Walkerton Independent, Volume 47, Number 9, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 July 1921 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT published Every Thursday by THE IKDEPEN DEST-yEWS CO. " "Publishers of the WALKERTOM INOEPEMDENT SOUTH LIBERTY NEWS LA K E Vll. LE ST A MIARP ~THE ST. "JOSEPH CO. WgEKUSB Clem DeCoudre*, Business Manager W. A. Endley. Editor . SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 11 Six Months ..—••• Three Months • TERMS IN ADVANCE Entered at the post ctflcs at Walkerton. Ind., as second-class matter. ■ . ru■ 1 ' iINDIANAi (BREVITIES; ^ TT - -- -- -- -- -- -- ••••••• - - Peru. —The two small children of Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Schroll, living eight miles northeast of Peru, burned to death when fire destroyed their father’s barn. The children were found imprisoned in a box stall. Rushville. —A large barn and contents on the Albert I. Winship farm, four miles south of Rushville, was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin, with a loss of SIO,OOO. Twenty-five hundred bushels of corn, 30 tons of hay, 23 bales of hay, 400 bushels of wheat, an automobile, several farming implements and tools and GO chickens were burned. The loss is covered by insurance. Greensburg.—Total taxables in Decatur county for 1921 decreased sl,045,000, in comparison with the value of taxables in 1920, according to figures given out by the county auditor. The loss is attributed to the depreciation in value of personal property. The total taxables amount to $35,547,855, as against $36,592,885 for last year. The number of polls is listed at 2,965. Muncie.—John Miller. thirty-five years old, German, university graduate and international forger, who is wanted in many of the larger cities of the United States, was fined SI,OOO and sentenced to serve from two to twentyone years’ imprisonment in the Indiana state prison when convicted of forgery by a jury in the Delaware Circuit court. Since his imprisonment, Miller has made four unsuccessful attempts to escape from jail. Seymour.—The wheat yield In Jackson county will not be more than half a normal crop, according to estimates of buyers based on threshing reports. The grain is exceptionally light and the quality is below the average. Farmers say the damage was caused by the late freezes and also by the extremely hot weather at the time the grain was maturing, causing it to shrivel. The receipts are unusually small, as many farmers are holding the crop in graneries in anticipation of higher prices later in the year. Indianapolis.—The state automobile police, operating under the direction of • Jackson, secretary of state, are - -- nak"* -* crests fo^ _ v*. act ana the automobile registration law, according to an opinion of Attorney General U. S. Lesh. The law under which the police are appointed, the attorney general held, is not broad enough to permit the state police to make arrests for speed law violations or infringements of other state laws governing the use of roads. Indianapolis.—The state board of health will make milk surveys in approximately ten Indiana cities. Dr. John N. Hurty, secretary of the board, said. The work will start as soon as the board can obtain a competent milk chemist. Logansport probably will be rhe first city visited. Others in a list Doctor Hurty has in mind are South Bend, Lafayette, Kokomo. Richmond, Terre Haute. Vincennes, Muncie, Anderson and Columbus. He said as many surveys would be undertaken as can be financed by the department. Indianapolis.—The state of Indiana paid its tribute to the memory of Corp. James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, the first Indiana soldier killed in action in the World war and one of the first three American soldiers to fall in France. The body, which arrived from a cemetery in Fiance, was taken to its last resting pltF^e in Lo- • cust Hill cemetery in Evansv^e, after it lay in state in the rotunda of the state’s capitol while hundreds of citizens passed through the building and paid their silent tribute to the dead. Indianapolis.—The June semi-annual common school fund collected by the state from counties in the form of a state shool tuition fund will be distributed among the counties on the basis of $2,243 per capita. There will be $1,789,252.78 to distribute on the basis of the annua! May school enumeration, which showed 797,537 persons in the state between six and twentyone years old. On the basis of its enumeration of 82,947 persons .Marion county will receive $186,050.21. other counties will receive a sum equal to $2,243 multiplied by the number of their various enumerations. Indianapolis.—Excessive cost in the | construction of the L. J. Gross road in Laporfe county ami delay in completing three roads in Bartholomew county are alleged in special reports on the highways filed with the chief examiner of the state board of account<. by A. L. Doraldson, engineer and field examiner of the board. The contract pri<e of the Gross road which Is $117,525. is $46,910 more than the ’ road should cost, according to the re ( port Mr. Imnaldson. after an hives : tlgation. estimated that a liberal price | for the cons' ruction of the road is I $70.59*.'. x>. The bond issue for the road was approved by the date board | of tax eommis-ioners. Columbus. —Assessment of ta ibh property it Bartholomew county, as listed am! m oved uiis year by the; shows the valuation ' to be n is $1,182,060 decrease L ttr uted t tg. neral de I min 11 .

HARDING FEARS OIL DOTY PERIL Fordney Bares President's Letter Opposing Tax as Menace to America. HOUSE KILLS THE SECTION Vote of the Committee of the Whole for Elimination of the Impost is 187 For to 79 Against. Washington, July 20.—8 y a vote of 187 to 79, the house in committee of the whole struck from the Fordney tariff bill the" duty on crude oil and ordered oil back to the free list. The vote was so overwhelming for free oil that its most active advocates have surrendered hope that oil can be restored to the dutiable list. Much of tlie credit for defeating the diligent effort to levy an impost on oil imports is given to the intervention of President Harding, whose letteY opposing such a tariff was laid before the house by Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee, although the President twice wrote Chairman Fordney protesting against such a duty, but Mr. Fordney declined to make the second of the letters public, despite demands from the minority side of the floor that he do so. The President’s letter, which was laid before the house, was written June 30, addressed to Chairman Fordney. If said: “I understand that your committee is very soon to decide whether to include a protective duty on crude oil In the tariff bill to be reported to the house. I cannot refrain from impressing the hope that your committee will take note of the foreign policy to which we are already committed, under which the government is doing every consistent thing to encourage the participation of American citizens In the development of the oil resources in many foreign lands. This course has been inspired by the growing concern of our country over the supply’ of crude oil to which we may turn for our future needs, not alone for our domestic commerce but in meeting the needs of our navy and our merchant marine. “To levy a protective tariff on crude petroleum now would be at variance with all that has been done to safeguard our future interests. “I am not unmindful of the oil industry within our own borders and most cordially believe in its proper consideration. Would it not be practicable to provide for such protection in some bargaining provision which may be placed in the hands of the Executive so that we may guard against the levy of duties against us or the imposition by other "”ttons of export tari*" ' tlie meditation of'Hade which is essential to our welfare? “In the matter of crude oil. and in the one of lumber, concerning which we talked, our position will be the stronger if the tariff levy is omitted and authority is given the Executive to Impose a duty in appropriately stated circumstances. 1 hope your committee will find it consistent to give consideration to these suggestions." Neither the committee on ways and means nor the house, both of which were in the final test overwhelmingly against any form of oil duty, acted on the President’s suggestion for even a reciprocal or retaliatory arrangement on oil such as the committee wrote into tlie lumber schedule. The test came on a straight amendment to strike oil from the dutiable list, as offered by Representative Treadway, Republican, of Massachusetts. ‘GOOD FELLOW’ IS ARRESTED Secretary of the National Body Is Accused of Mail Frauds— Got $62,500. Sioux City, la., July 20.—H. K. Hansen. secretary of tlie National Organi- j zation of Good Fellows of America, j was arrested on tlie charge of using | tlie mails to defraud. It is charged j that Hansen secured $62,500 in 25- j cent membership fees from 250,000 I persons in all parts of the United States. The object of the Good Fellow, of America was to make a drive to secure legislation permitting the manufacture of light wines and beers. Hansen was the founder. Firemen Are Overcome. New York, July 19. —Fifty firemen were overcome in fighting a milliondollar fire in the building of the Phoenix Cheese company on Greenwich street, on the west side of lower 1 Manhattan. Fumes from the refrigerating plant compelled the firemen to work in relays. Madden of Illinois Honored. Washington, July 21. —Representative Madden of Illinois has been selected as chairman of the house committee on appropriations, succeeding Representative Good of lowa, who re-i cently resigned his seat in the house. ; Table Mountain Is Sliding. Golden, Colo., July 21. —A section' of Table mountain. 600 feet long, is reported to be moving again. ’lons of rock and dirt on the middle Golden road are loosening and irrigation ditches are damaged. Colonel Morrow Reaches States. Nan Francisco, July 19—Col. M. W. Morrow, former commander of the Amer n forces in China, arrived In o < n his v .iv to WashingCol. W. F. Martin. Twenty-Five injured in Car Crash. ously. v hen tv street "ar- collided Pottstown. Motornmn Calvin Lavan red and Get ”ge En-

MRS. HELEN MONTGOMERY. Jua Sr a <- > 1 \' i &• / J I1 1 / J MW.*.- ■ • ■ ..• •. .v. • • Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery of . San Francisco, recently re-elected । national president of the American , Baptist Foreign Mission society, has held that oflice since 1914. She , presided over tlie Golden Jubilee of the organization, which recently closed in Des Moines, lowa. SENATE HALTS BONUS Service Men’s Bill Is Sent Back to the Committee. Senators Reed and McCumber Near Blows During Debate Which Followed the Vote. Washington, July 18. —Acting on the request of President Harding, tlie senate recommitted the McCumber bill to the finance committee. The vote was 47 to 29. An amendment to the motion to recommit the soldier bonus bill, which would have directed the committee to t eport out the soldier bonus legislation again by the first Monday in January, 1922. was defeated, G7 to 9. Following the vote. Senator McCumber, Republican of North Dakota, author of the measure, took the floor. He started a speech in extenuation of the senate’s action. Senator Robinson, Democrat of Arkansas, objected on the ground that McCumber’s speech was an apology for the senate's action. A parliamentary tangle ensued, lasting 45 minutes, during which time the senate was in an uproar most of the time. Senator McCumber finally was allowed to continue. During the turmoil it appeared at one time as though Senator Reed. Democrat of Missouri, and Senator McCumber would come to blows. In fact, there was a threat to “settle it outside” after the session adjourned. CAPT. CHEW GETS 7 YEARS World War Convicted^ by ' Court-Martial" of Forgery and Other Crimes. New York, July 18. —Capt. Beverly Grayson Chew, veteran of the First di- : vision, was convicted by court-martial of forgery, impersonating fellow officers, conduct unbecoming an officer ' and a gentleman, and other charges j constituting a bill of 51 specifications, for which he lias been on trial at Gov- ' ernor’s Island since May 16. He was sentenced to dismissal from the service of the United States, and imprisonment for seven years at hard labor in a military prison not yet named. HOUSE KEEPS DYE EMBARGO Vote to Keep Provision in Tariff Bill Is 122 to 106 in Committee of Whole. Washington, July 19. —Opponents of the dye embargo provision of the ■ Fordney bill failed to eliminate it in the house. A motion by Representa- , tive Frear of Wisconsin to strike out ■ the entire provision met defeat in the ' committee on the whole by a vote of I 106 to 122. The debate on the provision was ■ enlivened by a reiteration of the j charges by Mr. Frear ami others that j the effect will be the building up of a । dye monopoly. — SHIP FAST IN RIVER RAPIDS Canadian Liner With 300 Passengers Stranded in the St. Lawrence River—No Danger. Ogdensburgh, N. Y., July 18.—Although efforts to effect a rescue proved futile, the Canadian liner Rapids King, stranded in the St. Lawrence river near here with. 300 passengers aboard, is reported in no immediate : danger. The craft is on rocks at a narrow j point in the river where the water is ; only six feet deep, but the swift cur- ■ rent defies attempts to reach the i boat. Posse Kills Bandit. San Diego, Cal.. July 21. —In “wild i West” fashion three bandits rode to a wholesale liquor store in Tijuana, I Lower California. held up several custmners ami rubbed a sate of $2.;>00. I (me of the robbers was killed. Seize Stills in Omaha. Omaha, Neb.. July 21. —Police raided a building near the downtown section ami confiscated three 2;>-gallon ! capacity stills. I,stxi gallons of mash, 40 gallons of whisky and other equipment. Many Shot in Prison Riot. Pittsburgh. Pa.. July 20.—Three men are dying and fifty to sixty injured from a fire and riot in the Western I penitentiary hen-. Ten workshops ami I other buildings of the old prison were burned and others badly damaged. Mysterious $65,000 Jewel Robbery. Chicago, July 20. Sexenteet, hundre<l watches, im luding 200 diamondstmbb'd wrist watches, value I in all at <65.0<t0, were reported stolen from | (he room >f Harry Preston, jewelry ■ salestnan.

MRS. BERGDOLL IN BRIBE CHARGE Declares Army Captain Asked SIOO,OOO for Men “Higher Up.” SAYS SHE PAID Hlltf $5,000 Mother of Grover Bergdoll, the Slacker, Names Capt. Bruce Campbell, Who Says It Is a Lie Out of Whole Cloth. Washington, July 21. — Charges that men “higher up” in Washington sought to wring SIOO,IXIO fr*m Mrs. Emma Bergdoll, mother of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Philadelphia ; slacker, now in Germany, were brought out before the house committee. Mrs. Bergdoll told Gen. John Sherburne, committee counsel, two weeks ago that she had been approached by a “Captain Campbell” at Governor’s Island, prior to Bergdoll’s trial there, who asked for SIOO,OOO. She told Sherburne that the officer explained lie did not want the money for himself, but “for higher ups” at Washington. Questioned by the committee, Mrs. Bergdoll said she had meant Capt. Bruce Campbell, who defended Grover, when she told her story to Sluri burne. Mrs, Bergdoll testified that at Gro- । ver's urging she brought $5,000 to the Island and gave it to Grover to use. : She said Campbell told her they ought to have more, and suggested SIOO,OOO. only $5,000 was paid, however, she said. The witness said she did not know who was to get the money eventually. She said she would recollect the names if she heard them. All these revelations were dragged from Mrs. Bergdoll only by the greatest persuasion. She first attempted to hedge on what General Sherburne said she had previously told him. Then she refused to answer tlie committee's questions. General Sherburne revealed that Mrs. Bergdoll had told Campbell to “go Ito hell.” She declined to confirm this until assured by Chairman Peters that “this would have been perfectly natural under the circumstances.” David I. Schaue of New York, a dealer in used automobiles, testified that Captain Campbell purchased a car from him for $1,500. J. F. Houlhdu, bookkeeper for Wassmau Brotheri private bankers of New York, testified that Campbei. opened an account with him on February 10, 1920, depositing $4,00J. Mrs. BergdtL had previously testified that she ive Grover $5,000 early in October. Houlhan testified to stock trausat ,s made by Campbell, of $5,400. ■ Capt. j. B. picColville of the military intelligence stated he had examined Campbelffs accounts and found nothing irregular. Captain Campbell, who is stationed at Camp Pike^ Ark., has been called to testify. Little Rock, Ark., July 21. —Maj. Bruce Campbell, director of education at the Camp Pike college and formerly counsel for prisoners of war at Governor’s island. New York, described statements by Mrs. Emma Bergdoll at Washington as a "lie out of the whole cloth.” DAWES SEES GREAT SAVING Tells President Harding Budget System Will Cut Year’s Expenses $112,572,628. Washington, July 21.—Operation of the budget system will result in a saving of $112,512,628.32 for the current fiscal year, Charles G. Dawes, director of the budget, informed President Harding, in a letter. GREEKS TAKE 30.000 TURKS Athens Dispatch Says Greek Troops Have Occupied Kutahia—Enemy Forces in Flight. London, July 21. —A Central News dispatch from Athens says that the Greeks have occupied Kutanla, capturing 30.CXX) prisoners. The enemy is reported in flight towards Eski-Sher. SENATE MAY SHARE PACT President Harding Would Have Rep resentative of Upper House at Disarm Table. Washington, July 21. .—President Harding is understood to have decided that the senate is to be represented on the American commission in the disarmament conference to be held here next fall. Nation’s Expenses Cut. i Washington, July 21. —The total government expenditures during the fiscal year just ended dropped off $9,(XMI.OOO.IXX) as compared with last year, according to the annual statement issued by the treasury. Dawes Sees Big Saving. Washington, July 21. —Operation of the budget system will result in a saving of $112,512,62.8.32 for the current fiscal year, Charles G. Dawes, director of the budget, informed President Harding, in a letter. Reds Active in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, July 20.—A powerful bomb was exploded in front of the cap tol building here. One policeman was wounded, but only slight material damage was done. The outrage is credited to communists. Bandit (jets SIO,OOO. Washington, Jply 20. —“Shell out the tens ami twiyuies and don’t pull any monkey business,” said a lone bandit as he leveled a revolver at the cashier of the People’s Commercial and Savings bauk^ He got SIO,OOO.

PROF. J. H. BREASTED. ABLAS' A The Oriental Institute expedition, which is expected to leave for j Megideo early in the fall, is to be in charge of Prof. James 11. Breasted i of the University of Chicago. Megideo is located near Palestine and is referred to in the Book of Revelations. It was here that Emperor Thutmose put on a big battle in an attempt to extend the borders of his empire. FLEE RED STARVATION 20,000,000 People Reported to Be Getting Out of Russia. Hunger-Tortured Refugees Reach Petrograd and Moscow From Central Russia. Beilin, July 19.—More than 20,000000 people, seeking to escape death by starvation, are fleeing from central Russia in all directions, according to reports received in Russian emigrant circles here. The advance wave of the hungertortured refugees is reported to have reached Petrograd and Moscow, intensifying the already bad situation tn those cities. Reports received here are to the effect that the heat and drought have been so intense and prolonged that great cracks have appeared in tlie earth, trees are leafless and wells and streams are dried up. Almost all of the cattle are said to ; have been slaughtered for food to pre- i I?nx thphx th by stnrviif^i and tho refugees are declared to be existing 1 on roots, bark, moss and the bark of j trees. tn many places whole villages, see- I ing certain death by sarvation staring them In the face; have packed what they could carry with them and are wandering all over the country north, east, south and west in the hope of finding some place where they can get food. The vast majority of the refugees are moving in an easterly direction toward the Kirghiz country in Turkes- I tan. Siberia, with a smaller army headed toward the southern governments and the Kuban region. U. S. GUNNERS SINK 2 SHIPS Ex-German Destroyers Sent to Bottom in Target Practice Off Virginia Capes. On Board the Destroyer Sicard, July 18. —Both remaining ex-German destroyers, the V-43 and S-132, allocated to the United States by the treaty makers at Versailles, were sunk by gunfire by the American navy at a point 60 miles east of the Virginia capes, iu 56 fathoms of water. The V-43 sank at 4:50 o’clock in the ! afternoon, the S-132 at 7:02 o'clock ' at nigbit. Each destroyer was attacked by an American destroyer with four-inch guns; then by five-inch shells from battleships. NOTED FRENCHMAN IS DEAD General Maud 'Huy, Governor of Metz, Passes Away—Aided Restoration of Lorraine to France. Paris, July 19. —Gen. L. E. de Maud ’huy, military governor of Metz, is dead. Gen. de Maud 'huy was born In Lorraine. As a child he witnessed the capitulation of Metz to the Germans and thereafter consecrated himself to the task of aiding in the restoration of his province to France. Harding Plans Trip. Washington, July 20. — President Harding will spend a week in Massachusetts. He will leave here on the Mayflower on August 1 to participate in the Pilgrim celebration at Plymouth. Drown Fly in Man’s Ear. New York. July 20. —When a fly lodged in Albert Zimmerman’s ear in Elizabeth, N. J., he was driven frantic by the buzzing. At the hospital surgeons poured water in his ear ' and drowned the pest. Sentence Bavarian Outlaw. Berlin, July 19. Max Hoelz, the Saxon communist, was sentenced to life imprisonment with the loss of civil rights <n conviction of the charges of murder, high treason, robbery and other crimes. Flies 200 Miles in 1:14. London, July 19. —James H. James won Hie aerial Derby with Mars 1., nicknamed “Bnmel The course was 2txi miles, consisting of two bx» tnlle circuits around I ondon. starting at Ilerdon.

INDICTMENT HITS GOVERNOR SMALL Illinois Executive Is Charged With Embezzling SSOO-000 State Funds. TOUR TRUE BILLS RETURNED Lieutenant Governor Sterling is ; Charged With Taking $700,000 of the People’s Money—Verne S. Curtis, Banker, Also Named. i Springfield, HI.. July 22.—Gov. Leu । Small and Lieut. Gov. Fre<t E. Sterling ■ were indicted by the Sangamon counI ty grand jury on charges of embezzle- ' nient and conspiracy to misappropri- ' ate public moneys. Verne S. Curtis, president of the । Grant Park Trust and Savings bank, i was named in two other indictments . charging similar offenses. In all, four indictments were returned. Two are joint indictments । charging the three with embezzling S7(Xt.(XX( of the state’s money and the ■ third charges conspiracy ami confidence game by means of which the de- । fendants unlawfully obtained $2,000,- • 0()0 of state funds. Governor Small and Lieutenant Governor Sterling are also named in separate indictments charging the former with embezzlement of $.500,000 while state treasurer, from 1917 to 1919. and the lieutenant governor with misappropriation of $71X1,000 while holding tlie office from 1919 to 1921, Bonds for each defendant on each indictment were fixed at $50,000 by ' Judge E. S. Smith of the Circuit court, ami total $500,000. The grand jury's report charging misuse of state funds, in part, follows: “The undersigned, the regular grand jury of Sangamon county, who were instructed by this court to inquire into the handling of state moneys by former state treasurers, beg leave to report that we have devoted two weeks to that work and in tlie course I of our investigations have examined many witnesses. “As tlie result of our investigation we return herewith a number of indictments. “From the evidence subipitted it appears that the treasury of the state of Illinois carries large daily balances, and that during the administration of Friil E. Sterling these balances have ranged from $20.<x10.000 to $32,000,000. "During the administrations of Len Small and Fred E. Sterling as treasurers of the state of Illinois, the law then in force in this state required the state treasurer to deposit all moneys received by him on account of the state within tee davs ;Wiier receiving same in such hanks in the citie.Y oMhe* state as in the opinion of the treasurer were secure and which paid the highest rate of interest to the state for such deposits. “We find that both the letter and spirit of that law was violated. Instead of loaning the state moneys tc all secure banks of the state, without discrimination, and to such of them which paid the highest rate of interest, only a portion of that money was loaned in accordance with the provisions of the statute. For the purpose of circumventing these provisions an ingenious scheme was devised and closelv adhered to.” Attorney General Brundage said: “The constitution of Illinois says in plain language that the treasurer shall receive for his services his salary, and that he shall not receive for Ids own use any fees, perquisites or other compensation. “It has been the common gossip of Springfield for quite a time that the handling of public funds was a business of profit for the officials charged with their custody. “When the new state treasurer. Mr. Edward E. Miller, brought to my attention apparent confirmation of this ! misuse of public moneys, I deemed it nty duty to lay the entire matter before the state's attorney for presentation t<> the grand jury of Sangamon I county. “The action of the grand jury in re । turning indictments is the view it took of the sufficiency of tills evidence." Governor Small issued a statement 1 addressed "To the People of Illinois.” I in which he charged the indictment resulted from his attempt to cut down । state appropriations resented by his political enemies. “For the present." the statement said, "may I not ask yon to accept from the with the same confidence I which you accepted my candida<’y for governor, assurance to you that T am absolutely innocent of any charges i which the public may consider brought against me bv the grand jury Farmers for Ford Plan. Washington. July 22. - ('abinet ofli- > cers were swamped with messages ' from farmers and farm organizations urging approval of Henri Ford s proI posal to take over the Muscle Shoals j (Ala.) nitrate plant. Senate Passes Sweet Bill. Washington, Jidy 22. —In re< ordbreaking time the senate passed the Sweet bill to consolidate all federal . agencies dealing with veterans and extending additioi.a! benefits ' ■ 6 <abled former s r i vice men. Japs to Attend Disarmament Meet. Washit aton. July 22 Japan ha - doCideJ to attend the forthcoming inter national conference and -o di>’ass all matters “of mutual interesi." according t<> a report general! crUted in official circles here. Doubt Kidnaping Story. InTp! SI it i icrd. nt. is _ur aso promiix 'dly is “fra f -up” x A.tMHi was tlie opinion ex] es-

FARMER’S WIFE NEARLY STARVED Mrs. Peterson Says She Was Afraid to Eat on Account of Trouble That Followed. “I weighed just a hundred and three pounds when I began taking Tanlac, but now I weigh a hundred and twen-ty-two pounds,” declared Mrs. Amy I’eterson, the wife of a prosperous iarmer of Lakeville, Mass., a suburb of New Bedford. “I had acute indigestion,” she said, and no one knows how I suffered. 1 had cramping pains in my stomach that were almost unbearable, and I suffered no end of distress from gas and bloating. Why, I was actually starving to keep from being in such awful misery, and I lost thirteen pounds In weight. Sometimes I wonder how I lived through it all, and I ! just thought there was no hope for me. I was restless night and day and was easily Irritated, and some nights I slept so little it didn’t seem that I had been to bed at all. “But uow I feel as strong and well as if I had never been sick a day in my life, and I just know Tanlac is the best medicine in the world. I haven’t a touch of indigestion now, and every time I sit down to the table I can’t help but feel thankful to L’anlac. I have a wonderful appetite and have gained back all my lost weight and six pounds besides. I am simply overjoyed to be feeling so well, and I just praise Tanlac everywhere I go.” Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere.—Advertisement. He Said Too Much. Young Wise —The dentist pulled my wisdom tooth today, so you mustn't be surprised if you find me stupid. Hub —Nonsense! The idea that A wldom tooth has anything to do with wisdom is absurd. Why, you wouldn’t be any stupider if you had every tooth j in your head pulled.—Boston Transcript. WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it. Women’s complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased. Pain in the back, headache, loss of ambition, nervousness, are often times sympi toms of kidney trouble. Don’t delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, a physician’s prescription, obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions. Get a medium or large size bottle immediately from any drug store. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y., for a ^^am^g^bottle. When writing be sure and Novelty in National Airs. A kindergartner asked of her pupils which they would like to sing of ' the national songs they had learned the day before. A little girl responded: “Let's have the one abort America, where the fathers all took pills and died.” The words of the song were “Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrims’ pride.” Cuticura Soothes Itching Scalp On retiring gently rub spots of dandruff and itching with Cuticura Ointment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Make them your everyday toilet preparations and have a clear skin and soft, white hands. Lucky. Uncle Josh —Here’s a letter from Nephew Harry, that's gone to Africa, and says that within 20 rods o' his house there’s a family o' laughing hyenas. His Wise —Well. I am glad he’s got pleasant neighbors, anyway—that’s something. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle CASTORIA. that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the .. t Signature of In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Sweet Innocence. “My wife is talking about raising some ‘Jack’ roses.” “That so?” Yes ; she asked me last night if I couldn’t get her a few Jack pots to put ’em in.” —Boston Transcript. Smarty! Post —“Onions speak louder than words.” Parker —“Yes, and thyme will tell.” —Judge. Ghosts probably walk at night !n order to keep in the shade. Lucky Strike ciftarette 1 toasted J