Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 42, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 15 June 1922 — Page 2

Rail men take i VOTEJN STRIKE New Slash of $59,000,000 Brings Crisis in Transportation / v Affairs. BALLOTS SENT TO 500,000 Decision of Men as to Walkout It Returnable June 30— Cuts in Wages Effective July 1 Now I Total $110,000,000. Chicago, June 8. —Strike bnllots j ►ere sent out by the railway employees' department o£ the American Federation of Labor, after announcement was made of $59,000,000 slash in wages, ordered by the United States railway labor board. j The strike ballots are returnable June 30, the flay before wage cuts, now totuliug $110,000,000, become effective. Should the unions vote for a strike a wulkout may result July 1. B. AL Jewell, head of the department, In making public the fact that a strike vote has been ordered, issued a statement attacking the board and its decisions. He said: “Final decision as to the acceptance or rejection of the decision rests with the membership of the organizations which compose the department. "A strike vote is now being sent | out, returnable June 30. “By no stretch of the facts can this decision be justified. It is obvious that The decision was not reached through any consideration of the merits as contained in the evidence sub-' mitted. “X am. astounded that a body of the board’s prestige and dignity should be willing to send out such a hastily dressed up and obviously unfair apology for the rates of pay awarded. “The board was offered evidence as to the amount necessary to obtain the necessities of life for families in raUroad communities. The rates! which result from this decision are so ! far below those necessary* that 'this i evidence must have been ignored. “The employees cannot help noticing the contrast between their losses and the increasing profits of the railroads. What effect will such a contrast have upon our membership? “At this early date I can forecast but two of the effects of this decision: “The first will be an immediate confirmation of the belief umoug our membership and among railroad employees in general tlrnt the railroad labor board is not an impartial court, created to'dispense Justice, but is a body created to help the railroads carry out their labor policy. —“We have never favored the institution of such a board. The correctness of our attitude at the time when the law was being framed is being confirmed. We sec that the law gives to the "owners a guarantee for better earnings than were ever before enjoyed, und takes from the employees standards which . they believed they • had won for all time. “The dunger lies not so much in the attitude toward the labor board; it lies iu the fact that the board is one branch of our .government. The feeling which will grow with such decisions will go far to undermine the confidence of our membership in our national institutions. "They cannot feel that such a governmeut is their government. To them ""It wit! appear, an employers’ government. “The second effect will be lowered morale and decreased efficiency among the workers. “Xtailroad employees cannot view these decisions separately. The rates of pay form a structure hi which all ure interested. -The highest paid man must be ready to light for the lowest paid man.’’ Added impetus was given to the strike agitation begun by the railway maintenance of way employees- when the United States railway labor board slashed .approximately SSI,UUQ,OOO. a year front the Federated Shop Crafts pay-roll, affecting 400,<>W reductions ranged fromylive jlo nine cents an hour, effective July 1. The reduction - was ordered over the heated protests of labor members of the board, who asserted that the decision was ’hnade with no considermtion xis human needs’’ and failed to -Tarry out the function of the board to set a "just und reasonable” wage scale. U . s. Postal Business Grows. ■Washington, June. 8. —An increase stf nearly 15 per cent in the business of the X’ost Office department during May as compared with the corre.jsponding month last year was regarded by tlie department as an indication of steadily increasing prosperity throughout tlie country. For Canadian Cut in Steel Pay. Ottawa, Out., June B.—A 20 per cent wage reduction for cowl miners hi the employ of the. British Steel eorpora- * tieu and its subsidiaries is recommended tii a majority report of a conciliation board. W. L. Huntley, Jr., Is Acquitted, Memphis, Tenn., Juno B.—VV. L. Huntley, Jr., former Memphis bank official, was acquiltei by a jury in the United States District court here in connection with an alleged stock ■ swindle.

SIR RUBtRT KINDERSLEY

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Sir Robert Klndersley, one of the governors of the Bank of England, who represents Great Britain at the conference of international bankers in Paris. These bankers now have the task of. adjusting the payments of the German reparations and arranging for huge loans to Germany.

UNIONS CAN BE SUED Supreme Court Decision Hits Labor Organizations. Held Guilty of Violating Sherman Anti-Trust Law During Coal Strikes in Arkansas. Washington, June 7.—Deciding the celebrated Coronado coal case, the Supreme court held that labor,organizations, although 'unincorjiorated, are amenable ty the Sherman anti-trust' act, and that under it such organizations may be prosecuted for restraint of interstate commerce. The court also held that labor unions are suable. Chief Justice Taft, in announcing the decision, did not indicate any dissent. The case was an appeal by the United Mine Workers of America and six-ty-live individuals, some of the latter not members of any union, from a decision by the United States District court of Arkansas, approved by tlie Circuit Court of Appeals, holding them guilty of violating the Sherman antitrust act during coal mine strikes in Arkansas in-1914, and imposing damages of $200,000, which were trebled under the anti-trust law. The effect of the decision will be to set aside the-dhmages; because of the finding that the acts which caused the destruction of property were not incited for the purpose of restraining interstate commerce. During the strike, lawlessness prevailed and property damage was done the Coronado and eight other mines controlled by the Bache-Demnnn Coal company. The United Mine Workers of America contested tlie jurisdiction of the federal courts on tlie ground that being an unincorporated association of workers it was not subject to prosecution un'der the Sherman antitrust law'. ' -

ENGLISH TROOPS IN BATTLE Sinn Fein Invaders Driven From Main Positions on Ulster. Border—Ship From United States Seized. London, June 6.. —A steamer hound from New York for Fenit, County Kerry, with corn and a mixed cargo, lias .been held up in YYalee bay by a Britisli sloop, says a, dispatch to the* Press association from Tralee. A large quantity of ammunition in barrels was seized, the dispatch states. - British troops have driven tiie Sinn Fein invaders from their main positions in Ulster territory, and ft large part of tlie border between northern and soutlierh Ireland now is virtually a tinttle front. Belfast, .Tune 6.—Authentic details of the recapture of I’et'tigoe show that a British ■staff officer entened tin* village at noon and gase the republicans 15 minutes lo leave. Some Immediately departed, hut about 100 decided to oppose the piilitury. At tlie expiration of the time limit the Britisli crossed tlie bridge leading into ' the village and were* received with machine gun and rifle fire. Then tlie British artillery came into action, and When the first Shelly la'ntied on a hill behind the town some of the defenders dashed for safety. Four more shells follow'ed in quick succession, find one, striking in the middle of a party of retreating Sinn Fyiners, inflicted severe casualties. Plane Falls Into Channel. Folkestone, June 5. —A French airplane living from tin* air station at Croydon, near London, hound for 4’aris, fell into tlie English channel. A cross-charnel heat picked lip “two bodies, one of these liail a passport in tlie nanieof Gordon Lay. Promotion for Colonel Faison. Washington.. June B.—President 1 larding nominated:CoL Samson Lane Faison, infantry, to he brig-idler g;-n-----r-nil in tlie regular •iniiy. to fill tlie racnr.oy created by the death of Brig. Gen.- William H. Sager. .. ;.._t_ Buildings Fall; Many Die. Lemberg; Poland,' June B.—More than forty persons were killed When two ancient three-story buildings here collapsed. Tlie disaster is supposed lo have' been cSused"By vibrutton from ,a puising motortruck.

LILLIAN RUSSELL, ACTRESS, IS DEAD Fatal Illness Result of Injury Suffered on Ship While on U. S. Mission. WIFE OF PITTSBURGH EDITOR Returned From Europe Sever&l Weeks Ago After investigating Conditions Affecting Immigration of Europeans to United States. Pittsburgh, I’a., June 7. —Mrs. Lillian ltussell Mi*ire, wife of tlie publisher nf tlie Pittsburgh Leader mul noted stage beauty of tlie last generation, died ut her home here on Tuesday. At tlie bedside at the end were her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy .Calvert, Mr. Moore, and her niece, Mildred A. Martin. * Ureamic poisoning was the direct cause of death. Mrs. Moore was suffering from a complication of diseases which developed ns the result of a slight injurysuffered by tier on shipboard several months ago when she was journeying i to Europe ou a mission tor the gov-1 eminent. Mrs. Moore lias resided here since \ her marriage to Alexander P. Moore, j publisher of tlie Pittsburgh Leader, Several years ago. Since retiring from j the stage she lias been intrusted with several important missions by the government, one of these being tlie inves-, tigation of conditions affecting the immigration of Europeans to the United 1 States. She returned from tills last j mission several weeks ago, and at the time rendered an important report to the government. f Lillian Bussell, who for many years was tlie reigning queen of beauty of the American stage, was born in Cincinnati, In., on December 4, 1801. She was Helen Louise Leonard, daughter of Charles E. and Cynthia H. Leonard. When four years old she moved to Chicago with her, parents. Her father here became a member of the important printing firm Os Knight & , Leonard. Her first stage appearance was in an amateur performance of “Time Tries All” at Cliickerifig hall in Chi- i cago, in December, 1877. In 1879 her mother's views caused dissension in the family; there was a separation, and Mrs. Leonard, with her daughter, moved to New York. Her actual stage career begun under Tony Pastor, one of tiie most noted of New York producers ot' that period. Her beginning naturally was in a small part. Mr. Pastor liked the looks of tlie girl and was satisfied that her voice would develop. M*s Bussell’s debut with the Pastor forces was on February 7, 1881. It was in the “Pirates of Penzance.” Her success was instantaneous and in less than three months she was a star of the first magnitude. During the war Miss Bussell was active in the Bed Cross and Liberty lonn campaigns and during the lust year of 1 er life she and her husband. Alexander P. Moore, were sent to Europe by President, Harding on a special mission to study the question of control of immigration at the source. It was during tlie return trip from this journey that Miss Bussell suffered the injuries which finally brought about the illness that was tlie cause of tier deaj.h. It was soon after tlie first entry to the stage that Miss Russell met and married Harry Brnhatn, musical director of the “Pinafore” company. In ÜBSS, after she tied divorced Harry Braliam, and while she was appearing in “The Sorcerer” and “Tlie Princess of Trebizonde," she married Edward Solomon, musical director of the Casino orchestra. .Following her 'divorce from gntoj nion slip was married in January, 1894. j when she wedded John Chnttertoh, known professionally, as Signor Porugini, a tenoi*.witliwhom she sang. In 1912 she. married Mr. Moore. ,

SHRINERS’ LIQUOR IS SEIZED Milwaukee Prohibition Agents Get %About SIO,OOO Worth of Booze From Baggage Car. Milwaukee, June 7.—Liquors estimated lo be worth slo,ooo.and made up of whisky,' gin, vermouth and rare wines, which were stored In a baggage Car to” be attached to a Chicago & Northwestern special train to take I,OQO Shrinors to California on a convention trip; were pounced upon by federal prohibition agents. 'New Heat for Vladivostok. Vladivostok-, .lane 0. —Gyperal Dlet-ersichs-was elected president of tlie Vladivostok government. Air Race Won by Westover. New York, June 7.—Maj. Oscar Westover and his aH - ,’ Lieut Carlon F. Bond, lire tlie wlniiers'of'the Milwaukee balloon race which startedMay 31, it was officially announced "by the Aero Clfib of America. Patrol Irish Coast. • London. Juno Si—Heavy patrols_of jlrltUh light ward - :.ft are watching the Irish const for gun runners, following tlie seizure* of the American steamship Seattle Spirit .at Tralee . Bay, said a Cork dispatch.

TIIE NArPANEE ADVANCE-NEWS

MRS. FREDERICK SHEDD

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Escape from death by • bomb and bullet by tlie narrowest margin as she was disembarking from a linet at Shanghai was reported in San Francisco by Mrs. Frederick Shedd of Columbus, 0., a tourist home from the Orient. Tlie bullet killed Mrs. Siiedd’s friend, Mrs. \V. K. Snyder of Brazil, Ind. Tlie bomb which fell at the feet of the women was kicked Into tlie water before it exploded. The missiles of death were aimed at General Tanaka of the Japanese army, who was walking down the gangplank of the liner immediately ahead of the American women. The, assailant was a Korean.

U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Markets and Crops. Washington, June 7.—For the week ending June 3: HAY—Quoted 2, No. 1 timothy, Ne.w York, s32.i>•; Philadelphia, $23.00; Pittsburgh, $*26,50; Cincinnati, $23.00; Chicago, $2*.50; St. Louis, $26.50. No. 1 alfalfa, Memphis, $22.00; Kansas City, 122.50.- No. 1 prairie, St. Louis, $17.00; Minneapolis, $18.00; Kansas City, $12.75. FEED—Quoted spring bran, Chicago, $19.00; Philadelphia, $26.00: standard middlings, Chicago, $20.25; Philadelphia. $27.00: gluten feed, Chicago, $32.85;, cottonseed meal, Atlanta, $44.00; linseed meal, New York. $54.00; hominy feed. Chicago, $23.50; alfalfa meal. St. Louis, $24.00. DAIRY PRODUCTS—CIosing butter prices, 92 score: Chicago, * New York, •36c;' Philadelphia, BostoFr, Prices at primary cheese markets June 2: Twins, lSVic; Daisies, 18k4c; Double Daisies, Young Americas, • Longhorns and Bcjuare Prints, lSVic. GRAlN—Closing prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat. $1.18; No. 2. hard winter wheat, $1.17; No. 2 mixed corn. 59c: No. 2 yellow corn, 60c: No. 3 white oats, 37c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central lowa. 460; No. 1 dark northern wheat In central •North Dakota, $1.28; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas. sl.ll. For the week Minneapolis July wheat down 4%c, (•losing at $1.33 I *c; Kansas City July wheat down 5%c. at $1.09%. LIVE STOCK-June 3, Chicago prices: Hogs,_ top, $10.70. bulk of sales, $10:50® 10.60; medium and good beef steers, $7.90® '.8.90; butcher cows and heifers. $4.25(08.60; feeder steers, $6.0007.50; light and medium weight veal calves. $8.25(010.50; fat lambs, j [email protected]; spring Jambs, $13.25(514.75; yearlings. $8.00(010.75: fat ewes, $3,00(07.00. Stocker and feeder shipments from 12 important markets for week ending May 26 were: Cattle and calves, 62,404; hogs, 13.527; sheep. 18.343. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES—Potato markets w'eaker for new stock, demand good. South Carolina Irish cobblers down 25 to 50c in markets, at $5.25®5.75 per bbl.. up 25c in Pittsburg, at $6.00; up *7sc at shipping points, at $4 75® 5.00. Virginia cobblers strong in Philadelphia and Baltirypre, at $5.2505.75. Middlewestern cities, $3.35(03.90 in Pittsburgh. Northern sacked round whites up 20c in Chicago, at $1.5001.70 per 100 lbs., steady f. o .j-~ b. shipping points, at $1.3001.35. | Texas yellow Bermuda onions slightly stronger, at $1.5002.00! Leading city markt ts up 25c hi Baltimore, at | per standard crate. Eastern strawberry | market?*.- weaker Delaware, New Jeri sey and Maryland berries 14c to -25 c, j quart basis. w I- ; V ACTS TO HALT STEEL MERGER Trade Body Responds to Resolution Sponsored by La Foßette—Hearing Set for July 24. I Washington. June 7. —The govern- ! ment tnnkMts first step toward putting a 'possible check on the tiig steeU consolidations, now in the making, which ha ve been described In' the senate , as constituting the formation of “a second steel trust." ’ Acting in response to a resolution ! sponsored by Senator La Fnliette. i (Rep. 1 of Wisconsin, tlie federal trade I commission issued n citation against the Bethlehem and Lackawanna Steel corporations’ merger which js now virtually completed, and charged timt tlie combination will stifle competli tion and contains dangerous tendencies in restraint, of trade and com. Neilan to Wed Miss Sweet. - Los Angeles, Gal., June 7..—Miss Blanche Sweet, motion-picture actress, and Marshal! Neil an, mot ton-picture producer .and.director, wfli he jnnrrled in New York some time tlifs month,, according to word received here. Chicago School Board Out. Chicago, June 7.--Kdwin S. Davis; liresiilent. and Albert Severingiiaus. vice president of the board of education,. mul four of the other nine members resigned in compliance with a demand by Mayor Thompson.

INDIANA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

In a meeting held recently at Kokomo, the board of directors of tlie Howard County Farmers’ Federation voted to keep a watchful t*>e on the inroads of tlie chinch bug in the county, and if necessary to confine tlie insects by menus of u creosote barrier. It was reported at tlie meeting that orders for 17,650 pounds of tiTnder twine had been placed with five various township farmers’ federations of tlie county. The report on tiie seed corn-testing plant, established several months ago, showed that 29,060 ears of corn hud been tested in two month*, and then slightly more than 29 per cent of these laid been found unsuitable for seed. One hundred and two persons were arrested by state game wardens within 30 days, George N- Mannfeid, director of the fish and game division of the state conservation department, announced. Possession of seines constituted the principal violation of the laws, it was said. Forty-one persons were fined for tills offense. Other violations were as follows: Possession of spears, 2.1; taking fish with nets, 17; taking undersized fish, 6; hunting without license, 0; taking fur-hearing animals during the closed season, 2; hunting with ferret, 2; shooting fish, 1, and hunting on Sunday, 1. Indiana Democrats, meeting at Indianapolis in their state convention, laid the foundation for ttier fall campaign. An unusually large number of women partcipated in the convention] ns delegates, and in tlie field of candidates for nomination on the state ticket Miss Ella Crawford of Terre Haute was unopposed for cierk of the Supreme court. Other nominations on the state ticket included secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, superintendent *of public instruction and judges of the Supreme and the Appellate -courts. With a flat car rigged up as ah “observation Pullman” and a caboose as. a “diner,” and the “special” drawn by a “dinky" engine from a stone quarry, tlie of the Bloomington Rotary club enjoyed an unusual trip. The members of the club were the guests of the president. Harry Johnson, who is also head of a large - stone... company.. The. special took the

Rotnriang on a trip to the Johnson quarry, which is in the district between Bloomington and Bedford. Attorneys for Mrs. Clara Gibson Carl of Hancock county, who was convicted in tlie Shelh.v Circuit court of murder in tiie second degree and sentenced to life imprisonment, prepared to introduce a motion for anew trial. The jury reached a verdict after deliberating for more than fifteen hours, (hiring which eight ballots were taken. Tlie defendant was found guilty of killing- Frank CarL_her second hus-’ hand, by administering arsenic.. Wheat harvest is in progress in some of_tlie pocket counties. While tlie acreage of 'wheat In southern Indiana is not as large as that of last year l , it is expected the yield an acre will lie larger. The growing erou_ iook*e-Br.pmisillg. awl many farmers report the.stalks of grain sturdy and the grains well filled out. W’lient on tlio rolling land looks riiuch better than that on tlie low lands. Indiana lias 30 big rivers, 00 large creeks: and more- than 200 lakes available for fishing, says a bulletin of the fish and. game division of tlie state conservation department, sent out to 134 fish, ggnio and bird protection * associations in the state. “It would take one person years to fish them ail and it is doubtful Whether any person ever has,” the bulletin says. .The Huntington,connfy melon cropwill lie larger than'ever before, according to one. of the leading producers of tlie county, who says that the acreage, will he ’nearly double that :of last. year. Much of tlie bottom land along the Siilomonie river will be devoted to tlie melon crops. The famous Knox county cantaloupes will he on tiie market not later than tiie -Itii of July, melon ..growers say. The total acreage in Knox counI t.v is 1.3110, an increase of 12 per cent I over last year. -More than 600 acres ! are planted in watermelons. James F. Gallalier, age sixty, judge •of the Lnporte circuit court, is„deift) at his home in Michigan City. He had been in 11T* health fur some time. He was widely known as an attorney before ills electron as judge 12 years ngor Hue to an advance in tlie price of coal at cement mills, • the_prlce of cement in Evansville has advanced 10 cents a barrel. New prices will range from $2.80 to $3.20 a barrel. Tin* Indiana A Michigan Electric company lias started work on expansion of tlie South Bend power plants and has awarded' contracts for sl,250.000, Which will result in tlie addition of 15,000 more horsepower of electricity for use of South Bend Industrie William E. Donovan, thirty-eight, who on July 21 look the life of his wife us she was - holding.! their babyin her arms at the home of lrer mother. Mrs. John- Rainey, in BloomIngdale, paid the price exacted by,, the state In the' electric chnir of the state prison at Michigan City •••

Contract for the construction of the new state reformatory near Pendleton, under the cost-plus plan was awarded to Latham Walters of Indianapolis by tlie board of trustees of tlie institution at n meeting with Governor McCray. The firm will receive 3 per cent on tlie general contract cost for labor and materials and 2V4 per cent on subcontracts. Governor McCray issued a statement concerning tlie action of the board in which lie said the application of the cost-plus plan to tlie work will result in a approximately $200,000 for the stiite. While tlie board has decided only on the first units of the new institution, it was stated the Indianapolis firm's contract calls for the construction of the entire plant as tlie units are worked out. Tlie total estimated cost of the new institution is between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. Peach trees' are so full of peaches in Pike county that many growers are shaking (heir trees to rid them from surplus peaches and keep the trees from breaking down. Many of the growers are picking the inferior peaches from the trees, leaving only tlie healthy ones to ripen. Ruspberries are ripening and the crop will be a large one. All early strawberries are gone, but late strawberries are still on the market. Cherries are now selling at 40c and 50c a gallon, or 20c a gallon on the trees. Tlie blnekberry crop escaped damuge and will be tlie largest in years. There will be an abundance of grapes. Vines are full of* them. Governor McCray appointed Benjamin H. Hnrrel of Indianapolis ns the World war hero to represent Indiana in a “Living Hall of Fame" of the slates to be held in connection with the national convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War at San Francisco, Cal.. June 16-30. Harrel, who was a sergeant in tlie overseas service, takes place alongside of famous Sergeant York, for the Indiana man was decorated by General Pershing for capturing single-handed 31 Germans. He received the distinguished service cross. The assessed valuation of real estate in' Blackford County this year totals $16,464,515, according to figures compile‘d in the office of the county-auditor. Tills is a decrease ot $1,022,985 from last year. The decrease i§ on farm land in four townships. Improvements in Hartford City and Montpelier bring up the totals in these cities, the increase in Hartford City being 2.49 per cent, and in Montpelier 6 pet cent. Two townships show • as much as 13. per cent decrease. When their automobile stalled""' in the path of a Lake Erie & Western train at Dunrelth, two persons were killed arid three others were seriously injured. Tlie dead were: Lloyd L. Brogzell, age forty-two, a grocer ot Terre Haute. Barbara Gertrude Long, age one, daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Long, of Terre Haute. Mrs. Lloyd Brozzell, wife of the dead man, Mrs Bert Long and Mrs. Charles Currithers, all of Terre Haute, were seriously injured. Seventeen year locusts have made their - appearance in the state on schedule time, says George C. Bryant, | state /agricultural statistician, in his | semi-monthly report on farm coudirtions submitted to the state legislative reference bureau , and to the United States -Department of Agriculture. A .heavy infestation of locusts is expected in certain parts of tlie state tiiis year, he says. Robert Silvers, nine years old, slayer of Bernard Teeter, also nine years old, pleaded guilty to tlie charge ot involuntary manslaughter -in the Jay county Juvenile court before Judge E. E. McGriff. He was sentenced for two to twenty-one years at tlie reform school at Plainfield, with tlie recommendation that he be kept'there until he becomes of - age. Clarence Bailey, of Portland, student at Valparaiso university, and Mrs. Madeline Stevens, twenty-four, and her four-year-old daughter, were killed instantly by a Pennsylvania flyer which struck their', auto .near Wahatah.

Michigan City has been selected as the meeting place of tlie 1922 eonven : tion of the Indiana Elks, it was- announced. The convention, which is expected to attract 5,000 Indiana Elks, will be held on August 4 and 5. The ■ Indiana Hampshire- Swine Breeders’ association's summer meet-, ing, heretofore held at Indiana polls, will be held at Matter park, in Marion Saturday, June 17. It is expected 1,000 hog raiserswill attend. Anew $282,000 concrete bridge* over tlie -Wabash river at Attica was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies before a large crowd of men,' women and children who had congregated on tlie bridge. Four men attempted to rob the bank at Sandborn of the Sandborn Banking company but succeeded only in blow ing opon tlie miter doors of the vault iiml obtaining about $22 in .small, change. More than 1,000 delegates arid visitors are expected to attend tlie annual state convention of. the- Fraternal Order of Eagles, to be held at Muncle June 12 In 16. Foiiiv“persons were killed and one soriorKuy injured When their automobile was struck by a Chicago & Eastern Illinois passenger - train at Bussexon crossing, ten miles south of Yincennes. The dead ro: Alvin Hardin, forty-live, Danville, 1IT; Mrs. Fannie Hardin, fortjv .his wife; Mrs. Leslie English sister of Mrs. Ilnrdin, and. her three-year-old daughter, Betty Lou* English, also of Danville. Chinch bugs, so destructive to grnir crops 111 Grant county Inst year, have appeared in wheat ind rye fields again this season. Tlie wheat acreage In this county is below normal. ——

SCIENCE ON FARM Agriculturist of Today Must Know Business Thoroughly. Canadian Tillers of the Soil Hav* Proved That Old Days of Haphazard Methode Have Gone. Agriculture in Canada lias the status of a profession which both its high standard of operation und tlie prime place it occupies in national life justify. The days when land was casually filed on and farmed without any intelligent understanding of agricultural processes are going With tlie dwindling availability of the laud, ami -rapidly passing is the epoch of tlie destruction of soil values, and the abandonment of farms which have been rendered unproductive. Clearer and clearer has become the realization that farming is a specialized profession requiring special training, and in theplace of tiiis spoliation there is an* Intelligent system of crop rotation, preservation of the virtue of tlie land,, a discovery of the nobility of the farmer’s calling nnd , a determination to secure and achieve the best possible in everything. The Education of the Farmer. Agricultural colleges, experimental! farms, government literature, railway propaganda, all in an appreciation of the national benefits which accrue, contribute to the education of thefarmer who, if lie starts out in ignorance, speedily discovers the futility and profitlessness of continuing in* this state. It is only of comparatively recent years that farming in .Canadahas become the comprehensive and exhaustive study it is and its tenets’ been so widely absorbed, and older farmers who have followed haphazard! methods or systems scientifically unsound are gradually forced from necessity into an intelligent study and application of their profession. This brings us to the city man who is anxious to leave his old life for the greater freedom of the country and’ take a farm for himself, and, tlie foregoing holding good, he need not follow far hqhind tlie older farmer if he takeup tiie study of his work seriously, bring energy and intelligence to bear upon a following out of the systems of experienced and successful agriculturists, and utilize the results of the expert investigation and research the Dominion places at his disposal. The Whole country is working for him andthe novice has almost an equal opportunity with the farmer of a lifetime. A census of Canadian farmers would: probably show that fully one-half arenot farmers’ sons and were not brought up to tlie life of the farm. Yet none would criticize farmers on the score of poor farinifig methods In general, the excellency of their crops with international honors and the universal demand for their live-stock products refuting this effectually. Significant is it, too, that practically ail the farmers who' have achieved tlie most signal honors at international farming competitions have >not been lifelong farmers, hut city men who, taking to the land after reaching maturity without the remotest previous knowledge of agricultural activities, have through intelligent study and : close application of the best farming methods surpassed tlie efforts of those agriculturist's - who have continued doing things on tlie farm in the way their fathers used to do tiiem. For further particulars, pamphlets regarding Canada, railway rates, etc., apply to W. S. Nethory, Room 82, Interurhan Station Bldg., Columbus, Ohio; M. J. Johnstone, 116 Monument Place, Indianapolis, Ind.—AdvertiSftment.

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