Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 22 May 1924 — Page 2

Plan Now Under Consideration Will Save $360,000,000 Annually For Midwest in Freight Tariffs # i fll \\ // « ■'■ " -JHf* «• \\ IwMMF /a // BL\ ’ >j, t. *«7 •’. Mfex •* uim Hill I . Hgi JAMES V GOODRICH J. . <€-, HOWARD

Janies P. Goodrich, former gov-1 ernor of Indiana, and James R. Howard, former president of the American Kami Bureau Federation. are two of the men who will serve under the chairmanship of Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce. in an attempt to secure a deepening of the fit. Lawreac* waterway that, according to encineert and economists, will save * he American farmer upwards of {340.000.000 a year. Five cents a bushel saved on wh. .it shipments to New England, f«ew York and Europe: cheap shipment of phosphates to the midwestern farmer, and a general pulling together commercially of the Great laik<s territory and the Atlantic »• aboard arc expected

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Rudolph Valentino, movie Mol of flappers, to cooking fish on a twach | of Cape Florida, where la it inking a vacation. MIAMI. Fla.—From the daper i<|ol of the female movie fan* to a cave- I man in rhe heart of the Hverxlades of Florida la the tran»Hfon <d Rudolph Valentino, eaught while on his vacation, fl»hng and hunting near Miami He to seen cooking his fish in prfmitve fashion on a beach of Cape Florida. * - ——»—HU—- nn hi mu ■ ms— —a—Mß**—*.

Preparing Highway* For .Memorial Dav Traffic Indianapolis Ind.. May 22— (Special to Daily Democrat i —• Maintenance forces are working al many points along lodiaaa a CM» miles of state roads checking up rat h drtail for ex. pcdiling the unusually heavy traffic com lag to Indianapolis for the annual Hpeadwgy rwc«M <»n May 30, In addition to regular maintenance work craws are whitewashing, the wing walls of bridges, erecting caution sica* at some points where read* ar»> hsurdou* for a great vetoing of trgf- j •e but Otherwise M fe for normal traffic, strengtheuics wash spots in 1 surface. <n,| attending to every phase necessary for placing »ui mlfoage In , •h" bast possible shape tor Ky-'rdws; Visitors travellue nv»wfn4 Many thousands of race tarn moitrr to the gas derby taxing (ha r „ wl , t e than any other c*«nt of the y tar . t „ each swaton the department, atwnyg fog to John D WHtants director, takes every pro. .*<(,,a to pfotw th, ayrtcni in shape to fas ilttMto an en»r* motts I facie. All state roads will b» dragged the day before the meg, and no far ns possible crmgtruction will •top If deemed host sons sacUoue tot major traffic tones will bn opened

from the proposed improvement It is proposed to decrease the number of locks along the St Lawrence route from 40 to 11, to improve the remaining locks and to deepen the channel so as to permit ocean-going steamers free access from the Great lakes to the Atlantic. Secretary Hoover has been working throe years in furtherance of the plan. Ho maintains that the estimated saving of five cents a bushel on grain will give the mid-western farmer a tirst-rate margin to fight with in the markets of the world, and that such basically sound help is properly within the province of government and should dratb-tbe support of all Americans. • The at Lawrence project con- ' ", ■

jto avoid detours on that dato Mr. j ; William < all>'*t aUvnttou to the bridge ' ■over White river <»n No. 38 at New- I | berry being in a weakened condition, I and stated that while hum ia under* j going repairs the maximum toad per* | milled to t ru. s will lie 3 tons Brooklyn Has New Bobbed Hair Bandit < United l‘r<*s ftorvirei New Yotk May 32-Ilrw klyn pollen : wore after a n»w bobhad hair bandit today . i txrat* Kalt described ns a determined. two gun girl who walked into Ms shop jerked a pair of wicked blttn Hittomstic pistols from her hand bag l<Wr-l>Mf bin, to the watt mid tafajf Siui from his pocket* •Kite gave m« hack 15." Ha«t said, ."when I pleaded I itiual have something to *<■<! my wife and babies In 11‘uasia. The girl then walked Iristtrelv from his shop, Ran said after yarning him 1 nm to mov» for five minute*. Rhe took the key and locked the •» mr ga she departed. * Maxi had just been In New York a mouth, moving hers fron Milwaukee.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1921.

stitutes one of a series, including •the Colorado River irrigation . scheme, the attempt to organize i against extremes in the business cycle, the superpower co-operation i recently agreed upon in the East ■ and the vast simplification reforms ■ suggested to manufacturers by tho i Department of Commerce, which Mr. Hoover believes are sound steps toward permanent prosperity. Others who will serve on the St. Lawrence Commission of the Fnited States include Charles P. Craig, secretary. Great Lakes-St. Tidewater Association. Stephen B. Davis, well-known New Mexico attorney, William C Breed. James E. Davidson. Janie- - •». Noonan and Charles L. Allen I*

METHODISTS PICK ONE NEW BISHOP Dr. G. A. Miller, Head Os Panama Mission Field, Elected Today United Frew ber»icn) Springfield, Mug.. May 12—Dr. George A. Miller, head <rf the the Panama mi-ton field, »m elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church on the fourth tmllot taken at •he gencgil conference here today. Mil’er to one cf the five bishops to be appointed to lake the place of fpbignations tendered at this convention. s Dr. Miller had s'o vo’es, 551 bciug nh tsary tor ejection. The new bishop was born in Illinois and was educated at the University of Southern California. He has been at the head of the Fannon mission fcr “everal yeans and is the uu’hor of a number of religious books On the fourth ballot Dr. Tltua Lowe of Omaha. Neb. was second with 542 votes, nine short of election, and Dr. George R. Rose, president of DePauw university had 494 votes. The fifth ballot will be taken this aC.rnoon. O. R. Fanley, of Columbun. called <>n business friends here thia morning.

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Indiana Bundle Day To Be Observed June 4 Supt. B. J. Burris, of the depart ment of public instruction has approved plans for Indiana Bundle Day. Wednesday, June 4, In a letter to school ociclals of the state One million pounds of clothing If needed to save thousands of orphans and refugees of Bible lands, from ac tpal suffering next winter, according to the sate committee of Near East Relief. •‘lt means only the giving of a little time for the collection of clothes and material which are oi little or no value to the owners but which will give relief and comfort to those in distress," says Superintendent Burris. "It is so little to do and we have so much in comparison to the thousands of suffering ones in these Eastern countries.” Expressing the hope that Bundle Day will be one of the biggest events of the year, the Superintendent »ug seats that in communities where schools are dosed there are worthy citizens who will take the load with the aid of boyp and girls. Any garment with wearing qualities will be acceptable. In the orphanages of the Near East children are taught in their industrial classes to re-make the clothing for their own use, it is stated. Women’s organization. Boy Srautf and churches will have a part in Rundle Day. "There are still more than half million refugees in the Near East who are homeless and suf sering through no fault of their own," ■■ays statement from Near East Relief “All the people in the world in want oday could be made Comfortable bv xhat America throws away.” • NOTICE —— Seniors will meet at the high school jat nine o’clock Friday morning to | decorate for the redept ton . Every I senior is urged to be there promptly — HE LIKES OUR JAILS Terre Haute. Ind,, May M.—Mike 11 Kramer, now in the Vigo county jail will be deported to Polar,.l within thnext week, announcement was made here. Mike is being deported under . the habitual criminal act. During the ten years he has been in this country Mike, has been in jail and prison six and one-half years FEEL BETTER IN FEW HOURS OR NO COST! This is the time of year when your liver becomes sluggish and your intestines become clogged up with pois nnous waste. Your liver does not properly purify blood that flows to your ska. The result ts sallow complexion. dark circles and pimples. Ax these poisons continue tv flood your system, your resistance to lowered, you feel dull and tired and sick. Make this tost! Cleanse and tone yrur liver with Dr Thacker's U'var and Blood Syrup. Contains pure tngredienta prescribed by Physicians. Helps nature strengthen your stomach. soothe tired and overtaxed nerves, brace up system and purify your blood. Notice quick difference in way you look. eat. sleep and feel. I Yon. too. will be satisfied, as others ■ have, or no coat. Dr. Thacbcr’s is sold and recom- . inended by the Holthonse Drug Co. Sin Decatur and by landing Druggists! In every city sad tow a.

Miss Celia Andrews spent the day] I in Fort Wayne visiting friends. I

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