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BRIEFLY TO
Outrlan^ing Happuningn of P
Week Gathered From Eve
where, Candemcd for the Bi
Reader
Washington, Dec. 16.?An ej
jaate of more than 200,060 cases
influenza in the country during I
week ending December .15 was ms
here today by officials of the put
health service. While actual ca
reported totalled 41,068, oftici
indicated that reports were receh
On only about one-fifth of th<
stricken by the disease during I
week. Over the week-end repo
of 1,142 new cases, 918 of whi
were in Chicago, came from illinc
and HI from Texas.
Washington, Dec. -11?Congr<
took a big step today toward rem<
| ing from its calendars one of t
most hotly contested measures in
cent veal's?the Boulder Cany
dam bill?when the senate approv
the measure and sent it lo t
house for adjustment of different
After members had voted 64 t?
in favor of the measure a seco
vote was demanded by Senator N<
ris, Republican, Nebraska. On tl
second ballot the measure receiv
64 votes to 11 against it.
Washington, Dec. 14.?Absence
discipline on the part of the cr<
was the chief cause attributed f
heavy loss of life on the liner Vi
tris' sinking last month by D.
Hoover, inspector general of t
United States steamboat inspecti
service, who 'ronnHi.il j-n/l-?,r
retary cf Commerce Whiting, t
fundings of a special inquiry into t
disaster, in which more than 1
lives were lost. The report clear
the steamboat inspection servi
any charges, and declared that the
was no discipline and officers we
not up to standards required by t
British government.
Wake Forest, N. C., De-:. IG.
The Seaboard Air Line's era
Florida llyer "The Southernci
smashed a Ford coupe in a den
fog at the Wake Forest crossing tl
morning at 7:10, jumped the ra
and ploughed through the rear ei
of a brick drug store. Oharle Lynai
part time mail employe, driving t
coupe was killed instantly and ^
E. Burchett, baggage master \v
jumped from the train was slight
injured. The engineer and firetm
stuck to their posts and crawled o
of the wreckage uninjured, whi
passengers on the ten car train we.
only slightly jarred. No one was
the drug store at the time, but t
big locomotive crumped up the \va
and stopped half way through t
building in the debris of brick, mi
tar and drug stocks.
Gustavo F. Kbiiinjv. who filed si
to bar Herbert. Hoover from 1
presidency, because he declar
Hoover had not lived in the Unit
States a sufficient length, of tin
v as put in jail ai Cleveland, Oh
Thursday facing a charge of insa
Ity. The insanity warrant, signed
xrene iju* gessor, assistant Unit
States district attorney, also charg
Ebding with "uttering a false stat
hient against the- prcsident>eleci
The warrant was merely "routi;
matter/ federal authorities said;
is customary for investigation to
made of all suspected throats again
the president and president-elect.IS
ding is the author of a book entitb
"The WorM Not a Globe."
Washington, Dec. 16.?Actu
fighting on the Paraguny-Bplivi;
frontier brought general war thven
so momentous that Pau-Ameriei
Peace conferees here today virtual
abandoned hope of preventing w
and turned their efforts tow a
keeping the bitter struggle in tl
lieai-t of South America from sprea
ing over the continent. Dispatch
iroir. i.a l'az, uolivia, Sunday nig
quoted President Hernando Siles
saying that Bolivian forces had a
ministered a heavy defeat to Par
guayan soldiers in the Gran Cha
region and that the Bolivians hi
taken Fort Boqueron. Unofficial 1
ports of the fighting in the Cha
district said that Bolivian troops hi
captured 30 wagons loaded with pt
visions and munitions and tract'j
besides numerous prisoners. It w
said that more than 100 Parnguyi
soldiers were killed while the B
livinn losses were said to have' tie
light. However, 'the Bolivian fc
cign office tonight authorized t
all of its legations abroad to s
that the army has not been mobiliz
and tha clashes in the Chaco regi
were participated in only by bord
garrisons.
The senate on last Thursdt
Without debate, boosted the appi
priation proposed for prohibition ?
forcement next vear from $13,50
000 to $270,627,384?the high*
figure ever suggested. The increai
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mrnwci) iiiuav uc apyiovuu uy t
house where repented efforts
provide such a large sum have n'
with failure. The move to incres
the allotment, was made by Senat
Bruce, Democrat, of Maryland, o
of the wet leaders in congress, w
proposed the more than quarter t
lion dollar addition in amendmc
form to the treasury-postoffice si:
ply bill after the senate once h
passed the measure. The senal
got his amendment in, however,
asking for reconsideration of 1
bill and then things moved so swi
ly that it apparently v.-as not ur
sometime later that the senate n
'TiTi'tTi'1!
D CHRISTMAS
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he Comments on Sunday
School Lesson
ek 3y Rev S.imuel D. Price, D. D.
December 23, 1928
"s: PAUL'S LAST MESSAGE
,ls; II Timothy 4:1-8, 1G-18
11,1 THE BIRTH OI JESUS
Luke 2.8-20.
he i
kV. 11* the entire time is given to the
ho Christmas lesson the closing- subject
in the life, of Paul should be conL'!
sidcred with the review next Sunut
,
jie; ,Jayre
After about two years Paul was
in J released from the first Roman im;
prisonment. It may have beer, be^
j cause the accusers in Jerusalem,
ir_ j knowing what a poor case tney
| would have in the emperor's court,
^ \ decided not. to appear against the
^ man they had already heckled for
| two years during his contienment
c . in Caesarea. From 1 Timothy and
^ | Titus, which were written during
!c j the free time, and from traditions
1' I that are welt established it appears
,n" j that Paul did considerable journeyI
ing, going as far east as Spain and
l,; wfiatward to Asia Minor again. Then
came the second arrest, probably in
the region of Macedonia. On reachI
ing Rome the nrisonor wns nlffShrl iti
"1 the Mamertine prison. The tr?v6i1^
or is shown a reputed cell close to
. the Forum. It is underground., dark
. and cold.
^ Tradition says that Paul went,
j home as the rword of the executiouj
er severed the head somewhere on
al i the Ostian Bay, abou^ three miles
in ; outside of Rome.
its;
in J Heaven and earth are closely rely
j lated. It was while shepherds were
ar ; caring: for their flocks just outside
rd Bethlehem that the most glorious
he ; song of all time had its first rend-'
dition for their benefit. The* recitaes
j tive was given by an angel who bade
ht them "Fear not" and supported the
as command by announcing that the
night of waiting for the promised
a_; Messiah was over, for their Savior
eo ! had been horn in Bethlehem. Instead
l(l ui a unuverer wtio would corns
e_ forth in fullness of strength they
co 1 would fir.d :i Babe, who was the
,l(j Christ Child. Meanwhile the fields
0. were all radiant with a Shekinah
,rs k'lory.
,IS Thel) the heavenly choir burst into
tlie ' Gloria in Exeelsis." They bein,
gan My praising "God in the hight
en ?"t," which is always the right way
)r_ of approaching the throne. The
h0 pronouncement was a declaration of
av "peace on earth, good will to men."
; Though He was Kir.g of Kings He
on , came to establish peace, first beer
I ween man and the father, and then
: between all mankind,
i Wisely the shepherds, as by comiy,:
mon agrcemert, said "Let us go to
o- j Bethlehem and see this thing that
n- has come to pass." There they found
0,-; Hiin, cradled in a manger who,
:st though Very God. had in the ir.carse,
nation been born of the virgin. The
he j shepherds became the first evangeto
j lists and went forth to tell this good
IP.t.l nnum W- A '
? iuu mu&b nscen to learn,
isc j come and see, and then tell the world
:or j of the j^ift of God and the love of
ne , Jesus. May Christmas be merry inho
j deed for vou in Christ!
>"-!
int1
ip- lized what had occurred. Declaring
ad the appropriation would "wreck" the
:or government's fiscal program, leaders
by immediately laid plans to kill the in:he
crease when the bill is considered in
ft-, the conference with the house for
itil: adjustment of differences between
ea-; the two bodies. v
TU WATAl7CA DEMOCRAT?EVF
5 PRESENTS *
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10-YEAR-OLD GIRL MAYOR \
King's Flynn, Norfolk, Eng., Dec. \
1 19?Sidy Elizabeth Towiisend, 10 j 5
j years old, will shortly take office as ! 5
mayor of Kind's Flynn. She is the ! J
daughter of the Marchioness Town- j *,
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LIVES TO 106 J
Des Moines, la., Dec. 19.?Mrs. Jj
Sara Jane Kawk passed away at the *[
I age of 100. At 75 she had aroused !'
attention by resetting her own
: broken arm, and at eighty she had a'
been falsely pronounced dead by a|',
physician. [ ^
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Independent Citizen j i
Doctor (questioning: negro appli-j
ant for chauffeur): "George, are j,
ou married?"
"No. suh, boss, rid, suh. Ah makes t
::y own living."?Annapolis Log. j
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Napoleon of Finance
"Listen! Lend me twenty dollars']
>ut only give me ten of it. Then as j;
owe you ten and you owe me ten,: J
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BABY BORN WITH 7-INCH TA1
Baltimore, Dec. 20.? Dr. ScHul
3.f Johns Hopkins Medical School
awaiting a specimen of the "mlswi
:nk.,v Thre:> weeks age a baby \v:
forn Jo Khoxville. Tenn.. with :
unmistakable tail, seven inches Ion
was immediately removed by
m-gc-on and promised to Dr. Schul
for study. There are about 2
rases known to science, says D
Schu'itz. of babies bom with tails.
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for the children, toys o
igs and purses for fatl
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Electric Irons
Electric Hair Curlers
T ools?-Knives?Shea)
Alarm Clocks
Silverware
n x v;
jryrex Ware
Aluminum Ware
Boys' Wagons
Velocipedes
Scooters
is too numerous to mer
it minute rush.
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Coape $695;
Coupr (with rum,
hie acAtl $725;
Sedan $760; Sport
DtI.utc KnadMrr
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* rumble seat and ill
extra*).
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t? One Sunday morning, the rastor
is noticed a new member at church*
He went over to talk with the newcom
c.
"Wfl! well, I'm mighty glad to
< you, Ruftis. Guess youall haven't
been to church in a good while*"
a 41 had to come. I needed
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15 see, it's this way. T-e got a job
r. whitew ashin' a chicken coop and
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center] of the steering wheel, con*
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rating the lights and sounding the
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foot fumbling for the starting but?
, and obviates a change from the
nfortahle driving position]to reach the
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