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The Washington times., 1920-06-10
H ARD A ND SEEN
s7 YEARS WORK IN THIS.

~ EHNO VVICh NV ND.
c. r. Y. says there is twenty-sevsn
years hard work In the problem be-
low, il anybody wants to tackle it.
He doesn't know the answer and IL
anybody does. H and will play 1t
up strong. Here it is:
Multiply Is by itself.-225
Multiply 225 by itself,-5O526
Do this IS times. each time mul.
tiplying the multiplicand by itself.
Answers anxiously awaited.
The Washington times., 1920-06-10
VENTRILOQUIST CONDUCTOR

Blame this on that ventrlloqust
conductor who kept our car all ex-
cited:
I gits on the car, hears q meow;
Looks for a cat: dog goes bow-wow.
Can't dope II out; looks for tne InInS-
Thinks to myself, must be moving the zoo.
The cars 40 crowded. wish they'd git thru.
lust the conductor amusing the herd.
W. c c.
The Washington times., 1920-06-10
Conta;n DAVIS. of the Eastern

Captain DAVIo, OF the EHstern
Power Boat Club, will launch his
new auxiliary cruiser, the Boo-goo-
loo, today in the presence of a vast
multitude, on the ancient shores OF
the Eastern branch. The crew will
keep off cake eaters.
FIRST MATE.
The Washington times., 1920-06-10
DANIEL NO FRESHMAN;
THE LION NOT BRITISH.

Bible students will agree
with me that the Daniel who
was showed into the den of
lions was not an Irishman,
and that the lion was not q
British lion. II he had been,
nothing could have saved the
lions life.
g TANNING
The Washington times., 1920-06-10

How many readers can give word
that has three sets Of double letters
right together? "
P.W. BENNINGHOYEN.
The Washington times., 1920-06-10
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have been keeping company
with young lady for about two
years and six months. Six months
previous to date she started a cor
respondence with one of her former
friends. Since then he has visited
her several times, especially on
Sundays. She would break her en-
gagements with me to be with him.
Feeling that she loved him more
than she did me. l cut out my
visits to her without any corre-
spondence whatever for about two
months. She kept calling me up
daily. At first / would not talk to
her. Finally / did. After telling
her that she could not keep both
of us, | got her promise that she
would forget the other man. Since
1 have been keeping company with
her l have had the happiest and
saddest days of my life. She says
she doesn't know how she came to
pay any attention to him for she
did love me more than any one
else. Ny love for her leads me to
place confidence in her again, but
l am undecided.
UNDECIDED.
TT APPEARS that both your
loves have been put to the
= test. She has found you are
the one for her and you have
found that you cannot get along
without her in spite of her pre-
vious lapse. Therefore there
seems nothing to worry about and
you are making a mistake in being
too interpretive. Do not live in
the past. The present and future
are all that really count.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Sometime ago 1 noticed a letter
written by a reader of your col
umns concerning certain little
church that holds such nice c. E.
and social meetings. AS / am un-
able to recall just where the church
Is located, I would consider 1t
great favor II you would put me In
touch with any OF the members, or
give me any information you can as
to how / may become a member.
A CITY CHAP.
The church is at the corner of
Twenty-second and Rhode Island
avenue. You take a Riverdale,
Berwyn, Laurel, District line, Mt.
Rainier or Mills and Rhode Island
avenue car and get off at Mills
avenue. The meetings are from
6:45 to p. m. Sunday and the
young lady who wrote the letter to
which you refer said it was not
necessary to join in order to par
take of the good times.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am seventeen. and have been
married since November s. My hus-
band is In the navy. He Is very
Jealous of me, and doesn't want mo
to 20 anywhere. He treats me very
badly. snd I want to ask you to tell
me what to do. I have been for
two weeks In the hospital very
sick. was operated on and he
has never come to see me- I hava
The Washington times., 1920-06-10
KIPLINGING THE LIZARD.

with Apologies to X. BY L. J. d.
A liz there Il, and he Is q liz,
And this II between you and I,
And he has no biz. and he has no phiA
To humans he's ever q comical qutG,
Not even as you and l.
oh, the shape Of his suit, and the s41s -
his boot.
Are remarkable to you and I.
And the cut Of his coat. and his hat me-
boat,
And the hair on his head Ike the hair =
goat,
Are amusement to you and L
Oh, tho sidewalk he uses. and daily abassak
Crowding OF you and /.
And the eyes that he makes at, and hooA
that he shakes at
The vamps who accept It. but who WIN
regret II
In the bye and bya
The Washington times., 1920-06-10
s. I. LANNING

If the baseball park will the tennis
court?
If the molasses run will the toma-
to catsup?
e. and A. OIEARA.
"Beau Brummel" says: "I'm de-
lighted to see so many pulling oars
in the mad race of n and S for the
Nobel nut prize"
The Washington times., 1920-06-10

A woman is as old as she looks,
while a man is never old until he
quits looking at women.
C.. J. MENASCO.
The Washington times., 1920-06-10
LEEPLESS.

When the engine "knocks" dssa
the piston "ring?"
MRS. B. H. l.
The Washington times., 1920-06-10

You tell 'em, nut, I'm a Georgia
cracker. c. c. B.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
WAR POWER INVOKED
Commission Men Ordered To De-
crease Rates on Live Stock.
Secretary Of Agriculture Empowered
To Regulate Prices Takes Action
On Increases.

Washington-War powers created
under the Lever fuel and food control
act, have again been invoked by T.. r.
Meredith, secretary OF agriculture,
who ordered licensed commission men
at the principal live stock yards to
discontinue the schedule of increased
commission rates on live stock put into
effect August 2 last. Commissions
are to remain the same as on July 1.
At the same time the secretary is
calling upon the secretaries of live
stock exchanges at stock yards where
the Department of Agriculture has no
agent for schedules of commission
charges in effect at their respective
places. Any increases found in rates
at these stockyards will be ordered
discontinued also.
In the official announcement the de-
partment said:
THE increases objected to by Secre-
tary Meredith ranged as high as 25
per cent and included commission on
cattle. calves. hogs, sheep and goats
shipped in car lots by single owners.
This action by the secretary is along
the line of tina. taken recently, when
he fixed commission rates to be charg-
ed at Chicago on car lot shipments OF
live stock having more than n
owner.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
Coal Surplus Left On Docks.

Observation-Disclosures of coal des-
tined for the northwest ut Lake Erie
ports have progressed so that a
surplus has been left on the docks az
ter all available boats had been loaded,
according to j. J. Blommer. traffic Sec
rotary of the Milwaukee Association of
Commerce. This improvement. 1t was
declared. followed the priority order.
The dumpings the first two weeks of
August exceeded those of the similar
period in July by 1000 cars u day. il
was reported.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
BUILDING. LACK GREAT
Relief From Shortage Depends On
Railroad Rehabilitation.
Lack OF Materials Cause OF Shortage
In Houses, Says Housing Cor
poration Head.

Washington-Relief from the ma.
tionwide housing shortage depends
largely upon rehabilitation Of the rail.
roads so that building materials can
be transported in larger quantities, &C.
cording to reports to officials here.
Building has been almost complete.
ly halted all over the country because
materials cannot be obtained" said
Chief Engineer Chase of the United
States Housing corporation.
THE shortage of houses is more
acute than it was at the time of the
armistice when building had been sus-
pended for nearly three years. Little
Improvement can be expected until
spring.
THE priority orders issued by the
interstate commerce commission favor
ing the movement of grain and coal
made it practically impossible to get
materials. In only a few cities of the
middle west has any considerable
building been undertaken. In prac.
tically all big cities elaborate plans
have been made to begin work on a
big scale next spring, This, however.
is contingent on their being able to ger
large supplies of brick, sand. gravel,
lumber and hardware"
The country is short 5000 900 build
ings, according TO estimate prepared
by Chase.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
RED WING MAY
Be AUTO FENCE
Detectives Follow Trail OF Stolen
Machines To That City
Value Millions.
GARAGE OWNERS HELD
Wholesale Arrests In Chicago And
Minneapolis Expected As Result
OF Observation-Disclosures OF
Cars Altered, Charge.

Red Wing. Minn.-F0llowing a trail
discovered in Chicago, detectives of
the American Automobile Protection
and Information bureau have arrived
here. frm in the belief that Red Wing
has been the hub of a ring OF automo-
bile thieves who have operated
throughout the North M Middle
West.
The sales Of cars by the Johnson
Brother garage in this city are to be
checked up, on the suspicion that it
was used as a distributing point.
One member of the firm, w. /. John
son, is under arrest in connection with
the $1,000 store robbery at Luck, Wis
Victor Johnson. the other member.
has disappeared. c. A. Walker, a
salesman, was being held at a hospi-
tai but escaped a week ago and stiIl
Is missing.
No estimate was made by the detec-
tives of the value of the cars which
have been stolen, but it is said to
have run into the millions. 1t is
charged now that hundreds OF the
stolen cars have been driven TO Red
Wing, where they lave been altered
and sold.
II IL the belief OF the detectives that
the investigation here will lead to
wholesale arrests in Chicago and other
cities.
MINI eapolis police will assist in the
investigation of the alleged automo-
bile fence in Red Wing, following the
arrival of Chicago detectives in this
city. II was said that an average of
five cars have been stolen in Minneap-
oils each day during the last month,
and that In the last week &c cars have
been taken. The stolen automobiles
usually were of the smaller types and
those easily altered. The Minneapolis
police believe the ears were taken to
some nearby city and changed and
they then were disposed of in the sur
rounding territory.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
WARSAW SEEMS SAVED
PiISudski's Armies No Longer
Obliged To Fight On
Defensive.
Military Successes Are Reported On
Nearly All Fronts About The
Polish Capital.

Paris-Warsaw now seems to be
saved from the Bolsheviki. Premier
Pilsudski's armies no longer are
obliged to fight a defensive battle and
the bold offensive on both wings has
reached the first detectives and the
Poles appear to be pausing before at
tempting to develop their success.
Warsaw-Further Polish military
successes on various fronts are report.
ed. There is much speculation here
as to how the Polish counter offensive
will affect the Minsk negotiations
which, it is assumed, are well under
way. No word has been received here
from Minsk with the exception of news
of the arrival of the delegates and
Leon Trotzky. soviet minister of val
and marine.
Father Ignacy Korupka, who was
killed in battle while leading the AT.
lacking Polish forces with a crucifx
in his hand, was buried with fullest
military honors.
Father Korupka fell while leading
his soldiers in the attack upon Radzy
min, the priest having sun lea
dership when all the officers of his de
tachment were killed.
Leon Trotzky, soviet minister OF
war, has issued a call for volunteers
for service on the Southern front. The
call was issued in the course OF an ad
dress at an opera house meeting in
Moscow in honor of Bella Kun. Com.
munist leader and former foreign min.
lister of Hungary.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
OFFICERS DEAD
IN RUM BATTLE
City and County Authorities Clash
Over Custody Of Alleged
Moonshiner.
PRISONER SHOT DOWN
Onlookers Flee To Shelter AS Argu.
ment Brings Guns Forth-May
P~recipitate fractional Trouble,
Belief.

Bowling Green, Ky.-A spectacular
three-cornered gunfght on one OF the
city's busiest streets for possession OF
a prisoner, said to have moonshine
liquor on his person, resulted in the
death here of two officers and in
wounding of another and the prisoner.
The dead are:
City Marshal r. G. Philpot.
Deputy Sheriff Henry Reed.
The battle was one OF the most SEN
sational in the history of Bowling
Green where other fierce battles have
occurred. The participants were War
rem county deputy sheriffs. city police
men and friends of the prisoner, Cam
Estes, a hill country m]ountaineer.
Estes was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Reed and was being taken to
the county Jail when Joe Spivery, a po-
liceman, arrived and demanded GUS
tody OF the man. Friends of Estes i'm
mediately closed in or the group and
City Marshal Philpot came to Spivey's
aid. The alteration attracted a crowd.
AS the argument between the au-
thorities became heated Estes friends,
quiet, determined people from the hills
closed in on the principals. Their pur-
pose was thwarted however. when
succeeding in separating Estes from
the authorizes, he was shot down while
running through the crowded streets.
Guns were produced, there was a
wild scatter for shelter and a fusilade
of shots was exchanged between the
city and county officers. Friends of
Estes opened fire at this time. After
the first burst of shots, Philpot and
Reed dropped, killed instantly. Spivey.
the policeman, was wounded.
Intense excitement resulted through
out the city and extended into the blue
grass regions of the country. There
was a possibility of factional trouble
between the city and Warren county
authorities, but later cooler heads sue
ceeded in preventing a new outburst.
There was some talk of friends of
Estes yet coming to his rescue from
the hills from whence he is said to
have brought the moonshine which
precipitated the battle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
GRAlu AND LIVE STOCK.

Minneapolis Cash Closing Prices.
Minneapolis, Aug. 20.-Wheat No. 1
dark northern, So O@2.70; No. I
northern, $2.55@2.60; No. 2 northern,
S2.50Q2.55: No. 3 northern, S2.450
$50; No. 1 durum, s230@2.45. Corn
No. 3 yellow, $1.60@1.62: No. 3 mixed.
s1.58@1.60. Oats No. 2 white, 65%e0
6SAc. Barley, choice to fancy, $1.01
@1O5. Rye No. 2, $1.97h @1.98h.
Flaxsed. s3.25h @3.27k.
South ST. Paul live Stock.
South st. Paul, Aug. 20.-Estimated
receipts at the Union Stock Yards:
Cattle, LOO; calves, 500; hogs, 1900;
sheep, 400; cars, "a.
Steers, $4.25@9.50;. cows, $500
700; calves, s550@12.75; hogs, $3.50
@15.00; sheep and lambs, S. 2 @1O.75.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Aug. 20.-Cattle, receipts,
1000; choice steers strong to Csc high
er: top. SIPS: others below: bulk
good and choice, SIS. 60@ l6 rs; best
grassers, $13.50@1450 mostly; COM
mon and medium grades weak, $4,000
12.50; good and choice cows, $3.50
1880: calves steady; bulk choice veal
ers, $14.5c@15.00; stockers steady.
AOP AS>VfPtSy Ao,vVV, unCNCn, lOVG
Csc lower than yesterdays average:
early top, $15.75; bulk light and BUTCH
ers. $14.90@15.60: bulk packing sows,
$14.00G14.25: pigs, 25@50c lower:
bulk desirable kinds, $13.50@1400.
Minneapolis Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Minneapolis, August 20. - Butter,
creameries. extra SAC; extra fresh
frsts, SIC; f~rsts. sic: seconds, 4Sc.
dairies. extras, Ale; packing stock.
fresh. SIC; stale goods, Sc; grease, Sc.
Eggs-No. / candled. new cases,
free from rots. small dirties and
checks out. per dozen, acc; seconds,
small. dirty and held stock. rots and
leakers out. per doz. 33c: checks, rots
and leakers out. per doz.. sic. Quota
tons on eggs include cases.
Live Poultry-Hens over 4 lbs, Csc;
under 4 lbs, 2fc: cocks. 19c: ducks.
fat, 10000: geese. fat. 10c. boilers.
under 2 lbs. 35c: springs. ia lbs. and
over. 32c.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26

Warsaw--The Polish offensive is
now in FIJI swing. More than 10,
prisoners, 80 cannon, 300 machine
guns and thousands of supply carts
have been captured from the Bolshe-
wiki. The Poles nave occupied Plonsk,
Pultusk and Wyskow, through which
the Reds drove in their sweep toward
the capital. Owing to the Polish pres
sure from the northeast 1t is reported
that the Bolshevik are withdrawing
their forces which reached the Vistula
south OF the Prussian border and to
the northwest OF Warsaw.
The Warsaw sector is rapidly being
showed back by the Poles, who are fol-
lowing them up all along the front,
using artillery in such quantities as
TO cause great confusion among the
invaders, who now are on the run.
To the EAST the Bolsheviki are re-
ported to be making their way across
the Bug at various points.
Siedlece was taken by the Poles
early Wednesday.
General Pulsudski has been with the
troops east OF Warsaw and under shell
fire, but escaped uninjured. On vari-
pus parts of the front where the Poles
are advancing, Bolsheviki tFoups are
reported to have been cut off from
their main forces in great numbers,
thousands s%urrendering daily when
they realize they have been cut Off.
The Kosciusko squadron and Ma
or p. Cedric Fauntleroy. Of Chicago,
have received special mention for
bombing and observation raids
on the southern front. efrecting
their f%orty-ninth fight and stopping
the SOVIET advance.
London - The Polish delegates
at the Minsk conference have
refused to accept a peace condition
advanced by the soviet representatives
for the disarmament of the Polish
army unless the Russians themselves
disarm, says a wireless dispatch from
Berlin. quoting a report received from
Minsk.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
MinneapoIIs On Honor Roll.

Minneapolis Minneapolis was on
The honor roll Of cities from which
merchants reported 100 per cent on
'ood costs during July. according to
he monthly food cost statement issued
~ the bureau OF labor Statistics. de-
,artment OF labor. In July there was
10 change In food costs In Mhneap-
,lis. In IL cities there was a decrease
N fod prices. There were increases
n 80. st. Paul showed a decrease OF
ess than half OF one per cent Little
rock Ark. was grouped with Mime
ollie - showing no change.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
ROBBERY BRINGS BIG SUM
Chicago Bandits Take MaiIsack Con.
tanning 500, 900 In Daylight.

Chicago-All Chicago md suburbs
were seached Tor a pair of daylight
bandits who stole a mailpouch. be-
lieved to contain money and v~aiuables
worth 100000, from the One Hundred
Eleventh ST. station of the Illinois
Central railroad. The robbers escaped
in an automobile. Chief of Police
Charity estimated the value of the
contents al 500, 900.
The mailsack which postoffice Of
ficials declared contained 800, 600 in
currency Tor "a bank In West Pullman,
H., was dropped from an Illinois
Central train into a chute at the other
end OF which a bank messenger waited.
AS the sack reached the enc of the
chute two men jumped from an auto
mobile, grabbed the sack and drove
away.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
MEXICO IS NOT RECOGNIZED
Further Developments Are Awaited
BY U. s. Government.

Washington - The three propo-
sails given In Mexico City dis
patches as precedent to recogni-
tion Of the present Mexican govern
ment by the United States are Only
a few Of the conditions announced by
this government" according to a State
department official. II is true that the
three conditions-respeet for Amer
ican lives and property, indemnities
paid foreigners who suffered during
the revolution and d~erogation Of the
confiscatory decree OF Ca-ranza-are
among the conditions laid down. but
performance OF duties instead of mere
promises is put above all conditions.
It was said
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
Wet Field Problem Is Solved.

Tracy. Minn.-P. w. Bly,, a farmer
living between here and Madison. has
solved the problem of operating his
binder in a wet field by making a con
trivance resembling q ferris wheel In
which the bull wheel Of his harvester
travels over the wei ground. The
wheel IL IL feet in diameter. 90 ar
rai,ged that the bull wheel Of the har-
vester travels nicely inside ~ In
tact, the entire machine Is within the
bic wheel. including the driver. With
this arrangement IN use. Mr., bly, =
sbls q work = eny nsl1
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26

Paris-William Adamson, labor
member OF the British parliament. and
Harry Costing. leader OF the English
transport workers. representing the
council Of action Of the British labor
party. have returned to London after
conferences with the General Labor
Federation OF France and executives
OF the unified socialist party. They
came to Paris for the purpose. but soon
after their arrival were requested to
leave. Failure to comply with the re-
quest. Il was announced. would call for
their sexbulsion-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
Loneshoremen Work Again.

New York-Coastwise longshoremen.
members Of the International Long.
shoremen's association who have been
on strike since last April. have voted
to return to work at once. II was re.
ported here by Capt. T. ". O'Connor.
president Of the association. The terms
under which the longshoremen will
return to work were not made public
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
MAN APPEARS IN "NlGHTIE"
Senatorial Candidate to Georgia is Ar.
rested for "PubIic lndecency.n

N~'T~TN"NN u NNOE TTd - Vt
rested for "PubIic lndecency."
Atlanta, Ga.-Thomas L. Watson,
candidate for the Democratic nominal
ton for the Senate, has been arrested
in Buford, Georgia, on a charge OF
public i~ndecency" after he had APP
peared in the corridor clad in his
night garments. The police chief at
Buford said Mr.. Watson had started
a disturbance in the lobby, asserting
that men paid by his political oppon-
ents were disturbing his rest. He was
held in $500 bond.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
Lake Park Threatened By Fire.

Lake Park, Minn.-The entire town
of Lake Park was threatened with de.
struction when a fire, which broke out
in a barn located in the center of ths
town, spread to a score of other build
ings, inciading the courthouse, the
opera house and other structures.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
POLAND IS WARNED BACK

U. 8. Tells Warning Country To Stay
Of OF Russian Territory.
Washington-Poland has been warm
ed by the United States not to repeat
her advance into Russian territory if
her army succeeds in driving the boil
sheviki from Polish territory, it was
stated officially here, Unless this
warning is heded. Poland may pre-
judice her own case In the eyes OF the
United States, it was stated.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26

Winnipeg. Map.-Large sections Of
forest areas Of the Rocky Mountains
In Canada are being destroyed by fire
and q thick pail Of smoke IL hanging
over Calgary. Banh. Alberta. is sur
rounded BY fires and heavy smoke Is
coming from q big IRE raging on
Kandnaskis plateau. The sky at
BanG, great summer resort. was %
cloudsd with smoke from fre. that
the sun was almost blotted out and
Il was 20 dark that lights were kept
burning n the houses. Several dre
aghtero have been badly burned
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26

Indianapolis. I~nd.-Forced to close
by lack OF coal. the State School for
Girls at Ciei mont Is without light. heat
or steam for cooking and It's inmates
will have to eat canned goods. accord
ing to Maurice Shelton. chairman OF
the state purchasing board
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-08-26
Mannlx Told To Moderate.

London-The consistory at Rome
has directed to Archbishop Daniel j.
Mannix. OF Melbourne. Australia, a
strong exhortation urging moderation
In his treatment Of British political
questions, according to a British Of
fetal message from Rome.