Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 24 February 1922 — Page 2
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY] 24, 1922,
THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT A Democratic weekly newspaper representing the Democracy of Muncie, Delaware county and the Eight Congressional Distrct. The only Democratic newspaper in Delaware County.
Entered as second class matter January 15, 1921, at the postoffice at Muncie, Indiana, under the Act of March 3,1879.
Subscription Price, $2.00 a year in Advance Office 315 North Mulberry Street. Telephone 2540 GEO. R. DALE, Owner and Publisher.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1922.
KKKE OPERATION OF OPEN MARKETS DEMANDED BY LIVE STOCK PRODUCERS
After all, you couldn’t charge a bucket shop keeper with gambling. It’s simply taking money under false pretenses.
Another Ponzi skinned ’em out of six mHlion doha-s in "v''cago. The suckers had heard all about Ponzi and Aloha Itol 1t\ but, being born one a minute, they b : te even when t v ey se' the hook shining through the bait. Considering some of t’ o f‘ oi iar faces seen about Muncie during the past week or so it would i’I. be surprising to hear of another fake prize fight or two being oul'H. off here most any time. Experience fails to teach those who hope to achieve riches by the lightning route.
“Harding Smiles, Business Better,” is a headline appearing in the Star Monday morning. When will newspaper men learn that the Harding smile, or smirk, rather, is no indication of what ia going on in the country ? The Harding smile has made millions of his fellow citizens smile. They are not smiling from joy. They feel more like shedding tears. If business gets better it will be in spite of Harding and hi§ stand pat clique, not because of them.
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U. S. Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
Grain
All gjrains strong and sold at New high prices on crop. Principal market factors were: Strong foreign makets, improved milling, flour and export demand, and increased outside interest. Strength continued at the close. Visible supply wheat 42,092,000 bushels, a decrease of 25,000 bushels
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WEEKLY LETTER
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The meanest man who ever lived tween the various elements of our was the father who gave each of the ! population. In the effective propogakids a penny to go to bed without , tion of this spirit the small, branch their supper and made ’em give it back j interurbans have been a great factor, before they go their breakfast. we cannot help feeling to allow these Some of the good old daddies of medium's of communication to be imthe G. O. P. are refusing to furnish } paired is really a step backward, [ the “dough” to make it possible for, which should be resisted if possible.
for week. Visible supply corn 36,924,- Simeon D. Fess to have his “senatorial 000 bushels, an increase of 2,152,000 breakfast cakes” as per schedule, bushels for week. Closing prices in 1 Republican business men of Ohio,
The Democrats in the senate have
i , a. xr j • i , , , . . , i decided to get behind Senator Reed, Chicago cash market: No. 2 red win- ( who have borne the brunt of financial ; f rom Missouri, to retain his seat in
ter wheat $1.43; No. 2 hard winter i wheat $1.41; No. 2 mixed corn 58 cents; j No. 3 white oats 36 cents. AveTage farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in Central Iowa 45 cents; No. 1 dark northern wheat in Central North Dai kota $1.35; No. 2 hard winter wheat in Central Kansas $1.23. For the week Chicago May wheat up 8c closing at $1.46%; Chicago May corn up 2%c at 63%c; Minneapolis May wheat up 7%c j at $1.48; Kansas City May wheat up 6c at $1.33%. . I
ALL MEN HAVE THEIR PRICE 4 Judge Landis has finally quit the bench to look after base ball interests exclusively. Big sports and amusements have deliberately set out to buy public men at any price they may suggest. When base ball got in bad by the exposure of its crooked votaries, Landis was bought off the federal bench .at a salary of, fifty thousand a year, in order to get some man of standing in I tljfb game. When Fatty Arbuckle and other movie degenerates i proceed to demonstrate the pure rottenness and debauchery of : njpvie stars, Bill Hays was hired for a hundred thousand to give an air of respectability to the votaries of booze, prostitution and opium. Senator Kenyon, the big gun of the progressive group in congress, got in the way of the old timers and now he has a lifetime job on the federal bench where he will later be in line to be kidded into taking a hundred thousand dollar job from some carnival company or patent medicine outfit. The life of the Republican statesman is great, but he weakens when the big dough shows up.
On Th& PARM
CHICAGO.—Delegates to the President’s agricultural conference in Washington declare that while general cooperation received high favor, farmers generally are opposed to attacks upon the open, competitive cash market for live stock. Determined opposition, it was asserted, will be offered any plan tending to hinder free operation of supply, demand and competition in determining value of cattle, hogs and sheep. Farmers of the live stock states insist upon their right to choose and be represented by salesmen whose economic existence depends on ability to obtain highest market prices in competition with business rivals. They contend every possible outlet for their animals should be developed and exploited to the
assistance in the election of Republi- j the senate. Nice in the boys to do him
can members of Congress in former campaigns are refusing to “come
across” this year.
Of course, “Si” doesn’t need all this money for his own cakes but on account of being Chairman of the National Congressional Committee he has to see that the rest of the boys get
their’s.
The letter written to the business men of Ohio was intended to pave the way for appeals for funds with which
a favor? Perhaps, he knows how Woodrow Wilson felt when he (Reed) helped to obstruct legislation to briny peace to the World. It always come home to us. Some of us are not sure whether he deserves such a favor.
Bishop F. Gailor, President of the National Council of the Episcopal Church, said in an address in Chicago the other night that he believed “the
fullest extent in determination of
values.
Farmers are taking the position that use of producers’ contracts to bind them to a marketing agency, regardless of results obtained by its hired salesmen, is but an attempt to undermine the principle of prices established by competitive selling. They . also declare proposals of packers to purchase live stock at country points are attemps to restrict competitive buying at central markets where values are established for the entire country. “Meat producers of this country,” said a farmer with large holdings in Iowa, “do not intend to he deprived of the advantages of a broad, active, competitive cash market for the products of their farms and ranches.” "
„ + . way xorappeaibxur xuiius vviuii wxucn E i hteenth Amendment was a mistake l ru.ts And Vegetables to finance the 1922 campaigns The . and the Volstead Act should be modiApples market show firm tone dur- reply to these lo^ng epistles has , f[ed » He con ti nue d, “I am in favor of ing the week. New York baldwms. A broug.ht dismay to the Ohio members mora ij tv and j npr^nnaiiv nhsorvo 2. 4 ranged »7 50-8.25 per bbl. in lead who are to be candidatee for re ! Act bTfamVo-dTo mg city markets $7.25-7.50 f o. b. | election The letter that Si wrote , putti sum ptuary laws of so drastic wire orders. Western New York ehip- , stated that the present Congress has chara , ter into the Constitution. It ping points. Sales f. o. b. cash track achieved much and should be re- raTtak f 1d ^hilo^nnliv tw
$6.25-7.25. Extra fancy boxed Wine- tained The>«
saps weaker m Chicago at $2.75-3.25. everything is hors de combat —m snRflkinp . in iTltprPR+f! f .
Most potato markets steady. New other words—m a ell of a shape and
■ York sacked round whites held at refuse to “kick in” to retain such leg-
! $2-2.15 in eastern markets. Northern : islators.
| stock steady in Chicago at $1.70-2 ffrm | One prominent business man, noted m Cincinnati and Pittsburg/h at $2.15 , for his liberal contributions in the slightly weaker in producing sections > past to that great and worthy cause
speaking in the interests of the underworld, but in the interests of intelli-
gent upstanding men.”
at $1.55-1.65. New York stock steady in the Rochester section at $1.88-1.92. Growers receiving 90c-$1.00 for rurals
in Colorado and Idaho.
Hay
wrote, it is said:
In New York City there is a building at Fifth-ninth street and Madison Avenue that has 286 dental offices. “The only person I ever heard moan in this building,” the elevator starter says, “was one of the Dentists with the ear-ache’’. Sounds good doesn’t
ILLED IN U.
Muncie was honored last week.by the presence of that popu-! Iar body, the Indiana Public Service Commission. Prudent citizens locked up their silverware and left the r pocketbooks at home! until the “servants of the people” tipped their hats farewell and ; scooted back to Indianapolis. The commissioners .are. a fine bunch i of fellows, but someway or other they are having a hard time prov-1 ing it to their fellow citizens. ,L^w Shank says thr'pomimssion'.is going to be put out of commission. Ther§;‘^^,miny -others, who ’
agree with Lew. ■ ) * . v • < • Huge Army Balloon Explodes In Air j said that he feaw no flames until after — — • - n ' ‘ And Carries Crew And Passen- I the gas bag had ended its descent, strlctine- Allies and * manv^dea Ws ore The Democrats of Delaware County are getting readv to put Barnes Dnve^Sdi " budt^cTaft Purchased Tv the United Rioting, at-below replacement values,
up a battle for right and decency. The coiuity hap; hifcji ndaliand, ' Racers. j States gofeCh! & S" tzlTo ry? Ca«:
led and manhandled for three years by a.republican .administra- -j j 1921 for' $200,000. S^ie was, it was be- jjngs $21, \ ’ y ti*6n. The money of the taxpayers has been corruptly squander-] Norfolk Va Feb 23 —Explodin/i ^ \ a x r ^. ‘emi-rigid aircraft V Dairy Products
trd and the state board of accounts declares that the fnen hi change • after crashing downward during a °it was'^id bfwa?depart’ ^ Butt * r ; -markets Steady with little Of the county affa>S- are “lacking in, judgment:’ and. that there trial flight, the army’s Italian-built | E at' tL 1?n^ ojeLr pmSl ttbifp^Tat Ch!^h y avrre e has been “gross extravagance” at the county infirmavv, which ai ?; shj P Rom * was destroyed Tuesday j v;ou]d proliahly be $1,250,000. suited in divertSne to that market
iji. managed by the chairman of the rdpublican cotmtv; committee. ^fTthd 'loss Sf 6 an^uidSnfinS’ l shipments of western made gpods or.
the Republican cause
“I have been a Republieon voter for 30 years and a liberal contributor to Republican campaigns, but I’m
t hrou ^ What is the use when mem- XllThreleva^tor men uTevermet"
Market conditions and prices prac- be F. s , we elect car ® nol ' bin g for P. art . y had very little sense of humor. , tically unchanged. Receipts and policies nor accept party respons'bih- . j notices of country loading generally • Not one cent will I contribute p au ] Madula is the chamn^ - ! light. Some improvement in local toward the ejection of Republican gettf!r Q f tke wor i d- A man once ii ved 1 demand in a few markets but general Congressmen tnm year. , j n ^asstown who wpuld come to: demand unimproved. Inquiries from am tit. o1 j church with his wife but invariably
southern consuming sections light, j Quoted Feb. 18—No. 1 timothy—Bosj ton $28.50, New York $28.50, Phila. $24, | Pittsburgh $22.50, Cincinnati $20, Chi-
cago $22, Minneapolis $18.50.
Feed
Wheat feeds show easier tendency with mills eagerly offering March and April shipment feed. Warehouse stocks continue good. Demand confined largely to prompt shipments. Stocks cottonseed cake and meal on hand at m Us about 30,000 tons larger than last .\ i ar but pries advanced in sympathy with otner feed prices. Hominy feed and gluten fee f - 1, Production and demand good. Linseed meal strong on with drawal of offerings by mills. Supplies of most feeds in dealers hands ample to meet irequirments. High prices are
Awful, ’ain’t it?
wayfh^e to gefalong 6 wilh ve^UUle j Cnm himself ^but' MaduIa^wSo money. , , works on the army piers in Hoboken, Since these replies have been re- N _ j is the “ priz ; winner”, ceiyed by Si Fess he has actod < a , He went int J a restaurant late the little like giving up the Senatorial | ( , ther a n ,. per a „.
“J® ! Presently the waiter awakened him. Madula ate the meal and drowsed
a statement. No funds and a man like Atlee Pomerene to beat has surely gotten the professor in a terrible pre-
dicament.
It has been said that music is good for the soul. We might have the Harding Glee Club of Troy go down to Yaller Springs, Ohio’and sing for Bb-neon. It has been suggested that tb^v -u g for some of the un-employed nroum' home—you know music is nice
-r “while you eat”.
Wonder what has become of that o-regation of “song birds”? Those G. O. P. Hymns of Praise would be
very “appropriate” now.
There will be no organized party opposition in the senate to the ratification of the Washington Conference Tr'eaties, it is announced. Whatever objections are made and reservations urged will be individual and may conit I'jom either side of the chamber.
off.
He awoke, ordered another big meal, ate it and slept again. This happened a third time. Then waking Madula demanded to know why he
hadn’t been served.
In court he couldn’t remember that
he had eaten three meals.
H is trap'that the n man b’ahr - dciicato , m: .’ 1; p; Jp ■- j -v .• - A man like this fellow who can
Heep wflrp rfi i t • ^.'i r* <-.( ( p (
blessed with three “squares” is stre-
ly ha the Land of Utopia.
The Cinginrati Enquirer says, “Give some man- a job and do it soon”.-—We say: so too became we all had one before vye 'Started “around the corner to
Nrtrirmlcy**:
James..Moprqe, 106- years old, of
The democrats will nominate good men for the office and Del a-’ number of lives
ware county will be rescued from the grasp of the mercenaries. a^hou^and^haWaftcr ( cr^Jly wi£ *££*«*■ VuMS
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The naval hospital at Portsmouth officially informed that thirty-
CONVERSATION
A writer in a nearby paper recently conmientrd at some „ length on the favorite topic of conversation in the average crowds | eight of those aboard the airship, the of men and w’omen. Seemingly jazz, women’s clothing, movie bir P^ st dirigible in the scandals and bootlegging take the lead, this impression being irNeW^ri New^ wire’ offidally notipicked up on street -corners, on' trains, street cars, and similar tied that thirty or more persons had places. These same topics also form a large part of the topic of ; lost their lives
tSAi Sirred persons In bZ” ! ^ ^ ^
j feet capacity, 410 feet long), 82 feet dinarily going to eastern markets, but Woodrow Wilson, as late party leader, wide and 88% feqt high. She was current demand readily absorbed these to offer advice to the senate minority ■"-'i.. —m—*-•- - but so-far he has remained silent.
Arthur Black, Secretary to Senator Atlee Pomerene, from Ohio, assures the public that the Senators’ attitude toward the treaties is friendly. It is a blessing that the Democratic members of the senate “are big enough” to respect the welfare of the country to assist in the speedy ratification of the treaties. The coun-
uin tiiuier muu uuv isijauivvi. ^ ’ Efforts have been made to persuade dauksony; A Le, i la. v/as arrested - the
, . . — score: New York 27%c; an hour and a cruising, radius at full Chicago 36%c; Phila. 37%c; Boston
speed of 3,300 miles. These engines, 37% c . however, were replaced with Liberty
other day-on a charge of drunkeness dnd disorderly conduct. He has sown his “wild oats” that all young men must sow^he ought to settle down ard behave himself the rest of his
motors after the airship was brought
to the Uaited States.
An American crew was sent to Rome to make tests of the Roma in Italy, and after these had been com- ; pleted the aircraft was dismantled and
Livestock And Meats
Chicago hog) prices advanced 45 to 55c. Better grades of beef steers unchanged; the cheaper grades ranged 15 to 25c higher. Best fat cows and heifers steady; other grades weak to 20c lower. Feeder steers firm to 20c
“Eat(corn).
•; T-r...,. -i 1 more corn’ -
-drink less-
conversation at informal gatherings and a glance over the av er- ‘ ^ ™ a?3 A^o’cto^k that d onlv ten I ? hi PP e d t° this country, reaching here higher veal calved S unchanged. ° Fat age city newspaper shows that the subjects must be of general i s^Ivo?rhad been rescued from thA 1 last summer ’ She was taken m her lambs » upw ton for
lambs up 75c to $1.35, a new top for
Heat Prevent Rescue
Difficulty in definitely fixing the number of killed and injured was caused by the fact that intense heat from the burning wreckage prevented
close inspection
place from Langley field on November
15.
Late in December she made a flight to Washington during a storm and was then christened and put into com-
Hogs, top $10.60 bulk of sales $10 to $10.50; medium and good beef steers $7.25 to $9.15; butcher cows and heifers $3.90 to $7.75; feeder steers $5.35 to $7.25; light and medium weight
in -the whole of the United States.
among American industries to the motor car, but that bootlegging
comes first.
Howeverj such conversations are not held as favorites in all . . . . - places and gatherings. There are more important matters to be] C Eyewitnesses’ said the Roma was misslon - Recently she was being veal calves $7 to $11; fat lambs $13.50 considered and a large class find little to joke about in such sub-1 fl^Ht a height of from 600 to ' K ro y me . d A r UZ h b\"‘? nde l t ° *<*« *> no.io; feeding, lambs Ui.sq to »13.-
jects as bootlegging, jazz to excess, modish extremes in women’s! 1 ^ 00 f e et when . she , was seen to be ctothhig and if talking about the subjects at all treat them 'serious- j k?c” X’’storteT doX ly. the where.;and how to make home brew scarcely troubles 1 ward obliquely,
them and in these days of short working hours the importance 1 of the question of keeping children properly clothed and in school, how to keep out of debt outweighs lesser matters, while the more
fortunate and more seriously inclined sometimes as well like to OUIUC Ui LXluoc iClIJU * cu talk about the dgy’s happenings which are making history, and j wreckage were badly burned, but the worth while things in life, while others delight in “chewing' ? thers escaped virtually without in-
over” the latest scandal, the new baby, the recent marriage and Jury those million and one things which happen in everyone’s life.
WHAT OTHERS SAY:—
. . .. , , , “You cannot change the characters
try has seen, in the P^st, too much 0 f w ild animals or men by calling political interference with peace mak- them 'jofjether. You must change mg. The nation is phid of the present their nature’s before you can change
assurance that the Washington Ueat- anything important.
ies will be considered solely upon their “Barnum showed a lion and a lamb merits without reference to the poll- iivmg peacefully in the same cage.
tics of those who negptiated them. The Democratic party has no Lodge’s and Newberry’s to stagnate the affairs of the world by singing Hymns of Hate and blocking remedial legislation. Furthermore we do not want such “liablities”—the stehch is too obnoxious to common pride.
Before striking the barracks building a number of men were seen to leap, some with parachutes and some
v/ithout.
Some of those removed from the
50; yearlings $10.50 to $14; fat ewes
$5.50 to $8.75.
But he was careful to keep the lion full of raw meat. That partiexhibition made no difference to liono and lambs in general.”—Arthur Bris-
bane.
“I detest a hypocrite. Many a man gets up befote 1 the public eye and claims to be an ehthusiastic prohibitionists. Ten minutes later he sneaks
SIX NIGHTS, FIVE DRUNKS
London—In the divorce suit of Lady ending Feb. 10 were: Cattle and calves Synolda Walker against Sir Robert 55,828; hogs 12,549; sheep 32,055. Walker the latter’s secretary testi- , In sympathy with higher livestock fied his employer was drunk five prices eastern wholesale fresh meat nights out of six. Lady Walker won ' Prices were generally higher. Pork
a decree.
Hits Wires, Explodes
Among the definitely known sur-
„ vivors were Capt. Walter J. Reed and CONQUEST AND SUCCESS Lieut. Byron G. Burt, the official pilots
r 1 , , , „ rn . , jt . , of the Roma, and J. M. Biedenbach and
ijilG I. fin obstacle i ace. The gospel o± progress is to over- J Vernon Peek, engineers,
come, surmount, achieve !. " J The accident to the Roma occurred t Obstacles are stepping stones. Errors arc obstacles,. Mistakes when the vertical controls were car- )
f id "Success does not come of never ^ d ,SK i
i^n-ving biunaeis, but in never making the same one a second time, in a telephone conversation late Tues- j u We grow through effort. Even mistakes require effort. So day with Rear Admiral Moffett at the, njfstakes benefit when they are not born of indifference or care- r,avy department. This, he said, caused lessness. ' * ' the dirigible to dive nose first and in r Obstacles differ, but we all meet about the same number in a j electelc 6 wire^cauSng the 1 airship 81 ?” ;
lifetime. Physical frailty, lack of abundance of monev, tempera- catch fire.
mental shortcomings—a hundred other things to interpose them- . Doyl f. re P 0 ^ tc d that thirtyselves between everv man and his goal. el * ht were believed dead and that ten ;
T Obstacles should never discourage or dishearten. Remember, j ° l ' NC ve Rudde^rBreak
they exist only for those who have aims, ideals, purpose, objective. Twelve men were taken from the 1 It, you aie going nowhere, nothing can get in your road. So the twisted mass of steel and flame, but presence of an obstacle testifies that you possess at least one oual- two died on their way to the hospital, itjy which fosters nrogreSs—initiative’ ‘ ' As thc worlc of rescu e was organ- , The obstacle yon .void adds not a wot or pot to your mental ^ We ” stamie. It is. the pioblem j-eu solve, the foe you vanquish, thc The Roma was flying about 1,000 ordeal you endure and from which you emerge triumphant that 1 above the army supply base when
URGES QUICK BONUS
The discontinuance of the interur- j up - an alley to some disreputable re- , ban line known as the Springfield, sort and pours down his throat soin -
Stocker and feeder shipments from Troy and Piqua road was a sad blow moor-shine concoction that would important markets^uring the week j residents of this section of make an Egyptian mummy do the
Miami County affected by that action. Highland fling, I know the superThis section cut off from ready deal- intendent of a Sunday School who is ing| with Troy contains much business always rooting for prohibit : on and for the merchants of this city and , yet he rents Ids property to the rrovicinity. The conveniences afforded ' prietor of a blind rippr”—.Miss Amy by that line were very beneficial in the Kaukoneh, Mayor, Fairport, O. passenger and freight facilities estab- “There will be a mighty el can tog lished.by that means of service. The j and purging in. th? senate this y*ar. steam roads furnishe but limited and The stench of the Newberry esse inadequate service, with few trains , alone, is enough to turn the righteous
loins advaneved $1 to $4; mutton from $1 to $3; lambs $1 to $2; beef generally 50c; veal was weak to lower. Feb. 20 prices gpod grade meats: Beef $12.50 to $14; veal $16 to $20; lamb
$27 to $30; mutton $14 to $30; light and an j nco nvenient schedule.
pork loins $19.50 to $23; heavy loins
$14 to $19.
Seven Washington Theaters Closed
Washington Feb. 23.—Seven theaters including th ■ New National and Poli’s, two of the principal playhouses in #he
men and women away from such
It is still hoped that some means group in horror. No body of men will be devised by which that service j who condone such rank th 5 every and may be restored. Many persons pur- j corruption will he permitted to retain
chased homes along that line and they are left measurably stranded by tho discontinuance of the operation of the road. Thousands of dollars worth of business is diverted to other channels. It is quite discouraging to contemplate the scrapping of that valuable means of transportation. Public spirited citizens and dwellers along the line have been energetically at
the honored name of senator. The Democrats did not vote like sheep. They voted like men possessed of a sense of honor. What can be said of New, Watson and the balance of the gang who voted for Newberry?— Muncie (Ind.) Post-Democrat. “It would be just like Bryan to get the nomination for Senator from Florida The state would sure go
piits you ahead.
SENTENCES 24 TO U. S. PRISONS Toledo Judge Acts Under Narcotic Law* - , Toledo, O. Feb. 23—Sentences ranging from two years in the federal institution for juveniles at Anamosa, la., to six years in the penitentiary atr Leavenworth, were imposed hera today by federal judge Killits on 24 charges with violation of the narcotic act. ■ - The heaviest sentence was that im-
posed on Leo Dello, who must serve six years in the Leavenworth prison. Others sentenced to long terms in. Levenworth are Warren Hill and John Rensler, who were given five years each, Tim Walker and Bob Steingreber, three years, each and Earl Newman and Dan Morris, two years each. On ccount of his extreme youth Jack Stevens was sent to the institution for juveniles at Anamosa, la., to serve a two-year sentence.
the disaster occurred, according to one of the mechanics who was rescued. “Our rudder broke and the planes did not work, and we were forced to descend,” he said, “so far as I could see there was no fire until we hit the
ground.”
Testimony of eye witnesses who saw the big ship fall bore out the statement of the mechanic that there was no evidence of flame until tne dirigible had struck the ggound. Colonel P. W. Guiney, commandant of the army base, saw the big dirigible a few seconds before it hit the ground not far from his office. He
PlCWAPD Seelye Jones
Richard Seelye Jones, editor of The Stars and Stripes and prominent leader in veterans’ organirations, recently appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee urging prompt enactment of the soldiers’ bonus legislation. Jones is Vice Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the organization of men who served in the A. E. F. and is one of the foremost leaders in other ex-service k men’s organizations.
national cauitol, were ordered closed U se of the'people, and they are not ' tonight by the board of commissioners, willing to give up the struggle to 1 the governing body of thc District of maintain and properly operate the ; Columbia. j road. The S. T. & P. was a carrier ! The order was issued after an in- that brought business into Troy. It spcction of playhouses in the district did not take business elsewhere, had been completed by a board of five' This road has been a great conven- ; engineers. The inspection grew out i en ce to the residents of Christiansof the recent collapse of the Knicker- burg! and Casstown, affording them . bock(.r theater, which cost the lives of not only a chance to do necessary busi-ninety-eight persons. ness in Troy, but also affording them
Other theaters closed were
work trying to save the road for the Rieuublicar, ” -Springfield (O.) Sun.
CAESAREAN OPERATION BRINGS BOUNCING TRIPLETS Berlin—Fraulean Otto von Holz, wife of a steel magnate of Oldenburg, is the happy mother of bouncing triplets, ushered into the world through a Caesarean operation. This is the first time in the annals of German
Metropolitan, Columbia. Maryland and ; Foraker, motion picture houses, and the Cosmos, vaudeville and motion i picture. The Metropolitan and the I Columbia are two of the larger downj town theaters. The former is owned J by the Crandall Company, which also
; owned the Knickerbocker.
The report of the engineers was not made public, but members said that “in most cases” structural weakness and inadequate fire protectioin had been disclosed by their investigation. Some of the commissioners estimated that it would be several months, possibly midsummer, before some of
the theaters could reopen.
surgery that such an operation has
the much valued facilities for attending been performed with triplets as the
meetings and entertainments in the Cities. It has been a medium for the cultivation of friendly business and social relations, and the idea of the discontinuance of this line is very dis- | turbing, to the elements so accomodated. It is to be sincerely hoped that means will be found to prevent the extinction of these accomodations. i Neither the County-Seat nor the rural region’s of a county can afford to become separated. This is an era for getting together and not one for increasing the isolation of the people. There are many reasons why there should be a certain spirit of co-oper-ation and solidarity cultivated be-
reward, Mothers and babies are doing
well.
POISON PEN MYSTERY Littlehampton, Eng.—The best detectives in England have been baffled by a poison pen mystery here. Two women have been arrested, tried and acquitted of the charge of writing the scurrilous letters.
ROUMANIA REPUBLIC? Bucharest—A widespread movement to overthrow the monarchy and establish a Roumanian Republic has been discovered.
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