Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 45, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 7 July 1921 — Page 2

ORDERS PRY CRT ON 210 ROMS , ,l ' -Y'£ Federal Rail Labor Board De- ' crfees 12 Per Cent Reduc- •* tion on All Big Lines. SAVIN6 OF $400,000,000 * r - New Wage Schedule Effective July 1— All Class 1 Employeee Hit by New Ruling— Uniona Expected to Accept It. '■ " * >•. Chicago, JuDe 29.—The United States railroad labor board extended Its wage reduction order, effective July 1, to practically every large railroad In the country. No change from the average 12 per cent reduction granted 104 carters on June 1 was made by the decision. The board's order covers 210 roads. I The new wage decision of the United States railroad labor board will make A reality of the estimated $400,- \ 000,000 annual savings expected when the board’s 12 per cent cut, effective July 1, Is applied to all employees on all railroads known as class 1 carriers. The decision, drnwn up as an addendum to the wage reduction order of June 1, was made public here. It adds practically every railroad in class 1 division to the original list of 104 roads authorized to "make the 12 per cent reduction. When the reduction order was Issued, it was estimated that, if applied to all employees on all class 1 roads, it would lop approximately $400,000,000 from the country's railroad labor bill. The new decision will make this cut possible, by ordering reduced wages for employees not included in the original case. While no definite returns have been announced'from the referendum being taken by all the railway unions on acceptance or rejection of the 12 per cent cut, it was expected that conferences here on July 1 would agree to accept the board's decision without any interruption of traffic.

_ MEMORIAL FOR MRS. EDDY One Hundredth Anniversary of Birth of Founder of Christian Science Church Will Be Memorialized. .So Boston, Mass., Jane 30.—July 16 at Bow, N. H., will be memorialized the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Mary Baker Eddy, the discoverer and founder of Christian Science. Bow is a small village, a few miles from Concord. There, on the site of the house where Sirs. Eddy was born, has been placed a pyramid, the largest’ single block of granite ever hewn from the quarries of her native state. \ Sirs. Eddy's first book, "Science and Hea+tH,” was brought out in 1873. In 1879 she chartered the Firs', .Christian Science Church in Boston and became Its pastor. In IS9I she retired from active service in the church with the title of .pastor emeritus. ,-.The Christian Science Monitor was founded in 1909. She died in 1910 at her home in Chestnut Hill, Sluss. LABOR RE-ELECTS GOMPERS V “ Veteran Leader Again . Heads A. F. of L. —Says He Is Glad Hearst . Cannot Control Unions. Denver, Colo., June Gompers, veteran, American labor' leader, was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor, defeating john L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers; by 2 to i. The vote was: Gompers, 25,022; Lewis, 13,324. The labor leader said, be was"glad “Hearst cannot control the American of Labors’ , “X will speak out for the "demands that labor makes for- Its services, , without which would come to >a standstill,’’- Gompers added. “The whole work of the convention, the resolutions and declarations adopted, the policies Indicated, mean for the future a united, progressive, militant movement, following upon la progressive, fruitful and militant past” DAWES AT CABINET MEETING Chicago Banker Explain! to the Executives Plans for Budget Operations. Washington, June 29. —Charles G. Dawes of Chicago, newly appointed director of the budget, outlinjd to e President Harding and' his cabinet some of the plans he had in mind for ' putting the budget system into force in’ tile various executive departments. General Dftwes’ attendance at the cabinet was unusual, but not unprecedented. * Five Women on Jury. O., Jirnfe 30.—|The right of women to sit as jurors ife tbajrift! ' of Catherine Eva Kaher, charged with .the mjirder of her husband, was upheld by Judge Benton. There are five \voglen on the venire. _ Money Veterans. Washington, June 28. —The government‘to date has made a total, disbursement of $220486,891 in meeting compensation claims of former serviAmen disabled by reason of wounds, injuries or disease incurred. Record in Oil Production. Washington. JuMe 28.—Production of petroleum in the United ’ States during May was the greatest, ever recci-ded in any one "month, the total being 41,920.000 barrels, according to the geological survey. Troop Wrecked. Belfast, .Tube 27.—A troop train, ednreyipg soldiers fppm Belfast-to Dublin, •was wrecked it Dabervoyle. nenr Dundalk, by the explosion of a Sinn Eein land mine. Three soldiers and one jruard were killed.

JAMES B. JONES

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James B. Jones of Youngstown, 0., has been appointed assistant federal prohibition commissioner to assist Roy Haynes, the new commissioner.* DENBY REBUKES SIMS Reprimands Rear Admiral for ■‘Jackass” Speech. V Secretary Telia Naval Commander He Deplores Administering Rebuke to Flag Officer in Public. Washington, June 27.—Rear Admiral William S. Sims was publicly reprimanded by Secretary of the Navy Denby for his "jackass” speech in London. The public reprimand will become a part of the admiral’s record. It makes' ll plain that Admiral Sims’ offense whs, all the more grievous because he "once before has b<jpn publicly reprimanded. "Your remarks on the occasion now under discussion, therefore, constitute a .flagrant and deliberate disregard of specific instructions,” said Secretary Denby. “The department is not unmindful of your record and achlevementsj/as an officer of Jhe navy.” the reprimand continues; “but the conspicuous position you now hold, coupled with the fact that you previously offended in a similar manner, merely serves td add to the gravity of your present offense. /■ “The department deplores that It is ■negecnary to rebuke a flag officer in public, but you have made such action unavoidable. The department expresses its strong and unqualified disapproval of your conduct "dn having again delivered a highly improper speech In a foreign country and you are hereby publicly reprimanded.” The admiral called at the White HouSe and spent five minutes with President Harding. He explained that ft was “only a courtesy call." " Asked to comment on the action of Secretary Denby, the admiral said: “Having spilled the beans, I got what was coming to me. I think the Incident 13 now closed. I am very sorry to have caused, the administration any Inconvenience. I didn’t know it was loaded as much as It wasM~~

ANTI-BEER BILL IS PASTED House Approves Campbell Meal lire, 250 to 93—Now Goes to. the - ~ Senate. Washington, J un(i. beer bill, prohibiting the use of heer for medicine and further restricting the use of distilled liquor was passed by ffl'e'house'by~a Tote of 250 to 93. It now goes toHhe senate. The vote followed four hours of bitter debate in which radical prohibitionists criticized the Jiduse leaders for their refusal To permit' the Volstead supplementary „ enforcement measure to be* passed and the “wets” declared that congress again was permitting a minority to enact legislation regulating the majority of the people of the country. U. S. MAN TO GERMAN PRISON Sailor Sentenced to Thirty Montha for Killing Ship Captain in Bremen Harbor. Bremen, Germany, June 29.—J. McGowan, second officer of the American steamer Deranof. was sentenced to 30 months’ Imprisonment for shooting and killing Capt. J. C. Moller of the Deranof last March In Bremen harbor. An effort was made by--the United States to secure McGowan’s extradition, but the German authorities claimed jurisdiction In the case. During the trial McGowan claimed he had constantly’ been heckled by Captain Moller. McGowfi<was born in Denmark, but had' been naturalized a citizen of the United States. q Lpw Bana’^ Smoking In Cases. Grand Fortts, N. D., June 30. Smokers, of-.this state will not enjoy their—cigars, "cigarets or pipes, in public eating houses after Thursday at' midnight. The’inw was passed sit the last session of the legislature. Poland to Observe U. S. Fourth. New York, .Time 30.—Boland will celebrate July 4 thi jyjear as a national holiday in' order to Wtivv the gratitude of that-country toward the United States, says an, official announcement received here froth Warsaw. . Eleven Dead in Kentucky Tragedy. Mayfield,. Kj'., Jude- 29. —Thg bodies of five 'adults and six children were found in the ruins of the home of Ernest Lawrence,' a farmer' living about seven miles 'from here, which was destroyed .by- fire. Referendum on Wage Gut. Winnipeg, June 27.—Canadian railway etajiloyees affected by the proposed 12 per cent wage cot will withhold action until nfter the,jneeting ofi the railway brotherhoods, in. Chicago .July 1. • •• ,

HOUSE MEMBERS CALLBIGCAUCUS One Hundred New Congressmen Rebel Against Mejhods of Veterans. _ / . MORE SPEED IS DEMANDED Representative Aneorge of New York Heads Move to Cut Reo Tape— Hope to End Delays in Passing Vital Bills. r>4 Washington, June 30.—Representative Ansorge of New York Issued a statement asserting that the new Republican members of the house were dissatisfied with the progress Aade by congress at the present special session and disclosing that he and others bod joined in a call for a pom ference of approximately 100 new Republican members to discuss the situation. "We are not meeting In any spirit of revolt," said Mr. Ansorge, -adding that the new meinbers wanted to "cut. some of the red tape and substitute action for delay." Mr, Ansorge said none of the objects for which congress was called into spe-‘ cial session bad been accomplished. .“Congress was culled into special session for certain definite purposes.” ’he said; “namely, for revision of the cumbersome, unwieldy and inequitable system of taxation, the passage of a fair protective tariff and the passage of a peace resolution. None ? of these objects has as yet beep accomplished, nor is there .any definite promise as to [ When they will be. “Nearly three months have pnssed since, the calling of the special session and -we want to - see action, spelled withs capital A. “There are upward of a hundred first-term Republicans in the house, and they all feel as I do, that we have not been permitted to make our ence felt. “We believe, with the Republican party, that what Is best for the country Is best for the patty, and we want to impress that .thought on some of !5e older members. Many of them have been here so long they seem to have forgotten it. ■ “We have come more recently from the people and our opinion should have some weight. The seniority rule can go too.far. We feel that our districts have as much right to representation as has Uncle Joe Cannon’s. “This is not anew thought. I have talked it Over with new members and they believe thata confreences from time to time will serve a good purpose." Others who signed .the call for the conference are: Representative Funk, Illinois; Clarke, New York; Knight, Ohio; Hogan, New York; Arentz, Nevada ; Beck, Wisconsin; Beecly, Maine; Fenn, Connecticut, and Lineberger, 'California.

PAPER MILL STRIKE ENDS Workers Accept Proposal by MajiuN. facturers to Submit Wage Dis- \ pute to Arbitration. Albany, N. Y„ June '3o.—Striking employees of paper mills in this country and Canada have voted t 9 accept the proposal ipnde by manufacturers to submit to arbitration the wage dial pute that caused several mills to shut down May 1 ami 11. This was announced by Jeremiah T. Carey, president of the' International Brotherhood of Papermakers. It is Expected that the mills will reopen next week. , CHICAGO STRIKE IS SETTLED Men Will Return to Work Immediately—sloo,ooo,ooo Tieup Is Broken, \ Chicago, June 30.—The union carpenters of Chicago will go back to work. , They agreed to accept Judge Landis as arbitrator of their differences with the employing contractors. This followed a conference between Judge Landis and the unions’ nitration board and temporarily removes the last obstacle in the way df breaking Chicago’s $100,000,000 building tieup. STROMBOLI ROARS, SPITS FIREIslanders Flee as Volcano- Begins Violent Eruption—Loud Explosions Are Heard. Rome, June 30.—The .volcano of “Stromboli, on the-hdnnd of the same name, off the northern coast of Sicily, is. in eruption. It began with a violent explosion, heard far from the island. The people are fleeing to Sicily. * Robs Woman in Auto of $2,000. OaKlnmir Cal-. June.-3ft—Mrs. Alfa Ely was robbed of $2,000 here by an unmarked man who jumped upon the running board of her automobile and forced lie! 7 , nt’the point .of a revolver, to hand over $ bag. *" “ —, Spanish Syndicalist Slain. ’ Barcelona, June 30.—4 syndicalist leader named Brandeiln was shot and. killed here while trying to escape from an escort of civil guards. Another well-known syndicalist was found dead In a street Were. "■ $7,2501)00 for Chinese Relief. New York, June 29."—Thomas W. Laaidnt, chairman of the Am nr! ran committee for the China famine fund, announces that a total of $7,250,000 was contributed during the campaign, which ended June 9. Two Killed as Plane Falls. Sacramento, Cal., June 29.—Flying Cadets Harold E. Reage of Unlpn •City. Mich., and Joseph W. Weatherby of Fort Davis, Tex., were killed when their' airplane fell near Visalia, 200 piiles south of here * • , r~

THE NAFPANEE APVA^ENEWS

CAPT. DAVID F. SELLER^

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Capt. David F. Sellers. U. S. N., has been detailed by Secretary Denby as naval aide. He succeeds Commander P. W. Foote lias taken command of the 0. S. S. Salem in the Pacific fleet. Captain JSellers has been in charge of the sixth division and of the morale branch of the bureau of navigation, which duties lie will continue for the present. U. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT ————— ' ** Crop Reports Deterioration From Hot Dry Weather —Rains Delay Harvesting in Kansas. —‘ WEEKLY MARK HIGH AM. (By u. \£. BUREAU OP MARKETS.) Washington, June 27.—For week ending June 24. grain n!ariu-t,s were without definite trend during the week, advances about offsetting declines. News mostly bullish but lack ok outside. jsnecuiatlon weighed heavily upon tES"'market an,l ;l prevented, any material'price gains. Crop reports mixed, but majority Indicate deterioration from hot dry weather. Weakness in stock and opuon markets depressed grain prices on the 20th. Market higher early on the 24th, but advance subseyuently lost account profit taking. More black rust reports, received from South Dakota; some from North Dakota and Nebraska, Hot dry weather continues generally in Northwest Kansas and Oklahoma being seriously delayed account heavy rains. Kansaa wheat B,ln *.e d m,m.Ot bu„.. whlch .ls': 2.000,000 bu. less than estimate a month ago. Italian crop reduced by storms and estimated 165.000.000 bu. France remains dry and condition serious. In Chisago cash market No. 2 red wheat 11.41; No. 2 hard $1.43; No. 3 mixed corn 61c;/ No. 3 yellow corn 61c; No. 3 white oataXfc. For the week Chicago September wheat down lc at $1.2354; September com 314 c at 6254 c; Chicago July wheat ‘down He at $1.3044; July corn 314 c at 6214 c; Minneapolis July wheat down oi£c at sl.32\c; Kansas City July down 114 c at $1.21; Winnipeg .July up 6c at BLBOV4VEGETABLES—Irish Cobbler potatoes from eastern shore of Virginia steady in New York at 82.76-3.00 per bhl. Prices range 82.50-3.60 in eastern markets DAIRY PRODUCTS-’Butter markets steady to firin during week with prices ranging half to two crtits higher than a week ago. Quality running good for season. Actiye movement Into storage, holdings at four large wholesale markets having been Increased approximately 6,000,000 lbs. the past week; most of this butter stored at Chicago. Closing prices. 92 score: New York 34%c, Chicago 3254 c, Philadelphia 3SHc, Boston 35c. Cheese markets for most part active during the week, although trading has' been lighter the past few days And there Is' less baying for storage purposes. Quality show--4n.,.fitteat.of..the hrit weather. Production continues heavy. Prlces at Wisconsin primary markets average: “Twins 13c, Daisies 1414 c- Double Daisies 1314 c. Longhorns 1414 c, Young Americas 15c; . , LIVE STOCK—Chicago hog prices advanced 45c to 70c p4r 100 lbs. during the past week. Better grades of beef steers about steady; other grades down 10c-40c. Butcher cows and heifers and feeder steers unchanged. Veal calves up SOc-fSc. Best handy- weight lambs' show‘a* net advance of 85c with lower grades no better than steady. Fat ewes up 25c-75c. Yearlings steady to 25c higher. June 24 Chicago prices: Hogs, top 88.80, bulk of sales medium and good beef steers $7.10-8.75; butcher cows and heiferk 83.758.25"; feeder steers 85.75-7.75; light and medium weight veal calves 88-10.25. Fat lambs .89-11.85; yearlings $6.25-9.50; fat ewes”s2.so- - Stocker andjYeeder shipments from 11 Important markets during the week ending June 17 were: Cattle and*.call es 32,737, hogs 10,452, sheep 9,474.

PRESIDENT TO CALL MEET Harding to Carry Out Provisions of the Borah Disarmament Amendment Washington, June 29.—Preside,.. Harding Is prepared to call a conference of the leading naval powers for a discussion of the limitation of armaments as soon ns the naval appropriations' bill, carrying the Borah “disarmament” amendment becomes law. The President Indicated that he'could r be unmindful of the wishes of ingress and would act to carry out the provisions of the Borah amendment. The amendment requests the President to Invite Great Britain and Japan t-o, send .representatives to meet those of tlie United States In a confereace to discuss a practical pljfh of -limitation of armaments. Greeks Reiipture Ismid. Constantinople, ' June '29. The Greeks have recaptured the town of Ismid on the sea. of Marmora from the Turks. - Greek warships bombarded day and night the evacuating man forces. < , De Valera to Accept Bid. London, June 29.— Assurances have reached' the British government from agents -fn Ireland that Enmonn De Vnlern will, accept Premier Lloyd George’s invitation for a peace com ftrepce. ..., —- Men to Spare. Washington. June 2§.—The census statistician announces that on 1920 figures there are 2,000,132 more malesthan females* in the coqfttey, which seems to remove tlie traditional”'excuse for spinsterhoodS ■_ SIOO,OOO for the Y. M. C. A. * Mass., June 28. —A personal pledge of SIOO,OOO from John D. Rockefeller, Jr., .has been made to the International Young MeWs Christian association college, Dr. L. I. Doggett, ■president, announced.

INDIANA NEWS

Forty-two Shelby county farmers have entered the five-acre corn contest Others are expected to enter before the list closes, Shelby county corn prospects are good, farmers say. The Post Office department at Washington, D. C., Iras asked the civil service commission to hold examinations for the selection of postmasters at the following places In Indiana: Austin, Avilla, Brazil, Brownsburg, Bryant, Hamilton, Hebron, Montezuma, Oaktoivn, Royal Center, Sliver Lake, West Lebanon and Wolcott. A warning of an apparent serious outbreak of chinch bugs was sounded by the agricultural extension department of Purdue univerclty. Reports from many parts of the state show, that the chinch bugs are numerous In wheat amP'other small grain fields, which indicates an early advance on corn fields, where they do the most damage. A mad dog which some time ago ran Into a herd of 24 cattle southwest of Valparaiso resulted In several of the animals becoming infected with hydrophobia.' The entire herd was killed after Inspectors from Indianapolis examined the cows and said they were suffering from rabies. Two sons of thei-owner who were bitten by the cows left for Chicago to undergo treatment? Orchurd grass, an Important crop around Jeffersonville, one of the few. localities where it will grow, is almost a total failure, having been killed by a cold spring, and later choked, out by whitetop. Red jtop and clover have also suffered severely, but there is a good stand of timothy. Farmers say that the winter oats crop is the best ever produced In the county. Spring oats are still green and undeveloped. Almost 50 per cent of the scales tested 'in southern Indiana counties by representatives of the state department of weights and measures were found incorrect and about 25 per cent were condemned. Inue--curacies averaging 1 per cent on the ton were common, -according to the reports of the inspectors to the state food and drug commissioner, who has' charge of the department. ' —- The year 192i shows the smallest number of coroner cases Cass county so far since 1914, according to the coroner. Only fifteen cases have been reported for the first six months. Os the cases of deatlj Investigated by the coroner, seven have been due to natural causes, two murders, two suicides, two cases osjidrowning, one railroad accideht victim rrtfcT one. victim of sttangulatiou, - _ dovemor McCray announced his appointments on > the new board of trustees for Purdue university as .follows: C. M. , Hobbs of Bridgeport and Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith of West Lafayette, who will serve one year; Henry W. Marshall, Lafayette; James W. Noel, Indianapolis; John Hllbenhrand, - Batesville, and Joseph D. Oliver, South Bend, who J will serve for three-years. Miss Meredith is the only new member. Through a suggestion of Rev. J. B. Ferguson of Franklin, w who made a four of the Orient last year; a shipment of Johnson county seed corn lias 7 been sent to the Point Breeze academy at Weihsieu, Shantung. The corn will be"distributed among the students of the academy, who will share the gift with householders in various parts of the republic. A letter, received recently, from the head of the academy, said the corn had arrived aud.'as the students mostly are sons of farmers, the gift was highly appreciated. Wheat harvest is practically com- i pleted in Bartholomew county and thrashing 'lias begun. The es-; timated yield Is approximately one- j half of the usual crop. Trashing prices as set by the Bartholomew County Brotherhood of Trasliermen are as*folldws: Wheat, 8 cents- a bushel; rye,. 12 cents; and oats, 6 cents. Prices last year were 10 cents for wheat, 15 for" rye afid 6 for oats. The thrashynnen say they reduced the price op wheat and rye because of the reduction in the price of these grains. The state 'board of education approved tentative plans for the classification of ’ elementary public schools in Indiana. The board made changes in teacher training courses, arranged details for the application of the new state sclnTO attendance law and attended to other Important business. Elementary schools are To be rated according to their scoring on points, which include sanitary condition -of buildings, playground facilities, modern conveniences, equipment, - supervision, jiiWtor service, lire r - escapes jury mh% other points to be taken into consideration in Judging a well-appointed school.

Wheat harvest in central Indiana is progressing rapidly, and practically all the grain In the district is In the shock. While not the earliest harfest On record in the central counties of the state, for wheat has been cut- the middle of Junp. it Is considerably earlier than usual. The Indiana state highway commission proposes to “stand put’ on its dt*cision not to j>uy more crushed stone than Is absolutely necessary until the present" high prices are reduced, Charles E. Ziegler, chairman of the commission, sdid. Knox county peach orchards, which normally yield 05,000 or more bushels, will offer only 3 per cent of the.usual crop this year, according to the, commercial growers. The apple crop will be only about 10 per cenKof the normal yield. The entff weather during *the late spring is given as the cause. The first new wheat delivered to. the Evansville 1 market tifought $1.20 ' a bushel. Threshing ‘ls now in full swing and it is" expected that most of the crop will be threshed a few days. Oats are being harvested

Married women will be barred from teaching In the public schools of Clark county. If a movement recently started Is successful. County agents of northern Indiana are unxious to obtain control of a 40-aere tract of lund for use as an experiment station. Land which la regarded as unproductive would be suitable for the purposes of the coun'ty agents, who expect some fawner to offer the land without charge. Appointment of six automobile policemen to work under the direction of the automobile license department of the secretary of state’s office, uuder the new certificate of title luw, was announced by H. D. McClelland, munuger of the department. The men will be at work soon, Mr. McClelland said. The Evansville Central Labor union passed resolutions against tlif petition recently filed with the board of county commissioners asking ■that the salaries of the judges of the Circuit, Probate and Superior courts be raised from $5,700 to $7,000 a year. The will take action on the petition July 21. ~ , The War department has designated Purdue university at Lafayette as a distinguished service school because of Its excellent military work, according to word received by W. E. Stone, president. This is the third year this honor hag been won by Purdue, the Institution being one of twenty out of 108 throughout the country to gain this distinction. Asa result of action taken by the city authorities at Lafayette, when they ordered detour tracks of the Lafayette Service company torn up, thus preventing the Terre Haute; Indiana & Eastern Traction company’s interurban cars from entering the downtown district of the city, the traction company filed a suit in federal court, in which it asked $25,000 damages from the city. Raspberries have been selling at $1 a gallon and blackberries at 50 cents. The* blackberry crop is the largest in years. -The price may reach 30 cents a gallon before the end of the season. Canteloupe and watermelons are growing under favorable weather conditions, but the crop is not large. Corn Is doing well. Onehalf of the wheat crop has been cut, and this week will finish the harvest in Pike county. “ " i

Effective. July TANARUS, changes in class of .Indiana post offices will be made as follows: Second" clash to first class. Columbus, Frankfort and. Shelbyville; third class to second .class. .Cannelton, Corydon, Dunkirk, Jasper and Rockport; second class to third claks, Kniglitstown and Sheridan. The Post Office department has instructed tbe civil service commission to conduct an exuiuluutluu for the selection of a postmaster at Huntington. The Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Association? made the second and final payment of SIO,OOO, the \mipaid part of Its $20,000 loan the United States Grain Growers, Incorporated, at Chicago) The payment was authorized by the directors of the federation last month, and the first half of she sum was paid some time ago. The money, with the other quotas lent by the farmers’ associations of the various states, will be used to finance the preliminary work irf- Gie growers’ marketing project, I 'Salaries of Indiana county su- , perintendents of schools range from’ $1,500 to' $4,500 a year, according to reports to L. N. Hines, state superintendent of public instruction. Mr. Hines has received reports concerning the salary of 47 of the 92 superintendents .of the state. <• The salary for the superintendents recently elected lias not been determined jn a number of the counties. It is- not ex-, pected that the present maximum fitill re of $4,500, which is paid in Lake county, will be exceeded in any of the .counties not yet reporting. ” Chinch hugs are continuing their -ravages in several Indiana counties, according to reports. Wayne, Clay, Blackfop<sr\Barthol©inesv andDelaware a re’ amohg. the- counties -\vhlch are fighting theApest- which is destroying hundreds of acres of com. Many farmers-are throwing nip shallow trenches around undamaged field? and layiffg down films of creosote, which is sa'id ot be un-effective method of couffiUting the insects. In Clay county -farmers are resorting also to the use of orchard power sprayers, but the posts are said to be gaining ground in that county. Threshing is in progress in Pikw county. Most of the threshing companies charge 8 cents a bushel. Grain dealers in Petersburg are offering $1 a bushel for good dry .wheat. At Otwell, in eastern Pike county, bordering the Bubois county line, millers- are paying $1 a bushel for wheat, but say that in some of the crops, bought there were three pounds of cheat to the hushel, but that the grain was solid and the wheat graired high. At Winslow, the Winslow Mining company is paying sl.lO for new wheat. e At Steo; dal. In southern Pike county, the Steqdahl Milling company Is offering sl.lO a bushel. The quality of wheat in Pike county is good, ‘but 1 in some parts of the' county the yield is disappointing. /siielbyville dealers in grain announced that they will pay $1 a bushel for new wheat Dealers in other parts of the county naffiib the saline price. At Morriktown it is reported that sl.lO a bushel is being offered, with contracts' made for grain at tliut price. The present price is tlie lowest since. 1914. A wholesale merchant who has completed a" trip through the melon growing regions of Indiana says indications point to a good yield this year. Plants are growing well) although they have not spread fur from did sprout yet. ” J’urdue university announced the purchase- of a 136-acre farm to be used-' for horticultural- - • experiments. The price paid was $lB,000. The property is situated” two ibiles west of the Purdue campus, in West Lafayette. Extensive experiments in fruit growing will be undertaken on the land. [V ,i Orders recalling 250 meant the Logansport shops of the Pennsylvania railroad, effective July 1, have been made public. This is the first recall of cousequeuce since the layoff of shopmen last December i,. ;

IMPOSSIBLE TO “SAVE” CHINA Efforts of Westsrn World Unavailing, According to Writer, in Face of Her Social System. The chronic- root-cause of China’s trouble lies in the Chinese sociul system, which renders an excessively High birth rate inevitable, aud the penalties of the severe economic pressure thus created can never be averted, or, even sensibly mitigated, by any ebunge In political Institutions, or by any effort of philanthropy. So long as the deep-rooted patrlurchal family system (which Is the basis of Chinese civilization) obtains and China continues, as the result of that system, td produce three generations to Europe’s two, so long must plague, pestilence and fumine continue to*, adjust the Inexorable balance between a redundant population and a limited food supply. They have done so for thousands of -years, declares J. O_JP. Bland, in Asia Magazine. Those who, ignoring the economic results of 1 the • Chinese social system, propose to "save” her by means of a “new culture" or by Industrialism nr by democratic institutions, may be animated by the best of Intentions, but none of their panaceas can ever remove the. fundamental cause of China’s weakness, which is also that of her time-tested strength. History and science alike forbid the belief that the structural character and race mind of the nation, which has deyelpped its own highly specialized * and fundamentally moral type of civilization under the influences of the family system and Confucianism, can be rapidly changed In their essentials, either by moral crusades or political innovations. Nor can these ever avert from the musses of the people calamities such as the now raging in north China, which have been from time immemorial part of the accepted order of things. And while we are on this subject it is worthy of note that,-/whereas none of our religious and philanthropic efforts to save China include recognition of the root-cause of her material afflictions, or any attempt to deal with it, many of them tend directly to increase tlie already intolerable pressure of population upon the available means of subsistence,, and thus, all unconsciously, to aggravate the ever-latent elements of unrest. When one reflects that every year out of the 20,000,000 or so of Chinese babies horn, at least' 15,000,000 on an average are doomed to perish In infancy, and that if, by some means, these lives were saved, even during the space of ten years, the result could only be a terrible increase of overcrowding, "poverty and disease, the problem of “saving” China by virtue of a democratic constitution, by the building of railways or by the consolations of the Christian faith, takes on anew and pitiful.complexion. Bricks Have Been Long in Use. The Bible tells of the manufacture and use of bricks. The most ancient records contain references to this building material. As early as the year 44 A. D. the Romans used them in England. The actual scientific and mass production of bricks did.not begin until 886, when Alfred the Great directed that bricks he manufactured under government supervision'. 111stdry ■ (joes not tell of another ruler w-hq. became deeply Interested In this ’ itfdustry until Charles I* who. tn 1025, thought it regulate the size of bricks, so thatTwtn spoliation difficulties could be . overcome,.,, An American inventor by the name of Spence’is credited with the first brickmaking machine, but the British claim that one Clayton, whose patent was granted in iBG2, .was the first to produce brick by steam at the rate- of about 1,500 an hour. Lived Mon m on Desert Island.

The ship Rhidersholm was lost off Hamblin island, Patagonia. Her crew put off In threen boats, one of which foundered in the high seas, and one •was ultimately picked up. The third was given tip as lost.* In her had been the skipper, and accordingly his in-' surance company paid the amount .of his policy to his wbSuw. Ten months later the fcklpper came along, hale and hearty. lie. with Ills boat's crew, hqd been cast on Hamblin island. They had built a hut, contrived to get a fire, and had lived on the sea-birds, seals, and wild roots till ,a passing ship, noticing sigDS of human life on the lslanjl, had sent her boat ashore and taken off the castaways. Fleet Flying Boats. v We have heard much fatety\of fleet submarines. The latest/tfevwopment is the fleet flying boat—that is, Craft which, unaided, cun cruise witli thelleet. Tlie new boats built for the British navy are known as the Felixstowe Fury type. They weigh 13 tons, have a wing spun* of 140 feet, Rolls- . lloyce engines, with a total horse--, power of. 2,400, giving a range of about 1,500 miles. They have a crew of seven. These 1 boats win go out- , with the fleet and will remain with it. When not scouting, they will taxion the surface; am} tlie Wills have l&en Constructed of. sufficient strength to enable them to face heavy weather. Geniuses of Mixed Parentage. Seating of that eminent Jewish tragedian, Junius Brutus Booth tile elder, with n Christian, produced a triple progeny that lent a surpassing luster to the” American stage* says Walter r -Hurt, in the Detroit Jewish Chronicle. -Of this trio, the'most renowned was Edwin" Booth, tlie world's greatest Hamlet. As for hfS younger brother, John Wilkes Booth, although his memory 'ls , marred and his abilities, are obscured by his tragic deed iu Ford’s theater in Washington, he is reputed to have been the greatest genius of a family phenomenally conspicuous for Its histrionic gifts. Another brother, Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., was scarcely y'ss accomplished. Disconcerting Enthusiasm. This newcomer to the town was approached by some ladies and askeil if he w'cWld not like to send-Ills children to Sunday school. They were decidedly startled when he replied: “Oh, yes, indeed, I am h—l oh Sunday schools.” —Harper's Magazine.