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The Carlisle independent., 1919-02-27

al months.
 The mail carrier says the fel lows on his route who get the least mail are the ones who are always waiting at the mail box when he passes.
 Mrs. Fletcher Henstep yesCer day planted her sweet peas, and last night when Fletcher went to take dose of his liver pills they were missing and the Hensteps are now pretty well agreed that the mistake was made by Mrs. denstep and the pills were planted instead of the peas.
 Mrs. Jefferson Potlocks wash ed the faces of her bunch of chil dren this week and after the job was completed she discovered that they had been feeding three or four of the neighbours chil dren for no telling how long. Jefferson has suggested that his wife put bands on her children's legs, or in some way mark them so that this may not happen again.
 Zero Peck says if he could get to where he did not have to wor- ry so much about making a liv- ing there is no place on earth he would rather live than in Hog WalloW.
 The postoffice was closed as tight as jug on Washlngton's birthday and the Hog Wallow Loafers' Club was considerably put out, as they had no place to meet. They tried to hold a meet ing at Dock Hooks blacksmith shop, but the hammering on the anvil kept them from hearing what was said.
 Jefferson Potlocks will try thls year to raise a bigger turnip than the one the Tickville lid ings lied about last fall.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-02-27
HOgWa1lOW News
 Dunk BoftS. COrreSpouder1t

Zero Peck took dinner at the restaurant in Tickvile last week. lie says beans have not gone up any: that bowl is the same price as when he ate there last year, though he is sure his bowl was two or three beans short this time.
 Cape Allsop. who recently moved here from Slippery Elm neighborhood, seems to be well liked by our people. He is a sec ond cousin to Columbus Allsop. but seems to be alright other- wise.
 Ellick Hellwanger has read where some fellow up East has invented a machine which can be used in telling when a fellow is telling a lie. Atlas Peck says this is no new thing to him; that he got married to one, or similar to it about forty years ago.
 The authorities who will con- duct the dog fair for home talent dogs at Tlckville next ,oonth have notified Tobe Moseley that his two blind dogs will not be ad- mitted in the contest; that they are ineligible. This will cut Tobe's entries down to ten.
 The Tickville restaurant is preparing for a big business during the Dog Fair next month and for this special occasion the proprietor will have two depart ments instead of one, for serv- ing the trade-one for the dogs and one for the people. This will 1t Is thought, be quite an improv meet over the old plap of letting all eat together.
 The postmaster has written the postmaster general to know what 10 do about tie stray hog which has been sleeping under the postoffice for the past sever
The Carlisle independent., 1919-02-27

Dept. is indicated by an attend ance of 109,177 at 5,560 sessions of organized classes conducted by "" secretaries last year for soldiers.
 Camp Pike soldiers are re spending to the cry of the starv ing of faroff Armenia. ThroL gin Major Eugene Barton of the mo rale Dept. soldiers contributed S523.0G to the 4 amenian relief fund last week.
 J. Adams Puffer, expert on SC lection of vocational work, deliv cred a series of talks to soldiers on how to go about finding the work for which the individual is best equipped. Mir. Puffer is sent out by the Army Y. NJ. O. A. to help the soldier find the vocation that will give him most happiness and success.
 Four Arkansas men were in a detachment of eight from the 10th engineers reaching here for discharge after more tllan a years service ip France. They are Sergeant Brice Cummins, Prescott. Wagoner. c. A. Me Kinney of Pocahontas and T N. Bragg of Conway and T D. Spencer of Rogers. They arrived here from Washington, where they were sent upon landing at Hoboken, N. J January 24th.
 Sgt. Chalmers Boles of Fay etteville was among a detach- ment of men sent from here to Camp Grant for discharge. Sgt. BoleS was inducted in service ct Chicago, where he vas residing when America entered the war. He came to Camp Pi.e in the early days of the contonment. having enlisted m the Amy Y. M. c, A after attempting to en- list in the army Sgt. Bo'es is grad ate of the engineering department of the U of A He plans to return to Fay etteyille and enter business.
 There are between 50, 0,000,0 ,000 and 10000 wounded American soldiers awaiting transportation home is the opinion of Major Norton Gibbons, commander ot the base hospital here Camp Pike hospital has been designat. ed as a 1900 bed unit, the per sonnel for which is 70 officers, 150 nurses and 750 enlisted men.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-02-27
Arkansas News Letter from Camp Pike

Several thousand overseas men sand soldiers from other camps arrived here during the past ten days for discharge Practically all of these are Ark and Okla. men, most of them from overseas are from the 330th and 331st infantry of the 83rd di. vision. l, Four. trains came in from Eastern camps and port towns one night They are being dis charged rapidly. a number al ready having departed for their homes Each of the trains arriv ing here with overseas men car ries a Y. M. c. A, Secretary A. E. Bence, who came with a com panysof casuals. said there were l4,0U0 menLdt Camp i Mills and 5000 more nom overseas ex. pected when his train departed Nineteen trains left Merritt cue day for Southern Yand sWestern camps. 3. All gof the men of the 330th. remarked that one soldier &ho had been wounded declared
 
 that if he had S1,0O0 the "Y'' could get 1899 oft. ?
 Thirty four men. comprising the. .laSt class of. the l. O. c. T. s. at Camp Pike, were graduated at exercises Friday. Nearly ali are regular army men, and up on being commissioned were as -igned to. different organization $ to complete their terms of en listments.
 What is probably the biggest deposit eyert made at a bank in Arkansas was recorded when an officer of the Quartermaster Corps deposited 4,500.000 in a Little Rock institution for trans mission to Washington The de posit, made up of cash, currency and checks, represented surplus accumulated at Camp Pike.
 Fred B. Appleget, former New York newspaper man at one time .editor of Newspaper dom who nas been directing ed ucational work for the \. NJ C A. among soldiers at Camr Pike since October, 1917, has bet D made head of the Southwestern Dept. bureau for work for the returned overseas men. His sue cessor here has not been an nounced. Something of what has been done by Mr Appleget' s
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED
TWENTY-FIVE BLACKS FIRE INTO
CROWD AND THEN RUN.
NEGRO sTRikEsREAKERs SHOOT
PICKET WHILE RETURNING
TO WORK.
OF Union Nsws Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Indiana Hnrbor, Ind. Oct. 4.-Rioting
roke out at the Universal Portland
Cement plant here and union picket
was shot by one of two armed negroes
who, with nearly twenty-five other ne
groes. attempted to return to work
Several shots We're fired by the two
negroes who were arrested and placed
in Jail Threats have been made that
he pair might be taken from the Jail
by force. The other negroes were
chased into the woods by nearly 300
strikers. Indiana Harbor's industries
had been closed since the strike was
called until now. when the Inland Steel
Company, one of the larger indcpend-
ent steel plants in the Chicago district
the Marks Manufacturing Company
and the Universal Portland Cement
Company plant resumed operations
Sheriff l.. Barnes assigned 300 new
deputies to duty. but until now there
was only mutterlng to indicate trouble
The strikers, however, increased
their force of six pickets to about 300
who were on duty when twenty-five or
thirty negroes appeared at the ceiueni
plant.
Sam Blair and Clyde Bracken. ne
groes, had knives. the police say, and
the union pickets attempted to disarIn
them. Then both negroes drew revol-
vers and fired number OF shots. Kiz-
mir Kirchner, n picket, was wounded
IN the thigh.
Blair and Bracken We're put under
arrest but their companions fled be-
tore the strikers, who pursued them in
10 the woods surrounding the factory
and they were said to be still hiding
in the timber.
negro prisoners, the police increased
The guard about the police station.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Quick Action Saves Boat.

New York.-Quick action on the part
of the crew in closing the water-tight
Collision bulkhead'' of the steamer
Lex ngton prevented Il possible loss of
life when the craft was rammed by
the United States submarine OF in the
treacherous waters OF the He'll Gate
channel in the Upper East river. The
Lexington. Colonial line steamer,
was bound for Providence with 300
passengers, when, according to passen-
gers, the submarine, which had been
maneuvering on the surface, suddenly
headed across her bow. Many of the
passengers were thrown off their feet
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
SPEECHES ARE Limited
BOTH SIDES ELATED, CLAIMING
VICTORY FOR SHOWING MADE.
SENATE SWEEPS ASIDE MANY
AMENDMENTS TO THE
TREATY.
Western Newspaper union Now. Service.


Washington, Oct. 3.--At last reach
ing the stage of acton In It's consd-
Grafton of The peace treaty, the Sen
ate swept aside hi quick succession
thirty-six of the forfy-five amendments
which lad been written into the docu-
ncnt by the foreign relations commit
tee. The smallest majority recorded
against any Of the committee pro-
posals was fifteen. ana the largest was
twcniy-cight All OF the amendments
considered had been introduced by
Senator Fall, Republican, New Mexico,
and were designed to curtail Ameri-
cnn participation IN European settle
iuents resulting from the war
or the nine amendments yet to be
acted on, six relate TO the Shantnng
section, two propose to equalize vot-
ing power III the League of Nations,
and one would limit American repre-
sentation on the repurarions coinms-
sion
In the absence of definite agree
ment for disposition of these pro-
i,os,,ls. Senate leaders thought that
The debate might run on for several
tlnys before another roll call Is taken.
Throughout The voting the Demo-
cints presented solid front agninst
the amendments except for Senators
Gore of Oklahoma and Thomas of
1 oloiudo.
seventeen Republicans, on the other
land, lined up against the first com
mitiec proposal to be considered, and
most OF them stood with the Demo-
Gratis on all succeeding roll calls.
Many of them announced they were
for reservations which they believed
would cover the same ground without
cndangerlng the trenty.
At adjournment the treaty advo-
Gates declared themselves elated at
the days work and the opposition
leaders also were claiming n victory
on the showing made for their amend
ments.
They mustered minimum strength
of thirty-one, which, with absentees,
would be. sufficient, they declare, to
insure the treaty's defeat unless un-
satisfactory qualifications are accept
ed. Thirty-three negative votes on the
final roll call. they pointed out, would
make impossible the two-thirds major
ity necessary for ratification.
Under special agreement, speeches
on the amendments We're limited To
five minutes and nearly half the Sen
ute membership got into the running
debate which occupied most of the
day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Investigate Cost of Wool.

Albuquerque, n. M.-The United
States thrift board is making an In
vestigatlon to determine the cost Of
wool to the growers. so as to make tar
iff recommendations to Congress, ac-
cording to message received here by
Walter NJ. Connell, president of the
ton. S. W. Culberson, chairman of
the tariff board, Is conducting the in
quiry. He will be In Albuquerque Oct.
II and IS TO confer with leading sheep
men of the state regarding the matter
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
kidnap American Engineer.

New York-A report that another
American has been kidnapped by Mexi-
can bandits and is being held for ran
som has been received by the National
Association for the Protection of
American Rights in Mexico. The re-
port quotes the Mexico City newspaper
Excelsior. as authority for the story.
The American, by the name of Splller,
is said to have been an engineer on II
plantation In the state of Vera Cruz.
The Excelsior says the Mexican gov
ernment has sent troops in pursuit OF
the kdnapers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Bail Strike Settled.

London.--The strike of railroad men,
which has been in progress upon the
British railroads since midnight,
Sept. 20. has been settled. The settle.
ment was the result of a long confer
ence between trade union delega-
ton. including representatives of the
railway mems union and Premier
Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law
In the famous conference room in
Downing street Prior to this there
wns a cabinet meeting. Settlement
wns by compromise.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Burn Negroes at Stake.

Lincolnton, Ga.-Three negroes have
paid lynch laws penalty for the fatal
sheriff of Lincoln county. The mob,
which spent all of two days searching
through swamps and canebrakes for
Jack Gordon. the negro accused of kill
ing the sheriff, have disbanded. Cor
don and William Brown, who is al
legged to have aided Gordon In escap-
ing after the shooting, were burned al
the stake by mob of 1000 persons
after Gordon had been taken from Lin
coin county officers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Cargo of German Gold.

New York.-The American destroyer
Laub arrived here from Antwerp with
So. .125. 900 in German gold, the first di-
rect part payment of the S15S000,00C
for food and supplies arranged for by
Food Administrator Herbert Hoover.
when he was in Berlin recently One
half of the Sl5S.00o.oC0 has been
shipped from Berlin to London and
placed in the Bank of England, which
is the London agent for the federal re-
serve bank.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
president nverx Sick Man.

hington.-Presldsnt Wilson is a
very sick man" and "his condition is
less favorable" 1t was said by DIR.
Cary Il. Grayson, the Presidents physi-
clan. In statement issued from the
White House. After consultation
with DR. +. y Dercum of Philadelphia
Doctors Sterling Ruffin and T.. II. Stitt
Of Washington. which are agreed as to
his condition, it was determined that
absolute rest is essential for some
time"
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Five Shot in Oakland.

Oakland, Calif-Five men, including
Police Capt. w. +. Woods. We're shot
in the rloting consequent upon the at
tempt OF the SaI. FrancIsco-O Oakland
terminal railways TO resume street car
traffic at the beginning of the sixth
day of the strike. The men asserted
they We're shot from n car. None of
the wounds is dangerous. Following
the rioting. eight persons were ar
rested on charges of shooting and ten
We're taken into custody for alleged
throwing of stones.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Peru Presidents Term Five Years.

Lica, Peru.-President Augusta Le-
guia will be proclaimed constitutional
president Oct. ~ for n period of five
years, instead of four, as fixed under
the old constitution, he was informed
officially by the congressional com
mission. DIR. Augusta Durand, owner
of the newspaper, La Prenzo. who was
arrested here Sept. IL, charged with
conspiracy against President Leguia.
sailed for Panama as political refuge
where he will probably remain.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Bomb Russian Funeral.

Helsingfors. = Ten persons were
killed and twenty-eight others serious
ly wounded by tie throwing of bomb
into funeral procession in Moscow
recently, according to advices from
that city. Many other persons were
slightly injured. The dispatch states
that the bomb. of the high explosive
type. was thrown by an unknown man
during the funeral of the victims of
the recent bomb Outrage in the Krem-
lin
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
TROOPS GUARD
STRIKE DISTRICT
REGULARS READY TO AID IN
MAINTAINING ORDER
~ GARY.
STATE TROOPS CALLED
INDIANA HARBoR UNDER GUARD
OF FOUR COMPANIES, is
REPORT.

Gary, Ind, Oct. 6.-Three hundred
state troops have been brought TO
Gary following disturbances One man
is reported shot. Striking steel work
ers are swarming the streets and
thousands of union pIckets are active
Guardsmen have been stationed
throughout the city at points where
trouble is likely to occur. An attempt
by pickets to force an entrance to the
American Sheet and Tin Plate mills
was blocked by troops.
Indiana Harbor. Ind.-Four com
panies of Indiana national guardsmen
arrived here and began patroling the
streets. The troops were called out
following rioting among striking steel
workers at Gary. Ind. where the po-
lice locked up thlrty-one persons after
forty or fifty had been injured. Six
hundred employees of the Inland Steel
Company, Independent, have returned
to work In a body.
Gary, Ind.-Garys streets were
crowded and the entire city was over
hung with a spirit of unrest following
the rioting which broke out the other
night, with its threat of recurrence.
At nlghtfall no militiamen had
reached Gary, though eleven com
panies had mobilized at East Chicago,
Ind, and four of the companies had
been sent to Indiana Harbor.
The Gary company of state militia
was not called out, though they were
notified to hold themselves in readl-
ness for active duty.
No troops Will be brought to Gary
unless they are requested by Mayor
Hodges or Sheriff Barnes, Adjutant
General Harry r. Smith of Indiana
has announced. In command of the
troops at East Chicago and Indiana
Harbor. the adJutant general said law
lessness would be prevented and all
persons and property given absolute
protection, even IL 1t were necessary
to call for regular army troops, which
he said Secretary of War Baker had
promised him.
Il will have sufficient forces to
preserve order in the Calumet region"
said the adjutant general. Il have or
ders from Governor Goodrich to pro-
tect workers who may desire to go to
work, their lives and homes, to pro-
tect the Industrial plants of this Sec
tion, and above all, to keep peace. II
necessary. can call out every unit Of
state troops in Indiana"
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
American Gets chinese Position.

Peking.-Paul S. Reinsch, former
United States minister to China. has
been appointed counsellor of the Chi
nese government at salary of $20,-
600 per year, the agreement dating
from August l, according to an offlcal
statement issued here.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
French Ratify Treaty.

Paris.-The Chamber of Deputies
ratified the German peace treaty by
a vote OF 372 to 50. The chamber then
took up the treaties between France
and the United States and France and
Great Britain. The Franco-Americnn
and Franco British treaties were unan
imously ratifIed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
city Employees Get Raise.

New York.-Decision to grant u
general increase to all city employees
receiving Sl,S00 or less year was
reached mt meeting of the committee
on finance and budget of the board of
estimates. Street cleaners win get Il
flat increase of $500.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD
IN FULL CHARGE OF
CITY.
ON THE JOB
ARREST ALL MEN IN UNIFORM
WHO TOOK PART IN DEM-
oNsTRATIoN.
ws.,ern Neu.napsr unIon New. s.ryle..

Chicago. Oct. Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood placed Gary, Ind. under the con
trol of federal troops and assumed per
snnal charge of the strike situation
there at the request of Governor
james +. Goodrich of Indiana A thou-
sand veterans of the Fourth dlvis on,
armed with field pieces. trench NOR
rifles. We're rushed there from Fort
Sheridan by auto-truck. Al an early
hour portions of the Sixth division ar
rived in Gary from Fort Sheridan and
omnhn. This morning there were
1000 federal shock troops in the steel
city-all veterans of the war.
Chicago.-Martiul law has been de-
clared in Gary. Indiana Harbor and
Gary under control of the military
came from Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood.
In command of federal troops Mt thnt
place. Adjutnnt Smith of Indiana. act
ing on authority of Governor Goodrich,
declared martial law in the other two
towns.
General Woods order provided that
no public meetings or assemblies
might be held sin any street, park or
other portion of the city However,
it specifically exempted from this pro-
vision churches. theaters and motion
picture houses.
The order set forth that all men
in the uniform of the United States
army in the city would be brought to
military headquarters Immediately.
If investigation developed that n
particular man was "a part of the
armed forces of the nation, the order
added he would be placed under the
command of the military authorities
in the city for duty. If, however. the
man was out of the service, the order
stated, he would be held pending fur
ther investigation"
This latter provision was taken TO
mean that discharged soldiers wearing
their army uniforms in the city would
be held In custody.
The order was made effective imme-
dlafely. at set forth that strict en-
forcement of law would prevail and
called upon all citizens to lend their
assistance to the military authorities.
The functions of the city government,
it added, would be carried on through
the city authorities ''as much as pos
sible.'
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Storm pestroxs COTTON.

Houston, Texas.-A loss of 100000
bales In unpicked cotton was caused
by the tropical storm that swept the
gulf coast of Texas, according to re-
port issued by F. n. Gray. Texas cot
ton crop specialist of the Bureau OF
Estimates.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Prisoners Riot in Jail.

Dublin.-Forty Sim Fein prisoners,
including twenty-six brought from
Cork prison started u riot in Mount
Joy prison after hunger strike.
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-10-10
Turkish Cabinet Quits.

Constantinople.@Th resignation OF
the Turkish cabinet, headed by Da-
mad Ferrid Pasha, grand vizier and
minister of foreign affairs, has been
accepted by the sultan.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-16
DIGNATARIos Y oFCIALES

DIGNATARIOS Y OFCIALES
La Lcgia Luz del Toa, nos en-
via Ell signiente cuadro de sus Dig
tarios:
Ven: M, Felix Monclova. Re
electo. Ter. Vig.:, Leopoldo Diaz.
3lo. vig:., Jacinto Burgos. Teso-
zero, Delfin Hernandez. Secreta-
rio, jose N. Catala. Electo. Hospi-
talario, Severe San Inocencio. Ter.
Diacono, Emilio Ortiz. 20. Diaco-
no, Carlos Nieve, Ter. Maestro dc
Ceremonial, Enrique, Fernandez.
20. Maestro de Ceremonial, Pedro
Martinez. Gda.. Temp: interior,
Manuel Salgado. Gda.: Temp.
Exterior, Antonio Sosa. Economo,
Manuel Cruz. Porta Estandarte,
Julian Hernandez. NJ. de Banquc-
tes, Ramon Morales. Orador, Luis
NJ. Santiago. Diputado ante la
Gran Logia, Pedro del Vale Att
les.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-16
UNA MISSION CIENTIFICA
~--ESPANOLA A AMERICA

Han salido de Espaiia rumbo a
America cinco ingenieros espaiio-
les, los senOres Nillasante, Fabre-
gas, Kindelan, Dupuy Delome y
Rodrigo de Rodrigo.
Recorreran Mexico, Cuba Y las
rep1blicas sudamericanas, para
estudiar las industrias minerOme-
talnrgicas Y, preparar, sobre so
Ida base, una politica de impor-
taciones Y eXportaciOnes entire Es-
pana y la America espaliola, a
realizar Ell ell periodic de post
guerra.
Durara la mission unos cuatro
meses.