Chau Tauqua Opens Here Tomorrow With Blackwood Conducting
The annual Chau Tauqua begins tomorrow on the Chandler school lot with Samuel Blackwood of Elkhart to open at 2 pm. The program includes introductory exercises, an orchestral sextette concert, and lectures. Admission is 50 cents with a 5 cent war tax. children pay 20 cents plus tax. Ada Ward of London lecturing on "Getting Together" in the evening.
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Samuel Blackwood
Leetur
Ada Ward
London
England
Eighth Redpath Chautauqua At Chandler Begins
The eighth annual Redpath chautauqua opens tomorrow afternoon on Chandler Street with fourteen programs. The program includes concerts by the Grehestral and Ada Wor oof Tastidor and a debate featuring OChharles 4oebtin and Lestie Mo Shaw. The event covers two afternoons and evenings, continuing over Phillipsdis and concludes on the fourth page.
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Gashen
Phillipsdis
Sale
Mraciine
EL BP
Wis
Leauwne of Nations
Ochharles
Chicago Universi Aba Prou
Lestie
Bolsheviki abandon Vinnytsia and lose Lutsk, Moscow wires report
London August 22 Associated Press reports Vinnytsia, southwest of Kiev, abandoned by Bolsheviki. Bolshevik forces have taken Lutsk, a railway center southeast of Kiev, in a Moscow wire message.
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Vinnitza
Lutsk
London
Kiev
Ou Wirele
Moscow
Koved
Freda Cart of New Paris Wins Calumet Letter Contest
Miss Freda Cart daughter of Mr and Mrs Felton Cart of New Paris was awarded five dollars for the best letter answering why her mother uses Calumet baking powder. She was among several who wrote letters responding to a Dinocrat contest advertisement.
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Freda Cart
Felton Cart
New Paris
Calumet Baking Powder Co
Miss Cart
Brass theft probe yields 430 pounds unearthed
Elkhart police this forenoon found 430 pounds of brass buried inside the city limits. The metal had been stolen from N. Y. C. shops in Elkhart about five weeks earlier. No arrests have been made yet.
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Elkhart
Rural mail carrier sidelined. Cripe fills route
Frank Kulp of route No 4 is critically ill and M V Cripe serves as substitute mail carrier to cover his duties.
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Frank Kulp
M. V. Cripe
Holdup Man Fails In Bank Robbery Plan
Washington Aug 13 A holdup attempt at the Munsey Trust in the uptown business district unraveled after the gunman fired a shot at a clerk and then shot himself in the jaw. John E. Fetter 34 of Defiance Ohio admitted planning the robbery and fled from New York to Washington seeking easy money. He was hospitalized and is expected to recover.
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Associated Press
Washington
Munsey Trust Company
Uptown
John E. Fetter
Woslneren
New York
Detroit
Viscount Grey to Represent England Here Temporarily
Viscount Grey former British secretary of state for foreign affairs will represent the British government in Washington until a permanent ambassador is appointed. He will assume duties in Washington as the interim envoy.
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Viscount Grey
England
Lontwn
Washington
Slack Opens Battle to Low End Living Cost
A professor states profiteers exploiting low living costs will be vigorously prosecuted as authorities intensify actions against price gouging and manipulation amid economic distress.
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Slack
Publicity to Expose Food Profiteers in Indiana
Indiana U S district attorney L E Slack announces a strong publicity campaign against food profiteering. He says the federal government will expose profiteers to the public, orders investigations in Strauchnu Rushville and Washington, and will forward reports to county food administrators and the DOJ Bureau of Investigation.
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Indianapolis
L. Ert Slack
United States
Indiana
Slack
Johnson County
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Charles P. Yivice
Vedas
Strauchnu
Rushville
Washington
Ind
Hoover Heads to Russia to Address Food Problem
Paris reports Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Interallied Relief Organization, has arrived in Warsaw from Prague and will depart for China Sunday night to tackle food issues. The move follows his July to August diplomatic movements and centers on relief coordination amid postwar shortages.
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Herbert Hoover
Russia
Paris
Interallied Relief Organization
Warsaw
Prague
China
No Meeting of Supreme Peace Council Held Today
PARIS Aug 13 the supreme council of the peace conference held no meeting today. Yesterday it discussed the Chinese question.
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Supreme Peace Council
Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Councilf
Last of Yanks To Be Mustered Out in October
Secretary of War announces demobilization of American army will be practically completed by the last of October. Wartime prohibition measures will end with demobilization. President Wilson and officials anticipate final steps in the demobilization process.
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Washington
Setuah
Amemeda
du Sofari
Wulsan
Theushtamon
Smallpox Patients All Doing Nicely
The Isaac Biller family of North Seventh Street under quarantine for smallpox are all doing nicely. Mr and Mrs Biller along with Margaret and Roy are afflicted, while two other children were vaccinated by Dr A C L Yoder. The northeast city area had been suspected of chickenpox for months but cases were only recently well defined as smallpox.
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Isaac Biller
North Seventh Street
President Wilson Expected to Veto Daylight Saving Law
President Wilson is expected to veto the bill repealing the daylight saving act. The measure has been before him since August and he plans to return it to Congress before week’s end.
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Wilson
Washington
Congress
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School Picnic Tomorrow
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School holds a picnic tomorrow afternoon at Blosser's Park. Those without transportation by interurban should meet at the canner at 2 o'clock p m.
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Trinity Lutheran Sunday School
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Sunday School
Blosser’s Park
Demonstration On Page Farm Alfalfa Inoculation
A demonstration on alfalfa inoculation was held yesterday at the Page farm southeast of Elkhart. About twenty seven people attended as County Agent Metzger led the session.
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Page Farm
Page
Elkhart
Metzger
Spahr in Serious Condition After Auto Rollover
Jacob Spahr remained in serious condition with no improvement after his car overturned. He was delirious during the night while Mrs Spahr and her mother recovered and are reported as doing nicely.
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Jacob Spahr
Bolshevik Fortress Falls to Ukrainian Army
VIENNA Aug 13 The fortress of Tupnoe has been captured from Bolshevik forces by the Ukrainian army per an official report received here. The Culver Black Horse troop, 90 summer cavalry students and four instructors, arrived at South Bend this afternoon from Plymouth and will stay over tomorrow with exhibitions in the business district under the South Bend Chamber of Commerce. The troop is on a ten day trip through Northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Tupnoe
Culver Black Horse
South Bend
Plymouth
Home Comer entertainment week planned in Steuben County
Steuben county seizes a week of entertainment for Home Comers starting at Pleasant Lake on August 25. The event runs seven days and closes with a three day session in Angola beginning August 28. Tickets for the Jefferson night are available through a Vocational Home Economies club member.
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Steuben County
Pleasant Lake
Angola
Jefferson
Vocational Home Exonomies Club
Appropriations Sought to Cut Living Costs in Congress
The commerce and labor department asked Congress for almost $1,000,000 in appropriations to implement the president's proposals to reduce the cost of living. The request arrives as part of efforts to ease inflation and streamline government programs.
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Washington
Congress
Railroad Shop Men Return Amid District Variances
Railroad shop workers generally resume work with Chicago and Boston districts as exceptions noted in the dispatch.
Hart’s 2 12 Pacer Dies At Goshen Fair Grounds
Barney M. Hart a 2 12 pacer owned by Isaac Sutton of Topeka and valued at 1500 fell dead on the Goshen fair grounds track this morning during a workout mile driven by Robert Brown. The death was due to heart ailment. The horse sired by Great Heart had shown promise and related transactions include Ed Hart trotter sold to Mayor W. H. Foster of Elkhart for 1500 and soon to race in Philadelphia driven by Sturgeon.
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Barney M. Hart
Isaac Sutton
Topeka
Goshen Fair Grounds
Robert Brown
Great Heart
Mr. Sutton
W. H. Foster
Elkhart
Philadelphia
Sturgeon
Yorkshire Coal Miners Resume Strike
Coal miners of Yorkshire including over 200000 workers end their July 23 walkout after a mass meeting in Barnsley. Railway shopmen report improved service across the country except Boston and Chicago where many refuse to return to work.
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Chicago
Boston
South
Atlanta
London
Yorkshire
Barnsley
Prince of Wales Enthusiastically Received at Regatta
In St Johns Newfoundland on August 13 the Prince of Wales was warmly greeted during an inaugural visit to the colony. He toured the government house and recalled a prior guest appearance by his grandfather King Edward when he visited Newfoundland.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Prince of Wales
Government House
King Edward
Newfoundland
Special Representative To Goshen From Elkhart Tax Board
The Elkhart citizens' committee asked the state board of tax commissioners to revise Elkhart city appraisements. The board will send a representative to Goshen on Friday for correct returns and a special report on complaints. Main Street valuations were not considered, and the issue will be raised again at the board’s Sept. 14 session. Local officials attribute the rise in Elkhart's valuations to many corporations.
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Indianapolis
Citizens’ Committee of
Elkhart
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Elkhart City
Sena
Goshen
Mrs. Swank Dies in Syracuse After Illness
Mrs. John Swank, 49, died yesterday at her Syracuse home after a long cancer illness. Survived by husband and six children, Hert, Joseph, Emery, Bertha McKibbin, Clara Harris, and Wilma Swank. Funeral set for tomorrow afternoon with burial at Union Cemetery.
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John Swank
Syracuse
Hert
Joseph
Emery
Bertha MccKibbin
Clara Harris
Wilma Swank
Oelock
Union
Heavy rains ease drought in Indiana crops
Heavy rains fell across Indiana today reducing drought in many areas. South Bend and Warsaw received more rain than Goshen where only a brief shower occurred. Crops continue to suffer despite the rainfall.
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Indiana
T Associated Press
Indianapolis
South Bend
Warsaw
Goshen
Elkhart Blacksmiths Vote to Strike Over Wages and Conditions
Blacksmiths employed in Elkhart plan a strike due to dissatisfaction with wares and general working conditions. The move signals growing labor unrest among skilled trades in the area.
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Elkhart
Warsaw Dogs Put Under Muzzle Rules
Warsaw authorities impose muzzle rules after multiple dog bites involving children. A pocket-book with valuable papers is reported lost and finder should return it to the Democrat office.
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Warsaw
Democrat
Two Chicago Theatres Closed By Equity Strike
The Actors Equity strike against the Theatrical Producing Managers' association reached Chicago after Francis Wilson arrived from New York to lead the action. Two Chicago theatres closed last night as the strike intensified, with further details promised on page five.
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Chicago
Actors Equity Association
Theatrical Producing Managers’ Association
New York
Francis Wilson
George M. Cohan Grand
Endlewood Strikes Mine in North Sea
Dover reports the American steamer Endlewood struck a mine this morning in the North Sea. The vessel sent a wireless for help but is not in danger of sinking and is sailinng toward the Thames under its own steam.
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S. S. Endlewood
North Sea
Dover
Eng
Endlewood
Thames
Husbands Are Plaintiffs In Two Divorce Cases
Charles E. Arnold sues Lulu L. Arnold for divorce on cruelty alleging her infidelity and going riding with other men. married March 28, 1912 and separated August 6, 1919. Clell Firestone represents Walter Whirledge against Delta Whirledge. married November 28, 1916 and separated May 1, 1918.
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Davis & Schaefer
Charles E. Arnold
Lulu L. Arnold
Clell Firestone
Walter Whirledge
Delta Whirledge
Divorce Action Between Norma Morgan and Charles T Morgan
Norma Morgan of Mishawaka seeks a divorce from Charles T Morgan. The couple married in Cassopolis in 1902. Norma, formerly Norma L Shaw, cites irreconcilable differences.
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Norma Morgan
Mishawaka
Charles T. Morgan
Cassopolis
Morgan
Norma L. Shaw
Local Man Will Hupp Dies in Los Angeles
Will Hupp, 65, formerly of the Kreiger farm in Greentownship Noble County, died at his home in Los Angeles California.
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Los Angeles
Will Hupp
Kreiger
Green Township
Noble County
Cal
Engineer Griswold of Wabash Killed in Richmond Wreck
Big Four locomotive engineer Fd Griswold, 45, of Wabash, died after a scalding wreck at Richmond Indiana. Born in Goshen, he left there in boyhood. Survived by wife, one son, one daughter. Father John Griswold and brother Charles Griswold connected locally. His run once went from Wabash to Benton Harbor on the Michigan Division. His body returned to Wabash for burial. he owned substantial property there.
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Fd Griswold
Wabash
Big Four
Richmond
Ind
Goshen
John Griswold
Charles Griswold
Griswold
Brightwood
Indianapolis
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Mr. Griswold
Wabesh
Funeral for Northwestern student Charles Wilson led by Rev Weeks
Rev Duncan Weeks of the Episcopal church in Goshen officiated at the funeral of Northwestern University student Charles Robert Wilson, who was shot by bandits in Marquette Park, Chicago, Saturday night.
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Duncan Weeks
Episcopal Church
Goshen
Father Roland
St. Michael's Church
Englewood
Charles Robert Wilson
Northwestern University
Marquette Park
Chicago
Signal Man at Wawasee Station Fatally Injured in Crash
Bert Trost aged 55 a signalman for the B and O railroad at Lake Wawasee station was fatally hurt when a speeder he rode was struck by a switch engine east of Rimell. He died at his home in Kimmell after being taken there. Survived by wife and five sons Ed Trost a sister and other relatives. Trost had a 30 year railroad career including Walkerton and Lake Wawasee postings.
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Bert ‘Trost
Lake Wawasee
Rimmell
Trost
Kimmell
Kimmel
Fve Sors
Ovbom Ed. Trost
A. Trost Wimmsel
BL & OL
Walkerton
Lake Winawrsee
80 Year Old Drummer Stranded Then Returned Home
An eighty year old traveling salesman, Patridge, was stranded for over eleven hours at the South Bend interurban station after a “friend” left him waiting. He wandered to the police captain’s room seeking lodging and later was taken to Chicago by relatives. His memory failed to recall prior locations or the person who brought him from Elkhart to South Bend.
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I. OS. Patridge
Chicago
Cleveland
Patridge
South Bend
South Shore
Elkhart
Non partisan Editors To Meet Next Month
Morton Stultz secretary of the Northern Indiana Editorial association has called the annual meeting for Huntington next month. An executive committee meeting will arrange the program and select the date. The editors in the association are non partisan.
Telephone rate battle roils South Bend service row
A major dispute over rates erupts in the South Bend Mishawaka area as the sole carrier seeks higher charges while customers complain of poor service and deem prices excessive for current quality.
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South Bend
Mishawaka
Tonsillectomy for Albert F. Deahl
Albert F. Deahl underwent an operation to remove his tonsils. A brief public notice notes sale of dry millwood by Brooks.
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Albert F. Deahl
Foreign Relations Committee Demands Action on Peace Treaty
The Foreign Relations Committee urged swift steps on the peace treaty with explicit demands, signaling strong congressional interest in a decisive resolution. Speaker, Secretary, and allied officials faced pressure to outline concrete actions and timing.
Senate foreign relations panel backs expedited treaty review
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to expedite the peace treaty, with discussions on disputed sections and possible amendments planned for tomorrow. Senator Hitchcock warned against delaying action, while Chairman Lodge and others favored quicker consideration, and Senator Fall cautioned against undue haste.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Lodge
Massachusetts
Fall
Repubican
New Mexico
Sugar in Storage Exposes 50,000 Pounds at Columbia City
The food administration reports 50,000 pounds about 26 tons of sugar in a Columbia City Storage Co building. It is consigned to D. D. Kenny of Fort Wayne. Harvey Brown holds the storage keys. Small retail deliveries have begun. Dr. Harry Barnard of the state food department is asked to initiate prosecution.
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Columbia City
The
Food Administration
Columbia City Storage Co
D. Kenny
Fort Wayne
Harvey Brown
Drayman
Harry Barnard
State Food Department
Roumanian Army Declares It Seeks No Territory
The Roumanian army entered Budapest in what is described as a display of alliance accord and to stamp out bolshevism. The report states there is no intention to seize any territory and that the action aims to support allied aims.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Budapest
Trial of Charles L. Monger Set for Tomorrow Morning
The case against Elkhart lumber man Charles L. Monger charged with assault and battery on George W. Fleming Elkhart real estate dealer has been set for tomorrow morning in Elk hart court after multiple postponements.
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Charles L. Monger
Elkhart
George W. Fleming
Garvin Child Dies At Home In Elkhart
The 18 months old child of Mr and Mrs Theodore Garvin died this morning at the family home in Elkhart from cholera infantum.
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Garvin
Theodore Garvin
Elkhart
Commercial Club Arranges Kronstadt Shirt Co. to Locate in Plymouth
The Commercial club of Plymouth arranged for Kronstadt Shirt company to locate in the city. It is expected that 100 women and girls will be employed. The business block corner of Mein and Clinton streets offers 47 feet frontage. For terms write W. I. Stonex, South Hero, Vt.
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Plymouth
Kronstadt Shirt Company
Mein and
Clinton Streets
Stonex
South Hero
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Tee
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