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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03
SMALL FIRE
Gas Plant Sustains Small Damage
From Blaze Monday Night.

The plant Of the Gratiot County
Gas company was the scene of a
small fire Monday evening, which
broke out in the wash room of the
plant, and caused a damage Of about
$4,000 before being extinguished by
the Alma fire department.
IL is not known just what caused
the fire to start, but as near as could
be ascertained, the fire had been
started from mice chewing box Of
matches.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03
GOOD SHOW

The Republic minstrel show given
Monday and Tuesday evenings for
the benefit of the Republic Athletic
association. was highly pleasing to
the many who attended. and it yielded
a good fund for the club which will
be used to aid in maintaining the
strong baseball team which the club
expects to put in the field this sum-
mer. The various acts during the
two nights were warmly greeted by
the crowd, especially those of d. Peet.
who with his clever mind reading
stunts, held down the feature portion
of the program.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03

when | hit Michigan on my way
home from the war it was a great
shock to me TO behold some of the
blocked, muddy. impossible highways.
after my experience with the hard.
glistening white highways Of France
And after my experience and obser-
vations overseas, / am a booster for
better roads for Michigan. Not for
war purposes. but for the up-building
and growth Of our great common
wealth. And ! cannot but feel that
others in Michigan who were not for
tunate enough to get into the fight
"over there" will have learned the
lesson their fighting men learned in
France and begin the construction Of
a highway system that will be main
tanned and marked and will meet the
approval Of the Wolverine soldiers
who fought over French roads and
came to wish that they had something
as good back home"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03

IN this square IL Is
notice that your subscription has eX-
pired and unless renewal is made
Before Next Week
The Record will be discontinued, in
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03

Fatty" Arbuckle in Love" cont
ing-adv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03

Circulation counts-we have it.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03
Monthly Notice
To Subscribers

If a blue cross appears
i'm this SQUARE II is a
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03

wanigas at Brunner's.-64-H
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03

Best ice cream. DeLuxe.--77-tf-c
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03

Who is Houdini?-adv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-04-03

Best candies. DeLuxe.-77-tf-C
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-08-07
One Fine Eight.Roonl Residnce

electric lighted flowing artesan we'll; one seven
and one six-room residence and thirteen four-room
houses one store house eight tobacco barns, one
silo packhouse and large number of outbulldlngs,,
pecan orchard and five flowing arteslan wells All
buildings in excellent condition.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
1000 men OF stST
DIVISION ARRIVE

New York--with more than 5000
officers and men OF the sfst division
national army. Washington, Oregon,
California. Nevada. Utah, Montana
and Wyoming steamship Siboney
arrived from St Nazaire Monday.
These included the S6Sd infantry's
headquarters of the I'd battalion. the
supply company and companies r. G
and H, 80 officers and s61 men. for
Camps Kearney. Lewis, Taylor, Dodge,
Funston and Sherman. and the 364th
infantry's field and staff headquarters
of the Sd battalion. headquarters Of
the supply and machine gun compa.
nies, ordnance and medical detach-
ments and companies A, B, !. X. L
and NJ, 81 officers and 2oss men, for
Camps Kearney, Lewis. Sherman. Tay.
lor, Grant, Dix. Dodge and Funston.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
BONELESS BEEF
SAVES u. S. ARMY
$4,000 DAILY
War Department Cuts Ex-
penses on Meat Shipments
for the A. E. F.

Thousands OF tons of honeless beet
was shipped to the American Expe.
dictionary Forces in order to cut the
cost OF transportation and save valu
able freight space. This Is only one
OF scores OF ways in which the gov
ernment eliminated unnecessary ex,
pense in the endeavor to make every
dollar raised through the four popular
Liberty Loans so as far as possible
By shipping all meat for the over
seas troops with the bones cut out at
the packing houses In America Il has
been estimated that a saving OF SIS,OOO
daily was made The suggestion TO
ship the meat in this economical man
ner was made by an army man after
he watched thousands of tons go for
ward by the old method. A carcass
Of beef contains twenty-five pounds OF
bone to every hundred pounds OF meat
and requires twice the shipping space.
1t is with such unanswerable arsu
ments as these that the government Is
replying to the charges that money
was carelessly spent during the war
making necessary the calling of the
Victory Loan.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
stan, communication with the councri

slant communication with the council
OF four.
The inter.aIlied shipping commits.
sion has completed preparations TO
transport the Polish troops to Danzig.
Documents in possession OF the
French and Roumanian governments,
newspapers say, prove that the advent
OF the communist regime in Hungary
was due in great part 10 maneuver
OF Count Karolyi in conjunction with
the German government The move
ment was aimed directly at the allied
powers, II is said,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
SOVIET CLERKS RUN
THINGS IN BUDAPEST
Men Elected BY Workmen Take
Places As Heads Of Bust
ness Institutions.

Vienna. FOLLOWING the practice g,
into effect by the Russian soviet gov.
ernment at Moscow. bank presidents
in Budapest have become mere figure
heads. while soviet clerks administer
the business. Rents no longer are
paid 10 landlords. but 10 the govern
ment. which is represented By the
Janitors. The stores have been nation
allied and the heads Of factories have
been replaced by those elected by the
vorkmen.
The banking business Is being han
dicapped under the new regulations.
No one Is allowed TO draw out more
than 500. except in the payment OF
salaries. A check must be signed By
all the trustees before II is submitted
to q bank where 1t Is honored.
All estates have been appropriated
by the government American Off.
clals are well treated by the Hun.
garian officials, and American cour.
iers are allowed to pass in and out Of
Budapest without hindrance.
Count Karolyi's position has not
been damaged by the new regime, ac-
eording TO political observers, who say
he cleverly vacated his position as
provisional president By shifting re-
sponsibility for the course OF events
to the allies. and then urging resist
snce against the entente, which re.
suited in a union Of the social demo
Gratis and the communists.
In CEecho-sloyakia II Is reported
that uprisings have occurred. News
Of Hungarian bolshevism has spread
rapidly and the revolutionary spirit in
West Ukraine and Roumania Is said 70
be increasing.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04

Work will start on the Mount Hood
loop as quickly as possible and the
project will be completed in two years
within the forest reserve. This was
one OF the various matters determined
at a conference between the state
highway commission and DR.. L. /.
Hewes and George II. Cecil, represent.
ing the federal government. There are
37.2 miles within the forest and the
road will be 16 feet wide, Of dirt, and
cost $4,000. This cost will be divided
equally between the government and
the state
The state lime board, in session at
Gold Hill, ordered the official in
charge OF the state lime plant to re-
sumo operations al once with convict
labor. A crew of ten men will be
employed. The output is to be so
tons a day. The untitled orders for
immediate delivery amount to 1000
tons and at the rate the orders are
coming in daily they may amount to
another 100 tons before the spring
season closes. All orders for the
present will be filled at sl,75 per ton
T. o. b. at Gold Hill. pending an ad-
justment between the cost of free and
convict labor
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
GRANT OF LAND TO
JAPANESE REPORTED
American Embassy In Mexico
City Instructed to Make
investigation.

Washington. -. The American en-
bassy at Mexico City was instructed
TO make inquiries concerning the re-
port that the Mexican government has
granted agricultural concessions to
Japanese In Lower California and to
repor, the facts as quickly as possible,
No official information has reached
the department about the concessions
and surprise was occasioned by the
dispatch from Mexico City quoting
General Amado Aguirire, under secre'
tary OF development and agriculture,
as saying they had. been granted.
The American government Is inter
ested both because OF the apparent
success OF Japanese in obtaining q
long sought foothold in Lower Califor.
MIA and because the tract of land In
voived was developed and Is claimed
by an American company, whose
rights we're declared forfeited by the
Mexican government In 1917,
The land, upwards OF million acres
below the California border, was
granted by the then President Diaz
to the California g. Mexican Land Co,
OF Los Angeles. 1t was desert land with
nothing growing on It but sagebrush,
cactus and chaparral. The American
company spent more than sl,oOO.oOO
in irrigation work before the tract
was productive. One Of the require
ments Of the concession was that the
land should be irrigated. Another
was that II should be settled with
farmers and ranchers, Both these re-
ouirements are said to have been met
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
HUNGARIAN REVOLT
TO TEST ENTENTE


Paris.--Reports to the French for
eisn office Indicate the Hungarian rev
olutlon was staged largely with the
purpose Of testing the strength of the
will OF the entente powers and was
designed TO frighten them with the
idea that Germany might also rapidly
disintegrate.
Marshal Foch left Paris for Spa to
meet Matthias Erzberger to discuss
with him the allied demand that Polish
troops be permitted to use the port of
Danzig. The marshal has received
full powers to negotiate with German
representatives. He viii be in con-
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
Missouri suffraslsts Win.

Jefferson City, Mo.--The Missouri
senate passed the senate suffrage bill
granting women the right to vote for
presidential electors and Immediately
afterward adopted resolution sub.
mitting to the voters a constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage in all
elections. The senate's action is con-
sidered as ending the women's fight,
as the house is overwhelmingly for
suffrage.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
TELEGRAPH RATES co UP
BurIeson Makes official Announce.
ment Of 20 Per Cent Advance,

Washington. Postmaster General
Burleson announced an increase OF 20
per cent in the rates for United States
domestic kilograms, effective April /,
Day letters and night letters shall
be computed as at present. but charg-
ed for on the basis of the new rates,
Night messages will be charged for at
an increase of 20 per cent over exist.
ing night message rates.
The rate increases ordered, accord
ing to Burleson, 'are made necessary
to meet the increased cost OF opera.
ton occasioned by wage increases
now in effect, made during the past
year." The 20 per cent increase or
dered, he says, is barely sufficient"
to meet wage raises.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04

ton amendment to tho federal conati.
tuition, Attorney General Brown took
this position In an opinion TO Sccre.
tary ot State olc1tt Referendum
petitions had been filed with tho soc.
Rotary Of state TO be referred 10 the
attorney general for balio, title. Tho
attorney general declined TO prepare
the ballot tito. lie pointed out that
under tho laws OF Oregon a referen'
dunn can apply only 10 the lawmaking
power OF the legislature. and that bills
or acts may be referred. hut not reso'
iutions.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
tribute Paid 10 Norway ny House,

Tribute Paid 70 Norway by House.
Paris.-Norway was praised az
friend of the entente BY Colonel e. N,
House when the Norwegian delegation
on the league of nations was presented
to him by Leon Bourgeois. French
member of the league of nations COM
mission. mo neutral nation gave the
entente more help than Norway" Col.
onel House told the delegation, Were
Christiania not so remote from the
center OF European activities" Col.
onel House added, that city would
have been suggested as the seat Of
the league of nations"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
Nav Aeeept Root,s suaaestIons.

Paris. - Commenting on the six
amendments to the covenant of the
league OF nations suggested by Elihu
Root II was said by one of the legal
specialists associated with the Amer.
ican peace conference delegation that
he believed all the amendments were
acceptable to the American delegation.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04

New York,--The start Of the United
States navy's attempt to cross the
Atlantic ocean on a heavier-than-air
machine will take place on the first
clear day in May,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
polndexter Invited to Debate.

Tacoma. wash-senator Miles Poin.
dexter has been asked to debate on
the league OF nations here April 6, it
was announced, with Bishop Frederick
w. keator as his opponent
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04

Title Ginger says that one reason
why she hates TO take dictation from
her new boss is because when he is
chewing tobacco he can't talk, and
when he isn't chewing he can't think.
Galveston News.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04
TO PRESENT ERlN's CLAIMS
Three Americans to Go 10 Paris In
Behalf Of ireland.

benaT ov trelanu.
Washington. n.-Passports were grant.
ed by the state department to Frank
P. Walsh, former Joint chairman Of
the war labor board; Edward F.
Dunno, former governor Of Illinois,
and Michael K. Ryan, former Pennsyl.
vania public service Commissioner,
who are going to Paris to present Ire.
lands claims at the peace conference
rs spokesmen of the Irish race con-
vention held last month at Philadel.
phia.
Mr.. Walsh and Mr. Ryan said that
the purpose Of their mission was ito
obtain for the delegates selected by
the people of ireland hearing at the
peace conference"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1919-04-04

Trains Carry st2,ooo,ooo For Orient.
San Francisco. - The two richest
treasure trains that ever crossed the
continent arrived here with $4,000, 900
In silver bullion, being shipped by the
United States government to India for
the account Of the British government.
Arizona republican., 1919-06-22
TIE EPRIjSS|AIV CIJR"
 COMES TO HIP TODAY

The Prussian Cur,' which comes to the Hip for today and tomorrow will doubtless prove the same sensa- ton in Phoenix that has been it's re- cord throughout America. It is a drama of the war but, choses rather the spy system of the Imperial German government as it's central theme. The man from whom the information was gained that made possible the filming of this gigantic spectacle, was Capt. Horst von der Goltz. self confessed German spy, whose service as a secret agent for the kaiser covered a period of ten years. He was the man who en- gineered the enterprise of the attempt at destroying the Welland canal in Canada This was the man who faced death as a spy in the Tower of Lon don, but whose life was spared on ac- count of the efforts of the United States that he might come to this coun- try and give the information which meant so much in the combating of the sinister menace of the dastardly spy system.
 The picture was staged at great expense. and is complete in every de- tail The Prussian Cur" goes back through the years following from its very inception the German scheme of conquest. IL shows with vivid realism the barbarous German outrages which
Arizona republican., 1919-06-22
MANY FIXTURES ET
 RIVERSIDE PARK

Riverside park has arranged a most attractive program for today. and will doubtless repeat the success of the meet last week when the water car nival went over with 6 snap and q bang.
 The water sports today will be con fined to diving. There will be three contests staged, all in the same class, but in each of the events the contest ants will be different. There will be a diving contest for the ladies, one for the men. and one for the boys. In each of the events the exhibition will consist of both high and fancy diving the winners to be decided on points, and to be awarded cannon bronze med als and silver cups. These medals and cups are of the most attractive sort and make a very appreciable prize. The medals are on display in the win dew of Sheldon's jewelry store, where they may be seen all day long.
 There will be a coin diving contest for boys under 16 years of age. These coin diving affairs not only afford un- limited amusement for the contestants, but the spectators find much excite ment in trying to pick the lucky boys as they dive and re-dive after the elusive coin. It is quite a trick to pick them up in the water, and is a hCtly contested affair.
 The band concert will be staged from 5:30 to 7:30 in the afternoon. This concert is looked forward to eag erly from week to week. Tine city band of the full 25 pieces is on hand
Arizona republican., 1919-06-22

when the house man breaks into the apartment. Explanations free the heio, but the wits of the cut-up are whettes TOT further escapades which carry hini into another apartment. Again the hero follows and again the cut-ttD makes good his getaway, but before he goes he drops match into the waste basket and a fire starts. The hero picks qp the sleeping girl. carries her out O the building. places her into an au- tCmObile. and madly rushes for help. but when the girl comes to. failing fp realize what has happened. charges tho hero with abduction. and again he IS m the tolls of the law, and incident ally the crimes charged against him this time crowd the calendar of the court to the utmost capacity. Given his liberty on the promise to unraySl certain unexplained things. the young blade starts on a line of adventure which bring the greatest of all thrills 10 the screen. These include the mad dash of an auto through an open space to a rapidly rising jack knife bridge. holding it there until the bridge closes again: the jump from a water tower to a speeding train; the jump from the train to a sempaphore bridge and a terrific battle in a deserted house with single man pitted against five ad- Versaries.
 Fatty Arbuekle will also be on hand with one of his uproarously funny com edy creations.
Arizona republican., 1919-06-22
Scene iron, "The Prussian Cur" at the Hip today

dragged America into the world con flict. It reveals the matching by Bern storff of the vast system of plots, in trigues and pro German propaganda ii America. The busy activities of the factory workers endangered by the pro- German serpent which crawis in to their midst to poison and destroy: it shows President Wilson addressing congress: it pictures strikes. train wrecks, and historic scenes at the Inn perial German palace. It shows Amer icas fleets at sea-the boys in camp and on the way to the battle front Historical archives were ransacked for details; secret records were examined high officials were interviewed; for
 tunes were spent in collecting data and building the imposing sets de-
 manded by this production. "The Prussian Cur" sums up in swift, thrilling and inspiring scenes, the whole history of an epoch. It is bound to appeal strongly to every red -blooded American. and should prove one of the
Arizona republican., 1919-06-22
THIS E PICNIC DAY II MORLEY'S CUB

Today is picnic day at Morley's Country club. Twenty acres of shade and lines of picnic tables and hundreds Of comfortable benches under the shade of the big trees and with plenty of water make this the most comfortable and plea sant place in the whole valley to spend the day or evening.
 The big concrete plunge is being p2troniZed more and more every day az people become more familiar wi. h the as! eeable temperature of the water, and il is as clear as crystal. The bot tom Of the plunge is always plainly visible even at the deepest point, 10 feet. The merry round will be run nlns today and all children are ad- mitted free to the park every day. not merely one da in the week. Come out today and bring the family and stay all day.
Arizona republican., 1919-06-22
TIE DETER HALF"
 AT TIE COLUMBIA

The Better Half" Alice Brady's latest film success, will be the feature offering at the Columbia theater Thursday. Friday and Saturday. It is 8 story of twin sisters, adapted for the screen by Louise Shermin from Miriam Michelson's novel, Michael Thwaite's Wife"
 Alice Brady is seen as both Louise and Trixie, twin sisters who are as different below the surface as it is possible for sisters to be Michael Thwaite, a cousin by adoption, goes away to become a physician, and upon hs graduation marries TriXie, although in early life Trixie had hated him while her sister Louise loved him.
 After the wedding Louise enters a hospital to become a nurse, while Trixie continues her butterfly ways Finally Hendriek Thurston, a social libertine and idler, lures Trixie to his rooms for a late supper. Michael learns of her caprice and attempts to scold his wife. But Trixie packs her bags and hurries to the hospital to tell Louise that she is going away with Thurston.
 After talking the matter over. Louise begs her not to go and Trixie prom ises to return to Michael in the morn ing. Following events find Michael a patient in the same hospital where Louise is working while Trixie has gone to Europe with Thurston. An operation is necessary in order to bring back Michael's sight, and through the dark days that follow Louise takes the place of Trixie, although Michae thinks it is Trixie who is nursing him
 At last TriXie tires of Thurston and comes back, but when she learns that Louise loves Michael she kills her self
 A Gaumont Graphic and a Strand comedy will be the augmenting features | for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.