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Washington Evening Journal (Newspaper) - May 6, 1920, Washington, Iowa A a Maks wow want it wow the t of hit lot wife Limmi Ald Columna f vol i a Liway Clower Quot and Friday Mowen ext portion wit a Ftp til Etui if lure. Washington Iowa Iii is a v eve met Mav la i it of i a pm bar it russian Arm band concert for Compromise 0 n i Junior boy Swiet saturday night league is favored v in i in 4mhib a to com am announced Bam needs Hiim Lott a int the Ommi Ait the Washington Rand begins the summer roil pm of it a in under u Hinl Cip of . And ail expense were pail last ecu it of i to was ii i weary for Tho Gani iat Ion to Bonow 1100 of to gook even and th1 a it no inf will have Tome out of the 1020 funds v uni Lorn being Coil Ted. Tho band of of in a net trial invitation of i i Community and tin organic thin should in flan cod to the Point where to intr work will not be hampered Fairfield Pavs their director a salary of la too in Yeav. White al wit Little. Of thin Sis have budgets t ii Ait a Newt the 11000.00 Mark for band maintenance. Director Frd i. Marin hard in run tribute jog ii 4 service and the member of the band Arai will fug to continue their work on a very reasonable Bant. It Quot in hers to in in the band in not n financial Opportunity Audne a Hap offered any inducement from that Angle but the boy a a talk amount of enjoy a in a Trow it and Are willing to provide in i for in Community if re non ii id it Kip Pori t Given. Conc get program the program saturday night will be in follow Manhattan Beach ,8ouna oven to timid i Ara Kob a. Ii i. King my into of Golden a hairy dance f Bat a Feria tic Andrew Herman do 276 hungarian fantasia Tan Ubau Ala rep Vav Agner. The to Moses Tobani be Lect inn from a doing t a Quot a min to Tun Hauter March. A. Wagner to Leafo. Polka. Straw net Fol dist Pav ors i Ribhi Ifim Ami Senate getting together have track meet i 111 a tit m of Eneil por of Alit to be pit in next week by tue a a a Brookhart name past week was first on Baudino unusually Coli i fillip i l f \ Ano i ii in e i a 1 lit Xiii. Position on tit Heth in tor of i so month apis Wah al al Ort a if lid As april i hi7�? by Obi established Farmers face ruin two armied a a a a a a a Are Defeated Dos Moines my c a its the a track meet for Junior boys in Bro issues of the Day and not the eluding those front the Junior Highte a heft Lein from c dead dogmas of the past which the school and Thiera not in High school. Wailer Ramsey Tigre at quadrennial conference of the methodist episcopal Church i interested in. This in evident d by the responsive applause which Ai tend any speaker sues find Tho place around during the reference to these if fat al v Lively debates taking Wack issues episcopal address de will be held at the Hall Park on May Itam 15, a w of from next saturday. P a tire for the meet was started yesterday after school my regular workouts will be held in order that May have an Opportunity to t he Conn a auditor a i. Griffith reel Clary of state i a Opy for Fie Wierth e nth in Midland Paek i no Cal ski x it it. Mav be of it of in Tuff drive for Alai i Wal District Tiff cars giving the order up which Tho a tuns will he jointed on the Ballote to he voted in this Ronn to of the primary on june 7, the Ord in which the manics trill be in the Hest of condition for the appear varies in the different Rotin Rageot next week. Pies of the Tai bring alternated among the events to he run off so that no candide w ill have a rep will be he 220 and too Yard Oral advantage in having Bis name demonstrations frequent and a hos the Low hurdles and probably j cat in in Lite list the fifty Yard Flash Ami other my col Smith Foo Khart a name pre races which have not be to on the cd a that of Benni cur Mil a he Odule in previous Junior meets jibe ballot to a voted no Long Ruti other that ton county Lee cheering and clapping their would unduly to the strength in for governor Lio Emif hands. The a Mon re rat Ion was Durance of Small Hoy will by at pears fit St Iol Iov it prompted by the hit hop vigorous pm Piti. 1 Kendall Ani moot Vang of the following i the meat is open to nil boy of named slivered by Bishop Mcdowell sunday1 pro lot tied the clause nit Otis i he a Ven la Bishop read endorsing Tho league of i Del vat arose to their on in i Tahini name nolo i non a. Lit the order want Quot however about such i ame in effective it shall in Corn prom tee should Junior age in Fown whether they j a Meg re the first Ore named for brought Arlt a to tending to Junior High school it lieutenant governor followed by St. Nim a Brad Are not attend Ila 1 am la Moore anti Wilson in that ,. ,. ,. Lug school. No High school boys will Nordoi. Made bet Ween the president of the compel a to Bdl a Ron bit fat isl inned states on the one Lind and the meet will in Contin Ted in railway Comuni tetum the Senate of the in ipod states on four cd a Tref. Claes orc will con. 1 t let Oak Wand and we the other of shall secure a real and of to >4 is yearn of age. Irrespective i la Olaton tor com a effective plague of nation Iii which it of weight Aud of 1,1 yearn in venture of appear a exiled states shall have a proper Der i Poilu . Elan two boys of 13 Nul honorable plan among tin iia a arh 81 pounds More dons of the Woi id in pre erring the Ltd boys of t i a is under a i it Pou nost class Throe boys at 14 peace and in rating the burdens of the. R ,.r 7a a 5 weighing 96 More and boy a la 17 Yudif ill pounds then again during the rending of weight Clar four boys of i Bis address in referring to the re. Weighing 111 pounds More. Be wed activities of the wets against a a prohibition his dilatation a no Comour vital 1 Rel it Proina 0 and in -1 us he 1 it a anywhere Quot brought the Kopp by third 96 of in i it i it la for. A then f a has the a tirs to on i he n it on lace and Thorn Pac n to the Nudi a Mon at in a exciting serial opens at Graham theatre a screen Ceria Quot the Rufty a a opened last night at the Graham opera ,e, a Howing to a log and Tepee for excited Ion ibid approach in the blood eur Long Point it in a in fur thai exc de any that have Bien shown in Washington for Mony in oohs a Tai go do u of in us lion in a feature of the action and the first episode closes with the heroine in the Den facing certain Dot met Loo. Just Bow Aile survive a the a re i. Us it Tho does can tie known until the be episode which will in along noon the orchestra at the Graham in Tea Matt amp by go we and in recent improve mein 4 mad in the building Are attractive. Make improvement at Democrat office win n improvements now under Way Are completed the Washington Democrat will have a modern and handsomely equipped office with a third More floor Pace than at present. A new front is being Conal Rue Ted Ned who business of fico will i in in forged by nine feet. An addition of Tiki Ray of a t is being made to the Roar of the uni Diug. To give More room Lur the mechanical part of the , which , been greatly of Everow did this add Witni will he unusually Well lighted. F. B. Appleby a Nelisher of the Democrat is sibling certain new equipment which will increase the t ii hey of. Iii Plant. Their test Wui out Only lift lie singing of America. It new Lila to incl stirs monday a clash a Hiram Johnson was Only averted by the dismissal Ltd Siou for the noon hour. Frank Larkin of t Alipot Ilia gain cd the floor and a fir Etui ring that the California primaries Wert to be held tuesday urged the passage of a Resolution Indor a Tig the league of Sulioti and declaring that of this were to. Me it won i Cost Hiram Johnson from ii to ,000 to 100.001 votes in a t i e t a if Orizia i . Delegates however. In cd eed a Iii Sid tracking this a oltion and it was referred to the committee on the stat of the Church. J tie important committees of Tho 1 conf orc Nee Are in daily a Eaton their a meetings being held mostly in the afternoons and evenings. Nullification a de. To Justl. Outlook in it a 4i by Laid it a inn no tick. Molt Fri Uris. Copy was forwarded for for the repaid 1 cd a and St ii in i in a Iii 1 a. J the j will not in Printer until a j week two a for in primary allowing time for Roomy and town nip candidates to til nomination Pap three t to Maraire to a Mem on la Deb Moines. May Ltd prospects j 1 tor a mar record frail crop in Iowa a this j tar were pronounced Bright to a Dav by Secretary it i ret a of the j state Beard of horticulture. The j Outlook is Bright despite the cold Damp Spring be said. Growth of fruit Trees wan tar tied by the Cohl weather a a risk said. But he a ii cd in a the Shif oms i a j Fiew there will a no neb setbacks As have occurred big irly sprint of j of Hor yearn 1 Tho nation s peach crop will but Irh Orf t,60o,00u hush is on account of 1 a in Low act Narrai turns thin Pring hut Low. A Sai will lie near noun al he of. To injure Good Rop i h i Rick a a i lined growers to Spray note to Ltd a not afr the in May to. Comity lie Joel to Viqar i to in turd a 01 thi a a Quot a a a it to Aud township candidates can Wai until May 24. Continued demand for banquet tickets Cal to for ticket to the mothers and a Urb Cir banquet to be held at seven of to k tomorrow evening at the firer i in <1 in byte inti i Shureb continue to come. No with a Oan Ling the fact that the four Hundred places at tile tables Wen ail i sold yesterday. Mrs. Csc due Dowell j Ami . Xxx. Hirv y. Of the xxx Oil i ii in Ter Ltd Orch com in Bice. An lion in 1 hut they have a wailing list i of al i Ira i. And of there a any i who find they cannot attend the banquet of they will communicate with any member of he committee thir tick will be Dis porch of for them. The Dapi iat Church orchestra will i logs As garbage Dispo is Are Belt is when ing brought to Hie serious attention these committees report just As in of big cities. Dickens no i in 1842 Piave ii ii hug �?T1 he Quot a a a it Ning Ard n ,7rv> any legislative body that the fir that Lingk it Broadway clean of Gram it music and other feature arranged. Works Start j popular programs Are being Given each afternoon at the auditorium 1 under the auspices of the inter Hoard Cornu it toes. A program of pageants my truth lectures musical hum-1 j hers motion pictures and address. Is Gien. These Are attracting much attention from visitors. Garbage. I the following is the Gen Raj Summa 1, for the we it during the we of a tiding May 4th the week opened cold with la avy to killing frosts Quot a lid minimum temperatures of 32 degree lower the lowest timing 26 degree at Inwood Sunshine was below Normal except in to e mfr Etc a District. Rainfall qua above Normal in the Northwest portion with frequent showers Cine where to month of april was the coldest sine 1907 and with that exception the coldest in Iii Ore than 40 years. To amp week closed warmer. H i id work a been almost at a Man still due to a wet Roll and fre que Cal Sbolci n. Blowing for Corn is probably not on fourth done and no planting has a a a a a done. The a been so wet that where Phi Wing has Bern Don if will become clod. Of dry weather comes soon. Toward the close of the sock la Soli dried More rapidly and worked up better. With Pinnate whether Condit Onu plan Jug of Cora and usar beets will la Gin within a week. Oats and Bailey reeding has pro tires de slowly. Con i let Rabic Noire Barley will in seeded but it in a coming too Lute for much further Oats seeding. Report of Oats rot Fng Are numerous. Early salted Field Are in and is owing preen but the a a my a a thin and Patch. Spring wheat is up and doing in # in i at Naiwi Winter a making fair Progress. Hardening a scarcely begun to tax is Iii the ground More than a month a just beginning to Nome up the High Price and poor Quality of pot a f 1 so a and the backward sea it a will considerably red a a the to Fato a Raag. Fruit is believed to have benefited from the lateness of the season. Only in the extreme Southern Comino Are plums cherries Aud ut., Awber Rte in Bloom though in the Antral portion of the state buds Are just ready a burst into Bloom St the fir a warm in Hefny period of two three Days fruit was probably unharmed by the severe frosts of april 27it Are 2n�?Tth. The fir Spray if being applied in the Central District s. ?.nos of Young live Stock have continued As a result of the cold. Damp dark weather. Diaries d. Reed meteorologist and director. Isiola a a it. May 8,�? charges to Iii him Midland a eking company i mid $1,364,4 00 wot to of Stock in sex cow of the $8,000,000 authorized in it charter and articles of i corpor a Atlon Are contained in Hills of com plaint filed in the office of j. He Bol Tan Deputy clerk of the Federal i court by Martin Christen n. Peter l. Peterson. Alfr d p c Christensen and Peter it. Peterson nil Farmers of Viborg. Turner county s. I who it of cancellation of notes total $421,000, Given to agent in a j i ii. Fur Midland packing company Stock. The cases Are similar to the one filed in the Federal court hero tues by la poles polish troops can now enter Kiev but await arrival of i iranians warship returns s. Destroyer Lordier forced to return to port in account of engine trouble a Tifi a t1,# by ten it journal 1 Berne m it sew six is of 1 it Tivix i sat Lilly pkg it a by Peter j. Lianea of Canton j two i Tummin Arufo were routed j s. I in that they Ank the appoint j moult of a receive for the $8,000,-,000 corporation. I Luo i cow inter violated among the allegations contained in Tho three Blite of complaint a i that the agents of the Midland packing company Oid far in excess of $1,000,000 Worth of Stock in in Dakota. When. It is alleged. Ii ii a of Bdl Tel Jakota securities rom mis Sal Xii it ally i Hiruyo during cite pol Ali off in in a a inst Kiev. Tile polos run now enter in atty of Kiev but a awaiting Hie arrival of the Fra asian army. Ii a i Grant g permission to at i at Par value Only $100,000 Worth of pro furred Stock and $100,000 Worth. Of common Shock i thai the company old $1,105,000 w rib of common Stock and $8,168,-i Soo Worth of preferred Stock a tot of $9,2.64,400, which is a la a to Tel More than $1,264,400 beyond thai when the plaintiffs bought i the Sto. A the company Lead already fold its capital Stock beyond the amount authorized by the articles of i in it Corpora Tiomi and its charter and j no lawful right authority to sell j tin in Stock and that the contracts lure the ref ire void mid Hie notes Given without consideration i thai the company is indebted to the stockholders in the sum of j poo too $4,000,000 in notes Oti tuned by deceit and Fulse representations. Promised profit 1 to at agents induced them to Purchase by explaining that the company s Stock advanced to $125 a share Sod thai thy would resell i Stock Ai a profit to Hie buyers. Warship in dam bled is.1, .1 10 evening flu Vork May a a the United states destroyer Lardner on at Neve warships which left he for Mexico yesterday Lute been forced la return to port owing to engine trouble. Mrs. Amos. Keller died this afternoon mrs Amos Keller Moth. Of Ralph and Max Keller mid x we no in Washington na8 of about two weeks announcement of the funeral plans and an obituary sketch Wail be published tomorrow. Oakville hah dibs shot by a woman Oakville May 6. A William Wallace Constable and prominent Oakville Farmer died at Jet ency Bee Pital As the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by mrs. Turner Johnson it the Mahuson Home monday Forenoon. The woman la la to Louisa county jail at Wapello. A a Harge of murder will be preferred against her. Commander ii. A. H. Head id Valion in f it Tfir in Tiou to in in Des i ii Des duh Moin we. Iny 6.daniel e. Jalall Coni Manider in chief o f the grand army of to a Republic Flop in Den Moines sunday monday May 23 Aud 24. Ami will and will Pinsl conduct a Camp Rico at Docker on the night if the 24th. Ile conies to is a Buttici from Kansas pity and will go from Here into the Northwest. He in making a tour of the v furious slates in by interest of the grand army. Government ownership of Telephone and Telegraph gout Over $1 i he too Washington i. A. May c. Operation of the Telegraph and Telephone con mantes during the War Cost the government 114.005.565, postmaster general Burleson informed Congress today in asking immediate appropriation of a that amount to liquidate the affairs of the Federal wire administration. To xxx a masons meet Mason pm. May 6. A grand Mast w. A. Westfall and Secretary n. It. Perrin have issued Annotto a Rani covering the program of the seventy seventh annual meeting of the grand Lodge of Iowa masons it i fort Dodge june 810 and which will by preceded june 4 7. By a school of instruction. The grand Lodge will meet in the print theater Anil the school of i it run Ion at the masonic Temple. Headquarters will he at Wah Konsa hotel. J the local Houim Otloe chairmen ate executive it. Whale. Adv Oit. E. M. Williams. Distinguished visitors judge f. F. Fut Lee. Finance e. It. Camp Liell. My i a and entertainment mayor a o. Scott. Decorating p. J. Collins. I x veterans. E. M. Wili Guiua. Printing and program Lloyd g. I Walterick. I pre Anil publicity. Frank w. Griffin. I Auto 1. A ail a. Peterson j bldg Mack hut but hot i inform thin and accommodation \. Heath. Auditorium. Homer a bodes. Re Eph Ion w. W. 8ylv00ter. Ladle a entertainment mrs. Anna Smith. It the election of officers fa.113 i june 9. Tho victim of the tragedy was 36 la years of age Aud a the son of . T Lal age rite and promoters of the an it is Michael Wallace of Bur i Ugto. He is survived by High and four Small children. Burial will probably lie made at Buffalo Iowa. Ile was one of the most prominent and highly respected citizens la the Oak Ville Community where he it std cd for some time. Company bought the packing House site for $85,000 and sold it to the i company for $485,000, and by dec it and misrepresentation obtained j Tho appraisal of the property by the state executive Council it $485,000. I hat if Hie affairs of the company Are permitted to remain in the hands of the present officer a the same the shooting which resulted i a a # vow out eur a w mum will to wasted and appropriated for his death was the outcome of his Are their own resting mrs. Johnson after finding Aii plaintiffs name Tom g. Taylor property it a her Possession which f i Nati a i in director William Colby j. Been taken from the Wallace House jew. Spelling d. C. Miller and e. S. Kwh to mrs Johnson was employed forestall As represent lives who in there 8ome previous time. While diced them to imy is tick. Martin m. Christensen who according to . Wagner in the owner of three Quarter Seet Lons of land the Constable was at the Telephone the woman seized the gun and fired. Although the victim was rushed to the Hospital immediately after the Worth about $300 an acre bought i Accident Little Hope for his recovery $261,000 Worth of Stock executing jew la out by physicians. Hofei promissory notes for the amounts rte114 Lunk was pierced in four place bought at different intervals. A rulers Christensen obtains cancellation of his notes he will to a broken Man declared . Wagner. Says clothiers face serious conditions by he shot. His condition made it impossible for physicians to probe the wound. A $100, he blast Ottumwa May 6.�-damage is dilated at approximately $100,000 Wile caused by the exploit Lou Lute tuesday of a lard rendering Lank at Little Houk ark., May 6. We a a a a a i a we in faring conditions worse the John Morrell packing Plant Bara. H in inv that existed in War times a i the huge Sheet Iron Cost shot from said Charier e. Wry of Chicago Soe its la a a a the fourth floor of the rotary of the National association 0f building two stories to the top Aud retail clothiers to men Hants in Irh Lien Fhi to the by a so in a a raring a merchants Gath we Sam it Gnu Pai he convention of of Hoie Hirou heat a Fly i i Ile Attl Malfin a Onri it i Uci �?~77,."�?Tk�r7-7.&Quot al the Ltd to. La i Iii in till i of workmen gone Home for Tho liar alot Lileth and i Burnishers. J preventing casualties no Caus has Quot we Are in tin midst of the fair been Given for the explosion Price regulations Quot he said a a and j there is a wide divergence of split a on upon the part of the Public and the courts As to a fair margin of profits. Newton Sells Light al a aft Newton May 6.-�? the proposition to sell the electric Light Plant Hen to a. Ii. Rich of Des moist Quot the Public is looking to us to Aud give him a franchise carried break Tho prices hut it is in utter al a special election by a two to of impossibility when the manufacture vote. There were 1,371 votes Ana Jera charge 25 per cent increase in of the largest la the history of the every new line they put out. City. #

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