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Putnam patriot., 1920-02-20

DIR. GEORGE McSieudh, WI. ii"iN'
Il. Sumner ca' Ceor~e Saranson at
tended the Connecticut Farm exhibit
at Hartford last week,
Tie Valentine Social which was to
have been hela FEB. 14th has been
cancelled. A Washington Social is to
ae given instead Friday evening In
The church vestry.
The Hcme Economics aeoartme II
has hesa obliged TO canoes a meeting
roe Feb. 239l because Of weather
conditions. This tax is t. be most
interesting one on First Aii' and is
c be held March 23rd at Mrs. Geo.
M. SIMPSONS. A nurse will be pres
ent D. demonstrate. The other Wood
rock branches are invited to attend.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-30

Slaughter was there, and | says Il
want YOU to understand that | was not
trying to get YOU in bad, but | wanted
to see if you knew how this thing
was going, and he says, yes. l know
everything" and | says. do you know
that Mrs. Willard is paying the chief
for protection ?" and he says "yes" and
I says chow did you ask the chief
when you went up there ,? and he
says Il told him | wanted it on the
same terms that Mrs Willard is doing
at the Riverside and he said alright,
to go on back and he would send some
of the boys down to collect" and |
asked him also if he had seen the chief
around there, and he said no and |
says did he know it was a fact that
Mrs. Willard had visited him at the
city hall and he says yes, | do. and
| saws, you see how things are 60
ing?" and he was trying to make
me the fall guy. which he said he
he saws alright, it looks awful funny
that they would try to ring ME into it
because | know all about this and
told Mr.. Slaughter Just what ! was
going to do and for him not to touch
aHYInlnS. lNSI WaHleu MIN 10 VIII
ness that he had told Mr.. Slaughter
that him and l would split this four
ways at the Franklin.
Q. What was the purpose of paying
over money by the Franklin house.
A. Protection for woman.
Q. For one woman?
A. Yes.
O. Do you know whether the woman
was in there?
A. No, she was not in there
Q. Did you have a conversation with
the proprietor Of the Franklin house
as to paying protection money before
Mr.. Hill instructed you to go there?
A. No.
Q. Did Mr.. Hill tell you that this
was protection money for one woman
A. Yes.
Q. How long prior to your leaving
the force was this conversation with
the proprietor Of the Franklin house?
A. Just two or three dsvs.
Q. Then it was about Tuesday or
Wednesday of the week following the
time you took the money from the
Ramona House and Mrs. Willard?
Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-30
Continued from yesterday

Q. iou never saw him on any oc-
did you?
A. Yes. sir.
Q. Which occasion?
A. | believe this was the same time
that he received the $25 the seconC
time.
Q. Had you been instructed by MIR
Hill to go to the Franklin rooms?
A Yes, sir.
Q. Did you go there?
A No, sir.
Q. Why didn't you?
A. Well, this fellow Franklin had
been telling me all the time about TINS
old lady Willard and the chief being
so thick ali the time and | would not
go there because l knew he was for
the old lady, he was in with her and
the chief, and he knew all about her
and the chiefs business and he had
been telling me all the time, and | told
him how this thing was coming and |
did not want TO get him mixed up INTO
it. and he told me the chief SAID for
him to go ahead and put a woman IN
there, and he would send one of US
down there to do the collecting, and
the evening | went down to the Frank
lin he wanted to see Mr.. Slaughter,
the night deputy.
Q. This is the son of the deputy
sheriff?
A. Yes. sir, and when | got down
there ! told Mr.. Slaughter, says "the
chief has been trying to throw the
load off on me, and | want you to
know what he was doing. how he Is
trying to get me, and for you not to
get into this, want you as witness
to state that he has been doing this
stutl." and he says alright we want
10 tell the fellow at tie Franklin, and
he calls the fellow in the Franklin, and
in the mean time | went down and told
this fellow at the Franklin. | told him
not to put woman in there. that the
chief and this old lady was framing
up, and for him not to get in bad. that
had done got this thing just where
I wanted it, and we met the fellow
at the Franklin at the corner OF Fifth
and Main that night. and says.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-30
WAR R MITE
{ O n D { N Ed
Continued from page one)

ing, etc, for the pavement and then
let the contracts to the lowest bidder.
1t was pointed out that this was
virtually handing the bid awards to
the Warrente people because of the
more expensive than a concrete base
and this extra expense is to be borne
by the county, enabling the Warrenite
bidders to take advantage of this as
sistarce to put in a lower bid.
The fact that the Warrenite patents
expire in May, after which the county
can use this kind Of pavement with
out the royalty. seemed to call for no
hurry in the opinion OF the auto
dealers.
Their resolution was another direct
slap at the methods of the highway
commission. The board of supervisors
has called for bids to be opened at
meeting Of the board April 5.
President ]. D. Moughmer of the
Imperial Valley Good Roads associa
ton was present, at the invitation of
the dealers, and explained in detail
how the voters of the county and the
taxpayers are going to be forced to
pay the useless royalties unless some
action is taken.
There was talk Of injunctions but no
definite action was taken.
The action of the auto dealers is but
the elimination of mighty protest
which has been steadily growing in
all parts of the county.
The auto dealers discussed the COM
ing automobile show from all angles
and laid plans to make it tremendous
success.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-30
WIVES, RELATIVES
AS HOSTAGES FOR
AVIATORS RETURN

WARSAW, March 30,-Aviators of
the Russian bolshevik army have been
warned that their wives or near rela-
tives will be held as hostages if they
fail to return from a flight. according
to story told to the Poles by one
Russian flyer who came down within
the Polish lines near Dvinsk. The Rus
sian aviator denied that his own land
ing was preneditated and asserted
that he loved his wife too much to
leave her as hostage. He said the
order resulted from discovery by the
tolshevik commander that number
Of their flyers had planned to desert
and use their planes to seek refuge in
Poland. The plane used by the bolshe
vik was Of an obsolete type built in
France carly in the war and had seen
hard usage.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-30
BEAL
VISITS OIL WELL

BRAWLEY, March 30.-"My visit
to the oil well Sunday afternoon was
most satisfactory one and the well
is showing strong gas pressure with
oil coming through the water in the
same encouraging strength as last
week" This is the statement made by
President Frank Beal. who came in
last night from day spent at the
Brawley we'll Of the Imperial Oil d
Development company.
Mr.. Bcal was greeting all inquirers
with an optimistic smile and believes
that within the next 10 days the eX-
pectant oil well will be brought in as
a paying producer. DR.. Starke, the
geologist in charge, has returned to
Los Angeles after giving instructions
as to the method of continuing the
drilling.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-30

"If you don't know the proper wrong
number to ask for to get your home,
YOU are inefficient.-Wall Street
journal.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-30

WASHINGTON, March 30.-Presi-
dent WILSON, summer home will be
at the village of Woods Hole, Mass.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-30

Continued Tomorrow
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-12
IN MEMORY OF MRS. S. W. GREEN
DE SOTO, GA.

1t seems at times the human mind
is slow to realize that the voice of a
loved one is stilled until the final day.
But we would refrain from deep
outward sorrow over the departure of
our dear aunt. She has gone to a
land of rest to reside after all these
years of work combined with a bit
of loneliness, having been widow
for forty-seven years, chlldless, moth
er gone, alb brothers and sisters
only an aged aunt, Mrs. C. H. Clopton
and nieces and nephews left-alas we
realize too late that there was bit
of sunshine we might have scattered.
Aunt Sallie was to those she loved
as a guardian angel always watching
for an opportunity to do an act of
love and kindness-her very life was
theirs
Again, she depended on no one,
through all these years she has been
self-sustaining and finally, when the
end of earthly life came, January |,
1920, she had prepared with her own
hands everything that should be done.
We miss her, and as the days go by
we realize more and more that she
is resting. We hope that God will
magnify her good deeds and our
memory as the years go by be bright
ened by the fact that we may meet
her once again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-12
Old Farmers Alliance
Firm Almost Unchanged

LESLIE, Jan. 12.-At a stockhold-
ers' meeting, Jan. 7, the old firm of
johnson, Wilson Co. elected the fol
lowing officers for anoTner year: j.
Z. johnson, president; j. E. Ranew,
vice president; ]. T. Bolton, mana
ger.
The firm of Johnson, Wilson Co.
was organized 81 years ago, buying
out the firm of Farmers Alliance. E.
L. Wilson was elected business mana
ger and has served very successfully
in that capacity since, until this year,
having sold his stock when j. I. Boil
ton was elected manager. The style
of the firm will be changed after
Feb. % to Johnson, Bolton Co.
The firm has practically the same
stockholders that it had when first
organized. The regular statesmen for
the present will be J. T. Bolton, ]. D.
Bolton and J. NJ. Bowen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-12
u" Tinker Bob IL
EaAs -s<a@8Stories 4pC5 I
l13sahaAg9E. byCarvsle T. Hocomb o&9 E Esz92syEaJ
byCarlysle 4. Holconb

Snow Shoe. Il suppose you thought
you would catch me asleep"
81 supposed you always slept in
the daytime said Mr.. Weasel.
81 do, and / supposed you always
slept in the daytime, too" returned
Snow Shoe. But you are such a
treacherous fellow that no one
knows when you sleep"
"The last time | saw you, Mr..
Snow Shoe, your fur was brown, and
now you are as white as | am"
81 always change with the sea-
sons" answered Snow Shoe. Nov
that the snow is here | must turn
white. But why do you slip up on
me so cautiously without saying a
word"
ooh, I just wanted to surprise you,
that was all You know | would not
harm any one that turns white like
| do in the winter time. Just let me
come close to you, Mr.. Snow Shoe,
that | may examine your fur. !
would like to see if it is just like
mine"
The North Wind became suspic-
ious when Mr.. Weasel said this and
at once swept over the forest to the
cave in the rock, and when Snoopy
the Bob Cat heard North Wind whis-
tie he arose from his bed and went
out. Sure enough when he lifted
his nose high in the air he scented
Mr. Weasel and Snow Shoe, the
Rabbit of the North. At once he
struck out through the forest, follow
ing closely North Wins.< instruction.
Tomorrow - The King Follows
Snoopy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-12
MR.. WEASEL MEETS SNOW SHOE

MIN. WEAoEL WEI > ONOW Sf1OE
MR.. Weasel the Great promised to
S'Abe careful about attacking any
forest creature in the future. Snoopy
therefore went back to his cave in the
rock. After he was gone and Mr..
Muskrat had plunged through a hole
in the ice and swan away to his
home, Mr.. Weasel decided he would
try once more and see whether
Snoopy would find it out or not. So
he wandered off through the thicket,
determined in his own mind to kill
the first creature that came in his
path.
1t wasn't long till he stopped dead
still, shifted the air and said to
himself: "There is some one not far
away, | believe he is asleep in that
brush heap just beyond yonder
knoll"
The knoll was only few yards
away and the pile of brush was Just
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-12
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP N0STRILS
Tells How To Get Quick Relief
from Head Colds. It's Splendid!

In one minute your clogged nostrils
will open, the air passages Of your head
will clear. and you can breathe freely.
No more hawking, snufiing, blowing,
headache, dryness. No struggling for
breath at night; your cold or catarrh
will be gone.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t pen
etrates through every air passage of the
head, soothes the infamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in.
stantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up
with a cold or nasty catarrh--ReIief
comes 50 quickly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-12
STOP ITCHING ECZEMA
Penetrating, Antiseptic Zemo
Will Help You

Never mind ow often you have tried
and failed, 20, AN stop burning, itching
eczema quickly by applying Zemo.
Furnished by any druggist for 35c Extra
large bottle, $l.00. Healing begins the
moment Zemo is applied. In a short
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similar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making it
vigorously healthy, alwaysuse Zemo, the
penetrating, antiseptic liquid. 1t is not
Observation-Disclosures. When
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-12

on the other side. Mr. Weasel crept
slowly toward it, constantly sniff
ing the air. AS he came to the edge
of the brush he stopped suddenly
peering with eager eyes into the
midst of the tangled branches.
"Ah, hal" said he to himself, 81
see the fellow and l will get him."
He crept slowly under the brush
but sad indeed for him, he stepped
on small branch that snapped. In
stantly Mr.. Snowshoe Hare jumped
out of the brush pile and was out
of Mr.. Weasel's reach.
'Now, what are you up to-" said
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-12
A COLD BELIEVER
- = .s4.s4 Ss4
FOR FIFTY YEARS
DR.. Kings New Discovery
has a successful record
of half a century

TIME-TRIED for more than fifty
years and today at the zenith
of its popularity When you
think of that, you are bound to be
convinced that DR.. Kings New Dis
cOyery does exactly what it is meant
to do-soothes cough-raw throatS,
cOngestiOn-tOrmented chests, looSens
phlegm-pack, and breaks the most
obstinate cold and grippe attack.
DR.. Kings is safe for your cold,
for your mothers cold, for the kid
dies cold. couch Group. Leaves no
diSAgreeable ufter-effects. coo. and
$40 bottles at your drug lists.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-12

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO .QUININE
(Iablets) 1t stops the Cough and Head
ache ana works off the Cold. f. W.
GROVES signature on each box. Soc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-07
REDS MAKE STAND
Increased Artillery Fire Checks
Polish Advance at Kiey.
Soviet Reports Repulse of In.
vading Forces.

Warsaw, May 6.-Bolshevik troops
fighting in the defense of the city of
Kiev have strengthened their resist
ance considerably during the last
twenty-four hours. The battle for the
possession of the city still is raging,
according to latest dispatches.
The fighting is said to be particu-
larry severe northwest of the city,
where the Bolsheviki are using artii-
lery stationed just behind the front
line entrepchments. Other heavy
guns are stationed IN the bridgehead
territory there and are directing a
heavy fire against the attacking Pol
ish and Ukrainian troops.
1t is assumed the soviet army is
bringing up artillery from east of the
Dnieper river as shell fire is gradually
increasing as additional pieces are
placed in position. Railroad and high
way bridges in front of Kiev were de-
stroyed by the retreating Bolsheviki
but they are being rapidly repaired by
the Poles.
Polish gains are reported along the
Dniester river further south. Ukrain-
ian forces are driving southwark to-
ward Odessa and are reported to have
captured the village of Karninonka.
Polish troops advancing on kiey
were repulsed by the Bolsheviki on
the line of the Irpen river. it is an
nounced in a soviet, government COM
munique dated Thursday, received
from Moscow today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-07
Asks Court To
ProUe Her Race
White-Skinned and Blue-Eyed She
Denies Negro Parents-One Drop of
Her Blood to Tell the Truth-It's
Last Test.

Omaha, May THE future of IA
year-old Thora McCree lay in a drop
of her blood under a microscope here
today. Thora hoped the blood test
will show she is white. Her foster
parents claim she is a negress-
The girl-blue-eyed and straight
haired-lived her life among negroes.
Her parents" Mr.. and Mrs. John
McCree, operated a negro restaurant
where the little girl lived a Cinderella
existence among dirty kettles and
dishes
A negress gave her the idea that
she is of Caucasian extraction. So she
slipped from school and reported TO
the juvenile court. appealing for aid
in establishing her race. Ordinary
racial tests showed no negroid strain.
authorities said. The final decision
was left to ella borate blood tests.
Mrs McCree emphatically claimed
the girl as her own.
"Thora is half white she said.
There's nothing to tell of her birth.
That's sacred Mr.. McCree also claim
ed parentage-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-07
REDS IN REVOLT
Several Italian Districts Con.
trOled by Anarchists.
General Sent to Take Charge Is
Made Prisoner.

Rome, May 6-Anarchists have
gained the upper hand in several dis
tricts in Italy and disorders have oc-
Cured, especially in Leghorn where
the extremists invaded the cham Der
of labor and committed acts of vio-
lence.
Police and military forces were
compelled to interfere and in the me-
lee two persons were killed and more
than thirty wounded. RaHwaymen
have refused to allow train to leave
Bologna until 800 carabineers on their
way to Viareggio were taken from the
cars.
The strike of peasants in the lower
districts of province of Verona is be-
coming grave, owing to the violent
measures taken by the strikers Peas
ants who refuse TO join in the strike
are reported to have been shot and
strikers are accused of starving cattle
and threatening death to proprietors.
Six thousand strikers are alleged to
have invaded fields. setting fire to
Standing crops and spreading terror
among the inhabitants who already
are suffering from lack of food.
Governm entail authorities are taking
energetic steps and are dispatching
troops with machine guns to all dan
ger points.
General Castelazzo. who was sent to
Viareggio by the government when the
strike situation there became serious,
was placed under virtual arrest upon
his arrival and his automobile was
burned by mob, says the Tribuna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-07
SAYS ACT INVALID
State Claims Soldier Memorial
Bill Enormously Enrolled.
Seeks Writ of Mandamus
Against Salina Bond Issue.

Claiming that the enrolling clerk of
the last legislature had enormously
enrolled a bill empowering counties to
vote bonds for soldier memorials,
George McDermott, representing the
state of Kansas today filed a petition
for a writ of mandamus in supreme
court against the city of Salina. The
petition asks that the court declare
the proposed 100000 bond issue of
the city of Salina for a soldiers MEM
orial to be Illegal
There were fully half a dozen bills
improperly enrolled at the last legis-
lature and signed by the governor and
lieutenant governor" McDermott said.
Later the clerk returned and cor
rected his errors We wish to ascer-
tain if the court finds these correc-
tions are legal"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-07
BAKERS To Topeka
Two Hundred Breadmakers Will
Convene Here Tuesday.
Governor Allen Will Address
Transmississippi Association.

The fifth annual convention of the
Trans Mississippi association of the
Baking Industry will hold a two-day
session in Topeka. Tuesday and We'd
nesday, May II and IL. More than
two hundred bakers from Kansas. Mis-
souri,, Nebraska and Iowa will come to
Topeka for the convention, the first
meeting of the organization to be held
in Kansas. All sessions will be held
at the Chamber of Commerce.
G. L. Jordan of Topeka is president
of the association and was in&ru-
mental in bringing the annual conven-
ton to Topeka. Other Topekans ac-
tive in the work of the association are
E. J. Smiley, II. D. Yoder: E. B. Sew
ell. Jr.; J. r. Baldwin, Sam Alexander
and David Page.
The convention will open Tuesday
morning, May IL, at 1890 o'clock at
the Chamber of Commerce. Impor-
tant events of the Tuesday program
will be addresses by d. P. Chindblom
of Chicago. secretary of the American
Association of the Baking Industry;
DIR. H. E. Barnard of Minneapolis, di-
rector of the American Institute of
Baking; z. j. Smiley of the Grain
Dealers association of Topeka. on 1.-The
Kansas Wheat Crop; Prof. L. A. Fitz
Of Manhattan, who will talk on flour
milling, with motion picture iilustra-
tions from modern mills, and H. D.
Yoder of Topeka, whose subject will
be eliminating the Excess Profits
Tax to Reduce the High Cost of Liv-
ing"
The standard bread weight law ef-
fective in Indiana, which is of interest
to bakers all over the country. will be
the subject of talks on Wednesday
morning by A. L. Taggart of' Indian
apolis and Jay Burns of Omaha, Neb
THE Labor Situation and How TO
Meet IT. is another important address
on the Wednesday program, to be
given by Win H. Campbell of the
Campbell Baking company. Kansas
City.
Governor Allen will address the
Bakers Wednesday afternoon on the
industrial court law.
A banquet and theater party are
planned for the visitors Tuesday night
with the Topeka bakers as hosts. The
meeting in Topeka will close Wednes-
day afternoon. The bakers then will
go to Kansas City for special enter
tainment of the delegates Wednesday
evening and Thursday. May 13.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-07
SEIZE ALIEN PROPERTY HERE
Mollic Leopold, Now Residing in Ger
many, Loses $4,000 Interest.

The undivided one-half interest
owned by Molfe Leopold, enemy alien,
in the property at 811 Topeka avenue,
has been seized by John Kirk, repre-
senting the Prudential Trust company,
on the order of Frances P. Carver,
alien property custodian.
Mollie Leopold is now living in Ger
many, according to Kirk. A notice
was posted on the house to the effect
that the property had been seized.
Just what disposal the government will
make of it Kirk was unable to say.
1t is probable. he said, that all alien
property seized in this country will
be used in the adjustment of indem-
mites growing out of the war. Mollie
Leopold's interest in the Topeka ave-
nue. property does not exceed $4,000
it was said.
With the exception of a dozen mort
cages, aggregating $4,000 which were
left to German citizens in the Burton
and Durein estate some time ago, this
is the first instance of the seizure of
alien property in Topeka