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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

to represent a female breast Is
prominent one, and it is a reasonable
inference that II refers to some such
deity as Kybebe, the Great Mother, or
the Diana of Ephesus with her multi
tude of breasts. Such a divinity was
worshiped in Minoan Crete and may
have been the same as Ephesian
Diana
Two attempts have been made to
interpret the disc inscription, one by
Pofessor Hempl of Stanford univer-
sity, California, the other by Miss
Stawell of NEWMAN college, England.
Professor Hempl makes it 10 be a
record OF the restoration of plunder 10
a shrine. Miss Stawell, on the other
hand, interprets il as an archaic hymn.
| Certainly on the face Of it this inter
probation seems the more probable,
and agrees with Sir Arthur Evans
view The shape of the disc appears
/ TO indicate that the inscription is not
an ordinary one, and 1t may very well
| have been a written prayer or psalm.
Miss Stawell's Interpretation is
based on the assumption that the Ian
guage of the inscription is Creek
necessarily Greek of primitive type.
Having decided the identity Of a pic
tured object she attaches to it its name
in Greek, and then takes the first syl-
liable as the sound value. For exam
pie, the human head with the curious
crown-like covering is taken TO signify
man" The Greek words for man are
amer and anthropos, and therefrom the
sound value is given as an. A face
marked on the cheek is interpreted
as branded man." therefore "crimi-
nal" From this the meaning is de-
duced as kakos (bad) and the sound
value as ka and so on. OF course 1t
is evident that independent observers
might interpret many of the signs diff
ferently. One does not see, for exam
pie, why sign 20, an obvious jug, Is
not to be interpreted as one, instead
Of according to Miss Stawell. mead
, Tin a jug).
To conclude, it would seem that in
, terpreters hitherto have assumed
, | much; and the results of their labors
though highly interesting and credit
able to them. are not altogether con
. vincng They assume that the Ian
| guage of the inscription is Greek, and
: there is no evidence that the tongue
{ Of the Minoan Cretans was Greek al
: all. So far as can be seen the MI
noans were totally different race
: from the Greeks, and 1t seems rather
Y early days to assume that they spoke
e their tongue, much less that the god
t dess Of the disc is Athene. Further
d it is probable that the Phaestos dis
s is Anatolian, and not Cretan.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27
Chinese Are Thrifty Farmers.

"In the utilization of every square
foot of soil and every leaf or root
that is grown thereon. the patient
working farmers of China could give
points even to the thrifty rural popu-
lation of France" says the Philadel-
phia Public Record. Land is never
wasted. There are no such pasture
and meadow lands as we know here.
IL traveller wants TO pitch tent
anywhere in the settled provinces OF
China he must drive the stakes in a
bean patch or a rice field or amid po-
tato hills. The native would receive
with scornful amazement a suggestion
OF a public pleasure ground. The only
parks are the groves about the tenn
pies.
TO the tops of the hills the ter.
races climb. holding their tiny plots OF
wheat and corn, sometimes at house
roof angle of 45 degrees. Inhabitants
OF crazy huts and cave dwellers. bare
ly making room for themselves &c
sleep and cook at the intersections oI
the vast checkerboard. climb out o.
their holes and novels at dawn like
prairie dogs or rabbits In a warren
and fight the soil till dark for a mea
! ger living"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27
DOG FRUSTRATED A SUICIDE
Man Killed by Canine While on His
Way to End His Life In
Pool.

London.-A collier named Patrick
Lawrence, who left his home at Fen
ton early in the morning with the in.
tention Of drowning himself, was found
dead in field killed by shock and se-
verely injured by a dog.
He had been unable to work for
two years, and after his family had
gone to bed, he wrote a letter to them
indicating that his body would be
found in a pool by the station.
, 1t was found at a spot leading to
the pool, and there was evidence that
he had been attacked by a retriever
which is chained up to protect fowl
house WHICH he had to pass.
His clothing was torn to shreds and
there were claw marks on his body
and wounds on his head which might
have been caused by the dogs teeth.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

120 consecutive days, and the mean
temperature, night and day, for up
ward of four months, is about 80 de-
grees.
Malarial fevers, dysentery and ague
are prevalent and the town Is fire.
quently visited by plague and chol'
era.
Europeans appear to stand the cli-
mate better than natives, possibly be-
cause they take better precautions, are
better housed and live more active
lives. The mortality in the case OF
natives is high, especially among in
fants.
The governor general Of the prov
ince Of Bussorah had his private resi-
dence in the upper story Of fiimsy
lath and plaster edifice overlooking
the main road. The walls Of his
house could not have been more than
six inches thick, and it was full of win
dows. The ground floor seemed to be
a stable and was occupied by goats.
The governor, a middle-aged man OF
dignified bearing, greeted us gravely
and kindly. From his conversation he
appeared to be somewhat of pedant,
imbued with the chauvinistic tenden-
cies Of the Jeune Turc, and hardened
| bureaucrat.
The habits and wants of the popula-
ton are simple, and are likely to re-
main so for some time to come; but
the sanitary state of the town is de-
| plorable.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

the great palace-probably slaves.
But all as yet await Interpretation.
Crete has so far yielded no represen-
tative Of the Rosetta Stone.
The stages by which the picture
writing of early Crete developed into
an elaborate system OF hieroglyphs
and thence into the linear script, with
which the Knossan tablets are ior
the most part covered, are fairly well
marked With a keep and practical
people the necessity Of simplifying
cumbrous hieroglyphic system Tor
everyday needs would be apparent
Certainly the Minoan script appears
to be much simpler than the cunel-
form writing of Mesopotamia. Never
theless, the old system and the new
appear to have flourished side by slde'
and perhaps to some extent In con-
junction, until Minoan culture was de-
stroyed or displaced by the new In
habitants of Crete.
Perhaps the most famous of the
Cretan hieroglyphic inscriptions Is
that of the "Phaestos disc" The disc
is a roughly circular clay plate about
667 inches In diameter, covered on
both faces with a hieroglyphic inscrip-
ton which in each case coils round
from the center outwards 1t is by
far the largest hieroglyphic inscrip-
ton yet discovered In Crete. 1t con-
tains some 241 signs and 61 sign
! groups, and it exhibits the remarkable
! popularity that every sign has been
separately impressed on the clay while
| in a soft state by a stamp or punch
| Il is. in fact, a printed inscription.
SO much appears certain, that the
Phaestcs disc was not inscribed by
Minoans. The signs differ greatly
from those of the Knossian deposits
Four-fifths OF them are quite differen'
and the remaining part do not always
closely resemble those OF Crete
There Is no trace in the human fig
ures Of the wasp waist we have al
ready learned TO seek in the portrait
ures OF the men and women wht
moved about the palace OF Minos
The male figures all seem to have
shaven heads Those of females arr
broad. squat, and ugly, very dineren
from the slim Minoan damsels witt
their dainty Partisan dresses
There is a ship unlike those depicte'
at Knossos and a building astonishing
ly like the Lycian tombs, whereo
specimens are preserved in the Bri
ish museum.
! Sir Arthur Evans came to the cor
clusion that the inscription probabi
had some religious significance. II
also thinks that it was the work nc
( OF Cretans but Of some parallel an
Z closely allied culture, and suggest
that this culture was that OF Lycia /
) southwestern Asia Minor. AS to II
r religious bearing, he considered thu
9 II is probably a hymn TO natur
D goddess A sign apparently intende
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

YOUTHS anu Illhlh'tio ~ H''
trable labyrinth has been proved TO
have had a solid foundation of his
torical fact.
The Labyrinth has been brought TO
light, an extraordinary complex OF
halls, staiiways, chambers, cells, and
corridors, which thoroughly explains
how the unfortunates who entered IT
as captives came to believe that no
stranger could escape. Strange and
terrible must the labyrinthine palace
Of Knossos have appeared to foreign
beholders. and grim and barbarous IN
deed-though hiding their cruelty be-
meath veneer of culture-must the
people that built and Inhabited 1t have
been, unless all the evidence has been
grossly misread and misinterpreted'
II is to be feared that the tribute OF
youths and girls from subject states
was a fact. To Knossos they were
brought, and there. confined in deep
smooth walled pitlike enclosures, they
dragged out their lives until the day
when they were brought forth, un-
armed and defenseless. TO face the
charge Of bulls in the arena. Their
one faint hope, as we may see by the
frescoed pictures, was to catch the
beasts horns and vault over them.
In nine cases out of ten, as we may
be only too sure, the fate Of the hap
less captive was to be gored to death
TO make a Minoan holiday.
In many ways, however, Minoan
civilization was of very high type,
The towns were well planned and well
built, with commodous and comfort
able houses, provided-wonder OF won
ders-with a proper drainage system
In art and architecture the achieve
ments OF the Minoans were note
worthy. Most remarkable of all, they
possessed a well-developed system OF
writing, thus exploding the old theo
ries Of Greek and pre-Greek illiteracy
So secure they seemed behind the
guard OF their ships that they dwellec
fearlessly I'm unfortified cities, not a'
the lords of Mycenae and Tiryns, be
hind gigantic wall-rings. Yet time
came when the erstwhile ever-victori
Gus navy failed in its task, and ;
catastrophe occurred whereof some
record fingered long in Hellenic tradi
tion. The foes-were they Achaeans
ran their galleys ashore on th'
! beaches of Crete. and the end came
! Imperial Knossos vanished In sacl
and conflagration; her people wer
dealt such measure as they had oftel
meted out. But the memories O
Minos fingered long, and at last. afte
the lapse of more than thirty centu
ries, Sir Arthur Evans wrung fror
the soil Of Crete convincing evidenc
OF the might Of the Minoans II no
as yet, OF an actual being name
Minos
From the ruins OF the Minoan cite
have been disinterred thousands OF II
scribed tablets. very largely, as
would seem, dealing with administr;
tive and financial matters-like tn
vast boards of clay documents foun
among the remains of the cities
Mesopotamia. A regular system
numeration has been detected. and
is thought that certain tablets relat
TO chariot wheels. arrows, and 9th,
warlike stores. Others appear to
lists OF men and women belonging ,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27
SPURN ALL HOUSEWORK JOBS
Women Registered at Employment
Bureau in Los Angeles Won't
Be Domestics.

Los, Cal.-Although they say the,
are starving and want work nearly
all of the girls and women registered
at the Municipal Employment bureau
have refused every offer of domestic
service. This was one of the things
discovered by the managers Of the bu
reau established 20 help men and
women who are out OF work.
There are scores of domestic places
open to applicants. Three thousand
five hundred names are on the lists OF
the municipal bureau.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27
WESTERN CANADA
CAME INTO EVIDENCE
AT THE CRUCIAL PERIOD FOR
SUPPLY OF WORLDS FOOD
STUFFS.

The present demand for foodstuffs
In all parts OF the world, and the ex-
pense OF producing 1t on high-priced
lands, would make 1t seem that west
ern Canada came into evidence at the
crucial period. There Is to be found
the opportunity that will be a large
factor In meeting this demand. With
it's millions Of acres of land. easily
cultivatable. highly productive, acces-
sible TO railways, and with unexcelled
climatic conditions, the opportunities
that are offered and afforded are too
great to be overlooked.
There have been booms In almost
every civilized country and they were
looked upon as such. and in the course
OF time the bubble was pricked and
was burst. But in no country has the
development been as great nor as
rapid, whether In city or in country,
as in western Canada.
The provinces of Manitoba, Sas'
katchewan and Alberta have the larg'
est area OF desirable lands on the
North American continent, and their
cultivation has just begun.
Even with a two hundred million
bushel wheat crop, less than eight
per cent. Of the land is under the
plougbs, four per cent. being In wheat.
Less than five years ago the wheat
crop was only 100000 bushels. 1t
is a simple calculation to estimate
that If four per cent. OF the available
cultivatable area produces something
over 200,000,000 bushels, what will A
per cent produce? And then look at
the immigration that is coming into
the country. In 1901 1t was 49,l49,
1900 being from the United States;
in 1906 it was 1S9 ,064, Of which $1,000
were Americans, and in 1913 it was
about 100000, OF which about 100000
were Americans. But why have they
gone to Canada? The American farm
er is a man OF shrewd business In
stincts. just like his Canadian brother,
and when he finds that he can sell his
own farm at from 800 to 5000 per
acre and move into Canada and home
stead and pre-empt half a section for
himself, and similarly FOR all his sons
who are adult and OF age upon lands
as rich and fertile as those he left,
and producing indeed several bushels
to the acre i'm excess OF anything he
has ever known it will take more
than an ordinary effort TO prevent him
from making the change.
And then, too, there Is the American
capital following the capital of Drawn,
muscle and sinew following 1t so as
to keep in touch with the Industrious
farmer with which 1t has had dealings
for years back. This capital and tho
capital OF farming experience Is no
small matter in the building up OF a
country.
Nothing Is said Of the great mineral
and forest wealth, Of which but little
has been touched.
No country in the worlds history
has attracted to its borders larger
number Of settlers in so short time,
or has attracted so much wealth In a
period OF equal length, as have the
Canadian prairies. Never before has
I pioneering been accomplished under
conditions so favorable as those that
exist in western Canada today.-Ad
| yertisement-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

her candidacy for associate justice OF
the supreme court of Kansas. She is
the first woman to seek a place on the
bench In Kansas.
Mrs. Teresa Felicetti. probably the
oldest woman in Italy, recently cele.
brated her one hundred and seventh
birthday by eating hearty meal fol
lowed by glass of whisky.
Mrs. Lewis Il. Woodruff OF New
York. who was once blind, has writ.
ten book and is devoting the pro.
ceeds from the sale Of the book to
aid those who cannot see.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27
Activities Of Women,

Petra Herrera, a young Mexican
woman. is in command OF zoo rebels at
Durango. Mexico.
The City club OF Philadelphia is
considering the admission of women
as members.
Circus girls connected with all the
big shows Of the country have formed
union.
When girls and women are on trial
in st. Louis, two women judges will
pass Judgment upon them.
Mrs. l. g. Sheldon has announced
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27
Pronosea In Mid.Alr.

Chicago. o.-When the engagement OF
Or. William Hubert Miller and Miss
Lillian Klodja was announced it was
learned that the young physician pro
posed and was accepted while the cou'
Pfc were flying a mile above the
ground with Aviator Max Lille las,
summer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27
Artificial Wood From Straw.

Artificial wood, having the resist
ance OF oak. is now successfully made
from straw. The straw after being
cut into small pieces. is reduced 10 a
paste by boiling. TO which certain
chemicals are added. When the paste
has been reduced to a homogeneous
mass II is put into presses. and
plsnks. beams. laths and holdings OF
all sizes are readily made. This new
material can be sawed like natura
wood. AS a fuel Il emits a brigh
llame and little smoke.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27
VISIT TO sINDBAD'S HOME
City Of Bussorah, In Basdad, Moro
Attractive in Romance Than In
Reality.

London.-We were on our way to
Bussorah. famous at the apocryphai
home of Sinbad the Sailor and the
prospective terminus Of the Bagdad
railway.
Bussorah is the seaport OF Bagdad,
from which 1t Is distant about BOO
miles by river.
Bussorah in the summer Is nothing
less than a fiery furnace, for the ther-
mometer registers more than 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit in the shade during
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27
Veins Of Hand to Identity Criminals

New York.-The finger printing
method for the Identification Of Grim
inals may some day be supplanted by
photogranhing the veins of the hand,
according to Professor Tammassia OF
he University OF Padua, Italy. He ID
Juoted In advocacy Of the new plan
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

Fear will sometimes cause woman
to change color almost as readily as a
little rouge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

II we sing our own praise we must
provide our own encore.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

Every mother knows that her sor
ought to marry princess.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

INvALIDs AND CHILDREN
should be given MAGEE'S EMULSION TO
streng hen the body. Never falls. All druggists.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-02-27

OTHING In the exciting
archaeological history OF
the last half-century has
so stricken the imagina-
ton of men as the won
derful discoveries in
Crete, and perhaps moth
ing IS likely to prove OF
such solid service to the
student of history. The
CHASTITY legend OF the
Minotaur preying upon
the bodies of the tribute
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-25
By Opinion of Attorney General
Preston Is Released On Parole

contemplated by section 765l of the
revised laws, creating the board II
parole commissioners.
at will be noted by the provisions
Of the parole law that by the express
terms thereof that convict may
be allowed to go upon parole out
side OF the buildings and enclosures,
but he remains under said section
and by the express terms thereof in
the legal custody and control OF the
board Of parole commissioners, and
I subject at any time to be taken with
in the enclosures of the institution,
cannot be said to be pardoned, nor
can thi, be SAID to come within any
legal construction. OF a cOmmuta-
tion Of sentence or remission of fine.
l he section does NOT purport to dis
charge or shorten his time; it SIM
ply authorize, the board of parole
commissioners to allow the prisoner
to go outside the enclosures of the
prison. but he remains in the legal
custody and control OF the board.
Acting on the above expression
from the attorney general, the war
| den will be instructed to release
Preston
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-25
FEOERkLS CAPTURE AND HOLD
SEVEN AMERICANS As PRISONERS

VERA CRUZ, April 25.-Sevcn
Americans, prisoners oi Mexican
soldiers, are being held at Cordoba
or Orisabd, on the line of the Mex
lean railway between. here and the
Mexican capital, four Of whom at
least are threatened with execution.
according to authentic information
received last night.
Four OF the Americans were taken
from a train on the Vera Cruz sth-
mus line at TERRA Blanca and fur
ther along at MOtzolongU station
three other Americans and an Eng
llshman were seized Those captur-
ed at TERRA Blanca are w. \. Man.
gan. superintendent OF the railroad.
Engineer Elliott and Conductors Ri
ley and Hart.
Vt MOtzologno. Edward Wun>ch,
mis- son. Sydney \. NJ Thomas and
Mr. Boyd, an Ingli,hman. were ar
rested by federal>.
The belief that the icderals in
tended to execute at least iuur .:
!,
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-25

During the last days OF the con-
icrences of the board oi pardons the
matter OF parole OF NJ. K. Preston
was considered, the result OF which
appears in the opinion OF Attorney
General Thatcher, herewith annexed
and addressed to the board OF parole
commissioners:
II am in receipt OF your request
for an opinion as to the statu, "t
NJ. X. Preston, an inmate OF the Ne
vada state prison, owing to action OF
the board of parole commissioners
taken at it, regular meeting on NpriI
"a, 1914.
"M Il. Preston stands convicted
for the crime Of murder OF the sec
ond degree, and under sentence IT
twenty-five years in the Nevada
state prison. Preston was received IL
the Nevada state prison on May -
1907, and has been incarceratcd there
in ever since said day serving sad
sentence Vt a meeting OF the board
.oi parole commissioners NJ. X. Pres
ton duly and regularly made an APP
plication for a parole, and the same
was heard and considered, and on
the oath day Of April, 1914. upon Il
vote being taken, the chief justice,
senior justice, Junior justice and at
tornev general voted i'll favor and tor
a parole OF said NJ. r. Preston as
the board OF parole commissioners,
and Governor Tasker l.. Oddle vot-
cd against the application and
against the parole OF Preston.
The question arises as to the ct
feet of a majority vote IN favor OF
the parole without the assentln
vote of the governor, and whether
or not the board OF parole commis-
sioners has the power and authority
by a majority vote, without the as
sentinp and affirmative vote OF the
governor as one OF such majority
to parole an inmate of the Nevada
state prison; and there is directly
presented the question OF the con
s,itutionaity of an act creating the
board OF parole commissioners
After due investigation OF the
different statutes covering the case
It i, manifest that no pardon, rcmls-
sion OF fine or forfeiture. and com
mutation OF punishment or sentence
can be granted except by major
part Of the officers named IN the
constitution. one OF whom must be
the governor; but the question pre-
scented here is i'll my opinion not one
OF pardon, remission of fine or for
fo;,,re or communication OF sentence
] am of the opinion that there is
clear distinction between them ano
parole, and especially the parole
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-25
Keeping Eyes On the Rebels

W\SlIINGTON, " April 25.-Whilv
the attention OF the American GOV
crnncnt is for the most part con
centrated on restoring order at Vera
Cruz and cNpediting the departure
oi Americans from all parts of Mex
iCo, 4 WatChtul eye was trained on
th5 trans-continental boundary be
tween Mexico and the United States
Tor sign, of hostility from conslitu-
tiOnalists.
President Wilson and his cabinet
nad a long meeting, after which op-
timism was cunspicuou>ly apparent
both in their demeanor and informa
discussion of the situation.
There was no particular develop
ment to which the feeling Of hope
lulne>s that real war would be avert
ed could be traced. but General Vii
las friendly pronouncement. it wa
admitted. had impressed many Off
>ials here with the possibility tha
the COnStitutiOnalists would remain
neutral while the American govern
nent sought recognition of the flag