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Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
SOLDIER TELLS
 FINE SCHEME
 TO LOOT VETS

Washington. July 29.-Testimony tending. to show that Daniel F.. O'Keefe, lawyer of New Britain, Conn, exacted 50 per cent. from a number of wounded soldiers of the late war in connection with the war risk frauds, was presented Tuesday to the federal grand jury at Washington. Four of the alleged victims told their stories to the grand jurors. The wit nesses also implicated Aloysius A. Young of New Britain as the man that sought them out and sent them to O.Keefe.
 ceived a check for $1, ,342, he says, out | of which he paid OKeefe one-half Julius Rastow of Bristol was entitled | to $947 for his isabilities, but gave one-half, he said, to O'Keefe. Vim | cent Rosenfitz of New Britain had a ] claim of $500, but received only one- half. He said that OKeefe, when | asked what 1t would cost, told him that others were paying 50 per cent and he consented to the same figures.
 Clifton T. Gibbons of New Haven said he was approached by a man calling himself Burke, but who, he | learned later was Young, who de- manded one-half for securing the
 claim of $500 due Gibbons. Burke o1 l Young sent him to O'Keefe, who ac-
 companied the witness to Washington Gibbons consulted his brother, who re. ferred the matter to a detective al New Haven. When Gibbons received his check he declined to pay O'Keefe's ialleged demand but later gave him $2 he sad.
 Assistant United States Attorne,
 Arth, who is conducting the investi
 gation, said that the government ha.
 evidence of a number of such frauds
 on veterans of the world war Twin,
 traced to O'Keefe. To avoid the ex pense of bringing a large number O
 witnesses to Washington, he selecte, the four witnesses presented Tuesday
 The names of the war risk employe
 connected with the alleged transactiol of O'Keefe and Young are William E Salisbury and David M. Griswold. The quartet will be charged, if tn grand jury returns preSentments. wit } violating sections 35, 37, 113 and 117 0 the penal code. The first two section refer to conspiracy to defraud tn l United States and the others to brih cry and attempted bribery.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
ReDublicanS To Meet
 On Merritt Day

Chairman Roraback of the Repubh- can state committee has decided to honor Congressman Schuyler Merritt by holding the meeting of the Repub- lican state committee for the purpose of naming a date for the state con- vention at Danbur on August 4. That is the date upon which the Republ1- cans of the Twenty-fourth district will honor the Fourth district congress- man. It Is to be known as Merritt
 day and the Merritt event will be held
 at the. Danbury fair grounds on that day.
 The following Is copy of a letter sent out to members of the state cen traI committee by Chairman Rora- back:
 "There will be a meeting of the Re- publican state central committee at the Republican club rooms, corner of
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30

W. c. Sanford will be the host for the next meeting of the Mems club Which is to be held at the Commun~ 1ty house on the evening of Aug. 21.
 A car carrying four boys became ditched and stalled near Putnam Park Tuesday afternoon, and one of the passengers crawled under it in an effort to learn by the aid of 9 lighted match, what the trouble was, A flash of flame followed and di- rect1y the machine was all -ablaze. Thomas and James Delaney came to the rescue and succeeded in putting out the fire after the machine had been considerably damaged.
 A Supper and dance for the bene- fit Of Evening Star lodge of Bethel was scheduled for this (Thursday) afternoon and evening at the Sanford school grounds with Mrs. Mary Peter son as manager and caterer.
 Disassembling his Ford car on
 Monday to ascertain what had put it
 out of commission Joseph Busser found the interior mechanism partly
 wrecked by-a fold of heavy wire which had been inserted by some un- known person of malicious intent. He says he would like to know who the individual is, but for the sake of all round tranquility it is perhaps as well that he doesn't know. The appeal of Fire Company No. 1 for subscriptions with which to mo- torize it's equipment is meeting. with a satisfactory response, nearly $20C having been contributed up to date. A. B. Frost and family have moved into their new residence near Five Points.
 MT. and Mrs. R. R. walbridge have gone to Cape Cod for weeks visi with Mrs. McWiEiams, sister of MT l Wa1bridge.
 | The Countess Turczynowicz has re. 1 turned to her home at the Ridge after ] successfully filling lecture engage. ments in Western cities covering . | period of about two months
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
UNITED STATES WAGES CAMPAIGN
 AGAINST FIRES

Washington, July 29.-Seldom, if ever, does the government advise speculation, but the Department of Agriculture says:
 eff you have got to gamble, take a flyer on the stock market or play the ponies, but don't take a chance on fire" It gives this advice in a cir cu1ar in its campaign against forest fires.
 ''It never pays to take a chance with f1re," says the circular. ''The biggest fires in history were started by those who didn't think the woods would burn. Be as careful of fire as you are of powder; it's just as dan gerous."
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
POVERTY IS PLEA
 OF TROLLEYS

Continued from Page One.)
 the day that the company derived the greater portion of it's revenue. The jitneys should be curbed during the rush hour as the Connecticut Com pany cannot live on the leavings of the titneys."
 Chairman Higgins of the Public Utilities Commission read a letter from Mayor Fitzgerald of New Haven which favored a five cent fare for New Haven and also stated that the public had lost confidence in the Con- necticut Company. Judge Moves, chairman of the board of trustees then remarked feel ingly that he did not see how the public could lose confidence in the trustees none of whom had any per sonal interest i'll the property and who were doing their best under the orders of the court to serve the peo- pie.
 Mayor Wilson, City Attorney Com ley and Alderman Arthur Brown o1 the fair fare commission were presen: from this city. and practically every town and city in the state were rep resented.
 George D. Watrous of New Haven and Joseph F. Berry of Hartford ap. peared as counsel for the company The Connecticut Company delegation at the hearing included Judge Moves Leonard M. Daggett and Morgan B Brainard, trustees; President Lucius Storrs, General Manager John K
 Punderford, assistant to President W. J. Flickinger. V. s. Curtis and Thomas J. McGreevy. The towns pro. | testing were represented as follows Judge Alex Arnold for Manchester Judge William l.. Bennett for New Haven, N. c. Downs of Stamford, F L. Sharks for Meriden~
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30

many as ten calves sired by pures bred Absrdeen-Angus bulls 1nfo a show, may get an appropriation of 325 for prize money, and a425 gold watch for grand champion over all breeds.
 The girls will receive $35 Swiss wrist watches, while the boys will receive open-faced gold watches, the value depending on the size of the show.
 Mfr. Charles Gray. secretary of t-e association at Chicago. has pre- pared an illustrated booklet so that any youngster who wishes to enter may know the full details. The booklet is frye.
 Boys. and girls won champion ships in six states last year with Aberdeen-Angus calves.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
OFFICERS WISH FOR RETURN
 OF FORMER DAYS

Berlin, July 27.-No one in Ger many signs more fervently for "the good old days of the Kaiser than the former army officer. Forced off the government payroll by the re- duction of the army, untrained for work other than soldering, and so generally disliked by the population that he has difficulty in finding any kind of employment. the officers lot in democratic Germany is a hard one. His pre-war world, in which he strutted about as the privileged pet of his emperor, has been utterly de- stroyed.
 Many have been reduced to ex- treme financial straits. The middle aged ex-officer gets a pension of B. 800 marks a year, but that is only about a fifth of the amount required to maintain a family. So urgent is their need that a movement has been set on foot to form an ex-officers' association for the purpose of induc- ing the government to provide them with land and subsidies.
 A former officer, dolefully discuss ing with the correspondent the plight of himself and his fellows, remarked
 that the expression once current in
 the United States. There's no good
 Indian but a dead Indian,'' applied | pIeClSeiy nOWaudyS to the deTman
 public's attitude toward the officer class.
 Private soldiers bear out this
 statement. "At the beginning of the war;" one said, ''the troops were fond of their officers, who ate the same food, carried their own packs and shared the hardships of the
 men. But most of the regular officers | were quickly killed off, and those left were sent away from the lines for staff and other duties.
 ''Thetr places were taken by re. serves, who were an entirely different lot. They had to have special kit chens and milk and plenty of wine They refused to march with the l troops, always riding in automobiles 1 and making the men carry theil packs. They were bullies and tyr. | ants. and the men grew to hate | them. The civilian population felt | the same way. I was in Belgium
 when the armistfce was signed, an6 when we withdrew to the Rhine1an6 l the people there were willing enough 1 to provide lodgings for us privates but they refused to have officers ir their homes Those fellows now are only getting what's coming to them In a number of cases ex-officers l have found themselves inadvertently l applying for work to the very prf l yates they once commanded. These former soldiers, business men an6 | shopkeepers. take keen delight, 1t i.
 said, in turning down their old .su. periors. Many of the young ex-of | ficers are taking up engineering ant
 other technical lines, starting at tht ! bottom of the ladder as manua | workers in overalls.
 | After the first revolution it was { | risky thing for an officer to appea, ! on the streets in uniform. They wer,
 emboldened by the Kapp coup las I March and since then have beer l showing themselves in increasin; numbers, especially student reserv,
 officers, who are easily identified b, l their pale faces s1ashed with fresl 1 sword cuts received in duels.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
PROF LESSOR TELLS
 ''WHAT AILS US''

Bloomington, Ind, July 29- Speaking here at the closing session of the rural educational conference on the subject What Ails Us," Pro- lessor G. I. Christie, of Purdue Uni versity, asserted that there were "too many diamonds and not enough alarm clocks; too many serge suits and not enough overalls.''
 As an inducement to keeping the boys on the farm he advocated closer and more friendly relations between city business men and the farmer stating that the farmer cannot com pete with the business man in the payment of high wages, which has | caused an acute shortage of farm help.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30

White and Main streets, Danbury, on o'clock p. m., daylight saving time, for the purpose of designating the time and place for holding the next Republican state convention for the nomination of candidates for presi- dential' electors, United States senator and state officers, and also to fix the date for holding caucuses, or prima- ries, in the several towns for the se-
 lection of delegates to said state con- vention and to the several congress |sional, senatorial and probate conven- tions''
 There will be ample time for the committee meeting before the dinner, as the latter event is not scheduled to begin until o'clock. An effort is be- ing made to secure a prominent speaker for the dinner.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
P0NZI.PAYS OUT A
 MILLION IN A DAY

Beware of speculators. : 4 syudl- cate of money sharks are buying up the notes of the Securities Exchange Company at small premiums for the purpose of holding them and collect ing 50 per cent. interest.
 They all know my notes Will De paid. warn the public against dis posing of their notes at loss. I shall pay everything in full.
 CHARLES PONZI."
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30

rNatfonal Crop Improvement Service.I "HE American Aberdeen-An-
 gus Breeders association, A believes in building man. hood by offering prizes for beef. As the old song goes:
 "A bunch of bully babies, Raise a bunch of baby bulls."
 $3,500 in Cash prizes and gold watches will be given to boys and girls winning with this breed dur ing the coming year. This is an increase of $2,5OO over the 1918 ap- propriation. Two states, Wiscon- sin and Minnesota get $100 each for their state shows and $35 gold watches for grand champions that carry Aberdeen-Angus blood.
 Any local show that puts as
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
RUMANIAN QUEEN. GIVES LESSON TO
 LUXURY BUYERS

Paris, July 2s-The Queen Of Ru- mania taught luxury buying folk a good lesson recently when she enter ed an antique shop. She picked up m amber statuette and asked the price, "One hundred and twenty pounds," was the reply. That's too much for me- said the Queen and her daughter Princess Elizabeth, who was with the Queen. added: They mn .4 t,s1k .>s AnaAraeans.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
BUSES TO STAY
 ON THE STREETS

(Continued From Page~One.) drivers licenses which have been is- sued since Sunday. A number of drivers secured licenses yesterday and few registrations for new machines were taken out. The number of new registrations has not yet reached the amount which was expected by the department officials
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30

Some people don't have to cultivate a garden as they possess an auto mobile, some capafious bags, 4nd have the dark of the moon carefully figured out.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

The old time hero saved sorneon from drowning, but the modern her makes a home run in the ninth in ming.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30

The old timers can't understand why the modern boy wants to be ou1 evenings, when he should be reading history under the parlor lamp.
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30

The modern bathing suit leaves abundant pasturage territory for the American mosquito.
 Anxiety is expressed by many of the girls because their checkerboard skirts are not conspicuous enough. | Aviation is being encouraged with s1.0oO,0O0 worth of prizes. not to speak of various artistic and costly monprnants
Republican farmer., 1920-07-30

Some men who say advertising 2 isn't read, will always drop into the barber's shop frequently so az forget a chance at the paper.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-29
MORE FOOTBALL
STARS TO FALL
weekly Clashes Tomorrow VIII
See Several vacating Cham.
pionship Row.
RI HENRY L. FARRELL,


UNITED Press STAT Correspondent
New York, Oct. 29-Some moro
occupants OF the top floor Fill be
elected tomorrow by the heartless
football landlord.
The lease Of several big elevens
on Championship row will expire
and they'll have to pitch tents
away from that exclusive neigh
borhO0d.
The West Point cadets are pack
ing in the east. while Chicago and
Ohio State are looking at each 9TH
or in the west with q who's 60
mgr stare.
OF the seven major undefeated
elevens of the east, the army has
tho toughest assignment Of the day
with Notre Dame.
Great Western Fight
Chicago and Ohio State will bat
tie each other in the hardest ses-
sion Of the wea. Centre and
Georgia Tech. will have II out In
the premier game Of the season,
while California and the Oregon
Aggies are the feature entree Of
the coast menu.
The Army-Notre Dame game Is
but one Of four interesting inter-
sectional games Michigan is
booked against Tulane, Harvard
plays Virginia and the Navy takes
on Western Reserve Of ohio.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-29
AUeIE IN TRIM
FOR MONMOUTH

Despite the wintry weather CoaoA
swsdburgs Augie huskies have
been practicins a. usual to kssp III
trim tor the game with Aonne1th
tomorrow ct Ericson Held.
Tho lineup that will psoea1oyI
start 10 swanson and Hoyt ends:j
q. Peterson and A. Larson. tacklee;
Cornell and C. Peterson, guas14sl
wickstrom. center: Dunn. auAftss-]
back; FAhlstrom and Holland, half-l
backs; Robinson. fullback. DsAg-I
ston and Rog Peterson. in the back
field are nursing game ankles. as|
is Carl Peterson in the line. It -
thought, however. that Pets's an1lel
will permit him to start. and thatl
Chuck Larson's charl1y horse ID hi
such shape that he can be used ~
necessary. -
Monmouth is bringing . heavy
team. including FIVE or six letter.
men, and will give the locals q
good run Augie will doubtless d.
feat them with safe margin. but
it will take real fight 10 do it,
Preparations are being made for y
large crowd.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-29

New York. OF. 2S.-(United
Press. John ]. McGraw, manager
and part owner Of the New York
CiAutS, will appear in federal court
next meath to answer an indict-
meat charging him with violation
of the volstead act
The Indictment, returned BY .
federal, grand jury late yesterday.
alleges that he had . bottle Of
whisky in lhis possession the night
Of Aug. 8 when he had IN altsrca-
ton which ended in serious injuries
to John e. Slavin, the comedian.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-29
4 sCHooLDoY CLASSIC.
Tomorrow Douglas park will re-

T0mOffOW douglas park Will To-
echo with girlish trebles and boy
ish shouts - 20 Rock Island and
Moline high school football play
efs clash III their annual match to
determine the championship.
Tradition Is that the annual Rock
Tslsnd-Molins high school football
game wolves into one Of the Bit
terest sport contests Of the year
Rivalry between the neighboring
schools borders on feudalism.
There il everything to gain And
everything to lose, they hold.
Tri-city football fans Of advane-
ed age can recall their own school
day thrills over this epic encounter.
Rock island alumni, old and young.
will meet on common ground to-
morrow In Response to the call Of
self thrills. They never die
the thrills. !
There is nothing so sweet to the
alumnus as the call Of his alma
mater. 1t brings back the days
when the spirit of youth held life
only q song; when, with rugged
health and pulsating spirits. moth
ing else seemed to matter.
For tomorrow, Just for tomorrow,
let US older boys and girl forget the
Independents and the world cham
pionship for one afternoon, If such
were possible, and rally again in
respornse to-the alma mater chat
falls like an angelus in yales Of
maturity.
The writer, though not Of tri-city
lineage, is. nevertheless quite sus-
ceptible to the lure of schoolboy
athletics. He served time" at such
institutions as Mercersburg acad-
envy. st. Johns Military academy,
SwarthmOre Prep, Phillips-Exeter
academy, Cascadilla Prep OF It'll
AGA. and eventually, Cornell uni
versity.
And. take it from him, there ia
| none like a prep or high school for
untrammeled spirit. Eighteen years
have not lessened the thrill or
Swallowed the lure. You all owe
annual obeisance to your high
school. See that you pay it tomor-
row.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-29
SEEK IDENTITY OF
CURANS WHOSE BID
GETS BIG RING GO

New York. Oct. 29.-tUnited
Pfess.)-Chief interest in the
Dempsey-Carpentier fight now Gen.
ters in speculation as to the
identity Of the mysterious Cubans
who are said to have offered . for
tune for the bout
Kearns and Dempsey are leaving
for Montreal tomorrow to do some
exhibition work but they are re-
turning the first Of the week. The
articles, they intimated, would be
signed next Thursday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-29
,ZUPPKE STRATEGY OUT FOR
THIRD TspxuRuuuu.S

Coach Bob Zuppke Of Illinois,
with the conference titles of the
two preceding years to his credit,
is after the unique record of three
straight in the Big Ten. The Illini
coach, who is believer in the open
and close play attack, used it sue
cesstully against the Hawkeyes,
who were unable to resist it.
When the opposing team draws
up its secondary defense-'to REIN
force the forward wall, the Illini
cut loose with forward passes. II
the enemy keeps its secondary de-
Tense back. Zuppke's men plough
ahead through the line. That IS
Zuppke strategy.
The illinois eleven is built
around Captain Depler, the 1918
second All-American choice for
center. And Depler is better than
ever this season. His passing is
accurate and his defensive work in
comparable.
Crangle plays a hard, smashing
game at fullback. He seems to be
the hardest, hitting fullback in the
Big Ten this year. II he keeps up
his present form. he'll be hard to
keep off the All-American selec-
tion.
The Fletcher brothers, Bob at
quarter and Ralph at half. are 2
year veterans Of collegiate football.
Bob's spectacular playing was re-
sponsible last year for the defeat Of
Ohio state, which gave Illinois the
title Falph IL . cool-headed ar
ticle, whose placement kicks are
expected 10 bobs: Illinois scores In
close games. beside this, he's al
expert ooen-fi>i6 runner
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-29
mIlLlkEN SEEKS
TITLE SATURDAY
AGAINST EUREKA


bloomington. .Ili., Oct .1s.--Nins
sames ore scheduled in the Illinois
intercollegiate athletic conference
race tor tomorrow, the most
important Of which 10 the Milliken-
Eureka clash scheduled for De-
catur.
Eureka has suffered but one de-
feat to date, that being at the
hands Of the Illinois Wesleyan
eleven. while Millfken has kept its
slate clean against all corners.
Until last week, Eureka was con-
sidered a championship contender,
but their 20 to IA defeat at the
hands Of Wesleyan eliminated the
Woodford county entrants from the
race.
Milliken practically cinched the
1920 championship when they de-
feated the strong Augustana eleven
at Decatur. last Saturday, to 0, In
one Of the hardest fought games
ever staged in this conference.
IuuAIAcn - f8SOEcUs
Although Eureka will give the
Mil1iken eleven . tough battle this
Saturday. the Decatur machine is
expected to come through with fly-
ing colors. With the exception Of
the Wesleyan game which is sched-
uled for Nov. Is at Bloomington,
the rest of the Milliken schedule is
comparatively easy.
Wesleyan will engage the Illinois
college eleven at Jacksonville, Sat-
urday, in a game which promises to
be a hard fought affair. Although
Coach IIarmon's eleven 10 not up to
the standard of former Illinois col
lege teams, the Jacksonville mentor
has banded together a veteran team
There is much rivalry attached
to the Knox-Lake Forest non-con-
ference game which will be played
at Lake Forest Saturday. Should
the Galesburs eleven 80 through til
schedule undefeated, it is highly
probable that a game will be ar.
ranged for Thanksgiving day be.
tween Coach Barry's eleven and the
Milliken team. This game would
settle the conference title beyond
all doubt.
The remainder Of this weeks
scheduled games are Of minor i'm
portance, insofar as the conference
race is concerned.
Bradley ys. Normal
Bradley, fresh from a 4S to 0 vic
tory over Hedding college, will en-
gage the green State Normal clever
at Peoria Saturday. Monmouth
meets AugustaifA at Rock ISLAND
Saturday in game which the Ag
gies will win without much EFFORT
Lombard engages the veal
Carthage eleven at Galesburg Sat
urday and should experience no diff
ficulty in annexin8 this contest.
Blackburn college eleven journey:
to Lebanon to tackle>the. McKen
dree college team, which suffered
IL to 0 defeat At the hands Of Lin
coin college last week in a gam
which cost the McKendree clever
the services of two of its star men
The inexperienced Charleston
Normal eleven will journey to Bour
bonnais next Saturday to NEE: tn
St. Viators team in a game which
the Finnigan athletes should win b!
q large score.
Northwestern Normal meet
Wheaton college at Wheaton Satur
day, in a game of little importance
which the Wheaton eleven shout,
win without much difficulty.