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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-25
UNIQUE COLLECTION.

Robert Young, ironmonger, Edin-
burgh, who passed away recently,
was known far and wide az a colleo-
tor Of horseshoes. Row upon row,
on the walls Of his shop, hung shoes
dating from the time Of the Roman
occupation (those having been found
in Monmouthshire) down to the
present day. Among the latter were
included shoes worn on the day Of
the race by such famous derby win
ners as Lord Rosebery's Ladas and
Sir James Miller's Rock Sand. Ev-
cry country in the world, from Chi
ma to Peru, had been laid undu
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-25

wfs not the doctors. The doctors
spirit confessed the murder TO US. lie
said he had performed an operation
on young woman who died from IT,.
The spirit said the body had been dis
membered and buried in quicklime in
tho basement of the house, and 1t
guided US to the spot. The operation
was Illegal"
Marth said he ripped up the base
mcnt floor. About foot underneath
the surface he uncovered large
wooden chest. SO rotted that IL fell
apart when he tried TO move II. In
side the chest were fragments OF
qu'ckiime. dccomposed organic matter
and fragments of bone.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-25

n drin', John Burgess. with rumer-
ous al ses. walked in on the gi,l. T,lsy
struck up partnership In chea crime,
ma king n speciality OF elevated station
holdups. then trading the cash for liq-
uor and pleasure in back-room
cabareis
Burgess would push revolver at
the ticket window. and the girl would
run around behind and scoop up the
cash. Meanwhile the babies cried al
home and the young husband. rushed
frantically about searching for his lost
wife.
The pair were arrested after numer-
Gus robberies had been reported TO the
police. The girl confessed.
1T was so easy" she said. "We
went out the first night and held up
a man for % cents. This would not
even buy drink for two. but we got
pleasure out Of it."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-25

what the whole world needs now y
The fishing cure There is np ollr
balm So cCccnal Tor strained nerves
and worried souls Fishing Is said 70
encourage fnlsDhnod but we believe
that Is q slanG,r invented by would
be humorists who never fish except
for stale jokes on the contrary u
encourages nearly all The virtues. NJ
dinicmt 70 conceive of q true fisher
man who is not q philosopher and y
ecod citizen Le.s halt the wnflIS
husiucss and 90 a-iishn-. Y Is q sure
cure cor that tired. worried feeling
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-25

Pretty Young Women
Lures for hoIdgpS

rr0vidnce.-Two fascinating
Young women So charmed Sic
ODE Muzrario nt eight O'Clock the
other evening while in "a shoe
shining parlor that d. readily
consented 10 tale q walk with
'hem when asked.
When near the Arthur aVenue
bridge young man stepped
from icMud building and
pointed q revolver al Muzzario
demanding his money, and
proddod him in The stomach with
the f~ht.ng end Of the gun. II,
allowed the yoang man 80 re-
move SO Ia money from hts
pockets The h.rhwayman thcn
made his escape
Muzzario rcf1rted the affair
fo ihe police forgetting a,l about
lhe two fascinating youne vom
rn vhG disappeared shortly after
ihe hoilup. 1hc police have 81
description OF all three con
reued.
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CAREER AS BANDIT
LASTS TWO WEEKS
Girl Forms Partnership With
Stranger and Holds Up Ele-
waited Stations.

Craving a more exciting career than
that of looking after her home. her
husband and her small babies, Mrs.
Catherine Van Beesley, nineteen years
old, OF Chicago. became Katie the
holdup queen" Her career lasted for
two whole weeks then she was ar
rested.
Mrs. Beesley's first step as a woman
bandit was to 20 to a saloon and order
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1919-07-25
THE FEDERAL RESERVE

The Federal Reserve system
established by Democratic legis-
lation, although denounced BY
Republican candidates and ora
tors and opposed by Repub-
lican leaders in Congress. has
enabled the nation 10 finance
tho war and has safeguarded the
business interests Of the land
against disaster. - Democratic
State Platform. 1918. .
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Possibly the allies may find that they
have unwitiingly done Germany a
favcr BY absolvlng it from the o'd
ANA grevous burdens cf mllitnrlsm.
while aiming 20 cripple a. At any
rate. heavy armamcnts in France and
Englnnd win put them az di~adfan-
ragr with German Industry to that *
fOnt.
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SING a SONG OF SAVINGS STAMPS

Sing n song of Savings stamps,
The cost of living's high.
But hive you counted all the things
"These Savings stamps will buy?
g.
They nelp TO take that summer trip,
Or buy some fussy clothes. :.
How many things they'll help to Get.
Goodness only EpowsI
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II Is not surprising that England
lays claim To number of the Ger
man slips seized by the Uni'ea
safes. when everything Is settled.
n VIII be found that II England has
not come out OF the big end Of the
horn II viii not be for lack OF effort
ON her psrh
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Tackled Wronu Man.

ST. Louis-Bandlts tried holdup
in Henry Petri's store. Henry. reach
ing for n revolver, suggested they "go
10 hi" They started immediately.
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(With Apologies to kipling.)
II ain't the tens nor fifties
You earn from day TO day
Nor yet the fives or two-spots ~
THAT you gather on the way;
II Amt the million billionaire
Nor the nation as n whole.
But the nickles and the pennies
From each patriotic soul.
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Medium Is Asked 10 Dig in Gel
lar and Remains Are
Found.
eiOST ADMITS DEED
Husband ExcaVates Under Direction
OF spiritualistic Spouse While in
Franee-Spirit Hands Choke
Woman

Milwaukee.-E. A. Marth created a
sensation when he appeared AT po-
lice station and said his wife. haunted
by the ghost Of a man who said he
had committed a murder. had found
The body Of the vlctim-a woman-in
tie basement OF Gieir house.
Mrs. Marth is a spiritualist medi-
um. Marth told the police his wife
had been visited nightly by the spirit
of physician The spirit had awak-
cned her SO often by putting invisible
hands on her throat that she deter
mined to hold seance.
Spirit" Asks Her TO Dig.
She did so and was directed TO dig
at "A certain spot In the cellar.
Marth told the police he made the
excavation under her direction while
She was in trance and had discov-
cred box. lie asked that the police
remove the body OF what he insisted
was a murdered woman.
The police. scofing. went 10 the
house. They found the excavation and
the box. They opened. the box and
discovered it 10 contain bones and
Quicklime.
fhe spiritual phase OF the matter
they are inclined not TO discuss. But
they bellevE the evidence OF crime
has been Nh bare by the medium
and they are cxertlng efforts to reach
a solution Of il.
1T was an earth-hound spirit,
Narth told the police, "that could not
rcst until II was relieved"
The property in Walnut street was
bought by the Spiritualist church Of
Milwaukee about seven weeks ago.
Mrrih fud bis fnmily moved In short
~ after Immediately. he says. they
n'fe auacsed every night by the
p f1s Of the spirit. which chokod
ihril
Aftcr several unsuccessful scances
90 .a-a ile meaning OF the visits. an
Other moj'um was called in TO assist
IN getting ihe message.
"EcSy Of Woman Victim"
"'Ti rt was that Of doctor
who d.l several years ago" Marth
said. 'rut the body in the bascm
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"'rl, rt was that Of doctor
who d.l several years ago" Marth
said. 'Iut the body in the basement
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-31
FRENCH GETTING
IMPATIENT BY
DELAY IN PEACE
They Say Internal RecOnstruc-
tion Is Held Up
WANT SMALLER PROGRAM
Labor Problems Are Being Ignored
DIstrust Of Outcome Of Utoplan
Dreams OF World Peace.
WANT SMALLER PROGRAM

Paris. Jan. 29--There is an unmis-
taxable and growing feling in French
circles that the business of the coun-
try, including such important ques-
tions as reconstruction and the set
Element OF labor difficulties, is being
delayed, not to say suffering on ac'
count of the Peace Conference. a
Deputy who has always supported
the Clemenceau administration said :;
In a sense, il is highly desirable
that the most important representa-.
tives of each nation should take part
in the conference. Obviously they
have full authority and are able to
act as their judment decides without
fear of exceeding or disobeying their
instructions.
But, on the other hand, there is
much to be said for the system that
obtained in previous international con
ferences Of delegates who were not
Presidents. Premieres or even Minis.
ters of State Such plenipotentiaries
had more or less definite mandates
with the result that discussion on alb
stract points was reduced to a mini
mum, and no matter how long their
deliberations lasted there was little
or on interference with the norma
legislative and executive processes OF
the governments concerned
"In the present iuncture. conditions
are quite riherent. To take the case
of France alone, it seems that the
energies of the government are being
obsorbed by the Peace Conference,
with the result that vital interna
problsfns are shelycd or even sup
pressed. The same thug applies to
the othe; nations
This point of view is widely shared
here, and has particular interest as
affording an explanation Of what
hitherto had seemed Isl r, =
namely. wiry tue most Ihifof,aft Sec
tions of theFrench press should take q
critical, ,inded a'niot hostile. atti
tude toWard ,.the conferea delibera
tions. TIC French evidently feel that
the national affairs are being neglect
cd while Ither conference is engaged in
talk. .,s,oo~s h rcS M
There ts an idea that mteinaliona'
discussions, which are alleg0dr 70 be
more or less platonic, are hinderin2
practical and vital French policies
As fundamentally q realist and prac
tical people, trained in the school OF
old diplomacy. the French chafc at the
delay occasional by what mcsi Of
them regard as utopian idealism.
This explains the continuous ant
general opcsition, for ii is nothing
less, to Wilson theories.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-31
CRIME WAVE IN
PARIS NOT DUE
To AMERICANS
Native Thugs in Disguise Are.
Responsible
IOUTLAWRY NOT GREAT
Reported Thirtyfour Murders. Found
to be Only Two--French Police
Admit Charge is Wrong.

Paris, Jan. S0--That Apaches Of all
nationalities dressed in American nm
forms were mainly responsible for
the acts OF violence which have caus-
ed broadcast publicity to be given to
an alleged American crime wave in
Paris was shown by an investigation
conducted by The Associated Press
today.
1t was further ascertained that as
saults and holdups are infnitestimal
in number as compared with the pub.
lished figures OF the crime wave, ex-
isting nearly exclusively in the vivid
Imagination OF sensational local news
papers.
Brig Gen William w. Harts of the
United States Army in a statement
given out today says:
THE reports concerning the large
number of murders by American sol
diers in Paris are untrue. They are
greatly exaggerated. The number
of military police In Paris has been
increased merely because of the
greater number of soldiers passing
through the city, not because of un.
usual disorder The statistics show
that the American soldiers are main
tanning their high standard of disci-
plne in every detail, wherever they
may be.
The Paris Chief Of Police NJ Mou.
ton refused to make a statement on
the extent of crime, but said that out.
side of some thefts of automobiles, to
the prejudice of the American army
American soldiers did not deserve
the hard reputation which had gone
abroad through various reports.
\ high Official at Police Headquar-
ters referring to the departments re-
cords previously mentioned and the
street brawls. said ~-s c.
Not all OF these may be charged
TO Americans, as there have been
many cases in which the similarity Of
the uniforms of Australians and
Americans has led to the Americans
being blamed for fights and holdups,
IN which the Australians were engag-
ed or committed
Also our own apaches. strong in the
belief OF immunity through the popu.
larty Of the American uniform. have
obtained by hook or crook some Of
these uniforms and have gone about
their work in earnest Surely there
are some real Americans guilty, but
the percentage is not nearly as great
as that published"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-31
A SOLDIERS PRAYER
Private Laurence Il. Sears Sends a
Copy Home.

PTINdte LduTCUIC W. oCtli ON'eS q
Copy Home.
Mrs. ]. Il. Fortin has received the
following, enclosed with a letter from
her son. Private Laurence II. Sears.
He stated that he doesn't say it every
night but il presents q very heal call;
A Soldiers Prayer.
Now layme down to sleep,
pray tie Lo'd my gun to keep.
Grant no other soldier take
My socks or shoes before | wake.
Lord please grant me in my slmher
Keep my cot upon the lumber,
Let no pegs nor ropes to break
And drop my tent before | wake.
Keep me safely in thy sight.
Grant no fire calls at midnight
And in the morning let me wake
Breathing scents of sirlom steak
God protect me in my dreams
And make life better than it seems
Grant the time will swiftly fly,
When /, myself, can speed on high
Deliver me from work or drills,
And when I'm sick, don't feed M
pills.
And should | hurt this head Of mine
Don't paint It up With Iodine.
Give me a snowy feather bed.
Where | do long to lay my head,
Far away from these camp scenes,
And the smell of half baked beans
Private Laurence H. Sears
Bassen's Camp, No. 4,
a.. b. +, APO. 1O5.
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ton of the brief period in Office Of
,he late Judge ID. 4. CuilIinan.
The new magistrate is a native OF
ncnninEtc. He s.4s 1adrat,d in the
public schools of the village. studied
law In thc Office OF Barber d DarlinI
ana was admitted 10 the bar in 1906
He hegan practice IN 1906. the year
N which he was elected states at
toruey on a fusion ticket, defeating
she regular republican nominee.
He was successfully reelected and
held the Office for pnriod OF ten
years during which he represented
he state in some OF the famous erin"
inal cases in the history of Bonnin.~
ton county court Ills knowledge m
criminal practice has given him N.
equipment that should warrant q just
and satisfactory administration OF his
lew Office
The following appointments -
Judges Of other municipal courts
.ere also made.
Addison county Albert w Dick
Ems of Middlebury
belows Faiis-Thomas O'Brlen o.
Rockingham; Brattleboro, Addison f.
-udwoftn OF Londonderry.
Essex counIy-kyie T. Brown OF
Lunenhurg
..-,,ioto Arthur G. Whitman OF
| Royalton.
montpelier Erwin NJ. Harvey o
Mon gener
81 Adams Nathan n. Post Of st
! Adams
windsor Probate District Herber
II. Blanchard Of Springfield
! Orleans county-W Willard NJ.
! Wright 'of Barton.
Bennngton-W William j. Meaghe
OF Bennington.
FaT Haven-Leo e. Pratt Of Fat
Haven.
Winooski-,ienry Conlln Of Col
chster.
Other appointments announced ar
as follows.
Trustee OF Washington county III
berculosis hospital-Senator Jaco
w Bates of Moretown
a MNulbtin ui updlu ul lutulCul ICf
istration Dr =. H. Templeton q
Montpelier; Dr, George l. Forbes G
burlington; DR. George J.. Bates q
Morrisyille
Member of board of registration fo
nurses Mary r. Kane of Montpelier
Member of state board of concili,
' ton and arbitration Mayor Henr
lC Brisln OF Rutland.
Member OF board of dental exam
inerS Dr Perry +. Hamilton of New
port
Member of state board of exami
ers of embalmers George H. Go
c ham of Bellows Falls.
Member OF state board OF accoun
a ancy Adrian T., Holmes Of Burlin
e ton
u Member Of state board of pharma>
d c. H. Skinner Of Windsor
II Member of state board Of educ
tion Marvelle C. Wehhcr of Rutlan
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-31
HARVARD UNIT BALKS :
ON GOING TO DEVENS
Claims II Is British Instead Of Amer
lean Unit and Not Under Amer.
lean Orders.

Boston, Jan. 30-The Harvard sur.
gical unit, which has served with the
British army since 1915, ignored an
order from the war department to go
to Camp Devens to demo5ilize, upon
its arrival here tonight, from Port.
land, Me-, where the unit landed
from the Megantic early today.
The nurses with the organization
were ordered to the Hotel Albert,
New York city. YN"h
The order was ignored by Lieut..
Col. Hugh Cabot, the commander, on
the ground that the Harvard surgical
unit was British, not an American
organization. After arrival at the
North terminal the members OF the
big INIT were held aboard the 8 train
while officers from the department OF
the Northeast and those OF the unit
conferred. -
Swarms of friends and relatives
waiting in the trainshed were imna-
tient at the delay. efl
at is silly blunder,r declared
Lieut.-Col Herbert A. White OF the
unit, referring to the war depart
ment's order. ~.s'
iii. telegram was received as the
trail reached HaverhilL ! It was sad.
dressed TO Col Cabot and, according
to its reading the order was issued
by the secretary of war.
"The only way they'll get us TO
Camp Deyens tonight will be under
arrest" said Col White, as he show
ed reporters the telegram on the
train enroute.
1t is believed that the confusion
comes from the fact that Harvard
sent two medical units TO the war, the
other one serving with the United
States army.
The parade which was planned was
broken up as result OF the delay In
detraining. The members OF the unit
all Of whom wear the British uniform.
went to their homes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-31
LAST PUBLIC HANGING
Execution Of Archibald Bates on Ben
nngton Hill in 1870.

Execution Of Archibald Bates on Ben
ninston Hill in 1870.
II will be 70 years in February
since Archibald Bates was hanged,
The place of execution being the hill
side west Of the highway leading
down the steep north hill IN Old Ben.
nington. The crime for which Bates
atoned was the shooting OF his
brothers. wife in South Salisbury.
Under the influence of cider and mad.
dened by the thought that he was be-
ing wrongfully treated in regard to
liyision of property he committed
The terrible deed that startled. not
only the peaceful community in
which he had lived so long. but the
whole OF Bennington county as we'll.
The court house at that time of
yhich we write stood a little 10 the
east OF where the Battle Monument
now stands The jail was attached
20 il or was part of the building Here
Bates was Imprisoned and tried. Hon.
Samuel ii Blacknicf' well known
lawyer IN his day, prosecuted the case
sor the people with great ability.
I Mr Blackmer being at the time
states attorney for Bennington
County Harmon Garfield OF Arling-
ton Daniel Roberts OF Manchester
md William 5. Southworth OF Ben
ungion brilliantly conducted the de-
fense
There have been many large gath.
arings of people in Bennington dur.
ng its history Among the number
5 always TO be mentioned the one
)coasioned by the hanging OF Bates.
That we are progressing in the mat.
er of civilization cannot well be de.
ned Public executions are in gen.
9ral prohibited Only the few per
mitted by law now witness the re.
Voting scene
Clear and cold was the morning of
the day appointed as the one on
which Bates should die Seated in
an open wagon, surrounded by com
missioned and non.commissioned OF
! .icers selected from the militia the
wretched man was driven to the place
! Of execution only short distance
away The February sun was daz
/ zling In its brightness rs Bates
stepped upon the scaiiold. Spread oui
before him was that great expanst
Of valley always SO wonderous in its
beauty. Far away to The north wa.
the home of his childhood. Will,
,0out him surged the eager crowd
among which doubtless were thos,
who had been his companions for /
lifetime. Fast ilew the moments o
the wretched mans short stay ol
earth Then were heard his las
words, so significant that many re
membered them to their dying day
Many noble sentiments have heei
uttered from the scanold. Most ey
cry school boy can repeat the las
words of Patriot Nathan Hale, bu
the words of the murderer Bates wer
not of these They were cider di
It,"
John V. d. S. Merrill.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-31
PLAN FOR
DEAL INC WITH
HUN COLONIES
Ii Is Acceptance of President
Wilson'S Idea
SUPREME COUNCIL VOTES
Monroe Doctrine Figures in Discus
sion About colonies--Plan In
wolves It's Stability.

Paris Jan 30--The whole subject
OF the overnment OF the German col
onies was discussed fully at today's
sessions of the Supreme Council in
the presence of the British colonial
premiers and the representatives Of
the French colonies
AS a result of the exchange of views
provisional arrangements were per-
sected for temporary government OF
he GeTmar dependencies in the Pa
c'i,c as we'll rs of Turkey, where dis.
orders aie becoming so widespread
that the supreme War Council ut Yer-
s,illes was Instructed to devise means
for sendins troops there.
After todays session the American
delegates were still conf1ant that a
solution would be reached which
would carry ou; the principle already
accepted by the majority of the pow
rs that here shall be 40 anneyatlons
md that the peoples civilized territory
aiken from the enemy. whether in
Europe, Asia. Africa or elsewhere,
hall select the nations which will
erve as administrators over them
With the League of Nations to select
he governments which shall admin
ster the affairs of the peoples not
eady for self determination.
The Monroe Doctrine is figuring in
he discussion about colonies. The
question is asked whether the United
States may properly continue to ad
minister the affairs CT Haiti and San
Domingo under its own resolutions, in
view of the acceptance of the princi
,le that the League of Nations shall
determine how the unstable nationali
les shall be governed.
The American delegates contend
hat this matter is not involved in the
principle. but the subject may cause
hem very in view OF the republican
riticism that the League Of Nations
plan involved the stability Of the Mon
zoe Doctrine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-31
DEATH OF FRANK PARKER
Well-known Resident Passed Away
Thursday Forenoon.

Frank Parker, aged SO, and who had
passed nearly his entire life in Ben.
nington passed away aaat his home on
Grve street Thursday forenoon. Death
was due Brights disease with which
the deceased had beenil for some time
and which compelled him to give up
his position with the H +. Bradford
Co, Inc, lass Novembe.
The surviving members OF the fam.
lily are widow and one son, Frank
Parker, jr. A son, George II. Parker,
an enlisted man in the regular army,
died in Texas year ago last May
and was presumably the first Ben.
nineton boy to die in the service af.
ter tho United States entered thu
world war.
The funeral will be held from tho
house at 2 o'clock Saturday after
non. Rev. ]. Elmer Mckee, rector OF
ST. Peters church, viii ofiiciate and
the burial will be in the village ceme-
tery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-01-31
TO USE PRoTEcroRArE
Some Colonies May Have Limited
Self.GoVernment.

Paris. Jan. 3l--An agreement
reached by the allied council of ten
on the colonial question, says the
Havas Agency, provides that terri.
tories which are sufficiently civilized
10 give expression of their wishes as
to the form OF their government, will
be permitted to set up such govern
ment under the auspices Of the lea
que oil nations, obtaining either ma
t.onal independence or living under
a protectorate of one or other Of the
great powers Arabia and Mesopo-
tamia are considered exempted from
this class.
In case the peoples are not suiii.
cienlly developed the league of na'
tions shall choose the power most
suitable to govern under certain guar
antees to be fixed either by the peace
conference or the league.