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Mystery surrounds rh narrow r-?cape of Mrs. B! Johnson. 2022 K'rnwood nv . nr,.T family Tuay r.ight, "i ; in i nearly asphyxiated !' the f:imf from a 'hatter-'! ga.s meter In th'- cellar. A letter bearing the Inscription. "I will kill you," vrs found or: a b.k in th r'si1ence when o.'!l--rs arrived upon fcn at ll:"o o'clock. The family retired for th- night 6 bout S fi'r(K k arid was awak1!'! U 11 o'!"rk by ;vis fum-s. Mrs. Johnson".'1 on Arthur was already :n a Ftupor. His mother ..pend th windows a n l waded in th'' snow in her Karo frl to a n iz hlmr's houc" from which the polier- v.-Te rnch'-d 'V -f phon O Hirers Bob"rts arul

Australian Draft Defeat Causes Premier to Quit Mi:L!',"ri:Ni:. An-tralia. Jan. !. Krank (Iwynne Tudor, le.ailer of the lal-or party, and a meml-r of the hoiis of repre.entati es, will )' the next prime minister of Australia. The i;t. Hon. William Alorris ll'.hes tendered the re.-i. : atiori of the nationalist government to the governor perioral Tuesday luornin as a result f the defeat ;f the ronscription propri.sals. Tili.v. as in accordance with the' pledge ?:ien 1-y Mr. Hu liest that the rationalists would refuse to govern the on nt r ii t ns ription wer" not pratitcd. Krank CI. Tudor has fur a consid t able time heert head of the lat'or party which was Mice--ful in deleating cons,Tirtion, l.nt this party i in the minotity in the Australian parliament. It is beliw-d that unli'T thes- conditions tln Tudor inir.itry will be short lied. Hut tlie p.alitb a future is clouded. Krank (5. Tudor wa formerly linui.-'ter o; trade and customs. He worked in Kngland and America at the felt hat trade, IS: t, 1S9K He introduced the trade union label j Into Kngland an.l the Kelt Hatters' ! .'ciety in l. He ret iined t" Victoria in 1SJ. He is a strong advocate of more extended trade relations hetwen Australia and th I'nited States. HUNGARIAN FOOD HEAD QUITS OVER SUPPLY ROW ZKILICH. Jan. J. The Hungarian food minister. Count HadiU. lias reHgned owing to differences between Austria and Hungary over supplies ;f Hungarian foodstuffs for the Austrian civilian population, according to advices received here. The Hungarians assert that Austria's demands are extravagant and that they are far in excels of their peace time requirements. They also plead that a lack of eoal and a .-hortage t f cars renders impo;be the transport of greater ouantities of npdie to Austria. The cal famine in Hungary has disabled many industries and is seriously retrieting the production of Hour. It i- ieported that ('mint Seren i. ninistei of nmi merce, arid IJela Mezo.v. mini-ti-r of agriculture. hai' resignei! as a realt of attacks in connection with the e.ia! famine. LONE BANDIT GETS $4,000 llitfin;it!o:: 1! News Servi.e: COTTON PLANT, Ark.. Jan ! A June masktd bandit entered the Lank of Cotton Plant Tuesday, lncUd the cashier. A. M. Carter, in the ault and escaped with $4."". A pi.sse is i.e!ieed to h.ie th.e bandit t nrvounded in the cane brakes. KIDNEY MEDICINE ACCOMPLISHES A LOT OF GOOD f).:rin the j at twerit ars sufferers from stone in bladder, gravel, 4 atarrh or inflammation t the Madder, In er troubles ami rheuir.a1is:n have been brought to health ly the use of Dr. Kilmer'.- kidney, liver ar.vl bladder medicine. Swamplloot. I am confident that it ! rir.us 1he desired results in liver and Sidney troubles and rank.- in a class all of its own. proven !' itonstar.t .-teady vale winch lea. is a!; 4. t hers. The inentoriou alue or 3 r. Kilmer's w am p-1 lo.n h.a.- won jor it the highest prais- fro-n its ti-ers of any .-Lieh prep.iratioji on the market tod.iy an.l I n er hesitate to recommend it t a:fe: "rom tlie L-eases for which it is intend ed Vry trul oa;s. Itp; KOKK' PHAKMACV .Nelke M. I ;r.:.i-a'i. Pharma.:-; 1 & Tip pecano r v Haute. August Terr Ind. Ir. hllmrr & ('.. Hi nie 'iHrntun. N. V J tiiif A hat U ill P.. I .r t Uli. :d ten Cents to l: ;-e v Kilmer v I'd, Prigh..m:on. N bottle. It w: V.. lor a .-ample coin ince a:.vne. You will al.-o receive a lookb-t of al. lalle information. telling about th" kidr.eys and bladder. Wlu.n writing, be ;u:d mention the South Bend 1 . 1 1 1 NVw s-Tmies. ll??ii! ir medium and Lit -:e size t ottitm lor sale at ail drj .-tor Adv.

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pulraotor, hut th- l-oy h;nl li-'-n r-M-il hy th fr--h air J.ffor thir a rrival. The ir i r:i t-r in th t-llar nhk-h h.'nl )f-fj .-r:!J.chl ir'ha!)ly with an iron Lar. was baking hrully, hut no I'l.'irtfi- li.i'l !' n takn from th" nion'-y i!ra'. f-r. Th.- intruih-i- had -vid ntly l'f d aftr hr- smashed the m't-r. Mrs. .I(ilin-ii! f-xplained that it would he an asy task f f r someone to tnter th rear of t j house with a f-kdf ton K'y, and it i- thought tiiat this was done when th" intruder wrote the letter earlier in the evenim.:, either hnfore r after he smashed the as meter. DAUGHTERS GET BULK OF HECKELMAN ESTATE "arolino Hatredorn and Henrietta Mite' ei!, daughters of the testator, are made the principal heneficiarie in the of th'ir father, the 'ate Charles Heckelman of Mi?hawa'a. whir'- v .is prohated yesterday. Mrs. Ilngadom is heqmathed $oo and licr sistf-r. Mrs. Mitchell, reoiv,'s the l.a! ince of the estate, hoh real and personal pro7erty, after th." 'n.t d.-hts f f the deceased are paid and settlement, made with other h'ir.-' as follows; To Ada, Harriet and cp.arks !ir?, children of the testatoi's deceased daughter. Katherin Her-, each; to testator's daugh-ter-in-inv, Lena Heckelman. xvido'V of t e late John ITeekelmar, and he; Ta;jghter. Louise Heckelman '." nch; to daughter-in-law. l?ertoa '!h l-flm:in, widow of the late Charles 1 )( -ckelnian, to dawhter-it.-liw. Hertha Heckelman Zilki0. I widow of the late Henry Heckelman. and her daughter, r.ertha H. Plumhy. ?2" each. Atty. John Schindler of Mishawaka. Is rr.med as the (ecntor. The v.-ill was mricte rec. l, 11. ana wn; vi?i'e5reil by Aloysii's J. Schindler and .Vr.rv Tremel. WAR ECONOMY SHOWN IN CHRISTMAS BUYING WASHINGTON, Jan. f. Results f the go' f rnment's war econon y "impalgn was shown Tuesday by the federal reserve hoardf,s monthly report of business condition?. Although Christmas buying was ahni equal to that of other years, tr.ere was a marked tendency to buy useful 'zifLs, the sale of luxuries being far below normal. On the other hand, thousands of laborers' who are making bigger wages than ever be fore appeared to sper.d freely, and many localities attributed their maintenance of retail business to these clas.-es. Shortage of coal and inability of railroads to move traffic speedily was a great drawback to butdress. and the scarcity of labor aji;i to Pe increasing. (Jencrr! husines conditions are reported excellent, however, with war inuustries vorv busy and a number of le.-s eset tia industries showing signs of falling oft. Lank clearings have increased in most localities and money rates are generally firm. Construction was dull nearly everywhere. Reports by federal reserve districts, as of Dec. 211, include the follow ing: Chicago Business generally good, industries very active with few exceptions, bank clearings decreased, labor conditions easy, material scarce. St. Ivouis Ilusines good, industries very busy, labor scarce, fuel and transportation very unsatisfaetorv. WILSON'S ADDRESS IS SENT ALL OVER WORLD NLW V(KK. Jan. .. Pres't Wilson's address to congress Tuesday vas distributed to every news center in the civilized world through essentially the same publicity machinery which was utilized in sending broadcast the president's address at the opening of congress, Dec. 4. Th.e committee on public information and the various governmental and commercial news agencies operating in North and -mth America, Europe, Africa. Australia and the far east, cooperated in publishing the address. So well laid were plans for heralding the president's words around the world that one hour and 4." minutes after he heran speaking, word was received at the press censor's offive here that the entire address had been delivered to all news centers in South America. Similar advices were receied at intervals of a few minutes after this hour telling of receipt of the addres-- in other foreign capitals and r.ews centers. Walter S. Hogers, director of the division o? foreign press service of th.e committee n public information tonicht estimated the achievement will cost the government approximately $7.00i GOODRICH URGES NEED OF TAX REFORM IN STATE IMMANAI'i 11. IS. Jan. 1. In an address at the meeting of the state board of tax commissioners Tuesda. Iov. Goodrich urged the need of tax reform in Indiana and outlined principles of an excise law for thf ,-tate which w.is presented to the la-t legislature but which failed of passage. He aNo declared that he ' die ed tax a.-se-sors should he appointed by the state board of tax 1 commissioner m-tea.i reing 1 elected by local vote.

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Tliis type of French disappearing gun was tised effectively along the entire Kreuch front. The picture also gives an idea of the difficulty encountered when these guns are to be moved quickly to follow up an advance.

U. S. Senators Heartily Praise Wilson's Message

WASHINGTON. Jan. lb rrcs't Wilson's message Tuesday afternoon met with general hearty accord among United States senators. Nearly all were emphatic in their prai.-o of the contents of the document and the aide manner In which they were set forth. "The world now knows why w? are tishting and what we are fighting for." This was the sentiment cn all sides. Ser.s Klrby, Smoot and Harding, however, dissented from his world free trade formula. Sen. Mat tin of Virprin'a, majority k'adei, said: Oik of Ablest Menage?. "It is one of the ablest messages a president nas ever ie;r-erea. it 1 met the situation from every point J of view." j Sen. Overman of North Carolina: , "It is a very valuable message. I particularly so in that it follows thrie s ige of Uoyd fJeorge. It shows Lussia and the entire woild our position. No man can fail to understand what it means." Sen. Smoot of Utah: "I personally agree with the president in most of his program, but I cannot agree with some of his statements concerning free tradir.r- " Sen McKellar of Tennessee: H COUNCIL i FIRST SESSION Salary Ordinance Passed Cover All Administrative Offices. to News -Times Special Service: CiOSHLN, Jan. 'J. The new common council was in regular session for the tirst time Monday night. Mayor Trover presiding, and all of the seven aldermen Messrs. Yoder, Manrow, Castetter. Schröck. Neville, Leedy and Hoovens in attendance. A salary ordinance was passed as follow s: Mayor $3 on per annum. Clerk $ y (' 0 per annum. Treasurer $900 per annum. Councilmen Lach, $100 per annum. Chief of fire department $1.0 10 per annum. (The chief under the new ordinance draws the regular pay of a central station fireman, together with ? 1 4 0 additional). Chief of police SI. OSO per annum. Assistant marshal JT.CO. and street commissioner $f.oo -Total. S60 per annum. City engineer $730 per annum, a reduction of $4:f, $1.200 having been the salary. City attorney JT.PO per annnm. I'atrolmen Lach. $?oo per annum. Central station firemen F.ach. $'.''0 0 per annum. Secretary, city roam or neaitn $20 a per annum. Members city board of health:0 1 er annum. An ordinance establishing the office of assistant marshal was adopted, th.e salary not to exceed $500 per annum. imcttui: or kaisi:k. Harry Hollenhiugh of this city, a member of the crew of a l. S. destroer doin patrol duty aloes the

" win.,, i "It is the president's greatest message. It is very, very timely." Sen. Chamberlain of Oregon: "It states concretely all we are lighting for. It states it so plainly that he who runs may read." Some Things Ivirhy Opposes. Sen. Kirhy of Arkansas: "It was a great message dealing with stupendous things, hut there are some things the president mentions we cannot a fiord to fight for." Sen. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey: "It was a great message and covers the entire situation well." Sen. Ashurst of Arizona: "The message was timely, luminous, specific and clear. No one may now inriner pretend to douut what America's purposes are." Sen. Simmons of North Carolina: "It is the strongest message a president has ever made. I don't know whether it will have any effect on Germany but it will have great effect in the peace loving world, ami will reflect on Germany." Sen. Kenyon of Iowa: "It wa.: a remarkable message." Sen. Curtis of Kansas: "A tine message." Sen. Harding of Ohio: "It was a message which places us square toed in facing a world in tumult." Atlantic coast and who is here on a short furlough, has in his possession a magnificent painting of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, which he procured while the interned German liner Kronprinz Wilhelm was undergoing repairs at an Atlantic port. The boat, Mr. Hollenbaugh says, was luxuriously furnished. Ti:.rm:it .c(riTTi:n. Miss Grace Wiant, a former Noble county teacher, was acquitted in the Allen circuit court on the charge of inflicting injuries upon a pupil in the Auburn schools. Denver Iiarnes, the boy's father, brought the suit in the Dekalb cir cuit court and the to Allen county on ue. cast wa taken change of venxohm: COUNTY m.xkkiagi: LKTTNsrs. Noble county marriage licenses were granted ns follows at Albion: IJernard Sylvester Anile, Ligonier, machinist, il; Lessie Lorinda Johnson. Ligonier. 1C. Roy Ernest Stark. Goshen, woodworker, 31; Mabel Florence Gay, Cromwell. 2S. ciiAXGr. at rim: station. Under the new city administration a change has been made at the central lire station. Jesse Delcamp, who was employed as a iireman. having been dismissed. The force now consistof the following: William H. Champion. chief; John McC'aren. Harvey Wohlford, A. K. Tully and A. Welty. Kach man is paid $9 Co per year, the chief getting $140 additional. to 111 -tain srii:i:iNTi:Ni)irT. It is understood the water works anil light committee of the common council, Messrs. Yoder, Hoovens and Manrow. will retain V. A. Harding as superintendent of the municipal water and light plant. The salary of the superintendent at this time i $2.4oi per annum. (HAND jriiY to ii:ijr. The Kosciusko county grand jury has been ordered to report at Warsaw Wednesday to investigate the charge against George Ilartholomew of Milford, who has been confined In the jail here since his wife s found murdere-d in her home

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