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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
SAW VALUE OF STEAM POWER
Newspaper of 1921 Hailed With Joy
the Passing of the Day of the
Sailing Vessel.

The clouds of prejudice and fear
appear TO recede at the test of expert
ment and reason, says the National
Gazette of Oct. 4, 1921. The steam
ship Robert Fulton was full of pas
sengerS from New Orleans and
Charleston and each trip which this
splendid vessel makes not only gives
ample proof of safety and dispatch.
but adds TO the number of converts in
favor of steam navigation on the ocean.
What a gigantic improvement in sci
ence, Those who are in the habit of
crossing the Atlantic who are COM
PEELED to pass days and weeks in a
dead calm. when the unruffled surface
OF the ocean that reflects like a mir
ror. and when thu sun pOurs down his
fierce and intolerable rays and the
sails hay to and fro, can imagine what
their feelings must be at seeing the
steamship pass them rapidly; the
wheels in quick motion and the smoke
rolling in curled volumes from the
furnace; to see myriads of well-dressed
passengers walking the decks.
The next improvement of value is TO
make steamships carry freight-say
80 tons of fine goods; and those which
run from Montreal TO Quebec may
serve as models There is yet much
to be done in this way and from the
enterprise of our citizens there is no
doubt it will be done in time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
Beautiful Coconut Palm.

The coconut palm is a beautiful tree.
The trunk seldom exceeds 20 inches in
diameter at the base, and rises in a
slender. graceful column TO a height
of so or 100 feet. where it bursts into
a canopy of dark green foliage. 1t
has been likened TO a rocket, rising
to a hundred feet or more and burst
ing into a shower of fronds. The
space beneath is cool and inviting,
partly and sometimes wholly shielded
from the rays of the tropical sun. A
cOcOnut grove Oh coral beach, washed
Dy the waves of a tropic sea and
splaShed by the filtered beams of a
silvery moon, is an enchanted place.
and that one on the island of Gui-
maras across the strait from IloilO,
was a fairy land, well-fitted as the
dwelling place of the enhancing Do
lores in "Floradora."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
so SOLOMON WAS ARRAYED
Marvellous Are the Uplifting Effects
Produced on One With a New
Outfit of Clothes.

It's wonderful what a brand new
and exhilarating outlook on life comes
TO one with the possession of a new
suit of clothes. new shoes, new linen,
a new hat. new ties and a new appear
ance of ones self when he stands be-
fore the mirrOr-and reflects, then,
that after all the years are not telling
on him so badly as he thought, and
the casual observer may mistake him
for a millionaire.
Everybody knows how much finer
the home atmosphere is, and how much
better content seems to brood In 1t,
when the house cleaning is done in
the spring, when the furniture is
moved about into new positions. the
old wall papers go down, new paint
and brightness finds its way TO kitch-
en- and to floors, new rugs appear, new
curtains and a new aspect of cOZlneSs
which cheers the whole family.
The new outfit for the individual
has just this same sort of happy eff
feet, says "a writer in the New York
World. We know it, but how long we
so often stupidity postpone the bless
ing How long we gloom unnecessar-
lily in coats that feel so greasy to the
touch, in trousers that shine, in shirts
and neckwear that seem like an old
home week whenever they are fas-
tened together; in hats that are dingy
and shoes that do not suggest states
manship, urbanity. social standing or
affluence TO any TO whom they may
be exhibited
The most pardonable spendthrift in
the world is he who after a proper
generosity TO his dependents puts
money on his own back. finds pleasure
in being an object of enviable admit
ration on the street and when he con-
fronts his fellow man for business or
pleasure looks as if optimism were
his bosom companion and worry the
last low thought Of self-indulgence in
his soul.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
DAY EXPRESSIVE
OF A NATIONS
GRATITUDE

Turkey and cranberry sauce, crisp
weather, n general sense of well-being
and football are in the air at the very
mention of Thanksgiving, writes Mar
guerite Samuels in the New Orleans
Times-Picayune.
But football and too much dinner
are not, i'm the final analysis, all Of
Thanksgiving There is deeper, in
spiratiOnal side TO the day set aside
through three hundred years of Amer
lean history as the great national
celebration of gratitude.
Do you remember the simple story
OF that first Thanksgiving day as you
read it in your primary reader? And
the thrill of thankfulness for national
greatness and goodness that came to
you as your chubby fingers drew de-
formed turkeys and round-eyed Pill
grim fathers on the school blackboard?
1t was in 1921. the fall following
the landing at Plymouth, that the Pill
grims celebrated the first Thanksgiv-
ing day. The little colony, one hun
dred and two souls who had Jared
westward from England for their con-
sciences sake, had weathered the
storms of the Atlantic and the worse
hardShips of New England winter
and they had won through at last
10 sort of acknowledgements
speaking.
Back from the rocky cOastline of
Massachusetts, with its thunder of
limitlesS waves. a little group of log
houses crowded together behind the
tall stockade. feeling safe in their
nearneSs 10 each other
Garnered corn filed the barns and
the stOrerooms of the houses were
punyent with ripe apples. The colony
felt firmly established in the New
World of It's seeking. Even the silent
footed Indians had begun 70 under
stand that there was room for them
and for the pale faces too. The de-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
MOTHER! OPEN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Your little one will love the 'fruity'
taste of California Fig Syrup" even II
cOnstipated, bilious, irritable, feverish
or full Of cold A teaspOOnful never
fails to cleanse the liver and bowels
In few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly it works all the
sour bile, and undigested food out OF
the bowels and you have a well. play
full child again.
Millions of mothers keep California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves a sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu
inc california Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children OF
all ages printed on bottle. Mother
You must say California" or you may
get an imitation tig syrup.-Advertise
ment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
Base Deceiver.

Timothy" said Mrs. Toddlebury
sternly, "you are hiding something
from me-"
why, my dear" faltered her huS.
band. 'how can YOU say that?"
NO evasions, Timothy. Out with It.
What have you been doing?'
why, my dear, if you must know
THE trolley car conductor neglected
TO collect my fare, and"
Yes, yes. What did you do with
the money!"
II know | should have brought il
straight home to you. dear. but it was
such warm day. and | didn't think
you'd know so II spent IL for a glass
of buttermilk. New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
Better He Hadn't Insisted.

The author Of a few novels, meet
ing a literary friend. began talking
with him about his. the authors lat
est work. Presently he said: You
go about a good deal. Brown. Tell
me what you hear about my book"
81 assure you" answered the other.
that I've heard nothing but the most
favorable and enthusiastic opinions of
it,"
"Oh, that's good Now tell me who
has talked TO you about it,
"Um-well, can't tell you that ex-
actly."
"Oh, yes, you can. l insist"
'Well, then, since you insist. you're
the only one I've heard say anything
about it."-Boston Transcript.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
Got EN- GUESSING.

Miss Alice Robertson. the only WON
an member Of congress as the record,
put il. was in conversation with q
group of male members including Rep
resentative Towner of Iowa and sew
eral others. Something made Mis-,
Alice peevish at the way part of the
house was acting.
I'm not the only old woman in this
house," She said us she looked around
the group defiantly.
Now the question that is agitating
those present is exactly who Miss Alice
looked at ar the moment. There are
as many different versions as there
were members present.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
Art Is a Science.

Whistler laid down the dictum that
"art is a Science-the science by which
the artist picks. chooses and groups,
that beauty may result" And he add
ed. wisely The artist can leave nc
more 10 chance than can the chemist
the bOtaniSt or the biologist" This
applies quite Gs clearly to house dec
Grafton as TO any other Of the arts. II
is only by picking. choosing and group
ing intelligently and according To prin-
cipleS that an artistic interior can be
huIlt up.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
SHE DYED A SWEATER,
SKIRT AND CHILD'S COAT

Each package of Diamond Dyes" con
tains directions so simple any woman can
dye or tint her worn, shabby dresses,
skirts, waists, coats. stockings, sweaters.
coverings, drapcries, hangings, everything,
even if she has never dyed before. Buy
Diamond Dyes"-no other kind-;heu
perfect home dyeing is sure because DIa-
mond DYES are guaranteed not 10 spot,
fade, streak, or run. Tell your druggist
whether the material you wish to dye Is
wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton
or mixed ds.-advertisement.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
Very "Dead."

Ignorance is never shown more eff
fectually than in an attempt TO con
ceal it. a countryman, roaming about
a cemetery, came upon stone which
bore this inscription: 'Sic transit
gloria mundi' $50 passes earthly
glory).
what does that mean?" he asked
of the sexton, who was at work near
by.
The sexton replied: "Well, it means
that he was sick transiently and went
to glory on n Monday morning"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18

deeply wrapped in fur coats and rugs,
already had dashed off along the
slippery roads to Cambridge and 1.-The
Game"
The Harvard stadium on Thanks
giving day was view of serried rows
of excitement never to be forgotten.
The grey rhythmic curves of the coli
scum all flamingly gay with banners
and flowers and girls holiday hats.
Along the Harvard section. red roses
and crimson sweaters bloOmed in the
menagerie of fur coats and rugs.
Where the Yale contingent cheered for
the bulldog. the blue of Parma viOlets
was like twilight mist along the rows
of spectators.
a whistle-and the game is on.
Tensely leaning forward, the $4,000
watch as if life and death were being
decided in the arena below. At the
first touchdown the winning side goes
mad with joy. Flags wave, arms and
hats are promiscuously pitched about,
perfect strangers pat other perfect
strangers on the back; and thrilled
girls shake hands with boys they never
saw before.
Meanwhile the snow comes down
softly, in a pOwdery rain, and the final
goal sees frozen hands and feet res
lively glad TO race off TO warm dOrmi-
tory teas, where the victory is cele-
brated in English breakfast, or the
defeat drowned In orange pekoe,
cakes and laughing chatter.
In Boston Thanksgiving morning
great crowds fill Trinity, or whatever
church has been designated for the
union service. The pigeons in Copley
square flutter over them-tame friend
ly doves of peace on earth, good will
to men,"
Thanksgiving in New Orleans
Here in New Orleans several of the
churches hold special union services,
and the day is commemorated in typi-
cal New Orleans misunderstanding
God by giving others something for
which to be thankful. Magical basket
dinners, containing everything from
turkey TO dessert, are given 70 the
hungry poor Of the city by the Elks.
the Shriners, the Salvation Army.
Kingsley house and other benevolent
organizations. School children remem-
Der, with fruit and nuts, the sufferers
at the Home for Incurables.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
is New England Festival.

Perhaps il is natural that the South,
so far in thought and experience from
the colonizers of New England. should.
even yet, be less whole-hearted in its
celebration of Thanksgiving than is
the eastern section of the United
States. With its cOmmemoration of
hardShipS OF 1920. with its ceremonies
of the harvest. Thanksgiving is essen
TALLY New England festival. And to
see II truly carried out, you must see
1t there.
In Massachusetts. It Is the signal
for great family reunions. From Cali
fornia. from the high seas. from the
neighhorinS town, the sons and daugh-
tiers and cousins and aunts and uncles
ioregather at the old homestead on
thanksgiving day. With the first
snowfall of the season. generally
scheduled for the last week In Novem-
Der the roomy sleighs and the vast
bearskin rugs are hauled out Of their
summer mOthballs; and from early
morning until noon. there is a gay
jingle Of sleigh bells going and coming
between the railroad station and the
farmhouse.
After the dinner-a tremendous af-
fair-the old people sit half doing
about the open fires. telling stories of
the New England that is gone
DO you remembers" says one: and
they are OF in glorious revel OF
recollection Of their own youth. when
automobiles were unknown. and Bos-
ION might have been 1900 instead of
u miles away.
The young people OF the family
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18

vOut Puritan spirit of the travellers in
the Mayhower felt that there was
sufficient cause for thanking God.
The First Thanksgiving.
And so it was that the first day of
organized thanksgiving was set. The
whole little colony, in its best buckled
shoes and high hats, with blunder-
busses across square shoulders. sailed
forth from the stOckaded homes
through snow TO the log church. there
10 give community thanks for the free
dom of their stern lives.
Outside, the Indians crouched be-
hind the frs and beeches, watching
and wondering.
From the Pilgrim colony, the custom
spread to others in the New England
states. In 1880 the Massachusetts Bay
colony set aside a day for thanksgiv-
ing, and frequently thereafter, until
1880, when it became an annual festi-
val in the colony.
Connecticut appointed a day in
1850, and annually after 1917, except
In 1919. The Dutch in New Neither
lands set aside a day in 1914 and oc-
caSionally thereafter. During the War
of Independence the Continental con-
gress appointed one or more thanks
giving days each year. except in 1777.
President Washington set aside Thurs
day. Nov. 26. 1889, as a day of ma
tional thanks, and again in 1895 he
called the country together for such
celebration. President Madison. at
the close of the War of 1912, appointed
a day.
In New York state, from 1917 on,
the festival was annual.
In some of the southern states a ma
tiOnal Thanksgiving day met with Op-
position as a relic of Puritanic bigotry,
so utterly at variance with the Cav
alier ideals of the southern colOnists !;
but by 1858 prOclamations were issued
by the governors of % states and two
territories.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18

The war has made table linen very
valuable. The use of Red Cross Ball
Blue will add to its wearing qualities.
Use it and see. All grocers.-Adver.
tisement.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
Diplomacy.

diplomat is man who, when he
arrives home late. gets into bed back
wards So that if his wife wakes he can
say he is just getting up.-LOndon
Opinion.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-11-18
Keep Your Troubles to Yourself.

IF you wastes too much time tellin
er or later yOh friends is gineter
lose patience an say dey serves you
right"
The Washington herald., 1921-12-24

espionage act and sentenced June
worth. He began his sentence jan
uary 81. 1921, and his term will eX-
pire August IS. 1922. He is a native
of Ireland. a Socialist, and il is said
that his public addresses during the
war were very pronounced. SEN
tence was committed to expire at
once on condition that he be de-
ported.
Ed. Hamilton was convicted at
Chicago of conspiracy and violation
of the espionage act. He was SEN
fenced August 30. 1918, to ten years
in the United States penitentfsry
of $4,000.
Hamilton was a member of the
/. W. W. from A3rii E. 1917. to date
of indictment. and was also a dele
gate and organizer. He wrote an
article. entitled After the War,
What" which was printed Septem-
Der /. 1917. in Solidarity. There
was no serious overt act committed
by this defendant, though the
speeches and writings attributed to
him were regarded as serious at
that time.
Jack Law was convicted at Chi
cago of conspiracy to ohstruct the
selective service act and violation
of the espionage act and was SEN
tened Otober 80, 1918, to imprison-
ment for ten years and a fine of
$4,000.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-24
XI,lsls Fete Today
At ST. Elizabeth's'
War Mothers Also Plan Musi,
Gale for Mt. Alto Hos
-pital.


The national American War Moth
'ers. District Of Columbia Chapter,
will give Christmas entertainment
this afternoon at 3 o'clock at st.
Elisabeth's Asylum. There will be a
musical program of Christmas car
OILS and distribution of fruit and
candy.
Plans were made at meeting of
the War Mothers in Thomson School
last night to give a New Year mu-
.sicale to the patients at Mount Alto
Hospital next Friday. Mrs. E. c.
Wagner and Mrs. G. Dieste are in
charge Of arrangements.
Mrs. Mary Warfield. retiring presi-
dent. was presented last night With
a gold star in appreciation of her
executive work. A program Of music
was given by Mrs. +. X. B. Jones
and Mrs. e. Shulze. with a piano
solo by Miss Wilhelmina GUIDE.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-24

Internal Revenue ohicer Linto1 NJ
ans. Lieut. Reilly. Serrt Bal11rs141
Precinct Detective W. " Burhe 49,
Policemen c. ID. Poole. w. 8. Settle
and J ]. Fisher, OF the Eighth 1rs-
,cinct. So
johnson was charged with illegal
possession Of liquor. United states
Commissioner Hit released HIN on
$1,000 bond and held the case for
grand jury action
The Washington herald., 1921-12-24
THIS CHRISTMAS
HAPPIET, SAYS
MRS. DEBS, ILL
Wife and City Eagerly
Awaiting Homecoming
OF Socialist.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Dec. rs
This Christmas will be my happiest.
This is what the Homecoming Of
Eugene ". Debs will mean to his
wife, who IL seriously Ill At her
home here from herat trouble.
The news Of the probable freeing
of her husband. who has been serv-
ing ten-year sentence at the Fed
eral penitentiary at Atlanta, was
kept from Mrs. Debs until it was
ofhcially announced. 1t was feared
that 2 last-minute disappointment
might prove fatal.
Reporter Gives News.
But when the Official news that
President Harding had conmuted
the sentence was received, q re-
porter was allowed to see her.
She Is small and retiring little
lady with a gentle smile.
She thanked the reporter quietly
for his news. lingering the coverlet
OF her bed meditatively. There
were no tears. perhaps, because her
doctors have cautioned her against
any excitement, and perhaps be-
cause she isn't given to them.
This will be my happiest Christ
mas; indeed 1t will" she said
finally.
Other members of the household
were already busy in plans for the
homecoming of the aged socialist
leader.
Quiet Christmas Day.
There will be a quiet celebration
at the home. but IL will be very
quiet, 1t was stated. because both
Debs and his wife will wish IT so.
But thousands of labor leaders,
Socialist friends and other citizens
of Terre Haute know Gene Debs as
firm friend, political convictions
Notwithstanding, and will give him
notable greeting. Hundreds will
come from Chicago and other cities
to swell the reception.
I'VE are glad to see him get his
liberty, but / feel personally II
should have been an unconditional
pardon" said Percy Head. president
of the local Central Labor Council
which has charge of the homecom.
ing celebration.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-24

jury could not do otherwise than
convict. He has a good prison rec
ord and had served about three
years of his term when released on
parole.
Wilhelm schumann was convicted
at Fort Dodge, Iowa. of violating
the espionage act and sentenced
July IL, 1918. to FIVE years at Leav-
enworth and a fne OF $3.50 and costs.
Was Lutheran Minister.
Schumann was a minister of one
branch Of the German Lutheran
Church, located at Pomeroy. Iowa
and 1t was charged preached a SER
mon which was disloyal to this
country. The prisoner denies he
made the statements attributed &c
him and says he has always been a
loyal citizen of the United States.
He has now served more than two
years of his sentence. His utter
ances. IL correctly reported, were
disloyal to the country, but his
statements sem to have been d.
rected more against the enemies of
Germany generally than the United
States.
A. Joseph Schur and Maurice Z.
Snitkin were convicted at Indian
apolis of conspiracy and violating
the espionage act and were SEN
fenced June %. 1918. to six years at
Atlanta. Ga. They were released
on parole August IS. 1920.
Schur, who was a practicing at
torney at Indianapolis, was APP
pointed as government appeal
agent of local Exemption Board No.
s, and he, together with Snitkin,
was instrumental in having two
young men, registrants in Brook
Ign, n. Y. come to Indianapolis and
be examined. Thurgh Schur's ma
nipulation and influence fictitious
exemptions were issued for these
men, for which Schur and Snitkin
were to receive $500. The young
men. afterward discovered that they
had not been called by the local
board at Brooklyn, N. Y. and there
fore could not be legally examined
by the board at indianapolis, and
accordingly their exemption was
Illegal. There, were other cases of
a like nature against Schur where
he had obtained exemptions for
money. He, however, made a full
and complete statement of his acts
and was government witness in
other cases.
Served Twenry-sIx Months.
Each of these men served TWEEN
ty-six moeths' actual Imprisonment
and Is, now out on parole.
Anthony ]. Stopa was convicted
at Detroit of violating the espio-
mage act and sentenced August Z.
1918. to twenty years at Leaven-
worth and fine of $4,000, which
sentence was committed by Presi-
dent Wilson to five years. His
term will expire April Is. 1922.
Stopa was guilty of seditious ut
terances and having attempted to
obstruct enlistment by advising
young men that they were fools to
join the army and be shot down
like dogs" He has at all times
denied the truthfulness of the state
ments alleged against him. which.
he says, were made by enemies with
whom he had had transactions and
who owed him money. None of
them were citizens of this country.
He says they testified as a matter
of revenge. and insists that he was
loyal to the government, contrib
uted to war activities, desires to
become a citizen. and promises obe-
dience to American laws.
H. L. Trelease was convicted at
Fargo. N. OAK, of violating the