davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
HOME SERVICE FOR
EVERYBODY IN NEED

Do you know what the present day
Home Service of the American Red
Cross IS?
Many people do not know that, be-
sides completing the work for ex-serv-
Ice men, especially the disabled, Ii pro-
vides the same neighborly service 10
families IL general that II formerly
gave families of soldiers. sailors and
marines.
"HOme Service covers a wide and
varied field" says Frederick c. Mum
roe, general manager OF the American
Red Cross. LIT gives aid to families
In solving such problems as budget
planning. marketing. uding over times
of financial stress, keeping children In
school. helping crippled children. Wild
owed and deserted mothers. children
backward IN school and children In
conflict with the laws. II renders serv-
ice to the homeless and transient, TO
the illiterate, TO tenement dwellers, to
the unemployed. and gives friendly as
sistance and advice to foreign speak
ing groups"
In addition TO helping families In
the solution Of their own problems.
Home Service helps Ia strengthening
the weak spots In the social life of
communities. II Joins hands with 9TH
ers to make communities safer,
healthier and happier.
Organizing action along lines In
which the community is already inter
ested Is one of the objects Of Home
Service. II has established community
meetings. patriotic celebrations, pag-
eants and picnics. Rest rooms. recre-
alton facilities. play supervisors and
moving pictures have been provided.
Through Home Service other agencies
are Influenced to bring about improved
commercial amusemenm and better
school facilities and to promote travel
ing Libraries as well as 10 secure coun.
~ agricultural and home demonstra.
ton agents.
II you need assistance at any time,
go 20 the'secretary Of the nearest Red
Cross chapter and describe the situa.
ton Your confidence will be sacredly
respected and every possible effort Will
be made TO aid you.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
FORGERY PLOT IN
FEDERAL PRISON
Gigantic SWindIe Operated From
Within Walls of Fort
LeavenWorth.
SCORE UNDER ARREST
Subtrsasury Checks and Checks on
Private Concerns Printed in Prison
Printing Office - Confession
Reveals Amazing Plot

Chicago.-An amazing Story of for
gerry and counterfelting. carried on by
n band of % men in the federal prison
In Fort Leavenworth, was revealed
in this city through the arrest of sew
eral of the participants.
The arrests, which were made after
six weeks work by Peter Drautzberg
and w. G. Harper, assistants to Capt.
Thomas l. Porter, chief Of the Chicago
district of the United States secret
service, turned up the entire conspir-
acy.
The forgery, from which perhaps
100000 has been realized through the
use of many names of prominence. In
volved the printing of 1000 subtreaSury
checks, calling for 500 each, as we'll
rs checks on private concerns. such
as the United Fruit company OF New
Orleans. The printing of these was
done In the prison printing office at
Fort Leavenworthsssst
Also Forged 1etterheada
In order to. get paper on; which TO
print the private CHeChs TIE pTiSoHeIs
had to obtain supplies of I've best bank
paper. So they wrote for samples to
the leading supply houses of the coun.
try.
On a larges number of the phony
checks the name &C. Shelton Williams"
was written. These checks passed
more readily than any, 1t being hastily
assumed by the recipient that 1t was
drawn at the instance of John Shelton
Williams. high treasury official
The denouement game through the
arrest of an innocent man, former
who, 1t developed, had taken no part
In the swindie; This youth was seized
on the complaint of d1St. Louis bust
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
LESS MEAT If BACK :
AND KIDNEYS HURT
Take q glass Of Salts TO nuah Kidnsyy
if Bladder bothers you-DYink
lots Of water.

Eating meat regularly eventmily pro.
duccs kidney trouble in some form oe
=, ser. slys n wellknown authority, b.
cause the uric acid in meat excites the
kidneys, they become overworked; get
sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts Of
distress, particularly bac&ache and mis-
IL the kidney region; rheumatic twin
fevere headaches, acid stomach, con-
on, torpid liver, sleeplessness,
.er and urinary irritation.
moTnent your back hurts or kid.
aren't acting right, or l. bladder
set5 ypu, get about four ounces of
!, Solis from any good pharmacy;
~ ..tbi .poonful in n glass of water
fore fe:, fast for few days and your
I...n.s- len act fine. This famous
"a i n 10 from the acid of grapes
:. 'le- iiec, combined with lithias
4 use1 for generations To
~ .,. eIdueys and stimulate them
.."t 80 ae,sity; also TO neutralize the
..te . tie Jrine - it no longer irri-
-s,e- sir. e...in-, bladder disorders.
ats raruat injure anyone;
~ ,ielf fiery. scent iithia-
its, psill.ons OF men and
l-t t.e &c. al Zen 10 keep the
J ,-'- .sn.i i.ee.y - ..ans clean, thus
ney disease.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
STOP A MOMENT!
LISTEN TO THIS
Cincinnati man tells how to
lift off any corn without
hurting one bit

You reckless men and woman who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once week invited an awful
Heath from lockjaw or blood poison are
now told by Cincinnati authority to
use drug called freezone, which the
moment few drops are applied to any
corn, the soreness is relieved and soon
the entire corn, root and all, lifts out
with the fingers.
1t is a sticky substance which dries
the moment il is applied and Is said
TO simply shrivel tie corn without In.
flaming or even irritating the surround.
ing tissue or skin. It is claimed that
3 quarter of an ounce of freezone will
cost very little at any Of the-drug stores,
but is sufficient TO rid ones feet Xoi
every hard or soft corn or callus.
You are further warned that cutting
atea.corn>is a suicidal habit.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
The Day and the KNIGHT.

Lordskelvin when a professor ai
Glasgow university was occasionall,
obscure and complex when the in
terest of side issue led him off the
beaten track. This was made the
subject of an cpigram which con.
trasted his methods with chose of
his assistant, Day, to his disadvan-
tage. The occasion chosen was that
OF his return from having received
his knighthood, and a student wrote
upon the blackboard, "Work while
it is yet Day, for the knight comet
when no man can work"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
Goina Too Far.


Yes" sighed the suburban man,
who had just movcd,in. lat the last
place l had the pretticst little gar
den that ever bloomed until my
neighbor's chickens scratched the
roots up"
"And did YOU kick?" asked his
new acquaintance.
'"You bet got a big tomcat
that soon made miucemeat of his
chickens.
"What then ?"
"Why, the next I knew he had
bought ferocious bulldog to watch
for my TOM"
"H'ml And did that end the
trouble?"
ooh, moi I borrowed a wolf from
an animal trainer to kill the bull.
dog"
"War to the knife, ehs What
was the next chapter in the bitter
feud ?"
'There was none. I heard that
he was about to purchase tiger to
kill my wolf, and as | couldn't az
ford the price of an elephant to
kill his tiger ! thought it best to
move"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
The Color Of Planes.

Many people have noticed with
much interest the many tinted bar
and bands that rise in the shape o.
"forked tongues of fame" from
wood burning in a fire. These va.
ned hues are the result of combus.
ton from the different elements OF
the fuel. The light blue is from
the hydrogen and the white from
the carbon. The violet is from the
manganese, the red from the mag
nesia and the yellow from the soda
which are constituent parts Of tbs
wood
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
Stole a Headstone.

Eugene, Ore.-For many years f. C.
Lake. a Eugene marble worker, has
thought no one would steal tombStonss.
Recently he reported to the police that
u headstone had been .stolert1It. was a
stone without marking, AUD Lake said
he believed the person who took Ii was
preparing for a future decoration OF
his OVID grave
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
SULPHUR DRIES UP
P|MPLES AND RASH
Iys Sulphur is Quickest TO Clean
UP An Ugly Skin

Any breaking out OF the skin on
&C, neck, arms or body is overcome
uickcst by applying Mentho-Sul-
aur. The pimples seem TO dry
ghi up and go away. declares a
oted skin specialist.
Nothing has ever been found TO
Ike the place OF sulphur as a pimpie
rcmovcr. 1t is harmless and mex
pensive Just ask any druggist for a
small jar of Mentho- Sulphur and use
il like cold cream.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
American Red eros. Roll Call.

The Fourth Annual Roll Call OF the
American Red Cross will be held this
year from Armistice Day, November
IL. TO Thanksgiving Day. November Is.
inclusive. During this period the men
and women OF the United States will
pay their annual dues and renew their
membership. 4
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20
bres ut.k zA,n7 Cannon

The breechIOadlng cannon we"
among the earliest used. We hnf
them on English and other ships a
early as the last quarter of the four
tenth century, and therefore mucl
before the time of the buccaneers
The cannon was a mere tube, boun'
With heavy iron rings, and was load
a by the insertion OF the "gonn'
chamber" an iron pan containing
the charge, which fitted into AM
closed the breech. These guns wer'
very clumsy affairs in comparison
With the modern breechloader, bu
che principle was the samA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20

Conditions are such that II rapidly
is becoming the high cost Of existing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20

In view Of the demand II is surpris-
Ing that there has been no shortage Of
raislns.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20

Though II can scarcely be said that
prices are falling. they are descending.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20

The contented man still remains the
richest In the world
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-08-20

Germany demands tn
withdraw" sounds someth
times.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Historian Scores |. w. w.
For Discomfort in u. S.

The I. w. w. and kindred organi-
cations of discomfort were bitterly
scored at the Washington Birthday
meeting at Rauscher's, of the Dis
triCt Society Of the Sons of the
American Revolution, by John NJ.
Ely, historian of the society and
principal speaker at the meeting.
THE Industrial Workers of the
World are some 10000 wandering.
homeless, voiceless. licentious. child
less men and women scattered
largely over the West and in in
dustrial centers," Ely stated. ITO
some extent they have a Leadership p
of visionary, lost, perverted. unsuc-
cessful American blood and a rro 50
supported by a curious public. They
are not representative and their fol-
0wers are those without knowledge
of American traditions and oppor-
tunitics. They do not understand
that the right to have liberty ones
self means the right to use liberty
properly. The fault is not in Amer
icanism but in themselves that they
are underlinEs."
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
TWO OF SHIP BOARD
TO QUIT WITH PAYNE

when Chairman John Barton
Payne leaves the Shipping Board
within the next month to accept
the post Of Secretary of the In
terror offered him by President will
son, 1t is understood that two other
trustees of the board will tender
their designations. They are Thomas
A. Scott and John A. Donald. one of
the vice presidents.
This will leave only three MEM
bers of the board to continue the
work, with Rear Admiral william
S. Benson, nominated to be Payne'S
successor. at their head. OF the reN
naming three members of the board,
at least one. Raymond b. Stevens,
is known to look favorably on con-
tinued government operation of the
American Merchant Marine.
The appointment of Louis A. Titus,
of San Francisco, by President Will
son as member of the board,
although made several weeks ago,
has not been confirmed by the
Senate.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
DIR. Dufour Again Chosen
To Head Health Committee

DIR. c. L. Dufour has been re-
appointed chairman of the public
health committee of the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce hy
Robert n. Harper. president of the
chamber. it was announced yestcr-
day by Secretary A. L. Seymour.
w, $. Crosby was made vice -chair-
man.
Other members of the committee
are: Philip G Affleck, DR.. Lewis J.
Battle, Andrew J. Brown. David T..
Buck. Charles B. Campbell. DR.. w.
Il. Carr, A. A. Chaplin. DIR. II. Il.
Cobey. NJ. J. Cook. William Knowles
Cooper. William NJ. Dove. II. c.
Easterday. Lewis FIemer, A. Gum
prcCht. Charles u. Hall, George A.
Heaney. w. .. Hiltabidle. w. S.
HoEe, DIR. II. NJ. Kaufman DR.. l.. r.
kobler. Samuel Kisseloff. George IL.
Lamar, DIR. Robert S. Lamb, Grant
LcCt, DIR. Harry S. Lewis. 3. A.
Manuel. John J. Noonan. Thomas +.
Ogram, DR.. Joseph ID. Rogers, {. +.
Sudwarth and II. G. WilDIr.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
ARIZONA TO PUT
STONE IN SHAFT.
Memorial for State to Be
Placed in Washington
Monument.

Arizona will place a memorial
stone In the interior OK Washington
Monument, II was announced yes
terday by Secretary F.. l. Harvey,
of the Washington National Monu-
ment Society. at its eighty-seventh
annual meeting and election of Of
ficers. held at the home of Justice
Van Devanter, 1923 Sixteenth street
northwest.
Oficers of the society, of which
the President of the United States
is eX-officio president. were re-
elected as follows: Justice Van De-
vanter, first vice president; Charles
c. Glover, second vice president:
THEODORE w. Noyes, treasurer, and
F. l. Harvey. secretary.
Arizona's stone will be four feet
in length. two feet wide and. six
inches thick. 1t probably will be
inserted in the inner wall about 300
feet up, above the Oklahoma stone.
The operation of chiseling out a
place for it is a simple one, IL is ex-
planned.
Arizona, New Mexico and Idaho
are the only States without repre-
sentative stones in the shaft. A
stone was contributed by the Da-
kotas when they were a territory.
This IT is planned to replace with
two separate stones.
Secretary Harvey , reported that
Brazil had requested permission to
place stone in the monument.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Whitehead Kluttz to Speak.

Whitehead Kluttz. former leu
tenant governor of North Carolina.
will deliver an address. Building
the Greater Nation" to women and
girls in the auditorium of the In
terror Department. Eighteenth and
F streets. tonight at o'clock.
Among those helping to arrange
the lecture are Miss Jessie c. Nc
Donald. principal of the National
Cathedral School: Miss Helen Web
ster. Miss Natalie MaGruder. Miss
Carolyn Nash. Mrs. Goodwin Gra-
ham. Miss Frances Webster, Mrs.
John c. Boyd, Mrs. Grahame II.
Powell. Mrs. Edwards B. Meigs, Miss
Marion Oliver, Miss Elizabeth Kef-
erstein and Miss Charlotte Harding.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Sabotage Charge Dismissed
In Defective Artillery

Knoxville. Tenn. Feb. 23.-Fol-
lowing a short recess this morning
all criminal cases against William
j. Oliver and nine codefendants.
charged with conspiracy and sabot-
age in connection with the manu-
facturc and sale of defective artil-
leTy equipment to the United States
government during the war, were
dismissed by Judge Mccall, in Fed
eral court.
When court opened this morning.
Judge Mccall announced that fifteen
of the twenty-siX counts returned
by the Federal grand jury were
dismissed. After a short argument
recess was declared. after which
Judge Mccall announced the re-
naming eleven counts were dis
missed. bringing the trial to
speedy close.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Bill Proposes Athletics
Instead of Army School

A bill to provide for physical
education on a national scale was
introduced in the Senate yesterday
by Senator caprer. OF Kansas. The
bill was referred to the Committee
on Interstate Commerce. A similar
bill was introduced in the House
last week by Representative Fess.
of Ohia. The bill provides for an
appropriation of 10000. 900 TO pro-
vide for the salaries of physical in
structors In public schools Of the
country.
Il am opposed TO compulsory Mil
tary, training" said Senator Cap-
per, but believe that u.Sv>rraI
physical educatioa Ia In, schools
will give the youth Of ear country
most Of the practical benefits for
military training without it's un-
desirable effects"
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Asks Oxer $500, 900, 900
For British Army's Yeat

London. Feb. 25.-Debete on the
army estimates bill opened in th.
House OF Commons today. winston
Spencer Churchill. secretary Of stsss
for war. asked 1z5.ooo.ooo pounds
for the coming year. Before hn
address, Churchill issued a "whIu
paper" explaining the estimates Ia
said research in the poison-gas fielt
was continuing and must be pursued
as long as there was danger Of
other nations using this weapon.
Churchill also revealed that Brit
ish military scientists have developed
a new tank. capable OF making 20
miles an hour.
The valuable services rendered By
women during the recent struggle,
he said. demonstrated the fact that
similar corps should be a feature
Tof war organization.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
BILL INCREASES
TEACHERS PAY.
Mapes Asks House to Grant
Raises to All District
School Employees.
WOULD BEGIN JAN.
Majority Leaders Say They
Intend to Cut Budget
Estimates to Bone.

A bill providing increases OF 2S to
60 per cent for all teachers in the Dis
trict and employees of the Board OF
Education. retroactive from January l.,
1890. was introduced yesterday by Rep
resentative Carl G. Mapes, Michigan.
chairman of the House Committee on
the District of Columbia.
The bill. practically drafted by the
Board of Education and District Com
missioners. has the endorsement of a
number of civic associations.
The subcommittee on the District or
Columbia will meet tomorrow to take
up the District budget. The teachers
bill probably will be considered.
Representative Charles r. Davis.
Minnesota. chairman of this subcom-
mittee. who aided teachers in secur-
ing raises last year. declared majority
leaders haye instructed him to cut all
District estimates to the bone.
Teachers and librarians, in Glass
\, will be given a basic salary of
SI.5OO. with annual increases of 800
for five years. There are 1,463
teachers and ten librarians in this
class
Teachers in normal. high. manual
training high and junior high
SCHOOLS, principals ol 6Tdut Hidhuai
training schools, group principals
in graded schools and teachers and
Librarians promoted from Glass A.
are in Glass B. Their base salary
will be $1,000. with 500 increases
yearly for ten years.
Clerks in Glass d. will receive
$1,000. with 800 increases for four
years. the bill provides.
If increases are approved. assist
ant principals of high schools, di-
reCtors of Americanization work,
music. drawing, physical culture.
domestic science. domestic art and
nature studies. in white and col
ored schools. heads of departme nts
in high schools and general COM
munity secretaries will receive
$500.
Heads of departments on the
board of examiners will get $4,000.
The Board of Education's statis-
tician will receive $1,000. account
ant $4,000 and secretary $4,000. The
assistant superinte ndent's salary
will he si.5OO and superintendent's S
$500.
Employees Of the board. not in
classes receiving $1,000 or less. will
he increased 80 per cent, more than
$1,000 and not more than $500.
10 per cent. and over $500, % per
cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Bolitha J. Laws to Speak.

The Links in the Chain of Evil
dence" will be the theme OF an ad-
dress by Bolitha J. Laws, assistant
United States district attorney. at
the semi-monthly meeting of the
French Club of the Washington
Salon, Thursday night at 1917 II
street. Mrs. Hamlin f. CogswelI
will speak on Music as an Amcri-
canization Factor" and Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Il. Thompson will present a
program Of Russian, French and
English folk songs.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Italy's Coal Shortage
Threatens Industries

Rome. Feb. % (delayed)-The
shortage and high price of coal
threaten industrial life throughout
the nation. newspapers today de-
clared.
The Tempo. summing up the situ-
alton, pointed out that a "kilo Of
coal costs as much as a kilo of bread
did before the war"
The Turin Stampa blamed Great
Britain for the shortage and high
prices. England practically has
signed the death warrant of Italian
industries by fixing prices for cx-
port coal high above domestic
prices" the newspaper said. adding
this Constitutes a tax upon every
Italian manufacturer"
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
To Discuss Better Business.

Shorthand +. Fannon, business eI-
pert of the National Cash Register
will discuss the creation
of more efficient business methods
at a meeting of local business men
and government officials tonight at
the willard Hotel. The session will
be the first of a series of three con-
ferences. The lectures have been
arranged by the Merchants and
Association.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Landlords to Present
Complaints Against Two

The Rent Commission today will
hold hearings on two cases involv-
ing efforts of landlords to obtain
possession of their property which
tenants refuse to relinquish. The
cases are those of John G.. Hodges,
bookhinder. versus Robert NJ. Brown
to obtain possession of property at
1011 Il street, and Joseph Ferrero
against Mike Athan. Peter Wells,
Joseph Neneziana and Lewis Harris
to obtain possession of property at
TIA. 719ls and 7e1 Fourteenth
street.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
To Compete for Candy Prize.

A large box of candy will be
awarded the teller of the funniest
story at the storytelling contest
which will feature the meeting
of the Good Health Club, 72O
street, Thursday even
ing. More than thirty new MEM
bers have been admitted to the club
in the last week.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Bursting Pipe Kills Two.

San Diego. Cal, Feb. 23.-Two
sailors were killed and two serious
ly injured by the bursting of a steam
pipe on the destroyer Kitty, in a
speed run off this coast. Joseph
l.ansell. machinist's mate, second
class. and Clarence Il. Lambeth, ma
chinist's mate. were scalded to
death. Adolph Nuesch and T. +.
Carroll were severely burned.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Makes Patriotic Address.

A patriotic address by ]. Harry
former chief justice or
the District Supreme Court, was the
feature of the Washington Birth
day anniversary meetings yesterday
by the Association of Oldest Inhabi-
tahts of the District of Columbia,
at Union Station House. Nineteenth
and H streets
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Take Up Americanization Work.

Plans for carrying OUT locally the
campaign. decided
on at the Wilmington convention of
kiwanis Clubs, will be taken up at
the weekly luncheon of the club
Thursday afternoon, 1890 o'clock,
at the Washington Hotel.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Wounded Anti-Red Sent
To Norwegian Village

London, Feb. 23.-Bolshevik revo-
lutionists Saturday seized the town
of Murmansk. in the North Prus-
sian anti-Bolsheyik district. a dis
patch from Vardo, Norway. to
Lloyds today said.
Several wounded have arrived at
Vardo. the dispatch said.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Trials of Ludendorf
And Hindenburg Secuted

London, Feb. 23.-Trials of Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg and Gen.
Ludcndorff, on the allied charge of
destruction of villages in France
and Belgium is improbable. Eugen
Schiller. German minister of justice,
was quoted as saying in an inter
view in Berlin cabled to the Daily
Mail today.
Schiller will have charge of the
trials of the war guilty at Ieipzip
The Washington herald., 1920-02-24
Married Delts win Dine.

Members of the Married Delts
Club will hold their monthly din
ner Wednesday night, March 3, at
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity house,
1922 Massachusetts, avenue. Mrs.
Percy c. Adams, chairman of the
entertainment committee, is in
charge of arrangements.