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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-05
PLANELESS AVIATION
COST U. S. BILLION
Army Air Service Debacle
Described In Report
To House

The War Department spent ST.,
100000 for aviation during the
nineteen months of the war, with the
result that only 213 American-made
planes, these all OF the H-4 observa-
ton type, reached the front, the avia-
ton subcommittee of the House War
Department expenditures committee
declared in il" final report.
The total number of planes with
the American forces at the time of
the armistice was 74O,. including 527
bought from the allies, the report
states, in emphasizing that no Ameri-
can-built combat, pursuit or bomb
ing planes ever reached the front,
despite the huge expenditure.
The Wasting of Many Millions
The report is about 1000 words in
length, and charges Secretary of War
Baker, and other officials who di-
rected the various branches of avia-
ton work, with responsibility for the
failure of the United States to be
factor in the air, and for the vast
ing of many millions"
Fatalities among the American air
forces were comparatively higher
than of any other power, the report
says, and declares that inferior planes
and insufficient training was re-
sponsible.
The statistics show that in pro-
portion to the number engaged, five
times as many American flyers were
killed as compared with other
branches of the service" the report
states. One British fiier was killed
for every 1881 hours flown, one Bel
gian for $50 and one American for
1917 hours flown"
The committee strongly recon-
mended the creation of separate air
service.
Service Only On Paper.
THE fact remains" declares the
majority report, that while the |
American Congress and the people
gave ungrudgingly and were beguiled |
by responsible officials with promises |
Of 10000 American airplanes that |
were TO precede our American armies 7
TO France, when the armistice was
signed over 100000 American SOL
diers had reached France and turned |
defeat into victory, while Americas !
-fighting airplanes and expectations
promises existed only ON paper" /:
More than $4,000, 900 was spent"
the majority report says, in building
1000 clumsy, dangerous d. H. OBJ
servation planes, the design of which
underwent 5000 changes. A few of
these were shipped TO France, where
aviators united in denouncing them
as fighting ships.
Another $6,OOO,OOO was wasted by
the War Department in striving TO fit
a liberty motor into a type of con-
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-05
CIRCUIT COURT.


Judge-R. w. Slack, greensboro.
Com'th. Attorney-C. L. Smith, Hart
ford.
Clerk-A. G. Porter, Hartford.
Master Commissioner-Otto c. Mar
tin, Hartford.
Trustee Jury Fund-Cal P. Keown,
Hartford.
LIST Monday in March-i2 days
Com'th. and Civil.
1st Monday in Maya days-Civil.
LIST Monday In July-12 days
Com'th. and Civil.
Sd Monday In September-12 days
Civil.
4th Monday In November-17 days
-Com'th. and Civil.
COUNTY COURT.
Meets first Monday in each month.
Judge-Mack Cook.
County Att'y.-A. d. Kirk.
Clerk-W. c. Blankenship.
Sherif-S. A. Bratcher.
Superintendent. S. Howard.
Jailer-Worth Tichenor.
Tax Commissioner-D. e. Ward.
Surveyor-C. s. Moxley.
Coroner--E. P. Rodgers.
FISCAL COURT.
Meets first Tuesday in April and
October.
1st District-Ed Shown, Hartford,
Route 3.
End District-Sam L. Stevens, Beav-
er Dam.
Bird District-Q. B. Brown, Simmons.
4th District-G. w. Rowe, Center
town.
9th District-w. C. Daugherty, Baize-
town.
9th District-W. S. Dean, Dundee.
9TH District-B. F. Rice, Fordsville.
9Th District-B. c. Rhoades, Hart
ford, Route s.
HARTFORD.
Mayor. E. Bean.
Clerk. A. Howard.
Police Judge. NJ. Grove.
Marshall. P. Casebier.
ROCKPORT
Chm'n. Board-W. G. Her.
Clerk-N. II. Bratcher.
Police judges. l.. Fulkerson.
Marshal-Ed. j. Bratcher.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-05
WHY Prune Peach Trees?

Peaches are always borne on wood
that grew the previous season. There
fore, after a peach tree reaches bear
ing age. 1t is essential so to manage
it as to induce a fairly liberal growth
each season.
As a general proposition, very hea-
Wy pruning will induce a correspond
ingly large amount of new wood
growth. 1t follows that the weaker
growing varieties should be pruned
more. heavily than the very strong
growing sorts.
The growing of an open-headed
tree is not merely matter of keep
ing the top well thinned out. The
position of the branches can be con-
trolled and directed to a marked ex-
tent by the manner in which the
pruning is done.
Heading in a tree from year to
year, and pruning with view to pro-
ducing an open, spreading, low-top
ISSullS HOl Ouiy III inc SuNOiOPhiShN
of strong. stocky limbs we'll able to
sustain heavy loads of fruit, but it
brings a large proportion of the top
near the ground where much of the
fruit can be harvested without the
use of stepladders.
The man who prunes a fruit. tree
during its first years must have
pretty clear conception of what the
tree is to look like when it reaches
maturity, and he needs to know from
the beginning what is necessary each
time ii is pruned in order to develop
the tree which forms his mental vi
sion. A well-formed plan, based on
a knowledge of the underlying princi-
pies of pruning, is essential If the
operation is to be anything more
han a haphazard removal of branches
that appear to be in the way.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-05
DIR E c T 0 r Y /.
BEAVER DAM.


Ch'm'n. Board-w. It. Mckinney.
Clerk-R. w. King.
Police judge. w. Cooper.
Marshal-R. +. Stevens.
FoRDsvILLE.
Ch'mn. Board--W. X. Jones.
Clerk-Olla Cobb.
Police Judge. p. Kessinger.
Marshal-Grant Pollard.
OFFICIAL SCHOOL CALENDAR
County Board Of Education.
e. S. Howard. S. s. o. c.
Div. No. ii. M. Hoover. Hart
ford, Ky.
Div. No. 30. w. Duff, Fordsville.
Ky.
Div. No. 3-H. L. Carter. Narrows.
Ky.
Div. no 4-Robert Gon, Rosine.
Ky.
Div. No. 5-otis II. Stevens. Beav-
er Dam, Ky.
Div. No. 6--Nat Lindley, Center
town, Ky.
Time OF Meetihg-1st Monday In
February; LIST Monday in April: lss
Monday in June; LIST Monday In Au-
gust; LIST Monday in October; lse
Monday in December.
County Board of Examiners 1919
E. S. Howard S. S. o. c., Ellis Sande-
fur, w. S. Hill.
Jan. "a and 25-Common schoo,
diploma examination. Hartford
Beaver Dam and Fordsville.
May. 9 and 10-Common schooI
Beaver Dam and Fordsville.
May 16 and 17-County teachers
examination. (White) Hartford
May. 90 and 24-County teachers
examination (colored) Hartford
June, 20 and 21-County and State
teachers examination (white) Fords-
Vile.
June, 81 and 2S-County and
state teachers examination (coloredE
Hartford.
July. 7-11-Ohio County Institute.
Hartford.
Sept, 10 and 20-County ana
State teachers examination, (whitel
Hartford.
Sept. &c and 27-County and State
eachers' examination (colored) Hart
ford.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-05

verted Bristol machines, but the ma
terial was later scrapped. Seventeen
million dollars additional was tossed
away in experiments with training
planes, which also were strapped.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-05
USEL|V-vER-LAx
For Lazy Liver and
the Troubles Of
Constipation.

Feel right all the time Don't lay %
from work for days by taking calomei
when pleasant LiD- Vsr-Lax keeps yop
on your feet, while relieving your troub.
le. Safer too, and easy to take. Don't
take anything else. You can't afford
It. Eliminates poisons, .cleanses sys.
TEN and relieves constipation. A nat
ural remedy. natural in It's actions, sure
in its effect and certain in results. II
won't be long before LiD- Ve--L Lax win
completely displace calomel in every
home.l Children can take it freely and
with perfect safety. Every bottle guar.
anteed. Soc and 81 in bottles. Nons
genuine without the likeness and sigma
ture OF L. X. Grigsby. For sale by .
Z u WILLIAM. Hartford n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14
BOGUS j. S. GOODS
IN BERLIN MARTS
limitations So Clever It Is Diff.
ficuIt to Detect Them.
Others Also Victims.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, December 14.-German
manufacturers have flooded the mar
kets here with limitations of Ameri-
can. English and French wares. some
so cleverly made it is difficult to de-
tect tlp2n, but others of an almost
lu6KNors clumsiness.
"A purchaser who goes into to-
bacco shop and asks for a standard
English or American cigarette proba-
bly, will be handed a package with a
label closely resembling the trade
mark of the original The price will
be much less and frequently, pleased
with the bargain, the customer puts
the box in his pocket without closely
examining it. Afterward he discovers
that he has a German cigarette. The
few imported tobaccos on sale are
very expensive and those which have
not been smuggled in bear the import
tax stamp.
Purchasers Are Wary.
Street vendors of tobaccos, candies
and other articles display imported
tobaccos and German limitations side
Dy side, SO that eventually purchaser
learn the difference and become wary
although the German tobaccos are not
inferior to some imported brands.
In some of the high-class restau-
rants only imitation cigarettes are
sold.
The drug stores are perhaps the
chief dispensers of the German imita-
lions. Imported toilet articles. and
particularly soap, shaving cream,
tooth paste and face lotions, are very
scarce. But all the we'll known Amer
| lean brands have been initiated.
Trade Mark Imftators.
A. IL =,
their best work in the saloons, where
, whisky bottles bear the labels of well
known English manufacturers But
| either the signature of the brand OF
a word in the name is inverted, or the
trade mark slightly distorted. The
bottles have been filled with German
made whiskies, often white. but some.
times colored. and the substance reeks
of grain alcohol. The effect of the
| drink Is about the same as that of the
! Kentucky, Georgia and West Vir-
| ginia lincolnshire"
French liquors and imported gins
are virtually never sold.
All Sorts Of Clothing.
The German inventive talent has
been carried further to include all
sorts of wearing apparel. A suit of
clothes displayed in q window and
bearing a remarkably reasonable price
tag catches the eyes of the passersby.
Upon careful examination 1t will be
found the cloth is made of paper.
Many hats. caps, vests, trousers and
even shirts are made of paper. Paper
strings are in general use.
Shoes, which can be purchased for a
small sum. crack and dissolve in
water. They are made of paper.
American and English made cloths
have been so carefully initiated that
only an expert can detect the differ
ence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14
Specials Of Our
Holiday Sale

kinds of Christmas Gifts for every man-ic
quality price Gift certificates for amount be
purchased you'd rather he would make the selections
We pack all gifts in handsome holiday boxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14
HUGE ORDNANCE FOR USE
IN COAST DEFENSE BUILT
Sixteen-Inch Disappearing Gun,
Largest Ever Produced in q. S.,
Tested at Government Arsenal.

WATERFOWL. Mass, December Il.
A 16-inch disappearing rife for
coast defense, said to be the largest
piece of ordnance built in this coun-
try. was tested at the government
arsenal here yesterday. The trials
included retraction, traversing and
tripping, and were said to have been
entirely successful The gun will be
given its fire tests at Aberdeen, Nd,
and ultimately will form part Of the
primary defenses Of Long Island
sound at Fort Niche. OF New London,
Conn.
The rife is sixty nine feet long and
has an estimated range of twenty-five
miles. It has special operating
m echanism by which it can be fired
once q minute. After each shot the
recoil canses it to sink back on its
carriage, out of sight. in position Of
reloading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14

Thirty-four women were elected to
local town councils in the recent mu-
nicipal elections in England
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14
SUGAR DROP BRINGS SUIT
TO RECOVER LOSS IN PRICE
Ordered at IS Cents Pound, Refus-
ed, and Ultimately Sold at IL,
Wholesalers Charge.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. December
ian echo OF the recent world su.
gar shortage was heard in chancery
court here yesterday when Godchaux
SUGARS Incorporated, of New Orleans,
against Handy Meek Company. local
orokers. seeking to collect an alleged
balance due on sugar shipments after
the price had begun to tumble.
Inc PHI alleges that the defendants
oroereo large amounts of sugar at rs
cents pound, but when reductions in
prices began refused to accept con-
signments. The New Orleans refn-
ers charged that it was necessary to
sell the sugar for which Handy Meek
company was to pay rs cents a pouno
at II cents. and are suing for the diff
terence in the figures
II Is further charged that the bro
kers attempted to cancel their orders
when the price began to drop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14
REDS IN CAUCASUS.
Troops Fortifying Baku Peninsula
for Strong Defense.

CoNsTANrnNOPLE, December ~
The 9th, 10th and 18th bolshevik
armies already have arrived in the
Caucasus, and the boIsheviki are in
trenching Baku peninsula, according
to q statement made by q traveller
who returned today from that region.
The bolshey1ki arc certifying the neck
of the peninsula with all sorts Of de-
Tense works, including barbed wire
entanglements and artillery. in ap-
prehension Of q general uprising of
the Mohammedzns. he added.
Thousands Of tons Of oil are being
transported by the bolsheviki aboard
tankships to AstralehAn, the traveller
said, whence tho oil IL distributed to
the industyial centers Of Russia. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14
PUTS BLAME ON POLAND.
Soviet Russia Protests Sending
MLeaxue Troops,, to wilma.

RIGA. December 1.-THE note Of
soviet Russia protesting against send
ing the troops Of the "so-called
leAgueof nations" to wilma, holds Po-
land responsible for the actions Of the
allied troops sent there by the league.
The note, which was presented Sat-
urday. was written by Adolf Joffe,
the Russian chief delegate. to NJ.
Domsski. who represents 3oland in
the peace negotiations.
LONDON. December 13.-concentra-
lions Of soviet troops are occurring
on the arrival Of allied and neutral
troops in wilma, says q dispatch re-
ceived from that city today by the
Lithuanian legation here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14
GET THREE MooHsH1HERs.

LEXINGTON. KY, December H.
Three men were arrested charged with
three stills were captured,
seven other stills were destroyed, and
hundreds Of gallons Of rnoonshine whis-
Ky and stfn beer were poured out in q
raid made along the West Virginia
Kentucky border by fifteen prohibition
agents Saturday and Sunday. according
to Prohibition Agent s. r Epes. q
Of the raiding party. who re-
turned to Lexington today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14
MEx1co's NEW OPPORTUNITY.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, December II.
capitol from Mexico City, where he
attended the Inauguration of Alvaro
Obregon. as president Of Mexico. Gov.
kiIby declared it his opinion that the
republic south of the Rio Grande has
the best opportunity at the present
time to establish a stable government
since the days OF Porfirio Diaz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14
cARUs0 GIVEN OVATION.
Tenor's Voice Unaffected b,
Broken Blood Vessel.

NEW YORK. December Hills voice
apparently unaffected by a broken blood
vessel in his throat, suffered Saturday
while singing In the Brooklyn Academy
Of Music, Dnrico Caruso appeared hast
night at the Metropolitan Opera House
in verdi's Ia FofEa del Destin0.'
When Caruso hrDt appeared before the
footlights the unusually large audience
burst into applause that lasted for sew
eral minutes. Caruso sang with his
usual yfSor and ease. Physicians said
LEAGUE Of nations" TO Wilma holds Po-
esred by the injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14

Herzleide, or Heart Sorrow" ia the
name bestowed on his newest daugh-
ter by Oscar. NTH son Of the former
German kaiser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-14

Miss Alice Balfour. youngest sistsf
Of the British foreign minister. IL =
justice OF the peace in Scotland.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-04
RED CROSS MAY
GET $1,000 IN
CAMP PA|GN HERE
County and Unreported Sec
tlons Expected to Add
$3.50 to the Present total
of $2,239.

With all returns practically com
plete with the exception of the ru-
raj sections, which will be in this
morning. the total amount secured
in the Red Cross campaign in Ber-
nalillo county was yesterday given
as $2,239. 1t is expected that with
the exception of out-of-city mem
berships and all others not yet re-
ported, added, the total will reach
$2,500, according to Mrs. j. S.
Landers, of the home service de-
partment.
OF the gross receipts the down
town campaign netted sl,642.95,
the house-to- o-house canvass, 1862 :
SO; stores and Red Cross headquar-
ters, 500; the sanatoria, $S3.20;
state university. S62 Santa Fe
shops. $50, and the county, 81, ac-
cording to Mrs. Landers' report. OF
this amount ss43 is apportioned to
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-04

/, the national organization for dis
aster relief and Sl,426.65 to the To-
cal chapter, which will be used to-
ward the employment of public
health nurse for Albuquerque and
Bernalillo county.
There were 1,739 annual mem
berships of 81 each; thirty con-
tributing memberships of IS each,
seven sustaining memberships of
$40, and donations totaled $3S1.65.
The team which solicited mem
berships at the university reported
$63 collected for memberships. A
number of the students and pro-
fessors had already taken out mem
berships down town and the show
ing made by the sorority young
women is considered excellent, Mrs.
Landers said. The team was COM
posed of the following members:
Misses Wenonah Dixon. Betty Nor
rissette, Irene Wicklund, Lorraine
Cleveland, Juliette Fleischer, Alice
Tolbert, Helen Stowell
The Third ward and Santa Bar
bara schools have been added to
the 100 per cent strong list.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-04
PUBLICATION OF DELINQUENT
TAX ROLLS ADDED BURDEN TO
PROMPT TAXPAYER, is CLAIM
Total of Unpaid Taxes Has Reached Three
Million Dollars Since Statehood Many Ex-
emptions Now Allowed Are Thought Un-
wise by State Revenue Commission.
Ry CLINTON p. ANDERSON

Santa, Fe, Dec. -DeHnuuent
taxes now totalling over $4,000. 900
and exemptions which reduce to a
great degree the amount of taxable
property in the state of New Mex
leo are two of the chief elements
which tend to complicate the reve-
nue. problem in New Mexico, judg-
ing from chapter eight of the re-
port of the special revenue com
mission. Out of a total tax of So
414,937.S2 levied for the year 1919,
only $7,7S9,25S.24 had been col
lected on June 80, 1920.
"Of the taxes levied for any
year." declare the commissioners,
mot over 95 per cent are ever col
lected for the state as a whole. The
last published report Of the state
tax commission shows that on Oc-
tober 81, 1918, collections fer var
ious years had been made as fol-
lows: 1912-94.69 per cent; 1913
1859 per cent 1914-93.0S per
cent; 1915-92.24 per cent; 1916
92.14 per cent; l917-S6.36 per
cent. 1t is probable that at the
present time there are taxes uncol-
lected to an amount of over SS,-
250.000.
"The chief cause for the break
down of the states collection sys-
tenn lies in the weakness of the as
scssment methods. These methods
have been elsewhere discussed and
the necessary revisions indicated.
1t is safe to say that under an ade-
quate administration Of our assess
ment system, the difficulties in col
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-04
al PERSONS INDICTED
FOR ALLEGED FRAUD IN
PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY
fBy The AssocIated Pressl

Pittsburgh, Pa Dec. 3.-Forty-
one persons, including a number
prominent in political circles here.
today were indicted by a federal
grand jury which investigated al
legged fraud In the last primary
election in the Thirty-first congress
sional district.
Prominent among those named
in the indictments are Police Mag
istrate 2. ]. sullivan. candidate in
the primaries last May for the re-
publican nomination for congress-
man in the Thlrty-first district;
County Delinquent Tax Collector
Edward NJ. Kenna and his brother,
Bernard j, Kenna, a constable.
Two policemen and entire member
ship of election boards in five cleo
ton districts also were made de-
PENDANTS.
A report that City Councilman
Charles Anderson had been indict-
ed proved erroneous.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-04
Departed From Washington
Friday Night on the PreSi-
dental Yacht MayfIoWer
for Hampton Roads.
HIS TRIP SOUTHWARK
WILL BEGIN AT NOON
BattIeship Florida Is to Con-
vey Him to South Amer
lea; Officials Turn Out to
Bid Him Farewell.

Washington, ID e C. 3. -
Bainbridge Colby, secretary
of state, left Washington to-
day for South America,
where as a representative of
President Wilson, he will
pay an official visit to the
governments of Brazil and
Uruguay and an unofficial
visit to Argentina.
Before his departure on
the presidential yacht May
flower, for Hampton Roads,
Mr.. Colby met the Latin
American diplomatic corps
at the Pan-American Union
and they accompanied him
to the Mayfower. At the
Pan-American Union there
was an exchange of farewell
addresses between the Sec
retary and Beltran Matthew,
the Chilean ambassador and
dean of the Latin American
ENJOYS, and at the dock per.
sonal farewells were ex.
changed.
Mr.. Colby will reach Old Poin
Comfort about o'c,ock tomorrow
and will transfer to the battleshil
| Florida.
The voyage TO Brazil will begir
at noon, While the secretary Is a
Hampton Roads, President-eIe
Harding will arrive there aboart
the liner Pastores from Panama
| but 1t is improbable that they will
meet as the president elect plans tt
go direct to Newport News.
Sebastio Sampaio, Brazilian com,
mercial attachc for the United
States. Canada, Mexico and Cuba
who is making the trip with Sec.
retary Colby announced that he
carried greetings from many Amer.
lean chambers of commerce and
coffee importers organizations tc
similar organizations in Brazil.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-04
BERGER and D40TKERs TO ATTACK
INELIcIBlLITY OF JUDGE Lands
AS GROUNDS FOR APPEALING CASE
Federal Jurist Is Accused of Holding "a Per-
sonal Bias and Prejudice" Against Convict
ed Men; Arguments to Be Heard By the U.
S. Supreme Court Next Monday.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,

Washington, Dec. 23,-An attack
on the eligibility of Federal Judge
kenesaw NJ. Lands, who presided
at their trial. will form the basis
of the appeal to the supreme court
of VictoIs l.. Berger and four other
socialist party leaders. now under
conviction of having violated the
espionage act. The briefs were filed
today in preparation for arguments
which, on the governments motion.
have been advance TO the calendar
for next Monday.
Those convicted with Berger
were Adolph Germer, national sec
retary of the party; William F.
Kruse, editor of the Young So
cialists' Magazine; Louis Engdahl
and Irwin st. John Tucker. Sem
tences of twenty years imprison-
ment were placed on each.
The certificate from the court of
appeals sets forth the contention
of the appellants that Judge Ian
dis was in error in presiding after
an affidavit Of prejudice had been