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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26
HAD FILLED HIGH POSITIONS
Pope Rr ediet Prominent In Church
Counsels Before His Elevation
to the Papai Throne.

Pope Benedict XIV rose to the SUI
preme head of the Catholic church
Sept. 6. 1914. less than six months
ship. He was horn of noble parents
at Poglf. near Genoa. Italy. Nov. Il,
1854. His father was Marquis Della
Chiesa.
Educated at Capronlcan college and
the Academy of EccIesiastlcs. he was
ordained TO the priesthood In 1878
He was taken to Madrid. Spain. by
Cardinal Rampolla, and for four years
was secretary of the nunciature In
Spain. In 1901 he was appointed con-
suItor OF the holy office and In 1907
Pope Plus gave him the appointment
of archbishop of the see of Bologna.
He was made a cardinal in May, 1914.
saddened BY Horrors of War.
Pope Benedict was much affected by
the horrors and sorrow OF the World
war and many times tried TO bring
about peace negotiations. Germany's
violation of Belgium's neutrality filed
him with great sorrow and after the
sinking of the Lusitania, he telegraph
ed the German emperor telling his
adherence of the deed.
Pope Benedict's first appeal for
peace was issued one week after his
coronation. The appeal failed to bring
results. as did also his later plan for
q Christmas truce. In January and In
July, 1915. he again tried TO bring
about peace negotiations. In March.
1916. he repeated his attempts and In
MAY of the same year suggested that
America should act as conciIiator be-
tween the warning nations. His note
to President Wilson TO this effect
reached Washington when Germany
and the United States were involved
I'm a diplomatic crisis. The Vatican mp
proved Of President Wilson's peace
note IN 1917. but three months later
the United States entered the war.
Made Appeal for Peace.
The Pope's most memorable appeal
for peace was issued in his own hand
writing on august s, 1917. and asked
belIigerenf rulers to end the struggle.
During the peace conference his pleas
we're issued In behalf Of weaker ma
tons
Just before the conference President
Wilson had q private conference With
Pope benedict at the Vatican in which
many questions of a social and inter
national nsture were discussed |
The settlement Of the 7~0QLyear-oid |
Irish problem was received with great
pleasure b. the pope, who issued .
message c~ongrsfulafing the principals
In the negotiations.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26
NINE WORKERS ASK
FOR INCREASED PAY
Demand 20 Per Cent Increase
in Wages and Will Strike
April ! If not Granted.

S~hathokiu, fa.-1he t%rf=State rom
sentim of The anthracite mine work
ers have adopted the recommendation
81 the scale committee demanding a
10 per cent increase In wages for con
tract miners and 81 q day for All day
neI.
The convention had before Il Il rec
~,mmenialion providing for a suspen-
sion Of mining on April I in the event
no satisfactory agreement has been
reached by that dale.
The Delegates also adopted a de
asand that the proposed new agree
neht to take the place of the present
one, which expires March 81. shall not
exceed n period Of two years and pro-
Uniting the making Of Individual
agreements and contracts.
This scale committee presented ~
proposed demands on the operators
and three recommendations to be car
Fied ont 10y the scale committee.
Other demands provide for a uniform
wage scale 80 that various occupations
II like character shall command the
same wages; that the eight-hour clause
N The present agreement shall be APP
piled 10 all persons working in and
about mines coming under the juris-
diction OF the mine workers union /:
time and one-half for all overtime work
and double lime for Sunday and holi-
Jay work a standard check-off sys-
tenn; dead work 10 be paid for on a
uniform consideration basis that
where coal Is paid for by the ear II
ShufF he rhHrged md payments made
on the legal ton basis and dockage
eliminated that carpenters and other
tradesmen be paid the recognized
standard rates existing IN the regions
which should not he less than 81 cents
an hour; that In re-hlring men laid
off. the seniority rule shall apply that
employees Of stripping contracts be
brought underline agreement and that
powder be delivered TO the miners az
their working places.
The recommendation that the scale
committee be instructed TO perfect ar
rangements'' for a suspension OF min
Ing ON April ! In the event of an agree
ment not being reached by that time,
as a surprise to some Of the dele
gates. II wac expected by some that
this would be left TO the international
policies committee which would not
its hands tied In negotiating with
The operators.
Hwas-t the custom lH previous nego-
ttatlens 10 keep the men At=work=while
negotiations were progressing favor
ably aud to make the agreement en-
tered Into retroactive.
There was no serious opposition 10
the 80 demands adopted or to the
proposition Ia quit work April The
taken by the convention viii be
referred 10 fhe International cOnven-
lion, whlei=meFIzat indianapolis, Feb-
ruary u.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26

New York.-Five hundred sociefy
women. debufanfes and young marruns
~ the Iunior league. viii present y
novel plan for charity on February 70
when they VII take over the clty's
third largest hotel, The Fillmore and
ran It for one day. In every depart
menf. except the Kitchens. the room
and hell service. the volunteers will
replace the. hotels employees They viii
take charge Of the information desks
rlgar ana flower Stands. and will reg
lister and check out guests. The anys
proceeds viii go for Charity
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26

Neutrality-suspicious. by the alien
property custodian to the German gov
ernmeui of a plot az ground in Wash
lngton purchased by Germany before
the war rs q site for n new embassy
building. was announced Thursday af-
Ter - conference between Thomas Nil
Ter. property custodian. and Karl Lang,
the German charge d'affalres.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26

manned open so that the ponttf might
hear.
Many diplomats visited the Vatican
seeking news: all of them were re
ceived in the antechamber. none be-
ing permitted 10 disturb the patient.
Ii is said that the poTse contracted
his present illness three days before
his death, after he had celebrated mass
Ia Matilde chapel. He received vlsi-
tors and attended to his usual pontih-
cal duties until a comparatively few
hours before he passed away.
Cardinal GiOrgi. the apostle peniten-
tiary. WIS summoned TO Pope Bene-
diets bedside at & o'clock this morn
ing. says an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Rome, TO London. 10 recite
the prayer for the dying.
Spreads to Right Lung.
The last official bulletin on the con-
dItion OF his holiness read:
sHis holiness has been four days
with influenza bronchitis. II is ascer-
tanned that lnfiammatory process has
spread To the right lung.
The patient passed Ia agitated
night and had no sleep. This morning
the dyspnoea is intense. The tempera-
ture was I04, the pulse 102 and the
respiration IS.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26

Pope Benedict XIV. tsxo hun
dred and sixtieth In the list OF
Roman pontiffs, served as pops
for about seven years and I'VE
months, having been crowned al
the Vatican Sept. 6, 1914. His
reign was shorter than that OF
any OF the three popes lnredi-
ately preceding him. Pope Plus
X, his immediate predecessor,
served II years before he died
in 1914.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26
One Killed In Wreck

Ottawa, OnfZOne man Me- kilIed
and ut least II persons er'Nnjured
when the Canadian Pacific express
from Prescott to OTTAWA ran onto a.
broken rail and plunged over an EN-
5anknent.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26

fhfrugo-Thomas catherwood, for
merIy ~ Springfield. who confessed he
killed his si.ter-in-law. Airs. Betty
Sharples. 10 steal $50. wnS sentenced
10 life imprisonment Friday by Judge
Fitch when he pleaded guilty aud
threw himself on the mercy of the
court.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26

warsaw.-Offlcial returns Of the
wilma elections Indicate that the wilma
diet viii have "a members who favor
anDexatiOn e Poland. out Of a total OF
LOG. The opening Of the diet has been
fixed for February J..
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26
"BATTISTINI,
~"CHERUBINI,
"BIGNAMI.
"MARCHIAFAVA."
Takea Turn Coz Worse.


Ii was about 4 o'clock In the morning
that the change for the worse In the
pope's condition occurred. II was espe-
cIally due TO catarrh. which has spread
to both lungs. to inability TO expec-
torate and TO pulmonary infiammation,
II was stated. Professor Cherubini.
who had been waiting at the Vatican.
was Immediately summoned. He found
the pope mentally depressed and pant
ing for breath.
Realizing the patients serious con-
dition. DIR. Cherubini administered
sedatives and expectorants, but the
beneficial effects expected did not man
ifest themselves. In view of the grav-
ity OF the situation DIR. CheEBbfni sent
an urgent call to Professor Bignami.
Fntfcur automobile being dispatched
10 bring him TO the Vatican, his ar
rival there following shortly.
Consultation is Held.
Professor Bignami the evening be-
fore had remarked upon the absence
of a cough. checking expectoration. and
consequently was not surprised by the
development. II appeared. After n
brief inspection of the patient he left
to bring Professor Machlafava, with
whom he shortly afterward consulted
In the Vatican.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26
Kansas city MAYOR pies

Kansas CIfy.-FolIowing . confer
ence with Matthew~A. Foster ana loln
u. Wilson. police commissioners, IN
his office Friday. Mayor james :.
Cowgirl dropped dead of apopiexy. The
mayor was "a years old.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26

Atlantic CITY. y. I-Iohn Kendrick
Bangs. humorist aud lecturer died af
q hospital here late Saturday Of mites
final trouble.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26
Pope Given Oxygen.

Soon thereafter. however, the pope's
condition became aggravated and the
administration Of oxygen was begun.
Meanwhile, prayers were being said
in all the churches and Catholic insti-
buttons of Rome on behalf of his holt
ness and great crowds began TO as
sembie in st. Peters.
The sudden change for the worse
in the pontin's condition seemed To
have come as a great surprise. even
10 those who had been observing him
most closely. Last evening he received
some strengthening injections and the
doctors then stated they were salts
fed with his condition. expressing hope
that danger of an extension of the In
Illumination to the lungs had passed
and saying the crisis appeared to be
overcome.
One OF the most disturbing condi-
tons that developed early in the day
seemed 10 be passing away after 10
o'clock In the morning. as the pontiff
was then able TO expectorate slightly.
This aroused more hope anon the
watchers, but toward IL o'clock he be-
came worse again and oxygen then
was administered.
Cardinals Wait Word.
Mgr. Zampini. sacristan of the apos-
tolIc palace. Mgr. Carlo Respighl. the
p"ntiicai project of ceremonies, and
Mgr. Migone, the private chamberlain.
were AT the pope's bedside. Z
There was an afr Of deep anxiety
and apprehension about the Vatican,
where many of the cardinals we're
waiting In an asteehamber, sI the
cardinals In Italy having assembled In
Rome upon receiving word of the
poT~s's serious Illness. The doctors,
sfsef a consultation. did not conceal
the gravity Of the pontifTs condition.
although Professor Marchisfara took
a more hopeful view than bis col
eazues.
Pope Hesn Mass Celebrated.
hgr. Aigone ceiebrated mass in ans
RI n,snf adjoining The p,ope's bed
Toona. The door 70 fhe sick re-
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-01-26

lNIOII HIFT VUIIH, HVt'Tf "" fFftHFFF'
hut would seek increases.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
REFORMATORY SITE
STILL UNDECIDED
Commission EndeavOrs to Sc
cure Land at Sl70 Acre
Maximum Price.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Feb. "a
GOV. McCray and the relocation
commission which is seeking a new
site for the Indiana state reforma-
tory. now at Jacksonville. will visit
Acton Friday in an effort to obtain
new figures on the cost OF the pro-
posed site. The commission with
Gov McCray visited Pendleton
Thursday and was unable, il was an
nounced 10 obtain lower figure
than $50 an acre for a tract OF
] OBS acres. The comm ssion is
holding out for $40 an acre, aver
age price. commissions said.
Acton, Mooresville and Carmel
are now being again considered "a
possible locations for the refOrma-
tory. The commission seems dis
posed 20 have considered the visit
of the Carmel delegation Wednes-
day seriously. This delegation asked
that the reformatOry be sent 10
Carmel. and declared that most or its
beers, said 10 represent the opin-
ION Of at least twO-thirds Of the
towns population. were residents OF
Carmel and not OF the surrounding
country, as was charged by those
persons who attended the reforma.
tory protest meeting at Carmel Mon.
day.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
FIVE MINUTE STORM
DOES TERRIFIC DAMAGE

ROCKPORT. Ind Feb PA
fye-mirute wind and raiHsJorm
which visited Spencer county Thurs
day afternoon caused unusually
heavy damage
Forest and fruit trees were blown
down barns were demolished. CHM
neys toppled. houses were unroofed
and telephone poles we're torn up.
A mouse boat used as a home by
Artie walden. on the Ohio river,
vas picked up and carried 20 feet
and then set down intact.
A vacant building next door 70 ths
home OF Albert Parker was I'M
rooted Half the roof was carried
loo feet in the air and the other
hair was dashed against Parker's
home. tearing OF the weather board
1ng. Window shutters stored in the
attic OF Psrker's home were blown
out and spHntered into bits. The
Parker orchard OF 100 trees was de-
stroyed. the trees being torn out by
The roots
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
RAID NETS 100000
ILLICIT RUM. VINE

KALAMAZOO. Mich. Feb. 3D.
Intoxicating liquors valued o. $780,
00O.. were seized by federal and local
officers at the farm q James Iager-
soil Day, near Lawto1. Tuesday
night.
Day lives on a farm Jus, outsid=
OF Lawton. anc the officers discov-
cred a still OF large capa city IN his
barn. There were s.ized 80 barrels
or whisky all but 10 barrels OF
which was wei ageG Is barrels OF
grape wine. Is barrels Of brandy
and 25 barrels Of mash.
Day was brought % this city and
locked up in the county Jail 10
await arraignment on a charge OF
operating an. Illicit still. He told
the officers that the liquor was ready
TO be shipped TO New York CITY,
from where orders had been re-
ceived for the entire amount. but.
being hard up for ready money, he
had sold some 10 residents OF Van
Buren, and Kalamazoo counties. one
OF these purchasers gave informa-
ton that led to the raid, arrest and
seizure.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
FIND ABANDONED
BOOTLEGGERS' CAR

GREENCASTLE. Ind. Feb %
An automobile with three bullet
holes i'm IT, and believed TO have
been the car which ran down and
severely injured Deputy Sheriff
Fern Vaughan was found aban-
dOned near Marshall it was learned
here THURSDAY The car according
TO the information was abandoned
by two men Tuesday night
Vaughan, who was accompanied
by the sheriff and other deputies,
was watching the road Tuesday
morning for bootleggers. who are
said 10 have been Transporting
liquor from Clinton to Indianapolis
When they called on the car 10 halt.
il ran down the deputy sheriff and
escaped. About 30 gallons Of
whisky were found in the abandon
ed car
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
ARREST MAN ON ROOF
FOR ASSAULTINC WIFE

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Feb. %.
Prank j. Cryon. whom an officer
took from the roof OF his apart
ment when called as a result OF a
family disturbance. has pleaded
guilty in police court 10 a charge
Of having assaulted Mrs. Crvon and
is on probation until March 20
When the officer approached the
place. he caught a glimpse Of
Cryon on the roof. With the aid
Of a chair and broom, Sullivan
raised an attic door opening under
the apartment roof and Cryon COM
piled with orders to come down
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
SEEK TO NULLIFY
DECREE CREATING
ELECTRIC MERGER
indianapolis and X o k o m o
Force Case Into Court for
Final Decision.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb "a suit
20 have declared null and void the
order OF the Indiana public service
commission approving the merger
OF seven Indiana light and power
utilities in the Indiana Electric cor
poration. authorizing the issuance Of
securities 70 finance the merger and
denying a rehearing Of its orders in
the case. was fled IN the Marion
county superior court here Thurs
day by attorneys fox the cities Of
Indianapolis and Kokomo.
The suit further asks that the
public service commission and the
companies involved in the merger
plan be permanently enjOined from
carrying out any OF the provisions
OF the various orders Of the commits
sion pertaining 10 the case.
The suit was filed by Taylor r.
Groninger. corporation counsel and
Samuel Ashby. special counsel for
the city o. indianapolis, and Fred
Bates Johnson. special counsel for
the city OF Kokomo
The suit throws the entire merger
case. fought before the commission
for nearly six months. into the
courts for determination. The COM
mission has approved the petition Of
the Indiana Electric corporation for
authority 10 merge the Merchants
Heat & Light CO. OF Indianapolis;
Indiana Railways and Light Co.
Elkhart Gas & Fuel Co.. Valparaiso
Lighting Co. Wabash Valley Elec-
trio Co. Putnam Electric Co, and
Cayuga Electric Co.
The corporation proposes to build
central power station In the In
diana coal fields 10 supply electric
current 10 all communities now
served by the seven individual COM
panies.
on Feb is the commission issued
am order denying a petition Of the
plaintiffs for a rehearing Of the case.
Sixthy-three reasons are enumer-
ated in the complaint as to why the
court should set aside the orders of
the commission and declare the mer-
ger project illegal Most OF these
reasons raise points previously
raised i'm hearings before the COM
mission
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
SAYS WIFE RUGGED,
KISSED CHAUFFEUR

BATTLE CRTEK. Mich, Feb. %.
Court onlookers were disappointed
Wednesday when Judge Walter H.
North postponed the divorce case OF
Bert Wood versus Maude Wood.
The court Tuesday cleared the
room when women applauded Mrs.
Woods statement that she at no
time loved her chauffeur, Charles
Langin, but did love her husband,
then and now.
Mrs Grace Taft, who went with
the Woods and Langin on several
motor trips, testified that Langin
became angry on a trip TO Grand
Rapids, drove to the outskirts Of the
city, and refused TO return for Wood.
Mrs. Wood not only Rugged him.
but kissed him, testified Mrs. Taft
though she admitted she did II only
to coax her chauffeur 10 go back TO
town for her husband
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
Hair or No Money

We make our guarantee without reservation-yyith-
out strings 1t is absolute We guarantee to stop fall
ing hair in two weeks. We guarantee to grow new
hair. If we fail, your money back without question.
Note that your druggist signs the guarantee.
Thus you assume no risk
1t is safe for thus to guarantee the treatment.
For experiments of years prove It effective on 81
heads in 100 Foremost authorities approve it. World
noted dermatologsts employ it - many charge
as much as $500 for the treatment
We offer it. in correct form for home use, at no
more than the price of ordinary tonic"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
SUES PAPER COMPANY
HEAD FOR ALIMONY

Kalamazoo. Mich. Feb. ia
petition for temporary alimOny
Wednesday was filed by attorneys
for Mrs. Helen Mills LOveland,
widow of the great Shakespeare &C
tor, Frank Mills. Mrs Loveland
last week filed suit for separate
maintenance against her husband,
William Loveland president of the
Lovelands were married secretly in
Chicago last summer after a court
ship lasting a few weeks The de-
fendant's counsel have not yet en-
tered an appearance in the case
and IL is not known whether the
petition viii be contested or not
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
HIGHWAY BOARD
CALLS FOR new
BIDS ON CEMENT
State Commission Rejects All
/. Previous Bids as Being
Too High.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb Z3-The
state highway commission. after a
conference with Gov. McCray az the
state house late THURSDAY. rejected
ali bids submitted by eight cement
companies for "a miles of concrete
paving which So is proposed for the
national road between Richmond
and Terre Haute.
The commission decided that al
o. the bids. FIVE Of which were iden-
teal we're TOO high The commits
ton announced that ID would adver-
1ise for new bids Friday. which are
90 be opened next Tuesday. Feb. IS.
Construction and other bids re-
c,.ved by the commission for ma
tional road work are considered by
the commission to be reasonable,
but cement contracts must first be
lst before the commission viii let
construction bids.
Three OF the cement bids sub
mtted 60 the commission were of
various figures All three were
higher than the five Identical bids
submitted by i've supposedly indie
pendent companies
Feb IS Is also the date set by
D. ghway commissions in Illinois and
Wisconsin for closing cement con
tracts commissioners said. They
also said they had hoped tina, the
cement companies would reconsider
their bids before Thursdag They
minated that the commission eX-
poets more than eight bids Tuesday
and also limited that some one OF
the bids might be- lower than any
figure previously named Joy the CO.
ment companies
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
Charge Farm Valuation
Assessments Excessive

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Feb. o.
Rural land IS uniformly assessed
prOportionately higher than town
property. IN the opinion Of spokes-
men for the conference Of presj-
dents OF g. county farm declarations
a the ClaypooI hotel Thursday aft
ernoOn.
The farmers. members in the In
diana Federation OF Farmers asso-
citation, detailed grievances OF each
OF the 10 districts or the state fed
Grafton. and a committee was named
10 prepare relief measures 10 be
presented TO the federation member
ship and 10 the state tax board.
While farm land in many iu-
stances is assessed al more than its
selling value. according 10 one eN-
ample OF alleged unfair assessment.
a certain bank il ssessed for only
$500 while two SAFE doors alone
COST $4,000 each.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
Dairy Products Association
Halls Examination of Book

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 23.-When
+, representatives of Atty. Gen. L. 5.
Leshs office undertook TO examine
the books OF the Indiana Manufac-
turers Of Dairy Products. one of the
organizations whom the sta e
sought to enjoin permanently as a
member OF an alleged milk trust,
they discovered that the secretary
OF the organization had filed mo-
ton I'm the superior court 10 pre-
vent the attorney generals office
from making an investigation.
Pending the courts ruling on the
motion, no further steps viii be
taken in the investigation of the So
called trust"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-24
Indiana and Mlchl6dn News
Goshen Chamber Quits
After $4,000 Is Used
To Boost Civic Needs

Special 10 The News Times.
GOSHEN. Ind. Feb. 23.-All
officers and directors OF Goshen
Chamber OF Commerce. organized
,ess than three years ago on a
three year basis, have resigned
subject 10 reorganization. A con-
trace has been signed with the
American City bureau OF Chicago
20 reOrgarize the chamber on
three year basis.
Seventeen and one half percent
viii be paid the bureau on all
collections made during the three
years. The retirement OF officers
and directors OF the present or
ganlzation Is due 10 strife. Ex-
penditures OF the chamber for
two and one half years exceed
$1,000