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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
LARGER ARMY IS
URGED BY KAHN
Tells House Force of 10000 Is
Entirely Too Small.
CITE UNSETTLED CONDITIONS
California Congressman Declares That
Both Japan and China Have Much
Larger Armies Than the
United States.

Washington, April 30.-Chairman
Kahn CT the military affairs commit
tee told the house that an enlisted
force Of 10000 men, as fixed by the
army appropriation bill, was too small
and that at the proper time he would
offer an amendment increasing the
number to 1750O0.
II am not an alarmist. | am not
afraid of war, but we all know that
world conditions are unsettled" he
declared. ''And in the interest of rue
economy, in the interest of the well
fare of the country, l shall appeal to
the membership of this house to sup
port such an amendment"
Cites Nations Superior Forces.
Citing the fact that Japan and
China both had much larger armies
than this country, the California rep
reesntative said that in proportion to
population only Colombia and Para
quay had smaller armies than the
United States.
thousands of our fellow citizens
believe" said Mr.. Kahn, that this
country by its action in the way of
reducing its army can bring about in
ternatiOnal disarmament without any
difficulty. Some months have elapsed
since we reduced our forces. | have
seen no indication anywhere that any
efforts to follow our footsteps.
Therefore, | cOnSider~it the part of
wisdom, at least, FOR the present to
maintain a force the minimum of
which will be 175,000 enlisted men,
Secretary Could Cut Expenses.
Answering the demand for reduc-
ton of government expenses, Mr..
Kahn declared the secretary of war
could be trusted absolutely to cut ex-
penses wherever possible without in
jury to the military establishment.
ut seems to me the facts are so
palpable that no one at this time
ought to. want to cripple our military
establishment" Mr.. Kahn declared.
eve have grave international ques-
tiOns which our State department is
Trying 10 solve. we nope lHey villa
be solved with honor and credit to
our government. During the tendency
of these matters and in their solu-
ton, no individual can foretell What
is going to happen. l, for one, believe
we can afford to be prepared for any
possible emergency, and l think the
American people will approve the in
crease in our enlisted force"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
GUNS, z HEARSES,
THEN MORE Guns
Unique Funeral at, Belfast; Ar
mored Cars Lead C0rtege.
FOUR PERSONS ARE WOUNDED
Ambushers Stay Seven Policemen in
County Down-As heprisal
British Raze TWO Irish
Homes at kilrush.

Belfast, April 2S.---A funeral unique
in the history of Belfast was held here
when Patrick and Daniel Duffin,
brothers, who were shot and killed at
midnight Saturday, were buried. Sim
Fein honors were paid from Falls
road to King street, where the mill
tary assumed control.
The two motor hearses containing
the bodies were preceded by armored
cars bristling with guns. In front of
the mourners was lorry filled with
soldiers with rifles at the present
arms and behind them was another
armored car.
All Traffic Suspended.
In Falls road scenes of a moving
character were witnessed. The shops
were closed and all traffic suspended.
Rev. Joseph MacRory, bishop of the
diocese. of Down and Connor, was in
the dense crowd
The collins Of the brothers were
draped with Sim Fein flags. Bands
of girl scouts sang hymns and recit-
ed the rosary at intervals. The eX-
element engendered by the passing of
the funeral cortege eliminated in a
sharp party encounter in the Old
Lodge district, in which a young man
was critically wounded by a gunshot.
The shot was fired from an armOred
car. Three other persons suffering
from slight wounds were admitted to
hospitals.
Seven members of a police party
were wounded in an ambush at New
ry, County Down, in which the at
lacking force employed bombs and re-
volvers. The towns inhabitants were
panic-stricken as a result Of the boSnb
explosion.
Shortly afterward another police pa
troll intercepted and captured three
members of the ambush party, upon
whom loaded revolvers and bombs
were found. The prisoners were taken
to the military barracks.
Raze Irish Homes.
Dublin, April 28.-A headquarters
statement announced that because of
the murder of Sergeant MacFadden
and an attack on the crown forces at
Kilrush, the houses of John Leddy
and William Tough had been de-
stroyed as military operation.
An attack on unionists is report
ed from Armagh, where an attempt
was made to burn the Bailyrea Orange
hall. Two houses were destroyed with
bombs The official statement attrib-
utes this destruction to the Irish re-
publican army.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
GERMANY WOULD PAY
ALLIES DEBTS TO U. S.
Berlin Government Is Willing to Take
Over Obligations of the
Entente.

Berlin, April 27.-Germany, lin the
event the United States and the allies
so desire, Is willing, according to the
extent of her ability and capacity. to
assume the allies obligations TO the
United States" says clause in her
separations contemporaries, 1t Is
definitely learned here. With this
exception the counter-proposals for
warded to Washington, including the
offer of 2O0,OOO,OOO,0OO gold marks
($47 100000 are virtually as fore
cast in Mondays press dispatches
from this city.
Germany offers to pay 5O,OOO,OOO,-
600 gold marks, the present value Of
which. converted into annuities, would
total 2OO,OOO,OOO,OOO gold marks. pay
able according to her ability.
Arbitration proposed by Germany
for determining the total amount due
from her on PREPARATIONS is contained
in the PREPARATIONS note forwarded to
Washington.
A clause in this note says: Germany
suggests the appointment of an I'M
biased commission to fix the total sum
of her war PREPARATIONS, which she
pledges to accept as binding and to
carry out with good faith"
with the acceptance of these pro-
posals." says the German note, Ser
many's other reparations and obliga-
lions will be annulled and all German
private property in foreign countries
released"
AS evidence of her good faith, says
the note, Germany is prepared lmme-
diately to place at the disposal of the
PREPARATIONS commission l5O,OOO,UOO
marks in gold silver and foreign ex-
change, and S5OO00,0O0 gold marks in
treasury notes, redeemable within
three months in foreign exchange or
foreign securities.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
REWARD FOR DRAFT DODGERS
Government Will Pay $50 Each for
Delivery to Military Control
of Evaders.

Washington, April 2S.-Fifty dol
lars will be paid for the delivery to
military control Of any draft evader,
the War department announced.
Names of those who evaded the selec-
five service are about to be published
from the headquarters Of corps areas.
Secretary Weeks said that the opin-
ion of Attorney General Daugherty is
favorable to publication of the list.
The form upon which the names of
draft evaders are to be printed quotes
the 1O6th article of war, which makes
If lawful for any civil officer to ar
rest deserters from the military serv-
ice and deliver them to military au-
thoritieS.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
ASKS BAN ON U. S. PATENTS
Secretary Weeks Says Germans Are
Stealing Railway Artillery
Secrets.

Washington, April 27.-Activities Of
German citizens in obtaining patents
from the American government en-
bodying many of the principles of
American railway artillery and other
ordnance led Secretary Weeks to ask
congress for legislation limiting the
granting of patents to foreigners.
The war secretary said POI ord
nance patents had been obtained here
by German citizens since last July l,
and all transferred to Frederick
Krupp. the great ordnance manufac-
turer at Essen.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
CALIFORNIA WOMAN USES GUN
Mrs. Nina Robinson of Red Bluff
Shoots When Warrant Is Refused
by Official.

Red Bluff, CAL, May Mrs. Nina
Robinson barricaded herself in the Of
fees of District Attorney Cheatham
in the Tehama County bank for more
than ten hours before she was ar
rested.
Mrs. Robinson became enraged by
the failure to arrest Thomas X. Wal
ton, a wealthy dairyman. When her
request was refused she fired four
shots at the district attorney. She
charges Walton with being the father.
of her seventeen-year-old daughter.
Several years ago, she told the dis
trict attorney, Walton signed a con-
tract to pay her $4,000 for the sup
port and education of her daughter.
He has paid all but 1920, she said,
and she demanded his arrest to col
lect the balance she claims.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
GREEKS TO FACE KARABEKlR
Turk Commanders Changed on West
ern Anatolian Front, Says
Constantinople.

London, April 30.-A dispatch to
the London Times from CONSTANT
nople says that reports have been
received from Anatolia that Reid
Pasha has been removed from COM
mand of the Turkish nationalist west
ern army because the Angora govern
ment was dissatisfied with the con-
duct of the unsuccessful and costly
attack on the Greeks at Toulon Bunar.
The dispatch says it is understood
his successor will be KAHN Kara
bekir Pasha, former commander on
the Armenian front.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
FEDERAL REGULARS TO
GUARD MAIL AT CHICAGO
Postmaster General Hays and Post
master Garlic Agree on Try
out of the Plan.

Chicago, April 26.-Regular army
troops are to guard all government
property in Chicago until such time
as the daring and successful opera
lions of the city's criminals are
checked by the local authorities.
This was the reply of the govern
ment to the half dozen big mail rob-
berries recently, which have cost it in
the neighborhood of $2,OO0,OOO.
Notice of the unprecedented move
was received by Postmaster William
B. Garlic in the form OF. a letter from
the postmaster general. The letter
stated that regular troops were being
assigned Immediately to guard the
Federal building, the Federal Reserve
bank, postal substations and all other
government property where money or
articles of value are handled.
Quick Action on Request.
This move on the part of the gov
eminent was made on recommendation
of Postmaster Garlic week ago in
a letter to the postmaster general. The
letter received almost instant atten-
ton, and in the reply which the post
master received he is authorized to
take immediate action.
II am particularly interested in your
suggestion of guarding the mails by
use of federal troops in the larger
cities of the country" the reply read,
land wish you to try it out as soon
as possible in your district, Us coon
as you have worked out plan. Let
me know when you have completed
preparations and troops will be as
signed to be placed under your direc-
ton"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
HARDING WANTS REAL PEACE
President Hopes United States Will
Soon Make Real Progress
in Aim.

Boston, Mass, April ga hope
that the United States would soon be
able to effect real progress toward
substantial peace was expressed by
President Harding in a letter which
was read at the annual dinner of the
Middlesex club. He referred to pre-
sent conditions as constituting NOM
inal peace and lacking many benefits
of real peace
General Grants advice let us have
peace,' is a peculiarly proper theme"
the President wrote. in taking notice
of the fact that the occasion was a
Grant anniversary observance.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
U. S. WANTS AN EVEN BREAK
Equal Chance and Fair Opportunity Is
All the Yanks Demand,
Says Hughes.

Washington, May 2.-The United
States wants only an equal chance and
fair opportunity with other nations,
Secretary Hughes said at the banquet
of the American Society of Interna-
tional Law. This country, he said, is
not seeking its own ACKNOWLEDGMENT
that American interests coincide with
those of humanity, Mr.. Hughes said
that it is 'the intent of all that man.
dates shall be exercised for the COM
mon benefit and not so as to exclude
by monopolistic control fair oppor
tunity for honest endeavOr"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
POLICE AMBUSHED BY IRISH
Several Members of Attacking Party
and One Soldier Wounded
TWO Civilians Slain.

Dublin, April 26.-Police and mill
tary who were searching for a kid
naped constable near Fiddown, County
Kilkenny, were ambushed from farm
on which the constable was being held.
A fight ensued, In which one soldier
and several members of the ambush
ing party were wounded. 1t is be-
,ieved some of the attackers were
killed. The constable escaped during
the battle.
In clashes of the military and police
with civilians just before the cur
faw hour two civilians were shot dead.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
DAUGHERTY DENIES CHARGES
Attorney General Tells Ohio Assembly
He Never Accepted Pay for
Legislative Service.

Columbus, o., May attorney
General Daugherty, addressing the
first time, he said, that he had ever
accepted a single dollar for any service
in connection with matters before the
legislature. Daugherty said that he
had frequently been charged with in,
terfering in legislative matters, "but at
no time have i ever accepted a dollar
for any service, and am denying it
here for the first time"
The attorney general is visiting his
family here.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
DAUGHERTY TO LOSE AID
Mrs. Annette ABBOTT Adams, First
Woman 20 Hold Office of Assistant
Attorney General, to Quit.

Washington, April 29.-Mrs. An
nette Adams, assistant attorney-gen-
eral, and first woman ever to hold
that office, soon will resign and return
to the practice of law, it was learned
at the department of justice. Mrs.
Adams probably will return to San
Francisco. having gained distinction
as the writer of most of the dry"
law opinions of the department of
Justice. She also passed upon legal
questions involved in tax and customs
matters.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
TO HASTEN BOOZE TRIALS
Attorney General Daugherty Suggests
Shifting "idIe" United States
Judges.

washington, April 2S.-Legislation
authorizing the department Of justice
70 assign federal judges from one
Mace to another for the trial of liquor
cases was suggested by Attorney Gen.
eral Daugherty as means of clean
ing up crowded court dockets. The
proposition, he declared, is still in a
tentative form, although there has
been some informal discussion of the
subject with several senators.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
N. Y. SHIPPING is TIED UP
Forty Thousand Marine Workers Are
on Strike-Men Are SoidIy Be-
hind Their Leaders.

New York, May 2.-Twenty thou
sand seamen and 10000 oilers and
firemen will leave their ships in New
York within the next few hours.
Within a day or two about 10000 ma
rine workers will be idle in New York
alone as the result of the disagree
ment between the seamen and the
ship owners. These were the predic-
tons of leaders of the men following
various meetings. 1t was declared the
men are solidly behind their leaders.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
EMERGENCY BILL IN SENATE
New Tariff Measure Reported to Body
by Senator Penrose-To Be
Rushed.

Washington, May 2.-The emergen-
CIV tariff bill, with the Knox amend
ment for the protection of the Ameri-
can dyestuffs industry, was reported
70 the senate by Senator Penrose.
chairman of the committee on finance.
Consideration of the bill will begin
today with the expectation it will be
nassed before the end of the week.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
Gasoline Price Cut 8 Cents.

Chicago, April PA reduction of
cents gallon in the price of gas
cline and kerosene, is announced by
the Standard Oil company of Indi-
ana. This will make gasoline 20
cents at tank wagons and p cents
at filling stations. The new price of
kerosene will be 1O1s and IL. The re-
duction will be effective throughout
the territory of the Standard Oil COM
pany of Indiana.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
YANK FLYER FLEES RUSS
Capt. M. c. Cooper Reaches Riga--
Was Captured on the Polish
Front in july, 1920.

Riga, April 27.-Capt. Merton @.
Conner of Jacksonville, Fla, the Kos
ciusko squadron flyer, who was shot
down on the Polish front and captured
by the Russians last July. escaped
from a prison camp near Moscow on
April II and arrived in Riga. Captain
Cooper was accompanied here by TIVE
Polish officers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
DIES IN FALL FROM CLOUD
Aviation Sergeant Is Killed and a
Lieutenant Fatally Injured at
Hampton, Va.

Hampton, Va, April 2S.-Sergt.
Noble G.. Bryant, army air service.
was killed and Lieut.. Thomas ii.
ward. probably fatally injured at
Langley field when their machine
crashed to the earth while emerging
from a low-hanging cloudbank.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
BANK ROBBERS CAPTURED
Securities Taken From Kentucky
Bank Recovered When Bandits
Are Captured.

Nashville, Tenn, April 30.-Robbers
who obtained $113,O0O in cash and Sc
curities from bank at Auburn, KY,
were captured near Browner, KY, ac-
cording to a message received from
Russellville, Ky. Securities to the
value of 100000 were recovered.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
LONE R0BBER LOOTS BANK
Davenport (la.) institution
No Fight.

Davenport, Ia, April 30-A lone
robber at noon entered the Peoples
Trust and Savings bank and at the
point of gun commanded all the en-
ployees to hold up their hands. He
then gathered up all the loose money
ON the counters and made his escape
on foot. The loot is placed at about
81 900 by the bans officials,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
Blow Gary Store Safe.

Gary. Ind, May flames Curme,
manager of the Feltman & Curms
store here, notified the Chicago police
that the safe of the store had been
blown open and $1,000 taken.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-05-06
LEADING Iowa Woman, 90, Dies.

Iowa City, Ia, April 29.-Mrs. Jane
Kirkwood, ninety-nine years old,
widow of Samuel J. Kirkwood, secre-
tarv of the interior under President
Garfield. died here. Mr.. Kirkwood
was governor of Iowa during the Civil
war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-23
MANY new PLAYERS
ADDED TO ROSTER
ST. LOUIS CLUBS
Weak Pitching Staff of Both
the Teams Has Not Yet
Been Improved.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. Nov. est. Louis
clubs of the major leagues are busy
obtaining recruits in preparation for
the 1922 season, The Nationals have
added 10 new players to their roster
and the Americans. IA.
Although pitching proved the weak
spot of both teams last year only five
new pitchers have been obtained by
each club, some Of them being recall
cd. They are:
ton; Bill Barnes, Nokomis. Ill; Harry
Fuller. st. Louis; Artie Reinhart. Los
Angeles and Mike Kircher, Syracuse,
y. Y.
Browns-James Elliott. Terre Haute;
Frank Henry, Orlando, Fla; Roy
Sanders and Wayne Wright, Louisville
and Henry Meme. Beaumont, Tex
Other players added to the club are:
Cardinals-Catcher, George Gilman,
Syracuse. Infielders. jim Bottomly and
Ray Blades, Houston; Earl Adams and
Julie Ems. Syracuse. Ed Handley, Ian
sing, Mich. Outfielders. Howard Jones,
Moline, H.; Elmer Land. Monterey,
Calf, and Earl Sengotta. St. Louis.
Browns - Catchers. John Heying.
Tulsa and Bennett Tate, Terre Hautc.
Infielders. Harry Strong and Gene
Robertson. Joplin; William Mullen.
Mobile, Ala; James Riley, Terre
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-23
ANNUAL DINNER
GIVEN EMPLOYEES
Mr.. and Mrs. Daube Entertain
Employees of Westheimer
and Daube Store.

M. and Mrs. Sam Daube entertain
ed with seven o'clock goose and turkey
dinner last evening honoring the EN-
rloyccs of the Westheimer and Daubc
store and additional friends. The az
fair was held on the mezzaine floor
~ the store where three long banquet
tables were arranged To accommodate
the more than one hundred guests
who enjoyed the most delcctable and
snvory feast, which was so very care
fully prepared under the supervision
Of Mrs. Daube.
Tom Roland was POSTMASTER and
introduced the special guest, T. \.
Thurmond, Frank Sherwood, Charlie
Workman, l.. II. Love, Rev. and Mrs.
+. w. Golden-Howes and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Adams. They made impromptu
speeches md all attested his interest
In watching the Westheimer and
Daube store grow from a small depart
ment store OF the store which now
compares with New York stores. John
Teer. Sloan and r. +. Downs spoke.
THANKSGIVING dinner of the store told
HON Mrs. Daube nat always prepared
these annual dinners.
A letter from l.. G. Gibbons Of the
oil department Of Westheimer and
Daube who is in New York on bust
ness for the firm was read by the
toastmaster. MIR. Gibbons expressed
his regret at not being at the affair
which every employee looks forward
TO. Reverend Golden-Howes returned
cheer was given Mrs. Daube atWDLU
thans. A cheer was given Mrs. Daube
ut the conclusion Of the dinner.
The Thanksgiving dinner last year
Was enjoyed by about IS guests at the
Hotel Ardmore. The new store had
not been completed at that time. IT
is probable that the affairs will be
held in the future in the store as il
accommodates quite a large crowd.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-23
MOTION PICTURES OF
GAMES GIVES YOST A
CLOSE STUDY OF TEAM
Michigan University Football
Coach Adopts a Unique
Pictorial Method.

ANN ARiBOR. Mich, Nov. 23.-Mo
ton pictures are to play an important
part in the future coaching OF the
Michigan varsity football squad,
Coach Fielding ". Yost announced fol-
lowing an investigation along this
line.
Coach Yost discovered the value ~
motion pictures to "A football coach by
accident, lie asked a local motion pic
ture cameraman 10 take ! 500 feet of
film Of the Michigan-O Ohio state game.
II was Yost's intention to compile n
pictorial record of important Michigan
games to be shown about the state
and at class reunions in the future.
When the pictures were delivered a
small room adjoining Yost's office
was converted into a projection room
and the pictures shown upon a small
cardboard, the motion picture machine
being focused to show all OF the play
on the cardboard. Although the
figures in the pictures appeared to be
but q few inches in height Coach Yost.
by standing close to the cardboard, oh
tanned as good a view of HIS team in
action as though he had been playing
in the backfield. The value of motion
pictures for training purposes became
apparent to the hurry up" mentor
BY turning the machine slowly he
found he could obtain the results OF
rapid action camera. Yost turned tn,
reel through the machine over anC
over again, studying the manner il
which each Of his charges conducted
himself in the Ohio State game. II,
learned which of the men followed IN,
play at all times and WHICH lacked
aggressiveness. After the demons'ra
ton was over Yost had accurate m
formation concerning the good AM
bad points of each member Of hi
squad who appearing during the game
Il cannot say that motion picture
will revolutionize coaching but the!
will aid us considerably in giving u
close.ups of the men under fire
Coach Yost said. "The camera records
facts that cannot be disCerned from
the sidelines during a game. y coacl
knows his men better by having seel
them on the screen
Yost will attempt to procure
screen record Of the Wisconsin ant
Minnesota games.
The pictorial record will not b
confined to football, the mentor said
but pictures will be taken of games il
all varsity sports.