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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
BANDIT Makes
DARING ESCAPE
Roy Gardner, Bold Pacific Coast
Holdup Man, Breaks Away
From Island Prison.
FLEES DURING GAME
Leaps for Liberty Through Gap in
Barbed-Wire Fence Cut While
Bullets Whistle About
His Head.

Seattle, Wash.-ROy Gardner. west
ern holdup man and bold mail robber.
known all along the Pacific coast as
the cleverest and most slippery prison
er ever placed under arrest. is again
free man. He escaped from the
government prison on McNeils island,
In Puget Sound, amid fusillade of
bullets.
Twice In his criminal career, before
me was finally placed behind the bars
on the supposed impregnable McNeil's
island, Gardner had escaped from the
shrewdest men the government could
set TO guard him on the way to his
prison. Twice he jOked with the man
hunters on whom he turned the tables
and made prisoners in his place. And
twice he laughed when he was recap
tured
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
LEOPARD LOOSE ON STEAMER
Big Cat Scares Passengers of the
Granite State on Trip Across
the Pacific.

San Franoisc0.-A leopard which
escsr-es -fronf rs csge~ on the Forward
deck of the Pacific Mail liner Granite
State. which arrived here from Cal
cutta. India, created excitement
among the passengers and crew.
The big cat broke loose during a
storm and was captured after ii had
been locked i'm the officers messroom
and prodded into cage.
The Granite State carried n large
collection OF wild animals. valued at
more than 100000, which are TO be
distributed among American ZOOS anc
tO motion picture firms.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
JASPER INDIANA FRIDAY, NOV VENBER %, 1921.
THE WOODS
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
WHEN THE GEESE COME NORTH.

THEIR faint "hOnk- -hOnk" an
u nounces them,
The geese when they come flying
north;
Above the far horizons hem
From out the south they Issue forth.
They weave their figures In the sky,
They write their names upon its
dome,
And, Ger and DER, we bear them cry
Their cry of gladneSs and of home.
Now lakes shall loose their icy hold
Upon the banks, and crocus bloom;
The sun shall warm the rivers cold
And pierce the winters armored
gloom.
The vines upon the Oaken tree
Shall shake their wGyy tresSes
forth,
The grass shall wake, the rill go free
For. seel The geese are flying north
(Copyright.)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
Two Companions Were Shot.

As he leaped through the gap the
guards I'm the towers began shooting.
Bullets were whistling around the
three fugitives. Gardner's companions,
both former soldiers serving sentences
for vicious crimes committed while in
the army, fell, one dead and the other
seriously wounded. Gardner kept on
going.
The break by Gardner and the sight
Of the gap In the harbed-wire fence
turned the go convicts In the prison
ward into wild animals frantic for
liberty. There was a howl from go
throats and the conyictS started for
the fence. The guards had their hands
full controlling them, 50 Gardner made
good his escape
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
'Hl6tEarMtg5|| ! ted |
I&SS> d IL ~
TOUCHING GLASSES.

IN THE days Of the code of honor"
i when duelling was as formal as
the opening of a peace conference, ii
was the custom To drink a glass Of
wine before fighting To make sure
the wine was not poisoned (ThOse
were the good old days) each con-
testant poured little OF his wine into
the glass of the other. The custom sur
wives in the form Of touching glasses
before drinking.
(Copyright)
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
CRYING Baby Starts suit.

New York.-Because her husband
was annoyed by the crying of their
baby. Mrs. Dorothea Kilsh. has begun
Il suit for divorce from AdOlph kirsh.
My husband told me that he had
no love for me or the baby" said Mrs.
KirSh, land that he cared 40 more
about us than he did for dead dog"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
Cat Gives Up.

With one last frantic effort It tore
itself from his hands, backed away
with glarlng eyes. Spat, and then ran
away into the darkness.
Olin Roberts. son of W. y. Roberts,
whom Smith had been visiting, at
tracted by tie cries of the man. came
running to the scene and found Smith
badly cut and mauled. Youn, Rob
erts called assistance and carr ed
Smith back To the house, where he
was given medical treatment.
His condition is not regarded aS
n-ifi.nI
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
DOG WINS OWN PAROLE PLEA
Sentenced to Refuge at Kansas City,
Teddy Cries Till He is Sent
Home.

Kansas City.-Teddy, a young Collie
dog, made his own plea to Police
Judge West, Kansas City, Kas., over
parole. In Kansas City, Kas., dogs
charged with misbehaviOr are SEN
fenced to confinement at the Wyan-
dotte County Humane society animal
refuge for from one To three weeks.
Teddy was sent up for two weeks.
but, having never been away from home
and friends before, he passed both
days and nights in dismal wailing.
The matrOn, Mrs WhitfOrd, brought
him into her own rooms and did every
thing 70 comfort him, but the wailing
continued. Finally she called up
Judge West and asked for Teddy's
parole While she was talking Teddy
rushed TO her side and quite silenced
her voice with his own.
Judge West, having heard the argu-
ment, decided Teddy might go home
and remain there during good behavior.
Plants Beans 600 Years Old.
Salina. Kan.-Rev. NJ. NJ. Stoltz. IT,
brarian at the Kansas Wesleyan uni
yersity, has received from Frederick
Brorson. q graduate of the school,
some relics from the ruins of Mesa
Verde. In the national park. which
VIII be placed in the university mu-
-eum. Among them are some corn.
corn cObS and beans that were taken
from between rocks whore scientists
say they have been for 900 years. The
cobs look aS il they had heen picked
this year and the corn and beans are
in n perfsci state Of preservation
/ Doctor Stoltz has pl:nied some II the
corn and beans and Le declares thai
he believes they viii Sprout and grow
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
Chinese City Up to Date.

Trucks of the Shanghai (China) fire
department are soon to be equipped
with wireless telephones. The im-
provement is expected To enable the
department at all times TO keep In
touch with its men while fighting fires.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
A LINE O. CHEER
BY John Kendrick Banks.
MOTHERHOOD.
(Copyright.)

IF ALL the world were vcid or
4 good
I'd stin be full OF gratitude for
Motherhood
The eovine eye, the smiling lips,
The touch of tender finger-tips.
The sacrifice of self that we
The Sons OF Earth may stronger be,
The constant care, the constant
thought
For helplessness in trial caught
While Motherhood remains the ring
OF JOY shall thrill the songs ! sing.
(Copyright.(
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

II would be a good thing If. instead
~ cultivating their eyelashes. some OF
the sweet young things OF the day
would undertake 10 cultivate what is
suppoSed 10 De back and above them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

terrific wallop for home rim. attract
Ing all eyes To the play. The next
instant Gardner and two others leaped
for the fence. Gardner. I'm the lead,
whipped out a pair of wire cutters
and snapped through the strands of
the barbed wire.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

A Constantlnople dispatch says that
all Turkey wants is fair dealing. The
Armenians will give them what Is fair
" theirs II they ever get q chance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
Water Races by Prison Isle.


So Gardner came 10 be the most
closely watched prisoner I'm Uncle
Sans most closely guarded. Jail
guarded not by stone walls, and steel
bars. and armed guards alone. but by
the very conspiracy Of natural forces.
1t is set on desOlate isle, i'm Puget
Sound with a wide stretch of water
running at mill race speed between
island and mainland
Gardner had been In prison for six
weeks when, on Labor day, the prison
ers turned ont TO watch baseball
game between two teams OF fellow
prisoners. They were in the prison
yard. cut off from liberty BY high
barfeaa~ire fefss.-.. s~-ftff towef's iit no
corners, In which sat watchful men
with loaded rifles and orders to shoot
TO kill.
The game went on and the guards
became Interested I'm the play. Sud
denly one Of the players hit the ball "A
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

Apparently Germany is willing TO do
anything except what il has been told
10 10.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

one Of the arguments for free
speech IS that SO little of 1t is worth
anything.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

These parachute jumps prove at
least that the jumper comes back TO
earth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

as the bleeding man frightened his
grip, and its claws worked SpaSmOd-
ically.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

That zap controversy might be
termed much ado about almost moth
ing
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

Thief Takes Money From Orphanage.
Adrian. Mlch.-A thief entered the
Eastern Star orphanage here and stse
SSl belonging TO the Orphans fund
and S17. the individual property II
the orphans.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25
FIGHTS BATTLE
With Wild CAT
Colorado Man RepuIses Attack
of Furious Beast With His
Bare Hands.
MAN BADLY INJURED
Cat Springs on Him From Behind
and Makes Desperate Attempts
to Bite His Jugular Vein
Forced TO Give Up.

Waverly, Colo. J. Smith of
Waverly went hack IL ,he primitive
last week and fought battle with
wild cat with nothing but his bare
hands TO defend himself The cat at
tackled him when he WAS returning
To his home from the w T. Roberts
ranch on the P0udre
Smith was badly bitten and torn
on the neck, arms and body before he
succeeded in driving the cat away.
Although old settlers declare it is
an unprecedented thing, smith de
clares that the cat sprang upon him
from behind and made an attempt to
bite his jugular vein.
Fierce Battle Rayos.
He was thrown 20 The ground by
the shock Then. in the mud, with
the moonlight filtering through the
trees upon them. the man and the
wild cat fought such Ii battle as must
have been waged between prehistoric
man and the wild beasts in days be
fore the stone age.
At first. with the terror OF the stu
tiOn upon him, Smith Screamed fol
help. Then. desperate with the snarl
ing, biting, clawing brute struggling
TO reach the vital spot OF his neck,
Smith fought the wild eat at his own
game.
He dragged the cat from his back
and worked his hands about it,
throat. but the beast SquiFmed loose
and fixing its teeth in his neck tore
his clothing to ribbons with ral0riikt
hind claws.
For many minutes they follght
Then finally the man Succeeded IN
pinning the cat down and was chok
ing IT, The animal gaspel for breath
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-25

ger in charge of the mails and, when
The train reached the place where the
mail was to he thrown off, the mes
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13
WILLARD BATTERIES WIN

They win on reputation- when you think of batteries you naturally think first of Willard. They win on qual- ity. The most important battery improvements, in- cluding Threaded Rubber in- suIation, originated with Willard.
 They win in dolIars-and- cents saving. No outlay for replacement of insulation if you buy tho Willard Threaded Rubber Battery because Threaded Rubber Insulation outIasts the battery plates.
 The Willard Threaded Rub Der Battery is standard on 172 makes of cars-used for export ons two others. Ask us about it. We're head quarters for Willard Batter ies and Willard Service.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13
Motor Mechanism Must Be Simple
 Says Apperson

How the Apperson Eight succeeds in adding .four-cylinder economy to multi-cylinder flexibility can be told in simple terms, says MT. Edgar Ap- person. president of Apperson Brothers Automobile company of Kokomo, In diana.
 Everyone knows what the principal moving parts of a motor are-the pis- tons, connecting rods and crank shaft. All other moving parts exist in an en- zine simply to so handle the gas and spark that they will put the necessary force back of the main parts. Every one likewise knows that it takes force to kick a resting body into motion. Therefore, the more extra parts you have in an engine-the more pounds of metal in motion-the more force do you waste in keeping those pounds in motion.
 "Furthermore. the more pieces of mechanism to transmit motion from one point of the engine to another, the more lost motion will you have, and the less snappy, hair-trigger precision | will there be in the engines action. That's why we build the Apperson as
 the eight with eighty less parts Boil l ing down the mechanism to the limit | is one big factor in making this flex- ible eight as gas-thrifty as good four.'
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13
Tire Surgeons"
 AluUays In Demand
 Says Goodrich Co

During the past two years a grow ing shortage of tire repair facilities has been piling up to the point where practically every town in the country of any size could comfortably stand at least one more tire hospital"
 The biggest need is for trained tire surgeons'-men who understand the various constructions of fabric tires and inner tubes and cords for passen- ger cars and trucks. and have to repair them economically for the car owner
 To help relieve this situation the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company main - tains tire repair school at Akron Ohio, for tire dealers, garage men and their employees. Factory methods ot tire repairing are taught which have been developed through 25 years ot experience in tire manufacture.
 Actual repairing is done by those taking the course. The students worl, on every kind of injured tires from the slightest bruise to difficult rim cuts. The men are taken through tho factory to study first hand the meth ods of tire building, and are given lec- lures by advertising and accountins experts.
 Under the Goodrich plan the tuition to the school is virtually free. Tn, next class in tire repairing start. March 5. Applications should be sen to the service department of the com pany at Akron.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13
Pacen1aker Causes
 Many Inouiriies

Although the copies of the Pace maker, magazine published by the Olds Motor Works of Lansing, Mich is only off the press, many inquiries have reached the governors and state historians offices seeking additional information concerning Arizona The inquiries have come from all parts of the United States, it was stated.
 According to the Ferguson Keeler company. local Oldsmobile distributors, who are responsible for the publica- tion of the Arizona number of the magazine, many inquiries and letters of favorable comment have reached their office
 It was more than a year ago that the Ferguson -Keeler company started work on the preparation of the matter for the number, and the gathering of photographs for it's illustration Not only was much money spent by these people in gathering data, but many months time and effort as we'll Al though the magazine is published monthly by the makers of the Oldsmo- bile cars, primarally as an advertising trated and edited that one nearly loses sight of it soriginal intent. The Ari- zona number is profusely illustrated and decorated in colors with interest ing state scenes and carries an abun- dance of valuable matter, fully de- scriptive of the states resources.
 About two thousand extra copies have been Secured by the Ferguson Keeler company which may be had without cost for mailing purposes.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13

ago considered themselves lucky if they could finish journey of few hundred miles without some form of tire trouble. Today it is no uncom- mon thing to drive across the conti- nent and back with no other tire mis- haps than those caused by punctures a class of misfortune for which the tire manufacturer can De held in nc way to blame.
 The return to normal times is likely to see the average consumption of tires go to still lower levels. The wal period was manifestly an era of eX- travagance Everyone had plenty oi money and such a small item or ex- pense as a new tire was hardly suf- ficient to get many motorists to show proper respect to their tires. Many castings which gave only a good mile age would have returned record break ing performances had they been prop erly treated.
 With the return to normal times and with money less plentiful car owners are certain to watch their expense bills more closely The exercise of only 2 moderate degree of care by the cal owners will lift the average mileage secured from tires to a point many thousands of miles above any hitherto reached.
 So far as known, the best record evel made on a set of four tires was tha of Boston merchant who got 3s,15. miles on a set of United States roya cords He attributed this phenomena
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13

record to the care given to the tires by his chauffeur.
 Dr. Rice of Northampton, Mass, has recently reported two royal cords, one of which gave 26,500 miles and the other 34, 500. The third one is still on the car with 36.S 500 miles to it's credit and looks to be capable of many miles more.
 H. c. White of Whitehall, Mich. just completed round trip to Los Angeles, Cal, on royal cords. On this one jour ney he covered $500 miles. Going out, he had one puncture, and returning, three punctures
 'The roads were good he said "un- til I got into New Mexico and Arizona, and there began the test on tires climbing mountains with rocks so sharp that I thought my tires would soon Be cut TO pieces, through canyons which were about as bad, and then through the desert. I only got one bad cut, but it does not leak. In fact, 1t still has Michigan air in it, and the tire has never been repaired. Tires that will stand the trip that mine have are certainly satisfactory. ] am still using them and expect to get several thousand miles more out of them"
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13
Says "Gyp" Tire
 Methods HaUe
 Been BooYnerdngS

Gyp tire methods have boomeranged. The passing of the game" is the out standing fact in the reconstruction period It is a business now-the hazard has lost its lure. The game was a scramble for sales at any odds, with no thought of anything but deals. It was "Take it or leave it, but on with the game"
 Today car owners realize that to buy standard makes is the first principle of tire economy. Bargain tires are es meaning of the word is coming into its own. Vulcanization is being scientif ically taught and found profitable. The new slogan is, Get out of the game and into the business.''
 The T haven't got time to monkey with such things" attitude of car own CTS has undergone a like transition. It
 is popular to take care of tires-to give them a square deal in the mileage de- manded of them. The What do 1 care? ? That Tire is guaranteed for blank thou sand miles, and if I don't get it the company will have to make it right" is being forgotten in the onward sweep of the conservation movement of the reconstruction.
 Use the valve and spare the tire" is one of the most popular of the new slogans, according to the Miller Rub Der company's service expert. It is popularly recognized that fully 75 per cent of the motorists tire trouble is due to underinflation.
 Every motorist has a part and every dealer a part in the program to enable this most important accessory to give uniform long distance, low cost mile age.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13
Frank SlUeeney Sells IT Used Cars During
 Week Just Passed

Just to prove that business is good, Frank Sweeney tore loose last week and sold used cars to the following:
 Lindsey Stephens. Buick-4; T. H. Huffman, Ford; T. L. Haggman, Over land; Henry Edge. Kissell-6 truck and Peerless car; O. l.. Clark, Olds-S; Si Wyberg. Kissel Silver Special; NJ J. Burns, Dodge; H. A. Douglas, sOlds Speedwagon; M. J.Connolly, Dort {; and Reds Taxi, Studebaker Big Six
 Frank states that he is just getting his good right arm wound up. He has a number of other deals pending and by this time next week may have another list as long.
 Three of these cars were sold fol cash, he states.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13
Tire Builders HaUe
 Increased Quality

'eOne of the noteworthy featuTes re- garding the manufacture of automobile tires in this country is the fact that during the last five years tires have improved so greatly in quality that the average number of tires used on an automobile during a year has dropped from five to considerably un- der four
 x This drop has come, too, in the face of an increase in winter driving so large as to be a vital element in the calculation. Many cars now operate twelve months in the year, but in spite of this increased period of sery- ice, the average annual consumption of tires per car has rapidly and speed fly fallen.
 G Not only has the length of life of tires become greater but the quality of service rendered by them has inn proved to such an extent that tire Trouble is now the exception rather Than the rule. Motorists of decade
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13
State Department
 W;thhoIds Comment
 On Obregon's Note
TRepublican A. p. Leased WIrel

WASHINGTON, March 12- State department officials withheld com ment today on dispatches from Paris stating that the French government had received a letter from General Obregon giving formal notice that he had been elected president of Mexico and intimating that his action was in- terpreted as a move to secure recogni- ton by France of the Mexican govern ment.
 The state department here has re- ceived no such letter from General Obregon, it was said by officials.
Arizona republican., 1921-03-13
Threatened Strike Is
 Not Responsible For
 Increased Meat Price
[RepubIlcan A. p. Leased Wirel

CHICAGO, March PA statement issued by the American Association of Meat Packers today said that the pos sible strike of stockyards workers had had no effect on the meat market.
 While live pork prices have risen : cents a pound in Chicago in two weeks. there has been no change in the other big meat centers. The local increase was due to suspending Of pork killing by several smaller packers and the re sultant competitive bidding of butchers who wanted to lay in a large stock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-21
News Of the Counties

BETHEL, Ind.-The Loyal Mems
Minstrel. Of the First Christian church
OF Richmond, will come to this place
Wednesday, March 23rd and stage
their entertainment under the auspices
of the Ladies' Aid society. Reserved
seats will be on sale Tuesday morning,
March 22nd at Constables Garage
Special musical numbers are also given
with the entertainment. The minstrel
comes highly recommended. and it is
said by the towns where it has been
staged. to be the best ever played in
their town.
CARLOS CITY, Ind-The Mothers
club met at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth
Thomas, Thursday afternoon. Ten