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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-30
FRED HATCH WRITES
ABOUT COLLINS FIRE

There was a fire in the house on N.
Broadway belonging to Chas. Collins
last week, notice Of which was pub
lished in last weeks Sentinel. 1t told
d story of fire in the chimney, ex-
tinguished with little loss. Harry
H. Brown was the tenant in one side
and Fred Hatch in the other. Hatch
can't talk but he writes his COM
plant and opinions. Writing on this
fire he expresses himself as follows:
Night Jan. 20, 1920, 7:3O leave,
locked up.
l walk and I saw the door smokes
in the Brown room and I look at the
pipe or the chimney and I pull the
front window up and | climb the
stairs up and / search any fire in
every rooms are no fire and all
smoke in the rooms and there are no
fire in the house and see any ashes
smokes in the chimney is full
ashes in the chimney and saw the
chimney smokes. Too much smokes,
no fire & all smokes, smokes no fire.
My room smokes every day weeks
and | am trouble smokes in the
room again and I did I clean the
pipes 2 weeks ago and again the
pipes smokes and maybe the much
ashes in the chimney is little
smokes and a full ashes in the Chin
ney and I draws the ashes out and 8
inches thick ashes from the chimney
and no fire ashes & all ashes out and
| clean the chimney and / gets A full
pail of ashes and no smoke ashes.
Morning, Jan. 81, 1920. All smokes
all smokes all smokes is a smoke
none fire none fire. / search them.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-30

Weather Forecaster Clark, max
ing observations for Medina county
reports that the mercury sank down
to 8 degrees below zero Sunda.
night, marking the lowest point so fal
| this season.
! The Sunday school board of the
Church of Christ held it's regular
monthly meeting Monday evening il
the parlors of the church. Plans fol
the years work were mapped out
and general business matters Of the
school thoroughly discussed.
AS an evidence of the enthusiasm
of O. S. U. alumni and the interest
the boys take in the success of social
and musical features of present day
classes, we note, the fact that not a
few members Of the county organi-
zation sent 81 bills to the committee
to boost the concert receipts for
Wednesday night.
The Kiwanis club luncheon this
week Friday will be held in the par
lors of the Church of Christ, luncheon
at 11:45. Mr.. S. J. Nicholson, of
Oberlin, who is the field superinten-
dent of the Ohio State Board of Char
tiles, will be the speaker for the oc-
casion. An attendance prize will be
given this week-a box of lisle sox-
and you may be the lucky member.
Many people are prone to think
of the Episcopal church as one of the
weaker organizations. In point of
numbers this is true, but the late
campaign for funds for expansion
work shows it as one of the strongest
among the live-wire churches. when
church no stronger numerically than
the Episcopal can roll up budget Of
$42,000,000 there must be virility and
enthusiasm in it's membership.
Friction between the two fac
tions in the colored church are about
as acute as two weeks ago. The
trouble makers were given no oppor-
tunity to start trouble at the meet
ing Sunday, and when the moderator
comes next Sunday, as is now prom
ised, it is expected he will iron out
the difficulties and put the well mean
ing colored people in charge of the
work here.
Twenty of the department heads
and statesmen of the A. l. Root COM
pany held a conventions conference at
the Root Co.'S offices Thursday fore
noon. All enjoyed a noon-day lunch
at the White Front restaurant, after
which they boarded the Southwestern
car for Cleveland and a sight seeing
trip about the Forest City.
FOR SALE-Set of runners for at
taching to buggy. DR.. W. F. Wise,
Medina, o. 23-1
Gas pressure at certain of the
manufacturing plants in Medina on
Monday run down to four pounds
the usual pressure is 20 pounds-and
in consequence matters slowed down
considerably. The warm weather of
Tuesday, however,, allowed the pres
sure to go back to normal and little
trouble was being experienced. Wide
open pipe connections to furnaces
over the city were blamed for the
shortage; furnace pipes were run
wide open to meet the extra cold
weather of the first Of the week
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-30
GETS CUT UNDER EYE
WHILE SLED RIDING

Little Miss Kathryn Root, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Root, met
with an accident Saturday while slid
ing down hill near the Root ware
house.
She, with friends, were sliding
down small hill near the warehouse
when her sled beanie unmanageable
and ran into a pile of lumber. A
piece of lumber cut quite a cash un-
der one eye, which required several
stitches to close; but no serious in
jury was encountered. t
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-30
PAINTER BY TRADE
DIES AT AGE OF 76

John B. Schafer died Jan % after
a short illness. He was 76 years and
6amonths of age, was born June "a,
lS43, was a painter by trade, and
the cause of death was apoplexy.
Funeral was from the home on
Saturday, Jan. "a, with burial at
Spring Grove cemetery, Rev. Gooda.le
officiating.
Immediate friends left behind are
wife, adopted grandchild and step
children.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-30

I, Thirty-two makes Of farm tractors
were exhibited at the university agri-
culture show during the week. Looks
as if the tractor was certain to be-
come as popular with the farmers
and perhaps more proftable--than
the Ford auto. 81, ..s
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-30

Mrs. w. 2. Bennett, sister Of Mrs.
2. ;. Litchfeld, Of Medina, died sud-
denly last Sunday, Jan. 26, in Oak
land, Cal.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-30

the Florida "winters." They are not
much more. severe than our sum-
mers, he reports, and are really only
winters in name.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-30

Mr.. Ernest Hanshue, who went to
Florida with a boy friend last fall,
driving through with an auto, re-
ports himself as we'll pleased with
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-01-30

Mrs. John Hathaway was seriously
Ill the first Of the week.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
HEAVY STORMS IN NEBRASKA.
Northern Kansas Also Had a Heavy
 Rain.

Hanover, Kas., May 22. - Four inches of rain were reported tonight at Endicott, Neb., north of here. A severe storm continued here for two hours
 Omaha, May 22.-Nearly s10,G00 in property damage was done at and near Sidney by wind and hail storm with half an inch of rain, according to reports.
 A farmer was injured by flying tim bers. Nearly every pane of glass on the south side of the buildings in Sld- ney was smashed.
 Lincoln, Neb., May 22.-Violent wind. rain and hail storms prevailed in Southeast and Northeast Nebraska tonight. There was a heavy fall of rain here with some wind, but damage was confined to flooding of basements and overflow of lowlands.
 Fender, Neb, May 22.-A small twister swept this place late today, tearing down barns and outbuildings and injuring one man. A heavy wind blew in practically every window on the west side of streets in Thurston. five miles north of here, according to reports
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
BOUND TO WIN
 IS CLAIM OF BRIGADIER
General of British Army Asserts the Polish Success Is But Temporary
 Pillaging Feared.

London, May 22.-"Sooner or later the Russian soviet forces will be vic torious," Brigadier General William Thompson declared today in comment ing on the Polish invasion of south western Russia.
 Conservative military leaders here were agreed that while the Poles have made phenomenal gains in the early fighting that they now have reached the limit of their capacity.
 "It is inevitable that the Poles will be beaten the same as Generals Yu- denitch and Denikine and Admiral Kolchak," Thompson said.
 He characterized Poland as a "vain- glorious, mis- governed, inefficient peo- pie driven into national suicide"
 General Maurice believed 'the Pol ish victories will only result in fresh lease of life and power for bolshevism, prolonging and embittering the strug- gle"
 Other officials exprest equal skep- ticism over the Poles chances for ul- innate success.
 "Kieff will be abandoned in a strat-
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
MIR. PALMER CLAIMS
 BIG LEAD IN FIELD
Attorney General Says He Has 479H Votes Pledged to Him-COn-
 cedes but PTS Votes.

Washington, May 23.--Attorney General Palmer is claiming 479A votes in the Democratic national con vention, conceding only 275 votes to other candidates and classifying 3331R votes as doubtful.
 Former Congressman Carlin. chair man of the Palmer Campaign Com mittee, issued these figures today in the course of a statement upon Pal mer's overwhelming defeat of the McAdoo forces in Pennsylvania.
 An effort to swing the anti-Palmer vote in the state to former Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo was a total failure" said Mir. Carlin. "In Mir. Palmer's home county the vote was 8 to for Palmer and against McAdoo. The official returns now being tabu- lated show that at least "A of the 76 Pennsylvania delegates will be for Palmer first, last and all the time. In the local contests the Palmer organi- zation candidates were uniformly sue cessful."
 The managers of the campaign of Governor Edwards of New Jersey are out with a prediction that on the basis of pledges already given" Ed wards Twill receive votes from every one of the state delegations not bound by favorite son pledges or the unit rule" and that on the second bal lot there will bt a tremendous swing to Edwards, which will carry the New Jersey governor to early victory.
 The Edwards committee takes a rap at the Wilson administration policy of having uninstructed delegations se- lected, saying that the "administra- tion men who were able to control state organizations and local pri- maries will lose control when they get to San Francisco and pledges are re- : leased v
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
MANY PAPERS QUIT BUSINESS.
Several Hundred Affected by Print
 Paper Shortage.

Chicago, May 19.-Several hundred daily and weekly newspapers were put out of business the last year by short age of print paper. it was stated today at the final conference of members of the Inland Daily Press Association. The conference was called for the purpose of discussing ways and means of meeting the present shortage.
 The best remedy is to sit tight and eliminate nonessentials." Robert R Mccormick, head of the Chicago Tri- bune, advised the members, such as cartoons and extra illustrations. We have to pay the price, for if we don't others will, and they will use print paper for soap and other wrappers" 1"
 Colonel Mccormick said the Chicago Tribune would cooperate with any group of paper mills in helping out publishers in distress. He said the Canadian government had placed an embargo on the product of the Tri- bune mills in Ontario and required de- livery thereof to Canadian papers at a price lower than the cost of produc- tion.
 This is bolshevism and could be termed burglary" he added. Out bur- glary has another meaning"
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
WEEKLY FINANCIAL REVIEW.
Prepared for The Star by First Ma
 tional Bank in St Louis.

The past week has witnessed sever al remarkable developments. For the first time in many months the country has been treated to a price reduction in clothing and dress goods at retail. Beginning with a wave of price cut ting in Omaha among several depart ment stores the policy spread to many sections of the country. Several reas- ons have been assigned to this move ment. Those most frequently ad- vanced have been the railroad strike and the tight money market. Other factors undoubtedly played their part in this movement. Increasingly evil dences are developing that the general public is beginning to revolt at the abnormal prices asked in many lines.
 The stock and bond market also suffered rather severe decline in the last week; while call money rates did not rise to the abnormal heights reached several weeks ago the market nevertheless experienced large volume of liquidation. The decline carried many standard stocks such as United States Steel, to their lowest level of the year. The entire market at pres ent is close to the bottom for his year to date. Bond prices continue to decline and new offerings are being moved with difficulty and only at prices that yield an excess of 2 per cent regardless of the type of security offered
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
EDITOR FREEMAN FLEES
 TO PROTECTION OF ALLEN
Newspaperman Accused of Contempt in Helena Cases, Hurries
 to Kansas

Green Forest, Ark, May 19.-Ben Freeman, former editor of a Green Forest newspaper, is seeking protec- tion under the sheltering wings of Gov Henry J. Allen. He has left his wife, five children and newspaper plant here and fled to Kansas, according to information.
 Freeman is alleged to have penned an editorial apropos the action of Gov. Brough's requisition for the return to Arkansas of Robert l.. Hill, negro, all legged ring leader of the Elaine insur- rectionists who caused considerable bloodshed last October in Phillips county. Freeman's editorial said that the negro could not get fair trial in Phillips county because of preju- dice against negroes, and went little further by saying that he was well acquainted with the presiding jurist, Judge Jackson, and knew he would not give the negroes justice. He com mended the Kansas governor for re- fusing to grant the acquisition.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
 A REVOLT AGAINST WILSON
Georgia Democratic Convention Re
 pudiates the League.

Atlanta, Ga, May 1S.-Resolutions expressing ''unalterable opposition" to the League of Nations covenant as brought back from Paris by President Wilson, advocating free speech, free press and local self government and asking repeal of all espionage, sedition and conscription laws passed in the war, were adopted here late tonight by the state Democratic convention.
 Supporters of Thomas E. Watson and Senator Hoke Smith took com plete possession of the convention. Up to adjournment tonight for dinner the forces of Attorney General Palmer, who won a plurality in the recent pres idential preference primary, had been voted down on all except one measure, that concerning the delegation from Chatham county.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
TO ASK $3.t3 FOR WHEAT.
New Farmers Union Sets Basic Price
 for 1920 Crop.

Hutchinson. Kas, May 1.-Two thousand wheat growers and ranchers of Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Nebraska, New Mexico and South Dak- ota, in convention here today, effected the permanent organization of the Wheat Growers Association of the United States.
 From data compiled from the answers to two hundred questionaires sent in advance to wheat growers in the seven states, the convention's s price committee declared the average cost of the production of a bushel of wheat to be $2.75. The price com mittee's recommendation that the association declare $313 a bushel as the basic price for the 1920 wheat crop was adopted, after the com mittee's report had run an exciting gamut of convention debate.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27

Rock when a number of buildings in that town of less than two hundred population was struck, while the sec ond twister wrecked the farm home of Godfrey Swanson, near Red Wing, killing his 11-months-old son and in turing Swanson, his wife and her sis ter.
 Farm buildings in Northern Steele County and Southwestern Rice County were wrecked.
 Pennington. Minn, May 22.--A tor nado that struck just south of St. Olafs college, Northfield. late today, split, one leg tearing a path diagonally through Castle Rock and another sweeping off southeast, wrecking farm buildings and flattening dwellings at Prairieville. Three persons were se- yerely injured at Castle Rock and brought here on special train.
 Scores of farm buildings were blown down. The north leg of the tornado swept on northeast and demolished one house at Red Wing.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
Back to Mena to Live.

D. s. Compton, who has been living at Horatio, has decided Mena is bet ter place to live, and is going to bring his family back to the old home town. MT Compton was in Mena Wednesday and was lucky to secure a house to rent on Second street. He and ms family have returned from trip to his old home at Chattanooga. Tenn, and is frank to say that he doesn't like the big smoky city.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
Killed Big Diamond Rattler.

While driving his car on the old line road between Old Potter a few days ago, Col. w. H. Glover noticed what he first thought was a stick alongside the road. A second look re- vealed the supposed stick was big snake. Col. Glover tried to run over the snake with the car and, failing, stopped and used club to advantage. The snake proved to be diamond back rattler, four feet long and with 12 rattles remaining, though Col. Glover believes it originally had more
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
STORE COAL IN SUMMER"
But Remedy For Mine Troubles Calls
 For General Cooperation.

From the Iron Age (New York
 If the policy of storing coal during the summer is generally followed the miners will be able to work with greater regularity. No one can doubt the justice of their complaint that they are compelled to be idle too large a part of the year, and the msr- ale of the working force will be bet ter if the work is distributed thru out the year, even if the total income of the workers is not much increased.
 In order, however, ts insure the success of the movement, it will be necessary to influence public officials and the public in general to do their part in buying and storing coal dur ing the summer. Cooperation must be had all along the line to bring the desired result.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
 MUD BALL" STORM IN KANSAS KILLS CATTLE
lRv International News servieel

(By International News Serviee.)
 Smith Centre, Kas., May 2l.-Now comes a mud ball storm" in Kansas.
 Rain, falling through huge clouds of dust near here the other day form ed large mudballs, some of them weighing in the neighborhood of five pounds. They froze after forming and when they struck the earth, were missiles not to be reckoned lightly with.
 Several horses and cattle in pas lures were killed and in many in- stances roofs penetrated.
 According to "old timers" the phe- nomenon occurred in the Spring of 1889 and was much worse.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
scoREs WOULD HEAL" HIM.
chicagoan's Offer of $1,0oo for Drug less Sleep Producer Gets Results.

Chicago, May 23.-Scores of persons today besieged the home of Benjamin Hyde, retired contractor, who, in a newspaper advertisement, offered $f- 900 to any one who could tell him how to obtain sleep without the use of medicines.
 MT. Hyde said he had suffered six years with paralysis agitans, which caused his body to tremble with con stant palsy and that he could not sleep or write.
 VI cant sleep" he said. "lt jars me awake constantly"
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
LOS ANGELES THE NUT" MECCA.
K. of C. Lecturer Says California City
 Is Full of Cranks.

New York, May 22.-Peter w. CoI- lins. a K. of c. worker who has just completed a 5-months' tour of this country and Canada on which in three hundred meetings he spoke against bolshevism and kindred revolutionary movements, said today: 'Los Angeles is the nuttiest city in the country. It's full of cranks and wild-eyed individ- uals."
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27

egic retirement" General Thompson said. "The usual murders and pillag- ing will follow the invaders ebb-tide
 "If the Poles are acting on their own initiative they should be aban- doned to their fate. If the allies in- cited them to this adventure TO con donation is suitable"
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
ACTS TO SAVE A RACE.

Washington, May 22.-The house passed today a bill setting aside ap- proximately 100000 acres of land in the Hawaiian Islands for homestead purposes available to native Hawai- ians only The territorial legislature urged the step, which was expected to rehabilitate the Hawaiian race, said to be dying out fast
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
ELEVEN SUGAR DEALERS,
ade 1000 Per Cent Profit In Year. It Is Charged.

Year, It Is Charged.
 ma City, May 1S.-Eleven men of this city and one at :, were arrested today by fed lorities following indictments
 against them by a federal " charging violations of the # by alleged profiteering in of sugar.
 under arrest are: A. J. Ora T. Robinson. J. P. Brough, I. Puclxs, John Thomas, O.. install Morris, M. s. Cooter, vanCleef, o. Halsell and Lar m, all of Oklahoma City, and
 Alton of Enid. All those un- st are connected with whole sery firms in this state and lCleef. is a member of the price commission.
 t NJ. Peck, United States at r the western district of Okla onight said the indictments ( some of the men under ar
 made as high -as 1000 per 1t on sugar within a year, and least profit any of them had shown by the Indictments was ent a year on money invested
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
A TORNADO IN MINNESOTA.
A Baby Killed and Much Propert,
 Damaged.

St. Paul, Minn., May 22.-One per. son dead and more than ten injured was the toll of two tornadoes that late today swept Castle Rock, Minn, fifty miles south, and a strip of country. side near Red Wing, Minn.
 Five persons were injured at Castle
The Mena weekly star., 1920-05-27
EAT PROFITS BY
 SUGAR DEALERS
|ensational Fort Smith Report |rges That Reynolds Davis Made
 b.426 Profits on Fine Cars in 13 Days--IntO Federal Court.

|e of the most sensational stories |Ileged profiteering that has yet Jared comes out of Ft. Smith, in Fort Smith Daily News. This pa says:
 I've car loads of sugar sold by the olds-Davis Grocery company, of city, between April 22 and May period of l2 days, were handled at |nbined profit of $SS,426.61. ae car load was disposed of on 2S to John Witherspoon of this lat a profit of S9,S00 and another |sy e to WStherspoon was sold at a of S10,750. h the five car loads the company \ a profit of an average of 12 S-100 per pound.
 [aese discoveries are embodied in ow famous Bagley report on su- transactions in this city. Bagley secret service agent.
 Aese are charges Bagley makes report:
 Ale five cars handled in the 13 day IA contained all told 320,000
 S of sugar or from 600 to 700
 per car. The net profit on the ars was $3S,426.61.
 April 23 the company sold
 rspoon car of sugar at profit |~S00. This car was bargained for Be Reynolds Davis company last |hpber.
 April 24 the company sold a car sugar to interests at Muskogee, at profit of $6,330 April 25 the company sold a car f sugar at St. Joseph, Mo, at a of $5,626. This was beet sugar
 as purchased at Salt Lake City lril 23. The company paid for ugar 17.72 cents a pound, the t price Reynolds-Davis paid for ugar covered in these transac- April 80 car load of sugar ,ld to Kansas City house at a
 of s6,520.
 |ar May 5 a car load was sold to
 -spoon on April 23 was bought |nisl5 cents a pound by the Rey- Davis company. the report de- and was sold for 2615 cents a to Witherspoon.
 Bagley report also declares rownie- Hinton Wholesale Gro-
 ompany sold to Witherspoon a
 d of sugar, 10000 pounds, at a 2 of $10, ,220.50. It was bought by
 Ie-Hinton for 12Z. cents a pound
 IS sold to Witherspoon for 27 pound at a brokerage fee of E Browne Hinton by paying cash, d discount of $175. This SUI
 IS bought in New Orleans, was Witherspoon without the car
 lnloaded and was sold by With to the Riley-Wilson people of City at 27 cents a pound, the
 City purchasers paying the i4 rate from the mill to Kansas
 Ragley report will be placed the United States grand jury hat body convenes here next |igs It is also known that another
 investigation. Investigated the
 transactions of w. J. Echols and Y and ]. Foster and company