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Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

The Senate will now wrestle
with measures to reduce taxa
tiOn. If the Senate proceeds as
deliberately as the House of Re-
presentatives has done it will be
a long time before the public
knows what to expect in taxa
tiOn. The public has been fond
ly hoping that it would soon
learn what was to be enacted
about the taxes for the past
year and for the present year.
A reduction has been regarded
as imperative.
Secretary Mellon, some time
ago, made the glad announce
fnent for a substantial lowering
of taxation due to the surplus in
the treasury if there were no
bonus legislation. But it seems
that a majority of the House at
least have proceeded Independent
ly and provided for a lower rate
regardless Of bonus.
The Mellon recommendations
will not be enacted into law, but
there is a chance for the Long
worth compromise. The Demo-
Gratis made the Mellon measure
a purely partisan affair and on
the vote in the House only one
Democrat supported the Mellon
plan, though it has been approx
ed by many Democrats news
papers and publicists. However
62 Republicans voted against it.
On the Longworth compro-
mise 215 Republicans voted ii
the affirmative and one Demo.
crat, while no Republicans voteC
in the negative, but 1877 Demo
Gratis did so. The LongwortE
bill was passed by a combination
of regular and radical Republic
cans, the latter leaving the
; Democrats, the Ganerites, il
the lurch. We should think thai
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

is in' the sur-taXes. The present
maximum sur-tax rate, incluG-
ing the normal rate, is So per
cent, so per cent sur-tax and 8
per cent normal. The total un-
der the Mellon bill would have
been 81 per cent, while it is 431A
per cent under the Longworth
scheme. The total under the
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

after coddling the western radi-
Gals the Garner gang of. Demo-
Gratis who have tried to make of
taxation reduction a mean par
tisan issue would feel rather
foolish.
One of the principal differ
ences between the LongwOrth
compromise and the Mellon plan
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times is
the business medium not only for the town it
represents, but for the outlying district of
which it is the centre, embracing the towns
of Clayton, Kenton. Cheswold Townsend,
Leipsic, &C. A rate of so cents per inch
an insertion will be charged for transient
advertising. Display advertising rates
quoted on application. For Sale, For
Rent, Lost and Found advertisements occu-
pying one inch space or less, a minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. Public
Sale advertisements rs cents per inch first
insertion and so cents per inch for each sub
sequent insertion. Locals and Reading No
tices. Is cents per line per issue.
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

adults Of the United States ex-
ercise the voting franchise. An
of the ballots cast in
the last Presidential election in
dicates, according to this in
quiry, widespread difference to
the use of suffrage. All this
bears upon the coming election.
The vote for President Hard
ing at the election four years
ago was enormous, but repre-
sented only about one-half of the
adults. And there was, COM
paaratively speaking, a slump in
the voting as compared with the
election four years before that.
The disfranchisement in the
Southern States and the inabil-
ity Of the citizens of the District
of Columbia to vote enters into
the silent citizenship, but that
fails by far to account for the
indifference.
"The percentage of those who
voted as compared with the
adult population in Pennsylvania
was only 48.9, and in California
it was 47.2, while in Maryland it
was 52.2.
"Our own state of Delaware
leads the entire list with rs pei
cent of her total voting citizen.
ship recorded. Indiana stands
second with IA per cent. Polite;
usually have been hot in these
two states. A number of state:
show a percentage above 70.
'Not so long ago persons were
saying that if the voters onl!
had a chance, if they had tn,
initiative and referendum ant
other similar things they woulc
take a tremendous interest il
public affairs, would rule in fac
as we'll as in name and every
thing would be lovely.
"The people were oppressed,
it was said, by machines an
bosses. This, of course, ha
been proved as fooIishness
There should be, however, a,
awakening of the citizenship t
its public duties. If the cOun
try has been worth fighting an
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

1t is reported that the Tariff |
Commission has found that the |
"cost of producing hard spring |
wheat in the United States last |
year ranged from 85 cents to
S2.19 a bushel, while in Canada it |
ranged from SO cents to $1.19."
The impulse is to ask, 'Well
what of it?" But a prima facie
case justifying the increase of !
tariff duties on wheat should not
be treated lightly. The Presi-
dent has the power of action by
proclamation. The commission
is expected to make its findings
by March, and an increase of the
tariff on wheat from 80 to As
cents bushel is possible by
April Ian appropriate date.
There is little chance that any
tariff on wheat will fool the
farmers again. Last years costs
and prices are no basis for ac-
ton this year. The costs and
prices for one locality are no
standard for another place. A
comparison between costs in
Canada and the United States is
useless without taking into the
reckoning costs in the AntipOdes
Even a complete study of costs
is of no conclusive value without
knowledge of total quantities on
offer. The only safe ground un-
der the feet of any farmer is
knowledge of his individual costs
in comparison with the price
which he can realize. The mere
distance of a farm from market
or railway may be sufficient to
offset any tariff or any average
One farmer testified that his
farm earned $4,000 profit in
1919 and realized a loss of $2,-
234 in 1922. No tariff can rem.
edy such differences.
Yesterday the east completed
its half of the $1O,OOO,OO0 funC
which is to be the basis of $10O,
100000 loans to distressed farm
ers. Last year the Federal Lane
Banks lent the farmers S192,
O83,OOO. Then their own bank
were collapsing and callin
loans. The leading seller of farr
implements cut prices to al
farmers, but is now defendant
a Government suit alleging th'
the cut price was designed to e
tablish a monopoly. The farr
ers suffer from the nature
their industry with it's period
a year instead of a few month
That is why the farmers a
slower than other trades in &C
recting the relation of the
costs to prices. The farme
grievances arise from the natu
of the case. Each farmer C
do most to help himself by a
ing individually, trusting not
tariffs or laws.
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

dying for it should be worth
preserving. And the best way
to preserve tits with a citizenry
intelligently discussing public
affairs and expressing opinions
at the polls"
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

Subscription price. $3.50 per year. strictly In
advance.
Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna. Della
ware as Second Class matter
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

Garner plan would have l.. ~.
per cent. Thus tbo,. ]
much difference betr... y !.
Garner and the Longr,,a W d
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TIE SMYRNA Times
SMYRNA. DELAWARE

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon. by
ROBERT D. HOFFECKER. Proprietor.
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker, July s, 1854
Editor and Proprietor until Feb. 10. 1907
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

An investigator at Washing
ton, says the Morning News, has
found out that only half the
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

THE SMYRNA TIMES is an independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town it
represents and the State of which it is a
part. It also gives the items of Importance
Of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1924-03-05

oFFICE-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
National Bank
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25
Poster Corporation in
Drive for Art Work
Peter Rhode Takes Over Local Work In
Prize Campaign for Best Poster
with Religious Theme.

Five hundred dollars is offered by
the Poster Advertising Association,
Inc, 307 South Green street, Chicago,
ILL.,, as first prize for great Church
Poster. Prizes Of two hundred and
one hundred dollars are to be given
for paintings winning respectively Sec
ond and third choice. The contest is
worldwide and open to any artist.
Every year members Of the Poster
Advertising Association, Inc, contri-
butte space on their panels to the pro-
motion of human welfare. Religious
posters always have great appeal, ac-
cording to Mr.. Peter Rhode, local mem
Der of the Poster Advertising Associa-
tion, Inc. The Church Poster contest,
he says, is conducted in the hope that
some artist will paint great concep-
ton Of what the Church has meant to
civilization. The display of such a
church poster in the $4,000 cities and
towns of the United States in which
association members have plants is ex-
pected to greatly benefit the churches
and to deepen the religious feeling of
the millions of people who will see it.
The subject idea for the poster is
given in the rules governing the con-
test, as follows:
Broadly, the idea is to picturize the
place of the Church in civilization.
What does the Church mean to the
human race of this world? What is
the relation Of the Church to human
need?
"The Church Is the foundation and
likewise the permanent structure of
civilization. For all that is good we
are indebted to our religious beliefs
for which the Church is our symbol.
The Church Is the expression, the tang
ible and intangible bulwark, the inter-
est and reality Of human need.
"If this idea were expressed in a
great 24-sheet poster and given display
throughout the nation, the effect could
not help being remarkable in an
awakening of the spiritual and in an
appreciation of the Church,
"Here Is the greatest subject for
artists The idea should mean a great
conception. And millions of people
will see it."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25
BRISTOL

The Ladies Aid society of the
Evangelical M. E. church will meet
next Thursday, Sept. %, at the home
of Mrs. Gethen. The annual bazaar is
set for Friday evening, Oct. 8.
k F. o. Eddy of Chicago was guest
at the Fox home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Knapp announce
the birth of daughter, Alta Lorraine.
Hoarse Adams and sister Ethel of
Antioch were Bristol callers last
week at the Bacon home.
Marshal Bishop is having a two
weeks vacation. Mr.. william Bacon is
substituting.
Mrs. Bohn spent Sunday with the
Pohlnsan family. She has been spend
ing the past two weeks taking care
Of her daughter in Kenosha.
Ralph Karnes of Kenosha was a
Bristol caller Wednesday.
Mrs. A. C. Hearted and children Of
Franksville visited Mrs. Frank Lavey.
Edith Gunter, Ruth and Eunice Dix
on and Alfred Pohlman spent Satur-
day afternoon in Kenosha.
The Equitable Fraternal Union met
at the Gethen home Friday evening.
Rev. Steen and family entertained
friends from Prairie View last SUM-
day afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25
BOYLE FOUND
NOT GUILTY
But Racine Deputy Sheriff
James Lyvers Pays a
Fine in Court.
WAS A COMEDY CASE
Lyvers Was Complain ant
Against Boyle but Tables
Are Turned on Him.


The result of comedy case in the
municipal court yesterday was that
Thomas Boyle, "a, of 721 Fleet street,
was found not guilty Of the charge OF
creating a disturbance at the Danish
brotherhood hall last Wednesday even
ing, and the complainant against him,
James Lyvers, pleaded guilty to the
charge Of assault upon John Mckune
and was fined So and costs. McKune
was young man who said he ran to
Boyle's assistance when he found the
Racine deputy treating him, as ne al
legged, roughly.
The comedy part came in the after
noon when Thomas Boyle and Thomas
Flynn took the stand, both in Boyle's
defense. Their quaintness and Irish
humor soon had the court room in
ripple of laughter.
Got Into the Wrong Pew.
Boyle said he had gone over to the
Danish brotherhood hall because he
heard his wife say there'was going to
be a political meeting there.
"The Boyle's were always great on
politics." said Judge Slater gravely.
Boyle nodded his assent, with equal
gravity. He said that after he had
been at the meeting some time, he
heard remarks that he did not like,
and he got up to leave the meeting.
He said nothing until he got to the
door, when he turned, and with con-
temptuous gesture, which he illus
trated in court, said loud enough for
the speaker on the platform to hear,
otis all Dos Al" He said he had utter
ed nothing else until he got outside.
Flynn followed Boyle on the witness
stand and corroborated his statements.
He said he too had been at the meet
ing, but after he had been there a
bit, found he was in the wrong pew"
He had followed Boyle out.
"The speaker said, It's getting too
hot for you, hubby, or daddy or some
thing like that" Flynn said, "and it
was then that Mr.. Boyle turned around
and said, cts all bosh! That's all
he said, 'Bosh'."
James Lyvers was the complainant.
He Is Racine deputy who holds a
position in Kenosha, and happened to
be present at the meeting. According
to him and other witnesses, Boyle's
remarks had broken up the meeting,
but what he had said was not dear,
for some witnesses thought he had said
THAT'S lie," and others had thought
he said something else again.
Judge Slater dismissed the case
after all the testimony was in, saying
that Boyle was not charged with dis
turbing a religious meeting, and that
at an open meeting certain latitude
was allowed for the response or
opinions of the audience.
City Attorney c. E. Randall then
moved for the dismissal of the cases
against John Ball, sos Newell street,
and against John McKune, 653 Lyman
avenue, as the testimony was the same.
The motion was granted.
McKune then secured the arrest Of
Lyvers charging him with assault up
on himself. Lyvers pleaded guilty
and was fined minimum fine Of $500
and costs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25
MANY BANKERS TO
MEET AT MADISON
Bankers from Many States
Expected to Attend
Meet at Madison.
TALK FARM PROBLEMS

Madison, Wis. = Representatives OF
between fifteen and twenty states
from all parts Of the country wal
meet here Sept. 20 and 26 at confer
ence Of the agricultural commission
Of the American Bankers association
D. H. Otis, agricultural director, an
nounced today. The conference vii
include secretaries of state bankers
associations and chairmen of agricul'
tural committees of the national as
ISOLATION.
Agricultural problems and activities
in the various states will be discussed
at the conference, Director Otis an
nounced. A demonstration has been
planned at the Wisconsin College Of
Agriculture and a tour through the
dairy region to Milwaukee.
The conference will open Friday
Sept. &c, with the following program
sRecent Discoveries in Nutrition" E
B. Hart, Wisconsin College Of Agricul'
ture; "The effect of Direct Sunlight
on Chicks" Prof. j. G. Halpin; Ere
ducinr Feed Bills" F. B. Morrison, l.
F. GRADER, and A. L. Whiting; Child
Nutrition Research in Home Econom-
ics," Miss A. L. Marlatt; "The Rela-
ton of Weather to Crop Diseases
L. r. Jones; "Potato Mosaic" James
Johnson; fundamentals Of Coopera-
tion," Prof. T. Macklin, and "Summa-
ton of Research in it's Relation to the
Purnell Bill" Dean H. L. Russell. All
speakers are from the Wisconsin Col
lege of Agriculture.
Friday night banquet and open dis
cussions of banker-farmer problems
are planned. Saturday morning, those
attending the conferences will start
on. tour through the dairy section
going to Fort Atkinson, OconomowoC
and North Lake where Burton M
Smith, chairman Of the agricultural
commission, resides. The party will
then proceed to Milwaukee. The con-
ference will be preliminary to the
opening of the annual convention OF
the American Bankers association in
Chicago Sept. 20.
States which have reported dele
gates to the conference include: Geor-
gia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisi-
ana, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Da-
kota, Ohio, Aklahoma, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25
Mrs. Martha j. Bishop
Died This Morning
Wife of Joseph Bishop Dies Early This
Morning After Long Illness
from Complications.

Mrs. Martha Jane Bishop, aged 90
years, the wife Of Joseph Bishop and
long q resident of Kenosha and Ke-
nosha county, died just after two
o'clock this morning at her home at
I'll Jenne street after long illness
from a complication of diseases.
Mrs. Bishop was born IN Racine
county June 15, 1916, the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Fink and had lived
practically all of her life In Racine
and Kenosha counties. On March 8,
1854, she was united in marriage to
Joseph Bishop, the family residing for
many years in Somers. More than 10
years ago they moved to Kenosha. Mrs.
Bishop had been an active member of
the Methodist church at Somers and
had been a leader in the life of that
community. She had continued her
church work in Kenosha.
Surviving the deceased are her hus-
band, Joseph Bishop, of Kenosha, three
daughters and one son: Mrs. Ida L.
Pedley of Kenosha; Albert ]. Bishop,
of Somers; Mrs. Fannie F. Cooper,
Sycamore, Ill, and Mrs. Mary Louise
Layer of Kenosha. She is also sur
vived by five grand children and one
great grandchild.
The funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at
the Hansen Funeral Home with inter
ment following in the family plot In
the lakewood cemetery at Somers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25

Here is pictorial evidence of a prize
Marlin swordfish captured by w. II
Yule, prominent Kenoshan, at Cata-
lima Island, Calf, on August 20. The
gentle reader on first viewing the fish
might be inclined to believe it is a
shark. The fish weighs 345 pounds
and it required one hour and fifteen
minutes of real tussling to success
fully land the swordfsh.
Mr.. Yule is widely known sports
man in Kenosha. He is an athlete of
real ability. AS demonstration of
his golf prowess he won the state golf
title few years ago. Yule is great
out-of-doors sportsman and has been
successful in making great catches
and in getting his bag limit when
hunting.
Another picture from Catalina IS
land, Calf, dated June 6, shows a
group of three huge Tunas caught by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Yule. One weigh
ed 1877 pounds and it required only
fifteen minutes angling. The second
one weighs 106 and took twelve
minutes, while the 101 FOUNDER took
just fourteen minutes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25
Police Find Moonshine and
Home Brew at Motor
iOus Place.
WEIGH HAD PERMIT
James WEIGH, Former Special
Agent, Had Permit for
Running the Place.

Sergeant Matthew J. Kirsch, accom-
panied by Police Officers Chase, Lar
sen and Mitchell, raided the place of
"Red Mike" Nakroz, 1922 North Con-
gress street, Friday night and came
away with evidence in the shape of
moonshine and home brew.
"Red Mike" was a notorious saloon
operator as far back as the days of
the old council, when the granting of
license to him precipitated fight
on the floor of the council chamber
when a member of the license COM
mittee, Dan Wachs, discovered that
the man was to run place near
his own home.
Cannot Get License In Own Name.
Nakroz has been convicted in court
on the charge of unlawful possession
and he could not secure license to
run the place in his own name.
Strange to relate the holder of the
permit for the place where Kakroz
holds forth, is James Welch, former
special agent for railroad in the city.
Strange, because the police aver that
Nakroz is still there on the premises
and going strong, and many have
been the complaints lodged against
the place.
Friday night when the police raided
it, moonshine was found on the work
board, and home brew was also on
the premises. WEIGH, as holder of
the permit, was ordered to appear in
court this morning.
The place of Anton Klemus, 10
North Fremo ont avenue, was also raided
by the police. Home brew was found
and taken away for testing purposes.
Another small bottle of moonshine
was in the police Office, marked for
purpose of Identification, when brought
into court as evidence in a case. But
this was private bottle and private
raid. Police officer Lehman made the
"raid" when he searched John Hans
niger, brought into the Office on the
charge of intoxication. When searche
the nursing bottle Of moon was found.
The moonshine was in pint milk
bottle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25

8b8a00sh utVbtSN
women. L y
are the power behind the Industrial
throne. To spend dollar wisely
is infinitely more Of trick than
to earn it." Miss Weirick says. IT
Is the purpose OF the Radio Home
Institute to help rural women
spend the farm dollar intellgently
and run their homes on business
basis that will give the business OF
housekeeping a new interest and q
new value of importance"
The Homemakers' Hour, as the
radio class is called, includes talks
on all kinds Of household problems
.intelligently planned and given IN
logical sequence. The foods divis-
ion Of the Institute Is In charge or
Ellen Rose Dicky, food specialist.
Lectures In textiles and clothing are
In charge OF Miss Weirick. Courses
In household management are being
conducted by Laura q. Pratt OF
the Foundations textile laboratory.
Specialists from the leading home
economics schools Of the country
are broadcasting lectures on nutri-
tion, construction Of clothing, color
and design.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25
OPENS. BIDS FOR
CITY GARAGE
Council Opens Bids and
Lets Contracts for New
City Garage.
REBATES. ON LYMAN

Contracts for the new city garage
to be erected at the corner of Pearl
and Congress street, were let Friday
afternoon at special meeting of the
city council held in the council cham
Der at four-thirty o'clock. The total
contract price for the building, plumb
ing and heating is $1,000.
The general contract was awarded
to John Zoubeck, Kenosha contrac-
tor, who submitted the lowest bid Of
seven bids; his total bid was $6,644.
Josephson and Zimmerman, also of
Kenosha, were low bidders for the
plumbing contract at 1921, and were
awarded this part of the work; H. P.
Larson and Son, likewise Of Kenosha,
were awarded the heating contract
to install the Utica smokeless Boiler
at cost of $2,165, this also being
the lowest bid.
Work is to be started Immediately
on the building.
Change Lyman Ave. Assessments.
The council also acted on the pro-
posed change in assessments on prop
erty on North Lyman avenue caused
by the opening of the street. The
property owners were related a total
of S453.61, ! the amount being spread
over the entire list of property own
ers in proportion to their assessment.
The assessments were al fixed by a
commission in keeping with the law
covering such instances but a review
of the findings of the commission
resulted in the rebates of the assess
ments as announced.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-09-25
Mrs. Mary Swanson
Died Sunday Morning
Mrs. Mary Swanson, Aged 80 Years,
Long Resident of Kenosha,
Died Sunday Morning.

Death claimed a woman who has
long been resident of Kenosha when
Mrs. Mary Swanson, aged 81 years,
widow of the late Lars Swanson, died
Sunday morning at her home on Henry
avenue just off Of West Grand avenue.
She had been In failing health for
some time, death coming as result Of
infrmities due to her advanced years.
The deceased was born in Sweden
and lived her early life there. She
came to America many years ago,
settling first in Chicago, and later COM
ing to Kenosha. She is survived by
one son, William Swanson, of Keno
sha, and several distant relatives here.
The funeral services will be held at
two o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the
Hansen Funeral home with interment
following in the family plot in the
Green Ridge cemetery.