Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 29, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 17 March 1921 — Page 2

ALLIES RULE GERMAN CITIES Dusseldorf, and Ruhrort, Three Industrial Centers, Are Occupied. TEUTON ENVOYS CALLED IN Population Calm and No Signs of Hostility—People Flock to Streets, but Stand in Silence as Troops File By. Duesseldorf, March !>. —Allied soldiers patrol the city of DuessetdOrf; Iso far as known there w ere ’jo un•toward incidents, the population of the city accepting the presence of entente troops witli seeming apathy. Al.l theaters, nfbviiig-picture houses ami concerts were ordered closed .by Gen. Degoutte, commander of French forces occupying the city, hut he promised this order might be modified in. a few days. Provincial, authorities were incited to meet tlie commanders of the allied troops here and a state of siege was declared. With 'the Allied Armies of Oocupa- - tion, Dusseldorf, March !. Three thousand French, British and Belgian troops hold this ancient and historic German city. More troops are coming into Dusseldorf, although the population is calm and has shown no signs of hostility. The first contingent of infantry marched in at 6 o’clock in the morning and began taking up stations along strategic streets and upon the bridges. There was no excitement. The populace flocked to the streets, but the people only stood in silence while the itroops filed by. 'All the allied troops in the city are under the command of ft French general. A fleet of allied river craft, heavily armed, is patrolling the Rhine before -Dusseldorf and Ruhrort. ■ The allied flotilla entered Duisburg at noon. The occupation of Duisburg and Jtuhrort.by infantry and cavalry was completed at 11 a. m. jfhere were no hostile manifestations by the people. General Degoute, commander of the French army of occupation, visited Dusseldorf, and the people showed great curiosity to get a glimpse of him. His automobile was guarded by armored cars. Some tanks .were brought up during the day and entered Dusseldorf during the afternoon. Business in the town went on as usual while the British were posting machine guns at the railway station and in public squares. Baris, March 9. —Allied troops— French, British and Belgian—advanced on the Rhine and occupied three important German industrial and coal mining cities —Dusseldorf, Duisburg and Ruhrort. L_ Word was received from Cologne at 1 o'clock in the afternoon that the military occupation of the three cities had been completed without incident United States troops took no part in the military operations. Strict measures have been taken in the newly occupied zones l to prevent disorders. The German civil authorities have appealed to the populace to remain calm. Belgium sent a regiment of her crack grenadiers but the French government announced that only a few- Fryjuk- reinforcements would be ordered to the front and that no new classes would be called to the colors. Berlin, March 9. —The German ambassadors, Mayer at Paris, Sthamer at London and Minister Lands berg at Brussels, have been ordered by the German government to come at once to Berlin to discuss the situation with the foreign minister and the cabinet. The chancellor in a speech in the reichstag gave an expose of the situation. His tone was marked with solemnity and gravity was reflected by his presentation of the facts. And yet there are no signs of weak ening on the part of either the government or the people. On the contrary, the advance of the Belgian and French troops appears for the moment to have aroused national feelings and is making for greater solidarity. GERMAN REDS URGE REVOLT Seek to Overthrow Present Govern- ‘‘ ment and Established Soviet - State, Says Report. Berlin. March 7—The Gertnan com- • tnunist party made the ultimatum delivered by the-allies to the German delegation in London, the occasion for a revolutionary proclamation in which the German workingmen are called on to overthrow the government, erect a soviet state and effect a political and economic alliance. with Russia. Three Cities Occupied. Paris, March 10.—Allied troop?— French,.British and Belgian—advanced on ihe Ithine and occupied three important German industrial and coal mining cities —Dusseldorf, Duisburg and Ruhrort. Kansas Anti-Cigarette Bill Fails. „ Topeka, Kan., March 10. —The White anti-cigarette bill failed of passage Id the house. It provided penalties fog smoking or possessing cigarettes, as well as for selling or giving them away. Superior Doqks Burn, Superior Wis., March B,—Approximately 5,000 tons of. bituminous coal slipped into Superior bay when Are, which started In a coal-pile at Connors Point, burned through the wooden floors of the Reeves docks. Long Hair Again Worn. London, March B.—For the flrst time since the war long hair nas become popular among Lobdon men. Most men who had their locks sheared off to suit sergeant majors have had short Lair until lately. -y ' A

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photograph of Col. Theodore HoosevelL assistant secretary of the navy. PACKERS CUT WAGES Pay of 100,000 Reduced 12y 2 to 15 Per Cent. Reductions Effective March 14—Re. vision of Working Hours Also Announced by Meat Concerns. Chicago. March 9.—Wage decreases of approximately 1214 per cent, affecting more than 100,000 employees of the packing industry in all parts of the country, were officially announced here. The reductions are effective on March 14. At the same time there will be a revision of working hours, time and one-half for overtime being paid only after ten hours’ labor in any one day or after 54 hours in any one week. Double time will be paid for Sundays and holidays. The new wage scale reduces the wage rate of all hourly paid employees - 8 cents an hour. The piece-work rates are reduced 12% per cent. At present the lowest rate-paid labor is 53 cents an hour. Under the new scale this will be cut to 45 cents. The highest-paid employees will be reduced proportionately. The notice carries with it a message that the packers will still maintain the 40-hour weekly guaranty and will pay time and one-haif after fifty-four hours In any week. PANAMA TRUCE IS ORDERED Order of Warships and Marines Convinced Leaders That Canal Must Not Be Menaced. Washington, March 8. —“The Costa Rican troops have been withdrawn from Panama and the war between those governments Is over,” it was authoritatively stated at the War department, —; — Dispatches received at the State department are understood to contain similar information. The cessation of hostilities is understood to liave been the immediate result of the identic note dispatched to both governments at the direction of President Harding on Saturday. '*' l Order of warships and preparations to send marines and military troops quickly convinced Panama and Costa Rica that the; United States would not permit the canal to be menaced. Unofficial advices from Nicaragua received here state that the Costa Rican troops are being withdrawn. . HOOVER HITS JOB HUNTERS Declares His Division Is Not a Political Department but One of Service. Washington, March 8. Herbert Hoover, in taking the oath as secretary of commerce, expressed the belief that the department promises “as much or even more for the American people than afiy other.” Mr. Hoover addressed briefly a gathering composed of bureau chiefs and assistant bureau chiefs who -witnessed the ceremony. .“This is not a poUtjoal department," said Mr. Hoover. ‘.‘The job hunters will not find anything here." SuiSirfe CohlSlfeams Lips, Battle Cheek,' Mich., March B.—Miss Lola'Gundram. age twenty-two, of Angola, Ind„ a patient at a sanitarium here, killed herself by taking poison in her room. Site had covered liar face and lips with a heavy coating of cold cream to prevent burns before taking acid. Spanish Premier Assassinated. London, March 10.—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Madrid states that Premier Dato of Spain was assassinated Tuesday night. He was killed by revolver shots as he was ■leaving-the halls of congress. Bernstorff in Reichs’tag. Berlin, March. 10. —Dr. John Bernstorff (Count von Bernstorff), former Gerrpnn ambassador to the- United States, took his seat in the reichstag as a democratic deputy for the Schles-wig-Holstein district. Berger's Paper Loses Suit. Washington, March 9.—Refusal of lower courts to issue a mandamus requiring Postmaster OeilCTar Burleson to restore mall rights to tlie Milwaukee Leader, Victor Berger’s newspaper, was sustained by the Supreme court. Trotzky Made Dictator. London, - -March &—War- Minister Trotzky of Russia ‘has been appointed dictator of the Bolshevik government and has been vested with unlimited powers to handle the revolt, according to a Helsingfors dispatch.

RUSS SEND ARMY TO SAVE MOSCOW Strong Detachments of Cavalry Being Rushed to Crush Insurgents. RED INFANTRY IS IN REVOLT Many Rumors of the Overthrow of Soviet Government Reach Warsaw— Revolutionists Bombarding Petrograd. Helsingfors, March 10.—Heavy firing continued all forenoon ut Kronstadt and ut noon Bolshevik infantry from Petrograd crossed the ice anil attempted to seize the arsenal. The Bolshevik forces were almost iimiihiiiited. ihe Bolshevik fort at Sestroetsk hbisted the white Hag and has—Joined the White Russian forces. The main tire of tlie insurrectionists was directed j to .clearing the south coast, thus cut- | ting off railway connection . with i Petrograd along tlie coast and removing the possibility of tlie Bolsheviks bringing up additional troops. Warsaw, March TO.—Strong detachments of Russian Bolshevik cavalry commanded by General Budenny are being rushed from south Russia to Moscow to crush-tlie insurgents, who are said to be gaining in power daily in the Russian capital. Reports declare that many—units of the Bolshevik infantry divisions aye disloyal, hut the Chinese mercenaries in the service of the communists are standing flrmly by their soviet leaders. Many rumors of the overthrow of the Russian- soviet government have reached Warsaw, hut none has come through official channels. Announcement was made here, however, that no Steps had been taken by government officials to interrupt the negotiations, Polish authorities considering reports of tlie Russian insurrection as being greatly exaggerated. Boris Savinkov, leader of the Russian socialist revolutionaries who has headquarters in this city, has expressed belief that the present disturbances in Russia may be the beginning of the end of soviet rule. He feels, however, that frqju .underground advices from Russia, the present movement may be premature and easily suppressed. -He is positive an outbreak on an enormous scale will, follow. - - ' Helsingfors, March 10.—The revolutionaries are bombarding Petrograd and soviet batteries at Systerlek, Revonnetta and- Tarbovka are bombarding Kronstadt, says a dispatch from Viborg received here. The fortress of Krnsnoya jGorko, the dispatch adds, is participating in the fight, but, owing to the fog, it is not known on which side. It is stated that General Kozlovski, the rebel leader, sent an ultimatum Friday, ordering all communists to leave Petrograd within three days, failing which the city would be bombarded. TILTS' LID FOR REAL BEER Brewers to Be Allowed to Make 5 Per Cent Beer for the _Sick. Washington, MaVcli 10. —Beer, not the tuilf of I per cefit stuff, hut the .reW-fiishi.oned bind, containing from 3 to 5 per 'chit of alcohol, wilt be brewed again under a ruling made by the Department of Justice. The beer will be only for the sick, however, and dispensed strictly under doctor's prescription. Prohibition Commissioner Kramer is known to he opposed to permitting the manufacture and sale of wine and beer for niedieinn! purposes, but it Is riot expected that he will make any protest. Tlie internal revenue bureaus will at once amend the regulations now In force to permit tin- brewing of beer. The ruling was prepared before Attorney General Palmer went out of office, and bears his signature. U. S. PRINGESS UNDER KNIFE Anastasia of Greece, Formerly of New York,. Reported ,in Serious Condition. Athens, Greece, March 9.—Princess Anastasia, wife of Prince Christopher, formerly Mrs. Leeds of New York, underwent an operation Monday. Dr. Geroulnn.os, assisted by Dr. Hoover of lowa, being in charge. Tlie princess’ condition was considered grave, the surgebns declared after tlie operation was over, and she will not be out of danger for several days. Tlie patient was on the operating table for sev-enty-hve minutes, and tlie operation was described as difficult. Conductor Dies Suddenly. Milwaukee, March 10, —John Clayton, Wisconsin's oldest passenger conductor, died suddenly.. Clayton, who .was seventy-eight years old. hail been in charge of a train on the Chicago, Milwaukee & SI. Paul road since 1804. 800 Chinese Are Drowned. Hongkong, March 10.—More than 800 Chinese are believed to have drowned in the wreck of the steamer Hong Mob off the port of Swatow, Kwangtung province, on March 3. news of which was received here. *> _ ■. J e__ Use Stolen Still. Huntington, W. Va., March B. Thomas Lucas and Thomas Gardner nfe Hi Jail here charged' with making" liquor in a 90-gallon whisky still they stole from prohibition enforcement headquarters. New York Bans Stunt Flying. New York, March B.—Stunt flying over New York city and operating of airplanes at altitudes of less than 2,000 feet became illegal under the provisions of a city ordinance recently adopted

THE NAPPANEE ADVANCENEWS

J. R. FARR

J. it. Farr is one of TFe new members of congress, representing tlie Tenth district of Pennsylvania. U. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Wheat Prices Advance—Hogs 80 Cents to $1 Higher—Potatoes Slightly Higher—Cheese Lower. WEEKLY MARK ETC. RAM. (By U. S. BUREAU 01 MARKETS.) Washington, March s.—For week ending March 3 —GRAlN—Prices advanced during tle week, although tie market was easily affected and somewhat uncertain. Principal factors: Renewal of export demand, foreign political situation and green bug and Hessian fly reports. Omaha reports good mill demand for cash wheat; flour demand somewhat improved. Hessian fly infestation rather general in soft wheat states. In Chicago cash market No. 3 mixed corn and No. “3 yellow, under Chicago May. Minneapolis flour demand~somewhat better, wheat demand slow. For the week Chicago* May wheat up sc, at $1.6134c; May corn at 71*4c. Minneapolis May wheat up 4*.c, at 51.56 I *. Kansas City May 4Uc, at sl.s6Vi. Winnipeg May 3%c. at $1.87. HAY—Light receipts caused prlnclpxlly by the bad roads, ai.d the unsatisfactory prices being received by the producers and shippers have resulted in higher prices in several markets. Receipts exceed the demand at both Cincinnati and Memphis, and prices have declined from $1.03 on timothy and alfalfa In those markets. .JSo Idaho hay reported at Kansas City, but some on tracks unsold at Chicago. Prairie higher at Kans’as City, with receipts light. Quoted March 2-No. 1 timothy: New York $305(. Philadelphia, $24.50; Cincinnati, $22; Chicago. $25; Minneapolis, s2l FEED— Feed prices holding fairly steady, though bran and middlings are quoted $1 lower in Minneapolis than a week ago. March shipment of wheat feeds quoted $1 lower than prompt FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-Sacked round white potatoes streouUiened slightly at northern shipping stations, reaching 1m1.05. Chicago carlot market held last .week’s recovery, closing about 30c above the season’s low point at $1.25*11.35. Round whites up 15@20c at western New York etattons. closing around sl.lO sacked. New York 15c higher, [email protected]. bulk. Cold storage Baldwin apples firm to 50c per bbl. higher: western New York f. o. b. stations at $4.75. Northwestern extra fancy winesaps steady, New York [email protected] per boxßoston. mlddlewestern markets, s3<§4. Yellow onions down B'fflOc per--100 lbs f. o. b. western New York, shipping points. markets generally slow and dull at 1 76c®$l. DAIRY PRODUCTS—Butter markets* firm the early part of the week, but developing signs of weakness now. Prices down KgilVfco in eastern markets on the third. Closing prices, 92 score: New York, Chicago and.Boston. 53c; Philadelphia, 54c. These prices are 3c higher than a week ago. Trading is now quiet, as dealers are fairly well supplied with goods,, Cheese markets easy at close. Wisconsin primary markets Dow trifle lower than a week ago, sales being made at—Twins, 26Vfec: Daisies; 27c; double Daisies, 26%c; Longhorns. ?25%c. High prices of Wisconsin “Cheese has resulted in some eastern cheese finding tts way to Chicago market, which heretofore has been depending largely bn Wisconsin for its supply. —. LIVE STOt7K—Hog prices at Chfi ags continued to advance the past week gaining 80c®$1 per 100 lbs. Sheep and lambs showed no material change, advances on some classes being offset by 25c; declines on others. Beef steers practically unchanged; butcher cow’s and heifers up 50c. March 3. Chicago- prices: Hogs, bulk of sales. $10.15<5T1; medium and good beef steers. butcher cows and heifers, ss£Te feeder steers. $7.50iff9.40; light and medium weight veal calves, sr* '<*r 12.75: fat lambs. sß*7lo 75; feeding lambs, S7TM®9; yearling. $6.75(g9; fat ewes. $5/25® 6.75. A. F. OF L. QUITS I. F. T. U: Action of American Labor Body Fol. lows Adoption of Resolutions to Aid Russ Soviets. . Washington, March 10.—Formal no tice of the severance of relations between the American 'Federation of Labor and the International Federation of Trades Unions was dispatched to the International's headquarters at Amsterdam. I'lie action of the Americat) fedaration, taken at a meeting of the executive council here, followed the adoption by tlie International organization of resolutions in support of the soviet regime in Russia. WOUNDED SOLON SEES CHIEF Senator Henderson, Who Was Shot by C. A. Grock of Maryland, Suffered No 111 Effects. Washington, March 9.—Former Senator Henderson of Nevada, who was shot and slightly wounded In ‘lie forearm by Charles A. Grock, Takonia Bark, Md.,-was able to take breakfast with President Harding at Grasslands Country Chib, near Washington. Mr. Henderson suffered practically no lit effect's from tlie shooting. Grock Is in jail, awaiting arraignment in court. Student Killed by Plane. Dallas, Tex., March 9.—Joseph Fernandez, twenty six years, old, of Chi. cago and a student at the University of Wisconsin, was killed here when struck by a propeller of an airplane from which lie was alighting. Flyer Killed in Auto. McAllen. Tex., Mujvji' 9. —Lieut. 1., F. Mills, Eighth Aero Squadron, was instantly killed when an automobile in which he 'Yhs riding collided with a donkey. The Mexican riding the donkey was uninjured. To Cut Carpenters’ Wages. Chicago, March 91—The contractor of Chicago served formal notice on the carpenters thaf' whges shall be reduced from $1.25 an hour to $1 an hour. The new schedule will go Into effect May 31. . Sees Peace With Turks. London, March 4. Peace will be signed, probably between France ond the Turkish nationalists, led by Mustapha Kemal Pasha, it was learned here. The signing wilt taka place in Paris.

INDIANA State News

The senate passed the 7-cent common school educational levy bill by 'a vote of 38 to 1. The measure was sent to the governor for ids signature. "Valuations of property In Porter county for tax assessment in 1981, as agreed on by township assessors, will be in most oases 25 to 30 per cent lower than last year. The decrease is due to u depfeeintive market condition existing at the present time in farm products and live stock. Mrs, i.inu Schmiilzrled, wife of George Schmnlzried. lias officially announced herself as a candidate at the May primary for the - Democratic nomination for mayor of Jeffersonville. She intends, she said, to "break the Ice for the women.” If euccessful, Mrs. Schtnalzried said, she would work for a clean city. • Tlie Montgomery county branch of tlie Federal Reserve bank lias resumed taking applications for loans on farms •in Montgomery and eight adjacent counties. The branch, along with all those of the federal farm loan system, has been inactive for more than a year, a test case having been pending in the United States Supreme court to test tlie constitutionality of the federal farm loan act. The court recently held the act to be legal. The Representative Noll bill making It compulsory for every automobile owner to obtain a certificate of ownership from the secretary of .state passed the senate, 35 to 2.-,lf the measure Is approved by the governor, blanks will be mailed to all owners of machines this fall by the secretary of state, requiring detailed information about the cat. , Upon the payment of a fee of 50 cents, a certificate of ownership will be given. City planning and city zoning will be permitted in all cities of the first, second and third classes, under' the terms of two house bills passed by the .senate nud signed by the governor. These measures permit any, city council of the classes specified to authorize the mayor to appoint a city zoning and city planning commission of nine members. The measures were passed at the request of. the park boards and chambers of commerce. The Ratte senate Dill to lengthen- the term of the office of attorney general from two to four years "was passed by the house by a vote of 04 to 14. It is now ready for the governor’s signature. Tlie bill extends the term of tlie present attorney general two years and provides that thereafter the attorney general shall be elected for four years. The house also passed the senate amendment to the present blue sky law as proposed by the state board of securities'. Trademarks have been granted at Washington. D. G., to the following Indianians: Indiana Condensed Milk company. Indianapolis, evaporated miTR, and Weldy & Jump of Noblesville Tor liquid chemical preparation that imparts .a smoky flavor to moats. Patents have been granted to the following Indianiahs f Charles I. Demartin, assignor to Indiana Lamp cone pan.v, Coiinersvllle, lamp; door construction, Henry F. Dunn, Indianapolis, assignor to Toledo Seale company, Toledo, <>., spring scale; Edward .1. Gulick, Elkhart, oiling device for internal combustion engines; Herman Ri Mulzer, Evanston, railsplice; James B. Srhutnan, Indianapolis, assignor to Three-Wheel Drive Tractor company, tractor; Charlie C. Shetterley, Franklin, lock for automobile, and George W. Wnrmouth, Indianapolis, paving block construction. Tlie seventy-second biennia! session of the Indiana general assembly came to a close when tlie house adjourned sine die. The session began last January 6. The present session lias been largely devoted to revision of existing laws, little new legislation of importance being enacted. Appropriations totaling between $9,000,000 and $10,000,000 for the maintenance and expense of state institutions during the next two years were made. Tax laws were revised, a new statewide system of teachers’ pensions provided for and a budget plan for the control of state expenditures was adopted. Anew law xvas created to compel .persons with the means to support parents who nre financially unable to support themselves. A fine of S2OO and imprisonment for Six months is provided in tlie bill. Another measure defines the new crime of auto banditry and provides for imprisonment of from three to five years for robbers convicted of using an automobile to escape after commit-, ting a theft. Bills killed Included one -for repeal of the state primary election.in w ; end another for establishment of a motion picture censorship board. ——‘— John TT-O’Neil, age sixty-two, representative in the Indiana legislature two.years ago from Vigo county, died on a millers’ train ns he was returning from work in the coni mines north of Terre Haute. He had been working In the mines since his defeat for re-elec-tion. Death was due to heart disease. Change of venue was taken at Laporte in the cases of Joseph R, Burns, Peter Fox, Arthur Sibert and Joseph Byers, the Culver robbers who are also under Indictment for murder. The first three named are Chicago men. Cleanup week will be observed in Indianapolis the week beginning April 11, the board of public works announced Plans for the co-operation of a number of civic organizations in the campaign to be conducted that week are being made by Mayor Charles W. Jewett. Eleven farmers in Porter, Laporte and Tippecanoe counties, on whose land the state department of conservation placed a ground quarantine In the fall of 1919, due to, an outbreak of the •■take-all” disease, will be permitted to sow oats next spring

The bill limiting the time which women may be employed in factories, stores and hotel* to 52 nours a week, was killed in the bouse at Indianapolis. Porter county is expected to produce a bumper crop this year in every variety of fruit. According to fruit men, tlie trees are in exqgllent condition and, barring bed weatiSlr, will grow large yields. Every tree Is well budded, due to the line rains lust summer and fall. The peach crop will lie unusually large. The ’Vandertiurg county council has agreed to confirm tlie expenditure of approximately $750,000 for good roads in the county on condition that they ure planned by ,tlie Indiana highway commission mid superintended by un engiueer appointed by the .commission. It is proposed to build roads to connect tlie PosVy county improvement to New Harmony with a laterul road runnning from Posey county to Wadesviile. ( Tlie senate, by a vote of 20 to 5, passed the Knapp city manager and commission form of government bill for cities in Indiana, which hud already passed thy house. The bill provides that on petition of 20 per cent of voters a city may hold a, referendum to determinate if it wishes to try either the Commission or the commission anil city manager form of operating its government. It was sent to the governor for signature. The Masonic directory of Indianapolis and vicinity for 1921, which will be ready for distribution March 15, shows that the blue lodges have a combined membership of 15,430. This, -with a conservative estimate of 5,000 Masons residing or in business in Indianapolis who hold their memberships in every state in this country and faroff Caleuttu and Egypt, shows that 15.7 per cent of the male population holds Masonic affiliation and membership. Rev. E. G. S. Burdette, for many years pastor of tlie Twelfth Avenue Baptist church at Evansville, has announced ttiat he will seek appointment as deputy United States marshal to succeed Louis Bender, who expects to retire when a Republican m ars hal is appointed to take the'place of Mark Storen. Rev. Mr. Burdette is known as-the “marrying parson,” and in the last several years he lias married many eloping couples fom southern Indiana, southern Illinois and northern Kentucky. “We wilt gladly devote weeks of our time to the preparation of flowers and wreaths for use in decorating the graves of ex-service men on Memorial day, if the old, custom of flags and flowers is continued here,” declared members of the Wabash- Women’s Relief corps at a meeting, when a suggestion that in- the future flowers be omitted was placed .before the organization. By utiYinimous vote of the Women’s Relief corps and tlie Grand Army of the Republic it was decided to continue the old system. Indiana's assent to plans for a great Interstate harbor' in Wolf lake 'was obtained and the fight for the measure shifted to the Illinois legislature, which will hold a hearing on the,“Uliana harbor” bill’in a short time. Indiana's approval was given by the passage of a bill providing for establishment of tli.e Iliinois-Indlana harbor commission and the appropriation of $25,000 for his work. The bill passed tlie house by a vote of 72 to 9. It has already passed tlie senate and is now before the governor, The-bill is similar to the one before the general assembly at Springfield, 111. Cos!. William V. Judsou, army engineer in charge of tlie Chicago district, already has made the- plans for the harbor, upon which it is proposed tlie federal government shall spend more than SB,lino.boo. Pensions liave beep granted for the following Indianians: Twelve dollars each to Ctadd Burkliead, Ft. Wayne; . Will itml E. Burke, Indianapolis ter E. Ilyatt, Seymour r Bert Perseltr Indianapolis; John Preising, New Albany-; Louis C. Wise, Peru; Frank W. Hardin, Newcastle; Henry P. Heckeisberg. Terre Haute; George Shirts, Orleans; George W. Dressier, Ft. Wayne; Moses M. Fulk, Indianapolis; William A. Fordyce, Crawfordsville; Charles -Henning, Logansport ; Robert Lee Peatross, Wabash; William Davidson, New Albany; William J. Wesler, Laxvrencehurg; $lB-each to Edgar C. Walden, Nat Milhome, Burg Seafer, Ft.-Wayne; George J. Fleck, Lawrenceburg; Percival Mumaw, Kendallville; Henry Andrews, Marion; Harry W. Blxler, Huntington; Edward Douglass, New Albany ; Harry J. Beers, New Albany; John W. Payne, Bloomington; $24 each to Alfred Cox, Seymour; Miles R. Miller, Anderson William S. Olstead, .Edinburg; $25 to Elizabeth sR, Kendall, West Baden, and S3O each le Surah E. Beach, Madison; Margaret C. Hunt, Chandler; John W. Adams, St. Paul; Clementine Cubberly, Brownsville; Josephine A. Fuller, Lafayette; Nancy C. Jackson, Muncie; Mattie E. Leffler, Muncie; Elizabeth O. Neff, Connersville; Frances A. Perkls. New Haven; Jennie Sweet, Wabnsli; Eliza hot li White, State Line*; Elizabeth .V'Wassbii, Indianapolis, and .Susan J. Warren, Madison, Richmond has been chosen as-per-manent district iieadquartere-for- the federal prohibition enforcement department with It. 11. Abel, of Indianapolis, in charge. For the last several months federal officers have been investigating alleged liquor Jaw violations in eastern Indiana counties and a number of arrests and convictions have been obtained. Official announcement was made of the purchase of a site for the new Masonic temple in South Bend by the St. Joseph Valley Temple association at the price of $20,000. The old custom for the observance of Memorial day, that of having children march, carrying flags as well as flowers, to be placed on the graves of war veterans, will be continued at Wabash, according to a decision made by unanimous vote of committees representing the Grand Army of the Republic and Woman's Relief corps, at a meeting. Drastic change in the Indiana teachers' pension system Is effected by the passage -of the Senator Itatts bill amending the present law. The bill was signed by the governor.

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hair and horse can be worked. Pleasant to use. $2.50 a bottle, delivered. Describe your case for special instruction, and Book 5 R free. ABSORBINE, JR., antlrcptic liniment for mankind, reducea Strainv JfainfuL Knotted. Swollen Veini. Concentrated—only a few dropa required at an application. Price sl.2s per bottle at dealers or delivered. W. F. YOUNQ, Inc., 310 T*p! St.. Spring!!eld, Man.

MOTHER ORArS SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN Relieve Feverishness, Confltipatfon,Coldn and correct disord*rHof the Btomach and bowels. Vied by \Mothers for over 30 years. All Druggists. Sample mailed FREE. Address Mother Gr*r Cos.. Lo Roy. N. Y.

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