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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-06-24

sofa department
of the American
Legion, that state
has become ono
of the strongest
l. e { on depart
m e n $ in t h e
country.
G o IN IN q n 4 @ r
Nernon's theory
Is that success
comes to the Lee
gion in proportion
To the service it
gives tO IT'S NOM
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-06-24

/ II II d e S the
deeds of Ma
thaniel Green and
Daniel Boone, is
perpetuated i II
Mrs. f. Clinton
Murray, of Hous-
ton, Tex, presi-
d e II t of I Ii e
Women's Auxili-
airy of the Ameri-
can Legion of
that state. The
first unit of the
Auxiliary of the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-06-24

or the Marine
Corps to riding in
the coal cars Of
a freight train.
But b e t w e e II
these modes of
travel, Thomas ID.
Lane, junior law
student at the
L n iv ersity of
Kansas, will com
plete his educa-
ton.
Lane, a mem
b c + o f t h G
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-06-24

Tee at the OPEN
ing of the state
legislature a p
pointed sub-com-
mittees to pilot
its various bills
t h o Il e h t h e
house and senate,
Father y. J. Mo-
ran of Farming
ton, was made
chairman Of the
Armistice d a
committee.
Attacking [ h e
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-06-24
ADDS TO LEc!0N's STRENGTH
Commando Of Minnesota Department
Has Way of D-ing Things That
Gsts Icsuit3.

Cnder the direction of A. I'll.
vernon, commander of the Mime
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

be given to citizens who hastily or
ganized posses and went in pursuit of
the desperadoes. To group of Grot
on men belongs the chief credit, for,
after the fleeing trio had slipped
through the net placed by officers of
the law, these men, without being dep
utized, and working solely in the in
terest of law maintenance, boarded au-
tomobiles which went flying in pur-
suit of the fast-speeding Rhode Is.
landers from Groton toward East
Topsham. 1nis pursuit grew so warm
and the bullets of the pursuers began
TO whistle around so threateningly
that the bandits, finding their heavy
car with its weighty cargo of liquor
meeting with hard going in the soft
road and uphill climb, decided that
light by foot was the alternative most
promising TO them. So they abandoned
their automobile and took to the
woods, going in three directions to dis
concert the pursuers as much as posi-
bic. But the people along the coun-
tryside were keenly on the alert and
not disposed TO let the desperadoes get
away; and so it was not long before
all three OF the rum runners had been
detected by citizens and by them
turned over to officers OF the law, to
await procedure on one or more
charges.
The Times learns that the pursuing
party of sheriffs and officers was not
near the speeding desperadoes' car and
that the party came up to the aban-
ioned car considerable time after the
iesperadoes had fled on foot There.
fore, the early stories Of the exciting
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03
CURRENT COMMENT
Danger Turks in pulverized Coal.

Many fires and explosions have re-
suited from the introduction OF pull
verified coal as a fuel substitute for
natural gas in steel mills,
Industrial workers are slow TO real
ize that powdered coal may become un-
der certain circumstances very dan
gerous explosive. A small stream of
pulverized coal, leaking from defec-
tive Joint in a coal transport line may
attract no attention, whereas leak in
a natural gas line would be noted and
looked after Immediately
If cloud of powdered coal in mill
happens to come into contact with
flame or hot metal the result is as
! disastrous as if gas in confined space
i were ignited.
In one recent instance large guam
! tity of coal dust was blown across a
room, toward a furnace, where it came
| into contact with some live Goals. In
stantly the entire room was filled with
| fame.
Tests have shown that a mixture of
80 per cent, pulverized coal and 20 per
cent. finely powdered shale is expo
sive Thus coal dust, which has set
tied on the floors or girders of build
ing, is not necessarily rendered inert
| BY incombustible matter with which
ii may have been mixed. Analysis of
dust collected from the interior of steel
mills have shown more than 20 per
cent. of volatile matter-only a little
less than is contained in pure Pitts
burg coal
Fires in bins used for the storage of
pulverized coal have been a source of
very serious trouble to users of such
fuel. 1t is usually difficult to account
for these fires, but spontaneous com
bustion is doubtless responsible in
some instances.
1t is very important that such fuel
in storage shall be kept cool, Owing to
its powdered form, its particles are in
much more intimate contact win the
oxygen of the air than is the case
where lump coal is concerned. Even a
mild degree of heat encourages the
oxygen to combine with the coal and
ignition may result. Thus the presence
OF steam pipe may be accountable
for a disastrous fre.-Kansas City
Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

'Utfygt ock dams halles lordager
len 80 July kl Il formiddagen Dewey
park. Gemensami of Siukforeignarns
/ Barre ock Montpelier Kaffee smor.
gasar laskdrycker ock sigarer serveras
FRITZ Intrsde.-adv. Barre Times.
The Messenger oonfesses that until
recently it has taken the same view OF
The matter, but of late certain evi.
dence has been produced which, to say
the least and despite the eloquence of
The Times, makes ii necessary for the
impartial mind to continue its investiga-
tons before asserting positively that
20 other viewpoint is tenable. One
must admit that there is much TO com.
mend in The Times contention regard
hess of the new discoveries, but il NAV
be asked whether the contemporary Is
justified in dismissing so CURLY the
results of the labored researches Of
students Of such reputation az have
been addressing themselves to this
highly interesting and important sub
ject. II is hardly % be denied that
The Times attitude Is Of such a ma
ture as to be intolerable TO the sense
and sentiment Of a great people and il
Is only spirit Of neighborliness which
prompts The Messenger TO advise its
good friend that in such a matter. in
Volving 50 many hidden possibilities. il
ought not to make such a downright.
>old-blooded assertion II il far bet.
ter, far safer 70 add a qualifying
clause or two.-St Adams Messenger.
After the contemporary has INDUCED
Itself to the sweet limit, let US say
hat the article il pfers 10 was a sim
pie little announcement that the Swsd.
Ish people OF Barre and Montpelier
we're going to hold = picnic Only they
talked in concise Swedish instead Of
gsrboss English
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

The death of Enrico Caruso, the
widely known tenor singer, sometimes
,alled the greatest tenor of the world,
will come as great shock, not only
to the people who were most closely
associated with him but also to the
people in general who are devotees of
music. Caruso's rcbusto was not as
pleasing TO some music lovers as the
lyric of other singers, yet there was
no doubt of the musical skill of the
artist. He was one of the master sing
srs of the present day and will be
missed throughout the world until an
other great singer comes to take his
place But whoever succeeds to the
position as the worlds greatest tenor,
Il is certain that Caruso's voice and
,kill will long be remembered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

It's about time we were getting
some definite information about dis
trbution of federal patronage in Yer.
mont. The job-hunters-some of them,
1t least are getting nervous and the
people are inclined to believe that the
matter might as well be settled now as
my time so that the state might re-
turn to normally. If, as reported, Col
Inns NJ. Graves of bennington has been
decided upon as federal prohibition en-
forcement director for Vermont it is
probable that he will have 10 set up
his office at some point nearer the
northern border, where Canada is leak
ing liquor by the truekload Southern
Vermont may have her enforcement
problems, but scarcely in proportion to
the responsibilities of the northern
part,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03
BETHEL

Miss Elmer Rogers of Windsor il
visiting relatives here and in Ran
dolph.
Mrs. Homer Clark, with her daugh.
ter, Winifred, went this morning Ia
Blue Hill, Me, to visit her father
Arthur Wood, who is in poor health
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cleverly and their
daughter Virginia, of Leominster
Mass, were guests yesterday of Mr..
and Mrs. F. A. Burrige.
Mrs. lone Guyette has moved from
the Hill house to the John Haley house
Rev Everett L. Shaw returns this
week from months visit TO his par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. w. H. Shaw, at
Macomb, H., and services will be re.
sumed next Sunday at the Congrega-
tional church.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

pursuit did not do justice to the work
of the parties of citizens who took
matters into their own hands and de
termined to run down the desperadoes
lest they get away scot free and to
prevent further Haunting OF defiance at
the laws OF Vermont TO the represen-
tatives of the law should be ascribed
much of the credit for arousing the
people of northern Vermont into sc-
ton; but to the people themselves
should go a great share of the credit
for the actual work OF running down
the Rhode Islanders.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

Two more boy campers, this time at
Ashland, n. H., have been drowned
from a canoe. The question naturally
arises, whether their education in the
art of swimming had been neglected
before they were permitted to 60 out
In a canoe 1t goes without saying
that canoeing without the ability to
swim is one of the great hazards of
lamp life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

Pres. Harding must have shivered
up there on top of Mount Prospect,
Lancaster, n. a., this morning, with
The mercury coming rather close to the
freezing mark. It's way the weather
das up here in northern New England,
sven in Midsummer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

Railway mail clerks running in Yer
mont are to be instructed in the art
Of shooting However, let's wait till
we see the whites of the bandits eyes
before we shoot--therc might be mis-
take. OF course, the knowledge of how
10 use firearms is worth while.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

"You used to say" she complained,
that you counted that day lost uhen
you did not hear the sound of my
voice"
Eyes, I knom," he replied, "and |
shall never cease TO long for those
dear lost days. Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

Rutland has begun an agitation for
public swimming pool. Every town
Or city in Vermont which is not pro
yided by nature with a convenient
bathtub ought to take steps at once
TO prepare one for youth and adult
like. The ,enefts of such provision
are very pronounced.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03
CREDIT TO THE RECENT
MAN HUNT

Later reports frcm the exciting man
iuni through northern Vermont after
THO q desperate rum runners from
7hod. Island brinE out that much q
be credit foE capturing The men is 70
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03
WORCESTER

Old and young folks dance in the
Worcester town hall Thursday eve.
ming. Aug 4. Dancing from $3.50 to l.
Music, North Montpelier orchestra, four
pieces. Hall bill, Use per couple.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-03

Bobbed hair followed the bobbed
.kirts. If bobbed intellects do not re-
sult, all will be forgiven.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16
Effect of Canadian Wheat.

Defenders Of the free trade policy assert
that since the United States is an exporter Of
wheat, as also is Canada, the shipments Of
wheat from Canada into the United States
could not have been of effect in causing the
fall in prices. The theory is plausible but will
not beafanalysis.
The fact is that the American millers were
able to supply their immediate needs by pur-
chases from Canada, leaving them free to deal
with the American producer at their leisure.
Since theIederal reserve system had put its
disapproval on extension of agricultural loans,
the American farmer, was in no position to
wait 1t is not contended that the importations
from Canada Vere solely responsible for the
fall. but tho enormous increase in The quantity
of wheat imported leaves no room for dispute
of the assertion that the importations had q
large influence in smashing the American
market If not. why the importations?
II the American miller did not get his Can
ada wheat at a cut price, why did he buy there
instead Of in American Canadian wheat would
not be shipped to the United States unless
there were buyers here. and for every bushel
Of Canadian wheat bought. there was a loss
Of market for bushel Of United States wheat.
Any 10-year-old boy can reason that far.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

The, late Hon. Joseph Choate, one time am
hassador to the court Of St. James. told story
81 his being approached one dark. wet. winter
night on one Of the lonely thoroughfares Of
London by . policeman. ..
II say, old chap" called the officer, What
nre you doing walking about In this beastiy
weather? Better 60 home" Il have no home
replied Mr.. Chaate. II am the American am
oassador."
The good sense Of the Republican congress
in accepting the Morgan residence in London
will provide our future ambassadors to that
country with that which Choate lacked, and
the Longworth amendment making provision
for the purchase of an American embassy in
France is ono more stride in the own your
own home" campaign for American-owned
diplomatic residences. Now is the best time
70 make the ownership general in every for
eign country. for We can now purchase. the
properties far more cheaply because Of depre-
Siated foreign exchange.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16
Where Medicine Failed.

After Marion Rubin. aged.S, of>Waukegan.
Ill, had talked necessarily for II days, during
which period various medical specialists were
bafled by her mysterious malady and had con-
fessed their inability to help her, discovery
was made by a chiropractic practitioner that
her trouble was due to dislocated vertebrae.
The chiropractic treated the dislocation and
1.-THE child today is reported. entirely recovered.
| It his been only a few years ago that chiro-
fpracuc was regarded with skepticism by the
jmajority Of the laity and it was especially con-
'demned by the recognized schools Of medicine.
To-day the largest chiropractic school in the
world is located in our neighboring city Of
davenport. All of us appreciate the great good
sthat the old schools Of medicine have done for
suffering humanity and We should not lose
faith in them because scientific research
has brought to light new possibilities in an
!atomical treatments such IS are accom-
splished by chiropractic and osteopathy. On
the other hand none o: us should be that mar
row a. not to permit ourselves to be expert
mented with BY any scientific agencies that
offer relief for our ills. Had the parents OF
Marion Rubin been prejudiced against chico
hractic ~ possible remedy for the afiiction
that had visited their child she probably would
have died from exhaustion within few days
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

49, &. seAesl. sads soeisty's futars jaalbirds
- - :
sPruuf Il = - had. b continues, I'm ne
i1yslet61tjons 1ried on inpr1sbns refDrma-
tories and rescue homas everyone Of which
~ shoun non 40 to 80 per cent Of the In
netss - = subnormaL~
.Ssubnegnal children delay progress Of other
children a their classes. 10 points out. and
whsn theyxsTow mp bodily. not mentality they
~ stumbling blocks IN industry. They make
II impossible for civilization to reach its high
ct goal.
And how they do multiply" exciaims
Hni Arey. INERT to their responsibility. the
CHEZ characteristic Of these half-equipped hui
mans u their astonishing fecundity
vicious paredthood Is flooding us With vicious
ptbgeny - most mentali detectives who at
ta3n their 18th year unrestrainsd have added
to the races load Of defective children"
Surely that is something, the world-Amer-
ica nrst!-may well ponder over We cannot
hide orr Heads in the sand. ostrichlike. and
ignore problem 80 vital to the future OF
humenity. If We do ignore It, What them,
I'VE are drifting" warns Humphreys, to
ward deprecated race-a huge incoherent
proistariat. ridden by handful Of plutocrats
whose culture savors of.a splendid degen-
eracy We are following the beaten paths OF
the ages. Yet We need not follow it day
longer than we choose. The first move toward
regenerating the race Il to. cut az unit par
enthood" ;,
Food for deep and earnest thought. isn't it!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16
CITY Managers.

Two hundred American cities now are be-
ing directed by city managers
City management is nothing more than the
C>sration of city government by methods In
use in private business. That this method of
running city no longer is an experiment or
governmental fad, was made evident when 200
experienced city managers held convention
recently to exchange ideas.
The mere fact that these men were getting
together for the common good of their collec-
tive communities was in itself significant of
the idealism Of the new method. The old po-
litical system OF municipal government still
has staunch defenders-and they may be right
but whoever heard of the politically chosen
mayors Of 200 cities holding convention for
the purpose Of trading ideas and experiences
The manager plan Of municipal government
has developed group Of experts who know
cities as other experts know the human body
or the solar system. It is based on the idea
that the city government is the largest bust
ness institution in any city, and, therefore. de-
serves expert management instead of change
able management by political organizations
= Politicians have claimed that the city man
ager plan is not democratic in that it CEN
tralizes authority in an appointed official. But
it is pure democracy compared to the auto
cratic political boss systems that it has sup
planted in many communities. The political
boss is the invisible government responsible to
no one; the city manager is a boss. too. but a
visible boss, directly responsible to the COM
muAity.
The city manager plan was born in Stann-
ton, Va, IL years ago, and it is not recorded
that any city abandoned the plan after once
getting used to IT,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

EVERY time we have printed one of
Odeekay's contributions we have had to>resist
the temptation to quote (but slightly garbled)
that famous line voiced by Portia as she ap-
preached her home after having put the "shy''
in Shylock. Today we shan't resist that temp
tatioh, crediting the paraphrase, however, to
F. P. A., who unkindly thought of and used
it before it occurred to US. Listen: How far
that little Kendall throws his beams!
PERHAPS HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE FOR
EVER BLOWING BUBBLES"
Sir: In a town where once lived young
man attempted suicide because the girl he
loved refused to marry him. His effort at self
determination was made by eating soup. The
kind he used was American Family" l have
always wondered why he didn't swallow the
Maid Of the Mist" brand. -CALLIOPE.
CALLIOPE added word in parentheses
following Mist" which we eliminated. A
wheeze must not be made too obvious. Be-
sides. the Literary Digest and the editor Of
the Reynolds Press spell 'em both alike.
SPEAKING Of the Reynolds Press reminds
us that we've been intending for some time q,
say land we trust he will not suspect an ute
rior motive) that his paper is one Of the clean
est geographically and best edited country
weeklies We have ever seen. Just for that
perhaps he'll make an error for us that we
may wrap a wheeze around it,.
A FURNITURE company in, Springfield ad-
vertises two carloads of fine stoves bought
at big saving from a defunct dealer" Prob
now has his abode where stoves are drug
on the market
JAMES SCATTERGOOD Of Dawson was q
visitor in Springfield Sunday.-Illinois State
Register.
So Clarence Burlington Kelland DIDN'T In
vent that name!
AND will someone please ask the omnis-
Gent Anna Eva Fay what will be the for
tunes OF Miss Marion Money Of Bushnell, Ill. ?
Why Didn't You Go In: Mebbe Some Doc Had
Turned on Too Much Hot Water.
Sir: Your royal welcome upon nv return
to the fold duly appreciated. Too bad we can't
sing Hail, Hail. the Gangs ALL Here" You
know the Scriptures say there is more re-
ioicing over one SINNERS return"-or some
thing to that effect But must pause
Suddenly to inquise the meaning Of the sign
Of local bathhouse which reads "s = Medi-
cal Gymnastics." WILLIE GREEN.
FROM the Monmouth Atlas We clean the
interesting fact that "Dr. H. W. Mcmillan, the
well known dentist of Roseville is publishing
. booklet on the subject. Natural Immunity
AVO1A AVoIu OcAoy Uy Uoe VI NAtuF6l fOO0S.
Every mother should have copy. Why should
the baby struggle along without teeth for sew
oral months?
WALL STREET STILL BELIEVES FORD
NEEDS BIG LOAN."-New York Tribune.
No. young students" the word still" IN
this headline is not noun. but Wall street
IS trying to brew trouble for Henry.
AT banquet given by the Sons Of vet
Grams in Peoria t'other evening Spencer Mel
low led the singing. OF course he sang Sweet
and Low"
THE mercury blessed be tho mercuFy!)
climbed 10 - degrees yestiddy.
Shall ws take up . collection for the coal
cpefatoFs5 r. T. Nc.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16
The Daily Short Story

greeted her. what can 1 do for you
this morning."
I've come over to play with
Anna May" announced Mary Eliza
beth.
Why" from Anna Mays moth
er. you know Anna May has the
measles. don't your 81
! "Yes." admitted the visitor, "and
| that's why my mother sent me over
$50 ! can catch them now before
school opens"
So Anna Mays mother opened
the door wider and Mary Elizabeth
and Antoinette and her wardrobe
entered. That was the first of a
series Of daily visits on the part
OF Mary Elizabeth. She and the
convalescent Anna May played hap
PLY for hours at time, but there
was not the sign Of a red spot on
Mary Elizabeth that would indicate
she was catching" the measles.
Mary Elizabeth's mother went over
her little body carefully each night
for telltale sign. but all in vain.
And all this time the opening of
school drew nearer and nearer.
Still Mary Elizabeth showed no in
dications other than her usual ro-
bust state of health. She mourned
the loss of the ice cream which
would have gone with the measles,
but she took it all in q philosophic-
al manner.
The day before school opened
the doctor came to see Mary Eliza
beth's mother. who had complain
ed for several days of a fever. and
who indeed looked flushed and hot,
with a red rash which irritAted her
as she went about her household
work..
And when school opened Mary
Elizabeth stood in the yard and
waved to her little playmates who
were vending their way to the
little red schoolhouse" for the
first time.
Il can't 60 to school for a long,
long time" she shouted proudly to
each new passerby with whom she
had some slight acquaintance. my
mothers got the measles and I've
got to stay home"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16
Crown.Up Children.

There are in this world, scientists assert,
millions of human beinsl OF mature bodies.
Who are. in fact but grown-up children They
have mentalities of'io TO 1s years. They are
the "borderlnsrs." The problem is this: What
= the world going to do about It!
Seth X. Humphrey, author Of The Racial
Prospect calls 1t tho menace Of the half
man. He. would solve the, problem BY segre-
cation or sterilization. or both.
We are populatins the earth from tho
wrong kind Of stock Humphrey writes in
the Journal Of Hsredity. Tho least capable
= providing their eispeing With either herit-
- q hfains Or . dscsnt bringing up, marry
8lieGt ~ brysd fsstssGs
1aas eAilarea, HsnuArsy says, -sss an