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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17
WILLOW CREEK, IND.

The Community Center met in
regular session ON Tuesday evening
After the routine OF business "A pa
triotic program was given. Mrs. J..
e. Eberhart had charge of the pro-
gram.
The Home Economics club will
meet Wednesday Afternoon May % at
the home Of AIRS. James Kizer.
Harold Mcknight OF Akron. O., is
a guest OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
i. Mcknight.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Beyrer attend
"a the wedding of Lloyd Fulmer and
Miss Gates. which was held at the
home OF the bride. south of Nisha-
waka Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Carver visited at
South Bend on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barsit visited at the
home Of their son, Oue Barsit in
South Bend on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon OF Fort
Wayne visited at the Switzer home
on saturday and Sunday. They
were accompanied home by Miss
Marion Switzer. sister OF Mrs. Cor
don.
Mrs. kindly and Mrs. Kamamer Of
Mishawaka visited Mrs. J. c. Eber-
hart or Tuesday
Alexis Eager and family visited at
the Charles Eager home on sunday
Mr.. John Austin fell into the
basement from the first floor NJ her
home on Sunday morning. She was
quite badly hurt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17
LOANS ON FARM LANDS.

Loans bearing interest at the low
rate of 5 per cent will be made by
US on good productive farms which
meet with our requirements. If you
expect TO borrow money soon. ar
engagements should be made without
delay so that you may take adYan-
tagea of this offer.
All loans will be made for a term
Of five years. with the privilege of
paying the principal, or any part
thereof, in even hundreds Of dollars
at any interest paying date.
Further details can be secured by
n letter or we shall be pleased to
have you call at our office.
THE STRAUSS BROTHERS co.
-Advt. Ligonier Ind.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17
CRUMsToWN, IND.

Miss Kate Smith Of South Bend
is a guest Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Smith.
Miss Lena Brockus of Plymouth
is visiting with Mr.. and Mrs Ray
Brockus.
Perry Stroup and children are
moving 10 Lydick this week.
Mrs. Alfred RACER was taken 10
the Epworth hospital Monday TO un-
dergo an operation. Or. Stanley
Clark will perform the operation.
The Warren township exercises
for the eighth grade were held at
Ly5ick Thursday evening and were
very we'll attended Ethel Milliken
OF Lydick was chosen first speaker
and Elsie Beringer OF this place was
chosen second.
Mr.. and Mrs Russell Wiltfong
and children Of Mill Creek spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Wedel
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Shelley and
children of South Bend were Sundz-
afternoon guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerry Beringer.
The Green township commence
ment exercises were held at stump
ton Prairie Saturday evening. Sew
eraI from this place attended. Lloyd
Milliken was chosen first speaker
and Clara Garden was chosen sec
ond
Miss Alice Wedel spent sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Wedel Of
Valley View.
Edward Beringer and Miss Crystal
Day motored TO Chicago Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank stevens. Mr..
and Mrs. Bates and son Harold and
AIR and Mrs. Y. L. Roseberry Of
South Bend were sunday guests of
Mrs. +. Mccoy.
Misses Mabel Beringer and Nora
Day spent Thursday and Friday with
Mr. and Mrs. Gold Mccormick Of
Hamlet.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17
BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICH.

Mrs. George ClaypooI and her sis
ter, Miss Florence Howard. were in
South Bend Monday afternoon TO
see THE Birth of a Nation" at the
oliver.
The Aid society Of the Baptist
church met Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. Noe at the r. S. PenneH
home.
Mrs. John Stemm is a visitor at
the home OF her sister. Mrs. w. f..
Parker. in Berrien Center this week.
Miss Minnie Weeks has purchased
the POntius property on Bluff st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Weeks have
moved into the house.
Miss Allie Bradley was a visitor
at the Graham o. McOmber home
Sunday
Mrs Huldah Kelley Of st. Joseph
is visiting her sister, Mrs. ]. II.
Slower.
Aoram HeatOn has purchased the
vacant lot of the Wire estate on
Mechanic ST., and will build a mod
ern bungalow on il.
john Z. Burbank has returned
from a visit with his daughter in
! Bridgman.
Steve Ludy and A. f. Feather are
not saying anything about their
wonderful catch Of trout this
week. After a trip up the river to
} Buchanan Sunday and back. in
| search Of a big string of the speckled
beauties, they had TO admit they re-
\ turned ornpfvr bapda1
o. o. Hart has gone to Sioux
Falls. South Dakota, where he has
employment in a grocery store.
G. A. Wilkinson, after a three
weeks vacation here, returned Mon
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17

valve"
The actormanager-author finds that humor
enables US to rate ourselves and our own acts
at their true value; helps us to discount fat
tery-and tells this story. apropos;
Il met former acquaintance in Piccadnly.
"'How well you're looking said he.
We'll. you're not looking very we'll said l.
"'That's hardly a tactful observation ne
retorted. ought to be looking well, for I'm
a millionaire
Il expressed my establishment
"'How on earth did a man Of your contempt
fble brains manage to achieve that happy state
while one of my relative brilliance is still
struggling with adversity7
Are you doing anything tonight? he asked
mo, replied
Then let US dine together and l will tell
you all about it.
II consented.
Il met my friend at the appointed hour, and
he greeted me by telling me that l looked
extraordinarily well. There was little CONVEX
sation. for silence the wisdom of fools. was
possessed by my friend in a supreme de-
gree.
with the familiarity which Is distilled from
Chateau YQuem pressed my supposed host at
the end of the feast to enlighten me as to the
elixir which enabled a man to enter through
the needles eye OF poverty into the kingdom
Of the rich
well, said the dullard. Z will tell you
my formula is a very simple one. I greeted all
my acquaintance with the words, How well
you're looking!" Thus I made many friends
and propitiated even my enemies. Gradually
invitations came to me, people put me into
their good things" on the Stock Exchange;
became in fact, a social persona grata- l held
my tongue-men thought me wise, and l be-
came millionaire. That is my secret. Try it.
my dear fellow. How well you're looking"
And he left TO pay the bill.
Truly. It is the poor man that payeth for
the rich mans dinner!"
With Characteristic facility Sir Herbert
draws upon the classics in support Of his
theories. He writes:
cit has been said that no great man ever mad
sense OF humor l imagine this dictum
emanates from those who were themselves de-
void of the quality they despised. In literature
certainly It is difficult to find any really great
writer who does not possess humor, unless it
be the solitary case Of Milton; but it may be
claimed that he would have been the greater
for its possession even as Shakespeare
was.
The hu1nor OF tragedy IS strongly evidenced
in the irony of the Greek dramatists. Sophocles
must have possessed It IN a supreme degree
Had the author Of Oedipus not been so blessed
he assuredly could not have shown perhaps
the most tremendous OF all tragedies without
crossing the borderlaRd that separates awe
from disgust In the presence Of great work
OF art we must exclaim Ah!'-never 'Ugh!' In
Oedipus the audience is IN the secret Of the
author. who withholds 1t from his hero
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17

/yF the quality of humor is Important IN
comedy. it is. venture to say, yet more
important in tragedy. whether 1t be in
the tragedy of life or in the tragedy of the
theatre"
so observes Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in
the course OF his essay. The Importance of
Humor in Tragedy" which concludes the Eng
lish actor-manageTs latest published volume
a collection OF short stories under the general
title of Nothing Matters" recently published
by Houghton, Mifflin Company, New York and
Boston.
Sir Herbert finds the quality Of humor
specially needed just now, when the whole
world is at war He writes: When the light
OF a new civilization SET led to be quvering
on the horizon-at that very hour was the
world plunged into darkness, at that very hour
it hurled back past the Middle Ages, and
on the vacant throne of Right sits Folly
smiling at Chaos. At this time 1t is only the
force and calm of humor which stay
from crossing the borderland which separates
despair from madness. But for humor
should go mad. Sanity is humor."
As Sir Herbert proceeds with his argument
certain statements and Illustrations have a
particularly forcible appeal Tor example;
Were / asked what companion would
choose TO start on llfe's journey in quest OF
happiness. 1 would unhesitatingly summon to
my side humor-Humor, the darling love-chid
of Intelligence. AS instinct is greater than
learning, as intelligence is greater than in
telect so is humor greater than Wit Wit has
its birth in the head OF intellect. humor in the
heart of intelligence HUmor is the power OF
self-critcism-it enables TO estimate
and events at their true value. 1t is the
touchstoae which distinguishes the real from
the sham in art. AS In art in life.
Humor helps US to bear with injustice to
laugh at pretension, to behave with modesty
in success, and to face adversely with calm.
The man who has II will not lose his dignity in
emergency. In the great tragedy Of hfes end
be will meet even Death with a smile.
1T always seems to me that there is fine
spirit of humor in the famous epitaph in Hull
churchyard on the grave Of one Martin Elgin-
brod:
Here lie l. Martin Elginbrod:
Have mercy on my soul. o God.
AS would II were God
And thou vert Martin Elginbrod.
People are too apt to treat God as If He
were a minor royalty.
"Humor assuages pain. though am bound to
say l have found II inefhcacious in toothache
" in sea-sickness. Thus that philoso-
Ihy has its limitations. Our humor is apt TO
stop short at ourselves-that is the tragedy OF
life. The misfortunes of others we bear more
philosophicaly The supreme test OF humor
is in its personal application. II is the quin-
tessence OF humor which enables a man TO
laugh at himself and gives him his highest
dignity. for he who can laugh at himself must
needs be gifted with tolerance. a pity for
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17

Otis Rhoades and family spent the
week end at Warsaw, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Rough enter
tanned a few friends on Sunday at
their home.
Miss Edna Wideman spent the
week end In Niles with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Rhoades were
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Ly-
brook near Berrien Springs Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. David Bestle is on the sick
list.
Mrs. Hubbard OF New Carlisle was
a guest at the Lewis Smith home
over Sunday.
George Clark has purchased n
Ford automobile.
Ed smith and family spent Sun
day at Bristol. Ind.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17
r Herbert Beerbom Tree the Value of HumOr Tragedy

distinguished writer once said to me land IL is
an admirable rule for the aspiring dramatist):
The moment the actors on the stage know as
much as the audience. the play is at an end
The Greek tragic writer's. in their irony. were
perhaps more guided by humOT than were the
writer's Of comedy; Aristophanes, venture 10
think, was more remarkable for HIS wit than
his humor just as Moliere was greater in
humor than in wit. Dante, who relegated
several Of his living contemporaries to hell.
surely showed signs of humOr IN tragedy. In
Scripture there are. OF course. isolated In
stances OF humor Ibsen is charged with
humor. Notably do We find it in DR.. Stock
mann in the last act OF the Enemy to the
People, In the pitiful tragedy Of poor Stock
mann's failure our hero stu remains tactless-
ly buoyant. Bleeding and torn, be cries: =
man should never put on HIS best trousers
when he goes out to battle for truth and free
domH While we laugh. we have a supreme
pity for this battered altruist"
Among those prominently gifted with
humor are Abraham Lincoln. Disrael, Goethe
and Henie. the late Lord Salisbury. Arthur
Balfour Dickens, Thackeray, Fielding, Shake
speare. Queen Elizabeth Henry VIII. Charles
H., DR.. Johnson. Charles Lamb Emerson and
Byron.
Il could enlarge upon this theme until your
eyelids would no longer wag. But I viii con-
tent myself with contrasting as typical ex-
amples OF the yea and nay OF hUmor two OF
the worlds greatest men-Shakespeare and
Napoleon: the arch-creator and the srchde-
stroyer.
Il take it that I he greatness OF a man
must be gagged by his output for good-the
measure Of his greatness is. in fact. in proper
ton TO what he gives to the world, his lack Of
greatness by what he takes or destroys Shake
speare gave an abiding Joy. one that will con-
tribute to the happiness, the education. and
the ennobling Of mankind throughout the ages.
in states unborn and accents yet unknown:
Napoleon, on the other hand took from man
kind millions Of lives and set humanity wall
ing What OF his work remains behind The
flower Of France was destroyed and the French
race is suffering to this day from the depletion
II suffered at the hands OF would-be ruler Of
the globe.
Shakespeare enriched the world Napoleon
impovished IT, Which is the greater. the
giver or the taker-away7 The poet OF
the EMPEROR The man 70 humor or the
man Of worldly ambition? Shakespeare
with humor. or Napoleon Without Napoleon
was somewhat OF a vulgarian with a mighty
brain-and sane TO the core: bat he lacked
humor. He may have had the imagination 70
visualize the terrors OF the war and the suffer
ing be inflicted mankind-he did not possess
the humor 10 ask himself: Is this worth whileF
And he might have been the head OF a great
republic with a government which should have
been the model OF the world AS Il was. be
died In exile and misery; while Shakespeare.
who was content 70 employ his genius n com
psrative o5scurity. died at Stratfordon-Avon
IN sweet content let Us hope The game Ia
not worth the candle o. s--a~"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17

venture to assert that all persons who write
more than four-paged letters are mad. Stil'
the symptom should be watched
"One Of the most alarming signs Of insanity
It has often seemed to me, is that of writing TO
prove that Hamlet was mad, and that Bacon
wrote Shakespeare. Yet the same writer's
who scorn the idea that Hamlet pretended
to be mad generally assert with equal vehe-
mence that Shakespeare pretended to write
the works 70 Bacon. l am satisfied that
many Of the learned commentators have only
been kept out of the lunatic asylums by the
energy which they have expended in the harm
less occupation OF discussing these two
kindred subjects in print. In many cases
1t has proved g most valuable s~fsv
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17
STOP LEFT OVER COUGHS.

Or. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey will
Stop that hacking cough that fingers
from January. The soothing pine
balsams loosen the phlegm. heals
the irritated membrane, the glycer-
ine relieves the tender tissues, you
breathe easier and coughing ceases.
Don't neglect a lingering cough. it
is dangerous. DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey is antiseptic and pleasant 10
take, benefits young and old, get II
at your druggist to-day. Formula
on the bottle. 25c. Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-17
PORTAGE PRAIRIE, IND.

Mr.. and Mrs George Clark enter
tanned a few guests on Sunday AZ
dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rhoades and
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

clover, mixed. $14.5o@16; lower
grade clover, mixed. $rO@13.5O; No.
l clover, $14@15. Straw, rye, No. l.,
1904; No. 2, SIP. Dat. $10@11.
Small bales about 81 under large.
Hothouse Products Beet tops,
bushel bsk.. $202.75. Cucumbels.
No. l, per doz., $1.250$1.75. Mush-
rooms. white a h. bsk.. $1.25 OILS;
brown, $101.50; buttons, 75c@$1.
Radishes. 100 bchs.., $2@4. Rhubarb,
IL bchs., 50@75c.
Poultry, Dressed-Turkeys, young
hens and toms. fancy, 33c; fair to
good, sc q sic, old hens and toms.
Sic. Chickens, 1924 lbs. to dozen,
29c; $3.50 lbs, 26@27c; 1896 lbs,
csc; 37-42 lbs, csc; 43-47 lbs, rs q
26c; 4s lbs, 26@27c; 80 lbs, and
over, 27c; fancy broilers, 35c; 1912
lbs to pair, 3O032c. Fowls, 4s-6o
lbs and over to dozen. 231s @24c;
BOAT lbs, 1917 @22hc; under 80 lbs,
19c.
Rabbits-Cottontail per pair, 80
q 40c; poor to fair. Is q 330c.
Vegetables Potatoes, Bermuda,
late crop, Dbl, $10011.50; Florida,
late crop, bsk., $3.50 @ 3.75; Virginia,
late crop, bbl.. sos; Long Island,
Dbl, $10@10.50; Maine. bulk. $50
lbs, 5000. Cabbages, old, bb1., Sc
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open COM
petitive examination for mechanical
engineer, for men only. A vacancy at
the Springfield armory, Springfield,
Mass, at $500 to $4,000 year. and
future vacancies requiring similar
qualifications will be filled from this
examination, unless it is found in the
interest of the service to fill any va
cancyl by reinstatement transfer, OF
promotion.
The duties of this position require
the services Of mechanical engineer
experienced in the manufacture of
machine guns, small arms, rifles or
pistols, the manipulation and testing
of machine guns and small arms, and
the physical testing Of materials. FIX
perience in administrative work is al
so very desirable.
Competitors will not be required to
report for examination at any place,
but will be rated on the following sub
jects, which will have the relative
weights Indicated: Technical educa-
ton or preliminary experiences; Res
ponsible experience and fitness.
Further information may be receiv-
ed at tina Post Of1ca.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
n. Y. Wholesale Prices,

Butter-Creamery higher scoring
than extras, per h., 42@42kc; ex-
tras, Al nc; dairy. tubs, finest, 4O1z q
41c; good to prime, 38@391ac
Eggs-Fresh gathered, extras per
doz. 3911 @ Acc; extra firsts, 39c; hem
merry whites, fine to fancy, 44@45c:
ordinary to good, 40@43c; gathered
whites, ordinary to fine, 39@44c:
hennery browns, 40@41c; gathered
brown and mixed colors. firsts to ex-
ira firsts, 3S @ 39c.
Apples - King, bbl, $3@5.5O:
Northern Spy, $3.5O@7; Stayman
Winesap, 1905; Ben Davis. $2@4;
Baldwin, $3@5.50; Greening, $3&6:
Russet, 2@4.
Hay and Straw--Large baled, tim
othy, No. 1, per ton. $21 @22; No. 8
to No. 2, $4,000; shipping, $40
1880; no grade hay, $8@11 fancy
light clover. mixed, S17@19; No. 1
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS
Suicide in Stamford.

Edward Lockwood committed suic-
ide in his room at Stamford Friday
afternoon, by inhaling illuminating
gas. Mr.. Lockwood was found in a
dying condition. He lay on the bed
open, and crevices beneath the door
and along the edges Of the window
stuffed with paper and cloth.
Discharged from Bankruptcy.
Discharges from bankruptcy were
granted to Frank A. Church and Alice
D. Church, who did business in Green
wich under the firm name of Church
& Church.
Auto Accidents.
John Ryan and Harry Martinelli
of Stamford were injured at Cannon
dale Monday night, when an auto
mobile IN which they were riding
skidded, crashing through a raj
fence, and turned over on an en-
bankment. Martinellfs nose was
broken and he suffered from shock
RYAN was hurt in the knee and the
shoulder.
Charles Unitus, 43 years of New
Canaan, is in the Stamford hospital
in serious condition, from injuries
sustained Sunday.
An automobile operated by Joseph
H. Gandolfo of New York city, hit
Mr.. Unitus and passed over him. The
New Canaan man suffered a COM
pound fracture Of the leg, and a pos
sible fracture Of the skull, and he was
badly bruised and cut. Mr.. Unitus, it
was said, became confused, lodged
back and forth, and finally stood still,
in front. Of Gandolfos automobile.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
t.ITCHFiEI.D COUNTY NEWS
Ice Too Thick.

The ice is too thick to cut, according
to a Roxbury correspondent, who says
that the Mutual Creamery and Milk
Co. started to harvest ice from the
Shepaug river at Roxbury few days
ago and found it 81 inches AS cake
of that thickness and the Usual other
dimensions would be too heavy to be
handled by ordinary means the ice
cutters turned for their supply to
ponds where the ice was only Is inches
thick.
States Attorney Resigns.
States Attorney Donald T.. Warner
has sent to the judges of the superior
court his resignation, to take effect a
few days before his taking UP of the
duties as judge of the superior court
to which he was recently appointed.
Strike In Iron Mines.
Miners in the Ore Hill iron Mines
belonging to the Barnum Richardson
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02
LIVE STOCK MARkE1.

Beeves-Common to fairly good
steers sold at $S.5O010.40 per 100
lbs; bulls at 1915 @9; 1 bull at
1925; cows at $4@7.75; a few head
extra, at $3.50.
Calves-Common to prime veals
sold at s10@14 per 100 lbs; culls at
.s7@9; ebarnyard calves at SIS @6; fed
do. at S6QS; yearlings at $3.50 @
$50. City dressed veals, 10 q 21c;
country dressed at IS al Sc.
Sheep-Common sheep sold at 81
90 per 100 lbs; common to prime
lambs, 1925 @14.75: dressed mutton
13@17c; dressed lambs, 1S021c;
country dressed dollhouse lambs, SO a
10 per carcass.
Hogs-Sales at $12.90@13.25 per
100 lbs. for light to medium weights,
s11.5O for pigs, s11.75 for rough
hogs. Country dressed hogs, 121a @
tic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

company of East Canaan, are on strike
for wage increase which would make
their daily returns $3.50 Many Of the
men have worked in these mines for a
quarter Of a century. The iron is es-
pecially used for king car wheels.
An adjustment is expected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

OF; old, red, Dbl, sos. Onions old,
yellow, 100 Id. bag, 5000; red, 100
Id. bag $500; white, 100 fb. bag. So
@10. Turnips, SO q $50; white. bbl.,
$4@6. :.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

look at conditions in Greece as they
are to given over a, policy dictated by
panic and to display a little of that
high quality of faith which alone is
the foundation of friendship"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-03-02

GARNER Want Ads. One Cent a Word
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-27
Held for Setting Fire to
Some Stores in Verd0n

Joe Franklin, plumber, giving Oma-
ha and Ely, New, as his address, was
taken to Falls City last night by
Sheriff d. B. Ratekin.
Franklin was arrested late yester-
day afternoon from a train at the
Union depot on receipt of telegram
from police of Falls City. He is &C
cused of starting a fire in Verdon,
Neb., which destroyed four business
buildings and which threatened to
wipe out the town.
According to Sheriff Ratekin and
John Morrison, fire chief OF Falls
City, who accompanied him to
Omaha, circumstantial evidence is
strong against Franklin.
Franklin was arrested in Verdon
the day before the fire, but was re-
leased. In his suitcase then was found
quart jar Of oil. Five minutes after
Franklin LETT town, Sheriff Ratekin
said flames broke out in the hotel
where Franklin spent the night. The
jar of oil was not in the suitcase when
the prisoner was arrested here. He
could not account for the oil being
in his possession a. any time unless
someone had switched the jar for a
bottle of whisky, he said.