The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 11, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 15 July 1920 — Page 4

Lipton Entertains Wounded Soldiers ~wwr SL :■ r mF HP* •>. WllBs» Skills IF'* *F ?JB 3sW\ ‘ OWfe' >' ? t WIWMB &■«■'> ; rlUßmi W F |KI 4 z Hsr *’ > ■' '" ~' e '/ -j/^ 7 // /f/J / / > fe& 4Z ' Veßtern Newspaper Scene on board Sir Thomas yacht in New York harbor; when he entertained a group of ex-service men wounded in the great war." After festivities they all voted Sir Thomas “A Regular Good Fellow.

Great Host of Elks Invade Chicago sxxv ;., £« 1 ~ .-'\WWr •’ &W- Wl' u y •>• IM" JMife- <rc£wPlw >OS«¥-• « r-« ».;:S»- JML~- ■. flfcl gyAr^w7Affy' nAarSLiIJH CTw‘^<wir-' ; Bwfll Mm I iW lIBh—WHBF : ' ■• ■ ; - I '''•.. 4 ; *: • M.>re than 200,000 were attracted to Chicago by the annual convention of the Brotherhood of Elks. It was the greatest affair of the kind in the history of the order. The entertainment features provided were elaborate and varied.

. Tuning Up Lipton’s Challenger ggVr* J rImL Ii :- ml I • ii u \ ■ / 1 1 tJMrWw' V 1.-;.:. Hoisting the sails on the Shamrock IV before the start of one of the trial races off Sandy Hook, N. J.

Police Rifle Team in Action ' WHO IJIbIB! i .- »■ y ; Jk>||| wl ‘ ? • ;; wW*Sjf? One of the rifle squads of the police rifle team of the New York police department in action. These men spent several weeks in training at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.

WORTH KNOWING Color blindness is more common Among educated than among uneducated people. India has perhaps a greater variety of plants than any other country in the world, having 1,500 native species, or about 50 per cent more than is embraced in , the flora of the whole of Europe. The cinnabar mines of Almadon, Spain, where grea£ quantities of vermilion are produced, have been worked for more than 300 years. Thb first Korean woman to receive a medical degree in America was Dr. Esther Kim Pak, who was graduated from the Woman’s Medical college of Baltimore in 1900. Os European Invention is an automatic transmitter key for radio telegraphy by which a ship can call up a shore station equipped with a corresponding selective receiver relay even (f no operator be on duty.

•Statistics show that more persons commit suicide on Tuesday than on any other day of the week. Asbestos Is feathery as eiderdown and can be spun or woven. An ounce has been spun into a string more than 100 yards long. Fifty men, all of them blinded in the war, engaged in a spirited boat race the other day over the famous Thames river course in England. Danzig authorities will teach geography and ethnology in the schools with motion pictures, adding other subjects if the experiment succeeds. lowa State college experiments have developed a house with an arrangement of doors and windows that makes it suitable for hogs at all seasons of the year. Tandem axle construction on a new heavy motortruck allows the use of four small tires on the back .of the machine Instead of two large ones and lessens the weight to be lifted when a tire is to be chapgedr

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“LOT’S WIFE” <tQ JOE Sw ffi’OEvly A lb L> - “Lot’s Wife,” a huge pillar of salt on the shore of the Dead Sea, so named, from the biblical story of the wife of Lot who was turned to a pillar of salt for looking back while fleeing from the city of Sodom which was being destroyed by Are. The pillar is natural and is visited by thousands every year. MRS. C.OX AND HER BABE |.’/ '■£ fO I * ~ An interesting study of Mrs. James MrkCox, wife of„ the Democratic candidate for presidents and her little daughter, Anne. When not engaged with the care of her child, Mrs. Cox devotes her time to a vegetable and flower garden with which she has had great success. Practice Diligence. Let every man that hath a calling be diligent in pursuance of its employment, so as not lightly or without reasonable occasion to neglect it in any of those times which are usually, and by the custom of prudent persons and good husbands, employed in it. —Jeremy Taylor, “And Daughter.” Signs with the addition “and daugh-. ter” can be seen in London almost as often as the older “and son” partner- . ships. •_

MAY SOLVE PROBLEM WAR DEPARTMENT’S GENERAL PLAN TO REDUCE THE COST OF LIVING. TO BOOST MERCHANT MARINE Institution to Be Built Up Under New Law—Plan to Meet Competition— Preferential Treatment Provided— Board Directed to Determine Lines. By JAMES P. HORNADAY Washington. — Restoration of the days when the great of the country teemed with boats, barges and tugs is the avowed object of the war department, which, under the terms of the transportation act of 1920, was given control of the government water transportation facilities on the inland waterways. Revival of this mode of transportation on a substantial scale was begun by the railroad administration whil§ the world waF was on. Clogging of rail transportation turned attention to the necessity for doing more than talking about using the waterways and the government began spending several millions of "dollars on waterway equipment. The reports of the director general of railroads shows that approximately .$14,000,000 was expended. The war department is now operating barge services on the New York state Barge canal and the Mississippi and Warrior rivers. The people of the state of New York olHj'Ct to the federal barge service canal and appealed to| congress to order the war department to get off that waterway, but congress adjourned recently without taking (final action on the request, although the senate did pass a joint resolution which had been introduced by i Senator Wadsworth of New York. The house, hbwever, did not act onr the resolution. The contention of the people of New York is that the federal service eliminates private competition. The service on the Mississippi river Jb< ween; St. Louis and New Orleans no doubt involves the most auspicious part of the governments- program in rehabilitating the use of the inland waterways. By this service shippers -through the Mississippi valley are enabled to consign freight to points along the river at tariff rates which are generally 20 per cent less than rail charges for similar services. The time required for passage from St. Louis to New Orleans is six days, according to the war department, while the up-river trip consumes on an average fifteen days. It is pointed out, hpwever, that the regularity with which the sailings are maintained makes the actual time in transit between the shipper and consignee average approximately the equivalent of that required by the railroads. Plans for combined rail and water twminals are l>eing studied. The ddGlared purpose of that branch of the department which is giving its attention to the matter is that the federal barge service shall be made serviceable and profitable. Extension of Shipping Laws, The provisions giving preferential tjreatment to American vessels relate to extension of the coastwise shipping laws to the Philippines and other island possessions and territories of the united Spates, to the granting of lower yail rates on commodities carried to Or away from the United States in vessels documented under the laws of the United States; to the president being authorized and directed to abrogate commercial treaties which restrict the right of the United States to impose discriminating customs duties on imports entering the United States and also to Impose discriminating tonnage dues on vessels, and finally, to prohibition of the transportation of merchandise between points in the United States, by water or by land and water, via a foreign port, except in vessels documented under the laws of the United States. The effect of the above provisions, if they are enforced, win be that a vast amount of cargo will be available for vessels documented under the laws of the United States. Wide power is also given the shipping bqard to deny entry to ports of the United States foreign ; vessels whosb owners are found guilty of unlawful discrimination against American vessels. Shipping Bodrd to Be Busy. Congress declared in the law for private ownership and operation of the American merchant marine and eventually—unless the law is changed —that will come to pass, but as far as the next few years are concerned, the shipping board will be very busfly engaged in the actual operation cf ships owned or controlled by it. The board is authorized and directed to sell the vessels built during and after the war by the government, but there is no time limit set in which this shall be accomplished. The direct command of congress on the subject is that the board shall sell the ships “as soon as practicable, consistent with good business methods.” Out of funds derived from the sale and operation of vessels the board may set aside annually for five years $25,000,000 for the creation of a “construction loan fund," out of which money may be lent to private individuals to aid them in building ships. Another provision designed to strengthen the merchant marine is that relating to the carriage of mail

' FISHtNG. . To dream of fishing is a sign of happiness, if with pole and line, small in degree; if with nets, much greater. If you catch any fish by either method it’s a sign of success, in proportion to the manner of catching. To dream of a fish pond is a sign of good fortune; of a fish bone, of Illness, of a fin, of poverty. To be surrounded by many fishermen signifies great good luck and remarkable success in your undertakings.—Chicago Herald and Examiner.

in American vessels, where nracticable, and at rates of compensation to be fixed by the postmaster-general and the board. To Operate Under New Law. A thoroughly American merchant marine will be built up under the terms of the new -merchant marine law which congress put through just before it took recent adjournment, according to Admiral W. S. Benson, ch&lwnan of the United States shipping board. The outstanding feature of the new law is that preferential treatment is provided for vessels documented under the laws of the United States. Such provisions, according to Admiral Benson and Senator Wesley Jones of Washington, chairman of the senate commerce committee, are absolutely essential if American vessels are to hold their own against foreign competition. Congress declared in the law that “it is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant m trine of the best equipped and most s’ .itable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, ultimately to be owned and operated privately by citizens of the United States; and it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to do whatever may be necessary to develop and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine, and, in; so far as may not be Inconsistent with the express provisions of this act, the United States shipping board shall, in the disposition of vessels and shipping property as hereinafter provided, in the making of rules and regulations, and in the administration of the shipping laws keep always in view this purpose and object as the primary end to be attained.” About Same Shipping Time. An important provision of the law is that authorizing and directing the shipping board, the membership of which is increased from five to seven, to determine what steamship lines should be established from the United States to foreign ports or in the coastwise trade and to establish such rcuites through private individuals or COTipanies if possible and otherwise to operate such lines itself until private operation thereof becomes feasible. On the Warrior river in Alabama the army is maintaining an important service between the coal, fields of Alabama and Mobile and New Orleans. The principal movement over the New York state barge canal is the transportation of grain between the Great Lakes and the port of New York. ( In all of these services the war department has announced that it will have a total of IGS barges and tow boats in operation during the summer of 1920, aggregating a cargo capacity of 141,450 tons. This equipment is all new and has been designed and constructed particularly to meet navigational and traffic requirements of the locations In which it will operate. The equipment includes self-propell-ed barges which are capable of carrying upwards of 400 tons of cargo, at the same time towing loaded barges. The war department believes that development of the use of those inland waterways which are suitable for navigation will be an Important factor In reducing 'the cost of living. Study Combined Terminals. “The major part of the actual development of the navigable rivers and harbors has for the last century largely been carried out by the war department, so that it has been more intimately connected with waterways in general than any other single government bureau,” says the department. “In thus entering a field which is in a sense so far removed from actual military operations, the war department is giving to the government and to the nation concrete evidence of the desire of the new T army to become a potent factor in commercial as well as military achievement.” The position of the war department with respect to the operations on the New York state barge canal is that the government should be permitted to operate its equipment for the present season to demonstrate the practicability of that kind of transportation. It has made it clear that it does not wish to maintain the service on the canal permanently and that furthermore anyone mtfy operate boats on the canal which is free, being maintained by the state. Unless the president calls congress into special session, however, the war department will not be disturbed during the present season of navigation on the canal and will have the desired opportunity to show what it can accomplish in that service during the present season. To Increase Freight Rates. The decision of the Interstate commerce commission on the application of the railroads for increases in freight rates estimated to yield $1,017,000.000 annually is expected aUfcut August 1. No authoritative statement to that effect has come from the federal rate body, but If rates are to be increased—and it may be regarded as a foregone conclusion that there will be an advance in freight charges—it is regarded as practically certain that whatever increase the commission determines should be made will become effective September 1, 1920. That is the date on which the government guaranty to the railroads against an operating deficit ceases. The hearing on the application of the carriers for rate increases in the three classification territories of the country—3o per cent in the Eastern district, 31 per cent in the Southern and 24 per cent in the Western — began before the commission on May 24 and lasted through June. It was the

SKIM MILK GOOD FOOD. Som? persons imagine that when the cream Is taken from the top of milk the nourishment Is withdrawn. Skim milk used to be regarded as scarcely better than water. The fact is that though the fat is drawn off in the cream and it should not, therefore, be substituted for full milk in the diet of a child who gets fats in form, skim milk is as rich in iWbteln as is full milk, and is, therefore, for most purposes <;uite suitable.

Sgt itlr THE MORE THE MERRIER. “Maybe,” mused Senator Sorghum, “it would be a good thing to have hundreds of thousands more government employees.” “What for?” “So that statesmen who specialize on cutting down small salaries could make a more impressive showing as to the amount saved in the aggregate.” Serious Blunder. “Did you ever hear such an abject apology in your life?” “The salesman realizes that he was at fault.” “How so?” “He tried to sell a bricklayer the kind of shirts clerks, bookkeepers, editors and College professors wear.” OS <s°=- Z n UNDERSEA WIT. “Who has old Shark been fleecing now?” “Why the poor suckers, of course!” Spoiled It. To flattery susceptible, A lady once we knew; Being told she had a pretty chin Started acquiring two. Papa’s Opinion. “Marry that young snipe? Certainly not. He is only after your money, and he is, in my opinion, a fool.” “You are unjust father. Harold swears he would marry me if I had not a penny.” “Huh! Then he is even a greater fool than I thought him to be!” A Warhing. “If yo’-all fools around muh gal ary nudder time, sah, I’ll—” “Ca’m yo’sel’f, sah, ca’m yo’se’f! Fust thing yo’ knows yo’ll be making threats ag’ln me, and I won’t pay no ’tention to ’em. And then dess loogy at de “barrassment yo’ll feel!” Hard to Judge. “Has Blithersby a sense of humor?” “I don’t know whether he has or not,” replied Jobson. “But I am convinced of one thing.” “What is that?” “He’s never laughed enough at one of my jokes to justify me in asking him for a loan.” Financial Follow-Up. “Didn’t you say old Mr. Wadlelgh had a turn for thrift?” “It’s worse than that. It’s a gift.” “Yes?” “Why, he can take a dollar out of his pocket and tell you what it will be doing 20 years from now.” LITERALLY. Monk: Look at old kangaroo, he’s just hopping mad. On Strike. We all keep learning more or less Beneath experience’s rule. Just now some take too much recess, And don’t mind being late for school. Force of Habit. “He came here from Pittsburgh.” “Yes.” “Can’t get used to daylight.” “No?” “Every time he leaves the office he looks for a switch with which to snap off the sunshine.” The Logic of the Case. The Young One —The old man said he wanted to get\her off his hands and yet he wouldn’t listen to me when I spoke of marrying her. The Wise One —Probably that’s the reason he wouldn’t listen to you. Sure Enough. “Oh, Clara!” exclahned the young man on the sofa; “you have broken those two cigars I had in my pocket." “It’s really too bad, George,” replied the sweet young thing, “but why don’t you buy stronger cigars?” Their Practice. “They used their club debate methods in their home.” “How so?” “Whenever he would propose a resolution for a good dinner, she would table it.” The Main Attraction. “I was astonished when I heard Maude had gained the position of lecturer. Do you think it was because she was such a, good psychologist?” “I think it was because she was a blonde,”

"PLENUJEXT DOOR” Record Harvest Preiicted for Canada. After having made a careful survey of the wheat producing area of the United States, experts whose business ft is to keep the people informed on the acreage sown to fotodstuffs state that this year there wfiU be a falling off in the wheat production in the States, due to a considerately l ess area cultivated. The opinion of\the se experts is that the decrease wnß be several hundred million wheat less than in previous which according to past experience will +>e scarcely sufficient to meet the requirements of the demands of the people of this country. In Canada, however, the situation is different. Reliable reports on the crop situation throughout Western Canada are such as to create the most substantial optimism. Never before were the prospects so encouraging for a bumper harvest. It is predicted that rhe yield this year will be even greater than in 1915, the year of the record harvest in Canada, when the total production was 393,542,600 bushels. Not only is the wheat looking excellent, but the same is true of oats, barley and flax, of which a greatly increased acreage has been sown in the great grain producing provinces of Canada. < Tlie rains that have fallen recently have come at the right time to stimulate growth and there is now considerable moisture the ground. With the world generally facing a shortage of wheat and a continued heavy-de-mand ffir it, the prtce is likely to be maintained at the present high figure. In many districts corn has been more extensively planted than in previous years and it is looking remarkably well. Many settlers from the United States who came to Western Canada and bought improved farms in the early spring have every prospect of a’ crop yield that will give them a return sufficiently large, after paying all current expenses, to pay off a large t part of their capital investment. Livestock- is in excellent condition I everywhere, the rains having induced a good growth of grass.-pAdveftise-ment. » Linguist Baffled. Though'she spoke English. French German and Roumanian, the interpreter traveling with American Y. W. C. A. secretaries in Roumania, struck a snag when 'she came to Cluj, a university center near Bucharest. Hungarian was the popular tongue there. The town, formerly Kolozsvar, is the home of Hungarian proprietors ami the seat of a former Hungarian university. Out of 2,151 students, only 120 were women. The Y. W. C. A., which is carrying on work for girls in Roumania at the invitation of Queen Marie, is considering opening a center for these college women,EATONlCljsers —Do This —Get the Greatest Benefits Chicago, 11l. —Thousands of reports from people all over the U. S. who have tested Eatonic. show the greatest benefits are obtained by using it for a few weeks, taking one or two, tablets after each meal. Eatonic users know that it stops Belching, Bloating, Heartburn, and Stomach Miseries quickly, but the really lasting benefits are obtained by using Eatonic long enough to take the harmful excess acids and gases entirely out of the system; ’ This requires a little time, fob Eatonic takes up the excess acidity and poisons and carries them out of the body and of course, when it is all removed, the sufferer gets well, feels fine —full of life and pep. If you have been taking an Eatonic now and then, be sure and take it regularly for a time and obtain all of these wonderful benefits. Please speak to your druggist about this, so that he can tell others that need this help. Adv. Piscatorial Labor Saver. Uncle Eph Johnson, aged negro, native of Scott county, Kentucky, has Invented a machine that reduces to the minimum the labor of fishermen. ’Tis simple, this invention of Uncle Eph’s. It is not patented. On the contrary, its inventor offers it to any and all devotees of the rod and reel. Stick an umbrella rib perpendicularly in the mud on the back, fasten a sleigh bell near the top, find connect the line with this “invention” and you are ready to fish—and sleep. "It ain’t nothin’ niore’n a labor saver,” said Uncle Eph. “You see, every time I get a bite the tlsh bends the umbrella rib and the bell rings. Den I wakes up an’ hauls him in.”—Exchange. Cuticura Comforts Babys Skin When red. rough and itching with hot baths of Cuticura Soap and touches of Cuticura Ointment. Also make use now and then of that exquisitely scented dusting powder, Cuticura Talcum, , one of the indispensable Cutirfura Toilet Trio. —Adv. ' Decent Dressing. Loton Horton, the milk king, was talking at a New York dinner about the modern woman’s “ultra” gowns. “A profiteer,” he said, “was dressing the other evening for the opera when his wife stalked into his dressing room. “ ‘Here you are,’ she hissed, ‘a war profiteer getting 300 per cent dividends, and I’ve only got one decent dress.’ He turned and looked her up and down; then he said: “‘Well. I wish to goodness you’d wear it!’” Foolish Question. “How did you get the money to pay your advertising bills?” “By advertising, of course.”

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