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Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-06

Thomas II. Brewster, president OF
the Fidelity National Bank of Spokane
died of what physicians. diagnosed as
sleeping sickness He had been Ill two
months.
Brent Dow Atkinson Of Chicago was
released from the federal penitentiary
at Leayenworth, where he was serv-
Ing n term on the charge of being a
war Stacker. He failed to report when
drafted.
Possemen captured Neil Hart and
Jim owen, half-breed Indians, who, il
Is alleged, were among the prisoners
who escaped from the county Jail at
Pendleton, Ore, after killing Sheriff
Il. d. Taylor.
Eighteen persons We're reported in
jured when Oregon Short Line train,
Butte, Mont., to Salt Lake, was de
rallied near Downey. Nine of the
twelve coaches of which the train was
made up were overturned.
Seeing that train was about to
crash into an Ice truck he was driving,
Earl Markham, nephew of Edward
Markham, the poet, threw two boys
who were riding with him to safety,
but himself suffered injuries from
which he died.
Robert A. Robertson, veteran of
the World War and captain of com
pany Of national guardsmen which was
shortly to go on duty with other state
troops under the command of Gen. J.
r. VOTERS, was shot and killed at Gal
weston by sentry at the National
Guard camp.
Miss Carrie Cunningham, 20 years
old, was shot to death by Theodore
Osweiler, Jr., banker of Shuttle, Kan,
on the steps of st. Mary's cathedral at
Wichita, as she, her mother and sister,
were entering to attend mass Osweil-
er shot through the pocket of his
coat
Cutworms have appeared In great
numbers at Canastota, thirty miles
northwest of Sioux Falls. On one
farm n damage of 40 per cent was
done to the crops of small grain
Every available man in the vicinity
has been recruited in an effort to
stop the work of the worms, which
are said to number on an average
of 100 to the square foot
Handcuffed and chained to his bicy-
Gle, Tony Plzzo, n member of the crew
of the U. s. S. Zula, rode into Denver
on his way from New York to Los An
geles and return. Pizzo has been re-
lieved from active duty in the navy
temporarily, that he may make the
transcontlnental round trip, which he
has pledged himself to accomplish
without once being unclaimed from his
bicycle.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-06

the southern Illinois fields continued
to return TO work in response to the
orders of union officials, according to
reports received here.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-06
FOREIGN

Twenty-one persons were killed and
twelve injured In munitions factory
explosion near Prague.
by n typhoon which, accompanied by
torrential rains, swept the Island OF
Lnzon, p. I.
Blfgadier General Lucas. who was
kidnapped by Sim Feiners from a
hunting lodge boarded a military lor-
ny and escaped.
DIR. Il. Porras. candidate of the Lib
ernl Conservative party. was elected
president of the Republic of Panama.
His opponent in the campaign was DR.
Cicero Urriola.
Archbishop Daniel ]. Mannix of Mel
bourne, Australia, will not be allowed
to land in England because of his re-
cent utterances. Premier Lloyd George
has announced in the House of Com
mons
About fifty American women and
children have left Warsaw recently.
The only women remaining are well
fare workers. who have been assured
VI tlt Nv
directly menaced by the Bolshevlsts.
Explosion of bomb In n window of
st. Filipe's Catholic Church at Havana,
while service was in progress, re-
suited in the death of one woman and
slight injuries to few other persons.
The one victims death was due to
fright. Only slight damage was done
TO the church.
Twenty-Five persons were killed and
fifty-seven We're wounded in fighting
in Ireland during July, Premier Lloyd
George declared in the House of Com
mons. The killed We're fifteen police
men, four soldiers and three civilians.
Wounded We're thirty policemen, TWEEN
ty-two soldiers and five civilians.
The king received John H. Fahey,
former president Of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, accompanied
by A. b. Dennis, American commercial
attache Mt Rome, in an audience at the
Quirinal palace. The informal CONVEX
sation, lasting half hour, had the as
pect Of a talk any business man in
Italy would have with two American
business men.
Troops of General WI Pei Flu are
close to Picking on the southwest. but
everything is orderly. Traffic with
Tien Tsin has been Interrupted for
several days. Tung Cho. where lootirg
and disorder was reported Sunday, is
said to be quiet. The detachment of
American marines sent to bring out
American residents, If necessary, is
there as precautionary
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner. (Elizabeth, Colo.) 1920-1921, 1920-08-06
AN EPITOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RE c ORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, NOS. ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

western Newspaper Union New, Services.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
EVIDENTLY HE WASN'T READY
Colored Driver Didn't Wait to See
Who II Was That Had a Desire
for Him.

While visiting in Nashville. Tenn,
my ventrilOQuist son and hired a car
and driver for a sightseeing tour,
writes a correspondent. In leaving the
city we passed a private cemetery
where the gravestones were close TO
the road, and noticed that our driver
put on speed and rolled his eyes
toward the spoOky-lOoking plot.
was startled myself 10 hear an I'M
earthly groan come seemingly from
beneath the nearest stone. but turned
In time to watch my son grinning he
fore the colOred driver put on a burst
of speed that nearly threw us out.
Then came another grOan that seemed
to come from the seat next the driver
and a deep voice that said: boy.
want you"
That was Just before we went over
an emhankment. and our driver lit run
ming in the road. 1t was an hour after
he disappeared in the distance before
we caught a ride back to the civ.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
Cottontails, Beware of Senator Thomas!

ID ABBITS. beware of Senator L. s.
IN Thomas of Colorado! In a
speech in the senate he said in part:
bis brings me 10 a proposition
that | have iterated and reiterated
here until | am afraid that | have
become a sorI of a nuisance TO this
body. 1t is that until production in
everything that enters into our mod
ern economic life shall have passed
the prewar standard accomps MED by
the practice of Oid-fashiOned thrift and
economy which our parents used to
practice, we may stand upon the floor
of the senate and denOunce the profit
eer until judgment morning; We may
enact repreSsive legislation and i'm
pose penalties upon the officers of JUS
tice who fail to carry II out. but con-
ditiOns will continue as they are.
81 have a suit of clothes on that
bought four years ago. They are
pretty well patched. have on a pair
of shoes that | bought in January,
1916; but ! do 1Ot propose TO buy any
more clothes until prices 20 down,
even though | should subject myself
to arrest on the street of Washington
because of a lack of sufficient amount
of clothing. am no more virtuOus or
self-denying than my neighbor. but let
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
Why We Need More ."Rubes" on the Farms

n XCERPTS from a contribution on
Z the senate floor by Senator'S Ken
yon of Iowa and Sherman of Illinois
Mr.. Kenyon--When boy getting
$40 month and his board on the farm
can go to the city and get 81 or s.
a day. and only work eight hours a
day. you cannot keep the boy on the
farm.
Mr.. Sherman-1he cause is basil
cally deeper than equal compensation.
II the compensation on the farm were
precisely what II Is In the cities a
large portion of tRe population IS of
such a morbid instinct or habit of
life that you could not take a dweller
In the city out on the farm and make
MIN stay. There are not enough cigar
stores. not enough grafonolas. not
enough confectionery establishments.
md ballet dancers to suit their hab-
IT'S of life and modes Of thought.
Mr.. Kenyon-And pool halls.
Mr.. Sherman-And pool rooms, am
sorry to say, which are worse than any
Of the others, not even excepting the
last named: and until that Is
changed and until their natures are
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

edge makes the loose girdle and out
lines the square neck. hut wider rib
bon is used for the bow and single
sash end at the side. A bit of French
ingenuity is revealed in the smock
which develops extra fullness and
length at each side. A leghOrn hat,
fringeds and wreathed with ostrich,
and satin slippers live up 20 the re-
Quirements of this delightful dress.
Our American costumer has made
use of black chantilly fiouncing in the
rival frock. The skirt, of two flOunceS,
is attached 10 a plain bodice with full
peplum. The long sleeves flare At the
wrists and there is a fold Of flesh
colOred geOrgette at the front of the
square neck. The girdie of blue satin
ribbon slips under the peplum at the
front where two large roses Ire posed.
The ARREST of hats. of black malines
and narrow ribbon, and black satin
slippers with steel buckles are of the
same ariStocratic class as black chan
lilly lace.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
DUDSOM WARNS
CALOMEL USERS
It's Mercury! Attacks the Bones,
AIivateS and Makes
~ You Sick.

There's no reason why person
should take sickening. salivating Gallo
mel when a few cents buys a large bot
tie of DOdsOn's Liver Tone-a perfect
substitute for calOmel.
II is a pleasant, vegetable liquid
which will start your liver just as sure
ly as calOmel, but it doesn't make you
sick and can not salivate.
Children and grown folks can take
DOdsOn's Liver Tone. because it is per-
fectly harmless.
CalOmel is a dangerous drug. II is
mercury and attacks your bones. Take
a dose Of nasty calOmel today and you
will feel weak, sick and nauseated to-
morrow. Don't lose days work. Take
a spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone in
stead and you will wake up feeling
great. No more biliOusneSs. cOnstipa-
ton, sluggishness, headache. coated
tongue or sour stomach. Your drug
gist says If you don't find DOdson's
Liver Tone acts better than horrible
calOmel your money is waiting for you.
ADV.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
War Time Passport Is Rejected by House

citizens TO ohtain passports when leav-
ing the Unite1 States for other than
adjacent countries.
Former Republican Leader Mann of
Illinois was especially emphatic in
opposition. He said in part:
Think what IL nieansl Here is a
proposition which would prevent an
IriShman fleeing from Ireland. from
entering the United StateS-which
would prevent some man from Gen.
trail America. prosecuted by the gov
eminent there, from fleeing 10 the
United States-which would prevent
any man from the, Balkans who might
he prosecuted by his revolutionary gov
erument. temporary In character. from
fleeing to the United States! Have we
reached the point where we propose
to uphold the autOcratic power OF any
temporary government in the world
and forbid the people who seek 10 fee
from them entering our borders?
Mr. have ] reached the point yet
where | am in favor of so Increasing
and extending the activities of the
state department that every American
citizen has to kOtow 10 the stale
department, which can let him go or
keep him home arbitrarily, without
reason. Just as Ii pleases."
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

THE FOREMOST American de-
l. SiSnerS cOncede the wonderful
talent of the French in the cOncep-
ton and making of clothes, hut they
have arrived at the point of excel
lence where they are not afraid Of
comparisons. Here we have an Op-
pOrtunity to consider an American and
a French frOck. side-by-side and both
made for, summertime dress-up oc-
casions, shown with the millinery and
footwear selected for them. French
costumers are establishing branches
of their houses in this country. but
1t is more significant that Americans
are sending millinery and footwear
TO Paris. and perhaps other things.
From Paris comes the lovely frOck
Of Powered georgette with an accor-
dion plated skirt and plain. short
smock, cut in the kimOnO style with
elbow sleeves. The sleeves are turn
ed back in cuff and little frlll
made Of the plated geOrgette finishes
them. Two-toned ribbon with picOt
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
Public Hit Hard by Flour ProGteering

says. For this the consumer was
forced TO pay at least S14.5O Had the
miller, jobber, wholesaler. and retailer
been content with reasonable margins.
this -four might have been available
to the purchaser at S11.57.
However, the product was saddled
with so many extortionate profits Ia
passing from the mills through the va.
rious distributing agencies. that the
ultimate cost TO the consumer was
more than So In excess of a reasonable
selling price"
With respect to the milling COM
panies. the survey alleges: THAT the
prorts had advanced In 1917 t.racti-
caliy S75 per cent over 1918 earnings.
that the cost Of operation, which IN.
cludes labor cost. advanced onIv %
per cent in the same period. or onIv
five cents per barrel, as contras,ed
with an increase In millers profits az
43 cents q barrel"
Mr.. Lauck asserts that the jobbers
sliced a pr0fiteering melon OF approx-
imately $4,000 600. " tax Of nearly
81 on every family In the countrx."
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
The Real Reason.

When IL was proposed to create
more public offices, the masses. long
suffering though they were, began to
growl ominOuSly.
But" they eXpoStulated. "there IS.
no work for more Office holders to.
do"
Which proved beyond the peradven-
ture of doubt that the masses we're
just as stupid and unreasOniDg as the
politicians believed them TO he; for
anyone with even a mOdicum of INTEL
iigence should have learned by this
time that Office holders do not care
for wOrk-all they want is the salary.
kansas City Star.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

every man and woman In the country
practice such economy. and as con-
sequence, I predict we will get our
clothing for something AGAR the ancient
prices.
II am able TO live on corned-beef
hash; and if that becomes too high,
upon hash made of rabbit meat; and
If that gets out of the market. then
upon no meat al all until the prices
come within reason.
when We do that. Mr.. President. we
are going to have cheaper food. until we
do that we are going to have the high
cost of living, which. wien we con-
slider the vast number of men who dis
dam labor in these days. might prop
erIy be designated the high cost of
lOafng.'"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
(mM 2M5.sA,
For Little Girls.

Among the smart tailored frocks re.
Gently brought out for little girls. one
especially gOod-looking dress was Of
tan linen with a cuff hem of dark
brown. With this dress brown straw
hat. or a tan-cOlOred one with brown
band, and brown shoes and stockings
and hair ribbons should be worn. A
little blue-and-white striped organdie
frOck recently seen had stripes of the
waist running vertically and of the
skirt horizontally. Color combinations
are approved, yellow linen frock hav-
ing cuffs and collar of lavender linen.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

A N EPILOGUE to the story Of sum-
"A mer blOuses might easily be
longer than the story itself for mid
summer has modified the earlier styles
and added some new ideas to those
that the spring has brought in.
The popularity of elbow and shorter
sleeve persists. except for the tailored
styles. Tricolette was second thought
win designers and has proved inn
meiSely popular. Just now II has
joined forces with georgette and ehese
two are used together, with the tricO-
leite appearing in wide panels on the
front of sheer blOuses TO provide a
smart vest for the street or formal
suit.
Nearly all the new smocks are very
short, made of georgette with EN-
broidery for decoration. Those for
afternoon and dinner wear are In high
colors and often use plain and fig
ured pattern IN combination. Orange.
fame, turquoise. emerald. rose and jade
green are in high favor and they are
embroidered in other brilliant colOrs.
Georgette maintains its position as,
the favorite material for blOuses. but
fine wolfe is very close TO it-may ont
rival it as summer advances. These
lovely and practical vOiles are reason
ably priced and other blOuses show
decline that is promising. Wolfe is
ideal for wear with street suits and
wash satins or pongee silks are Its
competitors in tailored models.
A blouse and q smOck of geOrgette
are shown in the picture. both of them
examples of lOng-sleeved designs. The
blouse is in a very light tan color. and
cherries with twigs and foliage are EN-
broidered in beads and silk. Very
wide tucks at each side Of the front
and above the cuffs help give this
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

TN SPITE OF an appeal by RePub-
l. Iican Leader MOndell. the house re-
iected the conference report on the
diplomatic and Jnsular appropriation
bill because of its provisions making
permanent wartime passport restric-
lions. The vote on the approval of the
conference report was 90 TO 1872. The
bin was sent hack TO conference.
Representatives SABBATH Of Illinois,
Siegel of New York and COnnally Of
Texas were among those who foughr
the adoption of the report. Minority
Leader Champ Clark voted against 1t.
The rejected measure made perma-
nent the wartime requirement that
no alien could enter the United States
without a passport from his own coun-
try vised by an American consul. IL
also made il necessary for American
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
Do Not Get Careless
With Your Blood Supply

blood medicine, will revitalize your
blood and give you new strength and
a healthy, vigorous vitality. Everyone
needs it just now to keep the system
in perfect condition. S. S. S. IS an eX-
cellent system-clcauser; it is not sold
or recommended for Venereal Dis
eases. Co to your drug store and get Il
bottle toGay. and if you need any med
ical advice. you can obtain ii without
cost by writing to Medical Director,
Swift Specific Co., 100 Swift Labora-
tory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

bred differently We will not get them
10 leave the city and go on the farm.
| have seen II tried. ! unwittingly in
suited a friend by suggesting thai II
he were out Of work aud money and
wanted three meals day knew
where could get him a very remuner-
alive place on farm. and he flushed
in the face and said he was no "rube."
Mr.. Kenyon-That is the trouble in
the country; we have not enough
''ruhes," as the senator speaks Of
them.
Mr.. Sherman-Yes; we need a good
many more of them. The basic diff
Guilty with the dweller in the city be-
gins there.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

WTASHINGTON. - From painting
" signs on express wagons along
Canal street in Chicago at 80 cents
wagon TO portraits of members Of
nearly every royal family. and their
friends in Europe is the distance truv-
eled in the last 20 years by Seymour
NJ. Stone of Chicago. who has returned
to this country after 10 years abroad.
Barely forty years old. Mr.. Stone
has achieved an international repu-
tation. His story is a modern fairy
tale come true. He is the struggling
young artist of fiction come to life
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
WASHINGTON ~ 4
SIDELIGHTS go
Once Painted Signs; Now Famous Artist

Born of American parents. his mother
of Russian extraction. he was the only
one of a family of five children 10
show an artistic talent. AT eighteen
he was earning sc day ia Chicago
painting signs. In Boston he got a
position in the art department OF
the Herald at SO a week In PhiIalel-
phia he again painted signs: in New
York he painted drop curtains AT 81
day. In the next five years he
studied and worked until he broke
down from overwork, and. to save him
self from going blind. took his first
vacation.
Then. with another art student. he
travelled through Europe, visiting
Paris. Rome, Florence and Venice be-
fore settling down to work. In Paris
he studied at Julien's under lie Favre,
and in Munich with Loeftz and Angelo
Jank.
In Europe he came into his own.
He has two brothers and two sisters
in Chicago. He will not return to Eu-
rope.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
What They THOUGHT.

Two sentimental spinsters live next
door TO a Observation-Disclosures
bachelor. And he does have a time
avoiding their conspicuous attentions.
But the worst of all was the other
night after he had rolled into bed
and was called TO the telephone. A
spinster's voice came over the phone:
oh. Mr.. Blank, there is a man at our
window"
The bachelor snOrted: Doesn't he
know where your door ISL" he re-
torted.
And now their attentions have
ceased.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

A NALYSIS OF alleged profiteering
n in -four. tled with the United
Stnies railroad labor board by w. j.
Jet Lauck. consulting economist Of
the railroad brotherhOods. states that
the wartime profits absorbed one-third
of the price paid by the consumer for
barrel OF four. and that go per cent
Of this margin was chargeable 20
pr0fiteering.
.sThe actual cost Of producing bar
rel Of -four in 1917, including interest.
freight and other expenses Of the
miller. Was only $780," the report
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
Safe in unsuspected Dancers.

Writing of accidents to persons en-
ployed in industrial plants. DR.. c. Wild
mer says in Therapie der Gegenwart
(Berlin) that the experience Of count
less ages enables us to sidestep injury
unconsciOusly, and only when we TO
Gus our consciousness on the reaction
TO the occurrence is injury liable to
result.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
Impurities Invite Disease.

You should pay particular heed to
any indication that your blood supply
is becoming sluggish, or that there is
q lessening in its strong and vital
force.
BY keeping your blood purified, your
system more easily wards off disease
that is ever present, waiting to attack
wherever there is an opening. A few
bottles of S. S. s., tho gref.t vegetable
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

There is much use Of dyed lace. In
fact, by dyeing the lace to match the
frock on which it is worn it can be
used with much more variety than in
the old way. To be sure, when you
use undyed lace over another color
you have better opportunity to see
its delicate design, but that does not
seem to worry the fashionable wom-
an Of today who is willing to pay for
most expensive laces without concern
ing herself to show on their delicate
design. In fact. sine wears her lace
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19

quite differently from the way lace
used to be worn. Once. you know,
lace was usually applied In a smooth
piece a collar or bolero, or as strips,
but now even costly lace is plated or
loOped up and used with the most
amazing lavishness.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
cincham Trims Trieotine.

This is to be season of bright con-
trasts. so behold even tricOtine frocks
trimmed with a collar and vest If
French Bingham, the edge of the latter
frilled well down toward the hem of
the skirt.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-06-19
The cuticura Toilet Trio

Having cleared your skin keep 1t clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations. The soap to cleanse
and purify, the Ointment to soothe and
heal, the Talcum to powder and per-
fume. No toilet table is complete
without them. 25c everywhere.-Adv.