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The Colorado statesman., 1920-09-11
MAKE MOST TRAGIC COLUMN
.Misslng Men" List Tells Story Any
Pen Would Be Unable to
Portray.

Little stories OF the world war that
bring home TO n land now nj peace
the sacrifice of men who gave their
lives on the battlefelds OF France
and the sorrows OF thousands OF gold
star mothers are coming to light every
day In the search that goes stehdily
on for the missing and for inforinh-
ton regarding the deaths or SOLDIERS
overseas. From every section OF the
country and from every state come
these queries to the American Legion
Weekly. which In its missing Men"
column, places where all may see an
array of items back of which lie some
of the greatest tales of the war.
.'MIssIng Men" is in itself the most
tragic column in the world. Into its
short compass is compressed host
of heart throbs and n sweeping hu-
man emotion that the pen of the most
gifted novelist would be unable to por-
tray. The items are short, OF neces-
sIty, but. in the few words that go TO
make up each, volumes are spoken.
Take. for example. such communica-
tions as these:
died July 90 1918. after having been
wounded at Vaux on July l. Government
bureaus can furnish no other Information.
His mother died last November while
mourning for him. Details of his death
are sought by sister. Mrs. Florence Tiv-
Iss. SO Bridgeport avenue, Devon, Conn.
I'D INF, HDQ. CO.-Private Elmer r.
Hughes was reported wounded on October
G. 1918, but later letter from the adju-
tant general said that he had died on
October l. His mother believes that he
may still be alive. and wants informa-
ton from his buddies. Write Private
Michal Sabak, Second company. d. b.
Guard. Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
10TH INF.-Samuel Du Bois Owtngs
died In an English army hospital at
Rouen on the Flanders front, on or about
October 81 1918. Last word from him said
he was In good spirits after suffering an
attack of gas. Information about his
death is wanted by Philip S. Slchel, 659
Mamaroneck avenue. Mamaroneck, n. Y.
10TH INF, CO. A.-Private Charles NJ.
Smith was reported missing in battle
near the town of Villette on the morning
of August 25. 1918, and has not been heard
from since. War department has report
ed him killed in action. but has not been
able to locate his grave or find anyone
| who saw him fall. Further details from
| his buddies are desired by his brother
Omar II. Smith. 800 West Fifty-eighth
| street. New York City.
These items, picked at random, from
a typical column of Missing Men" are
only few among thousands of sim
liar tenor. They tell their own stories
and add themselves to the long list of
mysteries of the war that may never
be solved. Others, however, have been
solved through the medium of Miss
| ing Men" and many letters have come
into the office of the Legion magazine
containing the information sought In
published query.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-09-11
VISIT ATLANTIC CITY CAMP
Ex-Servlce Men Enjoying Delightful
Midsummer Vacations at Famous
New Jersey Resort.

With the midsummer vacation sea-
son in full swing, Camp Franklin
d'Olier, the Legion holiday enterprise
of attraction for host of former serv-
ice men who are taking advantage of
the opportunity to spend n week or
two at the famous New Jersey seaside
resort at a trifllng cost. Since the
formal Inauguration of the camp there
has been steady influx of guests from
all sections of the country, some COM
ing from states as distant as Alabama
and New Hampshire to mingle with
crowds on the board walk and the
beach, and live the life of a summer
sojourner without undergoing the in
convenience of meeting hotel bills.
The camp itself; located near the
Atlantic City Yacht club, has twenty
tents, capable of housing 200 men at
n cost to them of So week apiece.
Cots, mattresses. bedding and all fur
nishings are provided to the Legion
vacationists, and canteen on the
grounds serves breakfast and light
luncheon. The committee in charge
is composed of William c. Fisher,
Frederick Hickman, James N. Butler,
Walter Hanstein, August Goetz, Sam
Izenskie, James Heenan, DIR. Samuel
Stern, DIR. Samuel Salasin, Joseph
Schwartz and Louis G. McCorkle.
The plan of the Atlantic City Post
of the Legion which built the camp is
to make it permanent affair. open
every year to all members of the Le-
gion. This year 1t will run until the
middle of September, and James But
Ter is receiving applications for the
camp up until then.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-09-11
is RECORD BIBLE
Immense Volume Now Nearing
Completion in England.
Book viii BE by Far the Largest Vo'-
ume That Has Ever Been Con-
structed-Definite Purpose
in Its Production.


English Bible plans for 1927 center
around the production of the worries
largest Bible, notes the Portland ore-
gonlsn.
Months OF work have already Deeh
expended upon II. Many weeks more
will be needed for its completion Al
ready. however. the frame of the great
hook is i'm being. Six stout hempen
ropes. much thicker than the ordinary
clothesline. are its backbone. Four Oh
these are laced into mlllboards half an
inch thick as foundation FOR. the
leather covering. The back OF ''he
hook is sewed with twine round the
six stout hempen ropes in the old
fashioned way.
In every sense the biggest Bible Is
Intended to be the finest example or
book making that England can pro
duce.
But why produce the biggest Biblef
The answer to this question was gwen
nv the "Bible Crusade" as follows;
..The great Bible is intended to riVet
public attention on the primary I'M
portance of the Bible as the fountain
and source of all truth. AS this unique
volume is magnified in size above all
other volumes. so the grandeur Oh tne
Bible ought to be magnltied in value
above that of all other books
A feature of the great Bible is that
il will be written entirely by mana.
Not more than three verses of the text
will be written by the same person.
Kings and field marshals will, side by
side with paupers and workmen. tes-
tify their belief in the holy ttriptures.
At the side of TIE piece OF text whlch
they write all will sign their names TO
the following:
"As my testimony that / acknowi-
edge the Bible-as originally given TO
mankind-to be as it is in truth, the
word of Cod | append my signature.
The biggest Bible. when completed
Will not only be the largest example of
the word of God, but 1t will constitute
the worlds completest autograph al
hum. with signatures. it is anticipated
| of most prominent English and FOR
| eign men and women from kings
downward. -'s-elve thousand people
will be needed to complete the text
Twelve large gosrskins have been
used in providing cover for the big
gect Bible.
When standing on end the volume
is more than feet inches high and
nearly 3 feet 6 inches wide, so that
when II is opened fiat it measures
about Z feet 10 inches across.
The whole volume now lies at the
| oxford University Press. 1t awaits
the advent of Bible year and the gilt
by some wealthy crusader of special
motor car which is needed to take II
on its mission in England and over
seas. Perhaps the great Bible VIII
visit America if invited to do so. Ihe
special car which is to be designed foi
the great book will contain folding
pulpit and II special platform loi
exhibiting the text of the biggest BiDie
and the signatures.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-09-11
Keeps Out Drauohts. Admits Light.

A new arrival among shades is the
cellulold window shade. used TO keep
out draughts. says the Popular Science
Monthly. 1t is fastened to II regular
spring shade roller and has the GUS
tomary stick through its lower end.
You attach 1t 10 the top of the Win
dow frame just as you would an ordi-
nary shade. Being transparent, it does
not obstruct the view. The ends OF
the stick may he fitted in grooves in
the frame to keep the ceiluloid from
curling.
Now let some one invent shade
that will shut out the light without
shutting out the air. This is far more
needed. especially in summer time.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-09-11
power From Small Streams.

Electricity from small streams is the
title of a recent publication issued by
the department of agriculture. A. Nj.
Daniels. assistant chief mechanical en-
gineer. division of rural engineering,
bureau of public roads. is the author.
This booklet comprises 20 pages and
discusses in their respective order:
Latent sources of water power; plants
within rea ch of thousands: estimating
the amount of power required; water
power principles; measuring the
stream flow. and power from small
streams.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-09-11
Pitched No.Hit, No-Run Game.

George Little of the Thomas Dis
nuke Post, Houston, Tex, who has
hurled the Legion baseball team to
victory on numerous occasions, recent
ly was given try out by the Houston
club of the Texas league, and pitched
a no-hit, no-run game against Calves
ton.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-09-11
That's What 1t Must Be.

"Say, what do you suppose they
mean by the sixth sense?'
."Phe sixth cents war tax. ] sap
ose."-American Legion Weekly.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
BRITISH SATIRIST
HITS u. s. DIVORCE
ChestertOn POkes Fun at
Laxity in Rap at Reform.

LONDON, March 1.-THE reformers
who are trying to make divorce as
easy IN Great Britain as It is In the
United States are ridlculed In a satirical
treatise entitled The Superstition OF
Divorce" by Gilbert X. Chesterton, the
famous essayist-
Given a riot Of divorce, he says, the
world may soon come 70 making its dis
tinctions between those who are mar
ried" and those who are really mar
ried"
The obvious effect OF frivolous divorce
viii be frivolous marriage" Mir. Ches-
tertOn asserts. The old Joke about
choosing the wife to harmonize with
the furniture might quite logically re
turn. not as a joke but reality.
las regards marriage after divorce
it no more alters tho moral quality Of
conjugal inhdelity than tho mere kis'
on the bible alters tho moral quality OF
perjury"
Mr.. Chesterton sees the time coming
when a man should designate his domes-
tic status and offers some suggestions
One is TO sign tho letters Il. w" after
his name. slgnitying Lives with wife.
Another is TO attach the insignia ~. d
Y, meaning Not divorced yet"
1T is wholly possible that the time
viii arrive when, upon entering some
strange city, traveller viii see a state
Is column erected to tho memory Of a
wife who never ran away with a sol
der"
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
FIRMS NEGLECT
TAX RETURNS
Lists Made for Investigation
by Assessors.

Many foreign and domestic corpora
lions, listed with the Indiana secretary
Of state, have not been making returns
to local assessors. The state tax board
today is making a list of such corpo-
rations to be mailed to assessors in or
der that they may be investigated.
Corporations on which no returns have
been made are thought, for the most part,
to be small ones. The discrepancies be-
tween the numbers listed from counties
and the numbers on which returns have
been made are doubtless in some degree
due to business failures.
Lake county assessors reported only
100 corporations in 1919, although the
number listed with the secretary of state
was 6S1. In Allen county 400 returns
were made out of $50 corporations listed.
Corporations will have less incentive
for evading making financial returns this
year, members of the tax board say,
because, under the new law, unincor-
porated firms will be required to fill out
supplemental assessment sheets giving
an szount of their liabilities and assets,
as well as incorporated firms. Balance
sheets Of firms will be used in making
the assessment. In the past the ap-
praisal Of the assessor has been accepted
on all property and merchandise held
by unincorporated firms.
There was complaint from many cor
porations in 1919 against assessments
based on financial returns because IN
incorporated companies were not re-
CURED to make such returns.
The first 1920 session of the tax COM
mission will begin April 8 and end
May "a,
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
MAY ABOLISH
SURVEYOR JOBS
Proposed Legislation Would
Put County Engineer in
Charge.

County surveyors offices in Indiana
would be abolished and county engineers
offices substituted under legislative pro-
posals of the County Surveyors associ-
alton and the indianapolis chapter Of
the American Association of Engineers.
Both the governor and Jesse e. Esch-
bach, chief of the board Of accounts,
have Endorsed the plan, according to the
two organizations behind the project.
Agitation for an anendment to the
state constitution for such a change
grew out of the ruling of the state
board of accounts, stopping the pay
Of engineers by the county for prelimi-
nary surveys Of township and county
highway improvements In the past this
money had been advanced by the county
until the bond issue money for the
work was available.
3 The bill to abolish the surveyors Of
fee win be submitted to the proposed
special sessions. it is said. 1t also pro-
vides for an engineers license law to
includes architects and gives power to
the county council to FIX the salaries
of county offices such as the county
engineers and, his assistants and to pro-
vide for the expense of preliminary
surveys.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
Banquet and Dance
End Shoe Meeting

The joint convention OF the Indiana
Retail Shoe Dealers association and the
Indiana Shoe Travellers association.
which has been IL progress here since
Monday, ended last night with a BAN
quet and dance in the Riley room Of the
Claypool hotel, which was attended by
more than 900 members and their wives.
The following officers of the Retail
Shoe Dealers association were elected at
the closing business sessions:
Edgar Hart. Indianapolis, president;
Charles Wheeler, Cambridge city, first
vice president; Paul S. Kuehn, South
Bend, second vice president; C. e. Young.
indianapolis, secretary treasurer, and
Victor E. Vale, Kokomo; Louis c.
Stein. New Albany; Earl ]. Crawford.
Grown Point; Clyde Warner Muncie,
and Frank Conrath, Terre Haute, direc-
tors.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
ROW NCHINA
STARTS REVOLT
Scramble for Office Lines Up
Military Rivalries.

SHANGHAI. March L.--War has be-
gun IN Homan province because Of the
effort Of the Peking government to ap-
point WI Kwang-Hsin provincial COY
ernor to supplant Chao-Yi. whose forces
are opposing those OF WI Kwang Hsin.
This condition and the outbreak Of
hostillties IN Kwangtung province. where
fighting Is proceeding between southern
factions, have brought to light a leag que
OF eight proyinces-Fukien, Ktangsu,
Kiangsu. Chill, Honan, Szechwan
Hupeh, Shantung and Kiangsi-aiming
70 effect peace by uniting against the
militarists both Of Picking and the south,
and forcing dissolution OF the parlia-
ments at Canton and Peklng.
The forces supporting Chao-Yi IN
Honan are moving on Chengchow. and
4 Gordon has been drawn along the
Picking Hankow railway north OF Cheng-
chow, to resist the Pekiny troops.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
Want to Work for
Uncle Sam? Read:

Civil service examinations for positions
oren to both men and women in Wash
ington, D. c., the Philippines islands
and elsewhere will be held in room 421
Of the Federal building in the near fu-
ture, according to r. T. Stuart, secretary
Of the civil service board. Examinations
win be held for the following govern
ment positions:
Teachers and engineers for service in
the Philippines, teachers and Industrial
instructors in the Indian schools, protec-
tive hygiene social service agents, ad-
dressograph and calculating machine
operators, wool marketing experts, me-
chanical and specification engineers, land
law clerks Qawyers), domestic science
teachers, specialized horticultur1sts, mod
ern language translators, fuel and 70
search engineers, patent office examin-
ers, opticians, laboratory assistants.
anatomical experts, photographic trans
ferrers, fish culturfsts, reservation war
dens, expert designers, tool experts, fuel
and mining dril1ers, psychologists,
money counters and poultry experts.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
OBEYING LAW ON
SCHOOL TERMS
Indiana Districts Needing 100
Day Minimum.

Short term district schools are not
closing short of the 12O days minimum
term this year, according to statements
made at the office Of the state superin-
tendent of public instruction today.
Township trustees have been censured
by school officials for allowing that
practice in years past.
In many cases district schools have
been closed because of a lack of funds.
Educators deny the validity of that rea-
son, pointing out that the law permits
a school levy Of rs cents on the 500 Of
taxables. In some cases when schools
have been closed on account of fund
shortages only a Scent levy had been
made in the first place.
One trustee in Spencer county closed
lis schools after ninety-three days this
year. Any interested patron may bring
suit to compel the completion of q 100
day term in the opinion of state school
officials.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Faded Hair Dark
and Glossy.

Almost every one knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded
brings back the natural color and lrs-
tire to the hair when faded, streaked or
gray. Years ago the only way to geS
this mixture was to make it at home
which is mussy and. troublesome.
Nowadays, we simply ask at any drug
store for "Wyeth's SAGE and Sulphur
Compound" You viii get q large bottle
Of this old-time recipe improved By the
addition Of other ingredients. at very it,
tie cost. Everybody uses this prepare
ton now, because no one can possibly
tell that you darkened your hair, as 1t
does It so naturally and evenly. You
dampen a sponge or soft brush with It
and draw this through your hair, tax
ing one small strand at a time; By
morning the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years youngeR
advertisement.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
Leader to Discuss
Settlement Work

Methods Of conducting settlement work
in the east viii be discussed by DR..
John L. Elliott president Of the Ma
tional Federation Of Settlements, head
quarters in Boston, Mass, at a meeting
to be held at the Y. N. G. A Tuesday
evening, March q.
DR.. Elliott will speak to representa-
tives Of FIVE Of the settlement houses
OF indianapolis which have organized
a settlement council. They are the
Flanner house, Cosmopolitan chapel
Jewish federation, Immigrants aid and
ChristamOre settlement
DR.. Elliott will talk TO the council
on the value Of cooperation IN settle
ment work. He comes to Indianapolis
at the solicitation Of the Christamore
Settlement society, which is the only
society in Indiana affiliated with the
National Federation Of Settlements.
An invitation to attend the meetings
is extended by those In charge OF the
Srran gements.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
NORMA TALMADGE
POKER WITNESS
NeJC York Manufacturer Ar
rested, Accused of Cheating.

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE last card
in Broadway's sensational stud poker
season was turned down today by Jus
tice Kernochan in the court Of special
sessions.
It was a warrant for the arrest Of
Louis Krohnberg, wealthy msnufac-
turer of women's wear, at whose home
Norma Talmadge and other New York
tmately $350,0oO by the use of marked
cards.
Discovery of cheating, it is said, was
made during the final game OF the series
played at the home OF Joseph Schenck,
husband Of Norma Talmadge.
PARTY HELD
NEW YEARS EVE.
Guests at the party, which was held
on New Years eve, Rscr1be most Of the
credit for the detection to Miss Tai
madge, whose husband brought about a
dramatic denouement by betting wildly
into Krohnberg's pair of aces with a pair
Of kings, and then kicking Krohnberg
into the street on the showdown.
At the hearing yesterday Jacob Sill
verman, who appeared as complainant,
testified that he had lost $500 at
Krohnberg's home, and, suspecting dis
honesty had taken away one Of the
decks used IN the game The cards, he
said, were later found to be readers"
the deur-de-lis on their backs being
marked in such a way that the player in
the secret could recognize them
BIG PENALTY
IS POSSIBLE.
All the participants in the games, IN
Guiding Miss Talmadge, Will be Required
to testify when Krohnberg is brought TO
trial In the event that Krohnberg is
found guilty five times the amount Of the
players losses may be collected and dis
tributed among charities designated by
the state.
There is some dispute concerning the
amount lost by the players. Mr.. Silver
man says $4,000 Is an approximate es-
innate. Krohnberg's attorneys deny all
the charges and display checks aggre-
eating S6S,0o0 Endorsed by Mr.. Schenck
and others as payees, which, they say,
represent losses suffered by their client.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
KEEP URIC ACID
OUT OF JOINTS
Tells Rheumatism Sufferers to
Eat Less Meat and Take
Salts.

Rheumatism is easier to avoid than
to cure, states well-known authority.
We are advised to dress warmly: keep
the feet dry; avoid exposure; eat less
meat, but drink plenty of good water.
Rheumatism is a direct result of eat
ing too much meat and other rich foods
that produce uric acid which is absorbed
Into tho blood. / 1t is the function OF
the kidneys to filter this acid from the
blood and cast 1t out in the urine; the
pores of the skin arc also a means Of
freeing the blood of this impurity. Ia
damp and chilly cold weather the skin
to do double work. they become weak
and sluggish and fail to eliminate the
uric acid which keeps accommodating and
circulating through the system, eyentu-
ally settling in the joints and muscles
causing stiffness, soreness and pain
called rheumatism.
At the first twtnge of rheumatism get
from any pharmacy about four ounces
of Jad Salts; put q tablespoonful in a
glass Of water and drink before break
fast each morning for a week. This is
said to eliminate uric acid by stimulat-
ing the kidneys to normal action, thus
Kidding the blood of these impurities
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless ana
is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia and
is used with excellent results by thou
sands of folks who are subject to rheu-
matism. Here you have a pleasant, eff
fervescent nth1a-water drink which
helps overcome uric acid and is bene-
ficial to your kidneys as well.--Adver-
ttsement.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
State VIII Abandon
BrOOkville Hatchery

The state fish hatchery at Brookville
will be discontinued this spring and
hngeriings for stocking streams formerly
served by this hatchery viii be obtained
at the Riverside park hatchery, 1t was
announced today by the state department
Of conservation.
According to Richard LAeber, director
of conservation, it has always been diff
fcuit to maintain a proper water level
at Brookville because of an underlying
strata Of gravel. Roy Burns, on whose
land the hatchery was located, will
operate hatchery and fish pond In con-
nection with the Magnesia Springs sum-
mer resort.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-11
Sour Stomach
Mona Puts the Stomach in
Fine Shape in Five Minutes

II your stomach is continually kicking
up a disturbance: If you feel bloated and
distressed; II you belch gas and sour
food into the mouth. then you need MI
O-Na Stomach Tablets.
M-o-nR stomach tablets give instant
relief, OF course, but they do more; they
stop the poisonous gases. They stop ex-
cess fermentation Of food and thoroughly
clean, renovate and strengthen the stom-
ach so that It can readily digest food
without artificial aid.
Mona stomach tablets are guaranteed
to end indigestion, acute or chronic, or
money back. This means that nervous
ness, dizziness and biliouSness should
disappear. Druggists everywhere and the
Haag drug stores sell Mona for 90
cents q large box.