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The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27

Two eminent Americans passed
away last wcck-Edward Douglass
White. chief justice Of the United
States supreme court. and Franklin
X Lane. for seven years secretary Of
the Interior in President Wilson's cab
iuciS. Eo'h uf them ~ucCumhed
after surgical operations Chief
Justice White. native ~ Louis
lana. was iu his Scvrnty-SiNth
wear lie served In Oh" Con
fc,lcratc army DURING 'br civil war
and was elected Co. TIE senate tn 1921.
President Cleveland appointed him ia
tie Surrrm, ,uurt hynrh. AMI Presi.
drn' Tau mady hun Ch.cl justice.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27

After one days consideration OF
the railway wage case. the federal
railway labor board made n prelIm-
mary announcement forecaSting gen
cral reduction of wages on every rail
road. effective July l. ON June ! the
board will make its decision on wage
disputes filed prior to April Is, and
this will set the standard for all flu
turc decisions affecting the two million
employees who were granted a $500
UU.uOO annual wage increase one year
ago. The reduction may be as much
as l. per cent. An immediate result
of the announcement was the re-
employment Of 5000 men by the Chica-
20 4 Alton. and there were predic-
tions that practically all Of the 2jO.-
600 railway men now out Of work
would be employed by the time the
wage reductions go into effect.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27

II man owns street railway stock.
lie never recommends walking as an
exercise.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27

Most men find II easier To get In
debt than Ia get out, but some are UNI
able Ia get In at all.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27
Defined.

paw. what is a necromancerT'
"The man who writes the collar
ads. Retail Public Ledger.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27
Some Come.Down.

Laura-Was Harry much east down
after he spoke Ia your father?
Nura-lcs. three flights II stairs.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27
Just So.

ave ordinary people never get in
vited to house party" 'Yes, we
have n lot of luck that we don't ap-
preciatp"
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27

Continuing its hearings on the Vol
stead bill Ia make the prohibition en-
forcement law more drastic. the house
judiciary committee did not find any
friends Of beer or the medical boot
logger. Manufacturers OF fiavOrng
extracts. patent medicines and per-
fumes. In protesting against added re-
strictions. were outspoken In OPPOSE
ton To medical beer and the sale of
connections, Incorporating as medi-
cine. Chemifv appeared before the
committee AM protested vigorously
against legislatsn which. they be-
lieved. would tend to restrict the legIti-
mate use of alcohol In industry.
Representative Ryan of New York
has introduced In the house bill
which would permit the sale Of per
cent beer and II per cent wine in
states where referendum showed the
voters wished II. This. Of course.
won't get anywhere except into "A
pigeonhOle, but there was some real
solnce for the vets I'm last weeks
news. ON Friday more than two-thlrds
of the federal prohibition forces were
discharged on orders from Commits
sioner Kramer because OF lack OF
funds with which Ia pay their salaries.
This condition will last. ID was assert
cd, for % days. and the bOotleggers
all over the country got busy nj once.
Mr.. Kramer hoped the police would
supply the deficiency I'm enforcing the
dry law. hut IN the cases of many
cities his hope was baselcsS.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27

A man Is Ps old as he fcels-and
usually considerably older
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-05-27
Girl He Was Looking For.

Girl He Was Looking For.
"Nhy are YOU 50 pensiyeT he
asked
I'm not pcnsive," she replied.
"But you haven't said word for 70
minutes"
"Well. didn't have anything to
say"
"Dont you ever say anything when
you have nothing to snyF"
"No." she said.
"Wil you be- my wifci" he asked.
A man Is merely ns duh ms his point
Of view
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
Las Animas Flooded.

Las Animas, Colo.-Four Mexicans
are reported drowned, houses In the
lower section of the city swept from
their foundations and the entire city
was surrounded by waters ranging in
depth from one to six feet. Residents
fleeing from the residential districts
of the city to the. hills. Owing to
flooding of the lighting plant the
city was in darkness, adding to the
terror of the people. The sugar fac
tory here has been flooded out and
water reached a depth of six feet
in the company offices and through
out the plant. The bridge over the
Arkansas river here was washed
out. All telephone lines were car
ried away. The river is swollen and
has overflowed it's banks. The four
Mexicans reported drowned are sugar
factory employees who were in the
company houses near the plant. They
did not heed warnings of the oncom-
ing flood. 1t is feared others may
have perished in the wall of water
which struck the city late in the
evening.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
FELT LIKE AN IRON
BAND AROUND HEAD
Mrs. Osborne Says She Shudders
When She Thinks How
She Suffered.

"For years." said Mrs. v. B. OSBORNE
Of 71S Lancaster Ave, Lexington, ny"
II have been in a rundown condltioh' :
nervous, weak and dizzy. ! was ac-
tually so nervous that any suduen
noise or excitement would produce
palpitation of my heart that fright
ened me. l absolutely could not ciimo
stairs, for to attempt such would thor-
| oughly exhaust me.
II had nervous headaches and wnen
they came on it seemed that an iron
band was drawn tight around my head
l now shudder when l think OF those
headaches. My tomach was weah
and l could not digest the hghteS'
liquid food. Any food of a soho ma
ture caused nausea and the sickenine
sensation remained for hours.
''My misery was almost unbearaDie.
My sleep was never sound and was
worn out all the time. My condition
was indeed very deplorable one.
finally sought treatment in Cincinnati'
but nothing helped me one particle.
l was on the verge of giving up III
despair when neighbor pleaded with
me to try Tanlac. l obtained bottle
of the medicine and began its use.
Il began improving at once and sooh
felt my nervousness and dizziness dis
appearing. Then my headaches ie1t
me and realized my strength had re-
turned. My appetite and digestion I'M
proved and | am now so much better
in every way. This Tanlac is won
derful medicine and the only one that
ever really helped me. l hope every
poor woman who is suffering as ! did
will try it,"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.-Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
Pueblo Menaced by Filth.

Colorado Springs.-A special dis
patch from Pueblo says: "Shrouded
in inky blackness, only relieved by an
occasional flicker of a blazing build
ing, Pueblo people have gathered for
the fight to overcome the disaster
which nearly overwhelmed it Friday
night with a loss to property eonserva-
lively estimated at between S10,O00,-
0oo and s15,OoGooo and casualty list
feti now at noAless than 500. :
he mo. arioug problem hcine
tn smelter ~ is that of sanitation
al prding to hilbert Cast, chief of the
sa tation commission of the Pueblo
chapter of the Red Cross, who has is
sued an urgent appeal for aid
"Pueblo's $1,OO0.OOO courthouse
houses 900 homeless. The schools
churches, public buildings and hun
dreds of private homes are housing
countless others left destitute by the
flood. The destitute are being fed al
the rate of 900 an hour by the RED
Cross, which has nobly responded tt
the tremendous demands for assist
ance. But despite the well-organized
efforts to take care of its unfotunates
the city must have outside aid and al
once
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
NOT WHAT THEY LOOKED FOR
Audience, Like Readers Of Novels,
Wanted What They Had Been
Used to Getting.

DIR. William Lyon Phelps of Yale
said at dinner in Philadelphia:
THE average popular novelist and
his audience are very, very-well. 1t
reminds me Of story.
IAN old-time music hall artist turned
up, after some years of absence, in
a certain provincial town where he
had once been a great favorite. He
went on In his usual make-up-bulb-
GUS red nose and SO forth-expecting
a grand reception, but all his efforts
were received In gloomy silence.
"'What's the matter with 'emr he
said afterward to the stage manager,
and he dashed tear from his eye.
Have they forgotten old Bill?'
"'No, Bill, they amt forgotten you,'
said the manager in kindly voice.
NO, 1t amt that, but you've changed
your jokes about. You're tellin' the
one about the star boarder ahead of
the one about the limburger, and II
upsets 'em.'"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
Congress votes Aid to Sufferers.

Washington.-A joint resolution was
adopted by the House and the Senate
authorizing the secretary of war to
extend all possible relief to Colorado
flood sufferers. Previously Senator
Phipps of Coloradot had announced he
and Representative Hardy would seek
an approximation off 81 100000 for flood
relief. The resolution reads: -"That
the secretary of WAR is hereby author
ized and directed to take such tempo
rary sanitary measures as he may
deem necessary ord to furnish subsis-
tence and quartex master supplies be-
longing to the military establishment
and make available and issue the same
to such destitute persons in Colorado
as have been rel red homeless or are
In needy circuTu uyfhnces as the result
OF the floods due to the overflow of
the Arkansas riveS and itsftributaries
and in executing this Joint resolution
the secretary of war is directed, in so
far as possible, to cooperate with the
authorities of Colorado and the mayors
of such cities on the Arkansas river
as may have sustained damages"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
AMITY, SEVEN MILES WEST OF HOLLY,
REPORTED WIPED OUT BY
RIVER FLOOD.
MANYTOWNS ARE DAMAGED
ROCKY FORD, MANZANOLA PROWERS, LAS
ANIMAS, GRANADA, SWINK AND
LAMAR HARD HIT.

vation Army, Fitzsimons Hospital,
Fort Logan and many others put forth
every effort to supply necessaries for
the thousands of homeless.
Forty-one undertakers from Denver
took special train for Pueblo Sunday
morning to assist in caring for the
dead. Trinidad sent a carload of pro-
visions, Victor, Colorado Springs and
other towns responded nobly to the call
of the distressed CITY,.
Governor Shoup took UP his resi-
dence at Colorado Springs In order to
be as near tho scene of disaster as pos
sible. First hand reports to him by
Representative Iver Daley and State
Pure Food Inspector w. F. Cannon on
Sunday morning shows that the total
number of dead would never be known,
that scores of bodies will never be
found, either because they are buried
under tons of sand or destroyed in
some of the fires that ragged, and
caused this statement to be issued by
the governor:
1.-The Pueblo flood is much worse
than the disaster attending the earth
quake and fire in San Francisco. The
exact number of dead may never be
known Scores of bodies may never
be recovered"
Every possible assistance has beer
rushed to Pueblo in an effort to relieve
A the situation as much as possible.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
TWO THINGS NOT LOOKED FOR
NOR In One Of Josh BtIIings'
Famous Jokes.

Andrew Carnegie told good story
at the expense of Matthew Arnold in
his Autobiography" 1t seems that
the English critic was not successful
in his lectures In the United States,
but he was anxious to learn, and he
asked how Josh Billings held his au-
dience. The American humorist re-
piled: We'll, you mustn't keep them
laughing too long, or they will think
you are laughing at them. After CIV
ing the audience amusement you must
become earnest and play the serious
role. For instance, There are two.
things in this life for which no man
Is ever prepared. Who will tell me
what these areT Finally some one
cries out, Death Well, who gives
me the otherT Many respond
wealth, happiness, strength, marriage.
taxes. At last Josh begins solemnly !:
None of you has given the second.
There are two things on earth for
which no man is ever prepared, and
them's twins and the house shakes. ~
Mr.. Arnold did also.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
Platte River Goes over Banks.

The flood gates of Bergen and Har-
riman lakes above Denver were raised
to allow the flood waters to escape
down the Platte river, that the dams
could take care of the extra water let
loose by the breaking of the Beaver
dam. This caused the river to over.
flow Its banks in Denver and a near
panic ensued when the police sent out
warning to people living along the low
land next to the river. No loss of life
was reported and all danger was soon
over. The police of the city used ev.
cry precaution to see that no one was
allowed to cross any of the bridges
which the raising water was threaten
ing. The water in some instances run
ming within two feet of the floors of
the bridges.
Nearly 100 families around Jerome
Park and in the Valverde districts
were compelled to seek higher ground.
Two to four feet of water standing in
the houses in that district.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
EYE WITNESS
TELLS Of HORROR
HOUSES ToPPLE OVER FILLED
WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
DEVASTATION Wrought by Fire and
Water at Pueblo Beyond
Description.
twe...rn Newspaper un,.. New. Service. ,

Colorado Springs.-The devastation
wrought by fire and flood at Pueblo is
beyond description, according to G. S.
Railsback, formerly OF this city, now
special agent of the Santa Fe at Pu-
eblo.
Mr.. Railsback made his way to Colo
RADIO Springs by special Santa Fe mo-
tor car in an effort to get into COM
munication with La Junta over the
Union Pacific wires to order a special
relief train to the scene of the disas-
ter.
Hundreds Of lives were lost and
millions of dollars in property were de-
stroyed," said Railsback. 1.-The main
business district of the city gutted by
fire and water, and it probably never
will be known how many hundreds of
people perished.
1.-The entire residence districts in
several of the lowlands were complete
ly wiped out spent the entire night
with hundreds of others, rescuing wom-
en- and little children from the flood,
and my mind is SO befuddled that
can badly talk about the thing. 1t
was horrible beyond description.
II saw several frame rooming houses
topple over, plunge into the raging tor
rent, each filled with screaming wom-
en- and children. The scene was sick
ening.''
Mr.. Railsback said at one time there
was fifteen feet of water running
through the Santa Fe yards In fact,
the yards were completely destroyed.
To add to the horror of the flood,
fires broke out all over the city, not
only In the business district, but in
many residence sections
The largest business houses of the
city, including the big banks, Crews
Beggs, White & Davis, Straub's trunk
factory, the King lumber yard and
many others were wrecked by water or
completely destroyed by fire, accord
ing TO Railsback.
The river broke over its banks near
the state insane asylum, and soon
there was a raging torrent from the
high cliffs to the west of the union
depot to Seventh street.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
Latest Report on Death ToII.

The death toll of the flood waters
which swept the northern, eastern and
southern sections of Colorado continue
to mount as more complete reports are
received from inundated portions of
the state. The total number of dead
stand at 573 at last reports. Several
towns where devastation is thought to
have been terrific were still unheard
from, owing to crippled communica-
tion lines and disrupted rail traffic.
The towns and cities in which casual
ties resulted from the flood waters,
and the number of dead, are as fol-
estimated, 10; Avondale, 20; Boone,
20; st. Charles Mesa, 10; La Junta, Z !;
Sterling, 4 Longmont, +; Denver, 1.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
wreeker Reaches Pueblo.

A wrecking crew and wrecker
reached Pueblo Tuesday by alternat-
ing from Santa Fe to D. & r. G. tracks
back and forth replacing and repairing
tracks and bridges. The wrecker car
ried three baggage coaches and a
caboose filled with medical supplies,
clothing, tents, blankets and other ne
cessities. Among the passengers were
twelve Red Cross nurses from Den
yer. The wrecker is expected to work
its way through to La Junta to open
the Santa Fe railway for traffic as
son as possible.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
PUEBLO BATTLES BACK TO LIFE
MANYDEAD IN ARKANSASVALLEY
Lis. Of Destroyed Bushes. Houses.

List Of Destroyed Business Houses.
Pueblo.--Thirty Pueblo business
firms have been totally destroyed by
the flood Many of them lie in
ruins. Others have been swept
away altogether But two are COW
cred by flood insurance. The list of
businesses considered q total loss fol-
lows: Watkins Hat and Clothing
Shop; Griffin Style Shop; Gross and
Wudln; Barnhelm Outfitters; Dean
Creel Furniture Company; Rosen's
Clothes Shop; Palace Drug Store;
Mccarthy Embalming Parlors; Prior
Furniture Co.; Western National
Bank; Hawkins-White Furniture
Co.; Kress 10-cent Store: United Ci-
gar Store; Dixon and Miller; Sellers
Confectionery; Knibel Sporting
Goods Company; Penter Cigar Com
pany; White-Davis Clothing Com
pany; F. w. Woolworth 10-cent
Store; Ellington Cafe; Rushmer
Jewelry Store; Hosman Drug Com
pany; R. T. Frazer Saddlery; Getting
Brothers Furniture Store; West
Bros, Jr., Furniture Store; Dixon
Stump Bottling Company; Kniebel
Bottling Company; Jack Gray, bar
Der; H. 3. King Commission Com
pany; Hinckle-Duke Mercantile Com
/ pany; Colorado Bedding Company;
Brinkley-Douglas Fruit Company;
Forbush Ice Company; Straub Trunk
Company, destroyed by fire; King
Investment Company, burned; offices
of the Arkansas Valley Railroad,
Light and Power Company; Pueblo
Savings Bank; Crews-Beggs Dry
Goods Company; Taub Brothers
Haberdashery; Winch-Slayden Sta
tionery Company; Tom Brown Shoe
Store; Churchill Jewelry Company;
Pueblo Carriage Company; Pueblo
Auto Company; Newton Lumber
Company. One entire city block, be-
tween First and Second streets on
Santa Fe was entirely destroyed,
every building being demolished.
Between Third and Union streets on
Santa Fe, Main and Court streets.
buildings were completely destroyed.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
Rich Pueblo Man Killed.

Pueblo, Colo.-Ernest E. Withers,
one of the most prominent men of
Pueblo, was killed by an unidentified
guard at Grand avenue and Eight,
street. Capt. Arthur Talbot in
charge Of that district, has American
Legion men, National Guardsmen and
others searching for the slayer. Mr..
Withers and his son, Granville, were
in an automobile driving out Grand
avenue, according to Granville. At
Eighth avenue a man on guard called
Halt" and, said Granville, he shot
Immediately, although Mr.. Withers
was Jobeying the order. Mr.. Withers
was shot through the head and crum-
pied dead at the wheel.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
Enormous Property DAMAGES.

Millions of dollars of farm property
river. From Pueblo east to the Kan
sas line on both sides of the river, en-
tire farms are devastated Houses,
fencing. machinery and stock all swept
on by the raging waters. 1t is thought
that many people may have perished
on the farms and the lowlands of the
valley along the river, but the exact
number will not be known for some
time. Nearly ever town in the Ar
kansas valley suffered more or less
damage and loss to property and life.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
U. s. Asked for 900 900 Aid.

Colorado Springs.-GovernOr Shoup
is asked to appeal to the federal gov
ernmeht for an appropriation Of $5.-
100000 of which 100000 may be i'm
mediately available, in a telegram re-
ceived at his home from James l.
Lovern, president of the city council
of Pueblo, Frank s. Hoag, chairman
levee repair committee; f. f. Withers,
president Pueblo waterworks; G. K.
McHarg, president Arkansas Valley
Ditch Association.
The text of the message follows:
''Hon. Oliver H. Shoup, governor,
Colorado Springs:
Late estimates of total property and
crop damage between Canon City and
state line, is from fifteen to twenty
million dollars. Damage in Pueblo
city and county alone will total six to
eight million dollars. Federal govern
ment expends millions of dollars to
improve and repair levees in all sec
tions of the country. We now ask for
government to appropriate sum of $5.'
100000, Of which the sum of $2,00O,-
900 may be Immediately available for
purpose of repairing and improving
Arkansas river and Fountain river
levees and removing debris from cities
damaged, of which Pueblo should have
at least one and one-half million dol
lars Immediately. Impossible to ascer
tain loss of life, owing to impossibility
of removing debris without great IL
nancial assistance, but Pueblo alone
will show several hundred people
drowned when debris is removed"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
But This Isn't London.

Here you are, gentlemen. the great
est invention Of the age!" bawled the
street peddler.
"What is it?" inquired an onlooker.
"a magnetized keyhole plate for
front doors. 1t will attract an ordi-
nary steel key from distance of two
feet. All you have to do to find the
keyhole is to take out your key and
hang on to it."
Three men were injured in the
crowd that rushed to buy.-Tit-Bits
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
Train Turned Over.

The overturning of Denver & Rio
Grande passenger train with $50 pas
sengers on board in the railroad yards
at Pueblo is the outstanding disaster
of the storm as far as railroad traf-
fic is concerned. The passengers were
removed to the Nuckolls Packing plant,
where physicians hastily summond at
tended to the injured. The train left
Denver carrying $50 passengers, large
ly excursionists to the Pacific coast.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11

Brooklin. Mass-Brig. Gen. John w.
Ruekman, 63, in command of the North
Atlantic coast artillery district, is dead.
He had served in Cuba, in the Philip
pines, on the Texas border in 1915 and
during the World war he held the rank
of major general in the national army.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
Two Millions Railroad pamaue.

Surveys made by trackmen sent out
by the Denver & Rio Grande furnish
no definite idea of the extent of the
track damage wrought by the storm.
general offices of the Denver & Rio
Grande and Colorado & Southern the
damage to freight in the Pueblo yards
will amount to upwards of $1,000, 900.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
About coIors.

Is your room small? Then avoid
yellow and red in its furnishing. They
are warm colors and make a room
look small. Use grays and yiolets to
give "roomy" effect.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11
FRECkLES
Now L De Tine 70 Css Rid ef
Thaeo UGly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashamed Of your frsckies. A. Othins
double strengths guaranteed to remove
Asin sinpi1 S"s sst S0s - ounce Of othins-doubls
strength-from Your drugSist. and apply .
little Of II night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckies
have begun to dtsappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. 1t IL seldom
that more than one ounce 10 needed to conn
pietely clear the skin and gain beautiful
Be sure to ask for the double strength
Othine, ~ this ID sold under guarantee Of
money back II II fails to remove freckles.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11

Untold agony is secret a woman
can't repeat.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11

Stubs in check books cover a multi
tude of disappolntments.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11

Too many people perform their work
after the style of a machine
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11

More men die of idleness than Of
hard work.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-06-11

Never do any worrying today that
you can just as well postpone until to-
morrow.