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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01

July 1s-Helen Wills and Mrs.
wightman won women's doubles ten
mis- title in Olympic tourney.
Richards won Olympic tennis singles.
The United States led the worlds
nations in the Olympic standings with
points
July 24--Gene Tunney won technical
victory over Carpenter in New Iork.
July 26-Jimmy Johnston of ST. Paul
won Western amateur golf title.
Aug. 11-Edith Cummings won 7om-
ems amateur Western golf. title.
place in Tailteann, Irish national
games, at Dublin.
Aug. 16-Helen Wills retained wom-
Aug. 2sMGrand American merle 5ardicap
shoot won by H. G. Deck of Plymouth:
Sept. wise Counsellor beat Cpl
nard in first International horse race.
Sept. 2-Bin Tilden retained national
tennis championship, defeating w. NJ.
Sept civilian Melhorn Of ST. Louis
won Western golf title.
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd won
wemens golf c lr1 Idf11s
Firpo Of Argentina in l2-round fight.
Sept. 12-American tennis team de-
feated Australians, retaining Davis
Sept 1s-American golf team de-
feated British team. retaining Walker
Sept 16-American polo team won
second and deciding game from Eng
lish.
Sept. 20--Walter Hagen won profess
sional golf championship.
Sept. 23-Lou Talaber, Chicago, won
middleweight wrestling championship
from Parelli.
Sept. 27-Robert T. Jones, Jr., At
lanta, won national amateur golf cham
pionship
Ladkin defeated Epinard, French
horse. in second International race.
New York Grants won National
league pennant.
Sept 29-Washington Senators won
American league pennant.
Oct. 1-Commissioner Lands black
listed Jimmie O'Connell and Coach
Cozy Dolan of the Giants for trying to
bride philadelphia player to throw
game.
Oct. 1o--was hington Senator's won
worlds championship
Oct. 11-Sarazen beat Epinard in
third International race.
Oct. 13-Anthony Woostroff, Newark,
won National A. A. U. pentathlons
Nov. 22-Yale beat Harvard at foot
ball.
University of Chicago won Western
conference football championship.
Nov. 29-Army defeated Navy at
-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01
FOREIGN

Jan. 1--viscount Kiego Kiyoura made
premier of Japan.
Jan. 5-venizelos elected president
OF Greek assembly.
Jan. 16--Gonzales Cordova elected
president of Ecuador.
Jan. baldwin government in
England resigned; Ramsay Macdonald,
Labor chief, became prime minister
and announced. his cabinet.
Jan. 24-Premier Poincare submitted
20 French chamber a balanced budget.
Jan. 26-Prince Regent IIirohito of
Japan and Princess Nagako married.
Jan. 29-President Obregon's forces
took Esperanza from Mexican rebels.
who sustained ha9Gvy losses.
Turkey abandoned prohibition and
xaade liquor state monopoly.
Jan 31-Serious government
~iots in Tokyo; diet dissolved and new
elections ordered
Feb, Alexis I. Rykov elected first
prime minister of Soviet Russia to sue
ceed Lenin.
Feb. 3-Mexican rebels. defeated at
Cordoba, evacuated Vera Cruz.
Feb 4-Venizelos resigned as pre-
mier of Greece; Karfandaris succeeded
him.
Feb. 13-Bavarian separatists mas
sacred by nationalists in Pirmasens and
ERiserlauten.
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DISASTERS

J sn, sE r. p,,,sa II u starch factory
Jan. 10-British submarine with crew
of AZ sunk in collision.
Jan 25-Thirty three coal miners
killed by explosion at Johnston City,
Jan 2s-Coal mine explosion at
Shanktown, Pa, killed 40 men.
Feb. 5Forty-two. men killed when
pond broke through into iron mine
March i-Expiosion Of INT at Nixon,
N. j., killed Is, injured scores and de-
March S-Explosion entombed and
killed It's miners at Castle Gate, Utah.
March 26-Landslide near Amalf.
1ts March aiss IL psss1af coal miner.
killed by explosion at Yukon, w. Va.
April 2S-Mine explosion at Wheel
ing April vi vs so t5fn do men In southern
states killed 113 and did vast damage.
May 27-Forty-five killed in lorna
does In Southern states
May 31-Twenty two inmates Of de-
fective girls SCHOOL near Los Angeles
burned to death.
ing three officers, Of the Pacific battle
bartieship. Mississippi.
and $50 dead in tornado which swept
Lcrain, Ohio.
July 2 70 slan,ess steamship Is
wI A9g 14R ~ epoMsed from china said
floods had caused over $4,000 deaths
and 15,000,000 were in danger of star
walton.
Aug. 28-Eighty killed by hurricane
in Virgin islands.
Sept. 13-Earthquake In Turkey de-
stroyed 102 villages and killed hun
Sept. 1s--Mine explosion at Sublet,
Wyo killed 80.
Sept. 2l-Storms in Wisconsin killed
5S persons.
Oct 2O-Fourteen killed and Is hurt
by explosion on u. s. S. Trenton.
Nov. 12-Hundreds killed by earth
quakes on island of Java.
Nov. 14-Million- dollar fire in Jersey
City, N. j.. made 1900 persons home
less.
Nov. 16-Fire on Jersey City docks
did $1,000 900 damage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01
Cross Word Fad Found
Helpful in Insomnia

One Of the leaders in the medical
profession Of Philadelphia is accus-
toned to prescribing the ubiquitous
crossword puzzle as potent remedy
for insomnia.
He and his wife are devotees of the
pastime and lie finds it a leverage
that lifts his mind from professional
cares, according to the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
I'm the treatment Of insomnia he
observes, "the element Of physical re-
taxation is, of course, all-important.
The patient should accustom himself
to the pleasing delusion that it doesn't
make any difference whether he sleeps
or not. Why worry?"
One doctor, who says he can't be
thinking about operations all the time.
finds chess his soothing avocatlon.
Others sedulously attend foo ball
games. 1t is strange how many fans
the game has among physicians.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01
INDUSTRIAL

Jan. 16-Harbor workers in every
port of Norway went on strike.
British railways began strike against
decrease of wages.
Jan. 22-New York Central raised
wages OF $4,000 employees.
Feb. 12-Five Thousand transfers Of
Chicago struck for more pay, winning
next day on compromise.
Feb 19-Three- year wage contract
signed for central bituminouS field
Feb 27-Chicago garment workers
April S-Fifty Ave Western railways
gave per cent wage increase to con-
ductors brakemen and switchmen.
May i3-Western trunk lines submit
ted wage dispute with engineers and
1remen 70 federal railway labor board.
June 11-Caisson workers ended
strike in Chicago; work resumed on
many large buildings.
Canada struck, tieing up Dominion's
po June 24-Forty thousand garment
July i4-shopcrafts and clerks
unions of Pennsylvania railroad lost
SIS. 100000 suit for back pay.
July 22-Federal trade commission
issued a cease and desist' order
against ali steel corporations using
Pittsburgh plus price system.
Aug. 27-Receivers named for Will
son & Co., great packing concern of
Aug 2s-Pere Marquette road joined
the NlCKle HlaLe merger OF the van
Sweringen brothers.
Sept 1-Federas trade commission
accused Chicago Retail Lumber Deal
ers' association of unfair competition.
Sept. 9-Fatal plantation strike riots
in Hawaiian islands
Oct aluminium Company of Amer
lea accused of questionable practices
by federal trade commission.
IS Oct 6-Big riot of striking silk
workers In Paterson. N. j.
Oct 2O-Supreme court ruled Fed
eral courts must grant jury trials In
contempt cases growing out of labor
disputes.
Nov 6-Federal Judge Wilkerson
upheld power of federal railway labor
board to compel witnesses to appear.
Nov 15-Burley tobacco growers OF
Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee and
Kentucky agreed to cut out the 1925
Nov 17-convention Of American
Federation Of Labor opened in Ell Paso,
Texas.
Nov 21-National Grange in conven-
ton went on record against child la
Dor amendment to Constitution.
Nov. ga. r. Of L. voted against
support of new political party.
Wages of Maine textile workers re-
duced 10 per cent.
Nov 25-Samuel Gompers reelected
president of A. F. of L.
Nov. 29-Railway labor board voted
100000 wage increase to engineers
and firemen on Western lines.
Dec. PAN American labor confer
ence opened in Mexico City.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01

senator from Massachusetts to succeed
the late Henry Cabot Lodge
Congressman Hill of Maryland ac-
quilted IN cider and wine ma king trlal
Nov. 22-Secretary Wilburs annual
report showed the navy was steadlly
and rapidly deterioRating
Nov 24-Former Postal Inspector
w. J. Fahy convicted of $2,000,000 mail
robbery ear Chicago.
Nov 25-United States indicted New
and managing editor of Kansas City
Journal-Post for printing income tax
returns.
Nov 2s-secretary Weeks reported
the. army was unprepared to repel at
tack and air force was deficient
Dec. Short session of congress
opened.
get message to congress, recommend
ing tax reduction.
Federal court quashed indictments
against Kansas City editors for income
Dec. 3-President Coolidges message
read to congress, sounding note or
Dec. president and Mrs. Coolidge
visited International Live Stock ex-
position in Chicago.
Dec. 7-Dr. David Starr Jordan
awarded Raphael Hermen prize Of $25,-
900 for best educational plan calcu-
lated to maintain world peace:
Dec. 8-James B. Duke gave $46,0OO,-
600 and George Eastman gave $12,5oo,-
600 to education and hospitals.
Dec. 9--New York Tribune Company
acquitted Of Illegal publishing of In
come tax returns.
House passed Interior department
appropriation bill carrying total Of
Dec i1-senate passed $14O.ooo.OOO
bill for rehabilitating the navy.
Dec 15-Congress held memorial
meeting for Woodrow Wilson.
Dec. 16-Governor-el elect Hiram Bing-
ham of Connecticut elected senator to
fill vacancy caused by death Of Frank
B. Brandegee.
inferred at Tarrytown, N. Y.
Dec. 20-rCongress recessed for the
holidays.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01
All Furnished

"Oh, Mr. JONES'" said Miss Dash, II
saw an advertisement saying that you
could furnish your home by soap
premiums. Every time you buy a
piece of soap you get a furniture GER
tificate. am going to be married,
and do you think could get all my
furniture that way?"
why, yes. Miss Dash" replied Mr..
Jones. i had friend who got all the
furniture for six-room house that
way. The company only had to send
him furniture for one room, the other
Ave rooms were full Of soap" Judge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01
Trackless Trollevs

Both England and China having
giving the trackless trolley buses a
thorough test, declare them to be a
success They have capacity equal
to that Of single-decked motor coaches,
and cheaper operation cost is claimed
for them as against the gasoline
driven type. Also, they can compete
successfully with surface railway
lines. The trolleylbusses have a radius
of almost fifteen feet on either side
Of the wires, including extension col
lectors.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01

as l could not Stan0
because of the bear
ing down pains in my
back and abdomen.
] sat down most of
the time anddidwhat
] could do in that
w ay-- as washing
dishes, etc. One day
a book describing
Lydia e. Pinkham's
medicines was put
in my mail-b ]
saw how the Vege-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01

X In Papua, only 400 miles from Aus
tralia, and part of the British empire.
cases Of cannibalism still occur; the
Papuans have a tradition that no youth
may marry until he has shed human
blood
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Take Tablets Without Fear If You
See the Safety "Bayer Cross"

Warningl Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for % years.
Say 'Bayer" when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous. ADV.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01

table Compound had helped others so I
gave it trial. had to take about
dozen bottlesbefore gainedmy strength
but certainly praise this medicine.
Then | took Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood
medicine for poor blood. / was cold all
the time. would be so cold could
hardly sit still and in the palms of my
hands there would be drops of sweat.
I also used the Sanative Wash and ]
recommend it also. You may publish
this letter and will gladly answer let
tiers from women and advise my neigh
bors about these medicines. - Mrs.
HARRY ASHCROFT, 632 Beech Avenue,
Covington, Kentucky.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01

from q cut or burn? Coles Carbolisalvo
stops pain instantly and heals quickly
without a scar. Keep It handy All drug
gists, 30c and 60c, or ]. w. Cole Co., Rock
ford. I1l-Advertisement
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-01-01
WOMAN so Ill.
WASHED DISHES
SITTING DOWN
Mrs. Ashcrofrs Remarkable
Recovery After Taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Covington, KY was so weak and
nervous ] could hardly do my homework
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
F.B. WEAVER'S ESTATE
Is VALUED AT $119,750
Application Made for Probate of
Deceased Merchants WILKINS.
Plummer Leaves 100000.

+. Baker Weaver, former hardware
merchant of Georgetown, who died
December 10, left an estate valued at
s119,750, according to the petition Of
his widow. Mrs. Ida L. Weaver, for
The probate of his will. His securities
and other personal property are est-
mated at 100000, while his real es-
tate holdings are assessed at s19,750.
With the exception of a charitable be-
quest the will gives the entire estate
to the widow. Attorney George w.
Offutt appears for Mrs. Weaver.
Mrs. Mary 3. Plummer, who died
September %, left an estate in excess
of 100000. according to a petition for
letters of administration filed by At
torney Paul L. Johnson. Her nearest
relatives are Matte Morrill, and Helen
T. Comins, cousins.
Letters of administration are also
asked on the estate of Charlotte T..
Bates in a petition by Elizabeth M.
Dawes. a cousin. The estate is esti-
mated at SIS, tS9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
NORFOLK FUR DEALER
MYSTERIOUSLY SLAIN
Simon Merr's Body Found in Store
With Head Crushed and
Hatchet Near.
By the Associated Press.


NORFOLK. Va. December FL
Simon Merr. 80 years old. wealthy fur
dealer OF Norfolk and Southampton
County, vas found murdered early
yesterday. hidden III the closet of his
place Of business at CORTLAND. The
head had been hacked aud crushed by
Ratchet blows.
Sheriff Bell found the body after
breaking into the store at the request
OF Norfolk relatives, who had become
alarmed by his continued absence.
The last time MerT was seen was
hen he boarded q train here Sunday
to return to his Southampton home,
where he had been engaged in buying
furS since the beginning Of the trap
ping season. Some alarm was felt
when he was not heard from Monday,
but fears for his safety did not be
come acute until yesterday. Sheriff
Bell was asked to search for him, and
discovered the body in a closet adj
joining a blood-stained room which
bore evidence of a hard fight.
Merr wass known to have had ap-
proximately 500 on his person.
The wounds showed he was struck
at least three times by some person
standing behind him. \ bloody Ratchet
was found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
CHRISTMAS GREENS
CAMPAIGN SUCCEEDS
Conservation Drive Results in Sub
stitution of Artificial Decora-
tons in Many Sections.

Decorations in American homes to-
morrow for Christmas will be Just as
beautiful, but more III keeping with
the spirit of conservation of vanish
ing Christmas greens than ever be-
fore in the opinion of Z. l.. Kicker
If this city, president of the National
Wild1ower Society.
Results have been accomplished, he
,e-ieves, by the nationwide campaign
which has been carried on by the So
iety, urging the use of substitutes of
various sorts, wherever possible, for
he particular green plants which
laVe been decreasing. The shortage
different in different sections, and
he campaign, which in some places
was directed toward the saving of one
kind of plant, took no notice of this
same plant in sections where il was
abundant.
Among the articles to be used for
substitutes for holly and ground pine.
Mr.. Kicker mentioned small holly
trees, sprays with berries, sprays of
leaves in gold and silver colors with
red berries. small poinsettias in
natural and metallic colors, artificial
small and large holly berries, cherries
and acorns. Red fiber wreaths, he
said, seem to be largely imported from
Germany and Japan, and are finding
a ready market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
FIVE YEARS FOR SELLING
PINT OF LIQUOR TO CHILD
Virginia Supreme Court Upholds
Verdict Against Moses Simpkins,
Severest in History of Law.
sreoisI DIspatch 10 The star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, December "a
Noses SinpkinS of ACcOmac County
~ 10 serve five years III the peniten-
iiary for having sold q pint of whisky
10 a minor The Supreme Court has
upheld the verdict of the Trial Court,
and the case is ended, unless Gov.
TrinkIe may intervene.
!. j. Hart is said to have done
some work for Simpkins. There was
Il row over the payment of the bill
for services of the son of Hart. The
Son appeared at the home of SSimp-
kins within II day or two, with a re-
quest that Simpkins let him have
n pint of liquor for his father. who
was said to have been i'll. The petit
ton says that Simpkins refused the
request, the boy appearing the fol-
lowing day and insisting that he be
given the liquor. Simpkins acceded.
1T was said, the boy paying cash.
SimpkinS was arrested, and the
grand jury indicted him. He was
tried, and the jury returned a YER
diet, fixing his term in the peniten-
tjary at five years. The supreme
Court found no error i'll the case and
refused to interfere.
This is the most severe verdict that
has been given in the State in con-
nection with "a violation of the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
STRIKE COST 100000
TO CLOTHING WORKERS
Leader Says Union Better Off FL
nancially Than Before, Despite
Heavy Expense.

By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, December "a
The recent strike of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America against
the International Tailoring Co. of New
York and Chicago cost the workers
union $500, 900, but demonstrated the
fighting ability of the organization,
Sydney Hillman, president of the
Amalgamated, said here yesterday.
Mr.. Eillman is attending a meeting of
the unions executive board.
He said the successful outcome Of
the 10 weeks strike was expected by
the union to be it's greatest individual
victory Despite the cost it will leave
the organization financially better than
before, he said the Chicago workers
having contributed s25 each, or a total
OF 100000. Pointing out that the
'peace machinery. of the Anal
gamated has tended to do away with
strikes. Mr.. Hllman characterized as
d Spectacular achievement" the or
ganization OF workers in the Nash
Tailoring Go. OF Cincinnati, without
strike or threat of strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
JUDGE STANDS PAT
ON MOBILES PARDON
Refuses to Modify Order
Freeing Prisoner From Exc
Cution and Life Sentence.
By the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, KanS., Decembo"
24.-Federal Judge John {. Pollock
Yesterday denied the Governments re
recent order freeing Nuco PeroEich.
Montenegrin nobleman, from IL lt'
sentence in the Federal penitentiHry
IN Leavenworth, kans., and u death
sentence in Alaska.
The Department of Justice Sough
through the United States district al
torney to have Perovich sent back 10
prison or returned to Alaska, where
he was convicted of murder in 1905
10 face his original sentence of execu-
ton.
The case. which involves the right
of the President to commute a sen
tence without the consent of the con
vict, will be carried to the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals. judge
Pollock upheld the contention thai
President Taft had no authority L"
commute the death sentence without
the consent of PeroviCh, but refused
to let the death sentence stand.
Judge Pollock's ruling is directly at
variance with that of the Federal Dis
trict Court at Hartford, Conn, in the
case of Gerald Chapman, notorious
criminal, whose contention that the
President could not commute his sen
tence to Atlanta penitentiary without
his consent, was cverruled, paving
the way for his execution by State
authorities on q murder charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
SOVIET HEAD EXPLAINS
HIGH WAGES OF EXPERTS
Frankly Says Government Cannot
Do Technical Speciality Work,
But Must Learn.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, December 24.-Alexei
Ivanovitch Rykoff, president of the
Council of Peoples Commissaries, dur
ing the course of a long speech at
Communist party conference, was
asked how the Soviet government
could afford to pay specialists, such
as engineers, architects, chemists,
textile experts and the like, such high
wages when the pay of ordinary work
men is so low. The premiers reply
was frank.
I'VE don't know how to do such
work ourselves" he said. land there
fore must avail ourselves of the best
technical brains from America and
Europe, paying them the highest
wage possible. From these technical
experts we shall learn how to work
ourselves and how to put our indus
tries and our factories on a sound
basis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
Uncle Sam Pays s5,l39,000 to Employees
In District, Swelling Christmas Fund

Uncle Sam distributed about So
$4,000 in salaries and payments to all
employees of the Government, Federal
and local, in the District of Columbia
Government pay day on December 81.
was learned yesterday from an official
source.
This amount includes the 15-day
salary of the President Of the United
States, salaries of members of Con-
gress, of District employees, classified
and unclassified, and all persons en-
ployed by the Federal Government and
the District government in the Dis
trict of Columbia 1t exceeds the fig
ure for last year by a few thousand
dollars. 1t does not include the sal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24

aries of Army. Navy and Marine
Corps officers detailed in Washington
and does not include the 2A per cent
deducted from the salary Of classified
Government employees for the retire
ment fund.
Eighty-fve per cent of the amount
paid in salaries to Federal and District
employees in Washington ultimately
finds it's way into the pockets of mer-
chants in the city or into banks To-
Gated in Washington, according to
estimates made by the Chamber of
Commerce. This means that some.
Uncle Sans vaults will have been
spent in Washington before the next
on the last Government pay day, it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-24
FORMER WESTERN UNION
HEADS ESTATE $1,O71,72O
Col. C1owry, Who Rose From Job
as Messenger Boy, Divides
Money Among 20.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, December
"a The late Col. Robert c. Clowry,
who rose from messenger boy to presi-
dent of the Western Union Telegraph
Co., left an estate valued at S1.071.720,
according to an appraisal filed yester-
day. Col. Clowry died last February.
The appraisal revealed that at the
time of his death he owned more stock
in the United States Steel Corporation
than in the company which he had
headed.
The estate is divided among II
nieces and nephews. a sister-in-law
and two friends. Mrs. Clara Q. Esta-
brook of Tarrytown, the sister-in-law,
receives Col Clowry's home and more
than 100000 in securities. A bequest
Of 100000 is made to Franklin J.
Sherrer of Tarrytown, for many
years Col Clowry's confidential sec
rotary.