davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-25
ACREAGE

Basing expectations past history of drilling activity and
pon scientific have leased what have
reason to believe the acreage for oil production in the
county.
OF c. Searcy H B. Duncan Charles Embry Jesse
Cobb Batmsor, George Thorpe, W. Wagers u D
Mckinney A Hendren Brothers, and others
Waco hold and will begin drill
ing before the April Should small part of the leases
ule prove up in the drilling will be verable
widows oil can foresight county pride
to small investment
refer you in Western Kentucky who
dollars drilling we'll and
percent monthly his share of the
retu
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-25
YOUR OPPORTUNITY

By plan offered opportunity prove whether
this belongs the list of oil producers fine
oil parts the crime
leave unred and INFESTED You live here
when where for
have good CHARGE the value
while at the time profit the
think inviting welcoming the opportunity
Everybody business is nobodys business This
and work There be delay This work
operation of patriotic citizen the Call
further particulars your friends neghbors
S have done LONG
ago. - ar s@E xtEsNAMA
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-25
NO OIL STOCK

Let impress you this plan We areabsoluey
oil stock There will be corporation formed purpose
making this test If production found paying
together with all others who paid this
the question of all future plans development
Madison Madison people
and will have the support of all the best business the
county 1t must have. This of pride of
the and afford be backward taking part
Think what it
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-25
COMMITTEE

very likely question for you anticipated "Whee
well be drilled! Now, the " well be We
thousand ground scientific
methods OF locating oil wells They do always
neither does medicine always the
you do send for the medicine when you need it. That
are gong do We have committee
committee will consult with
his advice locate the well The
following =. mi
HON. c. l. SEARCY, CHAIRMAN.
H. B. DUNCAN
JESSE COBB
G. S. MCKINNEY
]. A. BAUMSTARK
J. w. WAGERS.
E1ENDREN BROTHERS.
The chairman has been notified of his appointment
all the gentlemen named will gladly this
capacity.
This May Mean More Than Any
Civic Enterprise in Madison
County in Your
Life Time
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
Prohibition Empties the Jsils.

The Easthampton News reports a
great shortage Of prisoners for the
county Jail in Northampton This Is a
shortage which everywhere appears.
The facts reported are that there are
now but II prisoners in the Hampshire
county Jail. Doubtless the franklin
county Jail at Greenfield has even few
or. The Springfield jail could easily
take care Of the prisoners Of the three
river counties. II would be matter
Of economy to merge the three houses
of correction. even il not to merge the
three county governments. As to the
Hampshire county Jail, The News says
that as many as 80 or 80 have been
confined there at this time in some
past years. During the last six months
Of 1915 the district court sent 81 to
the county Jail. But during the last
six months of 1919. the first prohibit
tion period. only ~ cases were com
mitted 10 that institution. That Is,
under prohibition, one person was SEN
fenced to Jail as against four and two
thirds under the license regime. That
il one great reason for the shortage of
prisoners, though not the only one. The
same story could probably be told in
nearly every county in the common
wealth. In Bristol county we are just
closing the Taunton jail. That in New
Bedford is ample for all the needs of
Bristol county, and doubtless OF the
cape also.-Fall River Mass News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30

how TO lose in politics had no right to
win. and he went right on planning for
the next campaign, which resulted IN
sending James Hamilton Lewis, a
Democrat. TO the Senate 10 support the
president. senator Lewis was associat-
ed with that wing Of the party in III
uois which was not led by Sullivan. II
was to Lewis that President Wilson
gave the Illinois patronage. Sullivan
continued to come to Washington a.
though nothing had happened Secre-
tarv Tumultv warmly received him
and held him in the highest esteem
Other members q the official family.
who knew all Of the circumstance 81
his defeat for senator, marveled al his
noise. as good nature, his eNtfaordi-
nary common sense in al business and
nolitieal matters. and wen. out of their
way 70 show him their appreciation q
q coed loser One thing Mr. sullivan
aid not do was 70 ask for the ear q
the president. He felt that q wE2
the presideu; himself 10 say whnt BE-
wanted and when he wanted e. and
not for Sullivan 10 seek-
That vas kis relationship with TIE
White Ho1ss uutH the dsy 81 his dssth
"a hen the president vas 81 iast able e
ireak BIS silaRrc end saw puhaclF, in e
fslerrau 81 oonioisncs - the deceasra
lssdsris family.
II shall never forget shat goad
friend b. vas o. ~. Washinzrc
rorrespuudencs ~ Ncu YORK Evening
iicsL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
Fat People Have
Perverted Taste
Proof That Arbolone Removes
Craving for Wrong Foods.
pissolves and eliminates Fatty
Tissues Hsrmlessly.

Any Anti-fat treatment that fails
10 correct the perverted appetite and
craving for the very foods which
make rat Is certain 20 fail OF per
manent results. Mark that fact WELT
Five grain tablets Arbol0ne removes
the craving for undesirable fatty
foods. restores natural appetite and
digestion. while il dlssolves fatty
accommodations in the body and elm
mates slouly but surely, without
weakening or ether evil effects
Mrs l. Holly. imperial. Calf,
writes
KInd Sirs Have taken your Ar
bolonc Tablets for obesity and in
seven months reduced from 2o5
pounas 20 lsz pounds ! cannot say
enough Tor them. and any body who
is Cat should take them. ny health
fs better than ever. etc.
Tablets Arbolrne cu3oy IRE largest
sale 81 ans obesity medicine and they
deserve ft- sod b. al vel stocked
s-urEisfs in sealed tubes uith fan
directions
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
CINCINNATI SOCIAL HUNT.
Block Workers Learn Much from For
eign- Born.

"There was just one family out OF
lO6 in my block that couldn't make
understand the unit" testified a genial
block worker in Gertrude Mathews
Shelby's article on the Cincinnati social
unit plan in Harper's Magazine for
April "She was the kind that kept
her door chained She didn't STAY in
the block but about a month. either.
Most of my people were SO friendly
to the unit that when | went to any
house and they saw who e. was, they
opened the door wide. Oh, It's only
Mrs. -. Come right in they'd say.
Just as if ] was the man to read the
meter We block workers take a pride
in never telling what we find out We
don't even tell our husbands, and IL
they happen TO hear something they
are usually the first TO caution US to
be careful. Oh, I tell YOU it's some
thing 10 be block worker II would
be hard to give it up. You can help at
least a little and you make such good
friends"
Another block worker reported: My
people ask me everything how to save
ElOMEAs mat " At dNWAA inns atAA NAteAA
in the house. and how to manage John
ME. One neighbor had me to help her
decide if she should 60 out to work and
hire some one TO look after her child
at home. The baby needed her and
saw Il wouldn't pay, anyhow. She
didn't 60. But I've found Jobs for 9TH
er people One widower went 70 the
unit and asked that someone find him
housekeeper to look after his two
children, a woman he could marry
later.
.0ne woman iu my block told mo
she wasn't going 70 vd.e in the 1918
block election -'because my neighbor
call me a hunk he told me. I know
who started that advised her ~
vote iu-t 10 show she was an Ameri
can. Then 7 went to see the woman
who called her a hunk She a.oppfd
the others she had started doing r.
That foreign woman aud her husband
made particular point. J noticed. Of
voting al the block election. They
we're always solid with the unit after
that. They were anxious 20 know
about American WAYS. The block work
err learned quite a lot from our 1900
foreign born people
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
NATIONAL LABOR
PARTY CONVENTION
Will Meet in Chicago July Ills to
Nominate Candidate for Presi-
dent and Vice President and
Draft Platform

Chicago, April 30.-The National La
Dor party convention will be held in
Chicago July II, IL and ID, to nomi-
nate candidates for president and vice
president and draft platform, it was
announced to-day by Frank ]. Esper,
national secretary.
Every labor and farm organization
in the country will be invited to send
one delegate for each 500 members.
Esper predicted that five thousand del
egates would attend
The declaration of principles adopted
when the party was formed in the
November convention announced that
the labor party was organized 10 as
semble into a new majority the men
and women who work but who have
been scattered as helpless minorities
in the old parties under the leader
ship Of the confidence men of big
business
The declaration included ~ planks, a
majority OF which, according to Esper,
will be repeated in the political plat
form to be adopted here next July.
Among the planks are;
Naturalization of all essential in.
dustries.
Naturalization Of unused lands.
A league OF workers to destroy
autocracy, militarism and economic
Imperialism, and bring about world
wide disarmament
Repeal of the espionage law.
Equal suffrage and equal pay for
men and women in industry.
Abolition Of the injunction power of
Judges in labor disputes.
Endorsement of the Plumb plan for
tri .partite railroad control.
Steeply graduated income and inner
itance taxes.
A national budget system.
Limitation of the power of the SUI
preme court 10 veto" legislation.
Abolition Of the United States SEN
ate
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
Work TO THE
RULES" POLICY
Decision of Railway Men in Great
Britain Will Result in Stoppagc
of Work May lst.

London, April 30A labor develop
ment which may result in a more gen
eral stoppage of work throughout the
United Kingdom on May day than had
been considered likely, manifested it.
self yesterday in an announcement
that the London council of railwaymen
had decided that beginning Saturday,
it's members would work on a strict
work to the rules" policy. Such q
policy, il is declared by union leaders,
would lead to serious railway conges-
tion and even nationwide stoppage
of traffic if the movement should be-
come general.
The smooth running of the railways,
it is maintained, depends upon the in
itiative and resource of the workers,
which involves breach of some instruc-
tions in meeting contingencies which
cannot be contemplated in the franz
ing of any set of rules.
The Liverpool and London unions de-
clare they will maintain their new or
der until their demand for an advance
OF Il weekly is granted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
KNEW NOT WHY
HE SLEW WOMEN
James r. HURT Is Alleged
to Have Confessed to
Murder Of Two
TWO OTHERS MET "AC-
CIDENTAL" DEATHS
Hurt Is Alleged to Have
Married a Dozen or
Fifteen Women

Los Angeles, Cal, April 30.--At least
two of the numerous women James R
HURT is alleged to have married in va
rious parts Of the country were muir
dered by him, two Others met "acci'
dentaln deaths while with him, and he
might have murdered MORE" accord
ing to an alleged confession made pub
lie to-day by j. Morgan Marmaduke
his attorney, and county officials. HURT
said he ''could not remember" what
happened to some of the women be-
cause of his still weakened condition
resulting from two attempts to com
NIT suicide, the reputed confession
said. He lay on cot at the county
hospital as he talked.
HURT has been held here several
days while officers investigated reports
of numerous marriages.
He married twelve or fifteen wom-
en-, probably more" HURT was quoted
as saying. The desire to kill obsessed
four years ago, HURT was alleged to
have said, and women were his especial
victims, there being no direct motive
for their deaths, and no desire to kill
men. children on animals.
Nina Lee Leloney, killed at Long
Beach, Cal, and Elizabeth Bryor,
whose death occurred near Plum,
Wash. were the "wives" whose muir
ders the officers said HURT confessed.
The partial confession" said the Of
fcers, related to the deaths of Bertha
Goodrich and Alice Ludvigson. Miss
Goodrich was tipped out of boat in
Lake Washington, near Seattle, and
Miss Ludvigson was drowned in a riv-
er in Idaho, they said
The officers said HURT told them he
did not know his right name but ad-
mitted having used many aliases.
He said he knew nothing of his par
ents, but did know he was born some
where in the south He said he had lit
tie education.
He admitted, the officers said, that
he had no direct motive in killing his
victims, some of the slayings follow
ing violent quarrels. He said, they
declared, he had killed some women
who 'had no money"
Something just told me to do it,"
he was quoted.
Attorney Marmaduke, representing
HURT, stated that the alleged confes
sion had been given to the district at
torney lin the best interests of his
client"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
Proclamation Calls for a
United Strike on
May l
HAIL TO THE SOVIET is
HEADING OF APPEAL
Boston Police Prepared to
Guard Against Posi-
BILE Demonstrations

Boston, April 30.--An appeal TO
workers to show their strength by a
united strike on May !, is contained in
posters purporting to be the May
day proclamation of the central ex-
ecutive committee of the communist
party of America" which are being
circulated here and in adjacent com
munities, The appeal is headed Hail
to the Soviet
State and municipal authorities have
received information of preparations
by radical organizations for conven-
tion here morrow. The police have
to guard against possible
by radicals.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
GOOD RECODS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MADE
Clear Skies and Fast Track Were in
Prospect for Opening of Penn
sylvania Carnival.

Philadelphia, April 30.-Clear skies
and a fast track were in prospect to-
day for the opening of the annual two
day relay carnival of the University of
Pennsylvania on Franklin field. Penn
sylvania officials predicted number
of new records as the pick of Ameri
can college and school athletes, in ad-
dition to the stars from Oxford and
Cambridge universities of England,
who We're entered in the various events.
Seventeen events were on the pro-
gram to-day, but the features were the
American college championship sprint
medley and distance medley relay
races, the 440-yard low hurdles, the in
ternational intercollegiate three mile
run and the American interscholastic
medley relay championship. Oxford
and Cambridge had entrants in three
of these events. the hurdle race. the
three mile run and the distance med
ley, and in all of them the British run
ners faced Americas best Captain h.
G.. d. Rudd of Oxford, was the Eng
lish representative in the hurdles. His
opponents included Thompson of Dart
mouth, Adams, Princeton. kilby OF
Redlands university, California, and
Watt of Cornell, all OF whom have COW
cred the quarter in close to so sec
onds.
In the three. mile run, A. r. Mon
tague, said to be one of the greatest
distance runners developed in England
in years, was the British entrant.
American entrants included Bond and
Campbell, Cornell; McMahan, Massa-
ehusetts Tech: Nightingale Of New
Hampshire, and Hisler, Dexel institute,
Philadelphia.
The Oxford Cambridge team in the
distance medley met the best quartets
available at more than dozen east
ern and middle western universities.
They included Pennsylvania, Harvard,
Chicago Wisconsin. Yale, Princeton,
Iowa State, Pennsylvania State and
Cornell,
II was the first time the British
athletes ever run with the rail on their
left and Captain Rudd expressed the
opinion that this would increase their
speed by at least one second ach half
mile.
Among the other events on to.day's
program were the penthalon individual
championships, and a number of gram
mar and high school championships.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
BRITISH PLAN
MILITARY AID
In Support of the Sultan's
Forces Against Turk
ish Nationalist
COMMANDER GOES
ON INSPECTION TOUR
Elaborate Preparations Be-
ing Made Along the
Anatolian Coast

Constantinople, April rs, by the
Associated Press British troops, it is
believed, plan to support the sultans
forces in the movement against Turk
ish nationalists in Asia Minor and even
join in an aggressive offensive against
Mustapha Renal. Lieutenant General
Sir G. f. Milne, commander of British
forces here, has gone to Ismid on an
inspection tour, and elaborate prep
arations are being made by the Brit
ish along the Anatolian coast of the
Sea of Marmora.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
WOODEN MILLS
LAY OFF MEN
Uncertainty of Wool Mar
ket and Cancellation
of Large Orders
ARE GIVEN AS CAUSE
OF THE SUSPENSION
Plants at Passaic, N. j.,
Have Been Operating
at Full Capacity

Passaie, N. j., April 30 Uncertainty
in the wool market and the cancella-
tion of large orders have necessitated
the suspension of night work in the
wooden mills here, manufacturers said
to-day. Two local mills have laid off
1000 workers already and Others are
preparing to suspend night work soon.
The plants had been operating at full
since before the war.
The Amalgamated Association OF
Textile Workers has adopted new
schedule, calling for so per cent in
crease in wages and 44-hour week,
but the demands have not yet been
presented to the mill owners.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
"TIZ" FOR ACHING,
SORE, TIRED FEET
Use "Tiz" for Tender, Puffed-U Up, Burn
ing, Calloused Feet and
Corns.

People who are forced to stand on
their feet all day know what sore,
tender, sweaty, burning feet mean.
They use "Tiz," and "Tiz" cures their
feet right up IL keeps feet in perfect
condition. "Tiz" is the only remedy in
the world that draws ont all the pois-
onous exudations which puff up the
feet and cause tender, sore, tired, ach
ing feet. II instantly stops the pain
in corns. callouses and bunions. It's
simply glorious. All! how comfortable
your feet feel after using "Tiz." You'll
never limp or draw up your face in
pain. Your shoes won't tighten and
hurt your feet.
Get box of "Tiz" now from any
druggist. just Think whole years
foot comfort for only few cents
ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
RESPONSIBILITY ON CONGRESS.
And Not on President in Sugar Matter
Says Atty.-Gen. Palmer.

Washington, April 3o.-Failure Of
the government to buy the Cuban crop
last year at low price was due to
the ignoring" by Congress of Presi
dent Wilson's request for extension of
the war time legislation for controlling
its distribution, Attorney General Palm
er declared yesterday before the House
sugar investigating committee.
at does not become the Congress"
Palmer said, ito try to place the re
responsibility on the president, when it
is theirs for not acting on his request !"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
POSLAM STOPS
FIERY STING
OF ECZEMA

"Just what my skin needed will be your
conviction after Pcslam has been spread gen.
thy over your itching eczema.
Unless you have ever tried Poelam. you
haven't the faintest idea how surely IL
works-how quickly 1t soothes and smooths
out all skin ailments. You don't know its
control over the fiery panGs Of eczema or
stubborn acne and other blemishes.
Put Poslam TO the test. Pick out the hard
est spot you have-and next morning look
10 see improvement. Thousands have done
this TO their lasting satisfaction.
Sold everywhere. For free sample write
TO Emergency Laboratories, 2iS West 47th
street, New York City.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
MIN Hol

over s72o0o0o0 worth Of mil
shipped ont 81 the United Statcs l.
-zfhe- surprising item But thats
about the l9lS figure. over 50 100000
pounds. No. u didn1 cIrdic. II vas
shirped dry Tic export # Cur con
Hrnsariss + not gwen ruch publicity,
huf i eonez - pretty faf hEure-
perc5cu nafians rubbing their ewes 81
moving can. h-uratlNeiE speakIu9
haa- fhs rsffHnE - raus 49, lrr.r
@sr leaves ~ usfuf raj bottle 81
ttf Eafsta7s The Nations Bus
Ues
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30
Where the Rub Comes.

1t is frequently easier to count the
cost than it is TO pay it.-Boston Tran.
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30

prescribed bv physicians for over tiCh-
teen years for the relief ~ Colds Pain.
Headache. Toothache. Easache, kleu-
mstisu. Lumharu. NeuEiffs
Fer q ieu cents sea ean get 4 hsndr
tin haK containing twelve tablrts.
DRUGGISTS also afI anger BayeT
pa sarss Aspirin Is the TRADE marx
q Bsve1 Manufacture ~ Mo1aacer -
aeidesieI 81 ealrglio c5d--Adp.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30

The -Bayer Cross- on Aspirin tab
lets has the same meaning - l4-ksrat
On gold Both mean Genuins1
-Baysr Tsbicts 81 AsFiria- should
b taken soo1rdiuz 10 tia safe and
rToFsr crsr1 ians In eseh =BayeT- psel-
zEe. b surc tie Bsyer CrOss is
On rarkRrs and en- tahlstE Thea
.eu arr Etttias thr Esuuine Aspigin
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30

t. Heal q Cr1Ek
Tskr HIVES HEALING HONEY 80
AS
, 1920-10-04

This is aside from any question connect
ed with the efficiency OF The labor along
the waterfront. And it has been found
that as a matter of fact the introduction
of machil cry Tor la~bor-saving generally
has made other work so that the use If
machinery does not mean less employ
ment.
Every possible facility should be pro-
vided which will attract ships to this
port and when they are here they should
be treated in a way that their captains
will be glad to some again. Stories
could be related OF sea captains captured
by land pirates in this ort, and the sto-
ries would rival those of Cofraci.
After every improvement has been
provided, after the harbor is big enough
to shelter all ships that want to come,
after every need OF the ships is supplied
the future of the port and to a very large
degr-e the future f the island. depends
on our desire to attract business to the
port and our desire to deal fairly and
with mutual proft-Porto R5co Progress,
Sept. 18th.
, 1920-10-04
Publication.

AIOTICE is hereby given that the sum
of Frcs. 242. IS. income on the invest
~ ed capital of His Royal Highness
Prince Valdemar's Wedding Memorial
Fund for the benefit of worthy INDECENT
persons in ST. Croix, will be on hand for
distribution on the 22nd October 1920.
Applications for participation in this
distribute m, duly certified, should be
for warded to the undersigned on or be-
fore October 18th. 1920.
Despatching Secretary's Office. Chris
tiansted, ST. Croix, Virgin Islands of U.
S. September Goth. 1920.
FRED. B. COLBY,
DespatchGmg Secretary.