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The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-23
MILES OF GUIDE POSTS
 ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS

LOS ANGELES, June 23 (by Asso- ciated Press), = Fifty-five thousand guide-posts have been placed on the boulevards of Southern California by the Automobile Club of Southern Cali fornia, according to an announcement just made by officials of that organi- zation.
 The signs, it is said, would make a footpath more than fifteen miles long and eighteen inches wide, while they would completely pave" any state highway for two miles.
 The posts used, if placed end to end, would stretch seventy-eight miles.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-23

Julia Smith, Juneau woman in whose home was found large cache of liquor when 1t was raided by the officers of the sub-chaser in that dis trict pleaded not guilty, but was con victed aEd given heavy sentence.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-23
IDAHO MINERS ARE
 GIVEN RAISE IN WAGES

BOISE, Idaho, June 23.-Mining op- orators in the Couer O'Alenes who are forced to reduce wages of all em- ployes $1 per day last March, have posted notice that fifty cent increase has been made, the average of $4.75 being the rule.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-23

Twenty-one natives and two whites were reported i'll with influenza at Akutan by the gunboat Vicksburg. The epidemic is abating at Unalaska.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-23
Infant Mortality

The infant mortality rate-that Is, the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1000 born alive throughout the birth-registration area as whole was 93.S in 1917, as against 1O1 in 1916 and 100 in 1915. This is equivalent to saying that in 1915 and 1916, of every 10 infants born alive 1 died before reaching the age of year, whereas in 1917 the corresponding ratio was trifle more than 1 in IL. Among the 20 states these rates ranged from CHA for Minnsota to 119.9 for Maryland; and for the white pop ulation separately the lowest and the highest rates were 66.3 for Washing ton and 1895 for New Hampshire.
 The infant mortality rates vary greatly for the two sexes and for the various nationalities. The rate for male infants in 1917, 103.7 per 1000 living births, was nearly 25 per cent greater than that for female infants, which was only S3.3. When the com parison is made on the basis of race or nationality of mother minimum of 66.2 per 1000 births is shown for in fants with mothers born in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and maximum of 172.6 for infants with mothers born in Poland while for negro children the rate was 148.6,
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-23
Plural Birth.

The reports from the registration area show the birth of 14,394 pairs of twins and 155 sets of triplets in 1917 in all, 9,253 infants, or little more than per cent of the total number born,
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-23
Comparison With 1916

The birth rate for the entire birth registration area fell below that for 1916 by. two-tenths of one per 1000 population; but the death rate was less by six-tenths of one per 1000 than in 1916. Thus the excess of the birth rate over the death rate for 1917, which amounted to 10.5 per 1000, was somewhat greater than the cores bonding excess for 1916, 10.1 per 1000 although it fell slightly below that for 1915, 1O.9 per 1000. If the birth and death rates prevailing in any one of these years were to remain un- changed, and if no migration were to take place to or from the area to which they relate, it's population would increase at the rate of slightly more than 1 per cent per annum, or little more than 10 per cent in a decade This would be about half the rate 21 per cent--by which the entire population of the United States in creased between 1900 and 1910.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-06-23
CENSUS BUREAU STATISTICS
 ON BIRTHS

WASHINGTON, June 23.-In the birth-registration area of the United States 1,353,792 infants were born alive in 1917, representing birth rate of 24.6 per. 1000 of population. The total number of deaths in the same area was 776,222 or Al per 1000. The births exceeded the deaths by 74.4 per cent. For every state in the reg istration area, for practically all the cities, and for nearly all the counties, the births exceeded the deaths, in most cases by considerable propor- tions. The mortality rate for infants under one year of age average 93.8 per 1000 living births. The foregoing are among the facts brought out by the census bureaus annual compila- .tion of birth statistics.
 The birth-registration area, estab- lished in 1915, has grown rapidly. It comprised, in 1917, the six New Eng land states, Indiana Kansas, Ken lucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Penn sylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and the District of Co., lumbia and had an estimated popula- tion of 55,O00,0OO, or about 53 per cent of the estimated total population of the United States in that year.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
OFFICERS SEIZE
 A JITNEY STILL
CRUDE BOOZE MAKING OUTFIT CAPTURED FROM w. A. WEA- YER RESIDING NEAR HAYNES WAS OUT OF LIQUOR.

About the crudest Equor nanu- featuring plant imaginable is on ex- hibition in the office of Sheriff Cot ter. It is all homemade and if the character of the brew turned out is as rough as the still the patrons, after proper libations. ought to be able to put Sergeant York's exploits in the kindergarten class. The di- munitive barleycorn factory was found in the possession of W. A. Weaver who is a tenant on 8 farm belonging to ". s. Hughes of Haynes. The place is located about four miles north east of Haynes. The raid was made Monday night by Deputy Sheriff Ben Curtis and Con stable Brown of Haynes, and Deputy Sheriff Lacefeld. They found a part of the still in the smoke house, another part in the hen house and other parts in other places about the premises. They also discovered two barrels of mash in an odoriferous state of fermentation The mash was destroyed by the officers, sanl- |ple being preserved for evidence, the still was taken and Weaver and has son. Herbert, and a young man named Arch Atchley, who worked for Weaver, were captured and plac- ed in jail at Marianna
 The still consisted of powder can as furnace Mounted o1 the can is a section of hollow log, roughly dressed and from the log runs quarter inch iron pipe, the coil being placed in an ordinary nail keg- The pipe had evidently been twisted around q fence post and coiled. There is not a suggestion of copper. Yet with this crude equipment officers state Weaver was making large quantity of moon shine brew and found ready sale at five dollars pint. Deputy Sher- if Ben Curtis stated Tuesday he had suspected for three weeks Weaver was operating a still and began working on the case at that time.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
Speedy Tri0G For
 Eg-Kaiser PlGnned

Paris, June 25.-The trial of the ex-kaiscer will take place before an interaIIied tribunal almost imme- diately after the signing of peace with Germany. This information is vouchsafed officially by the French authorities. The decision was made, apparently, to meet the pressing de- mands of a large section of public opinion in both Great Britain and France, which lately has been voIc- ing iusistent delnds for some definite disposition of the kaiser and his clique who are blamed as au- thors of the war.
 It is very likely that the tribunal will meet in Paris following the sign ing of the peace treaty and that the allied governments will organize a court which will make formal de- rand for Wilhelm's extradition from Holland and his delivery to the pow era. An iadictmcwt ia already Rrc-
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
Romping Hard On
 Vendors Of Booze

Sheriff Arthur Cotter and his deputies, assisted by Chief of Police Slaughter and his assistant, Dave Shea, have been giving the vendors of booze a miserable existence dur ing the past week. So diligent have the officers been and 80 prompt have the justices of the peace and jurles returned verdicts of guilty that the city has been made practically air tight 80 far as the importation and sale of whiskey is concerned
 Among recent convictions for tampering with booze are the fol- lowing cases:
 J. c. Ingram, $100.
 Cap Dallas, $100
 H. Hardy, negro porter on train, s1O0.
 Sam Cannon, $100
 Carl Thomas, S250 and thirty days in jail.
 Ed Theraice, white, baggage man on train, S1O0 for transporting huuor, and bound to the grand jury on a charge of selling the stuff.
 Several of the cases were appeal ed to the circuit court.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
Enter C0Mrier-Inder
 M National Contest

, At the meeting of the Arkansas Press Association in Little Rock on May 1920 the Courier-Index was Awarded the first prife of $50 in a !contest participated in by twenty Fthree weekly newspapers in the ystate, the awards being made on the basis of general appearance, neat ness, amount of reading matter, character of display, and proportion of local reading matter to general news. The prizes were offered by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company of New Orleans. Issues of the C0ur- ier-Index of April l. were entered in the contest.
 |, Yesterday the management of the Courier Index received the following letter from the Mergenthaler Lino- type Company of New Orleans: k "We congratulate you on winning the first prize in a weekly news paper contest for IRl9.
 "It is no smaN honor to have your paper judge 6re leading pub Iication of the s,;..c and we know that you are proud of it.
 "We want you o know that we are very proud c6 the part the Linotype equipnesT las played in building up the gcurier-Index.
 ''The America Prirter is holding contest for best front page make up in weekly napers throughout the country and we nave taken the lib- erty of entering your prize-winning issue, explaining that your paper won the state contest for 1919. This contest will he decided on De- cember S1.
 "Yours very truly,
 MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE co.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
Zee County Boy
 Is Dead Tn France

0tey Pruitt Hunt, aged 22 years, youngest son of A. s. Hunt of this city, was killed in Q motor truck ac- cident in France on May 26, ac- cording to a letter received here the other day by A. s. Hunt, from Chaa s. Riggs. an army chaplain. Young Hunt enlisted in the army at Helena on July %, 1917. An older brother is also in France. The let ter from the army chaplain follows
 Verneuli (Nievre), France
 USAPO 772, June 2, 1919 My Dear Mrs. Hunt:
 am very sorry to inform you of the death of your son, Otey P. Hunt (No. 16O5739).
 The boy was with a truck train going to Langres (France) when at Autun, Department of (Saone ct Loire) your sons truck became un- manageable and caught him between the truck and a tree.
 The accident occurred on the 26th of May, about 4 p. m. (1O a. m. in the States). He was taken to the French hospital at once where he died at 3 a. m. the next morning @ D. m. of the same day in the States). No operation was perform ed as he was unconscious after the accident. His friends stayed with him until death came. His body was brought here, Verneuil (Nievre) France, and at Ii a. m. of May 28, was buried, with full military hon. ors, in the American cemetery of this post, APO 772, Grave No. 29, Your boy died in the line of duty as 80 many of our splendid men have done.
 I congratulate you that you had a boy to give to this great cause I sympathize with you in your loHeli- ness that he is gone. A
 Sincerely yours, s-s CHARLES s. BIGGS.
 Chaplain, APO TIE
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
NEW MANAGER
 LOCAL ICE PLANT
J. P. HUGHES PURCHASES THE STOCK OF J. BENHAM, J. D. BENHAM AND J. C. SPENCE IN INSTITUTION.

J. P. Hughes, we'll known young citizen of 'Marianna, who was re- gently mustered out of the ramy. is gently mustered out of the army is general manager of the business of the Marianna Ice & Storage Com pary. He this week closed a deal for the purchase of the stock held by J. Benham, J. D. Benham and J. C. Spence. J. Benhan was vice president of the company and J. D. Benham was secretary, treasurer and general manager. J. s. WahI of Charlottesville, Mo, is president of the company and s. H. McCarty of Charlottesville, is one of the stock holders. The company is capitaliz- ed at S35,0O0. J. D. Benham will remain with the plant here two weeks while MT. Hughes is familiar izing himself with the details of the business. The retiring manager was associated with the Coca Cola bot ting company as manager at Colum- bus, Savannah and other points in Georgia prior to enisting in the army. When he was mustered out of the service he came to Marianna where he was reared, and became manager of the local ice and bottl- ing plant, succeeding his brother, the late Julius Benham, who died while in the service of the govern ment. MT. Benham stated yesterday he would probably again become as- sociated with the Coca Cola Bottl- ing Company as manager of the plant at Sumpter, s. O., or Ashe- vile, NAG.
 MT. Hughes, the new manager of the company, is young man of Sterling qualities. He stated yester- day it was his intention to improve the service and give to the people of Marianna a high quality of ice and carfonated drinks. He has purchas- ed a motor truck that will be used in the delivery service of the bottl- ing plant and as an auxiliary in the ice delivery service. He said he would make it. point to see that every family in Marianna is given the opportunity to get ice at least once each day through his delivery service.
 Mir. Hughes will be ably assisted in the conduct of the business by W. D. Lett, a practical ice engineer of 25 years experience. F. H. Stow CTS, recently of Indianapolis, an ex- perienced bottler, has been placed in charge of the bottling plant.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27

pared except for several technical
 clauses, so that everything will be in readiness for the trial when he IS handed over by the Netherlands gov ernmeat. From present indications it does not appear that Holland will have any hesitancy in complying with the extradition request.
 While diplomatic measures will have to be taken to get hold of the
 ex-kaiser and his eldest son, these will not be necessary in the matter of seizing generals and otheF authors .asa perpetrators of frghtfussega.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
N PROHI BILL
 MI BE DRASTIC
co,uD BE FINED FOR AauNc WATCH FOB sEAx. LAX .,rrrrRE OF BEER KEC ..r SUPPLY PERMITTED.

:.oton June 2A.-A man ' { ias atore liauor in his home for ps dry period after July l |ese today against an attack 1 |'p lewiston of the enforcement eare the house judiciary com +be end of an all-day ses- l Eo committee voted down an [,ert which would have made Iwf,,I for citizen to have |;n his possession; struck out [, which would have prevent .p bv : citizen. of liquor in Iv.te dwelling, and decided 1 the matter of general en- lrt there would be no differ Stveeo wartime and constitu- brohibi5ion.. si'> S with this and other changes, .s it will be reported out to-
 ar Thursday is considered rbracing. So drastic are it's (ns. members of the commit
 that while 9 man may put f beer in his cellar, he may Eicted and fined if, for in- he wears a watch fob on shere is a picture of the keg Advertisement.
 general consideration of the
 the committee made several changes, but the principal as over the question of the
 home storage for personal epresentative Morgan, demo-
 Oklahoma, endeavored to icken out the section read
 it shall not be unlawful to /liquor in ones private dwell le the same is occupied. by y as his dwelling"
 1t prohibitionists on the com oted against the Morgan pro- They said that nothing was hined by enactiug a law so as to arouse the hostility of kho rejoiGed that. the. day of bon had ended. Prohibition supported an amendment
 the proviso that the liquor e obtained and placed in
 prior to the date the act ecome effective. As amend section reads: "That such eed not be reported provid- burden of showing that pos is legal, is upon the posses tentative Gard, democrat of d the fight to strike from
 the word "use" as applied right of home consumption. ion to amend also included
 lng out of the words "give
 receive" and possess" but Pmittee insisted that these tand. It was said there was lcular fight on MT. Cards
 and az amended the section
 no person shall on or after
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
Deacons Depgore
 Dr. COg's Sermon

Memphis, June 25.-Dr. Ben Cox, pastor of the Central Baptist Church made hastry trip to Memphis leav-. ing 8 revival in progress at West Helena, Ark, today to receive ! communication adopted today by the Board of Deacons of his church cen surfing the pastor for preaching last Sunday in support of True w. Shoultz, fiance of Dr. Cox daughter. Schoultz was convicted last Satur- day of attempt to violate the age of consent and by offering indecent exposure and proposal to high school girls.
 Lines have been clearly drawn in Dr. Cox's congregation, scme mem bers who are 80 angry that they left the church last Sunday night de- nand that the pastor resign. Others insist that he make public apology. Few are outspoken in favor of Dr. Cox's sermon.
 pr. Cox was active in defense of Scoultz both at the bar of public opinion and at the bar of court. He sat beside the accused man at the trial and announced from the wit ness stand the engagement of his daughter to Scoultz. Miss Cox also took the stand in her fiance's de- fense and sat with him after the testimony.
 There were suggestions from time fn Fh0r Ls>,~ did not agree with him in his views. But the members considered that he was within his rights. However. when he announced that he was go- ing to preach on the case, opposition became. pronounced. ScouItz was not member of the church. pr. Cox was asked not to preach on the case. He did so and the deacons adopted the following resolution l: Whereas, in the sermon of our pas tor, the Rev. Ben Cox, delivered on Sunday night, June 22, 1919, the Schoultz case was discussed and a plea made for him, and it having been stated in some of the daily pa- pers that the Central Baptist church was squarely behind the pastor in this matter;
 Now, therefore, be it resolved, That while our pastor and his family have the depest sympathy of this board in this matter, nevertheless, the board of deacons of Central Baptist church in conference assem- bled do deeply regret the action of our pastor in bringing the Scoultz case into our pulpit, and in no sense does this board concur in his action in bringing any such matter into the pulpit of Central Baptist church.
 "Be it further resolved, that it is the sense of this board that the pull pit of our church is for the preach ing of the gospel of Jesus Christ and that alone.
 'Dr. Hugh Carter, chairman; E. A. Gaulding, secretary"
 It is known that Dr. Cox fast week gave some thought to the question of delivering the sermon and then resigning, but what his action will be now that the storm has broken, he himself probably does not know. It may be that he will ask his con- gregation for vote of confidence.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
JUST AT HAND

"The best things are nearest breath in your nostriIs, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path ot God just before you. Then do not grasp at the Jtars, but do ife's plain common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things of life '-- Marcus Aurelius.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
'ntinued on last pase)
|H OF MRS. T. D. WELD

facIlda Cochran Weld, aged
 wife of T. D. Weld, died Family residence on Pearl n Tuesday of this week. servces over her remains pducted at the home We'd lsernoon at five o'clock, by h' Johnston, pastor of the lan church, of which Mrs.
 a consecrated and devoted Mrs. Weld was a native uile, Ohio, where she was 70 Mr; Weld in 1876. They Arkansas many years ago Aea at La Grange. Later rned to Ohio, and in. 1909, . came to Arkansas, since me they have resided in
 Mrs. Weld is survived sed husband and by two t-Harry Weld, who holds 1 or psychology in Cornell N, and Rev. Ernest Weld, member of the faculty of
 university, New York. eld was unable to reach sne' funeral services. He u here today. Rev. Ernest
 unable to come because 'cs that he has taken his
 sne mountains for her Mrs. Weld has been in alth for many months and past four weeks has been 70 her bed with a compIi- troubles. She was a
 acious, christian woman Ieaeh brings much sorrow ue circle of friends.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
UNENDURABLE SURGICAL
 THIRST

Thirst following abdominal opera tions is often of so intent char acter that the memory of it fingers in the pationt's mind for many years. Every hospital has records of patients who have surreptiously consumed the contents of a hot water bottle in an effort to quench the uncomfortable thirst from which they were suffering.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27

M. Lewis, well known merchant, closed a deal this week for the Pur- chase of Hugh Mixon's handscme two story residence on Pearl street, the consideration being $7,50O. Mr. Lewis expects to get possession of the property by August I, at whacA time he will move his family iato 1t.
The courier-index., 1919-06-27
HE NOSE KNOWS.

\ uay night Sheriff Stubble-- 'st,'ss,SSw n,s two sons, Simon and
 DosouIo.Dleheld, - n. went to the
 pvss'on S"' of the county to
 ssme sass bootleggisg which slss s'''en wind of.--Yaxoe
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-12-06

raz y. Alojzy Jarka z East Chicago,
Ind, jake subdyakon.
Podczas Mszy Sw. wykonano kilka
SoIowych czesci, Spiewaf tez Choir sw'
Cecylii. Ma organach przygryWaf mieJ'
Scowy ~crganista p. Kwasigroch.
Flni miOda jest c0rka p. Wojciecha
SZczarkOwskiego zmarlegO cd kilkuna-
stu lat i PAM Amy Szczerkowskiej, "a
miesz. p. mr.. 1888 Cleaver I'll. Rodzice
PAM m}odej SO zaiOzycielami parafii
sw. Staisfawa X, Cd lat 40tU zamie-
szkuja w dziclnicy poiudniOwo-zachod-
niei. PAM mfOda zTana jest pOmiedzy
mlcdzieza polsko amerykahska tel dziel
nicy.
Pan mf0dy J0zef Karcz jr., Zajmuje
intratna posade superintendent kom-
panii ,,Eyide Battery, kt0rego offs
Znajduje sic w mieScic Atlanta, Ga.
Kwiaciarka byfa sioStraI pana mio-
hCT0 IeOHauya harCZ. DruIDa p. Jan
karcz, brat pana miOdegO z PARMA Sa-
l0mca SZczerkOwSka. SiOstrq PAM mfo-
del. Ma @Odach wcSelnych Opr6cZ vic
In znanych i zacnych gO$ci Obecnymi
hyIi: Y. WaIcnty Swientck. y. NJ. Ii
pih$kt, y. Jarka. y. Ign. Rcnklcwski
i y. a. Sz~czerkOwSki. WczOraj o 60
dzinic Smcj ]wicczorcm pociagiem ..Di-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-12-06

W sail parafialnej Sw. Stanis}awa Ko-
SIKH pouczajacy bardzo obraz p. t.
Burning Question. Obraz ten opar-
ty Jest ma wypadkach by}ej wojny,
zobaczysz tam z~niszczenie, spowOdo-
wane przez armie, palace sic wsi, bit
Wy it'd. W dniu tym dane beda diva
przedstwienia; jedno ola dzieci, o
godzinie $3.50 popludniu, drugie, o
godzinie 6smej - ola starszych. -
Ten sam obraz pokazywany bedzie
ola dzieCi ~wylacznie tylko w przysz-
" czwartek, t. j. dnia 11Igo grudnia.
: % :
Ma rozkaz doktora Robertsona,
eksperta zdrowia. kt6ry czuwa mad
zdr0wotno;cia miasta naszego, IL
rzeduicy jego departamentu udali sic
wczorai do miesZkania OBJ. Wtady-
s}awa Kalisza. 2O27 Iowa ulicy !,
podczas gdy tenle by} " piracy, owl
nell zone iego W koce i przcwiezh
pomimo jci protestu do szpitala po-
wiatowaro. PAM kalisz Ohdarzyta
meza swego 2 CORA rok temu die
cieciem. cierpiqc ma chorobe piersio-
wa W tym czasie. Department
Zdrowia zagrozil KalisZom po
przvjsciu ma SWAT dzieciecia, IL te-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-12-06
W Sprawie Polowu ma
Sieroty W Polsce.

Wszyscy interesowani, oraz bio
racy udziat W po!owic W n~iedzieIe,
dnia Ego srudnia, %prOszeni 81 o sta
wienie sic do biura Okregu H.. pod
numerem 1868 Milwaukee ave-, W
sobote po poludniu, gdzie otrzymaja
odpowiednie odznaki, jakotez puszki
ma dzieh poIowu. Wszystk1c prawe
Polk, kt6rym sprawl giodnych sic.
rot ley na sercu, proszone 50 row
niez o ~zgloszenie SIG do biura Okre.
GIL ii. Zwiazku SokoI6w Polskich w
Ameryce, pod wyzej wspomntanym
adrcsem. a.. I
WydziaI Okrcgu III. wv. Sok Pol.
w Ameryce.