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Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
WAY OPENED FOR
DISARMAMENT CALL
CONFERENCE EXPECTED TO BE-
GIN NOV. II. THIRD ARM S.
TIcE ANNIVERSARY DAY.
American Government Will Not Insist
Upon Defining An Unalterable
Course of Discussion of Topics to
Be Presented Before the council.

WashingtOn.-UnleSs unexpected on
position develops, the international
conference on disarmament and Far
Eastern subjects, proposed by PreSi-
dent Harding, will begin November II
the third anniversary Of the signing
of the armistice which marked the
close of the World War.
Great Britain's formally expressed
willingness to accept any date that
would he agreeable to the United
States led to the extension Of the def
mite suggestion to all the invited Pow
ers that they convene on that date. 1t
is understood officially that Japan will
offer no objection to the suggestion, al
though the Government at Tokyo
would prefer a slight delay merely for
the purpose Of facilitating the COM
pilatiOn of material that will be re-
quired by its representatives at the
conference. France and Italy, il is
understood. will JON the British Gov
ernment in prompt acquipSreuce.
Press dispatches indicating Great
Britain's willingness to leave to the
United States the determination of the
subjects that will he discussed. were
said to be indicative of the spirit of
accord which has been manifested.
The American Government has made
it plain that it does not insist upon
defiIn- N unalterable course of dis
cussion, blt has felt that the nature
of the prOsTam should he outlined in
advance of the conference if possible.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
AMERICA FACES
LARGE DEFICIT
A. w. MELLON, TREASURY HEAD,
WOULD CALL A HALT ON
SPENDING.
Expenditures For Year May Exceed In
come From All Sources S26e, 600, 900
Urges Heavy Expense Guitar
Greater Economy Must Prevail, or
Taxes Will Go Up.

WashingtOn.-An increase in Federal
taxes Of S2G6,OOOOOO in addition to the
present high war rates will he neces-
Sary to meet estimated Government eX-
penditures during the current fiscal
year unless big and heretofore uncon-
templated reductions in the Govern
ment's spending can be maGe, Andrew
W. Mellon, Secretary Of the Treasury,
warned the House Ways and Means
Committee.
Basing statements on cold figures
from the Treasury files as to probable
expenditures, which aStOunded the
committee, the Secretary emphasized
the fact that far greater economy
measures than any now under cOnsid-
Grafton had TO be adopted Immediately
if a reduction were to be made i'm Fed
eral taxation.
He submitted an outline of the en-
tire Government fiscal situation and
added that his estimates included re-
ductions that had been made as the
result of the. economy drive Of the
Budget Bureau.
The present difficult fiscal problem
was brought about largely by the big
slump in the yield of the present reve-
nue. law. due to business depression,
Mr.. Mellon showed.
Under the present revenue and tariff
laws the maximum yield was more
than OO0.OOO.OO0. During the cur
rent year these sources will yield but
$3.ST0OO0,0O with an additional N'l47.-
$4,000 to be obtained from salvage
and miscellaneous sources.
Mr.. Mellon estimated that the grand
total of expenditures of the Govern
ment during the current year would
be 81, ,012,S17.. The estimated rev.
enues he gave as $4,217. $4,000. Thus,
should the present high tax rates re-
main untouched the Government
deficit would he 1896, 6,469S1T. II tho
FOrdney tariff bill were enacted by
January l, S7O,OOO,OOO more than the
yield of present Democratic law would
be obtained, thus making it necessary
for Congress TO provide for $266OOO,-
600 more than the present war rates
on internal taxes yield, unless big cuts
in expenditures could be made.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
SOVIET TROOPS IN MUTINY
Hunger Stricken Hordss March on
Moscow After Burning Villages
in Famine Districts.

I0nd, n. - HungerStricken thou
sands iIt the famine districts Of Russia
are setting fire tn their villages before
deserving them for other parts of Rus
Sia, according to lIelsingfOrs dis
patch To the Central News Agency,
quoting persistent reports received
from the interior Of Russia. Many vii
lagos are said to he in flames From
the same source it was reported that
great preparations were being made
10 deal with the masses of peasants
now marching toward Moscow. Many
trenches have been dug about the city
and much war material, including field
guHs, has been installed, the report
said. Other kilograms received at
HelsingforS reported that the Petro-
grad garrison had mutinied again.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
AGENTS COMPLETE
SECRET INVESTIGATION |
OF SOLDIERS Home
AT JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE
VICE DEN Barred AT
HOSPITAL
For Former Service Men, Senators
Are ToId-Moonshine and Drugs
open TO Patients, While Women
overrun Grounds, Is Charge.

WaShington.-Conditions at the
johnson City, Tenn, Old Soldiers
Home, where former service men are
receiving treatment, are so deplorable
that unless Congress acts Immediately
the casualties there will be higher pro
portiOnately than occurred in the
World War, Director Charles II.
Forbes, of the Bureau Of War Risk
Insurance, declared before a Senate
Committee. Agents Of the bureau have
just completed a secret investigation
Of tlIP institution In which are quarter
ed the former service men and who,
Colonel ForbeSe declared, were living
under astoundisg conditions Of vice.
corruption and immortality. The War
Risk head brought as a witness VI. p.
McInerny, the agent who made the in
veStigation and who lived for a week
as a patient" at the Home.
The latter told the committee Of hav-
ing bought drugs. moOnshine whisky
and extract Of ginger containing %
per cent alcohol on the Home Reserva-
ton; declared that intONiCatiOn was
common among the former service
men, and asserted that immoral wom-
en- overrun the grounds on which the
Institution is located. The witness
said he had encountered many pa
tients who carried guns and defed the
guards TO take the firearms away.
There absolutely was no discipline, he
added. and the DatientS iran the Dlace
to the extent Of forcing the executive
officers TO withdraw the guards from
the dining room" Loaded dice and
marked cards, he declared, were sup
piled by parasites" from the outside
and the patients drained" of the
money given to them by the Govern
ment.
As Mr.. Mclnerney gave detail after
detail Of his weeks experience which
ended last Monday, telling Of the life
Of ''thOse who desired to get well"
Senator David l. Walsh, Massachu-
setts, Democrat, demanded that the
situation be laid before Attorney Gen
eral Harry NJ. Daugherty for action.
The Senator declared that all those in
authority at the home, and those, he
said. who appeared TO have permitted
the condition to continue. should be in
dicted for malfeasance in office. No
action was taken by the committee,
however, but Mr.. Walsh declared that
the sending of former service men to
"such hell houses has got to stop"
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Charges Denied.

Washington.-Ofic at American
Red Cross headquarters. asserted that
charges made by United States Sena-
tor Joseph ]. France at Riga, that DR..
Edward w. Ryan, American Red Cross
Commissioner of the Balkans, insti-
gated the Kronstadt revolution, were
without founds tiOn. Neither he nor
the American Red Cross gave any aid
10 the Kronstadt reyolutiOnists, it was
said, officials of the Maryland Senator
To he tracesble to a BolShevik propa-
ganda wireless message, asserting that
the International and American Red
Cross were contemplating helping the
revOlutionists.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Seeks to REGAIN Throne.

Geneva, Observation-Disclosures
reports persist that former Emperor
stein secretly and is in Hungary
awaiting an opportunity to launch d
coup d'etat 1t is said that Captain
Workman, private secretary to Charles,
and several of the former MOnarch's
servants already have left for Buda-
pest. 1t is stated i'm usually well-ln-
formed circles that Charles will make
an attempt to regain his throne this
month, Notwithstanding the warnings
of the allies.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
MerrN RnM

WashingtOn.-The House terminated
a dreary session in the midst of de
bate as to whether the request of Rep
resentative Roy G. Fitzgerald, of Day,
ton, o., Republican. for a leave of alb
sence to attend a reserve officers
camp at Camp Knox, KY, should be
allowed. Objection of Democratic
members blocked unanimous consent
and 1t is regarded as doubtful whether
the request will be renewed.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Americans Released.

Riga.-American prisoners in Russia
already have been released from con-
finement, according to unofficial re-
ports at the BOlshevik LegGti-n Press
Bureau here, but there was no word
as to the number released or when,
how, or where they will be delivered
across the border. An International
Committee has been organized here TO
render relief to the starving. This
committee, with the international Red
Cross organization in Riga, which is
looking after the transport to Russia
of former prisoners Of war, will main
rain relations, with regard TO relief
work, between Moscow and Western
Europe, it is announced.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
RockefeIIer Liahtened.

New IOrk.-The Government won
its suit in United States District Court
here To collect $292,672 from John d.
Rockefeller, alleged to he due in in
come on oil company shares. Judge
Learned Hand ruled that these shares
of stock had not come into the pos
session of the defendant as dividends,
as contended, but were income, and
therefore property taxable The Court
also dismissed "A suit begun by the
William L. Harkness estate TO recover
$43,5S7 income taxes involved in the
Rockefeller action.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Ennd Prices Soar

WashingtOn.-Retail prices of food
increased in nine of ten principal cities
during the period from June - TO July
Is, the Department Of Labor an
nounced. In Detroit prices went up Z
per cent; in Peoria and Providence, 3
per cent; Manchester and New Haven,
per cent; Mobile and Savannah, 3
per cent; and in Atlanta and Rich
.mond, l per cent. Prices in Little
Rock decreased One-tenth of per cent.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Allies Press Demand,

Berlin.-The French and British Am
bassadOrs and the Italian Charge
d'Affaires delivered to Foreign Minis
ter ROsen, on behalf Of their respective
governments, the note asking the Ger
man Government TO take steps to facil-
itate the transportation of allied
troops across Germany. The note
declared that the situation in Upper
Silesia at any moment might render
the sending of troops necessary. 1t
was learned later on good authority
that the. German Government acceded
to the demand.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11

terminus at that time being Earring
don street station, which a contem-
porary writer described as "a family
vault on a large scale, with series
of hip-baths introduced into 1t dlagon-
ally for light and ventilation. The hip
baths are lined with glazed tiles and,
to keep their resemblance to their pro-
totype, we find the leakage drained of
at the lower end into a vessel some
thing like a soap dish. A dense fog
filed the place when ! was there, and
&c. tie rfople waiting for their trains
wandering up and down the
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Protection Against RadIum.

A physician using radium has 10 in
sulate himself thoroughly from its ef-
fects. DIR. Belcherc Of the French
Academy Of Medicine says they must
wear gloves lined with lead, and spec
tacles containing lead salt; they must
handle the radium salts with pincers
and sit at the table lined with lead. He
Is perfecting a lead protector for the
heart and lungs, but advises operators
to wrap themselves In thin lead sheets.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11

Penetank, 0nt.-Supreme chieftains
Of the Huron and IrOquOis Indian
tribes, whose ancestors carried on a
feud for centuries in what now is the
province Of Ontario, literally buried
the hatchet. They also smoked the
pipe Of peace. These ancient symbolic
ceremonies were carried out in the
presence Of thousands, drawn here to
attend the tercentenary celebrations
of the coming of the French explorer,
Samuel De Champlain, the first white
man to visit the Indian tribes in this
country.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
: 1t is physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
Il is sold by all druggists on its merit
and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine has 30 many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp Root and stars
treatment at once.
However. if you wish first to test TIN
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton. n. Y, for n
sample bottle. When writing be surf md
mention this paper.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11

New fork.-IiuSSIan horses, which
numbered S6,OO0.OOO before the war.
practically have disappeared, having
been eaten by the furnished population
it was revealed in Russian newspapers
here by the American Relief Admins
tration. Meat had grown 50 scarce
more than II month ago that it was
rationed only to hospital patients.
Glasses in Moscow University were
dismissed by the lecturers because the
students were too weak from hunger
to continue their work, the papers said.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
MIX Trust.

indianapolis, Ind.-Attorney Cen
eral L. :. LeSh and William Evans.
prosecuting attorney for this county.
filed in the Superior Court here a suit
against the Indiana Manufacturers of
Dairy Products, with headquarters in
Indianapolis, and 3S associated milk
and dairy products companies in In
dianapols and 2S other Indiana cities,
charging the existence Of a dairy prod
ucts and milk trust. II is also charged
that "SluSh fund" exists to maintain
unreasonable aud urconscionable"
low prices tn producers and similarly
high prices TO consumers.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Inauisltive Lillian.

Lillian. four years old, has attended
sunday school and heard some things
she does not understand.
Lillian said: Mother. what is the
sOul?"
Mother replied: Child. the soul Is
the mind. the part of you that thinks"
There was silence for a little bit
and then Lillian said: Mother. how
will Got get wings fastened on to the
mindF"
Mother did not answer. After a short
silence Lillian said: Mother, Is God
and Central the sameT"
By this time father had begun to
take notice and answered: MOT In
our town."
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Bows Held as sIaYers.

Boonville, Ind.-Charged with muir
der of their mother, Mrs. Martha Def
fendoll, 40 years old, Willie Deffen-
doll, II, and Dollie Deffendoll, %, are
in Jail at BOonville. They were az
rested by Luthe- Stambush, Sheriff
of Warrick County, after Vernon
Kreighaus, Coroner, had conducted an
inquest. Sheriff Stambush placed the
bows in separate cells in order that
they might not do each other violence.
The shooting took place a week ago
upon a farm near Heilman.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
DETECTIVES IN THE ORIENT.

There are 100000 blind and at
least 100000 deaf in China. India has
100000 blind. Nearly 8 per cent Of the
population of Cairo is said to be phys
Ically defective, usually blind or half
blind. The natives of the African jun
gle, instead of being the lusty saw
ages of Imagination, are for the most
part physically below par. The ma
jority of them are mslnOurlshed and
diseased and marked physical defects
are common,
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
LORE OF THE DANDELION

II Is an old custom TO blow the feath-
cry petals Of the dandelion away with
q message for an absent lover. The
dandelion also decides the ques-
ton as 20 whether there is a
lover, whether he lives north, south.
VI west. and II he is. coming. The
4 the flower is derf 4 from the
word. dent de lion eSing
Doth. Since ancI s the
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Injunction Is SOUGHT.

Chicago.-A writ of injunction was
filed in Circuit Court to prevent city
officials interfering with the street
sale Of Henry Ford's Dearborn Inde.
pendent Perley w. Johnson, a dis
tributor for the paper, alleged that sew
eral weeks ago two boys selling the
Dearborn Independent were arrested
and charged with disorderly conduct.
The petitioner denies there was any
disorderly conduct and declared the
arrests 10 be in violation of the right
of free speech.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Nothing Serious.

They met at a dance, and after q
few dances together sat down.
Silence followed.
He looked at her, she looked at
him.
More silence.
Then at last George asked:
DAISY, viii you be my"
"Oh, George" cried Daisy, "thls Is
so suddenl Give me a little time"
Partner for the next dance" con-
cluded George.
ITO get my breath back" also con-
tinued Daisy between puffs. 4 haven't
quite recovered from the last shuttle
THE Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
CaruSo Euneral

NapleS.-The funeral of EnricO Ca
russo has taken place. From the Royal
Church Of San Francisco di Palo the
cortege moved through streets, lined
with troops and vast crowds. to the
cemetery where the body was placed
in a vault. Services were conducted
in the famous church by permission of
King Victor Emmanuel, who sent a
special representatives to attend the
ceremony. \ great choir, composed Of
hundreds Of singers, assisted in the
requiem high mass.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
They All Seek Passes! (!

Chicago.-An injunction against of
ficials of Chicago Pageant of Progress.
to restrain them from charging fifty
cent admission fee at the gate, was
asked for in Circuit Court here. The
admission is attacked as an infringe
ment of rights Of the people who built
the municipal pier where the expOsi-
tion is being conducted. About $780,
600 has been obtained at the gate since
the exposition opened. The petition
sets forth that "as a corporation for
profit, the Pageant of Progress is using
public property for private gain"
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Topeka Stores Raided.

Topeka, Kan.-City and county au-
thOrities united in raiding 80 Topeka
stores where, it was suspected, cigar
cites have been sold in violation of the
state anti-cigarette law. Officials an
nounced that cigarettes foun6 in bus:-
ness houses would be cOnfscated as
evidence. About 30 policemen partic-
ipated in the raids, which came with
out warning. Two officers were as
signed to each drugstore cigar shop.
poo! hall and other business houses
suspected of selling Cigarettes.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Japs Pay American Agents.

Washington.-Japanese in Honolulu
financed representatives of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor who came to
Washington to oppose the resolution
for the relief Of the labor shortage in
the islands by admitting Chinese la
borers. WilmOt Chiffon and George
Wright, testifying before the House
immigration Committee as the repre-
sentatives Of the Honolulu Central La
Dor Council of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, admitted that the jap
anese had financed their trip to Wash
ington.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Eiuht Bodies Recovered-

ROme.-The pOStOffice building at
Bari, in Southeastern Italy on the
Adriatic, collapsed as a result of an
earth tremOr and eight bodies so far
have been recovered from the ruins.
Others are reported to have been
killed in the disaster and many in
iured. One of the bodies taken out
was that of NJ. ZavOiania, reputed to
be a Greek millionaire, who was trans
acting business in the pOstofiice at the
time of the collapse.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Slack Buying BY Public.

New York.-1he Credit Clearing
House weekly report of merchandis-
ing activities by manufacturers and
wholesalers shows marked slacken-
ing in buying by the general pdblic
except on the Pacific Coast and cn
the mountain sections, with slight, bGt
favorable changes in Indebtedness an I
purchases from manufacturers and
wholesalers. Purchases are slightly
more active than last week, hut less
than in the corresponding week of
1920 and 1919
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Decisive In Refusal.

When you do not intend to pay a bfA
there is nothing like being decisive In
your refusal. The other day a book
seller had an account rendered" re-
turned to him with the following re-
ply scrawled across the billhead:
Dear Sir: 1 never ordered this beast
ly book. If 1 did, you didn't send 1t.
If yo1 sent 1t, never got It II I got
it. I .Daid for 1t. II didn't won't
Now : and hang yourself, you fat
head. 1rs very respectfully, John
Jones
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Declares Charge Ridiculous.

Riga.-PriOr to his departure for
Berlin Senator Joseph l. France, of
Maryland, personally accused DIR. Ed
ward W. Ryan, American Red Cross
Commissioner in the Baltic States, of
having instigated the revolt at Kron-
Stadt last winter. When questioned
concerning the incident, DIR. Ryan
said: THE charge is ridiculous. The
Senator must have been raving"
American official representatives here
also said that the accusation absolute
ly was without basis in fact.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
The Three Kinds.

A teacher In a school asked the
other day: -HOw many kinds OF
flowers are there?"
Three pupils held up their hands.
She chose one to reply.
swell. Jack, how many kinds Of
flowers are thereT'
"Three. teacher"
'IndeedI And what are they7"
"Wild. tame and collie"
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Foolish Question.

In a neighbOrhOOd where war gar
dens" were very popular there are still
many of them because they still save
families many dollars.
Harry. who was eight years old. was
hard at work hOelng the young
onions, when the woman next door
asked: Harry. Is your mother homer
Harry stopped and leaning on his
hoe, replied: Mrs. s., you don't think
that 1 would be working Ike this II
nv mother wasn't hOme?
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
SOUGHT in Bank Theft.

Mcntreal.-Charles Hays, serving a
three-mOnths Jail sentence here, is
sought in San Francisco on charges of
having stolen S5g.O0O in bonds from
the Anglp-LOndon-Paris NatiOna. Bank
there, police said. Two royal mounted
police detectives have entered claim
to the $1,000 reward for capturing
HayS.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11
Relief Bill Attacked

WashingtOn.-In a statement issued
Samuel GOmperS, President of the
American Federation of Labor, de-
clared the Hawaiian labor relief
measure, (which would make possible
the importation by sugar planters of
Hawaii of approximately $4,000 Chi
nese coolies in bonds" was a proposal
brought forward for the benefit of
great corporations, for their added
profit and for the exploitation of hu-
manity."
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11

There's something wrong with that
hired man of mine," said Mr.. CObbles
"What do you think Is the matter
with him, father?" asked Mrs. CObbles.
AS near as : can judge. he think
we're operating a summer resort, and
he's come here to sOrter rest an build
himself up."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Owingsville outlook., 1921-08-11

Frankfort-"Thec circuit and county
clerks and their deputies are faithful
and attentive to their duties and have
been exceedingly careful in collecting
and promptly reporting money due the
state" said State Inspector and Ex-
aminer Henry f. James in reporting
TO Governor Morrow on the conditions
Of the offices of Fayette County. The
only money collected by James in Fay.
cite County was S11T.23, which S. H,
Lewis, county clerk, had failed to col
lect and report on mortgage recording
tax. He handed his check for thll
amount to Mr.. James.