Herald-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 November 1920 — Page 2

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Jr.iicd States Government Makes Sweeping Changes at the Gateway to America.

Government Einjireers Endeavor to Perfect Method of Utilizing Straw.

BniEB SCHOOL REPORT SHOWS : 0P.S VE OOES ON ] PUBLIC SAVINGS NpE ! C00NTt! AT FIXED PRICE!

Mi ITTB10/ISTS LET OUT, m l^’/E E !e* VALUE Freedom iod Suiv.l-i te Be’• ny P'.i ncci f An Automobile H:is B«.en Operated for New Ar v 13—Kind and De- With New Combustihie and It Has

cont-Treatment Aie manded fer Immi . w York. Sv\ i‘-, r ituub* at Aiijaum;, s LshuaJ by r I’n-dorirk A. Wn

Now Dcj rants. ar*’ irat^way— ii«m t’ninui’.^1 is, who pro-

6esn Used for Illuminating Purposes and for Cooking.

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.siiiin? an* 1*« . iinivals by .1 • Jtisf ann0111 • (iialilions in ;

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HI' 1 s lo tuako 1110 biu in i»»li more i imiiorinble fm <m*s to Hu* United Shuc*s. 1* ri'Ofloui and snnsliiii

planned for tiK* oiimii^Hinner, nvT plansJtw impiani era I on the isl md.

Larger huiblinys are to u h says, .wanifary <ondilioi

iniprmod, tiddiiional eot v - provident tAr tl:ns<* uaahb* in md l»nA and iaii' -aher. nmvetiiem ♦ - for the immi^rrant

•tie t«» be itisiallntl.

Hnvj.r. Alt. nd.G.i .s Discharged. Kind and d^iiait treatinen 1 for all i* arrival-* lias A nn demanded by Commissioner Wallis, who lias already unmanned the disehat’Are >of ssane of tin* veieran altembtais for ;i!li k a:ed harshness or inrllh U imy in reevAvinsr 11 a 1 'durants. Th. f plams ftnve been lilb (i b> more eonrieoas, aHeini\e and

.yonn^er nmn.

"i propn -• to make ibis r •reiving slat Ton re|»reseattt«i ve of all Ainerica jtroini.s<’s. In* said. Om l Is 1 ; 11 u 1 1111 • (’ommissioiier Wallis 1 ia 0 i>e* n the stmphiie: id* wariu milk to mothers

vith iKtldes.

Wants Radicals Removed. (‘otnioissioin !• t\ ailis Im- a;»jn*:iled to Wnsliinmon to remoNo the aib-mMl adieals and anarehisis detained at the island for de|»nriu!ion, because of crowded r*#nditioi!s at the inunitrrntion

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"The\ a re n ib-jiant lot and ’hould • • doom ,ed.” lie e\Anir.e'!. '*Tliey oeupy a room that eo'ild acioiamndate a couple of Imndred iim u^ranis.” Ilat!roads have also been asked by the eom:i> - -iuin i- to provide better * rnnspori a Hon facilities for the intinigrants and stop cmpJoybes from m'lidiin.. ' Iro'n ' lie in \vc*)iners. He • No wauls them to In* properly fed .sidle hehu. dj'taitted for entrainment. While funds are not inunediaitely ivailabie for inipioveunMits at the N* Aftd. tlomnds ‘oh**r Wallis state-* he vill Astk eou:.fe-s to raise funds by publie subscription, if the neeessnry iiione> ninnot be provided by the government. PULLMAN BANDITS SLEEPY Rob Passengers and Are Caught While Slumbering in an Upper Berth. Perry, In. After rnlihlna nil "f Hie lii.ssi'itp.'r* in ;i I'nllmiiti tdivprr <111 a .«■«( IkmiihI ('liii'iiai'. .\Mwaiiki'f ,V St. 'niil mull of prac-tii ally fvery arti■le of clolliii :■ ami jowrlry anil packim il in ftr!|'>- mnl i 1 .ik' s , .T. •Si Inrr, iiiM>tis‘ii, Kan*iis t'ity, Mo., ami Soldin*mi Malirow, lvonty. .lorsoy City, N. I., i-rawled into an tipper bertli am] vent lo sim’ii, rlinii^ti they pnlil no fur.". The hi*M w as illHCOVereil hy J. K. Muipliy el Sioux City, who watched oroe<*<tllntK» while the other t muse at'ers slept and saw die yonlhs eliuih nlo the berth nliove. lie reported the nailer to the train crew, who wired •he nIutIIT at Clarion, la. When Isikeii from the train it was 'mind that the two men had SaOd verth of wall lies and Jewelry, .dudit men's suits and the ••oir.ents of sev.-ti vmnen's tnixelln^ haa's, besides si'vml iaii ties of liquor, w hich none ul ilie |mss»-liters elaiimsl. THIBETAN YAK FOR ALASKA United States Government to Ex- , pe-iment With Asiatic Animals. Iiiim'soii. J 'I Twii yak. natives of 'he hl^h, eold reululis of Thibei. l«iS'ial Ihroii^h Imie reecjitly on their .*ay to Kuirhiinkv. Alaska, where thin ivill he esiahllahtsl at the (Tilted Stales yoverniiieiit experimental sin I ion. Government ottieiirls believe the yak will thrive in the dry, eold replons of Mnska and the Yukon territory. In Thibet the animals are used ns tieasts of bunion and produce excellent heef and rieli milk anil butter, while their silky hair is woven Into fabrics and the hulos, hones and lallow a fiord several \alniihle hy-prorlilets Small Boy Rescues Baby Girl. Coal City. Im!.- A -mall hoy who wi s let down into a well on a rope «f the limue of .1. \V. Kree, resi lied Hie one year-ohl dmiyliter of Mr. nml '-Irs. W. II .Morris of llyineni frirni nrowiiinir. ’fjie ehlid fill Into the well vh -n she sit-|i|M'd on a movable cover in the pla . fol III. A bruise oil one ami. no-cd hy strikim: a bucket whlell was iiiiliitiiu' in the well, was I he unly In un\ .i fen il liy Hie lathy. Mr. and M: Morris were tisltiiqt al the Kree funu.

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Idle l»ii liven < combust ihlc, an IllUtlllll.'lt Tl-J 101 eool.ius. Ihc |to-

arc uni yet f pa rt men t -ay) lip* exact Colli 1 >nvid .U Prie. I lie m V nlfro a subdivision t istry designed IniliiKtrle I i om esses ami dist i

cas wlde’i Is oh-intl-live Ip-1 lllfi ‘ ‘e I r.' e st raw - is now - 1 a small scale at i m of ihe I'nite I i- a-, rh idlimi at

illy deter . In ortk tp-reiol m •, eiu-i :ec

i- im tintomm '.iih the new liecii ns.-d for s we!l as for of straw ifa • aim'd, the do- • lo Ih'lerniine I tie tc i pc aa - ■ in eliaryi of

rtf d< volopmenl wnri;. f the liureuu of eheuio help eoniinereial and i nis to use now proe- \ t•!': s ilevchi|ied In I he.

1 pi a ci ' il. K. i:-. -i lo-. .11.. In eharue of a ser'es of production icsts with the cx|r'i'hnen1al apparatus

at Arllne-ton.

May Have Economic Value. The work e:iit he c:i,rricil on hut slowly 11wins in the limped funds awiihihle ut pre- at. iait I is planned to do miieh that will delerinlnP the (limnlity mnl ualure of Hie cas (hat nuiy Im obtained fn-ai wheat, oaf. hjirley. rye and ne.- siraws, and from eornsl.ilks. t-niieolis and oilier veuelaPP- inuili'i' I'suall' I nrned as waste. If Hie resiills oi •these tests w arrant furtii r lina CmiHiiu the expcilnicnls will In * • temled lo l lie prohUm of planl equipment for prodm in:: the pas on a -sale siiflieleat In allow the fanner to supply liirht and heal for his Iioii-i , p >-..er for staHonary entities and possibly for his irsietor. froiii a small individual igitiiL If a suitable unit can he eonslrneted so that the farmer's IniCml cost will he small, Il seems likely that the slraw "as may have ii i -('1*1 a ill economic t.-ilue In Hie sections of ihc country where Hie raw material from which the gas is made is now considered a-waste and burned or left to rot on Hie Helds. In some sections of the country the straw is used as a fertilizer, hut in the West and Northwest Hu e Is an unlimited supply of the iiintorlal available for conversion Into litthl and fuel for llto

farmer.

While il lias been possible to operate an nulomohtlc with straw ;;ns and It Is known thnl Ad pounds of straw will produce about tfflP eithic feet, of v:ns— tin amount snllicienl to drive a litiht rondster 15 miles tht' problem of rednolni: the gas to Ihpdd form dr condensiiii; it sudlcieiiHy 10 allow it to tm carried conveniently is an essential one Hint must Im- solved before straw ;ras cun he eonuhlorcil tts a possible motor fuel. This will he another of the tasks taken up by the engineers in the development division. Is Not New Thing. Straw aas is not n new thinu. The presi nl process was developed hy (leorce Harrison, n t 'uiimllan entrlnecr tit Moosejaw. in lilt t. who Inter cooperatod on tin- prnjeei with Professor MacEattrin of the University of Saskatchewnn .Saskatoon, ('anada. The university, in conjunction with the United States department of qtrriculture. exliihlted a traw cas equipment at the exposition of client hill Industrie.- In New Yotk (It y during Hie full • if 1T1S. This eqiilpnient was Inter purchased and Improved hy the department. Tin- <'aund!nn Investigators siiceerdod In operating un uutomohlle with the product. However, the fuel supply was ciirrlml In ii large flexible bag no the top of llto ear -a mctliod of doulitful praetleublllty. Several valuable by-products are obtained in tin* iniinufaetiire of the gas. Carbon residue suitable for manufacturing binipbbiek of exc eptionally fine quality Is one. This residue also contains certain nnioiints of imtosh, phosphate and nitrogenous compounds which give il fertilizing value. The tar and nnmioniuenl liquids re stilting from the proems.-', aside from their value as disinfectants and pr* sprvattves. may prove useful In the dye Industry. If the engineers sue eeed In perfecting the present nppnni tus nnd In resluelng the cost of pro ductlon. there Is no doubt that straw gas will have mi Important commerid a I future.

Movie Lessons $8 Apiece. Neyv ViirU.—“Maybe I'm no Mary Plekford, tmr 1 have the makings of a great moving picture actress," said a scrubwoman to otic of the district at torney’s stntl'. Investigating the siv called “moving picture selioola.” Tills liuestlgatlmi Inis disclosed Hud |s*rsims frnrii seruhwniiieti to mothers of large faiallies liave enmltcd In these nchools at Pd a lesson.

IHt. WINSHIU. I'ROM IN KNT KIH’* \TOK, M YK K's SERIES OI’ Al). UKt.SSKS KEI’ORK I'lTNYM si tiooi :• v: itovs

Larges peakevs greted tiie sptak- I n . tour of the county Monday in tit. j nt tre-i of the rural schools of the j county Dr. Winship talked to puck- J

od hen.-es at Ixitn Killmoie and H in- j * ''‘('tit

! iana coal in

COM MISSION EXAMINER EtM.S W'i'TvAOF DKft!* IN MANY t IT-j IKS UNDER KRUULATION <»] INI IANA LAW—OVERCHALM: ES REFUNDED—STRICT AI’IH ' < VI ION OF PROFIT MARGIN HY | RETAILERS IS f HIEF FACTOR

Stcndard Hog Regulator improves thrift. Saves feed!, shortens fattening p iod, | motes health.

INDIANA STATE CAPITOL^ \<>v j

it’s a 100 per cent tonic and reguiatr. t based cn Government Formulas-contain > no filler. Fed in self feeder-no waste.

retail prices for Ind-

bfid. i , and had Large audience at all j iana < ' (>a 1 111 " u *' ‘ Hies average

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tall< • < rowd tfant the tmr en : I' * !•• ' fi * 0 •'• ; ' count, '.'ed was the one at the h, .f, Uhe fuel am! food commi,sion._accord.

-hmil last night. Only 150 peoji! heard tin address that was given -y

Dr. Winship Last night

I); Winship is among the b t

known educators in the United State ' and yea fly travels thousands of mil"tn the interest of the schools of the country. Pr. Winship hits traveled '.LOttO miles in the last 25 years in ,

’ .• | elfet t. the teports hows

| ing to a report submitted to Jesse F F.-i'hbach, chairman of the commission, by A. L. Donaldson engineer-cx-am'ner of the .state be:.’-d of accounts^

today.

Rctai' (tealers now are buying I/uliann coal at an average cost of $2..'!0 less a ton than before state reguljit. ion of the coal industry went into

the interest of the school systems

the country.

The first add ''ess of the. tour vvi ni.' ile at Rinxellville at 9:00 o’clock Dt. Winship and George S. Harney of the local ("hanther of Commerce

nddres-ed this meeting ; - of - the to

was held at Rooetdalo at 10:15, l 1 .

Winship and Dr. Beyl of DePauw tlprttlon

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The investigations of Mr. Donald- ! son who is making special reports for j the fuel and coal coinin'--ion, covered

y re} in vi

j sections of the state an { | were made - during last week. Mr Donaldson said ; that the yards ho visited were typical | of the entire state though no inves-

hns been made in Indiana-

date.

University adrassed this meeting. j '' s '

The th 1 meeting was held | Oxert'h.irge ( a-c '- ,l iu s 1i , d Bainbridi •- Dr Winship tmd Frank An instance of overcharging hy n Wallace addre-sed thism ctinr'. T : .• 11 Uiil dealer was diseoveriHl and ad. narty t/ . duinev -it Bainbriilgt and justed by Mr Donaldson. In one of 'h i we, to Clov.-rdale where the , the --itie ' visited hy the examiner it Inst meeli"g of the day was held t developed that a'retail dealer was sell ' Geo i 1 for $10.75* a ton for which Harney addressed this meeting j the retail price should have been $8.50 Last night Dr. Winship and Charles |a ton. Mr. Donaldson immediately McCauehev dosed the day’s drive ! culled the matter to the attmtion of

with the meeting at the high school. The drive for better schools will ; g "'Mltinued throii 'hout the- county * r ’h" next several weeks.

STARK COUNTY OFFICER SHOBTi IN ACCOUNTS

DISCREPANCIES AMOUNTING TO $8,231 15 REVEALED IN EXAMINATION OF TREASURER’S BOOKS

KNOX Ind Nov. 15.—Discrepan* vies amounting to $8 231.15 in funds in the hands of John L. Kesler, trea. surer of Starke county, have been dis covered by tield examiners of the state board of accounts, it is understood that th*- report may be certified to the next session of the grand jury for investigation. The condition of the office of the county trensu er is disclosed in a report covering the affairs of the office during the period from January 1, 1919 to July 21 1920. which was made by W. A. Hammond and Ure M. Frazer field examiner Copies of the report have been fil ’d with Fred King man and San Pierre, who i s president if the board of county commissioners nnd with Mr. Kesler . The report shows that the total funds charge ( | to the treasurer are $68,443,17 and that on July 21 the total credits of the oflieial were $61,193,61 making the amount re. quired to balance the accounts $7 25i),10. To the amount necessary to balance the funds of the treasurer the examiners added interest at Ii per cent, amounting to $53! 05. nnd a technical charge of $450

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the denlers. The books of the company were gone over and he extent of the overcharge determined The dealer then refunded the overcharge of $2.25 a ton to all persons who had purchased coal at the excess price. Among the cities visited by Mr. Donaldson were Muncie Portland, ‘ l.-.gunsport, Huntington and McCords 1 ville At Muncie the report shows i I all of the retail dealers except four | nro selling coal at prices lower than j tho.-e fixed by the commission. All of the dealers at Hunting-ton. Mr. Don- I aldson reported are selling coal at' commission prices In Logansport J the city council appropriated $5,000 | for the use of Mayor Barnes in sell, j ing (o .l at commission prices

it is the sincere desire of our Bank to In- «-f service to this community and to YOU as an it - i-.iiinai. What can we do for you? Come in and have a friendly talk You will be welcomed. Tell it s how we may be of .-etwee to y a. Mc-cd i loan? Need financial advice? n . you .some business deal pending? Need pap : made out and properly executed? Need a safe pi.-., for your private papers? We offer you all Mu facilities of a modem bank. Just make your wants know n. We are readi’ to do our part.

Central Bank & i rust Lo.

WESTERN l MON BREAKS WITH l. S. DEPARTMENT

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POLICE LOOK FOR WOMAN IN OOl RLE DEATH MYSTERY

WASHINGTON, November 16 The long standing controversy be tween the state department and the Western Union Telegraph Company j has reached the stage of art open I break, the company refusing to him. j die any further cable messages for the department except on prepayment of tolls. The company’s order was issue,) November 10, it was said today tit the department and ostensibly was to apply to all departments of the government. It was understood however that messages sent by other departments had been excepted informally from the ruling. The Western Union is said to have ba.-ed its aetion on the delay by the department in making payments on cable me-sages previously handled

J. E. McCurrv ['urniture unci Undertukin^ Motor Ambulance at Your Service

Store Phone 326

Residence Phone Red 683

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Better Laying in Cool Breeze. I,iis Angeles Uni. Patmliuan Frank How-i ll ha- fouml nut bow to tmilulieits lay in hot weather. He puts litem III cages nl.d linngs Ihc ciigt-s In trci- where the iiriM'Z.es will play HirongU Hie iM-ciip;intt'cntliers. "Maybe It tlatters 'em." -u\s Howell, "hut my theory i» Hint HiIny better when the} don't sulVci t'roin ttic lient”

CHICAGO, Nov. 15.— A new wit-

ness wa - being sought by the police I interests,

tonight in an effort to solve the mys I tery surrounding the death of two | “ women whose bodie s were found on the lake front in Grant park yester. day. The bodies apparently had been

tossed from «n automobile

At th>‘ inquest it was testified that the women. Marie Ramey nnd Lillian Thompson, were actresses and had re cently come to Chicago from New I York. They were traced from an j apartment which they had been occupying to a cafe which they left at midnight Saturday in company with a third woman and some men. This third woman is now being sought by

the police.

I Efforts also were being made to 1 trace a mysterious telephone call to the police which resulted in the finding of the bodies, both of which were I badly bruised Sunday morning.

Evangelistic services are in proggress each night at the Locust street M E. Church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. H C. Clippinger. Public cordially invited. Congregational sing ing of gospel hymns The subject of a short sermon tonight will lie repen. Lance. Members are urged to come and bring a friend. Non church go*

ers especially invited.

Dan Polloni of Brazil was here today looking after his automobile

A. B. Hanna C. W. Huffman Hanna & Huffman Funeral Directors Licensed Embalmers Calls Answered At All Hours :?• Office Phone 88 Residence Phone 184 £

WE HAVE JUST RECIEVED

Another Big Shipment

Army Goods Sale Still Going On- U. S.

Store -Franklin and Jackson Sts.

GREENCASTLE, INDIANA.

Army