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The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-06-16

|CERMANY'S reply TO the ultima
~ tum Of the allied reparation com
mission was near enough To complete
acceptance To satisfy that body. which.
after days intensive study of the
note. telegraphed to Berlin Its approx
nj Of the German promises to bal
ance the budget and TO stop the issue
OF paper money. The commission then
turned over 10 the committee of inter
national bankers I'm session In Paris
the entire question OF German finances
and payment Of reparations Those
A.hankers. among whom Is J. Pierpont
Morgan of the United States. are now
studying the questions OF Germany's
capacity To pay. the guarantees she
can give for the series of huge loans
that will be necessary. and. In connec-
ton with the latter. the possibilities
involved In the Russo-German pact.
The German proposals were drawn
up by Finance Minister Hermes and
are not nj all liked by some other
members OF the With cabinet and
many members Of the reichsfng. The
SHINES group especially attacked
them ms surrender Of sovereignty
that will bring on catastrophe. The
reichstag refused To pass n vote of
lack of confidence In the government,
hut the cabinet is believed to be in
shaky condition.
Lloyd George made n statement on
PREPARATIONS In the house of commons
In which he strongly minated that
Germany would be granted reductions,
postponements and revislons when
these appeared necessary. and this
was greeted with cheers France.
naturally. Is not pleased with develop
ments. but is not In position to object
strenuously.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-06-16
Bobby Wants to Know.

Little Bobby (at the beach)-What
Is hydrophobia. mar
Bobby's Ma-Fear or dread Of wa
ter my son.
Bobby (after thinking II over)-
Have all those pretty girls in bathing
suits over yonder got hydrophobia,
maj
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-06-16
Musical Note.

A very deaf old lady. walking along
the street, saw an Italian turning u
peanut roaster. She stood looking at
II awhile, shook her head and said:
"No. l shan't give you any money for
such music as that. can't hear any of
the tunes. and besides II smells as If
there were something burning inside 70
The CongregationaIist.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-06-16

THE delectable Senator Tom Wat
L son OF Georgia INDUCED in another
outburst In the senate because Sena-
tor LenroOt intimated the Georgian
had made an untrue statement con-
corning the Hoover relief fund ac-
counts. Watson yelled that he was
not afraid of 1.-THE insOlent junior SEN
the senate or anywhere else. and that
he defied him. Some day one Of the
husky senator's will take Tom Watson
at his word and knock his block off,"
aver In England short shrift Is
" usually given criminals. HOratio
Bottomley, member Of parliament, edi-
tor of John Bull and professional
hater OF America has been found
guilty of fraudulent conversion Of
100000 In connection with the vic
tory bond clubs he organized among
poor people. and was promptly SEN
fenced to seven years Imprisonment.
lie announced he would appeal but
was denied bail and locked up in
Brixton prison. Bottomley will lose
his seat In parliament IL the convic-
tion stands.
IRELAND has about two weeks In
which to establish government In
accordance with the treaty creating
the Free State and to restore order to
Il measurable degree. II she fails the
British troops now in Ulster and 9th
ers To be sent over will be used to
suppress the republicans and the Sim
Felners and put an end to the border
warfare. Such Is the warning given
In the house of commons by Winston
Churchill. who added that the British
cabinet still has faith In Michael Col
Inns and Arthur Griffith. The Irish
elections are To be held on June 10
and Churchill said that II De Valera
and others who have rejected the
treaty are elected To the Irish parlia-
ment they must publicly announce
that they are bound by the treaty,
otherwise the pact will become worth
less and will be automatically vio-
Hltu. toillls anu biihAh Hth'"
Churchil's statement and afterward
said they believed they could work
out the affair IL they had time. Sir
Harrington Evans. minister for war,
has complete plans ready for military
operations for the reduction of Ire
land. one of the preliminaries being
the full occupation Of Dublin.
Along the Ulster border the fight
ing goes on merrily and every day a
number Of persons are murdered. In
many localities the Free Staters and
republicans are making common cause
against the Professionals of Ulster.
Bloody conflicts between the military
and constables and gunner take place
daily In Belfast.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-06-16

OBSERVANCE of Memorial day
~ was made especially notable by
the dedication Of the beautiful Lin
coin Memorial in Washington now
virtually completed. II was turned
over to the nation by Justice Taft as
head Of the memorial commission aud
was accepted by President Harding in
an eloquent address. In the great
throng that witnessed the ceremonies
was Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the
Great Emancipation.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-06-16

nNE of the pledges of the Harding
" administration and prediction
made early in the year 10y treasury
officials was fulfilled last week. All
issues Of Liberty bonds sold AT par or
better. for the first time. The trading
in them on Wall street was very
heavy. At the low quotations Of last
year most of these bonds were yield
ing from : to almost Ga per cent. On
the present basis If values the Sits
net exactly 2ia per cent and the Is
and 4i.s from to ~ per cent.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-06-16
A dull man who knows II has one
extremely attractive quality.

Some Of the best satire is lost be-
cause II Is too delicate.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-06-16

Laugh over your mistakes, yes-bui
not I'LL twenty years after.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-06-16

TWELVE balloons started from Mil
l. waukee "Wednesday In the nation.
al race. and ut this writing six have
landed in Illinois. Indiana. Ohio and
Missouri. The others probably were
travelling northeast. One " the great
bags. belonging tn the navy and there
fore a non-cuniesiant. Is filled with
helium and carries new secret radio
device from which much is expected.
The three hallonns that travel the
greatest distances will he America :
entries In the international race In
France later In the year.
DLANS for the unification 81 China
L are moving forward. Uuon the
meeting 90 the old Republican parlia'
ment. backed by General WI. the
President. Hsu Chih Chang. resigned
and was succeeded by Former Presi-
dent II Yuan Hung overtures have
teen made to sun Yat Sen.
, 1922-09-20
ON CASPER GAS RATES
AND CHARGES CONCLUDED HERE

plumbers. PIPE filters and employees
q the refineriez in Casper. who are
a. well qualified to install this scrv-
ice a. the employees Of the New York
on company, but on the other hand
Y n person aside fron the em-
pioyes OF the company j. permitted
10 make such installation. then
every person must be permitted 10
make such installation. with the re
silt that there IL a danger that
some time or other some person not
properly qualified would install such
a service IN such a way that gas
would leak from such installation to
some confined spQce with the result
Of a possible explosion The New
York OIL company feels that in such
a case IL may very possibly be held
liable for the damage and does not
feel that il is warranted in permit
ting other than the employees OF the
New York OIL company to mako
such installations. The company
has 10 desire 10 exact any gain from
this work and permits the consumer
n he so desires to furnish every
thing. dig the ditch. etc. but feels
that Il must make the actual con
ntctions from curb to meter.
The New York on company vel
comeas any criticism OF its service
and VIII endeavor TO correct any
causes OF dissatisfaction where II Is
at fault
, 1922-09-20

was true and the rest Of which vas
rure fiction, but nlEAiT readable
made a hft with The public Of The
city. The paper Vas Distributed
throughout the business district %
Casper. a custom which vii be fol-
lowed with tire other two editions.
, 1922-09-20

slippery Gulch by the local posi o.
the American Legion for this week.
relsns supreme and the novelty OF
the entertainment offered in this
psucdo boom eansr .. me early days
Is nffordinE hundreds OF Casper
people pleasure each night.
Last night was the aeaond day
Of tho show and tae crowd was 20
large a. on the first night and
seemed to revei even more happily
in the %buriesquc gambling games
famous in the frontier DAYS. but
taboo IN this era Of enlightenment
and civilization Roulette wheels
and crap tables continue 10 he whiri-
pools OF activity. with blackjack or
Twenty-one" holding next position
In point OF popuiadty-
The candidates for the $500
diamond ring which is being offered
as first prize in the queen contest
are busy each night collecting votes.
Dorothy SEWER and Betty Merrill
seem 10 be having a close race for
first place. although several other
candidates are close UP in the race
Tonight there viii be a crowd In
, 1922-09-20
DRIVE ON,
BIC CITY SEEN

CONTINUED nom Page one)
net has endorsed the action OF Pre-
mier Hughes of the Australian COM
monweaith IN Offering TO send troops
to the Galipoli peninsula
, 1922-09-20
MATERIALS ASSEMBLED
FOR NEW RIVER BRIDGE
This SIDE OF DOUGLAS

Good progress is being made by the
Levy Construction company Of Den
yer in assembling materials for the
construction Of the new bridge across
the North Platte river at Douglas. ac-
cording 20 an announcement by sam
conwslL state highway commissioner
this morning. The pile driver Will be
in operation shortly and 81 Is the In
tention of the construction company 10
complete all foundations and substitute
ture work this fall.
The bridge is to be completed By
July i, according to the contract and
will cost ~s55.sse.13. The completion
OF the bridge will mark the passing OF
he only bridge structure on the Vel
wstone highway between Cheyenne
and Casper that is not of modern con.
structiOn-
, 1922-09-20
Jolly Widow IS New
Columbia Offering

a Jolly Widow" which Is the mid.
week offering OF the Columbia theater
offers n number OF unique features.
The program Is somewhat on the or
der Of a revue. with patter acts. bal
let dancing. silent acting. and brilliant
repartee. hitting the high spots on the
funny bones Of the audience.
Bert Vailee is himself particularly
eomicai and i- ably assisted by Ed
Lucas. IN irishman and a Dutchman
never grow old.
Hazel Hestou, singer and dancer. IS
one OF the finest things on the bill.
Miss Heston is accomplished in every
way. The chorus shows up with some
new steps hat appear to be the re-
suit OF a great deal OF practice.
, 1922-09-20

to Wyming cities affiilates is inter
ests with those OF this state. and
Sheridan and is on HE way from here
10 Cheyenne He has conferred with
the chambers OF commerce in each OF
the cities Mentioned. seeking their aid
in regard 10 the campaign 70 b waged
OF the respective cities decide that the
project > a good me.
Thermopolis. according 10 AR. Ban
CERT has unusual natural
Among them are on, gas. nrecIay.
coal. gypsum. sulphur and carbon
black. The only n Of these pro
ducts tha: We can ship more than 50
miles and compete I'm the outside mar
, 1922-09-20

kets is sulphur said Mr. Bargert.
The sole reason we oannot market
our products Is the excessive freight
rates. We are out for reductions tina
viii enable US TO place WYemias raw
and manufactured products on the
world markets where they rightfuliy-
belong.
Mr.. BznEert plans to crystalline
the idea during his present trip and
later In the year TO form n tai or
ganizstion 10 further the id.r.
MANY people. nid afr- Rangcrt
VIII M that we are reaching Tor the
noon Maybe we are. but n we never
reach, well never Eet L."
, 1922-09-20

from sat Creek and they promise
10 swing the tide n favor OF their
two candidate.
Slipper culeh VIII continue all
Of this Weok. with another edition
Of tine farce newspaper. tho slippery
Suieh Howler 6ue to appear tomor-
row night The first edition made
its appearance last night and the
novelty q the news. some OF which
, 1922-09-20

DO you know that ut a recent con
ventton In st. Louis. over fifty 3 per
mt companies were represented?
See United Home Builders a~seocin-
'tioa, suite zee, Beckiinger Bldg.
Phone 1890. e-le-5t
, 1922-09-20
JAPANESE BENEFIT
FUNDS PROMISED.

LOS ANGELES; Sept. 2o.-Manag-
srs of the Japanese fall festival in
progress here. have announced that
every penny of profit" obtained the
asst day, September "a. will be do
mated to the families Of the a miners
who died in the Argonaut mine at
Jackson, Cal. The festival is con
iucted and patronized chiefly by Japa-
asse residentA.
, 1922-09-20
LAUNCHES MOVE
FOR FREIGHT RATE REDUCTION

Charles J; Bangert. formerly special writer for the Phla-
delphia North American, later editor of the Lander Post, and
at present secretary of the Thermopolis Chamber of Com
merce, was in town this morning in the interest of lower
freight RATES in Wyoming.
Mr.. Rangert has visited BILLINGS. Mont. whose nrnxir,itx
, 1922-09-20
NOTICE.

/ will not be responsible for any
debts contracted only by myself.
HERMAN PETERSON.
l-la.at. aie ~ Harrison
, 1922-09-20

LONDON. Sept. 2o.-iBy The Asso.
cated Press.-oticiai confirmation
received hero today from Con-
stRntlnople stating that the French
had withdrawn their troops from
chanak and that the italians were
apparently doing the same thing. The
British force is remaining alone at
that point.
, 1922-09-20
LEGION JOY Carnival HOLDS AMUSEMENT INTEREST
HUNDREDS ATTEND SECOND NIGHT At SLIPPERY GULGH

The carnival Of Joy At the Arkeon.
which has been transformed fnto
, 1922-09-20

Pay M for your Tribune and GET
. he's for wy Q paid sIeaf
Evening star., 1922-02-13

Mann, Massachusetts: Charles B. MUIR
Mazo. District of Columbia: William
len, Ohio; George Leonard Nelson,
vania; Joseph Francis O'Brien, New
York; Francis P. O'Brien, Maryland; j;
A: Harding Paul, District of Column
bia Bohdan Pelechowicz. District of
Columbia; Rex A. Pixley, Michigan;
Henry Ravenel, District Of Columbia !;
w. D. lockwood, Massachusetts,;
Marie S. Ruth. Delaware; Freda Ring,
District of ColumbiaS Walter Rauber,
New York; Marvin J. Reynolds, New
York; John NJ. Rector, Virginia: YER
non Romney, Utah; Worthington E.
Stewart, Ohio; 2. w. Scott, Idaho;
Emmet Leo Sheehan. Illinois: Frank
c. Sakran. District Of Columbia; Les
ter R. Strasburger. District Of CO.
lumbia; William ]. ,Schutrumpf. South
Dakota; Philip Stein. New York
Samuel Shapiro, District of Colum bia
Richard Kingsman Stevens, District
Of Columbia; Francis w. Schilling,
California;; Ralph G. Sucher, Illinois;
Henry Stearman, District of~Colum-
bia; Edward L. Valentine, Arkansas;
Robert C. Valentine, Connecticut;
George Van Den. Berg, Wisconsin
Miss Fred Lee Woodson, Missouri
Miss Jeanette Willensky, District of
Columbia; Harlan Wood. South Caro-
lima; Mrs. Carolyn H. Warner, Massa-
chusetts; Terrence Wolford, District
of Columbia: Harold Page Wright,
Rhode Island: Albert Ward. District
Of Columbia; d. r. Wolverton, Iowa
Evening star., 1922-02-13
Cork Called City of Whispers
L As Fear Changes Inhabitants
Fe,u Venture Out at NigitLe Interest in Free State
: -Culprits Chained Stoops of Chapels-
Police Without Cells or Courts.

guess" he answered. "They don't
come out much at nights any more
since we took over the job"
The police station. he said, the
new one, the old one having been
fired during the fighting, still is in
the hands of the r. I. C.. but the /.
r. A. is the de facto police force,
correcting license law violators. ap-
pretending disturbers and keeping
the peace.
I'VE found a lad this morning do
ing things he shouldn't on the
Strand" he said, "and we took him
over to his chapel and chained him
him for the first three masses until
his family found him and took him
home. That is the way we punish
We haven't got the Jail yet. nor the
courts"
An obliging Irishman at the hotel,
travelling salesman by occupation.
but. strangely, quiet one, explained
that the practice of claiming culprits
to the stoops of their chapels is gen.
eral now that the republican police
is functioning without cellhouses
or courts. The low-voiced conversa-
during the war. he said.
Streets Quiet by Day.
In the morning there was little
modification of the rule of quiet. A
communicative jarvey-there are few
motor cars and fewer taXicabs in
Cork, yawning streets and poverty
have attended to that-bore me to
the Cork gate for an interesting view
and to see Myrtle Grove and the Dew
onshire Arms. both former seats of
Sir Walter Raleigh. the latter now a
popular hotel. In the latter, my in
formant said. Sir Walter played host
to Spenseg whilst he was writing the
"Faerie Qneene."
But there was little hustle on the
streets, scarcely more, it appeared,
than enough to attend to the bare
wants of SO substantial a community.
The residents of Cork are not en-
thusiastic about the free state. In
fact, they are Withholding their
judgment on it. They are republi-
cans to the core. 1t is the home of
the MacSwineys, the martyred lord
mayor, Sean, who escaped from Spike
Island. the Queenstown harbor deten-
ton camp, and Mary. who opposes
any terms with Britain short of COM
plete independence. Cork is the hot
bed of the extreme champions of Irish
freedom. Perhaps its quietude is sig
! nificant of thought People are sci.
| dom turbulent when thinking. II
there is renewed fighting for a re-
| public Cork will be the headquarters
of it
Evening star., 1922-02-13
1000 ARE LAID OFF
At NEWPORT NEWS
ShipbuiIding Company Will
Suffer Heavily as Result
of Arms Parley.
Special Dispa tch to T'he star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NORFOLK, Va. February 13-More
than 1000 men have been laid off
by the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Drydock Company because of
orders from the Secretary of the
Navy to suspend work upon all naval
vessels now in the course of con:
struction until the adjustments by
the provisions of the arms conference
could be worked out.
Homer l. Ferguson. head of the
Newport News yards. said that he
hoped to take most of the men back
within the next ten days, as the
work upon the construction of the
building Of which the greater part
of those laid Off were employed prob
ably would be ordered resumed.
Ships Nearly Completed.
Mr.. Ferguson also said that either
News yard, or the battleship Wash
ington. being built by the New York
Shipbuilding Company, at Camden, N
j.. is, scheduled for completion. A
board of five officers has been ap-
pointed to look over these ships and
EcSoIi1ACho "AlSH oio Shdlt NC Ala
iShed.
All but 25 per cent Of the work on
the West Virginia has already been
finished, Reconstruction being some
what more advanced than the Wash
fngton. Turrets and guns have been
installed upon the West Virginia, but
not on the Washington.
All but seventy of the 1000 laid
off were working on the West Vir-
ginia, the rest being engaged upon
the construction of the battle crusier
Constellation. and the battleship
Iowa, the latter being sister ship of
the North Carolina. work upon which
has been suspended at the Norfolk
navy yard
Leviathan Would Give Work.
There is little hope for the COM
pletion of the Constellation and
Iowa, although the stage of con-
struction Is more than half way. but
If the Leviathan were brought to
Newport News for reconditioning. IL
is hoped that about $500 more men
will be employed.
The Newport News Shipbuildine
and Drydock Company is to suffer
most because of the disarmament
scheme, SO Mr.. Ferguson stated. thar
any other concern in the country
struction which will probably be
Cancelled is now in its hands. the
contracts for building being $S0.000..
600 worth of naval vessels of all de.
scriptions.
Evening star., 1922-02-13
DR.. EMERSON TO LECTURE
ON CHILD Welfare WORK
Public Is Invited to Auditorium OF
Interior Department Build
ing Tomorrow.

DR.. William Emerson, founder of nu-
triton clinics for delicate children, will
give an illustrated lecture in connection
with his work in the auditorium OF the
Interior Department building. 18th and
F streets northwest. tomorrow afternoon
at 2:3o O'Clock. The public has been
invited by the Child Welfare Society
and the Parent-Teacher Association,
under whose auspices the lecture Is 10
be given.
Dr.. Emerson has attained prominence
in national child welfare work by his
work in bringing delicate children PACK
to health through proper nutrition meth
DDS. In Massachusetts, many OF the pup
lie schools have adopted his system;
and his illustrated lecture tomorrow will
tell the story of thousands of pale.
sickly, Nstless children made robust ana
, happy by attending nutrition chnlcs'
/! it is announced
one Of the most interesting results OF
his work has been the advancing OF
these former sufferers from the foot to
the head of their school classes through
their being properly nourished.
DR.. Emerson has just returned from
lecture tour in California and Hawaii.
It is expected that large number
OF mothers as well as leaders in child
welfare work will attend the lecture to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1922-02-13
NEWSIES MUST GET
new YELLOW BADGES
Lads Between 10 and 16 Should
Visit Child Labor Office at
Franklin School.

Newshoys, have you got your yellow
badges?
II any of the boys selling papers on
the streets OF Washington are not able
to produce the said yellow badge in
answer to the request of policeman.
dire results are forecast. The yellow
badges. which have replaced the red
ones Of last year. must be obtained at
the child labor Office Of the Franklin
School. 18th and X streets northwest.
by boys between the ages of ten and six
teen. inclusive, who are engaged In
street trades.
Scores Of boys lined up in the child
labor office Saturday to renew their
badges. and Miss Eleanor j. Keene. chief
clerk. and her assistant. Miss Grace G.
Smith. were kept busy throughout the
day. Only IFS of the 500 boys holding
the street trades badges of last years
issue nave renewed them.
Boys renewing their badges are re-
quired to deposit so cents. which will
be returned to them when the badge is
turned in to Miss Keene in good condi-
ton.