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THE CREENCASTLE HERALD

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920

HKRALD

Bnt«r*d u Second Clatr mail matter at the Greencastle, Ind, postoffire.

Chariea J. Arnold-.

-Proprietor

PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON Accept Sunday at 17 and 19 S. Jackson Street, Greencastle, Ind. TELEPHONE *5 t arda of Thanks. 1,'ardt of Thanks are chargeable at a rate of 60c each. Obituaries. All obituaries are chargeable at the rate of $1 for each obit ary. Additional "barge of 5c a line is made for aC poetry.

VIENNA DEATH RATE BECOMES APPALLING

“Who 1* that girl with the tall ugly man?” "His sister." “Ly blood or promise?** j'.

AN APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Three and one-half million children In Eastern and Central Europe heve ite alternative to disaster between now and next harvest except American aid. For months these most helpless sufferers In the track ef war have been admitted tc American feeding-stations only If tragically undernourished, and

have received American medical aid enly If desperately threatened by death "* l, >*"e cuioiwn .i.uTve -- .. moat dlaquletlng featurea Skin dleesse.

Condition of Children Even More Harrowing, Declares Authority on City's Desperate Plight. r rive years of fa ml no have resulted In greatly Increased mortality and morbidity In Vienna which befor* the war was counted us one of the healthiest cltiee In Europe. Figure* prepared J by Dr. Gustave Hobo, head of the ; Vienna Health I>epartment. show that i In 191k the death rate was 15.S per j thousand. In 1918 the rate was 2!t.S | pec thousand, an Increase of more than

' 47 per cent.

| Professor Huns Spel of the University of Vienna, says that “even more terrible than the mo"tallty statistics are those referring to the condition of children and tbelr mothers, owing to under nourishment few mothers can nurse their babies, and the milk shortage affects not only Infants, but all children In spite of si that has been done to help. At Professor Clemens Ptrquet's clinic In the university some 64.848 children were examined In 1818. Only 4.(1H7 of ‘hese or ahoot one-thirteenth were passed as skin good, fat good , 23.0P9 were pale and thla, or very pule and very thin. “The health of these children shows

from discsse

Winter Is closing down. The money ef eisny nations Is valueless ontslde tbelr enu boundaries. Economic and crop condition# make famine, with Its terrible train of diseases, a certain visitor nntll next harvest. Inevitably the helpless children will suffer moat. No child ran grsw to health and sanity on the pitiful mykeshlfts for food with which millions of European adults must ron'ent themselves thla winter. It Is ohvloua that the remedy can come only

from outside

America saved ts.ftno.ttoo European chTIdren winter before last. Normal recuperation cut the need nearly In half last year, but unusual conditions have resulted In scant shrinkage of child destitution during the twelvemonth Just past The response of America must now decide whether 8,500,000 of these charges. In acute distress, shall begin to he turned sway In January from more than 17.0IKI asylums, hospitals, clinics and feeding-stations dependent an American support. There would he no tragedy la history so sweeping or so destructive of thoso who can deserve no evil.

rachitis and Harlow's disease are rife. Th« chief medical officer of Vienna aaka, 'What Is going to happen to theae •Oder fed children. In whose bodies the germ of tuberculosis Is latant, when they reach the twenties, at which time It becomes active?'" To combat these conditions the American Railef Administration of which Herhort Hoover Is chairman fed last winter In the city of Vleuna some 800,000 of the destitute and under-

| FILMS OF U. S. STOCK. Will Be Sent to South America Por

Advertising Purpesee.

WASHINGTON. — Motion picture

films are to be used to aid the Introduction of American breeds of Block Into South America, particularly Arj gentlne. These films have been pre1 pared by the U. S. Department of Ag- | rlculture. The films also show AmerlI can methods of breeding live stock i and handling it in its many phase* | from the farm to the home table. The Argentine government has I shown special interest In the introducI tion of American methods of handling ' live stock, as it has, indeed, in the igricultural practices of the northern half of the continent generally. A* evidence of this the Argentine embassy at Washington has already purchased 10 films on these subjects for educational use in Its country. It has ' frequently had the department's bul- ‘ letins on agricultural questions trans- I lated into Spanish for distribution in ! Argentina. j The Buenos Aires & Pacific Rail-1 way has been another purchaser of • films'and still pictures for use along! Its system. Its representative in this country, Ricardo Videla. recently call- • ed at the department in quest of films showing the swine industry in the United States. He was enthusiastic over the opportunity of almost immediate success If efforts were concentrated on the introduction of American awine into Argentina. He proposed that a film be prepared by the department showing the swine Indus try in the United States, which could he used along the routes of the Buo-

nos Aires A Pacific railway.

The bureau of animal industry welcomed the suggestion and preparations are being made for filming the various Interesting phases of the subject. It Is planned to show Important swine-breeding farms, the work in the big Chicago packing houses, and the preparation of the product for the table. Pictures will be made of ^he various types of American hogs, and an effort will be made to give some

Playing Mother and Father to His Baby Brother

The undersigned organizations, working among every race and creed, many engaged also in other forms of relief, agree unanimously that the plight of these helpless children should have complete priority In overseas | Kuro l ,e -

charity until the situation Is met. This Is an Issue without politics anil 1 l * ,r,l,,on W,R HhlH *0 reach some S.fiOO,-

withotit religious lines. There can be no danger of pauperization, for the $23,000,000 for child food, and the $10,000,000 for medical service that we seek, will relieve only the critical cases. The medical supplies, of course, must tie an unqualified gift, but for every American dollar used In childfeeding. the governments and communities aided furnish two dollars In the form of transportation, rent, labor, clerical help, cash contributions and such food supplies as are locally obtainable. America has not failed in the past In great henrtedness. She hns never had a more poignant call than this. Contribution? should he turned over to the local committees which are now being formed for this national collection or sent to Franklin K. I.ane, Treasurer. Guaranty Trust Co., New York City. EUROPEAN RELIEF COUNCIL Herbert Hoover. Chairman Franklin K. Lane. Treasurer

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000 under-nourished children and this winter the program calls for the feed ing of a like numter, but eight of the great charitable organizations of America have united under the name of the European Relief Council, of which Mi. Hoover Is the chairman. The child feeding task will he carried on not only by the American Relief Administration but by the American Red Cross, the American Friends’ Service Committee (Quakers), the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America, the Knights of Columbus, the Y M. <\ A and Y W. C. A. An appeal for $3,3,000,000 has been made and the organizations named have Joined

In raising the sum.

nourished children, supplying them , , , .

with > substantial meal of American 1, ' ea of ,h/> va8tn »' 8f ' ot »> e Industry in

food, served In a number of large this t,oun,r > , •

kitchens opened fot that purpose.

The conditions In Vienna are more or less typical of those in Poland and other countries of Central and Eastern

I.nst year the Relief Admln-

Thls Is • common sight In Poland today, eight and tea-year-old children pothering and fathering their baby brothers and sisters. This phstsgrsph, secured by sn American Jewish Relief worker at Brest-LltOTSk, shows sa eight-year-old boy feeding his little brother from a bowl of hot soup Just secured at a feeding station supported through Amort css funds. Tbo relief workers found 10.000 children, mostly war orphan, living la deserted dug-outs

•I Brest-IJtovsk.

It It to aid such waifs as these that the Europeas Relief Council has been formed by merging ths relief sctlrltloo of the Ameiicaa Railef Administration, the American Red Cross, the American Friends’ Ssrvlcs Committee (Quakers), the Federal Council of tbo Churches of Christ la America, tbo Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Knlghta ef Columbus, tbs X. M. C. A.

and ths X. W. C. A.

NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS for DEPOSIT OF PUBLIC FUNDS

Notice is hereby given that the County Board of finance of Putnam County, Indiana, will, between the hours of 10 a. m .and 4 p_ m . on the 3rd day of January, 1921 at the Com missioner’s room in the Court Huu^e at Greencastle, county of Putnam and state of Indiana, receive written p ro - posals from banks and trust companies subject to examination by the State of Indiana or the United State* and having their place of business i,’ this state, for the receipt of a maximum amount of public funds o n deposit, as provided for in an act of the General Assembly of Indiana, entitled, “ An Act concerning public funds their deposit and safe keeping an ( j the collection of interest thereon; treat ing Boards of Finance and defining their power, duties and procedure, prescribing punishment for violations prescribing when said act shall take effect, and repealing laws in conflict,” approved March 9, 1907, and being Chapter 222 of the Acts of 1907 page 391. Said funds to be deposited consist of the public funds of Putnam county, Indiana All proposals personal and surety company bonds must be executed according to official forms prepared under the provisions of the above statute. Personal or surety company bonds, or collateral bonds as security must accompany proposals. The COUNTY BOARD OF FINANCE Putnam County, Indiana R. E LARKIN Pres. Attest: R E. KNOLL, Secy. ’ 2tP Dec. 9 18

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“In all the time I was In Poland, 1 scarcely once saw a child laugh," declared Dr Harry Plotz, discoverer of

UNIQUE BIRD FUNERAL. Police Reserves and Music By Band At Funeral of Cobbler's Canary. NEWARK. N. J.,—A crowd, estimated by the police at 10,000 persons, thronged the streets of the city recently to witness the funeral of Jimnte, the pet canary of Emidto Ruesomanno, aged 65, cobbler Police reserves were called out to preserve order and clear the streets for the funeral cortege. Jimmie, described by its owner as possessing a “song as sweet as the voice of Caruso,” choked to death Sunday on a water-

melon seed

Leading the procession was a band of 26 pieces playing funeral dirges. | followed by a hearse bedecked with i flowers and carrying a small white | coffin. In which the bird’s body r?- . posed. The old cobbler, tear-stained j and visibly affected, rode in a coach i with a few intimate friends. The cost of the bird's funeral, es- i timated at $400 was contributed by i the old cobbler's friends. When Jim- I niie died, the cobbler drew the blinds ’ of his shop, hung out a sign, “Closed on account of Jimmie's death,” put j

formaaca, the brain to lose Ita cunning. The practical, tba sentimental, •van the romantic, urge together the pathological quest for the equivalent of the fount of longest life. Shall the outcome of the aearcb be an elixir auch aa Brow n-Sequard's proved to be? Does the clue He in Dr. Allchin'* “Ion*,’’ or In Jacque* Loeb'a ■olution of salt for injection Into the veins, or Ip diet and regimen merely? Time and a generous following of Mr*. Sage s endowment example may tell.— New York Sun.

Boasted Too Soon. When the old Grand Duke of Meek-lenburg-Strelltz was staying at Hoik* ham with Thomas Coke, then commonly known as “king of Norfolk," he boasted one evening at dinner that no man had ever dared to shoot at him and that If any one had ever attempted such a thing he would have shot the man dead on the spot The next day at the court the grand duke suddenly felt a shower of shot peppering Ms legs and turning around in a fury to find whence It proceeded saw William Coke with a gun leveled In his direction. “I’ve got another muzzle ready,” said William coo”y. “Will yon eboot?'

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CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY DEMAND CERTJ KICATl S Earn 4 per cent iroin date for foil six months period. Payable on ile mand Keep your money working

the typhus baccllus. In a report to j pr, ‘P« 0VPr ,lls door and went into

the European Relief Council on med- I deep mourning.

RESOURCES

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oilier Bonds '< rieral Reserve Bank ...

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kite per cent Redemption l unds Taxes and Interest Paid Cash

$8 ^ 3, L'H.in .. 617,061.03 6,000.00 11,535.30 5,000.00 10.205.34 245.563.97

$1,130,514.39

LIABILITIES Capital Stock ...... $1 >0,000.00 .Sinpin' . 110,000.00 Undivided Profits 21,133.10 Circulation 99,400.00 Deposit! 1,349 961.29

leal conditions among the Jewish population of 1’olnnd, based on Ids recent investigations there for the Jewish

Joint Distribution Committee. 'The most deplorable sight of all

the miseries In Poland Is the condition of the children," Dr. 1’lstz said. “Infant mortality Is exceedingly high j because of under-nourishment and the : bigh percentage of contagious diseases. In large part mothers must resort to j artificial feeding ns they are unable to nurse thoir children. In ninny cities | I saw underfed children, suffering with | diseases, wandering about the streets , with no place to go, begging for bread."

Tuberculosis lias become prevalent

■ among the Jewish children, largely due to Ihe overcrowded conditions in which they are forced to live,' their lack of nourishing food and warm clothing, according to Dr. Plotz. Typhus, which killed thousands of j Jew s last winter In the worst epidemic Poland hns ever seen will recur again. I lie said, as conditions are much worse

among the Jews than ever before. "Favus, a contagious skin dlsense,

Is now rapidly spreading from child to child,” he continued. "In Vllnn ! there are 11,000 cases among the Jew- ; isli children alone. Smallpox, too, Is ; prevalent hroughout Poland and the Ukraine and children, with widespread eruptions and temperature, : have been seen running about the streets. There are thousands of cases every year, which vaccination would

prevent, but there Is no vaccine.” Dr. Plotz told how in Lithuanian

▼Hinges he found children, six und seven years old, unable to walk or talk, the result of malnutrition. In regions where whole tow ns hud been destroyed during the war, he found families crowded In miserahle dug-

outs.

A tombstone, in the shape of a cross with a canary bird in its centre will bo erected over the bird’s grave, near Branch Brook Park, the cobbler

said.

R. L. O’Hair, Pres.

$1,730,514.39 S. A. Hays Vice Pres.

The Greateat Gift.

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J, L. Randel Cashier

We will pay you interest on your money or sell you non taxable Lmds to net you better than 6 percent and guarantee interest and principle when due.

Your Christmas gift to ths European child rslief collodion may help in eaving a child's Ilfs and is earnestly sollcitsd. Stnd checks to th# local committss of ths Joint organizctlons or direct to European Relief Council, 42 Broadway, New

York City.

TG TH \CK DOWN OLD AGE. Medical science has through its studies of children's Ills and of epidemic disomies Increased the human chance of attaining years of maturity. It has mads little advance In ft i ! ag to the expectation or life a er middle age. The problem ot old age confronts the student of today, grim, fascinating, almost i>g battling us It. writs when alohemlstk sought tlae elixir of perpetual youth. To the attempt to solve this problem Is to be devoted moet of the Income of Mrs. Russel Sage's $500,000 foun lai Ion gift for a local Institute of Pathology. The authority la to be fully tested of :i!r JainesUrlchtouJirowue'a recent declaration that “every man Is entitled to his century.” The stamp of keicntlfic denial Is to be placed, If possible, upon the Osier pronouncement of a dead line

near the forty years.

The more keeping of breath In frail bodies beyond a normal term of years I* presumably not to bo considered In this quest. What la desired Is to prolong’for the world's veterans the joy and usefulness of life. No less critical a student than Metchnlkoff is sure that a science cun be built up to serve thla end. As k foundation for longevity there I* the constitution of the being; hardly less Important Is ludlv•dual energy. After tb*te come diet, habit, nerve state*—including worry ■—occupation, physlclal or mental strain. Such details are the subject* of conflicting testimony by centenarlens and other aged witnesses. Investigators under the Sage fund must reckon with theue matters, but they mat go deeper far, seeking the exact forces that cause arteries to harden, boner to grow brittle, nerves to lose tbelr reaction, the lungs and

*( the heart to grow less certain In per-

Christmas Sale of Rockers

Beautiful rockers which will make this Christmas long to be remembered. And at a price that will make real giving a pleasure without being a burden. We have a selection of several styles ranging in price

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Fine Furniture for Gifts As a gift store—a store where gifts of value may be secured—this store is a leader. We would suggest that you visit the store and look at the many attractive pieces before selecting your household gifts.

Some suggestions we offer are: Library Tables Table Lamps Davenports Floor Lamps Writing Desks Kitchen Cabinets Cedar Chests Dining Room Tables Bed Room Suits Dining Room Chairs China Closets Buffets Picture Framing

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