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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-05-01
Muscular Greek porters.

As porters and laborers, the Greeks
of Salonica are unrivaled. You espy
"a grand piano or gigantic wardrobe,
apparently promenadng the streets for
its own pleasure and search reveals
n small Greek Of NO particular phys
ique supporting IL without apparent
effort. There seems mo- limit 90 the
burdens they can shoulder. During a
ire. two men we're seen 90 mp steep
stairs carrying huge safe that would
have needed cranes and pulleys in any
other country They are very useful
for road making and on the quays, re-
ceiving q fixed rate of 81 a day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-05-01
Registered Optometrist
Your eyes carefully tested and httee
11s SUPERIOR ST. ALMA. MICH
Geo. F.. Sharrar
ChaS F.. Watson
The Real Estate Men
ALMA, MICH.
We are Offering for the COM
We are Offering Tor the COM
ing week:

lHK WCOhs
RE finest and most up-to-date
Chicken Farm in the county, o
acres Just outside Of the corpora
ton all fenced with chicken fence;
TWO coops, very modern; good s
room house, finished in oak, heated
with a furnace; good barn win
concrete floors; concrete walks
around house. lightning rods on all
the buildings; 40 fruit trees, apples
and pears; Is acres of fine land for
garden purposes Good work horse,
all kinds of truck garden tools, 30
White Wyandotte chickens, thrown
in on the deal For quick sale
so acres Of good land near Marion
with so acrs cleared. fair buildings,
TO exchange for house and lot IN
Alma.
u acres all cleared, small buildings,
to sell or exchange for house in
Alma
acre fruit farm near Alma, fine
house, good buildings, good or
chard, a very pleasant home, for
sale or exchange.
50 acres near Wheeler, mostly
cleared good buildings TO sell or
exchange for Alma city property.
To exchange for farm Good modern
house in Alma, located near truck
plant and 33 acre farm near
LOOMS. Mich. with good buildings
and well improved.
50 good farms Of all sizes and des-
criptions, for sale on terms TO suit
the purchasers II you are looking
for a farm IL will pay you 70 call
and SEE me
Many modern houses in Alma for
sale at reasonable terms II you
nave a farm or house to sell, call
and list it. II you wish to buy
call and see us at once. as the time
TO buy is before people get their
coal in.
SHARRAR < WATSON
Real Estate. Loans and
Investments.
Room 10, Opera House Block
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-05-01
SHARRAR x WATSON
Real Estate. Loans and
Investments.
Room 10, Opera House Block
How'e This ?

We offer $1,000 for any case Of eatarrt
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is TAX.
en- Internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces Of the system.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price &c. Testimonials free.
y. Y. Cheney q CO Toledo. Ohm
Evening star., 1919-08-23
SOLDIER SPRUCE L0GGERS
CALLED POOR WORKERS
Not to Blame, However, Asserts
Witness, If They Get Moth
ing to Eat.

SEATTLE. wash, August 23.-Sol-
diers sent into the spruce camp of
the Maryland Lumber Company on
the Olympic peninsula were poor
workmen, William J. Chisholm of
Seattle, president of the company. de-
clared yesterday in testifying at an
inquiry being conducted by a special
congressional subcommittee into war
time spruce production in the Pacific
northwest.
Most of them were 'culls.'" Mr..
Chisholm asserted. II did not blame
them for not working. The Army
did not feed them. If man does not
get anything to eat he can't work"
Chisholm said he believed log
ging road could have been built into
the spruce stands of the Olympic
peninsula at a cost of not over $780,
600. Such a road. he said. would have
tapped tho same timber touched by a
main line road built for the govern
ment by the Siems-Carey-Carey s.
Kerbaugh corporation at cost of ap-
proximately $4.000,000.
He testified that when Brig. Gen.
Brice Z. Disque, who had charge OF
the government work on the psnin-
sula, asked a group of logging men
to recommend that he be allowed a
$10,000,00O War Department aprrop-
Ration for the work, the loggers told
him no money was needed. They said,
the witness asserted, that If the log
gers were given permission to get
the spruce out they would provide
the funds and do the work.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
uI1TItESrORlE!s
LrBEDTInTE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1919, by T. W. Burgess)
A Queer Breakfast.

A long lane leads from Farmer
field on the Green Meadows. Very
early one morning Peter Rabbit took
it into his funny little head to run
down that long lane. Now. at GER
tain place beside that longe lane was
a gravelly bank into which Farmer
Brown had dug for gravel to put on
the roadway near his house. AS
Peter was scampering past this place
he caught sight of some one very
stopped short, then sat up to stare.
1t was Mourner the Dove who
Peter saw. His body was a little
bigger than that of Welcome Robin.
but his slender neck, longer tail and
wings made him appear considerably
once of the pigeons up at Farmer
Browns. His back was grayish
brown. varying to bluish-gray. The
crown and upper parts of his head
were blush gray. His breast was
reddish-buff shading down into a soft
buff. His bill was black and his feet
red. The two middle feathers of his
tail were longest and of the color
of his back. The other feathers were
slaty-gray with little black bands and
tipped with white. On his wings
were few scattered black spots.
anu tneTe was one unQer eaCh ear.
But it was the sides Of his neck
which were the most beautiful part
of Mourner. When untouched by
the jolly Little Sunbeams his neck
appeared much like his breast, but
the moment they were touched by
the jolly Little Sunbeams they
seemed to be of many colors, con-
stantly changing. which. as you
know. is called iridescence.
But it was not Mourner's appear
ance which made Peter stare; it was
what he was doing. He was walking
about and every now and then pick
ing up something quite as if he were
getting his breakfast in that gravel
pit. Peter couldn't imagine anything
good to eat there. Peter was puz-
zled. Hello. Mourner" he cried.
What under the sun are you doing
in there? Are you getting your
breakfast?"
Hardly. Peter. hardly" cooed
Mourner in the softest of voices.
I'm picking up little gravel for my
digestion" He picked up a tiny
pebble and swallowed it.
We'll Of all things" cried Peter.
you must be- crazy. The idea of
thinking that gravel is going to help
your digestion. I should say the
Evening star., 1919-08-23
To Landscape Grounds.
Report Five Sales.

Sale Of the following properties
were reRprted by Boss & Phelps, Inc,
among their transactions for the last
week:
Brick dwelling at 1905 Shepherd.
Fabens. to Milton d. Fisher
Residence atv6602 seth street, Chevy
Chase Heights, for Helene D. Fling:
purchaser not named.
Residence at 40s Massachusetts ave-,
nue.. for John Enders OF Chicago, to
Milton J. Panagos.
Frame dwelling at s7s5 Kanawha
street, Chevy Chase. D. c., for Eliza
beth p. King, to Margaret M. Norton.
Semi-detaohed brick house at 5346
41st street, recently completed by the
firm, to Daniel J. Coughlin.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
PRESS VIEWS GROUPED.
Weekly Review of Politics Com
piled by British Experts.

LONDON, August 10 Correspond
ence of the Associated Press).-A
weekly review Of the foreign press on
political subjects is now being offered
the public by the war office intelli-
gence department Publications of
these reviews is to be handled by
staff of 120 experts. Papers compre
hended in these summaries are print
ed in twenty-seven languages.
A complete and impartial survey OF
the worlds press with the hope that
it will stimulate public interest in
foreign affairs is declared to be the
object of the publications.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
HONORABLE DISCHARGES
TO REPLACE "0RDINARY"
Navy Department Announces
Change in Policy Toward Cur
tailed Enlistments.

Honorable discharges will be grant
ed to all men who served in the Navy
during the war with Germany with
good records and who have since been
released with Ordinary" discharges.
1t is announced at the Navy Depart
ment. BY a ruling of the department
at the time the armistice was signed
all enlisted men discharged before the
expiration Of the full four-year term
of enlistment were given ordinary
discharges instead of the usual honor
able discharges.
Many protests were received as
result and congressional action re-
Gently was taken to allow the award
ing of honorable discharges.
Ordinary discharges may be cx-
changed for honorable discharges by
forwarding the original discharge to
the Navy Department. The ruling In
cludes all men who served in the Navy
with good records between April {.
1917. and November IL, 1918. and who
have since been discharged.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

George Cummings, colored. was be-
ing held in Washington for investi-
CATION in connection with the murder
Of George Peter and the shooting @.
his daughter. Katherine Peter. In
Prince Georges county, Nd. IT. was
announced that work on the con-
struction of the new City Club would
begin at an early date. The Depart
ments of weights, measures ana So mar mar
ket'' movement at the farmers mar.
ket. The High School Teachers
Union announced that it would ask
the board of education of the DISTRICT
to include in it's estimates for 1920
Recommendation of a minimum salary
Of $1,000 per year for all high school
teachers. to begin July /, 1920.
committee Of the Brotherhood OF
Electric Railway -Employes presented
trio Company nine demands, one OF
which was an increase OF 25 per cent
in wages for all employees. The Anal,
gamated Association OF street ana
9f II. a1so
railway and Electric Company for
fiat wage scale of 20 cents per hour
for motormen and conductors on an
eight-hour-day basis. Announcement
was made that the list Division of
Regulars of the United States Army
would parade in Washington about
September 16. 1t was announced that
the District public schools would
open for the fall term September 90.
order slips for surplus Army food, by
the letter carriers, to housewives.
Lieut. Theodore l.. Cogswell of 1905
New Hampshire avenue was appoint
ed deputy register of Wills for the
District of Columbia. 1t was an
nounced that Washington would have
a holiday when the LIST Division Of
Regulars parade here next month.
Chairman Mapes of the House Dis
trict committee introduced a resolu-
tion with sweeping powers for his
committee to investigate financial
conditions in the District. Senator
Fletcher Of Florida was struck by a
street car and injured. District Com
missioners issued a statement that the
policemen's union. If affiliated with
| the American Federation of Labor or
| other organized labor bodies, would
not be recognized by them.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
ADMIRAL R|XEY PLANS
FINE COUNTRY HOME
Contract Awarded for Buildings on
Estate Adjoining Washington
Golf and Country Club.

Admiral P. NJ. Rixey has just award
ed the contract for a handsome resi-
dence and other buildings to be erect
ed at once on his Virginia estate i'm
mediately adjoining the grounds Of
the Washington Golf and Country
Club, at Rixey station. on the Great
Falls and Old Dominion electric line
Extensive improvements Planned.
1t is stated the plans contemplate
extensive improvements to the large
grounds, which are conceded to be
among the most picturesque and best
located in the environs Of the National
Capital, affording magnificent views
of long stretches Of the Potomac river
and the Maryland hills opposite. as
we'll as of the entire city.
The buildings include a garage and
stable. extensive conservatories and
greenhouses, gardner's and chauf-
feur's cottages and several other out
buildings.
A central heating plant. to furnish
heat for all buildings. is to be located
in the greenhouses.
To Landscape Grounds.
Plans provide for extensive land.
scaping Of the grounds designed to
add to the natural attractions of the
estate. Merryman & Diggs, land
scape architects. are to have charge
Of this part of the work.
The residence is to be Of hollow
tile construction, with stucco finish
and tile roof. It IL to cover a ground
area of about $500 square feet. Plans
for the residence and other buildings
have been prepared by Frank Up-
man and Percy c. Adams. Washing
ton architects. and the contract for
construction has been awarded to
Arthur L. Smith & Co. Work has al
ready been begun .on the buildings.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
NATIONAL.

In reply to questions asked Presi-
dent Wilson by Senator Fall. with re-
gard to the peace treaty. the President
said, with other things, that he (the
President) cannot proclaim peace be-
fore the Senate ratifies the treaty.
The House agricultural committee or
dered to be reported favorably amend
mentS to the food control act, tmpos-
ing fine of $4,000 and Imprisonment
of two years for profiteering. Attorney
amendments to the food control act
which would authorize the President
20 fix wholesale and retail prices on
certain commodities. The House
passed resolution directing the
Federal Trade Commission to fnvestl-
gate the high cost OF shoes. Two
United States avfators were captured
by Mexican bandits and $4,000 was
for their release. The mems
release was obtained. A detachment
Of American cavalry crossed the bor-
der in search of the bandits. where
upon the Mexican ambassador to the
United States, under orders from his
government. protested against such
action. A report of the commission
Of the Episcopal Church contained.
with other recommendations, one cali
ing for the elimination from the mar.
rage ceremony of the word obey
for the bride, and with all my world
~ goods thee endow'. for the groom.
President Wilson and members OF the
Senate foreign relations committee
conferred at the White House on the
league of nations. The House ana
Senate repealed the daylight saving
law, passing the repeal bill over the
Presidents veto. Secretary BAKER.
appearing before the Senate military
affairs committee, urged United
States Army Of $4,000 men. 1t WIS
reported that when he visits this coun-
try the Prince of Wales would remain
In the United States ten days.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
Purchase E Street Building,

Purchase of the building at 1345 e
street. formerly occupied by the Pos
tai Telegraph Company, was announced
this week, the buyer being the Daniel
X. Loughran Company. The building
was owned by Roberta X. 8. Wilmer
and Bessie P. Stone.
. The building has a frontage on E
street Of % feet Tx inches and a
depth Of 109 feet, with alleys at side
and rear. It is q four story brick
building. the street floor now being
occupied by clothing and mems fur
nishing store. 1t is stated the prop
erty is to be held as an investment.
Consideration is said to have been in
the neighborhood of $112,500.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
THE WEEK
Epft0me Of Events Fading
August p, 1919.
FOREIGN.

Rioting and -looting occurred at
Londonderry, Ireland. and unionists
clashed with nationalists. It was re-
ported that Rumania would not be
allowed to strip Hungary of her val
liable possessions. Carranza ousted
Charge William Cummings of the
British legation at Mexico City, but
he was allowed to remain after pro-
tests by Great Britain. The Prince of
Wales was welcomed in Halifax.
n. S., and in Quebec. Premier Lloyd
George told the house Of commons
that the war had cost Great Britain
5000, 900. 100000. The new German
constitution passed by the constitu-
tional assembly, after months OF de-
bate, became effective. Hostil1ties
broke out between the Germans and
the Poles in the southeastern Sile-
sian frontier, the Germans suddenly
attacking and occupying two villages.
Gen. Pershing made a tour of the
Italian battletields. Hungary was re.
ported to be under martial law and
Italian troops were said to be on
their way to that country. Members
of the American mission of inquiry
into conditions in Armenia and Asia
Minor left Paris for Constantinople.
Polish troops defeated the bolsheviki,
capturing the fortress of Rovno and
making advances east of Minsk.
Evening star., 1919-08-23

"Well, OF all things" cried Peter.
"You must be crasy."
chances are that it will work Just
the other way"
Mourner laughed. "I haven't the
least doubt that a breakfast of gravel
would give you the worst kind of a
stomach-ache," said he. But you
are you and / am I, and there is
all the difference in the world. I
ent grain and hard seeds, which 1
have to swallow whole. One part
of my stomach is called a gizzard
and its duty is to grind and crush
my food SO that it may be. digested.
Tiny pebbles and gravel help grind
food and SO aid digestion"
"Oh" said Peter.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
Three Houses Sold.

Sale Of the property at $500 9th
street. just opposite Wardman Park
Hotel. to Florencee.A A. Smith,, for Mar
garet R. Sheckels..is reported by Will
liam X. Ellis. The sale was made in
conjunction with Edgar A. Miller, re-
ported consideration being $4,000.
The same realtors also sold the resi-
dence property at 1885 R street to
John J: Dickerson. for Louise I. Taylor
$4,000.
Sale of the property at 1920 18th
street, at the corner Of 18th and Caro-
line streets, to Franklin P. Nash. for
the estate Of Henry M. Baker, is re-
ported by William K. Ellis. The con-
sideration is stated as $500.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
CUBA SUGAR MEN ORGANIZE.
Laws Favorable to Cane Growers
and Mill Owners Wanted.

HAVANA. Thursday, August 21.-
Cane growers and sugar mill owners Or
ganized an association here today for
the purpose Of securing the passage of
laws favorable to both planters and mill
owners.
Increased immigration to Cuba, or
ganization Of agricultural credits. con-
legislation governing contract labor will
be among the objects Of the association,
of which President Menocal has been
invited to become a member.
Evening star., 1919-08-23
Short Wheat Crop in Spain.

MADRID, Friday, August "a
Spain's wheat crop for the present
year will aggregate 36.000,000 metric
according to an Off
cial estimate made public today. AS
amounts to 40,000.0O0
metric hundredweight. it is stated
that it will be necessary to buy
wheat abroad to make up the differ
ence
Evening star., 1919-08-23
Honduran Revolt Suppressed.

SAN SALVADOR. Republic of Saliva
dor, August 21.-Of1cial dispatches re-
ceived from Tegucigalpa state that
Honduran revolutionary forces in the
city Of Gracias have been defeated and
that as a result the revolution in Hon.
duras has been virtually suppressed.
Evening star., 1919-08-23

The costliest watch in the world is
q jeweled timepiece in possession Of
the Pope, and which is estimated to
be worth 100000.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-20
HERD OF fine HOLSTEIN
CATTLE BROUGHT TO MASON
More Pure Bred Cattle to BE Sold In
This County and Used as FOunda-
tiOn StOck-MasOn Gaining
HOlsteln Reputation.

Several days ago a prominent cattle
dealer brought a herd Of fine pure
bred, registered Hostein cattle to Ma
son county for distribution among our
pure bred cattle men. The stock Is
now at the Newell farm in the county
and County Agent George Kirk and
several members of the cattle associa-
ton of Mason county have viewed
them and found them to be first class
1t is expected that all Of this stock
will be sold and left in Mason county
as foundation stock. The cheapest
COW in the lot is priced at $3.50 and
her first calf is already sold at 5000
The rest of the herd range IN value
up into the several hundreds Of dol
lars.
Mason county is gaining quite a
reputation as pure bred Holstein
county. Folks are looking to Mason
county from all parts Of the state as
the home of the Holstein breed in the
state of Kentucky and Mason county
is getting much advertisement of a
high class from the lead our farmers
are taking in this class of stock.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-20
SOLDIER PASSES BAD CHECK
ON BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER
Smooth Soldier Pays Board In Ad.
vance With Check and Receives
Sum In Change-POllce Now
On the Trail.

The local police department was no
titled this afternoon that soldier or
a man in soldier uniform had passed
a bad check this morning on Mrs. Al
bert Potts, Eastland boarding house
keeper. The police were furnished
with a description Of the check pass
er and they are now on his trial and
may land him before night.
The young man came to the Potts
house to board and was especially
courteous and kind He was very
anxious to pay his weeks board In
advance and drew check on the
>First-Standard Bank, of this city, for
$500. OF course, this was a little
more than the weeks board and Mrs.
Potts accommodated the young man
by advancing him the difference be-
tween the price Of the weeks board
and the face of the check.
When the check was taken to the
bank this afternoon Mrs Potts learn
ed that no such man had an account
there and that she was out the amount
she paid the soldier in change as well
as the meals he had already obtained
The police were Immediately inform
ed and 1t is expected that the young
man will not show up at his boarding
house for supper.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-20
BANDITS WILL GO
TO THEIR DEATH
FRIDAY Morning
COyingtOn Bandits Who Must Die at
Sunrise Friday Display
Great Calmness.

Eddyville, KY, February 19-James
Lawler and Patrick Kearney, SEN
fenced to death for the murder of
John Rehm and Andrew. Nordmeyer,
Directors of the Ninth Ward Building
Association, Covington, March 5, 1918,
are calmly awaiting sunrise of Friday
morning, the hour fixed for their elec-
trccution.
When visited today by Barney
Kearney, Cincinnati, brother of Pat
rick Kearney, Lawler and Keamey
displayed keen interest in the details
of the coming execution, and asked
where and when they would be buried.
The two bandits made many inquir-
les about their former pals in Cincin-
natl and Covington, discussing the
"old days" with evident relish.
Kearney told his brother he would
60 to the electric chair Friday morn
ing with malice toward none.' He
requested his brother to make every
effort to have his body buried beside
that Of his father.
Lawler, whom Cincinnati police
dubbed the desperate with yellow
streak because of his lack of cour-
age at the time he was "gassed" out
of house on Glenwood avenue last
May, is bearing up better than was an
ticipated.
With careless demeanor Lawler to-
day discussed his approaching death.
"This is one fight guess I'll lose.
he remarked, "but it is a part of the
game"
Both bandits pass much of their
time in the death house reading love
stories or listening to the hymns sung
by trio of negroes who also are
awaiting their day of execution.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-20
DIR. FRED MUTCHLER
TO. LEAVE KENTUCKY

The resignation Of DR.. Fred A. Nut
chler, for six years director of agri-
cultural extension at the university
to take effect June 80, was accepted
by the executive committee of the
board of trustees at a meeting held
Wednesday afternoon.
Senator Frohman presided, and at
the suggestion Of President Mcvey,
Dean Thomas p Cooper, of the Col
lege of Agriculture, presented the re-
signation of Doctor Mutchler. The
members expressed their regret at the
decision of Doctor Mutchler, who has
made the agricultural extension work
of benefit to every farm and farm
home in the state. He will become
state agent for the d. c. Heath Com
pany, of New York>and Chicago.