiated with the ring ceremo-
" The bride and groom entered
ngether. She was very handsome
u midnight blue broadcloth suit
NTH fox fur trimmings. Her blue
LAT was embellshed with medal silver
ace trimmings. She wore gray
Scots and gloves. The Georgette
'louse was beaded with metal beads.
wing to death in the groom's
amily the marriage was very quiet.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-16
Of liquor appeared in agri-

sumption or nquor hppeareu III "sff
cultural counties on the east coast.
In some OF these convictions for
drunkenness dropped ais per cont.
The mo treating" law undoubtedly
has added in reducing the consump-
ton OF intoxicants. During the last
six months of 1915 there were only
42.34s convictions for violating the
mo treat" law al compared to 49,
$50 during the first half OF the year.
throughout the entire year OF
1915 there we're only 1851
6runkards convicted. which is the
lowest number recorded for nearly
forty years and Is 2s per cent be-
low the total for 1919. or those
convicted In 1915. 3s,211 were wo-
men.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-16
Ouch! BtCKACHE.
RUIZ LuNflsAGO OR
STIFFNESS AWAY
Rub Pain from Hack With Small
Trial Bottle of Old, Penetrating,
.Sf. Jacobs Oii.''

When your bnck Is sore and lame
or lumbago. sciatica or rheumatism
has you stiffened up, don't suffer-!
Get small trial bottle OF old, hon.
est est. Jacobs Or at any drug
store, pour 9. little in your hand and
rub II right on your aching back. and
by the time you count fifty, the sore
ness and lanencss 10 gone.
Don't stay crippled! This soothing
penetrating oil needs to be used only
once. II takes tho pain right out
and ends tie misery. tits magical,
yet absolutely harmless and doesn't
burn the skin.
Nothing else stops lumbago. SCI
atica, backache or rheumatism 30
promptly. 1t never disappoints!---
(adv.)
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-16
wiIliams-Flynn Wedding.

John Williams and Miss Mamie
Flynn were married Thursday night
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Flynn, north of
town. The Rev. b. r. Wagner per-
formed the ceremony. using the ring
service. Mrs. Roland Harrison play
ew the nuptial music, Lohengrin and
Mendlessohn's marches, and accom-
panying Mr.. Foster when he sang
Sweetheart" Miss Mary Hilburn
accompanied Miss Laura Kate Hill
burn for a violin number. "a Perfect
Day The ring bearer was Hattie
Lee Flynn, who wore a red silk
frock. The bride was attired in navy
blue coat suit with gray trimmings,
silver gray hat and gray boots. Her
corsage bouquet was red carnations.
The reception suite had red flowers
and ferns. After the ceremony
Rhoda Harrison and Bessie Williams
served punch. The out of town
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. John Car
michael, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Doug
las, Dave Williams and Miss Rena
Carmichael of Italy, Miss Myra Tur-
ner of Arlington. Charley Flynn of
Mexia, Ellis Moore of Dallas. Mr..
and Mrs. williams will make their
home in Frisco. Beautiful gifts were
on display which had been given by
appreciative friends.