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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-16

Mrs Elizbeth FlemminE 81 Whiting
is a guest for the day al the home Of
Mrs p L. Davis OF Rimbach ave.
The NJ. T. Club met Tuesday eve
ming a. the home Of Freda De Rolf
OF Highland 81; The evening was
spent with games and music ana
dancing in conclusion a dainty lunch
con was served The next meeting
will take place in two weeks at the
home of Mrs. G. Tubeville.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-16

Miss Elinor Beckman viii enterta n
at an evening OF cards tonight in hon
or OF Miss Marguerite Swanson whose
marriage VIII take place in the very
near future.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-16

VIII be announced later The even
ing was spent socially and 81 late
hour the hostess served dainty
luncheon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry stamm who
have been the guests OF his mother.
Mrs Charles Kasson OF 80 webb
street. viii return 70 their home in
Denver, Colo. tomorrow.
Julius Meyn. who has been quite ia
with a severe case or neuritis, IS
some improved.
MIS-. r. D Paige and small son
have gone ID New YORK City where
they win be the guest III Mr. Pages
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. # o. Paige. ST..
Of that city.
Mrs George Hannauer very pleas
antly entertained a few friends sat an
afternoon or bridge Tuesday. The
highest scores were held by Mrs c. q.
Smith and Mrs. Ray Chapman A
prettily arranged luncheon was serv-
ed
Mrs Leo Carroll and Mrs John Gill
attended the meeting OF their FIVE hum
dred club which was entertained by
Mrs George Deitsch at her home IN
Indiana Harbor last evening. The
highest scores were held by Mrs.
Deitsch and Mrs. James McGuaid 4
nicely arranged luncheon was served
Mrs L. Pontius and Mrs Millia
Davis attended the Harry c. Long
Relief Corps which met at Indiana
Harbor last evening The Corps IS
making arrangements 10 initiate a
large class Of candidates.
Miss Elinor Beckman viii enterta n
at an evening OF cards tonight in hon
or OF Miss Marguerite Swanson whose
marriage VIII take place in the very
Evening star., 1920-03-14
ISLES, OWNED BUT NEGLECTED BY u. S.,
MAY NOW RECEIVE MUCH NEEDED ATTENTION

the joint congressional committee
in its report will recommend that
such a naval base be established
remains to be seen. But 1t Is con-
sidered highly probable that it will
do SO. in view Of the fact that the
reason for the purchase OF the
islands was primarily strategic.
In the old davs of the buccaneers
the Virgin Islands were a favorite
haunt of the pirates. Two old
castles believed to have been used
bv famous buccaneers are stit to
be found at Charlotte Amalie. one
called "Blackbeard's Castle" and
the other Castle Bluebeard." The
first is named after the celebrated
pirate. John Teach, who was
known as Blackboard" Less is
known Of Castle Bluebeard, though
it is enthusiastically Dutch and was
used during the early Danish slave
regime to overawe the blacks. 1t
was tho property of the King OF
Denmark until 1913, when 1t was
sold to private individuals. 1t is
. now owned by DR.. Mes Of New
York. The walls of this historic
old castle are i've feet thick.
The island Of st. Thomas pos
sesses the finest city in the ISL
ands. Charlotte Amalie. 1t pos
sesses. too. remarkable harbor.
One of the chief Industries Of tho
place has been the bunkering OF
vessels with coal There are ac-
commodations for the largest YES
sells. and the Hamburg American
line had established remarkable
docks there. Tho business OF bun
kering vessels fell off during tho
var. Strange a. It may seem. many
Of the vessels Of tho United States
were passing on to another bun
kering station owned by another
country until recently. Members
OF the congressional committee
say that the people were 80 hard
put to it for work that it looked
as though q. system Of rationins
them would have to. be establish
cd within .few weeks from the
time Of their VISIT 70 the islands.
The committee took the matter up
(Continucd on Third Pase.)
Evening star., 1920-03-14

by the Navy. and the Navy has
made a pretty good job of it.
Rear Admiral J. w. Oman, U. S.
~. is the governor of the islands.
The currency used is Danish. and
this currency is at discount in
exchange for United States dol
lars of about % per cent. La
borers who are paid in Danish
coin and then are expected to pay
for goods in American dollars are
having a hard time Of it.
When the United States pur-
chased the Danish Virgin Islands
it took over about fifty islands, all
told. The greater number OF
them, however, are merely rocks
sticking out of the water and un-
pal islands in the group-St.
Thomas. ST. Croix and st. John.
The islands are located about eighty
miles east of Porto Rico. about
1000 miles from Key West, Fla.
and some 1880 miles from New
York. The total population OF the
islands is estimated at $4,000.
Only per cent Of the people are
white. The rest are negroes and
nlulattoes.
Strange as it may seem, in view
Of the fact that the islands were
owned by Denmark since 1871.
with exception of few months in
1901 and the period from 1907 to
1915. when the English held them,
English is the language of the ma
tives. The fact that the natives
speak the language of the United
States should make the work of
Americanization considerably less
difficult than. for instance, in Porto
Rico. where the language Of the
natives was Spanish.
4 4 + Il
To get an idea Of the history Of
the Virgin Islands: The island Of
st. Thomas was discovered by CO.
lumbus in 1893. One hundred and
nifty years later-in 1914 smaIl
company Of French settlers took
possession. Twenty years later II
was captured BY the English but
Evening star., 1920-03-14

was soon abandoned. Then tho
Danish West India and Guinea
Company claimed it as a trading
post, and in 1871 an expedition
was dispatched from Copenhagen
and Jorgen Iversen was appointed
the first governor. He built. in
1872, Fort Christian, which still
stands, and established the town
Of Charlotte Amalie. named after
the then Queen Of Denmark, wife
OF Christian v.
The purchase Of these islands by
the United States was proposed
more than half a century ago.
William H. Seward. Secretary of
State under President Lincoln,
opened negotiations for them. A
treaty was negotiated. under which
the United States was to pay
$7,500,0o0 for the islands Of st.
Thomas and St John. The Senate
of the United States failed to rat
ify the treaty. however, although
the Danish rigsdag approved. A
second attempt was made to buy
the islands in 1902, when John
Hay was Secretary Of State and
Roosevelt was President Another
treaty was negotiated, under which
the United States agreed to pay
$4,000, 900 for the entire colony.
But this failed to receive the ap-
proyal of the Danish parliament.
In the end the United States paid
s25,o0o, 900 for them, under a treaty
negotiated by former Secretary
Lansing and the Danish minister.
Constantin Brun. The price paid
amounts to about $500 an acre for
the land.
The question naturally arises
why should the United States want i.
these islands and why should it
be willing to pay such a price for
them? The answer is that the
Virgin Islasds. with their remark
able harbor at Charlotte Amalie.
st. Thomas. form q wonderful
naval strategic base for the United
states. It 10 said that q great
naval base established there would
command operations from New
York to the Orinoco. Whether
Evening star., 1920-03-14

TIME United States is the
only nation in the world,
probably. that would pay
$25,000.000 for additional
possessions. and then apparently
forget all about them. Yet this is
what has happened in connection
with the Virgin Islands. which
were purchased from Denmark
several years ago. 1t is true that
almost Immediately following tho
purchase the United States
plunged into the war with Ger
many and many things were for
gotten in the rush Of war prepa-
rations.
And now joint committee OF
Congress has recently returned
from a visit to the islands and Is
preparing a report on conditions
as it found them and recommends
tions as to what shall be done with
the comparatively new posses
sions.
The joint committee. which was
headed by Senator Kenyon of
Iowa. journeyed to the Virgin
Islands aboard the Dolphin. the
naval yacht assigned to the Sec
rotary of the Navy. 1t spent nearly
q week there and took a mass of
testimony.
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While the report of the joint
committee is not yet available. the
views of some Of the members Of
the committee regarding what
should be done for the islands
have been learned. In the first
place. it is believed essential that
the islands shall be American
ized"; that American ideals and
American standards. as far as
possible. be made the ideals and
standards of these possessions.
Second. an Americanized form Of
civil government should be es-
tablished.
Third. American currency should
be adopted in the islands.
Fourth. education should be de-
veloped. academic. industrial. san
itary and agricultural.
- 1sssAns the isIands are gun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

REAL BARGAIN in Woodlawn on 9th st.: room. story frame house: mod ern; $3,25o. q 800 cash. balance easy terms. Call Woodlawn 1S2-W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
i. FARM FOR SALE

The most up-to-the-minute To- acre farm, only 8 minutes from Birmingham: Groom jam-up house, electric lights, bath, hot and cold water; every city convenience. but no city taxes; , barns. double garage; s10.000 for quick sale. Dwyer. Main s4oo, 31S Empire Bldg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
BUNGALOW SOUTHSIDE

Six-room. modern bungalow; hardwood floors. beam ceilings, furnace heat: a cheap home for &s.250. @1.250 cash. balance $50 per month. See J. Wilbur Cole; Smith Throckmorton Schultz. POPS Ist ave. Main 2i57.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

sOUTHsIDE-Near AvonAale: corner Ave. c and 35th st., No. 35o2 Aye. O.; 4-room dwelling, $1.350. $200 cash. $20 month: white tenants: please don't ask us about "style;" we are not up on style: see 1t and pass your own opinion. B. F. Eborn. 3f5 Empire Bldg. NJ. S173. SSI.EY-s-room bungalow. good con dition. corner. 100x140; block Tide water line: $3.o0o. $1.2o8 cash. bal ance terms. B. r. Eborn. 315 Em- nire Bldg. M. 8173.
 tlUTHSIDE-Good 6-room tenan' house. rents $20 month. E block Avoadale line: good condition: @2, 900, &200 cash. t35 month. B. F. Eborn, SIS Empire Bldg. Y. s17a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
CULLOM ST., SOUTH

Modern. 7-room home: beau tiful hardwood floors through out. nice bedrooms. tile bath and sleeping porch. double garage. 3 servant rooms, ce- ment basement. This home is in Al condition and a cheap place at $7.s50- Possession Sept. i. See J. Wilbur Cole: Smith Throckmorton- Schultz. POPS 1st ave. Main 2157.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

45O-ACRE improved farm. just 20 miles from city on good highway, 1 mile R. R. station. This is very fine valley farm, with about 200 acres in cultivation; practically all level; good pasture; about s6,000 worth tim- Der, right at market; tenant houses, 1 large residence. There is no better land in this country and the place is nicely arranged for stock farming plenty of water and in fine farming section. You can drive to farm in 50 minutes from city of Birmingham. The owner is not a farmer and does not care to fool with it and will sell for the very low price of $35 per acre on nice terms. Here is real chance for a real farmer or stockman. See or write Thos. H. Vaughn, 902 First National Bank Bldg, Birming- ham. Phone Main 7085.
 TEN-ACRE pecan orchard, 252 trees growing in second year. IT sand pears, 2 bearing scuppernongs, figs and other small fruits. 5-room house. painted, metal roof, first-class con dition; entire place hog fenced: no stumps, no waste land; one-half mile from depot; situated in one of the healthiest spots in the U. s. A. Many tourists spend the winter at this place. Price $5,500; terms. Also 20- acre tract; 10 acres in oceans and fine home; $S,000. See or write M. R. Park, 141S N. 17th st, Birming- ham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

'OUTH HIGHLANDS-fO0x 90, i2- room residence. good condition; also 5- room dwelling. excellent location: entire Property $10.000. but requires cash. or half cash to swing it: car make it pay fine Income: live in part of the house and live on in- come of balance. B. F. Eborn. SIS Empire Bldg. N. SITS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

75 ACRES

Il miles center city; fine pike in mile of station: high school and market town; has dandy broom dwelling, good barn, nice yard Then $ other houses rented for about $5D year and can be raised 4o acres level cultivation. mostly red: just what you want in close in farm for truck. dairy, etc.; ss.ooo, with terms. Sid l.. Beason, with John R. Reid & Co., 5t5 N 2oth St. Main 1872.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
WEST END

A Groom residence. splendid condition, all conveniences ex- cept furnace. fine garden. having lot 260feet deep. on the car line; only $3,250; s750 cash, balance s275O a month.
 WISE & KELLEY 20Sh N. Fist st. Phone S31s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

SOUTH OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Groom modern bungalow. fine condition. block 18th st. line, near Glen Iris ave-; ideal home 3 bedrooms and sleeping porch, hardwood floors. fur mace. grates. gas. lights. bath. some thing good: we are ordered to sell at once and will give bargain; requires $2.000 cash payment: will consider $1.200 or $1,500 auto part payment B. F. Eborn. 315 Empire Bldg. G. S173
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

s-AST LAKE-6-room dwelling, goo,l .ot 50x165: good condition: betwee,
 Tidewater and East Lake lines. neal 71th st.: $2.750. $500 cash. $30 month
 E. F. Eborn. 315 Empire Bldg. M.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-21
WILL THE GENTLEMAN STAND UP?

receipt of two letters from Buffalo z They
Russell Corre Now have not the
people
Hutchinson Central High School,
Buffalo just they should for the
his home sport
Buffalo result of receiving
would like look into the wholesome
would like also to look
who conceived this
of boosting who he may be he is some
his sefstarter safely coupled up to
We gladly fall victim to his adro
he hoped would About all
read these letters that they
locate the Niagara Falls in
vicinity ..,..rB .
device they had induced the late Fra Ebertus Hub
thus enabling Buffalo to shn
Roycrofters But these children while
composition real facts abou
that make like real live village we
and other improvements IT II
will they have move the
town Mexico will have to expand
boosting building the chnds loyalty teach
composition and augmentation all at one fell
device have seen Its human nteres
question We do much
would welcome the gentleman wht
place where his abie
opportunity for exercise Why be hand
capped by staying in Buffalo?
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-21
ABOUT POLITICAL DUTIES.

morning should give food for thought
some interpret system Narrow
indeed the Of a assaed
s a every and woman who sees it who has
privilege eco SUFFICIENTLY to attend his
primaries his conventions
We bad
unavaing then with the hour
thiymnute attention to our duties as citizens we
will take the trouble it, Very
citizen than for he will attend to his
political duties and we will not
II utter folly TO think primary
Indifferent cizeny With
completely within their to take
charge that the basic
which determine whether we shall have good
bad. government
millions
expended franchise 1t precious
ndfferen from its privileges
and complain Of the candidates whom we feel
blame the other fellow? Franness
the scandaOus neglect
citizens the formative period of the ticket the
Ding pictures a scaling building drawing immense
while of empty seats faces
If he did
. he peases little would be done at all .,n
i allow compliments to the proxy
the responsibility of representing his neigh
then hands to boss or would
friends They delegated the individual to use
have voted to give the
: o he whom he in delegates it.
this proxies in hand and circumcre
the will be the ultimate result cut-and-
conventions full of proxies in control conducive
good enthusiastic spirit
Republican convention will at the suggestion OF
hundred odd delegates This the
provided in New Mexico Mr.
the accusations of party control by
belief that proposed good faith and should
upon file of the party
hand Make resolution this
betray free institutions by
remaining away from party caucus
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-21

Satidday morning Sid Hunt
came Ground with home made
tickits saying on them in red ink,
Teddy the Crate Diving Dog! He
will Absilootly Dive Into a Tub of
Wattir frum Hite of Feet in Sid
Hunts Back Yard Satidday Aftir-
noon. Admission Ony One Sent,
Sid saying, Who wunts to buy a
tickit, fellows, if he don't dive you
get your money back.
Witch me and Pubs Simkins and
Leroy Shooster and Reddy Merry
bawt tickits, on account of being
the ony ones that had sents, and
in the AFTERNOON we went erround
and sat on Sid Hunts tents, and
there was a wash tub full of wat
tir standing next to high skinny
table in the middle of the yard
and Sid put his fox terrier Teddy
on top of the table and bowed to
us fellows, saying, The crate dive
will now take place.
And he pointed his finger nj
Teddy. saying, /, =, 3, dive.
Witch Teddy dident, jest standing
there and looking back at Sid az
if he was Expecting Sid to do some
thing insted of Sid Expecting him
to do sumthing, Sid saying, Hay
there, did you heer me, /, 2, 3
dive. Teddy jest keeping on look
ing at him, and after he had SEQ
it about more times without eny
dive happening, us fellows started
to yell, We wunt our money back,
we wunt our money back, we wun,
our, money back, and Sid sed, The
CRATE diving dog is indisposed to.
day, so he will do some other tricks
insted, and us fellows yelled, We
don't wunt to see eny other tricks
and Sid sed, Teddy, sit up. WITCH
Teddy did. and Sid sed, Shake
hands, Wich Teddy did, an Sid
sed, Bark 3 times, Wich Teddy
did. and Sid sed, /, 2, 3, dive, WITCH
Teddy dident, and we all started
to veil for our money back agen
and Sid tried to make him dive
about 6 more times in vane .and
then he gave us all our sents back
saying, You old hunteh of tite
wads, take your old money.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-21
"In the Days News -

In the election of Prof. Theodore
W Richards to membership in the
Danish Society of Science, another
honor has fallen to the lot of the
greatest chemist in America, and
one of the greatest in the world.
Professor Richards, who for many
years has been professor of chem
istry at Harvard University, is es-
pecially famous for his researches
in the determination of atomic
weights. A native of Germantown,
Pa, he received his first academic
degree from Haverford College at
the age of II, and year later took
his A. b, at Harvard. In 1894,
after some years of study in
Europe, he returned to Harvard
as assistant professor of chemistry.
In 1901 he was made full profess
sor. His academic honOrs make a
long list, including honorary de-
grces from many institutions, both
in America and in Europe, In 1916
he was awarded the Davy gold
medal by the Royal Society of Lon
don, and four years later he was
the recipient of the Nobel prize in
chemistry,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-21
TODAY'S EVENTS

Twenty-Five years ago today the
United States declared war against
Spain.
Texas keeps a holiday today in
celebration of the anniversary of
the victory over the Mexicans at
San Jacinto.
The board of bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church is
scheduled to begin its spring meet
ing today at Kansas City.
The annual convention of the
Central Oil Jobbers' association
win open at st. Louis today and
continue in session until Friday.
Today will begin the interchurch
world movements financial cru
SADIE to aid the Protestant churches
in America in raising an adequate
budget for church needs during
the year 1920.
Problems of vital interest to the
cotton manufacturing industry are
scheduled for discussion at the an
nual meeting of the National AS
sociation of Cotton Manufacturers.
which is to begin its sessions today
in Boston.
A national aeronautical eXposi-
ton is to open in San Francisco to-
day and continue for one week. In
conjunction, there is to be held a
meeting to form a federation of
all aero clubs west of the Rocky
Mountains.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-21
Courtney Acquitted.

Alamogordo Cloudcrotter: a
Alamogordo, r, L. Courtney has
Just been acquitted of the murder
of j. C. Cox, in 1916.
The case arose out OF as
agreement in regard to a trade
made between Courtney and cox:
Cox traded Courtney a span OF
mules for certain amount OF
lumber that was at the time in dit-
ferent buildings near Weed. Trou-
BILE started when Cox, with mem
bers of his family, started TO tear
down one of the buildings. Court
ney intercepted and stated that II
the building was torn down
dead man" would do the work
unless a contract that had been
made was turned over to him. COX
then mounted his horse and went
after the contract, returning some
time later with his winchester
Courtney stepped from behind
boiler and fired two shots, the sec
ond taking effect and inflictlng a
wound from which Cox died 20
or 80 minutes later. The incident
happened on November 4, 1916
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-21
Simple Smelling,

Editor of Morning Journal.
Sir; In a late editorial entitled
Simple Spelling" you say; Many
of these o-called slmplifiqations
don't help much. You do not make
it easier by spelling through,
thru" Then this statement is
somewhat weakened by allusion to
the different recommendations of
''ough' in cough, bough and
through, and the difficulties they
present to foreigners and children
in learning to read English. The
spelling thru" is strictly phonetic,
but it is probably true that most
English speaking people do not see
much advantage in it, for the rea-
son that through our chaotic spell
ing we have lost the phonetic sense
enjoyed by other peoples. How
ever, the shorter form is more lcgi-
BILE, saves 40 per cent in the paper,
ink and composition, and is not a
new spelling, but has been COM
ing into use for more than 20
years. This spelling is one of the
twelve words" tho, thru, cata-
log, program, etc, adopted by the
National Educational Association
in 1898. and is now used in about
500 American universities and col
leges and more than that number
of influential newspapers. Thou
sands of young people are now
graduating from institutions of
learning who do not know that
there was ever English authority
for "ue" at the end of catalog Or
"mme" at the end of program. Our
spelling is inevitably changing with
a fair degree of rapidity, and has
been changing since the earliest
English times, but until scholars
of high ability took hold of this
matter many changes have been
for the worse.
| do not favor such drastic
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-21
Tnlarnsa Basin Oil Plans.

Las Cruces Citizen: The w. w
Cox Company is now negotiating
with several very reliable drilling
companies to complete the well ano
expert drillers will be on the iot
within the next sixty days. The
company has all the materia
necessary to go down 1000 feet il
oil isn't found at a more shallow
depth,
The test well of the Southwest
ern Tularosa Basin Oil Company
has reached a depth of about l,lot
feet.
The Tularosa Unit Oil Company
Inc, which has holdings within
three miles southeast of the side
of the S. w. Tularosa well, aggre-
eating 1000 acres of state lease
land, located in sections 5-l4-9 anc
sections 35-13-S, Otero county, is
planning operations at once.
1t is rumored that the Ashley
Hickman Company of Kansas are
preparing to start drilling opera,
lions west of the S. w. Basin and
Tularosa Unit Company's holdings
The New Mexico CLEANS OIL Com
pany is about ready to spud in the
deep test about a mile northwest
of Escondido station.