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The state herald., 1920-03-26

Party Who removed glasses from
coat in Smiths Drug Store, return
them and avoid trouble.
The state herald., 1920-03-26
WANT COLUMN

Wanted steers coming one and two
years old. II, l.. Johnson.
For Salc-My farm. $50 u. located i6
miles from Holyoke. known MS Ross
Hall place, all fenced. sets bldgs..
2 houses. 2 wells. will carry 100000
on place. S percent Price. $1,000 per
acre. Address John Shaw and James
Shaw, II. II.
For Snle-Good Old Trusty incubator.
cheap for cash. at NJ. n. Edmisten's.
North Holyoke Miss Emma Lock
wood.
For Sale-Cobs for sale at 25c per
hundred pounds. The Spelts Grain
Co.
For Saie-Purebred White wynndotto
eggs; prize winning stock si.50
par ib. $500 per 80. 800 per 100.
J. A. Berg. iiax,un. Colo. phone
3L53.
For Snle-Choicc residence property
for nnic or trade. VIII take some
good cows as part payment. Rich
ardson Land Co.
FOR SALE-l5 bushels selected
seed corn. Enquire Herald Office.
FOR sALE-1D10 Model Ford
touring err In good shape. En-
qnire Herald Office.
Evening star., 1920-01-19
DISCUSSES TRAIN CONTROL.
Committee Says Devices Are Need
ed on Heavy Traffic Roads.

Use of automatic train control de-
wees is desirable on heavy traffic roads
fully equipped with block signals. ac-
cording to the special train control
committee report submitted today by
the committee to the United States
Railroad Administration. Automatic
train control devices will not prevent
railway accidents except such as are
due to failure of train crews to ob-
serve. understand and obey signal in
dications," the report says.
further study and test must deter-
mine the type of safety appliance
most desirable and a policy as TO
general practical use OF the rain
safety devices, the report said. The
report urged continuance of this or
similar committee to the END OF me
period of federal control of the rali-
roads, the committee subsequently 10
pass under jurisdiction of the amer
lean Railroad Association, with a rep
resentative of the Interstate to,n-
merce Commission safety bureau ADD
ed to its membership.
Seventeen appliances for tram s'tlets
were recommended for further test.
Evening star., 1920-01-19
293 Per Cent Increase Claimed.

Figures are presented by the Ship
pers Conference to show during the
calendar year 1916 expenditures for
maintenance were 293 per cent greater
than in 1890, an increase much greater
than the increase in mileage and de-
cline in buying power of the dollar.
Replying to the second assertion
of Director General Hines. the state
ment presented an exhibit showing
that during the years 1916 and 1917.
the last two years of private opera
ton, the income of American rail-
roads, above all the operating eX-
penses and all taxes. exceeded the
income of any other two-year period
since records have been kept by more
than $500 900 900"
Evening star., 1920-01-19
COL. KUTZ TO DISCUSS
CAR LINE MERGER BILL
Engineer Commissioner WillsSpeak
at City Club Forum Luncheon
Wednesday.

The bill for a merger Of the street
railway companies of the District of
Colum bia is to be discussed in detail
by Lieut.. Col. Charles w. Kutz. En-
gineer Commissioner of the District,
at the weekly forum luncheon of the
City Club, to be held Wednesday at
1890 o'clock Commissioner Kutz, as
chairman of the Public Utilities Com
mission, was instrumental in framing
the measure now before Congress,
providing for the merger. He be-
lieves the amalgamation would aid
materially in sowing many of the
most serious traffic problems in
Washington.
J. a. Whitfield. president of the
club, will preside. Commiss soner
Kutz's speech will begin at l o'clock
and will not exceed half an hour
Club members will be given fifteen
minutes in which to ask questions
concerning any phase of the subject
under discussion.
Evening star., 1920-01-19
DENY HINES
ASSERTIONS ON ROADS
Data Placed Before Congress Com
mittees to Disprove Director
Generals Statements.

Taking issue with the declara lion of
Director General Hines in recent
address in New York that it is neces-
sary to remake the whole tranSporta-
ton structure of the country, the Ma
tional Shippers Conference in state
ment filed by Clifford Thorne with the
Senate and House interstate commerce
committee present statistics ard rec
ords TO disprove the director generals
assertions.
The statements of the director gen.
eral which are rebutted by the ship
pers in their statement, made public
last night were that the railroads of
the country for several years before
passing under government control
were facing a curtailment of mainte-
nance expenses, a decrease in net op-
Grating income and a reduction of
surplus with the consequent effect on
the credit of the carriers.
Evening star., 1920-01-19
WITHDRAWS OBJECTION.
Mr.. Lansing Favors All-American
Canal on California Border.

Objections previously expressed by
the State Department to the construc-
tion of an ail-American canal along
the California border, which would
free 5000 settlers of Imperial valley
from dependence upon Mexico for
water for irrigation. purposes. have
been withdrawn by Secretary Lansing
in a letter TO Representative kinkaid id,
Nebraska. chairman of the House
committee on irrigation.
Secretary Lansing in approving the
Eettner bill. designed to remedy the
existing condition, wrote that while
not having altered his opinion of the
desirability of entering into an agree
ment with Mexico respecting the irri-
CATION rights. he considered the pro-
visions of the bill useful in bringing
about the future negotiations of such
treaty.
Evening star., 1920-01-19
STUDYING GERMAN PLANES.
Army Aviators Interested in Types
Surrendered by Foes.

Army airmen are making a techni-
cal study of the various types of
German planes surrendered to the
United States under the armistice
terms, with the view of adopting
some of the designs for American ma
chimes.
The American aviators are particu-
larly Interested in the famous German
Junker C-1, aIl-metal type airplane.
Parts of this plane are included in the
assortment of German aircraft assem-
bled at the air service depot at Fair
field, Ohio.
Evening star., 1920-01-19
Sent Films to Germany: Arrested

ROTTERDAM. December IS (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press).--
A dispatch to the Nieuwe Rotter-
damsche Courant states that a direc-
tor of a Danish firm dealing in moving
picture films has been arrested at
Copenhagen charged with copying
American films and sending them to
Germany.
Evening star., 1920-01-19
Ban Coal for Cremation.

COLOGNE, January 1 Correspond
ence of the Associated Press).-Coal is
SO scarce in Germany that it's use for
the cremation of bodies at Freiburg
has been forbidden by the city council
of that municipality.
Evening star., 1920-01-19

1t has been found in recovering
cargoes of coal from sunken vessels
that the combustion of coal is i'm
proved by submergence in salt water.
Coal subjected to the action of sea-
water for number of years will burn
almost entirely away, leaving only a
small amount of ash and no clinkers.
Evening star., 1920-01-19
Rotterdam to Push Aviation Work.

ROTTERDAM, January l (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Pressl..
To further national and international
aviation. the municipal council OF
Rotterdam has resolved to construct
flying grounds. at a cost Of approx :
mately $600,00 ..... ls,..,....s.
Evening star., 1920-01-19
Roads Credit Declared Good.

AS to Mr.. Hines assertion as to an
impaired condition of railroad credit
previous to government control, the
shippers declared that investigation
in 1917 disclosed that the railroads
were able to borrow money at a lower
rate of interest than were the twent V
largest cities of the country or the
governments of the United States,
England. France or Germany.
Evening star., 1920-01-19

One of the most destructive earth
auakes in the worlds history was that
which occurred in Yeddo. in the year
1903. when 10000 people were killed
Evening star., 1920-01-19
WOODS LEAGUE VIEWS
ARE SOUGHT BY BORAH

Continuing his policy of asking
each candidate for the republican
nomination for President his attitude
regarding the league of nations cove
nant, Senator Borah of Idaho has sent
a letter to Mai Gen. Leonard Wood, in
which he asks two speciSc questions.
First, whether Gen. Wood favors CIV
ing the people the right to vote on the
question of joining the league. and sec
ond, what are Gen. Woods own ideas
as to the league. He sent a similar
letter not long ago to Gov. Lowden
of ILLINOIS,
Would you as candidate and as a
President. if you were elected. seek to
maintain the foreign policies of this
government heretofore prevailing,
said Senator Borah in his letter, ''or
would you be willing to abandon
them?
Would you lend your influence and
your power as President to maintain
and preserve the policy of no entang-
ling alliances with foreign powers and
no interference of foreign powers
with American affairs or would you
be willing to have the United States
enter into an alliance or partnership
or league with European and Asiatic
nations?
You are known to be man of
positive views. Your calling and your
training are conducive to directness
and candor. I anticipate, therefore.
that we shall have no difficulty in un-
derstanding your position when you
have had time to make reply"
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Can This Penitent Soldier Be Pardoned?

DiTTSBURGH.-Th veterans of for
eign wars and several prominent
men are seeking pardon for Walter A.
Dress, ex-Yank and voluntary prisoner.
Dress, then aged %. on February 8,
1917, entered plea of guilty to charges
of burglary. and was sentenced to
se'vH two To three years in the peni-
tenIe ry. He escaped from Rockview
prison the following August and en-
listed i'm the army under the name of
Walter O. Dorm.
While at Norfolk, England, in the
summer of 1913 he met and married q
British girl, who then was manageress
Of cafe in Norwich. His bride ac-
companied him 10 this country. Due
TO her counsel. on March 80 he APP
peared ut the Western penitentiary and
surrendered. Recently the wife wrote
the attorney for the post:
II trust that you will be successful
i'm obtaining pardon for my husband
Life 10 me is not worth living without
him. although | would wait patiently
TO the end of his sentence If it had to
be done
after getting his discharge he
worked ut several places. but could not
settle down and he then told me his
right name and what he had done be-
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"What Will Do With All That Money?"

HAGEKSTOWN. MD.-A gift of
IL several millions of dollars on his
forty-sixth wedding anniversary to
William Shipley. veteran lock tender
on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal.
brought this comment: "Rilly. what in
HI will do with all that money!"
But Rilly. his wife. whose full name
* Margaret Catherine Urella Shipley.
has plans for its expenditure. Stand
ing on the rickety steps of the four
room tumbIedown. facing the canal and
the Potomac NJ n point Il few miles
above Hagerstown. she SmoOthed her
black and white calico wrapper and
told what she would do.
I'D want 10 give 10 the poor first"
she smiled. her faded gray eyes light
ing IS she talked Then I'd like a
house az Halfway. It's too quiet here"
Halfway * village of perhaps half
dozen houses several miles nearer Ha-
gerstown
Sixty-One years ago. when William
Shipley was ten years old. his uncle.
Thomas Mccoy. left for the West.
Nothing was heard from him and IL
was supposed he had died or forgotten
about his relatives back in Maryland.
Then one day Shipley's cousin. Chloe
Davis. came up from Landings 10 tell
them about letter she had got an
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All of Which Is True-Except the Names

leave them and she couldn't take care
of them alone.
One day not long ago Mavis found
an old friend, Jack Carlin. Jack had
sat behind her in the old white school
house. Mavis told him all about Dick
and the five children. Jack. who had
just got out of a hospital for conva-
lescent soldiers, asked her to be his
wife. He said he had been trying to
find her ever since she disappeared
from Tennessee.
Mavis thought 1t over for several
weeks. Then she put it up to Dick.
Dick said he guessed it would be all
right. He gave her money toward her
wedding clothes and wished her hap
piness. But he also filed a petition to
adopt all five of the children, intending
TO send them to his mother In the
South.
When the case came up in court
counsel for the father contended that
the children were illegitimate, which
made the judge angry. He banged his
fist on the bench and shouted.
Then Carlin filed a petition, with
his wife, 70 adopt the children. And
they all went TO their new home.
All of which story is true. except the
names of the three involved.
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HIGH COLLAR PARIS VOGUE
All French Garments Do Not Have
choker Neck Adornment, but
Collar is Favored.

Persistent are rumors that come
from Paris that the high collar is q
commanding note Of the current vogue
"a story that is borne out by a mage
in the French magazine "Femina.n de-
voted TO new blouses. Though they
do not all have a choker collar. all the
blouses in the group have collars of
generous proportions, an unusual con-
trast with the fiat oval that has been
long included in French blouse STYLES
There is, however, a good proportion
of collars boned &c stand up TO the
ears, reminiscent of the DAYS when
embroidered strips were in great de-
mand 10 make separate choker collars
Two of the prettieSt French waists
have this high collar growing out of
a yoke that capes the shoulders. one
of self material set into the model. the
other of lingerie against a silk blouse
the yoke falling over softly In bertha
fashion. Both collars flare out I'M
der the ears, one with a bow of rib
bon set high TO accentuate the rufle
finish.
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Overgarment i'm Contrasting Color to
Tailored Suit Is Distinctive
Note in Fashions

The blouse in contrasting color to
the skirt or to the tailored suit is the
distinctive note in fashions in blouses
for spring in Paris. says the Dry
Goods Economist. With practically
no exceptions, blouses worn with
skirt and jacket suits are shown in
brilliant contrasting colors. The day
Of the blouse in matching crepe for
wear with suits is finished and the
colored blouse in taffeta, wolfe or
crepe de chine, or the blouse in bold
striped silk tussah or linen is now the
great vogue.
Quantities of blouses in waxed satin
and in kid, covered with an all-over
embroidery in contrasting color, are
featured ar Renee for wear with
suits. These blouses are simply made.
are In slip-over-the-head style. have
rounded necks, and short sleeves, the
bodiceS are flat ar the front and. as q
rule, close in surplice fashion at the
back. The belt is cut in one with the
bodice section and buttons snugly
around the hips ar either side.
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TO REVIVE SWISS
Dotted Fabric, Popular Years
AGO, for Summer Wear.
New Material Will Be Different From,
That Of Grandmother's Day;
Wider Color Ranqe.

Inc simple old times of our grand
mothers are going TO be revived this
summer in the use of the dotted swiss
that fashioned the summer gown of
% years ago
VI course, the new dotted swiss
VIII be somewhat different from the
simple white material of other days,
as the dotted material Of this year is
liirhlte in its color range. However,
there will be considerable plain white
swiss used, as well as the more fan
ciful materials in this designation.
organdie will also be a prime ia
vorite. and a very lovely new organ
ole gown seen recently featured a
combination of this material with q
heavy torchon lace that was applied
in deep band to the skirt.
In the dotted swisses one of the
most striking models was shown re-
Gently in cherry colored dotted swiss
cut on very simple lines and deco
rated with a deep sash of self-mate-
rial. This costume was completed
by hat of dotted swiss with droOp-
Ing brim laden with cherries.
quaint and charming gown Of
shell-pink dotted swiss seen recently
showed skirt with plain front and
back panel and three side tunics made
of ruffies of the dotted swiss set to-
gether with Organdie eyelet beading.
The bodice was cut on bolero lines and
showed vest Of tucked white organ
die and white organdie beading outlin-
ing the edge of the bolero. Two tiny
plated ruffies of the Organdie COM
pleted the round neck and short
sleeves, while a tiny bow of black vel
vet ribbon nestled at the throat, with
long ends that dropped to the waist
line.
Another charming summer frock
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Utterly impossible.

1t. was at the Grand Canyon OF the
Colorado last fall. l stood on the
brink Of that mighty chasm in easy
converse with Albert, the king OF the
Belg'i ms
what fine place this. would have
been to drive the German army into"
| remarked, with that disregard for
precise diction that comes in casual
Talk.
The king looked appraisingly out
over the vast cleft, and down into its
dizzy depths, and with that regal dig
nifty that sc becomes him and those
impressive pauses between his words
that marks his speech in English, re-
piled graveiy, after he had fully sur
yeyed the situation:
But, my dear sir, that was quite
impossible. There was no German
army here, you know p'-Samuel G.
Blythe in the Saturday Evening Post.
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STYLES FOR KIDDIE CLOTHES
for Younger Set Same as for
Grownups.

The time is certainly past when chill
dren's clothes can be purchased ready
TO wear for mere song. Making
them at home is a great saving this
season, especially if the stores are
carefully 'shopped" for bargains in
materials. Fortunately no one style
dominates the style field for children
for the matter of that great leeway
is admitted in fashions for grownups
as welD and variety is really the i'm
pOrtant point to achieve.
Cotton poplin is in high favor for
sturdy service dresses for little girls
and for suits for small boys. Cotton
crepe is another fabric that is a IA
vOrite when clothes for everyday wear
are under consideration. The small
girl will be becomingly QUILTED in
wolfe, organdie, swiss and similar
transparent fabrics when really warm
weather arrives-that is, for some
what dressy Occasions-but the sturdy
percaleS, poplins, chambrays and cot
ton crepes will be selected for play
hours.
Vivid, rather dark, or at least me-
dunn shades are in great favor for
service clothes for members of the
younger set. Jade green is liked and
is very smart when becoming. Mari
gold yellow and a medium blue are
much used
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ASKING A LITTLE TOO MUCH
Under the Circumstances Actor Was
Justified in Refusing Parts
Manager Allotted Him.

Owing TO the limitations of his
purse the manager Of a theatrical
show on the road travelled with a
show company.
Une afternoon he called one Of his
players to him and remarked:
Look here. Wellington, you'll have
to play three parts tomorrow night In
The Silent Foe'-Henderson, Uncle
Bill, and the Spider"
"Can't do itl' retorted Wellington.
briefly, but firmly.
"Can't do it? Won't do 1t. you
mean" snorted the manager. why
won't you do it,"
Because it can't be done. No hui
man being could play these three parts
at the same time. In the third act Hen
derson and the Spider have a fight
and old Uncle Bill rushes in TO sep
arate them"
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HHlCAGO.-Mavis Crandall was an
~ orphan schoolgirl of fifteen, whose
head was full of dreams, when she first
met Dick Ballou. She lived in a little
town near Knoxville, Tenn, and she
liked "a 90 down 10 the station to see
the trains come in.
Dick drove big locomotive He
was thirty-eight. He was picturesque.
And there wasn't anyone 10 tell her,
either. that there was n Mrs. Dick Bal
lou and two children in another south
ern city.
MaviS came To Chicago with the
handsome engineer. and he fur nished
a house for her. The years brought
knowledge. Mavis wanted To leave the
man. who would not marry her. But
the way was barred. There were the
babieS-five of them. She couldn't
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GAVE AMATEUR "SOFT" PART
Pompous Individual Duly Awarded
Him "Place in the Sum-" as He
Had Requested.

The Swampton Dramatic society
wanted their annual performance to
be a success, so they engaged a pro-
fessional from London TO arrange it
all. AS soon as this gentleman ap-
peared one of the amateurs tackled
him.
II must have role to suit me-" he
began pompously. 81 always play one
Of the principal parts in our shows,
and so far I've been most successful"
Excuse me-" interposed the pro-
fessional, "but you must allow me to
be the judge Of the most suitable
cast"
The first rehearsal occurred a few
days later. When the cast was read
out the pushing amateur found he had
been left out altogether.
''Why have l not got part?" he
demanded angrily.
"You have part, all right" re-
piled the producer. "You are to be
the first banana In the fruit-market
ene."-London Answers.
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Illinois Oldest Woman Is Ready to Die

er could not pay the fine, so she was
kept in prison for % months.
When released. the family fled TO
Trinidad. After two years residence
there they emigrated to America
and landed at New York with a band
OF other exiles under the protection
OF missionaries. Shortly after arriv-
ing in New York the family came by
tedious stages TO Illinois settling in
Jacksonville. From then on Jackson
Vile was the family home.
The Alves family is noted for Ion
gevity. John Alves of Salt Lake City,
who is only eighty years old, is the
baby" Manuel Alves, a farmer Nv
ing near Jacksonville, is ninety-six
years old; Mrs. ]. F'igueria of Brook
Ign, eighty-seven; and J. J. Alves OF
Farmingdale, H.. eighty-three- Mrs.
Smith is the oldest member of the
family.
But the Smiths are wing with the
Alves for the longevity record. Mrs.
Smith has five living children, 81
grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren,
and five great-greatg grandchildren. Her
Oldest child is eighty-one years old
and her youngest siXty-four. The lat
ter. incidentally, could easily pass for
forty.
Last fall the "baby" of the Alves
family visited Springfield 1t was the
first time in 60 years that he had seen
his sister.
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nouncing that the heirs of Thomas Nc
Coy had been left fortune of many
millions.
Mccoy, ii seems, had struck gold rich
in California. but had never married.
and when he died the fortune devolved
on William Shipley. a sister living at
WilliamspOrt and Mrs. Sallie Grone,
another sister. in Washington.
The ShipleyS have six children. four
boys. who are farm hands and fisher
men. and two daughters. The only one
who seemed especially pleased by the
news was Jack. The twenty-one-year
old son. who came up &c the house
with a doleful expression 10 announce
the loss of the calf "wuth anyway fif-
teen dollars ~
Il kin find plenty o. places 10 put
that money in" he declared.
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JACKSONVILLE. ILL.-IllinOis' old
- est wOman-Afrs. Antoinette Smith.
aged one hundred and eight years
wants 10 die. To her life is n trial. On
the day before she celebrated her one
hundred and eighth birthday Mrs.
Smith said: God has forgotten I'm
here"
The womans story dates back to
1872. when she was born on the island
OF Madeira. near Portugal. Mrs. Smith
Is Portuguese. Before her marriage
her name was Alves. When q child
the family. through persecution, was
forced into exile. Religion was the
cause. Her mother was condemned to
die but appeals were taken TO Queen
Victoria Of England by interested
friends at the time, and her sentence
was committed 10 a fine. Queen Vic
tOria obtained the Communication
through her friendship with Queen
Donna Maria. the then ruling sovereign
of Portugal. But Mrs. Smiths moth