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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Roilrooder Sees Bandits
in Bank and Shoots One

Pana, IH.-One of six bandits who
attempted to hold up the S. N. Schuy-
Ter State bank here shortly after noon
is held in the Christian county Jail,
while posses are searching for the
other five who made their escape in
three automobiles. The holdup was
frustrated by the action of E. NJ
Lucier of Nation, Ill.,, railroad man,
who shot and wounded one of the
bandits as he left the bank carrying a
satchel containing approximately $780,
600 in currency. All the money was
recovered
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Suicide Attempt Bares
$225, 600 Ror1k Shortage

Putnam, Conn.-After the closing
of the First National bank of Putnam
it was learned that shortages of up
ward of S225.000 of the banks funds
have been discovered. These losses are
largely in negotiable securities given
to the bank for safekeeping, it was
said. Discovery of the banks cohdi-
ton followed n suicide attempt by
the cashier. who Will recover but will
be blind.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Three Killed on Way Home
From Grandmcther's Burial

Covington. Ky.-Leaving the little
cemetery at Mason. Ky., where
grandmother was buried three of a
family were killed when their automo-
bile stalled on railway crossing and
fast freight crashed into the ma
chine. Mrs. Eva Johnson and Telma,
nine, her daughter, were killed Instant
IL. George W. Johnson, hfty-four. the
husband, died three hours after the
accident Robert, ten, 3 son, suffered
severe injuries. Kenneth. eleven, the
other. member of the family saved his
life by jumping.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Ambassador Herrick Sails
for u. S.: May Retire

Paris.-Ambassador Myron L. Her
rick, accompanied by his son and
daughter-in-law. suiled for America
Saturday morning on the liner Paris.
No comment is made here on persistent
reports of his retirement. but it is con-
sdered likely that he will leave Office
after his consultations with the State
department ON the procedure for taking
up the French debt question Mr.. Her
rick's health has been bad for several
months, and informally he has admit
ted that his retirement Is likely this
year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
7 omny Gibbons Ruins
a British Ring HOPE

London.-It took Tommy Gibbons,
the American pugilist, just six min
utes and forty-tve seconds to knock
out Jack Bloomfield. the British ring
hope, In their scheduled 20-round bout
in London. The Englishman. outweigh
ing and outreaching Gibbons, is the
handsomest champion Europe has pro-
duced in late years, barring, perhaps,
Georges Carpenter. He lacked moth
ing except ability to hit Gibbons and
prevent Gibbons from hitting him.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
III Killed, 300 Houses
Fall in Turkestan Quake

Moscow.-Forty-on persons are
dead and 300 houses destroyed In
consequence of an earthquake in the
province Of Ferghana. Turkestan. ac-
cording to the Rosta agency, official
Bolshevik news disseminating organ
ization. Twelve hundra., houses also
were damaged by landslides in the
Ferghana mountains. In the village
of Pokrovsgaia, which VAS the center
of the catastrophe. only four of the
600 houses remained intact.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Illinois Ex-Dry Agent
Is Held as Crater

Waukegan, Ill.-Ira Blackwell, for
several years a member of the Lake
county prohibition enforcement squad,
but lately an Investigator for the
states attorney of McHenry county,
was held to the grand jury at Wood
stock charged with shaking down.
beer runners and obtaining money I'M
der false pretenses. He is accused
of assisting beer runners through the
county, charging two dollars barrel
for safe conduct"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Rich Cincinnati Klansr7an
Kidnapped, Stripped Naked

Cincinnati, Ohio.-Theodore Heck.
Jr., thirty-six. son of the millionaire
owner of the Heck company. furniture
dealers of this city. and reputed
member OF the Ku klux Khan, was
kidnapped by several men and woman
driving a large car with curtains
closed. Heck was later found,
stripped II his clothes. on a down.
town business corner and was taken
into a family hotel by strangera
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
NetD York Federal Reserve
Banks Rediscourt Cut

New York. = Announcement was
made nere by Benjamin Strong. gov
ernor of the New York Federal Re-
serve bank. that the rediscount rate
of that institution had been reduced
from 31s TO 3 per cent. The new
charge is the lowest in the history of
the federal reserve system and is be-
low the rate currently charged by any
central bank or bank of issue In the
world
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Candidate for GoUernor
Is Gored to Death by Bull

Vermillion. S. D.-A. S. Anderson,
Democratic candidate for governor of
South Dakota, was gOred to death by
a bull on his stock farm Is miles
northeast of Vermillion. He had gone
to the pasture TO drive in the mich
COWS when he was attacked. His bad
ly mutilated body was found half an
hour later by farm hand. Anderson
had served three terms in the state
senate
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
.ye.0s to Haze Own Nor

The introduction of diS'iI
Palestine monetary system 10
the Egyptian money no" III !
contemplated by the goVerlii"sD
a commission has been appoin,'
make recommendations in the y !
Not since the days Of the :
emperors has Palestine hau e i
Of It's own. having used that OF Y
ers through the centuries SIN
Egyptian money was introul =,
Jerusalem after the Occupation =
eral Allenby's forces. :,
1t is planned that the ne" -
shall he issued directly by the %
ment and without tne inteFine0''
any bank.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
DAVIS ACCEPTS.
THE NOMIkAT|
Democratic Nominee Re.
wives League Issue; Hits
Khan and Republicans.

Clarksburg, w. Va.-John W. Davis,
Democratic nominee for President of
the United States, accepted the desig-
nation of his party here in speeeh'
which indicted the Republican party
for corruption in Office
Mr. Dayi. revived the League of Ma
lions issue, dragging in by the heels
the Madison Square garden platform
declaration for referendum Oh the
ton of the Ku Klux Khan without men
tioning the organization by name. and
pledged himself to administer a just
government if elected.
The Democratic nominee was ex-
plicit in making alleged corruption in
public office his chief issue, but was
reluctantly forced by Senator Thomas
j. Walsh of Montana, who made the
notification address, to dignity a
charge made by William Jennings
Bryan, that he was the attorney for
"big business interests.
Walsh Mentions Wall Street.
THE argument" said Senator Walsh
that you are Wall Street man, in
an opprobrious sense, is without merit,
as is the assertion that your nOmina-
tion is Wall Street nomination"
Mr. Walsh, in defending Mr. Davis
on this charge, paid eloquent tribute
to him on his law record, particularly
as solicitor general of the United
70 L. Al
defense, said:
Il take note, Mr.. Chairman, in pass
ing, of what you were good enough to
say concerning my past career and
conduct as lawyer. l have no apoi-
ogy to offer for either. The answer
to any criticism on that score must
come not only from those who. like
yourself, have won the highest distinc-
ton at the bar, but also from the I'ore
than one hundred thousand other hon.
est and patriotic men and women who
make up the legal profession in this
country. They know and they will
gladly join you in testifying that the
upright lawyer sells his services but
never his soul.
mo clients OUT Farty.
II have no clients today but the Dem
ocratic party and. if they will it So,
the people of the United States
81 indict the Republican party in Its
organized capacity" said Mr. Davis,
''for having shaken public confidence
to it's very foundations / charge it
with having exhibited deeper and
more widespread corruption than any
that this generation Of Americans has
been called upon TO witness.
81 charge 1t with complacency in
the face of that corruption and with
ill-will toward the effort of honest men
to expose it. l charge 1t with gross
favoritism to the privileged and with
utter disregard of the unprivileged.
/ charge 1t with indifference to world
peace and with timidity in the con-
duct of our foreign affairs"
Mr. Davis did not spare President
Coolidge, his opponent in this cam
paign, declaring that Mr.. Coolidge
could not escape responsibility for the
conditions he condemned.
The Democratic nominee was en-
phatic in his declaration of conviction
that the United States should not only
enter the World court, but the League
of Nations.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
2 M. A. G. Students Found
Drowned on Michigan, Beach

Benton Harbor. Mich.-Discovery of
the bodies of D. Brockway. twenty
two, and Jay Slaughter, nineteen, on
the Lake Michigan beach at Bridge
man, Mich, brought the total drown
ings this season In Berrien county TO
seven. Brockway lost his life in an
attempt to save Slaughter. Both are
from Michigan Agricultural college.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
President Coolidge to
Rest 10 Days In Vermont

Washington. = Satisfied with the
progress of the Republican campaign.
President Coolidge has decided to take
a vacation of ten or twelve days short
ly after the formal notification exer-
cises. August IA. Mr.. Coolidge plans
to 20 to his fathers home at Plymouth
VT. following a custom of many years
with Mrs Coolidge and their son, John.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Henry Ford Asks His Name
Be Taken From Ballot

Lansing, Mich.-A telegram from
Henry Ford asking that his name-be
withdrawn from the list of candidates
for the Republican nomination for
United States senator in the Michigan
primary was received by Secretary of
State Charles j. Deland In compli-
ance with his request Ford's name will
probably be stricken from the ballot.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Thousands Sail Int
Fort of Miss;.

AN army of men, numbers
knows how many thousand
the prime and yigor Of n
dropping out OF the Iifo
nem' leaving no more ~
existence than footsteps laa
sand, is an unexpected epiIoM
great drama of the war -
Tor paying the bonus reveoldN
appearance Of this great Nj
men made restless and al
with the humdrum WAYS az
campaigning ana battle ana
derlng the earth somavbar
their families and friends
where they are or even r. th9
ing or dead.
Casualties of war tbis
has sailed into the port of M;
just as surely as if they had
conflict, says the PhiIadoInbE
tin. And like the unknown IA
In nameless graves, they boya
hind them sorrowing hearts n
tortured by a doubt that mavs
resolved. That doubt if q n
be dead or alive, if he NAV N
ed to return some time, or n
vanished forever, is harderl
than the certainty Of knovlad
the irrevocable loss of son or
and is a cruel cross to ind
those who can only sit and /
wait.
Ii the men who have gone II
into the obscurity of q chona,
ence could realize the wrong
dolng to those who love tha
would surely disclose their
abouts at least, even If thew
return. Moreover, until some
known of them, their conn
Will be withheld by the gov,
Those of them who are dead
a word Of their fate to their
have left their next of kin d
so far as receiving compensatI
the government is concerned
collect on the bonus. proof
must be given. Thus the bach
war is still swirling about the
thousands of people, tossing hi
thither on the waters of doubt
and apprehension, innocent vi
the struggle that ended ne,
years ago.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Maj. Gen. Hines to Replace
Gen. PershiRg on Sept. IS

MISUNDERSTANDING Weeks an
nounced that on retirement of General
Pershing September IL next, Maj Gen.
John L. Hines. now deputy chief of
staff. would be appointed chief of staff
by the President. General Hines will
be succeeded as deputy chief by Brig.
Gen. Dennis f. Nolan, now assistant
chief of staff in charge of the supply
section of the general staff.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
East Peoria Bank Closed,
Cashier Speer Arrested

Peoria, Ill.-John NJ. Speer, cashier
of the Fond du Lac State bank In
East Peoria. was arrested after ]. l..
Northup, state bank examiner. an
nounced he had found funds had been
misappropriated. Northup said it
would be several days before the books
condition could be determined. Sheriff
Neuhaus of Pellin, said the examiner
told him the discrepancy was $123, 600.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
Six Men Die in Fight
Among Oklahoma Miners

Wilburton. Okla.-Six men were
killed in fight among miners at the
Bull Hill coal mine at Hughes, 10 miles
east of here. according to reports. Two
cars filed with depuries Immediately
left here for the scene.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-08-20
LaF gillette Endorsed BY
Illinois Mine Union Chief

Springfield. Il.-Declaring that the
platforms of neither of the old parties
contain anything for the betterment of
the country, Frank Harrington. presi-
dent of the Illinois mine workers, en-
dorsed the candidacy of Robert NJ.
LaFollette in a statement here.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
UNCLE EZRA
OBSERVES
By La Monte WaIdron.

A FTER takin' a good look at
n that feline over to Tom.
"A kinses. 1 kin say that
molasses candy trintmin's amt
becomin' to "a cat.
Spriggins' gals says that style
nowadays is generally somethin'
that don't look respectable.
Julyet Jinks says she hopes
that this years summer boarders
amt got no more sense than last
years had. Says too much high.
brows spoils all the fun.
Hi Piffer declares there amt
nothin' that knows less than
chickens-both kinds.
Hotel over to the Corners ia
goin' to put on airs this Sum.
mer. Amt goin' to have no com.
mon orchestry, but it's goin' to
have an ensemble of fellers that
play. But it won't sound no bet.
ter.
Grover Carberry White is up
an around ag'in an is able to
carry his bag of golf sticks sew
raj mile day.
Village reform society has
made the board of trustees pass
a law ag'in parkin' autos on the
side streets at night. Says the
name of our fair village must be
saved from this here sparkin'
business.
Our village flappers Is a fresh
lot; paint never gifts dry on most
of 'em.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
THOSE BLISSFUL
MOMENTS

When Mother stopped cutting
your hair and let you go to the
barber shop.
When the moon shone on the
night you had a date with the
right girl.
When Ma let you clean out the
box in which the quart Of Zee
cream came.
The time you put piece Of
chewing gum on the end Of a
stick and drew up the dime that
somebody had lost down the cell
lar grating.
When you have cold and
Mum thinks you ought to stay in
bed and the doctor says, Mon.
sense. staying out in the fresh
air will be the best thing for the
kid"
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
LITTLE LAUGHS

The difference between a fat
man and a lean man can be ex-
pressed in pounds, but the diff
ference between a fat woman end
a lean woman can only be OK
pressed in signs.
According to Dick Strew, the
only tree which has teeth is
dentistry.
F h e r - Alice, you have a
brand-new baby brother.
Alice-Oh, daddy, kin I be tho
foist one to tell mudder!
Farmer-Kin We milk a COW?
Stude-No, but I operated
fountain pen at colleges
My notion of a wife at forty"
says Bosco, lis that a man should
be able to change her like a bank
note for two twenties.'
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
COMMERCIAL
SCARECROWS
By John P. Medbury.

" ARMERS have found that
scarecrows are so success
II full in orchards that a lot
of produce merchants are now
putting them on the stands in
front of their stores to keep the
policemen away from the fruit.
One wise merchant got scare
crow and dressed it up in a cap
tain's uniform.
The patrolman on the beat not
only left the fruit alone, but they
saluted the scarecroW.
Of course, he never returned
the salute, but the cops over
looked it because they thought
the captain was busy picking out
some oranges.
One cop when he saw the cap
tain at the station house went up
to him and said: II beg your
pardon, sir, but would you try
and get me a couple of apples
tomorrow"
This scarecrow idea could be
used everywhere. A banker could
have a homely looking dummy
propped up in the outer office to
fool his wife.
She wouldn't have to know that
there was a beautiful blonde one
inside.
Father could also take suit of
clothes, put them on a peice of
wood and stick it in the parlor
when company come to call on his
daughter.
The average young fellow would
soon get tired of waiting for the
old men to leave the room and
go home disguised.
His daughter wouldn't object,
because nine out of ten girls are
used to dummies anyway.
One dame had a fellow calling
on her whom she had a hard job
telling from the scarecroW.
He was so bashful that she
propped him up in the corner and
OGAS " AAI4AO SOA1 Will IllO seal g
crow.
One guy used to drag a dummy
into the house with him when he
came home late at night so that
his wife would think he had COM
pany with him.
She spent two hours one night
talking to the scarecrow.
By the time she finished bawl-
Ing the dummy out her husband
had gone to bed and gotten up
again.
She said: THAT friend YOU
brought home with you last night
is a worse coward than you are.
l called him everything 1 could
think of and he never spoke back
to me once"
Her husband hadn't been gone
from the house five minutes be-
fore she found out who the
dummy was.
A good, faithful scarecrow is
the best protection in the world.
II you don't believe it, ask some
woman who married one.
Copyright, 1924. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
SUMMER SPORTS

Deciding upon a summer resort
at the last minute, only to learn
that all the rooms have been re.
served.
Walking the floor all night with
the baby after getting your arms
sunburned at the bathing beach.
Returning home in the middle
Of your vacation to act as best
man at a friends wedding.
Trying to persuade an avari.
cious farmer to haul your auto.
mobile out of the mud for less
than ten dollars.
Making a sleeping porch out of
the two-byfour balcony on your
apartment.
Being given free automobile
rides by real estate agents who
have crazy idea that you are
thinking of buying a place in the
country.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
INVISIBLE ADS

E q Bow Tie No more strang.
ling. No more collar buttons,
Worn with the E z wooden collar.
A hammer and nail provided with
each outfit.
Rooms without baths. Each
suite furnished in zebra STYLE.
Recreational facilities including
rock pile, potato peeling and lock-
stepping. Armed guard attached
TO each patron to protest his
slumber. Charges: robbery big
amy, larceny, ct cetera. Accom-
modations can be reserved up to
twenty years. Special arrange.
ments for life customers.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

That the servants are always
the first ones suspected by the
police in connection with cum
ningly planned crimes?
That a woman who burns her
fingers on the kitchen range
blames it on an annoying remark
of her husbands?
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
SOME THINK

That an alienist is an immigra.
ton inspector.
That no bride can bake a bis
cult.
That you can learn to swim by
eating fish.
That every beggar has a pile
of money sailed away.
That chiffonier is the wife OF
q chauffeur.
That chorus girls eat lobster at
every meal.
That quail make their nests on
buttered toast.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12
WHY is IT?

That a woman who whips her
son after he confesses to mis-.
chief, expects the child to tell
the truth in the future?
That a young man who former
ly made a comfortable living on a
farm thinks he is doing some
thing wonderful by getting a
bank clerks job in the city at
$25 a week?
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

She spent two hours one night
talking to the scarecrow.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

One dame had a fellow calling
on her whom she had a hard job
telling from the scarecroW.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

She said: THAT friend you
brought home with you last night
is a worse coward than you are.
/ called him everything 1 could
think of and he never spoke back
to me once"
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

His daughter wouldn't object,
because nine out of ten girls are
used to dummies anyway.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

Her husband hadn't been gone
from the house five minutes be-
fore she found out who the
dummy was.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

One guy used to drag dummy
into the house with him when he
came home late at night so that
his wife would think he had COM
pany with him.
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

By the time she finished bawl-
Ing the dummy out her husband
had gone to bed and gotten up
again,
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

A good, faithful scarecrow is
the best protection in the world.
II you don't believe it, ask some
woman who married one.
Copyright, 1924. King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

He was so bashful that she
propped him up in the corner and
sat nthe sofa with the scare
crow,
The Washington times., 1924-07-12

The average young fellow would
soon get tired of waiting for the
old men to leave the room and
go home disguised.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-23
PROBE MAIL FATALITY
Officials Trying to Find What Caused Night Mail Pilots Machine to Tali and Cause Tragedy,

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Tho body Of Clarence Gilbert. air mail pilot rested today at the Haywood, flying field ready for stransfer to Plainsville, Kas., home Of his parents while air mail officials here and In Omaha be- gan investigations of his plunge to death Sunday night near Kancville, III.
 Inquiries were ordered by the post office department and by airplane experts to determine. if possible, what trouble he had with the engine of his plane in the snowstorm and near zero weather and why his para chute did not unfurl when he lcapcd from all estimated height of 1900 feet into 9 snowdritted cornfield.
 Shrcds of the silk parachute still were attached to his body when 1t vas found yesterday after fifteen- hour hunt started when he failed 10 arrive in Iowa City. first stop after leaving Chicago.
 The fatality was the first since es- tahlishmcnt of the night mail flying. ~ Gilbert was '26 years old, and for merly was sergeant pilot at Mar shall Field, Fort Riley, Kansas. He entered the air mail service last Au- gust.
New Britain herald., 1924-12-23
LASSEN PEAK IS
 AGAIN ERUPTING
California Volcano Bursts Forth
 in Smoke :.

Westwood, Cal, Dec, 2S.--Lasseu Peak, towering in the center of a sub-zero area in northern California during the winter months without murmur, belched forth objection to the heavy snow dress she has been wearing when she sputtered out smoke and gases from her newest crater at sundown yesterday.
 A curtain Of darkness shut off ob- sorvation for almost thirty miles dist ant, but lookouts were up at day. break today looking toward the scenic volcano and awaiting a recur- renee of the activities of yesterday. Residents of Lassen described the latest eruption as the largest since 1923.
 The hectic eruptiye fever resulted in q cloud of gray smoke breaking out of tho newest notch In the crater and moving skyward against a snowy background directly east of the high est point in the peak.
 Interest hercabouts was entered on activity at Devils Kitchen" a boil ing stream at the base Of the peak. where hot water dashcs into a cold creek. This point has always been considered reliable old barometer Of the temper Of Lassen. but reports were almost unobtainable from their today, as Drakeshad. the gateway point, was buried in the snow.