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Evening star., 1916-01-02
Special Correspondence of The Star.


LONDON. December %, 1915.
q ONDON is in a broad grin over
ii a recent German discovery that
. England is nearing the end of
g. her financial resources. and
that in consequence, the government Is
about to lay its hands on a sum equal
ing $4,000, ,ooo. 900. which lies in the
British court of chancery. an accumu-
lation of years of money which has no
known owners.
It is a revival of an ancient myth.
recrudescence of a tale of fabulous
sums held in chancery, belonging to no
one The legend has gone the world
over; literally thousands of persons.
many of them Americans, have spent
much time and vast sums to get
share of the mythical pile of glittering
sovereigns which are supposed to be
piled up in some subterranean vault of
the courts of justice. The British gov
ernment. the American government
and every American minister and am
bassador to England since Lowell have
tried. for the benefit and protection of
Americans who believe themselves
heirs to these great sums which lie un-
claimed. to explode the myth, but in
vain. Now Germany has got hold of it.
The Cologne Gazette. one of Ger
rnany's greatest newspapers. has made
the discovery. few days ago the
Gazette said:
In these days when the eyes of the
English are fixed with ever-increasing
anxiety on their dwindling pecuniary
resources. the British government re-
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Submarine ThawIng.

m HE use of electricity for thawing
u frozen water pipes in city houses
is no longer uncommon. but an unusu-
al undertaking in this relation was the
application not SO long ago of the proc
ess to a six-inch submarine main. 1.700
feet long. connecting North Brother
Island with New York city.
When an ordinary water pipe 10 to
be thawed both ends are cut and the
passage of a comparatively small cleo
trio current through the resistant pipe
metal generates sufficient heat TO melt
the ice in the pipe. Although the same
general plan was followed with the
frozen submarine main. all the condi-
tions were so difficult. that II took
Ave days of applying powerful electric
currents and of constant pumping with
a pressure Of eighty pounds to do the
work.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

it is the duty of the public trustee to
be father and mother both. But over
him is the lord chancellor of the em
pire, now Lord Buckmaster. No ward
in chancery' may do anything without
the lord chancellor's consent. II, for In
stance a female ward in chancery de-
Sires to wed, Lord Buckmaster must give
his consent, and if a man dare to marry
a ward in chancery without the lord chan
cellor's assent he may be sent to prison.
and there are many cases where this has
actually happened. One is now pending
in the courts.
There have been many famous Htiga-
tions over estates in England, long legal
fights for unclaimed wealth, as well
many contests over legitimacy OF success
sion, and SO on. But seldom have claim
ants ever recovered anything. And, often.
when they have won their cases they find
that the profit is insufficient to pay the
legal expenses.
Copyright, 1915. by Curtis Brown.)
Evening star., 1916-01-02

a SPLENDID sunset tinted the
M western sky brilliant GRIM
~ son. rendering the forest
q q shades hazy purple and
crowned the full joys of a glorious
winter day with it's splendor. MUNICH
ing oats in their stalls. the weary but
we'll cared for horses were grateful
for their feed and well earned rest,
while their pink-coa riders lolled
before the blazing hearth of large
log fire in the drawing room of local
club. smoking, splendid glow upon
the cheeks of each. their hunting
clothes bespattered with mud, the con-
comitants of dashing ride to hounds.
On the table lay the body of big
red fox. destined. when cleaned and
mounted. to adorn. as others had be-
fore him, some point of vantage In the
big room, a trophy of the days sport.
the sagacity and courage of horse. rider
and hound.
What a grand rum" one of the COM
pany was saying, 'and finer day
could hardly be imagined" Another
proposed a toast to fox hunting, the
king of sports. as waiter entered
bearing tray of glasses that cliuked
in merry music to his footsteps.
Such Is the usual climax of any good
days ride to hounds. and around
Washington there are many such
radius of only sixty miles contains no
less than eight organized hunt clubs
with well trained packs of hounds
the Green Spring Valley and Elkridge,
near Baltimore: the Warrenton, CasSa-
novia, Orange County and Piedmont OF
Fauquier county, Va: the Loudoun
hounds of Leesburg and the hounds of
the Riding and Hunt Club of WASH
ington. During the hunting season
these clubs hunt for the most part
every day, and with few exceptions
chase the live fox rather than ride to
drags.
Considered in the inverse order to
that in which named, John o. Evans is
master of the local club. and prominent
among those riding with him are Ralph
Coffin and Joseph Devereux. whips; the
Danish minister. C. Brun; Lieut.. j. N.
Greeley. r. Fl. Chapman. Melvin c. Ha-
zen. surveyor of the District of Colum-
bia; Dennis Upton. William w. Cor
coran. George Oakley Totten, jr.: Count
Bonde of the Swedish legation, Mrs
Sinclair Bowen, Miss Helen Buchanan.
Admiral w. H. Brownson, Miss Ruth
Anderson, Miss Mildred Greble. Misses
Edyth and Margaret Howard, Miss
Ruth Hitchcock, Maj. LIE Roy S. Lyons
and many others
Fox hunting with a regularly organ
lied pack of hounds in the District
dates back to 1885, when the late Hal
Dulany hunted as master the Prince
Evening star., 1916-01-02
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
SCHOOL FOR DEEP SEA DIVERS

acid gas flowing off by means of the
outlet. The method of depending on
hand pumps for good air supply is
quite out of date and will not be tole-
rated at the new school.
Gunner Stillson has instituted the
most original advance in deep sea div
ing, having made it possible to repro
duce deep water conditions wholly by
artificial means. What is known as a
pressure tank" was constructed and
tested at Brooklyn. The tanks shell is
made of steel, and in shape ii is cylin
drical. with a diameter of seven feet.
1t holds eight feet of water, and in
each side is window with glass panes
yer to note exactly what goes on inside
the tank.
The water which is contained in this
tank can be put under any pressure,
even up to what would correspond to
an ocean depth of $50 feet. An air cap,
which covers the surface of the water,
regulates the pressure.
decomposition tank has also been
built. This is a sort of convalescent
chamber, resembling a boiler placed
horizontally. A diver who has come to
the surface too rapidly is put in the
decomposition tank, where the proper
air pressure is administered. This pres
sure may be reduced as slowly as is
thought advisable until the patient has
recovered.
Recently a young Englishman. Alex
ander Lambert, dived deep into the
sea to recover some gold. He brought
up the gold, but he came up in nve
minutes, and is paralyzed for life.
On the other hand, Drellishak, Gun
ner Stillson's mate, was lowered to a
depth of 274 feet in two minutes. but
it took him one hour and twenty min
utes to return to the surface. He suf-
fered no i'll effects.
The first half of an ascent can be
made with comparative speed, but the
last half must be taken very slowly,
and the rests must grow longer as q
diver nears the top.
Gunner George Stillson has stated
that he believes diver may event.
ually go to any depth he desires with
perfect safety.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

too, like pieces of plate, jewelry and
so on. There is another fund-the
suitor's fund. it is called-consisting of
money in litigation, which runs to
enormous figures, but missing heirs
have no chance at this.
In the great number of years that
the unclaimed millions have been
lying in the court the interest accu-
mutation was great, and a few years
ago it was found possible to take s5,
900, 600 for the purpose of building the
beautiful royal courts of justice in
London.
Years ago the British court of chan
Gerry was abolished, becoming a divi-
sion of chancery of the royal courts of
justice. There is also now a public
trustee. upon whom falls the duty Of
administering estates which are left in
chancery. Thus, if man with daugh-
ter left unprotected by relatives. de-
sires to do so, he may leave his estate
in chancery, if the child is minor. and
Evening star., 1916-01-02

Georges county hounds. Later Arthur
Herbert, secretary of the British lega-
ton. hunted a pack of his own hounds
and in turn was succeeded by Samuel
S. Rowland with the Dumblane hounds.
again succeeded by the Chevy Chase
Hunt with Henry NJ. Earle as master.
Among those riding in the early days
were the Swedish minister, Baron ]. w.
w Grip; Baron Won Kitleher and Capt.
Heiser of the German embassy, Senior
Don Padilla of the Spanish legation,
Senator Francis G. Newlands and his
three daughters. Misses Edith, Janet
and Frances; Miss Mathelda Townsend.
william c. Eustis. Clarence Moore, Har-
vey L. Page, Andrew Parker, H. Ro-
zier Dulany, r. C. and F. L. Huideko-
per. Gist Blair. ]. Ford Thompson and
others.
During one season Peter F. Collier.
publisher, hunted with the Chevy
Chase hounds, bringing with him a
large string of fine hunters and sew
eral couples of hounds besides train
ed stag.
The local clubs hounds. however.
have for the most part always run
drags At the present time they meet
but once a week, usually on Saturday
Evening star., 1916-01-02

R1 HERE is now 'fn the making a
school for divers at Newport, r..
q l. The Navy Department has not
vet made a final decision as to whether
to establish a new school or remodel
the old one.
The school will be put in charge of
one of the most efficient officers of the
United States Navy and provided with
all the improved apparatus required
Stress will be laid on deep sea diving.
and only qualified divers will be ad-
mitted as pupils. Heretofore the re-
quirements have been lax, but are fast
growing more severe. man who can
dive from sixty to ninety feet will be
permitted to enter.
In the new school there will be no
dragging" a method pronounced old
fashioned. and within the last few
months declared hopelessly obsolete.
The British were the worlds cham
pion divers before Uncle Sans boys
broke their record for deep sea diving
and so snatched the prize from them.
Before Chief Gunner George D. Still
sons inception of the work, 120 feet
beneath the water was considered per-
ilous, though it was recorded that ex-
pert British seamen had dived to the
depth of 200 feet with impunity. AT the
time the Englishmen were experiment
ing with 200-foot dives our navy believed
100 feet to be a grave risk. Chief Gunner
Stillson was confident that. under the
right conditions, a man might go even
more than 200 feet into the sea and sus-
tain no injury.
Two great dangers always attendant
upon deep sea diving are compression
in accommodation
way to the surface. Every thirty-three
feet, on a descent, diver must get
his dose of ozone. At sixty-six feet
he needs two atmospheres or he will
smother. Carbonic acid gas is the per-
nicious wielder of trouble for the diver.
Too much of 1t spells serious danger
and probable death for him. He must
have oxygen. The nitrogen he gets fills
his blood and the tissues of his body
with myriads of little gas bubbles. If
these are not expelled gradually he
may die of any one of several divers
diseases-divers' palsy, the bends, or
caisson.
The diving suit to be used in the
Newport school is made of rubber.
Its appurtenances are helmet, breast
plate, air pipe. telephone and lifeline.
A deep sea diver finds 1t absolutely es-
sential to be in constant telephone
communication with his co-workers at
the surface. A divers voice, from the
depths of the briny deep, sounds
strangely metallic and weird The suit
of rubber makes it possible for him to
envelope himself in air. A noticeable
distention of the suit tells him that
the pressure of air Is too great. On the
other hand IL the suit presses In
against him he knows that the pres
sure of. air is too low. The helmet
must be continually supplied with
fresh air, and there are both an inlet
and an outlet for air-the inlet bring
ing In the oxygen and the carbonic
Evening star., 1916-01-02

with a pack of beagle hounds is call
ed. is also growing popular around
Wa shington, and there are several well
organized packs of these beautiful lit
tie fellows hunting near the capital,
and which are likewise well patron
lied. Probably the two principal packs
are the Piedmont beagles at Middle
burg and the High Acre beagles, Irv-
ing Munfords pack, at The Plains, Va.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Hunting the Red Fox i'm Neighborhoodo DIVA

APITAL Organized Clubs Radius MlsFnst Organ
~ Washngonns the Master
Dollars
English oundhe Rabbit Chase With Beag
| PopularS
Evening star., 1916-01-02

three times a week, Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays, and, upon the oc-
casion of Mr.. McLean's recent barbe-
cue, afforded a splendid days sport.
ending in a kill of large red fox.
after a fine and hard chase. Their
work upon this occasion greatly ra1s-
ed them in the estimation of those who
ride, and have tenaciously clung to the
belief that the American hound was
superior to the English.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

NClENT British Myth Claimed Show Embarrassed
the WaFund
Great Many Vmzed Heir and
"NeM-toKn Find tia Source of Profit
Evening star., 1916-01-02

SPLENDID sunset tinted the
western sky n brilliant GRIM
y son. rendering the forest
- shades hazy purple and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-21
"Are You Going to Marry Pearson?"
He Asked.

Hght-hearted girl of such hard COM
mon sense.
Soon after this he came to Doro-
thy with the news that he had been
offered much better position in the
largest city of the state. He was
leaving the next week and he had
great hopes of bringing Dorothy and
her mother there before long. To-
gether they built some beautiful air
castles in which they were to live
happily ever after.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-21

s,saas sssss asa 81
: DOROTHY DELIGHTS"
BY George Haskell
When Lyman Hill suffered a fnan-
ciaI collapse and, shortly after,
passed on to a more peaceful world,
the people of OImstead wondered
what would become of the widow
and daughter. They saw them move
out of the handsome residence, but
very few followed them to the little
house in the outskirts of the town, or
troubled to hunt up their new adj
dress. They flocked to the auction
sale of the fine furniture and Orna-
ments, but of all the things sold only
one found it's way back to it's erst-
while owner. This was a picture Of
an apple orchard in bloom, that
young Field knew Dorothy Hill had
loved, and he sent it to her with
something of his tender devotion in
every word of the note that went
with it.
People also wondered if the two
were engaged.
Arthur Field can't afford to mar
~ poor girl said the gossipy Mrs.
Lang. 81 happen to know what his
salary is
Perhaps all he wanted was her
money. Well, time will tell.
Meantime Field was holding an i'm
portant conference with Dorothy.
Now, why couldn't we marry on
my salary" he urged in answer
to her plea for a postponement.
For ever so many reasons" she
said in quiet, troubled way. Moth
er only has me now. 1 couldn't leave
her. It would be putting too much
on you, dear-oh, yes, too much"
But I know I shall get raise
soon and am sure we can manage"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-21

it be done, and leave any Joy, any
sweetness after the grind and the
stress of every day? It's you, dear, I J.
am thinking of. 1t would fall heavi-
est on you"
mo-" he said, 'tit would be you
who suffer most"
He went home very thoughtful,
He had never suspected this gay, I
The Gleam., 1916-10-22

Al the close of Cobb's meeting two blocks np the street. two Damon and Pythian Dem ocrats locked in mortal combat Three policeman were present and DO arrests were made
 The editor would like to go cut aYs,l clean up few in the good old Irish way but she knows the police would not allow disturb anees of that kind. It's great to be next and be immune from arrest.
 k Sulzer Is dry how is Ire going 10 re- concile his intimacy with the WET attorney who poses as the only democrat in Juneau
 Ii Sulzer Is WET how does he hitch IT, with Brother Bill' who has lately sobered. up and become national prohibition leader
 Sulzer sure has q good n1enory. Wicker shams speech on railroads paragraph for paragraph eloeuted great. Paragraph for paragraph of the Empire did mt sound so good Snlzer still wishes to have two offices
 Sulzer ought to talk about the school question He says hadn't ought.
 The Juneau night school gives lessons in elementary English
The Gleam., 1916-10-22
BRILLIANT AND SCHOLARLY COBB BEFORE GREAT
 AUDIENCE HERE
fContinued from page IT

acknowledged in his soul that he was the man for the place
 The victory in the San Francisco court of appeals after Mir. Cobb had argued thlrty-two minutes speaks for the mental efficiency of this candidate and should make every citizen of Juneau proud that Juneau has a legal mind which measures with the best legal talent of the day The denial of a rehearing of the case shows in itself that Cobb had covered all the ground, had finished his work and his. Job was ended.
The Gleam., 1916-10-22
getting anything done untiL Wicker shams day
 -.l'm Democrat said Terry Bren- Kan, '-hut that's history alright Good night, old-timers- Good night boys, " and George Buford nor Brandenberg said ID more about the Democratic slogan

There are going to be two weddings in town soon that none suspects. We tound out by peeking around in Berry Arts and Crafts Shop where we saw the SOLD mark. Forgive us for snoopin but we just had to look
The Gleam., 1916-10-22


 the strains were harmonious and the instru- ments were made of the same material as Sulzer's Candidacy Wow Wow!
 We must hand this compliment to eandi- date oulzer and tell him that we read our Emerson and that philosopher said With consistency, great souls have postivelyn oth- ing to do-1 There now we can say a real nice thing when we wish
 su5zer pus up q great talk for the Road Commission, we wish the people who heard him could have seen Richardson perform in the M J. Heney days around Cordova. Horrors. Let us forget, let ns forget. Come now Charley, be a man and confess are you dry or wet? Come off the fence or you'll De milliner instead of nainer at the end of the campaign
 Don't miss the DREAM this week. Mana ger Thompson has great program. We'll we have reindeer in Alaska to do with thIG can1,Noio,,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-06-21
Teachers Insurance
: and Retirement Fund
Circulars of Information Issued
to Minnesota Teachers
Regarding Pensions

The term teacher, as defined
in Section 1 of the law, includes
all persons employed in any ed
vocational or administrative capa-
city in the public schools of Min
nesota, or in a similar relation in
any educational, correctional or
charitable institution supported
wholly or in part by the state,
excepting those employed in the
University of Minnesota. This
includes certified librarians and
teachers in cities of the first
class, Minneapolis, st. Paul and
Duluth, are also excepted.
Eligibility
Any person employed in Min
nesota as teacher (see defini-
ton above), at the time of the
passage of the law, April 20, 1915,
may become a member of the
fund association upon applica-
ton to the board of trustees.
Such application must be made
before September first, 1917.
Any person not employed in
Minnesota on the above dateWho
enters upon the work of teach
ing in this state on or after Sept
Fember first, 1915, by such action
becomes a member Of the fund
association and as such will be
required to pay he monthly as.
sessments. This applies equally
to those who have taught previ-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-06-21

ously in Minnesota or in other
states, and to those who are just
entering upon the work of teach
ing.
Assessments
The assessments are as fol-
lows (see section 2 of the law ::
First five years of teaching
service. =. SIS per year
Second five years. 10 per year
Next ten years. -. 20 per year
Next five year. -. 80 per year
Provided that when the salary
of a member of the fund reaches
81 500 or more, said member is
to be assessed upon a percentage
basis, ~ per cent per annum,
but not more than $40 per year,
for the first ten years of service,
and 2 per cent per annum, but
not more than $40 per year, for
each year after that, assess
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-06-21
menst to cease after 25 years of
Back Assessment

LhOIloC w cease oil Ter 20 wears OF
service.
Back Assessment
At the time application for
membership in the fund associa-
ton is accepted and credit is al
lowed for past years Of service
at least one-half Of the back as
sessments must be paid in cash.
The balance must be paid within
two years, with interest at six.
per cent per annum. No interest
will be charged if the whole sum
is paid when application is ac-
copied and credit for service is
granted.
Leave of Absence
Provision is made in section Q
of the law for credit being give
for one yer's leave Of absence
study. Such leave Of
Continued on ro
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-06-21
Bulletin Issued by State Super
mtendent Schulz Gives InfOr-
nation to School Officers And
Teachers for Coming Year.

The changes in the law affect
strial aid in high and
FOOLS under the former
Repson-Lee act are
n the revised
ing rules of
md dated
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-06-21

cation if the conditions are as
stated in this paragraph of the
law. Request for aid, under this
provision, must be made by or
through the county superinten-
dent no later than January l, in
any year. The Department will
provide forms on which applica-
ton for this aid may be made.
Association aid (section 12) is
provided in the amount of $50 to
the rural school. The compulsory
tax levy of two mills on account
OF association is repealed. A tax
levied by the associatlng rura!
school district is permitted but
not required. (See Section IL,
Chapter 239.)
Tuition (section 1850 for nom
resident pupils attending the in
dustral departments of a central
school will hereafter be paid by
the state. This provision does
not operate to relieve rural dis
tricts which have incurred in
debtedness on account of atten-
dance of their pupils at a central
industrial school from the pay
ment of past tuition charge.
County superintendent and
others are referred to the rules
of the High School Board relat-
ing to the payment by the state
of tuition for nonresident pupils
as stated in Bulletin 45, page 20.
Library Aid (section 1O) is
$1,000 annually for each teacher
and not to exceed $500 for each
school building. A district must
in each case pay an amount
equal to the state grant for Ii
braries. The rules relating to
ordering and purchase of libra
ny books and the payment of
library aid by the state as pub
lished at the beginning Of the
school year 1914 are effective
for next school year.
Annual State Aid to public
schools as provided, beginning
with the school year 1915, is
set forth in Chapter 296. This
chapter codifies the various pro-
visions heretofore contained in
separate chapters and under diff
ferent provisions of the law.
Several sources of state support
of public schools are defined.
The amounts of annual aid to
several classes of schools, and
The varying conditions under
y additional grants may be
contained in chapter
blowing conditions
receiving high
"eive aid on
IS, unless
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