The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 8, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 24 June 1920 — Page 2

LBBT PI i • 11 n -J • A Ate ’■/ av.vaw.wa>. s ’ I—View of the San Francisco Auditorium, where the Democratic national convention will be held. 2— -Vitrimont, the first reconstructed town in France, rebuilt by Americans. 3—William A. Colston, director of the 'new finance bureau of the interstate commerce commission.

NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS No Startling Features in Aftermath of the Republican Convention.. • I _____ ■ BUTLER INCIDENT SURPRISES National Interest Soon to Center In San Francisco—Leading Candj. dates and Their Strength— Bolshevism in Crisis— of Nations Weakening. By E. F. CLIPSON. The aftermath of the Republican national convention has been somewhat routine as aftermaths of that sort go. The usual congratulations have been extended to the winners with evidences of good sportsmanship and pledges of party'fealty on the part of the near winners. Inasmuch as victory fell to “the right or conservative wing of the party some digruntlement was to be j expected from the left or progressive i wing, but so far. this has not been J manifested to an unusual degree. Progressive candidates and leaders prominent in the convention, have with a few exceptions, maintained silence, and the assumption is that they are in seclusion, receiving first aid treatment for their wounds. Talk of a bolt is hot nearly so voluminous as it was following the convention of 1916, and is not receiving serious consideration. This is not merely opinion, but a fact gleaned from the news of the day. Several eminent Progressives, notably Senator Kenyon of lowa qnd Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, climbed into the band wagon within 24 hours after the convention. As a rule losers are treated sympathetically and charitably, but this fight has developed the unusual spectacle of one of the minor contenders venting his spleen upon the campaign and supporters of one of the big figures among the defeated. Nicholas Murray Butler, head of Columbia university, who evidently assumed that because the New York delegation supported him in the convention he was the boss of that state, has attacked the forces of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood as boodlers and stock gamblers who attempted to buy the presidency. He refrains from any attack on General Wood personally and indeed adopts a patronizing attitude toward that gentleman. General Wood and his principal campaign contributor, Col. William Cooper Procter, a man not associated in the public mind with stock gamblers, but rather as an affluent and somewhat prosaic manufacturer of a soap that floats, have come back characteristically and vitriolically. The burden of their reply is to the effect that Mr. Butler is a fakir who would not be able to recognize the truth if he had it under a magnifying glass. In the use of forceful and searing words it must be acknowledged that they have the better of the argument. The incident is the only discordant note that has so far developed in the band wagon and the only thing out of the ordinary in convention aftermaths. The bulk of opin-< ion as expressed in dispatches and editorials is that college* presidents may be men of much book “lamin’ ” and high ideals, but frequently very short on political wisdom. Palpitant national interest now shifts to the Democratic conclave at San Francisco. All indications are that while there will be less) external heat than at Chicago, internal forces, fires and ambitions will provide quite as much combustion. Among those reasonably certain to be placed in nomination are William G. McAdoo of New York, James M. Cox, governor of Ohio; A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general of the United States, Pennsylvania ; Robert L. Owen, senator from Oklahoma; Ediward I. Edwards, governor of New Jersey; Gilbert M. Hitchcock. senator from Nebraska; Hoke Smith, senator from Georgia, and John W. Davis, Virginia, ambassador to Grejft Britain. Vice President

TURKISH WOMEN MORE FREE War Has Brought About a Great Difference In the Treatment of the Sex. Constantinople.—Turkish women are no longer the shy, veiled creatures who passed their time in the seclusion of the harem and were never seen by foreign men. They still cling to the ▼ell. But the streets in Constantinople and other larger Turkish cities are filled with women who have their veils

Marshall, may in spite of his repeated refusals to go before the convention as a candidate for the presidency, be put in nomination by his friends. William J. Bryan is also a possibility although he has not made any positive statement as to his attitude toward the nomination. A theory which has considerable support is that McAdoo, Palmer and Cox will deadlock the San Francisco convention much as did Wood, Lowden and Johnson the one at Chicago, and that Marshall will loom as “the Harding of democracy.” He has the good will of both pro and anti-administra-tion forces in, the party and his own state —Indiana—is expected tQ support him in the convention just as Ohio supported Harding. Many who believe that the election will hinge on Industrial and economic problems, regard Cox as the logical Shinn. They also believe that the fact of his coming from the same “pivotal” state as Harding will be an advantage. Their chief claim for his strength is his record while governor of Ohio as an advanced proponent of labor and social legislation. McAdoo’s support-ers-rely upon his record as administrator of the treasurj’ department and the railroads and his other varied activities during the war, and minimize the effects of the title “Crown Prince” which detractors have placed upon him as the son-in-law and political heir of the president. Palmer, while not so strong with labor as some of the other candidates and who is also looked upon with suspicion by some of the prohibitionists, is probably, next to McAdoo, regarded most favorably by the administration. He relies considerably upon his record as custodian during the war of alien property and later as attorney general. That it will be an interesting convention is certain. And they do say that an effort will be made to get a wet. or at least moist, plank into the platform, which assures that Mr. Bryan will be heard from. Most of the talk of a third party in the campaign is centered in the announcement of the “Committee of For-ty-eight" of an intention to meet in Chicago July 10 to nominate candidates for president and vice president and formulate a platform. Inasmuch as this committee is made up of individuals who must be,classed as the extreme left wing of all parties, fervent radicals so to speak, it must rely for its support upon the discontented elements of other parties. It remains to be seen whether this would draw more largely from one of the old parties than the other. In a questionnaire sent out by the committee which netted 21.000 replies, It is stated that Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin was far ahead as a choice for the presidential nomination. Bolshevism in Russia appears to be marshaling Its forces for one grand smash to prevent going to smash under the dlsintegratng forces at home. The military machine organized by Trotzky, the erstwhile reporter on a Jewish newspaper in New York, is said to number 1,500.000 men. It has swept Kolchak, Semenoff and Denikine, good fighters and strategists, from its path. Poland alone is its only barrier against western Europe and the Poles are at death grips with it In the Pripet district and along the Beresina river. Trotzky’s success has been due to the impressment of the military brains of the czaristic regime into his cause. They were offered the alternative of giving their aid or suffering extinction. The Poles have withdrawn from the Kiev region under the pressure of 33 red divisions. In the Caucasus bolshevist agents are organizing resistance to the influence of England a’ France. An expert in assassinate has been sent to counsel and intrigue with the Persians. In India the bolshevik poison has been working for many months. In London Krassin, the bolshevist emlssa)ry, is negotiating for peace and trade. Poland’s peace terms, offered weeks ago, have not borne fruit Russia appears to be the key of the world .situation but the nations do not know how to use it On the other side of the picture comes the news that anti-bolshevik forces under General Wrangel have achieved Important successes on the Crimean front and are moving northward from the Crimea and Sea of Azov

thrown back from their faces. They are highly ornamental and becoming. Most Turkish women don’t want to abandon them in favor of hats. But’ there are many sorts of veils, and the smart ‘black silk veils which some of the women wear are very fetching when draped artistically over their hair. In the railway and street cars there are special seats for women, but the flimsy curtains which are supposed to screen them from the gaze of men are usually drawn back and it is not on*

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in three strong parallel columns. But more important is the information that all Russia Is ready to revolt against the tyranny of the bolshevists, their rotten government and the breaking ot promises by Lenine. The ignorant peasantry and workingmen, easy to fool and slow to awake, are coming to a realization that the Idealistic principles of their present rulers which, promised them a heaven on earth, are taking them to the opposite destination and that they are oppressed by militarism and dictatorship worse than the despotism against which they revolted. These conditions will inevitably create an explosion. It seems probable that the world’s use of the Russian key will be determined by the Russian people themselves. Japan proclaims sincerity in being willing to negotiate with China for the return to that nation of the Shantung peninsula. The peace treaty gave the German rights in Shantung to Japan. A note to China from Japan says she is willing to accomplish restoration and is anxious to enter negotiations to that end. China is requested to expedite the organization of a police force for the Shantung railroad to per* mit the withdrawal of x Japanese troops. This attitude of Japan in view of all that has been said about the Shantung question is surprising and International circles are wondering if some hitch will not appear in the direct negotiations. Inability of the council of the League of Nations which recently closed a session in London to afford relief to the Persian situation causes grave fears in certain English circles that the league will suffer an early demise. The council was convened on the request of Persia to deal with bolshevist aggression at Enzeli. After a session of three days the council was forced to admit that it could do nothing. It was the first case under article X by which the powers are pledged to united action in defending the territory of league members against aggression. In effect the council’s advice to Persia was to open direct negotiations for settlement with the soviet government In the house of commons Andrew Bonar Law, government spokesman, stated that Great Britain would not Increase its military commitments in Mesopotamia and Persia but would on the contrary reduce them to decrease expenditures. The recent resignation of four European cabinets —the Italian, Polish, Hungarian and Austrian —is significant of the difficulty being experienced in adapting politics and economic conditions to the peace terms. The relchstag elections in Germany have produced a cabinet snarl which will be bard to unravel. Indications are that these crises will continue as the political situation in none of the countries has crystalized to a sufficient extent to furnish effective working majorities behind the cabinets. According to predictions by leaders among ex-service men, the convention of the American Legion scheduled to take place in Cleveland. 0.. September 27, 28 and 29. while nonpolitical in character, will rival in national interest the Republican and Democratic conventions, ft is to be a grand rally of war veterans tn which issues vital to the United States and all its people are to be considered. The assertion is made that there will be no “pussyfooting” on critical problems by the direct representatives of more than 2,000,000 fighting men and other millions who share their views. No news of important disorders in Mexico has come to hand of late and observers of that situation expressThes view that the revolution has produced a real period of quiet This no doubt is largely due to the fact that the Mexican people are tired out for the time being and if they do not propose to have permanently settled conditions are satisfied to let matters rest until the various factions can gain a second wind. But there is more -optimism in reports than at any time during the past seven years. People are said to be returning to work and only in Chihuahua where Villa is operating is there any great amount of unrest. The present government is pledged to get Villa dead or alive.

common to see men standing in the compartments for women. Only a very few old men, however, are rash enough to sit down in the same seat with a woman. Turkish women seldom go to a theater where there are men. Special performances are arranged for women only. The war has done much to break down the barrier between Turkish men and women. The women were needed so badly as nurses and relief workers that the government had to avail Itself of their services.

PROBLEMS FACING STRICKENWORLD Shall Chaos or Reconstruction in Europe Follow the Great World War? BOLSHEVIKS FETTER LIBERTY Theories Leaders of the Movement Lay Down and Put Into Practice, Fly in the Face of All Human Experience. Article XXIII. By FRANK COMERFORD. All the fvorld except the bolshevik rulers of Russia is old-fashioned —behind the times. We still cling to the old superstition that the people should be the sovereigns, that public officials are public servants, that the safest plan of government is that form .of government which is nearest to the people. In the United States each citizen has one vote. He has a vote for the men who make the local laws, the city or village ordinances; a vote for the man who enforces the ordinances, the mayor; a vote for the representatives in the state legislature, where the laws are made; for the governor, who enforces the state laws; a vote for the congressmen and senators who enact the national laws and formulate the national policies; a vote for the president, who carries out the supreme law of the land. While it is true that in the case of the president, we vote for electors who elect the president, there has not been a single case wherein an elector has voted other than he was instructed by the people. We come together in political parties, present platforms, and every citizen has a chance to register his opinion of men and measures. The citizen has a right to vote at primary elections and register his choice for the party candidates and for the delegates to the conventions which formulate the party platforms. Bolshevik Argument Unbound. The bolsheviks point out. that political parties do not live up to their platforms; that candidates for office default in their promises after they are elected; that representative; democracy is frequently not representative of. and responsive to the people. We know that tiiere is some truth in this criticism, but we knew that it is our fault. We have the power to express our wants, to record our will. We also have the power to punish our betrayal. We can recall from office recreant public servants; we can add to our legislation and take over the power to initiate laws, and compel the reference of legislation back to the people before it can become operative as law. Our public officials are only our agents; we hire them, we pay them; we can fire them, disgrace them and punish them if they fail to obey our Instructions. Such is cur power. If we do not use the power intelligently and effectively it is our fault If we are indifferent to the rights we possess and fail to use them, the fault is with us. Therefore* we do not condemn a system of representative gov-' ernment because some of the individuals who make up the government are unfit and unworthy of the rights they enjoy. The bolsheviks appear to favor a change in the method of governing the people. The plan they have adopted is based on the theory that the people must not be trusted, but that the officeholders can. Bolshevism is government from the top down, rather than from the bottom up. They seem to go on the theory that power delegated through many hands will lose its corruption just as running water does. This political theory flies in the face of all human experience. Bolshevist “Joker.” In our numbers we have a figure which for many years has enjoyed a peculiar reputation; it is the “jester" of numbers. It is the number “23!” It is known in American slang as “skiddoo.” The bolsheviks inserted in the constitution a joker, and oddly enough they gave it the “skiddoo” number, “23.” It is found in Article 2 of the constitution: “Being guided by the interest of the working class as a whole, the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic deprives all individuals and groups of all rights which could be utilized by them to the detriment of the socialist revolution.” Here is the big beware sign in the constitution. What does it mean; what fears must come into the minds of men and women in Russia when they read this paragraph? The constitution deprives every one, individually and collectively, of exercising any rights he or they may have which are opposed to bolshevism. Did tyranny ever Impose a more arbitrary, jautocratic ukase? The paragraph concedes that individuals and groups have rights, and then commands the people not to dare use those rights, if their exercise might be detrimental to the Lenine-Trotsky government. The right to voice thoughts is sentenced to silence. Freedom of opinion is crushed. Who is to determine what rights, if exercised, might be detrimental to a socialist revolution? The meaning is as plain as the command is stern. Fall in line with bolshevism or perish, is the order. If you disagree with our plans and methods, “be seen but not heard.”

Poor Picker They were discussing the raising of children at the chamber of commerce show recently and Dr. Maude Wiley, In charge of the Welfare league, told an amusing story. Seems the little girl had been spanked by her father for disobeying. With tears running down her cheeks she ran to her mother, crying, “I think papa’s perfectly horrid. Was he the only man you could getF

I wonder what our good friends, the militant soup boxers, who shout about freedom of speech, would think and say if in these days of unrest the congress of the United States and the president should make such a pronouncemenL America, *iadical and» conservative, would rise in protest against any such law. We live, grow and progress as a people because of our freedom of thought, speech and action. Os course, we silence the man who criminally advocates lawlessness, and we do it for the same reason that we arrest the man who spits on the sidewalk. It is to conserve the public welfare, the common good of the great majority who do not believe in violence and disorder. What would happen to our “Red” agitators if they were in Russia today instead of in the United States, and ventured a single disagreement with the bolshevik program, either in policy or methods? This constitutional provision is not a muffler on free speech, it is a gag. What freedom can there be in a country in which opinion is shackled? How can a nation make progress except by the conflict and friction of opinion? In the United States, experience has taught us that the majority is generally right, that the many can be trusted. We have put into practice the Idea that many heads are better than one. The bolshevik constitution launches the policy that wisdom can only come from a few minds —the fewer, the better. This is the method they adopted to socialize freedom of thought, freedom of speech It means a communism of ideas, but a very limited communism. In fact, limited to the “Holy Seventeen,” and the oracledictator. The people are outside the circumference of this communism. In their zone communism commands obedience and silence. The humarf race has fought many a fine fight to take the fetters from the minds of men, and no fight was ever made for a more essential liberty. When the mind of man is not free, what freedom can there be? The jailing of the body, serious as it is, is only a small interference with man’s liberty compared with the imprisonment of his mind. This constitutional clamp muzzles the press. Notwithstanding all the criticism which may be justly made against the press, the fact remains that the newspapers of the world have been a great force for good, a great power in securing freedom. We see the world through the eyes of the newspapers; it is our source of information; we depend upon it for the facts upon which we base our opinions. Notwithstanding the bitter partisan character of the press, few papers know party lines or party prejudice when the public interest is menaced. The press has thrown the searchlight of terrible publicity on the ratholes and driven out the political rats. The freedom of the press is indispensable to free government. Lenine’s Change of Heart. Lenine, before he came into power, was the loudest voice in Russia, crying fob free speech. His pen had been most bitter against interference .with the freedom of the press. In his pamphlet, “Lessons of Revolution,” he wrote: “The printing establishments of the labor press are raided. The bolsheviks are arrested, not infrequently without accusation, or on the pretext of charges which are simply calumnious. “It may be argued that the prosecution of the bolsheviks is by no means a violation of free speech, since only certain persons on specific charges are thus prosecuted. But such arguments bear the earmarks of premeditated untruth. For why should printing offices be raided, newspapers suppressed, for the crimes of individuals, even if these crimes are proven and sustained by law? It would be altogether different if the government declared criminal the entire bolshevik party, its ideas and views. But everyone knows ■ ‘that the government of. free Russia never could, and indeed never attempted to do anything of the kind.’ ” Lenine coming into power, wrote into the constitution a new crime. He declared all opposition to the bolshevik program a crime. On this high moral ground he struck down freedom of thought, freedom of sjieech, freedom of opinion and freedom of the press. In the language of a great radical, the time will come when the silence of the people of Russia will be more powerful than the voices throttled by the bojshevik gag today. (Copyright. 1920, Western Newspaper Union) Message for Today. By far the greater part of the suffering and crime which exist at this moment in civilized Europe arises simply from people not understanding this truism—not knowing that produce or wealth is eternally connected by the laws of heaven and earth with resolute labor; but hoping in some way to cheat or abrogate this everlasting law of life, and to feed where they have not furrowed, and be warm where they have not woven. I repeat, nearly al] our misery and crime result from this one misapprehension. —Ruskin. French to Pay More for Bread. Joseph J. B- E. Moulens, French minister of provisions, announced to the credit committee of the chamber of deputies that the government would advance the price of wheat to millers from 43 to 75 francs a metric hundredweight and of flour to 91 francs, the government ceasing to absorb the difference in price. This will raise the price of a two-pound loaf of bread in Paris from 55 to 90 centimes and in the provinces from 60 centimes to 95 centimes.

Explaining “Yankee” Yankee “was a cant, favorite word with farmer Jonathan Hastings of Cambridge about 1713. ... A. Yankee good horse, or Yankee cider and the like. . . . The students (of Harvard) used to hire horses of him; their intercourse with him, and his use of the term on all occasions, led. them to adopt it”—Will Gordon, “Independence of United States,” volume 1, letter 12, page 482.

Indiana Brevities

Mishawaka, has a population of 15,195, an increase of 3,309 or 27.8 per cent. Raspberries have appeared on the Petersburg market, selling at 35 cents a quart. The crop will be large. The early blackberries are beginning to ripen and the crop will exceed that of last year. W. C. Purdum, judge of the Howard circuit court, died suddenly at his home in Kokomo, following an attack of indigestion. He was fifty-nine years of age, and had been a resident of the county since the early seventies. George I. Christie, superintendent of the agricultural extension department of Purdue university at Lafayette has been appointed director of the agricultural experiment station 1 at the institution. He succeeds C. G. Woodbury, who resigned recently. Claude Johnson and Clyde Overman, fanners df Hamilton county have made assignments for the benefit of their creditors. Clyde Clark has been appointed trustee for Johnson, whose assets are said to be $25,000 and liabilities $40,000. Bailey Hawkins has been appointed trustee for Overman, whose assets are given at $35,000 and liabilities at $30,000. David Harris, a constable who has been connected with justice of peace courts in Alexandria for more than 62 years, has handed his resignation to the county clerk. He says his salary is not sufficient to meet the 4>lgh cost of living demands. Mr. Harris was connected with the first court established in Monroe township. He expects to enter business for himself. Hoosier farmers have practically completed their seeding and plowing and now are turning to alfalfa cutting and the rye harvest, says, George C. Bryant, field agent for the co-op-erative crop reporting service, in his weekly summary of crop conditions. His summary reads in part: “All farm work made good progress during the week. Plowing and seeding is practically all completed.” Indiana cities which are manufacturing more ice than they need are being called on by Stanley Wyckoff, fair price commissioner for Indiana, to provide ice for cities now facing ice famines, Mr. Wyckoff has announced. He has turned his office into a clearing house to receive reports of shortages and surpluses so that ice manufactured in the state may be distributed as equitably as possible. The jury in the) Brockway manslaughter case, returned a verdict finding the defendant, Dr. Charles J. Brockway, guilty of invo*luntary manslaughter as charged. The crime for which the physician stands convicted was the administration of a beating to his wife, Esther Burgman Brockway, at Lafayette on September 5. 1919, and the Infliction of wounds from which her constitution was broken down, causing her death from paralysis on October 21, 1919, at Jackson, O. Prof. George DeMuth, a government bee expert, is in Peru for a month taking care of his 200 colonies at his mother’s home south of Peru. Professor DeMuth says there is an abundance of honey and that prospects for a good crop during the next few months are excellent. Also the clover crop at present is productive and within a few weeks bjees will begin to gather great quantities of honey from the basswood trees which have more bloom on them now than in many years. Charges aggregating $2,663.33 against seven public officials in Dubois county are contained in reports the state board of accounts has made on the examinations of the offices by field examiners. Two of the reports are based on payments to nuns who taught In the public schools, contrary to law as interpreted by the state legal department. It is the understanding at the statehouse that powerful supporters of the nuns propose to carry the affair to the courts in hope of establishing that nuns have the right to teach In the Indiana public schools despite the law as now Interpreted. More than $2,000.0000 in wages was lost In the month of May in 194 mines in the vicinity of Terre Haute. Miners could have earned that amount If the minrs had operated steadily .according to a report made public. Labor trouble, which caused the mines to shut down, was responsible for a loss of .$399,613 figured on a basis of $1 a ton. There was a loss of $1,715,131 on account of car shortage. Wages were decreased $Bl,713 by breakdowns in mining machinery. The total number of tons of coal produced wa« 1.404..687, while the full time capacity is 3,601.144 tons or more than twice the amount produced. The percentage of time worked was 43.6. / The car shortage was responsible for more than half of tjie time lost Cutting of wheat in Vanderburg county is expected to start in a few days. Many fields are about ready for the binder. The crop looks considerably better than it did a month or six weeks ago. The acreage this year is not much more than one-half what it was last year. George Schwanden age twenty, was sentenced at Anderson to a life term In the Indiana state prison at Michigan City for the murder of Joseph Kendall, who was killed at Elwood on the night of March 30 and robbed of $l5O. The Cass County Chamber of Commerce sent a request to the state board of health at Indianapolis to send a health officer to Logansport to take charge of the typhoid situatlofl that has developed in Shultztown, a part of Logansport. Many cases of the disease have been reported within the last few weeks and several deaths have resulted. Cass county wool growers will ship their wool to a Chicago firm. Bidders for the wool for delivery in Logansport failed to give the price asked by the fanners.

The wool clip of Fulton county will be held for better prices. It is said the price of wpol has dropped 60 per cent in the last two weeks. Dr. George R. Grose, president of DePauw university at Greencastle, at the annual commencement exercises of the university announced gifts to the Institution during the year totaling $411,045. Shelby county wool growers' have decided to maintain their wool pool until a better price can be obtained. The wool growers named a special committee to take charge of the sale.' The farmers will store the wool in burlap bags on their farms. H. S. Sadler, living in Kentucky south of Evansville, has sold his tobacco crop raised on 20 acres of ground for $7,500. Vanderburg county farmers are having trouble with aphids, commonly known as plant lice. The insects are attacking the rose bushes, shrubs and fruit trees. Miss Sophia Marchant, for more than forty-seven years a teacher in the public schools of Richmond, has resigned and will return tb her girlhood home, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. In addition to her long service in the schools of Richmond, Miss Marchant has been prominent in women's club work. According, to a decision of Hancock wool growers, their wool will be consigned to the National Wool & Ware-; house Storage company of Chicago. The company agrees to receive, grade, store, assume all risk, sell and ship the wool to the purchaser at a cost of three cents a pound to the producer, which includes storage for five months 1* necessary. The wool will be shipped in early July. Five of seventy-eight men indicted on charges of conspiracy to violate the Reed amendmentby transporting liquor illegally from Henderson, Ky., to Evansville, were found guilty by a jury In the federal court at Indianapolis. They are Edgar Schmitt, chief of the Evansville police department; Abe and Moses Klyman, wholesale liquor dealers; Andrew Freidle, police Captain, and -Fred Ossenburf, politician. All are residents of Evansville. Tipecanoe county thrashermen at a meeting recently adopted a new price schedule, which is slightly higher than last year's scale. The prices set are as follows: Rye, 10 cents a bushel; wheat, 8 cents; oats, 4 cents, and clover seed, $3. Last year's prices were: Rye, 8 cents; wheat, 7 cents; oats, .3 cents; and clover seed $2.50. The thrashermen say that the crop outlook in the County is poor and that labor employed in the operation of thrashing machines is scarce. The state highway commission has decided that it will advance to contractors building state, highways 100 percent of the contract price a mile on the completion of each mile of road. The advance is not to be regarded as final until the whole is completed. Heretofore the limit was 80 per cent. The change was effected after a conference the*- commission held; with contractors who have been conferring on the subject. The commission declined to lower gravel standards as proposed. An organization, to be known as the White River Valley Flood Control association, was perfected at a meeting held in Washington of farmers from Daviess, Knox, Greene, Owen, Pike and Gibson counties. It proposes to straighten White river from Worthington to its mouth near Mount Carmel, 111., and thereby save the crops on 200,000 acres of southern Indiana river bottom land that are menaced by floods several times every year. Each county is to have four representatives, Including the county vice chairman, at district meetings of the association, with one vote for each county. Frank B. McEllfcy of Hammond, who was defeated according to election reat the recent primary for the nomination for state senator from Lake county on the Republican ticket by a margin of twenty votes in favor of C. O. Holmes of Gary, and who contested the election returns, has been declared the winner by a majority of 78 over Holmes in the judicial recount of the ballots. The recount of ballets showed McElroy to have received 4.3.11 votes in the county as against 4,253 votes cast for Holmes. Two entire precincts in the county were thrown out by the commissioners because the election clerks had failed to write their initials on the ballots. Because of the high price of imported vegetables, a movement has been started at South Bend to organize a garden truck company which will also handle hothouse vegetables durIng the winter. The proposed company will probably be beaded by Byron B. Miller, city sealer of tveights and measures, who -also has charge of the public market In that city. The St. Joseph County Holstein Breeders’ association has started a movement for the organization of Holstein calf clubs in St. Joseph and adjoining counties. The association will also conduct public sales of Holstein cattle, the first of which will take place on the Notre Dame farm October 15-20. Between 60 and 100 head will be offered for sale at that time. All members of the faculty of the Indiana State Normal school, eastern division, were rfc-elected for terms of fifteen years at a meeting of the board of trustees of the school held in Muncie. Professor T. J. Breitwieser was named dean, temporarily, to take the place of Professor W. O. Lynch, who Is head of the history department at the school, and who is to be away on leave of absence. The board .of trustees of the Indiana reformatory, in session as a parole court, granted parole to 42 of the inmates out of 53 eligible. Public utilities In Indiana need SBB.000000 for extensions and improvements within the next five years in order to protect the Hoosier public and give It vitally needed service, it was announced by Ppul P. Haynes of Indianapolis, a member of the state public service commission. The Sandusky-Portland Cement company at Syracuse is spending $150,00(5 to equip the plant for the manufacture of cement from limestone instead of marl. Great quantities of limestone will be shipped to Syracuse from ’ Logansport and other Indiana towns.