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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-12-17
KEEP AWAY FROM MINGO CO.,
w. VA.

For over six months the locked-out
coal miners of Mingo county, West
Virginia, have been putting up a
brave fight for the right of collective
bargaining, and will win out if strike
breakers from the neighboring states
can be- kept away. Strenuous efforts
are being made by the operators to
secure scabs to take the place of the
evicted men who are now living in
tents furnished by the United Mine
Workers Union. Free transportation
and all manner Of inducements are
offered to secure dupes to take the
place of the locked-out men. Thos.
J. Donnelly, secretary-treasurer of
the Ohio State Federation of Labor
is in receipt of the following tele-
gram, which is self-explanatory:
Thomas J. Donnelly,
Columbus, Ohio.
You will please take the necessary
steps to advertise the Miners strike
in Mingo county, w. Va, as they are
recruiting transportation from your
state and cities. These miners have
been on strike almost seven months.
If you can prevent transportation
from arriving we will be successful
in winning the strike. Please attend
to this, as you are in better position
to make this known in your State,
than we are.
G. F. Keeney, Pres. 18th Dist,
United Mine Workers of America" J"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-12-17
SACRED DAY FOR THE BABIES

Never deny the babies their Christ
mas! 1t is the shining seal set upon
a year of happiness. Let them be-
lieve in Santa Claus or st. Nicholas
or Kriss Kringle, or whatever name
the jolly Dutch saint bears in your
REORGANIZATION Harland.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-12-17
CHRISTMAS JOY

An ideal Christmas which would
really mean genuine good will among
men is one in which none should be
cold, hungry, shelterless or friendless
one in which they who have would
think first of them who have not.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-12-17
WHINING JOHN BULL

Sir Edward Carson denounces cam
erica meddling" in Irish affairs as
damned impudence."
England asked US to meddle in the
World War because the humanltles
were being violated, because outrages
were being committed, and because it
was our duty as a great civilized
power to protect the world from this
violation of the basic principles OF
humanity and civilization, by inter-
fering.
If it was right for us to interfere
to prevent outrage by Germany, why
is it not right for US to "meddle" to
prevent equal or greater outrage by
Great Britain?
If it was right for US to NEEDLE at
England's request when she felt that
she was the sufferer from violation
of the principles of humanity and
civilization why is it not right for US
to meddle when England is the ag-
gressor instead of the sufferer, when
England is the perpetrator of the out
RACES and the violator of the humani-
ties?
AS a matter of plain fact, nothing
that Germany ever did to England in
protest against which England, surely
as big and powerful as Germany, wept
and walled so pitifully and cried for
help so lustily-Was as atroclous, as
heartless, as wicked, as cruel as the
outrages which the big British En-
pire, with all it's power and wealth
and military strength is now inficting
upon helpless Ireland.
History, furthermore, will show
that it is England throughout the
years that has been always the perpe-
traitor of the outrages upon weak and
defenseless people from the time
she blew the Sepoys in India from the
mouths of her cannon for the crime
of seeking their liberty, to the pres
ent day when she is numbering and
harassing helpless Irishmen, women
and children with her ruffanly Black
and Tans.
India has suffered, Egypt has suf-
fered, South Africa has suffered, Ire
land has suffered from the outrages
of England. The British Colonies in
America suffered when the savage
Indians were armed and turned
against the Colonists by England.
The United States of America suf-
fered when the British forcibly i'm
pressed American seamen before the
War of 1912, and when the British
Army burned the Capitol at Washing
ton and the White House of our
President during the War of 1912.
But England never gets into war
with a nation even half of her size
that she does not bleat dolefully of
the outrages committed against her
and when there is none, invent some
in the hope of bringing the SYM
pathies of the civilized world to the
greatest bully among the nations of
tn eearth.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-12-17
MEDDLING WITH POLITICS
By Anise in Seattle Union Recort

DIV AH1SG Ill ScdIIlC Oll1Ol1 4SCSOIu
"When | was back
In New England"
Said President Bouck,
Of the State Grange,
Being tried
By the National Grange
For my interest in politics
| heard our new
Vice President Coolidge
Speechmaking to US farmers!
He said: You farmers,
AS we'll as the laborers,-
There's ONE thing you must do!
PRODUCE!
There has been too much
STACKING on the job!
If our country is to become
Powerful and prosperous
You must all PRODUCE
More and more and MORE!
These radical theories
Must be STAMPED OUT
By force, if necessary,
And in fact, our country
Has reached the place
Where it is ready
To COMPEL production!
He said more words
To this effect
And then | came west
And saw the great fields
Of Illinois and Iowa
And Nebraska
With stacks of CORN
Piled as high as buildings
WASTE
Just lying on the ground
AS far as eye could see.
A week before corn sold
At FORTY-TWO cents a bushel,
And was hardly wanted
Even at THAT price.
I passed through Waterloo
And Cedar Rapids.
Two little towns
With 100000 people,
And in just ONE DAY
TEN THOUSAND men
Were LAID OFF
From their packing-plants,
Because there is too much pork
And too much beef,
Because we have PRODUCED
So much MORE
Than a starving, bankrupt world
Can BUY!
And / felt like saying:
Friend Coolidge,
We have DONE our job!
But HOW ABOUT YOURS?
What plans have you made
For FOREIGN RELATIONS
To help the world to EAT
What we have PRODUCEDi
THAT'S YOUR job,
What are you doing about it?
Or are you only so WISE
About other folks jobs 2
I FELT like saying it
But I didn't;
For FARMERS aren't supposed
To meddle with politics,
No matter how much POLITICS
NEEDLES with FARMERSw
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-12-17

The Leader for your job printing.
Prices right, work excellent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
HIGH COLLAR PARIS VOGUE
All French Garments Do Not Have
Choker Neck Adjournment, but
Collar Is Favored.

Persistent are rumors that come
from Paris that the high collar is a
commanding note Of the current vogue
"a story that is borne out by a page
in the French magazine "Femina." de-
voted TO new blouses. Though they
do not all have q choker collar, all the
blouses in the group have collars OF
generous proportions, an unusual con-
trast with the fat oval that has been
long included in French blouse STYLES
There is, however, a good proportion
Of collars boned 10 stand up to the
ears, reminiscent of the days when
embroidered strips were in great de-
mand TO make separate choker collars.
Two OF the prettiest French waists
have this high collar growing out Of
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 fare out I'M
der the ears, one with a bow Of rib
bon set high 10 accentuate the ruffie
finish.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
STYLES FOR KlDDIE 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 a mere song. Making
them at home is 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 ia
vorite when clothes for everyday wear
are under consideration. The small
girl will be becomingly outfitted 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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''What Will Do With All That Money?'

MD-A gift Of
III 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 viii do with all that money!
rut Rllly. his wife. whose full name
IS Margaret Catherine Urella Shlpley
has plans for its expenditure. Stand
Ing on the rickety steps of the four
room tumbledown. facing the canal and
the Potomac at a point a 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 rs she talked. Then I'd like n
house az Halfway. Its too quiet here"
Halfway is n village # 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 Ii
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 20 tell
them about lester she had got an
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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 s,
1917, entered plea Of guilty 10 charges
of burglary, ana was sentenced to
serve two TO three years in the peni-
Tertiary. He escaped from Rockview
prison the following August and en-
listed In the army under the. name OF
Walter o. Dorm.
While at Norfolk, England, in the
summer of 1913 he met and married a
British girl who then was manageress
OF a cafe In Norwich. His bride &C
companied him 10 this country. Due
10 her counsel, on March 80 he ap-
peared at the Western penitentiary and
surrendered. Recently the wife wrote
the attorney for the post:
Il trust that you will be successful
I'm obtaining q pardon for my husband.
Life to me Is not worth living without
him. although l would wait patiently
TO the end Of his sentence If 1t had to
be done.
after getting his discharge he
worked at 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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GAVE AMATEUR "S0FT" 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 q role to suit me-" he
began pompously. Il 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
De the judge Of the most suitable
cast"
The first rehearsal occurred few
days later. When the cast was read
out the pushing amateur found he had
been left out altogether.
"Why have 1 not got a part?" he
demanded angrily.
"You have a part, all right" re-
piled the producer. "You are to be
the first banana In the fruit-market
scene."-London Answers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
Utterly Impossible.

1t was at the Grand Canyon Of the
Colorado last fall. 1 stood on the
brink of that mighty chasm In easy
cor verse with Albert, the king Of the
Belgiins
"What a fine place this would have
been to drive the German army into"
l remarked, with that disregard for
precise dictiOn that comes In casual
talk.
The king looked appraisingly out
over the vast cleft, and down into It's
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
vcyed the situation:
But, my dear sir, that was quite
impossible. There was no German
army here, you know samuel G.
Blythe in the Saturday Evening Post
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
Overgarment in Contrasting Color &c
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-oyer
embroidery in contrasting color are
featured at Renee for wear with
suits These blouses are simply made.
are In lip-over-the-head style, have
rounded necks, and short sleeves. the
bodices are fat at the front and, as a
rule, close in surplice fashion at the
back. The belt is cut in one with the
bodice section and buttons snugly
around the hips at either side.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
TO REVIVE SWISS
Dotted Fabric, Popular Years
Ago, for Summer Wear.
New Material Will Be Different From
That Of Grandmotherss Day;
Wider Color Range.

The simple old times of our grand
mothers are going 10 be revived this
summer In the use of the dotted swiss
that fashioned the summer gown OF
80 years ago.
or 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
infinite in its color range. However,
there will be considerable plain white
SWISS used, as we'll rs the more fan
clful materials in this designation.
Organdie will also be a prime ia
vorite, and very lovely new organ
die gown seen recently featured a
combination of this material with 4
heavy tOrchOn lace that was applied
IN deep band TO the skirt.
In the dotted swisses one Of the
niost 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
Ing brim laden with cherries.
y 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 ruffles of the dotted swiss set to-
gether with Organdie eyelet beading.
The bodice was cut on bOlero lines and
showed a 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 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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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-
descent soldiers, asked her 10 be his
wife. He said he had been trying TO
find her ever since she disappeared
from Tennessee.
Mavis thought Ii over for several
weeks. Then she put 1t up 70 Dick.
Dick said he guessed ii would be all
right. He gave her money toward her
wedding clothes and wished her hap
piness. But he also filed q 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, 10 adopt the children. And
they all went 10 their new home.
All of which story is true. except the
names of the three involved
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
ASKING A LITTLE TOO MUCH
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
show company.
one afternoon he called one OF his
players 10 him and remarked:
'Iook here, Wellington, you'll have
to play three parts tomorrow night in
The Silent Foe'-Henderson. Uncle
Bill, and the Spider"
Cant do itw retorted Wellington.
briefly, but firmly.
Cant do 1t? Won't do II. you
meant" 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"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
Illinois Oldest Woman Is Ready to Die

or could not pay the fine, so she was
kept I'm prison for % months.
When released. the family fled TO
Trinidad. After two years residence
there they emigrated 10 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 lon
gevity. John Alves of Salt Lake City,
who is only eighty years old, is the
baby" Manuel .Alves, a farmer liv-
ing near Jacksonville, is ninety-six
years old; Mrs. ]. Figueria 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 vying with the
AIves for the longevity record. Mrs.
Smith has five living children, q
grandchildren, 10 Observation-Disclosures,
and five great-great-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 GO years that he had seen
his sister.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04

done in the admired dotted swiss and
white wolfe is being shown in dawn
blue. The skirt is formed Of three
deep scallOped flounces of the dotted
swiss, bound with white organdie, that
are set on yoke of the white wolfe.
The wolfe forms the blOuSed bodice
that has n row of pin tucking down
the front elaborated with white GRO
cheted buttons. The round neck and
short sleeves are decorated with plain
bands of the blue dotted swiss.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04

JACKSONVILLE. ILL.-IllinOis' old
- est wOman-Mrs. AntOinette Smith,
aged one hundred and eight years
wants To die. To her life is trial. On
the day before she celebrated her one
hundred and eighth birthday Mrs.
Smith said: God has forgotten I'm
here"
The woman's story dates back to
1872. when she was born on the island
OF Madeira. near Portugal. Mrs. Smith
Is a Portuguese. Before her marriage
her name was Alves. When a 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 fine Queen Vic
toria obtained the concentration
through her friendship with Queen
Donna Maria, the then ruling sovereign
Of Portugal. But Mrs. Smiths moth
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04

nouncing that the heirs of Thomas Nc
Coy had been left fortune of many
millions.
Mccoy, IL 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 IA the house
with n doleful expression 10 announce
the loss of the calf "wuth anyway fif-
teen dolIars.w
II kin find plenty O. plsces 10 put
that money in" he declared.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04

HHICAGO.-Mavis Crandall was an
- orphan schoolgirl of fifteen, whose
head was full of dreams, when she first
met Dick Ballou. She lived in little
town near Knoxville, Tenn. and she
liked 70 go 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 TO 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 furnished
a house for her The years brought
knowledge. MaviS wanted 10 leave the
man. who would not marry her. But
the way was barred. There were the
bahieS-iive of them. She couldn't
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04

fore joining the army. 1 forgave him
for not telling me before we were mar
ried.
$50 we talked Ii over, but his
thoughts were Of me. / promised him
that / would do the best / could, and
stay by him to the end, If he would
take what few dollars we had for train
fare and go back to finish what he had
tried to escape from, so that he might
have q cOntented mind. This he did.
We have no children
The petition for pardon states that
Dress can show the pardon board that
1t would be TO the best interests of So
ciety and himself that he should be
released. and that the moral battle won
over himself shows that he is truly
repentant and is a proper and fit per-
son for leniency.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
ASK FOR DIAMOND DYES"
Don't Buy a Poor Dye That Fades,
Streaks or Ruins Material.

Each package OF Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple that any
woman can diamond-dye q new, rich,
fadeless color into worn, shabby gar
ments, draperies, coverings, whether
wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods.
Buy Diamond Dyes'-no other kind
then perfect results are guaranteed
even If you have never dyed before
Druggist has color card.-Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
New Rdras soils

The time for parasols is nearly here.
and there are lovely new models TO
tempt US. Smart new models are in
linen with deep borders of brilliantly
colOred Roman stripes. SILK parasols
are enhanced by wool embroidery and
are made in every detail TO harmonic
with the hand bags with which they
form a set. An imported parasol is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
Severely Practical.

Charley, DEAR said young Mrs.
TorkinS, that was a beautiful bou-
quet you brought me-"
"Glad you liked IT."
But"
"But what?"
Bread is expensive and liable TO be
scarce. The next time you have any
thing sentimental on your mind tell IL
with -four"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
Sharpen Scissors.

BY accident one day certain house
wife discovered that cutting sandpa-
per sharpened her scissors. Now she
does not have TO wait for the scissors
grinder to come around, for she al
ways keeps a sheet Of sandpaper in
her machine drawer to sharpen her
scissors with.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-06-04
Combines Coat and Cape.

4 type of coat suggested for general
wear is the model which combines coat
and cape. Sometimes the coat proper,
rather we'll fitted affair, is topped
with hip or waist length. Again
cape is simulated by the wide. flaring
sleeves.