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The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-11
$4,000 NECKLACE
STOLEN FROM WOMAN

Chicago, Mar. ia rope OF
pink pearls, valued at fifty
thousand dollars said to consist
of seyenty-eight perfectly
matched gems. was stolen from
Mrs. Robert r. Carr, Chicago
society woman, at Watkins, n.
Y, it became known today. A
reward of fifteen thousand dol
lars has been offered
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-11
G. O. p HINT ACCEPTANCE MILD Ten
REPORT CALL FOR 25 PER CENT INCREASE IN COAL WAGES
SIMS HOPES TO SUBSTITUTE THE
CHARGE AGAINST NAVY BY HOOVER
LITTLE GIRLS SLAYER
PAYS FULL PENALTY

Eddyville. Ky, Mar, 11.-Pe-
ter Kimbrough, alias Will Lock
EFT, convicted slayer of little
Geneva Hardman, confessed
slayer of four women, died in
the electric chair this morning.
The negro died with little show
of emotion.
The Cordele dispatch., 1920-03-11
A "Delayed" Policy

Washington, Mar. 11.-Indications
that the Navy Department withheld
the sending OF all available American
Naval Craft to European waters early
in the war because of desire to
keep the main body OF the nations
sea strength intact for possible even
iualities, were contained in Rear Ad-
miral Sims testimony today before
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
PINPLY?! WELL. DON'TBE
People Notice 1t. Drive Them
Off with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pimply face will not enbarass YOU
much longer if you get a package oil
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin
should begin to clear after you have
taken the tablets few nights.
Cleanse the blood. bowels and liver
with DR. Edwards Olive Tablets. tie
successful substitute for colonel: there's
no sickness or pain after taking them.
DR. EDWARDS Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and Just as efiec-
lively. but their action IS gentle and
safe instead of severe and irritating
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever cursed with dark brown taste.
a bad breath, a dull, istiess. no good
feeling. constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face.
Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable
compound mixed with olive oil. YOU Will
know them by their olive color.
DR.. Edwards spent years among Da-
tents afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result. Take ole or
two nightly for a week. See how much
better you feel and look. l0c and 25c.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
Great Medicine
Made From Corn Silk-Ex-
cites Favorable Comment
kidney and Bladder Ailments Danish
cd by Few Doses.

Corn silk The same SIX" YOU
see protrudinE from the husk Of corn.
produces a fine medicine for kidney
and bladder Irregularities when com
pounded with other simple drugs as in
Balmwort Tablets.
Balmwort Tablets contain power
full extract OF corn silk. which quick
ly relieves the inflammation and con
gestion that causes such distress as
pains in back and hips. rheuamtic twin
ges nervousness. severe headaches. ac
companied by frequent desire to elm
mate. followed by scalding. burning
sensation The patient is compelled 10
arise frequently to relieve pitiful pres
sure. even though a scanty flow fol
lows. The eyes appear "bloodshot,"
the sleep is restless. and sometimes
fever, followed by chills, cause great
unrest II IS unwise to neglect such
symptoms. when few doses Of Balm
wort Tablets can-be taken for relief.
Alice Trobough. 1927 South twenty
fourth street, Omaha. Neb. writes Il
have used one tube of your Balmwort
Tablets and find that they are the best
have ever used for kidney and blad-
der trouble
ASK any leading druggist for . tube
Of Balmwort Tablets. Price. 500
Adv.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
FEAR STRIKE OF
R. R. EMPLOYEES IF
HINES REFUSES


WASHlNGrON. Feb. "A general
strike 81 railroad employees without
authority from their leaders. lis feared
by railroad brotherhood chieftans if
Director Cen Hines refuses 10 grant
increased wages To railroad brother
hoods when he meets with the railroad
representatiVe tomorrow
This fear was expressed today by
tho leaders gathering here. although
they were reluctant to talk about tho
question of a strike as the leaders do
not desire such action.
J. +. Malloy, Wee president ST the
brotherhood Of maintenance OF way
employees. today declared that uuau-
thorised strikes are bound to occur if
Director Gen. Hines gives an unfavor-
able answer on the wage demands
Malloy and other leaders predicted
that II there are "A few unauthorized
strikes that they VIII spread and may
result in a general strike situation
serious enough 10 hamper the trans
pOrtation facilities Of the nation The
officers OF the railroad unions here to-
day were flooded with letters from i'm
dividual workers declaring that there
must be strike if wages are not i'm
creased. and an leaders shared the
opinion of Malloy that IT win be diff
hcult TO restrain the men il their de-
mands are not met.
The brotherhood leaders today re-
ceived informal information that Dir
ector Gen. Hines is prepared to grant
slight increases to the maintenance
ct way employees. the shop laborers.
the dining car conductors and the rail-
road clerks
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
INFLUENZA WAS
1918 EEADLINER
CONVERSATIONAL NEWS SERVICE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON. 40 influenza
and pneumonia caused the greatest
number Of deaths during 1918. accord
ing to the annual compilation Of NOR
talty statistic sfor 1913 issued by
the census bureau today
The report shows I471 ,267 deaths IN
1919 Of which f77.467. or 80 per cent
were due TO influenza and pneumonia.
$50 800 deaths having occurred from
these causes during the last four
months of the year The death rate
for influenza and pneumonia wa
5S32 per 100000 the highest death
rates tho nation was ever known from
these causes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
PROMINENT
HESSV|LLE
MAN TAKEN
ESPECIAL 10 LIE 1lmEs


iESSNILLE. Ind, Fen . Thomas r.
German. president Of tho Board of school
Trustees of iiessvil;c died this morning
a his home iu IIessvIlc he was taken
sick with influenza few days ago and
apparently was on the road to recovery
when an affection OF the heart developed
and all efforts made to save him wcre Oh
no avail
Mr. German was nifty years old. and
has been a long time resident Of Hess
vile. and actively Identified with all
movements for the Improvement OF the
community. He was especially active
during the war in supporting Liberty
Loan ana Red Cross drives lie had a
son IN active service in France and took
great pride in the record his son made
ana by his own efforts contributed in
no small way to the success Of Hess
villes war activities.
He was one Of the organizers Of tho
town Of Hessville and became the presi-
dent Of its first school board In that
position. as in all other matters. that
concerned the people among whom he
lived. he has devoted his time and
thought 10 administer the schools eff
GENTLY. He was quiet and unas s4ming.
but thoroughly reliable in ali his busi-
ness and personal relationships. lie had
a host OF friends and no enemies and all
the people Of HessvIle and his many
friends in Hammond feel a sence o : deep
personal loss in his death
lie leaves a widow and eight children,
al Of whom have the profound SYN pathy
Of the entire community in their bereave-
ment. Funeral arran gements have not
been completed. The services will he
held on Wednesday at All Saints church
in Hammond. the time to be announced
latnr
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
CAPTURED HOLDUPS
WITHIN TWO HOURS

The East Chicago police did some
good work early Sunday morning
when within few hours after a re-
ported holdup the holdup man had
been arrested and identified by the
victim 4 call was received at the
station shortly before three o'clock
from the Inland. saying that Marcus
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
THE TIMES
FINANCIAL
COI.ULIN

Receipts $4,000: market slow
steady to 10 higher; bulk, 15.toGf 1a.aa, .
ton. 1876. heavyweight "a - q 15.1o,
medium weight 15.t0015.5o, light
weight, 15.I5a l5.6o. light lights. 49,
q 1880; heavy packing sovs. smooth.
400 N14.50. packing sows, rough. l3 IS
G 1900. PIGS. 14.o0a14S5.
Receipts. $4,000; market is
weak to 25 lower; calves steady to so
lower. beef steers. medium and heavy
weight 1857 t7.25 choice and prime.
-. medium and good, t1.4oG 1885; light
weight, 1915 q 1915, good and choice,
~. common and medium. 500 a 1910;
butcher cattle; heifers. 6.75 a 1880. COW
6.75Q 12.15; bulls, 750n11-25. Gamers
and cutters 6.25 500. veal calves
dhght and handyweighD 1915 a 1880.
feeder steers. SEQ 12.25, stocker steer
7.25a 1o.75; stocker cows and heifers.
6.7s 81 2 .oe; stocker calves. S.o0@11.O0.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
ALASKAN RAILWAY
BLOCKED BY SNOW

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl
DAWSON. u II. Feb. 2-The White
Pass and yukon railroad operating
between White Pass and Skagway -
olockaded hv an unusually heavy fall
of snow according to word received
here today a rotary snow plow IS
reported unable 81 function because
81 ne heavy drifts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
POLICE LOOK INTO
RECENT ACCIDENT

Police 81 Hammond Central station
are invcstigatins the accident in
which 9-year-old sam Carley a school
boy, was struck - a truck while play
ms In front 81 his home at 227 nigh
land street. FRIDAY afternoon. The
driver or the truck was Methody &c
con. age gil. 565 Kenwood avenue. IT
is charged that Gecon failed 70 stop
after striking the boy
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
SEARCH FOR MEN
WHO BROKE JAIL,
INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON. III. Feb. -9os ses
today arc securing Bureau county for
three prisoners who this morning eff
fected their escape from the county
iail 4 wholesale Jail delivery was
lverted by Sheriff l.. y. SpaldinE who
hearing a noise summoned help and
prevented departure Of the remaining
prisoners. Cell bars had been saw
ed and the outer doors forced with
jimmies
The three prisoners at large are: A
". Hemings 80. charged with forg-
cry: al. Killen p. charged with ga
my and Tom Hayes IS, charged with
burglary
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
MRS. FITZGERALD
CRITICALLY ILL

Mrs. j +. Fitzgerald was reported
in critical condition late this after
noon she has been ia WITH pneu
monia for several days and i was
expected that the crisis would lie
reached toniEht
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
RICH ORE

John Roberts has Just received
telegram from " o. Reuss. president
ST the Eimore copper company. stat
ing that the company has struck rich
ore and that he IS on his way to
Chicago Upon his arrival In Chica-
SO he viii cal a meeting Of the direct
ors Of the company for discussion of
the plaps for the company
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
DIED SUNDAY

John Wassen who has been boarding
at the Mrs. Wahl hoem. 1o5 N. state
St, Hammond. died there sunday arr
ternoon at ls30 o'clock. Pneumonia
was the cause OF his death. lie was
born in Switzerland and was siNty-two
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
LODGE MAY BEAT
HITCHCOCK TO 1T

WAsHINGTON. Feb . senator
Lodge announced this afternoon that
ne viii move to have the treaty OF
peace taken up IN tho senate on Feb
s. This IS one DAY earlier than Sen
stor Hitchcock had planned to take
the same action.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
"0NLY ONE THING
BREAKS MY COLD!
That's DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for fifty years
a cold-breaker"

NOTHING but sustained quality
" and unfailing effectiveness can
arouse such enthusiasm. Moth
ing but sure relief from stubborn
Old colds and onrushiug new ones,
grippe, tnrOat-tcaring coughs, and
Group could have made DR.. Kings
New Discovery the nationally popG-
lar and standard remedy ii Is today.
Fifty years old and always reli-
able Good for the whole family.
A bottle in the medicine cabinet
means a shOrt-lived cold or cough.
COO. and $l.20. AL druggists.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
--=----------s--7-
NEARING END

CHICAGO. Feb. 2.-The "Gu" cpl
demic here has run its course and IS
rapidly ending its end, according to
city health department. reports These
show only 453 new cases today, SIS
compared 20 5al and $50 on the two
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
BOLsHEVIKI GAIN.
lNTERNaIloNAL News sgRvlcIl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERVIcEl
LONDON. Feb. 2-The local Bolshe-
vik forces at Nladivostok have com
plotely isolated the city without inter-
terence from the American and Japan
CSC military contingents. according to
a centred News dispatch from Toxic
today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

BUTTER Receipts. 5.7s4 tubs. cream
cry, extra. 6l'; frsts. So a so, packing
stock, 3SG40
receipts. 50Q52. ordinary firsts. 45 a
so; hrsts 50" a So, extra: checks, 9s
q a9; dirties, AGA.
CHEES Twins. new. % 3-46 80;
daisies, 50 q SO; young Americas. 80 y ,
longhorns. 33la; brick, 2s' G2S "a.
LIVE POULTRY-Turke ys, 40; chic
kens, IS. springs. IS; ROSTERS. %;
geese. p: ducks, IS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -. Minnesota
and Dakota. Ohios. 444@4.65
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

previous daily reports Pneumonia
also Is decreasing The number OF
dead from both diseases today was
los. while the two previous daily re-
ports were 173 and 2O7.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

years old. The funeral win be held
Tuesday afternoon at : o'clock from
the Neidow chapel
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

CHICAGO vEAI-5o to 90 lbs. 2Oa
21'4c. 30 to so lbs. 22@2S. so TO 100
los~ 24G 25c. fancy, 25"@ %, over
weight kidneys. l4o TO l75 lbs, 12a15.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
WILHELM FEARS
ASSINATION

Especial Corresp Of the I N. S.
L-.nArLa-LL La-n -

NF@4"@@'F1 VI Df-'EtE4I q IIAe = n 7
Copyright 1920 hg l. =. 50
AMORENGEN. Holland Feb 2-Tho
cN kaiser sc Germany IS uying Is NOR
tai fear Of assassination.
At the former empcror's request tie
Dutch guards about the Bentick castle
are being changed every forty days
That William has communicated fears
TO Count Bentick at whose castle the
former war lord has been living since
he fed into Holland was admitted To-
day
Tho former kaiser Is reported rs be
living like hermit and fearful 81
strangers. His companions are afraid
70 permit him 70 talk with visitors be-
ause Of Ills rash manner ST saying
whatever is on his mind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02
Too Late To Classify

WANTFD-S tenogra pher for downtown
business Office. Girl who has had at
least one car OK perience. Shorthand
or dictaphonc Answer IN own hand
writing stating experience and salary
required. Write A5t5. Times Hammond
2-2-St
ANTED@Operator and fnisher on
pants. Sterling Wooden Mills 1Tl
state ST. Hammond 22-3t
W.ANTED-Operator on pants Ster-
ling Wooden Mills. III State ST.
Hammond Pest
ANTED-Experienc furniture truck
driver. Apply Setter Furniture Co.
Whiting. 22-2t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-02-02

Charles Clark. who lives al the Lin
coin hotel, Indiana Harbor suffered i
painful bruise TO his arm Saturday
afternoon when he was struck by a
Green Line car as IT turned the cor
ner u Forsvthe and Chicago avenues
in East Chicago The injury wa
dressed by Or Miller and was pro-
nounced not serious
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
TROUBLES OVER
AFTER 8 YEARS
Amazed AT His Rapid
Recovery Since He Began
Taking Tanlac.

81 had actually lost til rty pounds In
weight, but | have gained every ounce
of 1t back since | commenced taking
Tanlac, and am feeling as fine as
/ ever did in my life" said William
Emery. r. F. D. No. l, Cold River
Road, North Clarendon, Vermont.
81 suffered from troubles that have
been pulling me down for eight years
and during the past year my health
got so bad | cant see how | held out
as long as | did. Ny stomach was all
out of order, my appetite was poor and
everything | ate seemed to turn to gas
and | would hloat up as tight as a
drum. At times the gas crowded in
the region of my heart and cut off
my breath so that | had to fight for
air. | felt full and heavy all the time
and had constant pains in the pit Of
my stomach. My liver was always
sluggish and | suffered from constipa-
tion and headaches | was too restless
and miserable to ever sleep good; in
fact, some nights | didn't sleep more
than two hours. | lost weight until |
was no more than a shadow OF my for
mer self and | got so weak I could
hardly hold out at my work during the
day.
ct was Just a few weeks age when
| commenced taking Tanlac and | have
improved so fast that all my friends
are simply surprised to see me look.
ing so strong and healthy. | have
gained back all my lost weight and
strength and am enjoy.
ing better health than | have in eight
years. have Such a fine appetite that
| am eating three and four big, hearty
meals a day and am still hungry. The
gas has stopped forming on my stom.
ach and my breathing is free and easy,
in fact, nothing | eat yer bothers me
now. | sleep fine every night and am
feel ng so strong that | am not afraid
of any kind of work. | am always glad
to recommend Tanlac, for when
bought II | bought health"
Tanlac is sold In Benn 'ngton by w
l.. Gokay, in Manchester Depot by w.
w. Pratt, in Arlington by G. G Guilt
nan & CO.. and in East Arlington by
Victor l.. Smith and in East Dorset by
G. H. Brophy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
Odd and interesting.

The latest English dictionaries
contain 500, 900 words.
A million minutes have not elapsed
since the Armistice was signed.
London has an average population
of Al, 900 to each OF its 1l9 square
miles.
Every minute fires cost the peo-
pie OF the United States Ave hundred
dollars.
At the age Of 4 Hozart composed n
number of minutes and other pieces
still extant.
On an average, twelve s%choolhouses
and two college buildings are burned
in America every week.
In the laundry of New York's larg.
est hotel 10000 towels and 5000
sheets are washed and ironed daily.
The art of embroidery has been
pract.sed from time immemorial-
it is said to be as old as the art of
dressing.
The alligator pear contains as much
nutritious fat as does ordinary
cream, sometimes as high as 20 per
cent.
Houses are so short in Germany
that rationing is being enforced.
Empty rooms are used without con.
sulting the occupant.
Every year Greater London uses
a quantity OF water sufficient to food
a canal 100 feet wide and 300 miles
long, to a depth Of 20 feet.
On arriving in his native city OF
Milan, a returned emigrant was
promptly arrested for a murder he
had committed twenty-seyen years
lbefore.
A motor car containing six people
recently dashed over a precipice In
France 1880 feet high, and the motor
lists escaped without injuries more
serious than bruises.
In Algiers no fewer than three Sab,
baths are observed during the week
on Friday that of the Mohammedans,
on Saturday that OF the Jews, and on
Sunday that OF the Christians.
At some of the London docks, when
two men make a trade agreement,
they exchange black beans as tokens
of honesty. This is regarded as more
binding than a written and signed
contract.
Probably few people realize that
there are less than a million days in
the whole Christian era. In fact, If
we count back a million days from
1920, we come to a date well before
the founding Of Rome.
A certain naturalist who maintains
that we hear only that to which our
ears are attuned tells how once, in
a noisy New York street, he heard
the chirp OF a cricket hidden in a
basement window. No one else ap.
peared TO hear it though everp pass
ed by promptly stopped and looked
round when the naturalist tossed a
dime on the sidewalk a few seconds
late.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
ESTATE OF MILO II. STRATToN
State of Vermont

Dist let of Bennington IS.
The Honorable Probate our for the
District aforesaid:
To the heirs and all persons interest
ed in the estate of Milo b. Stratton late
of Salisbury in said District, deceased
Greeting,
whereas, application hath been made
to this Court in writing by the Admin
istrator praying for license and author
ity to sell a portion of real estate of
said deceased for the payment of debts.
charges of administration and costs of
Chancery Litigation, setting forth
charges of administration. setting forth
therein the amount of debts due from
said deceased, the charges of admins
t%ration. the costs OF Chancery Litiga-
ton, and the amount of personal es-
tate and the situation of the real es-
tate.
Whereupon. the said Court appointed
and assigned the 18TH day Of September
1920. at the Probate Office in Benning-
ton In said District, to hear and decide
upon said application and petition, and
ordered public notice thereof to be CIV
en- to all persons Interested therein, by
publishing said order together with the
time and place of hearing, three weeks
successfully in the Bennington Evening
Banner, n newspaper which circulates
n the n~eighborhood Of those persons in
terested In said estate. all which pub
lications shall be previous to the day
assigned for hearing.
Therefore, you are hereby notified
to appear before said Court, at the time
and place assigned, then and there In
said Court to make you objections to
the granting of such license, If you see
cause.
Given under my hand AZ Bennington
in said District, this 2Srd. day OF Aug
ust 1920.
! AMY II. HARBOUR,
aug .24s8l-sept7 Register
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
PENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town ami Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

"The Rivers End'-?-?-?. Adv.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the village board Of trustees will be
held this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Murphy re-
turned Sunday from a stay Of several
days in Boston and vicinity,
Miss Mary Murphy Of North Ben
nington left today for North Adams
where she will enter Bliss Business
college.
The Congregational Chapel service
on Thursday evening this week will
be in charge OF Mr.. Pierson. The
topic will be THE Perils OF Inatten-
ton"
Sessue Hayakawa in "Li Ting
Lang" (the latest "Hayakawa" fea-
ture yet shown in Bennington at Li-
brary Theatre today only. See our
ad. Adv.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the board of water commissioners
was he'd Monday evening. Outside
of auditing the bills little business
was transacted.
Miss Edna Waldron, who has been
employed at the Office OF the Evening
Banner for several years, left Sunday
for Boston to enter the Chandler
school for women
Mr.. and Mrs. S. U. Williams and
daughter Thelma of Hartford, Conn,
have been week end guests OF Mrs.
MADEIRA Brooks and Mr.. and Mrs. w,
b. Voorhis OF Gage street extention.
Friday evening of this week a
specially important meeting of the of.
ficers and teachers OF the Second Con
gregational church school will be
held at the parsonage. Hour is 1880.
Paramount,Artcraft Day. Don't miss
Dorothy Dalton in this vivid, intimate
story of the other half CT Paris.
"LAPache" a Thomas II. lnce spec
ial and Paramount comedy Harte
Theatre tomorrow,
The annual conyocation of Vermont
Congregational ministers and their
wives with representative laymen
from the churches is being held this
week at M.ddlebury College, from
Monday to Friday. Rev. and Mrs. G
S. Mills and Mr.. and Mrs. II. II. Web
ster are in attendance. Philip T. II
Person will also represent the local
church at a part Of the sessions.