Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 31, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 31 March 1921 — Page 6

PACKERS AND^,^ * > . Davis Announces Settlement of Dispute Over Wages and Working Conditions. CONCESSIONS ON BOTH Slfcs Alschuler Agreement Embodying Eight-Hour Day and Acceptance of. Wage Reductions to Continue Six Months. Washington. March 25.—Peaceful adjustment of the labor dispute in the packing industry was reached here when representatives'" of the ."Hip Five" packers and their union employees signed a compromise-, agreement. The settlement followed a series of conferences l.ei.i with hath sides by Secretary of laiber DaVis, who'acted at the direction of president Harding and wits fisslsted- hy; Secretaries Wallace and ilojwijr. Tlie "dispute came to a dramatic close ‘'when the packers representatives indicated a desire, for further discussion. Secretary I'a'is forcibly exclaimed:’ —s "Oh hell, what's the use. of, arguing further? Sign!” Both sides then affixed their signatures to .the copies of the agreement and the case was closed. The agreement, “which was contained in a letter addressed to Secretary _ff l x ni>or roads a-* foblows: "In connection with the matter of labor rates -an.4 conditions in the packing houses within the Alschuler administration, and agreeable to the conversations which we had with you during the past few days, we hereby accept your recommendation covering an amicable adjustment ■ofsaid matters, an arrangement for the' continuation of wages, hours and work-ing-conditions as they : existed under' the latest Alschuler Filling, subject howevhr, to the ’"following modifications: “1. The wage cuts of 8 cents per hour for hourly, workers and—l 2% per cent for ail piece workers shall remain in effect'as ■of' the dates, announced Tiy the packers and shall r.ot .be subject to any further arbitration. If any further reductions are desired, , they shall be submitted to the admin-

istrator, . ; “2, The basic Fight-hour day anti overtime rates announced in the latest i rulings of Ju.dge Alschnier shall he re- j stored, subject', figwever, to the right of the employers or employees, to st;hmit to the administrator if they desire, any question as to changes therein. „. “3. The agreement of December 25, 1917, and extensions thereof and all decisions thereunder, (except as herein modified) shall remain in effect until September 15, 1921, at which' time the agreement and all awards thereunder and supplements and rentals Thereof, und understandings connected therewith, shalp-ahsolutely terminate •“4. Judge Samuel Aischnier, or his successor, as administrator shall until said- date retain and exercise all* of the jurisdiction and authority heretofore existing, and the employers and employees shall abide by his decisions in all matters of jurisdiction and powers under the administration, and nilsubjects of hours, wages, conditions and adjustments thereof, excepting as hereinbefore set nut. The employers • and employees shjjil, however, be per- i raitted to put into operation plans whereby they may develop a method to handle between Themselves all matters 1 of mutual interest-so long as they do not Interfere with the administration. “5. Any questions relating, to hours or wages that may he submitted to the administrator during tine continuance" .of the agreement shall' he -submitted, on written briefs unless otherwise"requested by the administrator.“6. We understand and appreciate that this, agreement contempla'tes and covers the exigencies and conditions at this time jrr the packing houses within the AJschuler administration, without relation-, to industrial conditions or wages generally.”. The "last paragraph- was not contained in the agreement signed by, the representatives of the packers.. Redmond S. Brennan and Dentils Lane, -representing -the-- nntons,- aigneS" fop the empreyees, anil Carl Meyer and James 0,. Condon executed the-agree-•mefttas attorneys for Armour & Co.' -the i Co.. sU-tft A t'o. and Wilson & c,,. .. Brennan, characterized tlie. cqrnpro- . mise agref'mept signed . as-' a ' truce to prepare for war." 4le k de tclared—the agreement was signed by ' 1 . Inhor representatives because at- a knowledge of the temper of tiie workers. and said' postponement of final settlement lias “iiterted- Moodsted,"' Won’t' Accegj...Resignation. New Yorlt. March 24.—James A. Stillman, president ,of the National City hank, whose divorce suit recently has attracted public iittentibn. offered ids resignation to the directors, hut the board declined to accept it. WUoti to .Head University. Washington!” l Marelt* 24.—Maj. Ben. Leonard .Wood will retire from iSttiSe. serviee In the army to become the head ".of Pennsylvania university after .he returns - from the Philippines, if Was . learned at 41ie War department. — : , l 6 Million- Dollar Smetter Burns. Vancouver, B. «•„* March 23. —The. 51,000,000 plant of the It cue Sound . Mining anil Smelting company at lirittunia Beadi, B. C., 20 miles north of ■'Usttre, is reported to have been destroyed by .fire. * Seek $45,000 Matt Loot. t Centerville, la., March 23.—Post office agents are' seeklngli pouch, of registered mail which disappeared from here and which It is estimated unofficially contained cash apd- securities mprth $45,000.

seems to have Slipped up or something

REVOLT IN GERMANY Fifteen Kiflled, 35 Wounded in Fight at Hamburg. Communist Strikes, Plundering and Sabotage Sweep Through Country —Buildings Dynamited. Berlin, March 24.—Fifteen persons were killed and thirty-five were wounded in Street fighting In the Hamburg communist uprisiifg, according to an official "statement. Martial law has been declared. Berlin papers print the most alarming dispatches from numerous points. Acting, it is alleged, upon “Orders from Moscow callingtor deeds and not merely words.” the radical Communist?, have ordered a general -strike in l the central German industrial districts. The move is causing the Berlin government considerable anxiety • and worry. Five dynamite outrages are reported from Saxony: In RodowisCh the city hall .was blown up, apd half_of the bßltding is reported ‘completely destroyed. A bomb also exploded against the city hall in Auerbach. In Leipzig the court house was partly damaged by an explosion while in Dresden it is reported that two bombs were thrown against the superior court .building. .... Hoelz, picturesque bandit-like leader of the Falkenstein uprising of a ypar ago. is reported to be the chief agitator in the present movement. Communist workers seized the administration building of the Blohm & Voss shipyard at „-Hamburg, and hoisted the red flag. Workers in other shipyards quit work, and are organizing mass demonstrations.

BLAST WRECKS BIG ELEVATOR Thousands of Tons of Wheat Destroyed- When Armour Plant Blows Up—Six. Killed. Chicago.- March 23.- —With the search for four missing bodies halted bj* the complicated wreckage Of the great Arnwitir grate elevator at. South Chicago, it became known that there is "danger of a second big explosion. -Every precaution was taken to prevent the explosion of overheated grain in the .great bins still intact,' and in preparation —for the ' salvaging. The authorities are . now • convinced that the total deaths will remain at -six. The property - loss will approximate $6,000,000. The original' crash is still believed to have been due to spontaneous combustion. $600,000,000 TAKEN BY U. S. Income Tax Receipts .tor. March. .Returns Exceed Mellon’* Estimate by $.100,000,000. Washington, jfinrrh 33.—Approximately $600,000,00G -was collected by the government In Income and profits taxes tip" to last Saturday night.- according ’• to the ' treasury. This .is JIOO.'KtO.OOO in excess'iif-Thc estimate made. by-Secretary Mellon, for the March 15 return, find was the-limit expected by officials in view of changed ooiiTlTtWrik/ in tile country. Almut $350,000,000 was collected for the same quarter a year ago. Asks Release of Yanks. Washington, Miircrf" 25. Mat: Gen. Henry Alien,’conimnmiej' of the Amcr.lcatb forces 'on the Rhine, hiiK"'already asked the German govern men t -for the release of Sergeants ■ Carl Neaf and • Frj.il Zitifeie'r.tlt was learned, here. -''“Flu” til U. S. Army on Rhine. Coblenz. March 24.—Influenza ■ In -epidemic 'form has broken out here | among sotdie.Ts belonging to the UqJ- ! ted States' occupation'-jirmy. The Ser| fond battalion of-the Eighth Infantry lias been quarantined. %towaways Sen'ti BaclFat Sea. Ran Francisco, March 24.—Thirtyfour Chinese. stowaways Aboard the United..-States bound sptemer China were transferred to the CMna-pound liner Nile at. sea .am}-sent hack to their native’count#. - \ Japan FiWi on Yap Tokyo. March 22XrJatinn will' stnnd firm on her mandate -over -the island of Yap, in the: ,'lsi-ount Uchida, the foreign minister, declared at a meeting of the budget committee of the diet.

U. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT Prices Down—Potatoes 25 Cents Lower—All Classes of Live Stock Decline. U. S. WEEKLY MARKET RErORT. • (By U. S. BUREAU OK MARKETS.) Washington. March 22.—For week ending March 19—GRAIN—Prices trended downward during the week, general economic and financial conditions constituting the depressing Influence. On the loth advance started on reports of green bug damage in Southwest and export sales five million bushels wheat to Europe but ea'rly on the, l.th buying power gave, out and prices" thereafter slumped. World economic situatlon, good weather and favorable crop conditions responsible for continuation of bearish sentiment. Corn followed wheat. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat 22-23 c over Chicago May ; No. 2 hard lM5c over; No: 3 mixed corn to under May; No 3 yellow s >\q to 6c under, ror the week Chicago May wheat down * -*C a* {l.4_ May corn 2V4C at 60%c. Minneapolis May wheat down b\c at $1.37; Kansas City May SVic at Winnipeg May be at $1.75; Chicago March wheat Minneapolis flour demand easier, wheat demand good; No. 1 Canadian 35c over Minneapolis May;. Nq, 2 dark 12-r2be ove«r . ' HAY—Good Chicago demand for No. 1 timothy; fair demand for alfalfa, southprairie demand limited. No. 1 timothy $24 Chicago, No. 2 timothy s2o.6crChicago. \ . . FEED— Hominy feed, cottonseed meal ground barley down soc-|l; all other feeds W'ea,k and in ample supply. Linseed meaL displaying weak tendency in Toledo. Quirted spring and hard bran s2l**s". soft S2S Cincinnati, spring bran $23.23, middlings $24 Chicago 0 . FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-Potatoes down 20-25 c per 100 lbs. northern shipping stations, closing 90c-|l. Chicago earlot market down 6-15 c around $1.25 sacked. Cold storage Baldwin apples steady around $3 per b,bl. f. o. b. western New York stations. Northwestern extra fancy winesapß mostly $3-4 per box in consuming centers. Yellow-onions 75c-$1.25 per . 100 lbs. DAIRY PRODUCTS - Butter markets under severe.pressure and prices declined sharply early In week. Heavy arrivals Danish New York..»feakened market there and had depressing effect in ail other markets:- Tone at_close somewhat firmer. Closing prices. 92 score; New York, .45c, Chicago 45Vac,. Philadelphia 45(fcc, Boston 43c. Weakness developed in Wisconsin primary cheese markets, being felt in distributing centers. Prices, Wisconsin primary markets; Twins 25c," Daisies 26c, Double Daisies Longhorns 26c, Young Americas 23c. LHtE STOCK—Prices of practically all classes of live stock at Chicago declined the past w.eek. Hogs down 5c to $1 pe:~ luu lbs., heavies declining most. Beef steers down 25-50 c. butcher cows and heifers 25-500, veal calves 25c to 75c. Feeder steers steady to ,25c lower. Fat lambs 75c--51.50 lower, heavy lambs declining most. Feeding lambs steady. Yearlings down 50-75 c. fat ewes 25c to soc. March 19 cago prices; Hogs, bulk of. sales, $9-11; medium and, good beef steers $3.46-10; butcher cows and. heifers $5-9 25. feeder steers $7.7.5-9.50; light and medium weight .veal calves $5.75-12. Fat lambs $7.&0 to $10.25; feeding lambs $7 25 to $9.25; yearlings $7-3.56; fat ewes $4.75.

MRS. STILLMAN IS ACCUSED

■ Banker’s LavJyers Charge Indian Guide Is Father'd “Fifi's” Child— Judge Reserves Decision.

I White Plains, N. Y, March 25.—A definite charge that Mrs, Anna C. Stillman, wife of .Tames A. Stillman, : president of the National ’City hank of New York, was the mother of n jcfiiid by an Indian guide was made \ In the supreme court here by counsel | for Mr. Stillman during preliminary ! arguments In the divorce suit the tnhi? president -lias brought. The' lawyers tilungcd into the question of Mr. Still- - mail's' income, which Amity mltted by one of Ms lawyers to have been $530,000 in 1020. Counsel for the defendant had claimed. It amounted .'to : i ssoo,ooo or $ 1,000.000'.- Mr. Brennan | conceded that the figure of $530*,000 i was’correct for tfie period of bn£ year, and said that now ftiaT'tfc-had -been 'supfiHFif wifth' tin** liiformatfotl -We hfid no, further occasion for pressing for yin examination of the plaintiff. .Ink- ! tire Morschauser reserved decision on I the motions before him for alimony of i $10.0(10 a month and counsel fees of $25.000 fo> Mr-. Stillman.169,000 Italians to U.- S. in 1920. Washington. March 25. - Emigrants leaving Italy for the United States'ln 1920 : numbered 109,000, Commercial Attache II MacLenn at Rome, says | in a cablegram received, hy tile De--1 pfirtment of < ’ommerei*. i , Banker’s "Wjfe a .Suicide. Indianapolis, March 25. Mrs. I Stoughton A. Flefclior and her mother, Mrs. F.Cnn llenely, committed suicide at the Fletcher home near here. Stoughton A. Fletcher is a'Well-Known capitalist and horseman. ■ ■ ___ " > *JU. S. Dreadnaught Launched: .Camden, N. .T:, March 24.—The United States added the second of the world's, greatest battleships to her fleet with the launching of the superdreadnaught Colorado at the New York shipbuilding yards here, b Railroad Maintained Spy System. -Chicago. March 24:—Brig, Gen. W. W._ Atterhnry, vice- president- of the Pennsylvania lines, .testified beforethe ruilroad latior board that Ills railroad “maintained an extensive. spy system among Its employees.’’

TTIE APPANEE ADVA'VOE YEWS

HARDING CALLS * EXTRA SESSION Proclamation Convening, Congresson ApciMl Issued by the President. RECESS APPOINTMENT TO FSCH • 4' - ■ Former Representative From Wisconsin Named as Member of Interstate Commerce' Commission— Rush Fordney Emergewy Tariff. \VashiiigtW_Marcli -'—A procianintlim convening wi-Livm* !p special session at noon April ilv "to receive sticli communication may he made by '.lie executive," l-ued l*y President JTMftling. None of the sui'j. lie considered was mentioned n the call for the session, tile tex: of whicli follows : ,"Wiu rcas. Public i t regnlraa that 11 10 congress of t’-r United States bo convened"' "" extrff -sovsinn :it twelve o'clock nI " the lllli day of April,' 1021, to 'rc-'ive such communication as may I made by* the executive: "Now. therefore, 1. tv-rren C., Harding. President of il. 1 niter! Stales of America, do here 1 proclaim, and declare that an ex: irdinnry occasion requires the coal ■ -s of the United States to convent > extra session at the cnpltol in the >.f Wnshing- , tan, on . the 11th day >" April, IflSli nt twelve o'clock noon, r: which all persons who shall at that time he entitled to act as members thereof are hereby required to take notice.” John J. Esch, former representative from Wisconsin, wa- given a recess appointment by President Harding as a member of the*'fijtersFapr commerce commission. With" the, decision by Republican leaders t 6 put through the Fordney emergency.tariff .bill, precisely ns vetoed bv President \v -ti. immediately upon the convebirg of congress, the major legislative program for, live extra session was believed to be’ definitely settled. Reversing their jo viofTS position against the "enactment of an emergency tariff, members f' the house ways and means iv:' acceded to the -request of T 1 :--Patent Harding for passage at once of. a measure designed to afford prelection ‘to the farmers against foreign competition.: .Agreement' to the prim-ram also waS' given by Senators .Penrose, Smoot and McCuniber, conferees from the senate finance committee. .Senator Penrose stating that there would tie no limitation of debate If necessary* to insure speedy, passage of the hiil through the senate. It probably will be rushed through the house under a special rule. .

.With the emergency measure out of the way the house, according to the final program agreed on, then will take up the anti-dumping bill, to be followed by permanent tariff revision,... The actual work of framing the tariff bill will be begun by the ways and means committee, at once. It is planned to speed kp the program by having the senate finance committee consider revenue legislation,, while the house -is at work on the tariff. 7 MANDATES ARE ALLOCATED Samoa to ..New Zealand, Nauru to Great Britain, League Action at London. London. March 24. —The League of Nations Issued the text of the mandates for the administration of Samoa bv New Zealand; of Nauru, of-Plf-Trs-. ant island, -in the Pacific a short distance south of the. equator, by Great ■Britain; of IKrninii Southwest Africa hy the Union of Ropth Africa, and of tire fornier German "possessions in . the f’ai'iflc south el' tlie equator, other than Samoa and Nauru, hy Austral! i. in accordance with the laws of there mandatories. DECKER IMPLICATES ANOTHER Indiana Lad, Who killed Chum, No v Says “Dago Joe” Killed the Lovett Boy. Warsaw,- Iml, March 24.—-Virgti Pecker- ears 01d... whu .Js held here for 4he killing of his chum, Leroy Lovett of Elkhart, Ind., made n • Hew. statement through his attorney in which tie ,imp!i'i,;atos. John Inyagnolla, known• also- as “Dugo/Joe!” .At.. Jh_e-re.-quest of Warsaw authorities Invaghte lia was arrested at Elkhart. Eggs Lowest- in Six Years. Bloomington, ill., March 24!—The, egg' market collapsed in central Illinois and .dealer- 'are .now paying hut 13 cents a dozen the lowest price in six' years. Four Women on Murder Jury. I Dos Moines, la, Mitrch 25, —Umr women were rhy **n on the jury which Is to hjtar - the use, of Eugerre <\ Weeks, charged tIP the murder of George Fosilhl;. the state is asking the death penalty. Russ to Open Parley. Moscow. Man !* 25,—Russia proposes to send an official., trade commission to America. The “Pan-Russim executive coihnilttT-e 1 ' has aditectnteii an official note to the American govern. menL • Ocean Rates Cut. I.oulsvlUg, hy March 23. —R. L, McKellar, foreign freight tradiowaiager of the-Southeni railway, received notice of a substantial reduction in ocean freight jutes on canned goods from Pacific ports to. New Orleans. Sixteen Acquitted of Murder. Williamson, W. Va, Marcli 23.—T'ha 16 defendants trl*-d in connection with the death of Albert Felts, who was killed (luring the Matewan gun fight last May, \yere found not guilty by a Jury in the Mingo county court./

INDIANA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Forty automobiles were destroyed in "a fire at the Lbsee garage in Elkhart. The loss on the machines and building was placed at $7*.000. i An outstanding piece of work has | been' completed in Lafayette in the j interest of bird protection. Three I thousand, three: hundred and eighty-" j four boys ami girls have signed a ; pledge not to kid birds, frighten them : or in any way disturb or harm their 1 nests, and to.do all they can to keep others from dolpg-so. A part of Indiana’s program to increase tlie timber supply of llie state, will be tlie planting of 100,000 trees this spying *t (lie. stale forest reserve near Henryvdle. These plantings will [Tie " supplemented by tlie 'planting of" - 'enough- seed in the nursery—to raise. 1.000,000 or more trees which will be ready' fiy-setting out in a few years. Tlie Wearing of scanty attire in public ImsbCen prohibited in tbe Ohio river village ol'. I.eavenwortb -by an or-dinam-e adopted by the town board. Any person more than fourteen years of tige who appears on -the street attired in a garment which exposes- the arms, shoulders or legs is to be fined, under the terms of the frrdtnnme, from to $25. Too much talk about the gymnasium and not enough about classrooms in the proposed new $90,000 high school' building at Milroy, caused the measure to be defeated, when the fnrmers of tlie townsliip declared tlmt they were for education first and basketball second. The farmers in tlie township voted 52 to 15 against - the new building’, which Was heralded Jo con-; tain a large - gymnasium for Basketball purposes. - Purdue university has bought n farm of NO acres in Washington county which wifi lie operated under the direct supervision of tlie agricultural department as a model farm for the particular bepefit of farmers of southern Indiana. The project,, w iiiclt in-. eludes the rempdelihg of the farm hniiip. erection ST modern farm MIIRI- - and fertilization and cultivation of-the soil, is lieing financed by f'vo'philanthropists of Chi-

i eago. Delegates to the conference at .’Chicago, April 6, which is either to ratify for reject the plan proposed by the I committee of 17 for the* co-operative I marketing of grain on a national scale, were selected at a meeting of representatives .of Indiana-—farmers', organizations In Indianapolis. Seven delegates were selected, three from the Indiana Federation of Farmers’ associations, two from the Indiana Farmers’. Grain Dealers' association, one from the Indiana' State Grange and one from other organizations. .The city of Indianapolis on Dej cember 31. 1920, contained 44.34 i square miles, its maximum length j east and west was 9.1 miles I and Us maximum width north! and | south was 10.8 miles, according to the I annual report of. F. C. Liogenfelter, city civil engineer, which was filed with tile hoard of public works. The I report set out the-amount of sfreet and alley paving and other public Improvements. Out of .a tqtat .of G 92 of dedicated streets, in the city, i said, the report, there are 292.40 miles <if -pavement, ' . Cuiiusej for Virgil Decker, the "rimo-.teen-year-old ’Atwood boy accused-of ; the - murder of his companion, Lefoy- : 1-ovett; issued a-repudiation of his reI i-cut■ confession. The confession said Decker attacked Lovett with..a crow bar in a cabin on Tippecanoe river and placed the hotly on a railroad . track, to destroy the evidence. The repudiation, as issued, said; "I was promised by Mr. .South. Mr. Jones, ami Mr. Merrill (Pennsylvania railroad detectives) that if I would confess to the murder of this liny I would he

sentenced to prison for two years and j llion i)e a fret* man. I will say I am not utility." The detectives denied promising, the youth a light sentence. I’.lariie for the collision of the New York Central and Michigan Central jmssohgor trains »t Porfer. Feb. 27:' in wliich. 37 persons were killed and many injured, was jdaeed 1»y tiie Interstate commerce commissiori bureau of. safety directly upon Engineman I.origpjui <l. I*'iremua* .tdwc Michigon" Central train. The report of the in ves ti gat ion cond'ncted by NY. I*. Ilor-iTnT^-tnfreTTiTsirfeft tllir cause of the accident was Long's i failure to ohseryeftiMj obey the signal \ governing Porter crossing. A con#4~ Inrfinp cause was the failmire of FJreman Block’' properly to observe the home signal and his failure to give correct information to the_engineer. _ t Bonded whisky, Tare old wine,-com-monplace beer mid aristocratic champagne. "to an approximate value of ypHl.ppp, wire emptied Into a’ sewer at Soil 11) I’.end recently by K. J’. Itreniniii, a prohibition inspector. The liquor was an accumulation stored In the-police station, Obtained by the authorities in raids on home brewers and from other sources. AdJ. Gen. Harry 11. Smith received authority from the' War department to employ motor mechanics in each motorized unit of-the. Indiana National Guard. Churches of Newcastle, in a vote taken by btiflot at. services recently on the-question of Sunday motoln picture shows, returned ah overwhelming” majority against them. One thousand seven hundred- and eighty-eight person's opposed and sixty-one were in favor of the entertainment on ’ the fcbdibath. **" farmers of Whitney, county have completed arrangements to ship at least one, and possibly two cars of torn-to Chicago, to: be used for Armenian and Chinese relief. The corn Is to be delivered by April J

\V.Wk« otbo^Jpdlnnn-cities twa build-, 4«li Wstt nevr >'3siTt;wat Guardunits SKokomo is recruitiug me* for one of tlio most important branches of tlie service developed during the World war—the flying corps. Tlie old tfustle hotel, a stone building u mile east of Corydon, which was used as a hotel by members of tlie legislature When Corydon was the | state capital, caught tire and its interior was'destroyed. All that remains are tlie stone walls. While demonstrating Hn autotruck at high speed near Crown I'oint, three men received ' injuries which will cripple them for life. The machine overturned on a curve. Tlie injured are Charles Meeker, county commissioner; Murry Claussett, son of Postmaster John Ctaussen, and Henry Miller, auto man. New fish and game laws are explained in a statement issued by the state conservation department, and sent to 30,000 members of the game protective associations In the state. Announcement was also made by tlie department tlmt a new digest of the complete laws relating'to fish, -game, birds and fur-bearing animals would lie published soon. At-ciirding to" a report Tty tiie America n- Jersey Cuttle club, l-’ox's Sighs, a Jersey caw, owned by Harold MeCuUocli of 'diariestown, by producing J0,0(15 pounds of milk and 502 pounds 'of butterfat in year's official test, has become it breed champion for her age. She started her test as three years and nine mouths of age. Her sire is Eminent Pox Purdue and her dam is Duke’s Signs. .... f ._ Despite lower prices, farmers In Indiana will plant practically the same amount of grain this year as they did in war titueo ttccording to answers received from 250 farmers and elevator men-in various parts of the state. At a meeting of the Farmers’ Grain Dealers' association In Wabash the first of .the month, the question of fighting low prices with short crops was discussed, buT it met with disapproval. Hundreds of persons went to the Simpson and McKenney peach orchards about three miles east of VtnCeniii'S to see the peach blooms. The scene was one of the prettiest many had ever -witnessed, - the blooms being unusually thick because of treatment given tlie trees during tlie winter months. Unless something unforeseen occurs, the..peach crop will prove as. large as last season which was one if not; the heaviest in years. At the closing business ' session’ <sf till' Silver . jubilee convention of life Sanitary - Engineer of Indiana *at Muneie, Edward Kenney -of-Laporte was. re-elected president of the association. Other officers were named as follows: Claude Mcllwain, Indianapolis, vice president; Emil Hartig, Terre 'Haute, secretary-treasurer; John Freitag, Terre Haute, and John Newman. delegates to the national convention. Indianapolis was awarded the 1922 convention.

The entire road-building prdgram in Elkhart County for this year "came to at least, a temporary halt when the board of county commissioners rejected nil bids submitted for improvement of tlie Cussopoiis. Jackson and Bristol roads at ffn estimated cost of $560,000, and voted to'readvertise for .proposals, to be opened' April 25. Nearly 900 farmers signed a petition remonstrating against proceeding with the paving of the three roads at tills time, and asking that tlie improvements be deferred until prices for. materials and labor have been materially' reduced T—- - ■ -■_ The,dream of some Indiana farmers that the 'state board of agricuitilre liecome the hub* of agricultural progress of the state may be realized in plans Governor McCray is said to have sh mltlrtr The governor, according to interested persons, is said to he contemplating tlie construction of an a< J - ; ministratirrii 'buihlihg at.tlie state fair 'ground to house, the year Found, certain agricultural demonstration arid experimental work by Purdue univerI'sity. The plans are, howei t-r. vague at tbjs ti.ine, is is said. The hoard, i under a. new hnv,. will have as ex* ; ntiicio members the governor anil dean /of f'he Purdue- agricultural school.

Fruit growers assort that much depends on tiie weather of next few week's as far as the fruit crop of Dearborn county is concerned. Peach -blossoms have begun to break and the plum trees are in bloom. The apple and cherry buds are rapidly swelling.Nursery and fruit men say'that fruit is rarely damaged in tills location in Mar'll - hut damage' has resulted often Intß-ty April. Tire strawberry crop is coming <nlt well, and a big yield is also incHvatcd for this year. , Wheat is lrroking 'good- and*"htrs ft' h'enjtiiy 'color. Ttie. fohacco growers have set c’ut tliejf plant beds and some of the plants have come up.. The present.ijt'dfcaffons fife tilaf tTie acreage of tobacco pitched- in this county this he considerably—smaller than last. The tobacco growers -are not satisfied with the price they received for last year's crops anti have nioHded to Htrfo -their- -attention ter other crops Otis season.— M. L. Arthur, coroner of Gihsorr "county, tiled his report and verdict in the case of four Oakland City men. killed February 10, lit an explosion at the New Liberty coal mine east of Francisco, ..saying tiie tragedy was an accident caused by an accumulation of gas. The' four miners, working as day men. wefe*: it ay -Cock runt, Norman Davis. Weldy Uitderhiick and Clyde E. Rhciuhart. The annual state convention,of the Indiana Retail Furniture Dealers' association will lie lield- in .Evansville April tj and 7. • . Alexandria is making a hid for the headguarte.es of n new military band, to lie organized among musicians of Alexandria. SummitviUe, Higdon and Gaston. More than fifteen musicians in Alexandria will join. -Equipment for the hand will be provided by tiie government. During the annual encampment this summer at Camp Knox the band will have two weeks’ service. The_Terre Haute school hoard has bought DO lots in the Doming uildjtion, on the east side of tiie city, for the purpose of erecting a new high school. The tract cost $28,500.

\fy Los Angeles, who says she received the greatest surprise, of her life when Tanlac completely restored her health after she had almost lost hope of ever getting well. Suffered twelve years.

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"After, seeing' the wonderful results my husband obtained from Tanlac I began taking the medicine myself, und now we both agree that it is the grandest medicine on earth,” said Sirs. Nancy Sharp, a prominent and highly esteemed resident of Los Angeles, - ’Calif., living at 921 Cumulus street, whose huSßana is proprietor dr the Merchants’ Express Co. "During tlie twelve* years that I suffered with indigestion and stomach trouble I tried nearly every medicine . I heard about, but nothing helped me and I lost faith in everything. So, my wonderful restoration to health has been the greatest surprise of my Use, "l began to feel an Improvement on "finishing my .second bottle of Tanfac, and now after taking six bottles I am like a new woman. 1 have a splendid appetite, eat three hearty meals a day, enjoy thorn thoroughly and am never troubled in the least with indigestion or any other disagreeable after effects. "Before taking Ttyilac most everything I ate caused my- stomach to rebel and I would suffer for hours afterwards." 1 v.as so * drca-lndl.v nervous that many nights" I never closed my eyes in sleep, hut now I ant not the least nervous, and 1 sleep like a child. Mv strength lias been wonderfully increased, and I have much more energy. "I just wish it was so everybody troubled like 1 was knew about this "wfinderfuT medicine.’’ Tanlac Is sold by leading'druggists everywhere.—Adv. 4n Conclusion. "Pat boss was; so slow,” glowered Rastus over tlie remains of the unfortunate equine that .had Just lost a race over a railroad crossing, “he was" so slow dey ain't no boss in de world go slower. - : “Come de Judgment day .and St. I’eter’ll say. ‘All yo’ dead men come forth,’ Den fleyli all come forth. Den -he’ll say, ‘All yo’ dead come forth.’ Fln’ly he'll say, ‘All yo’ dead horses come forth.' “And Jes’ fo’ spite dat Boss he’d come fifth !”—American Legion Week-

SWAMP-ROOT FOR KIDNEY AILMENTS There is only one medicine i itands out pre-eminent ns a medicine for tumble, ailments of the kidneys, liver and ! bladder. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root stands the highest for the reason that it has proven to be_just the remedy needed in thousands upon thousands of distressing cases. Swamp-Root makes friends quickly .because its mild and immediate effect is soon realized in most cases. It is a gentle, healing vegetable compound. Start treatment at once. Sold at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes, milium and large. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation cents, to Dr. Kilmer & Co., BinghunUon, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.—Adv. A Mistake. “Our pretty neighbor must be very much Hi" love with her husband. 1 heard her the other day say she was going to do lux *bmake. Ilexsi 1•. huiipy."' ■ “Billy’s not her husband; he's her poodle.” 7 IC.-" fi*" ry‘» * “fftra'd- Httot" li'not & **loz■ .nxe" or “sirup.** but a real old-fashioned dose- of medicine which cleans out Worms or Tapeworm with a slnxleYlose.—A,l v. To Be .Proved. Voter (at local election) —Is Brown a good man? Teller —Oh, he’s n good man, but l don't know that lie’s one of the elect.— London-Answers. “Cold In thellead” is an aouto attack of Nasal Catarrh. Those subject to frequent "colds in the bead" will find that the* use of HALL’S CATARRH MKDICTNE will build up the System, cleanse the Blood and render them less liable to colds. Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may l»ad to Chronic Catarrh. » HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE ft tnken Internally and acts through the Blood on the Mueous Surfaces of the-Sys-tem. thus reducing the inflammation. an<J restoring normal conditions. All Druggists. Circulars free. F. J. Ctrenoy & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Possible Reason. “Why do people speak of horse sense with such enthusiasm?” “Autoitiobilei haven’t any of It.” Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, wherever .tfjey maj be.—.Touhert.

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