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The Washington times., 1919-10-14

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the trunk contained o. whether partr
are missing. The bones are broken.
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skulls Ga the lot. some persons er-
pressed The notion that the skeletons
may have been cast away nv meficrf
students who bad been eEperimentinr.
dered at dinerent times and their
bodies cuncealed On q cellar or other
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the trunk
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
League of Nations Is Born,
Despite U. S. Opposition

LONDON 14-Mans ageOd dream Of world organization
prevent yesterday when official notification
delivered Sunderland House the fact that
France Great ratified the treaty
league Of nations brought into being while Pres
Wilson in his sick bed and while his nation which had been
looked upon held aloof from the society
of the league anonymously casual 1t con-
notification the temporary headquarters Of the
erat that the had been deposited in Paris
began function the machinery which the statesmen in Paris
provided to guard against and millions Of
kind from the cruelties of strife.
Only skeleton organization the cretaat ready func
ton Sir Eric Drummond secretary general there with staff
of twists and secretaries than dozen persons
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
TRADE ENVOY
TOPOLAN1 NAMED

Louis Z. Van Norman has been ap-
pointed the first American trade
commissioner to Poland, according to
an encouragement made by the Bu-
reau Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, Department OF Commerce, to-
day.
Mr. Van Norman has just completed
survey OF the Rumanian situation.
Some of his closest friends are well
known Polish leaders.
"Just at this time" says the new
trade, commissioner, Poland Is OF
particular interest and concern to
the American people. First. there IL
the peculiar historic appeal OF its
splendid struggle to regain its SOW
ereign place among the nations OF
the world. always fascinating to
Americans. But we now perceive
Clearly that Poland stands once more
as one OF the outpOsts Of western
civilization. The Polish people, who
have always been a sentinel folk, arc
today. not only the geographical but
the spiritual frontier Of BOlshevism.
whatever happens to Russia from
Germany must proceed over Poland.
Whatever new political and social
come out Of Russia can
reach the western nations only over
Polish soil.
ut is therefore Of the first inn
poFtance for the American business
world to get exact information con-
cerning this Polish country, which
may become an important buyer Of
American goods. and which, on the
other hand, will soon be able TO ex-
port large amounts OF raw products
to this country"
At the beginning Of the war Mr..
Van Norman was connected with the
War Trade Board here. His new
headquarters will be in Warsaw.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
30 PEASANTS DIE
IN SICILIAN war

PARIS, Oct. 1l.-NeWspaper dis
patches from Rome state that about
thirty persons have been killed in
encounters between armed peasants
and troops in Sicily. There were
many wounded.
The unrest among the peasans Is
increasing, and bands OF armed peas
ants are roaming the rural districts.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
sELLINs BODY ExHUlTED.

PITTSBURGH, Oct 1.-The body
OF Mrs. Fannie Sellins, organizer for
the United MineWorkeFs, who was
shot and killed August 26. near the
mines OF the Allegheny Coal and Coke
Company, at West NatFona, where
there was a strike OF mineworkeFs,
was eZhumed today at the instance
Of Fred B. Broad. a son-in-laW.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14


7 EWIs B. FRANKLIN,
H the man who a few
short months ago was a
power in putting over
Americas five mighty
Liberty loans, has under
taken the organizing and
managing Of the nation
wide Every Member cam
paign for the Protestant
Episcopal Church, accord
ing to a report from New
York city.
The Washington times., 1919-10-14
MARINES TO RETURN FROM
HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO

Twelve hundred marines now sta
fiened In Haiti and San Domingo,
who enlisted for the present emer-
Egncy," viii be mustered out by the
hTEt OF next year, according 10 an
announcement by Secretary Daniels.
fate Of about 800 a month, &c was
stated, and discharged Immediately
Qpon their arrival in the United
.tafes.
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
DENIES knowledge
!. OE FRANKS ABUSE

Responsibility for any use that may
have been made Of franked War In
dustry- Board envelopes in sending
out Colonel WigInore's defense Of the
court-martial system was discIafmed
by A r. Ritchie, liquidating officer
of the board, in letter addressed to
Senator Chamberlain yesterday.
Ritchfe pointed out that since the
board went out of existence on jan
uary l. all of it's excess stationery
had been turned over to the General
Supply Committee, a Government
agency, and that 10000 franked en-
velopes had passed into the commit
tees possession. He added that he
did not know what use these enve-
Iopes had been put, but that he had
no knowledge they had been used by
Colonel Wigmore or the War Depart
ment.
Ritchie's letter was construed at
the Capitol as indicating that the
War Departments defense of the use
of the envelopes, as charged by Sena-
tor Chamberlain. would be that the
War Industries Board having ceased
to exist, it would be proper to send
out a Government bureau report or
correspondence in these envelopes, as
leftover Government stationery.
The Washington times., 1919-04-13

Is it feasible to turn the old Chesa-
peslIe and Ohio canal into railroad?
Lafe Pence, former Congressman
from Colorado. has a plan with that
result in view.
Mr.. Pence invited a Times repre-
sentative to, hts quarters at the Hnd-
son, 14O7sS street northwest, and out
lined the plan proposed by him and
his associates.
In brief, the plan is to convert the
old canal into a rail carrier and to
develop at the same time a power
plant at Crest Fails.
Mr. Pence and, his associates (he
does not divuIge who they are) pro-
pose:
]. To run double track railroad
over the canal ditch from Cumber-
land, Nd. TO Washington, d. c..
.. To develop the potential water
power of the Potomac river through
construction of chain OF storage
and impoundfng lakes along the river
with minor power plants for local
electric power and with main stor-
age power plant at Great Falls.
5. To reserve in the canal ditch
under the railroad bed a subway or
conduit to CARRY water, oil mains and
pipes, or. electric light. power, tele-
phone and telegraph lines.
4 To combine and coordinate the
canal and Wiater-poWer development
projects within the District OF Co
iumbia so as to supplement extension
OF a contemplated: park system in
the western and northwestern Sec
tion Of Washington.
Plan Outlined To Baker.
Secretary sof. War Baker, before ;hIs
departure for France last week, had
the plan outlined by 1Ir. Pence. He
carried with him bundle of maps
and considerable data on the subject
Since Secretary Baker was born and
reared in Martinsburg. W. Va, one Of
the towns that would be vitality af-
fected by such a venture, he Is al
ready familiar with the environs Of
that end Of the proposed railroad.
According TO Mr.. Fences estimates,
the undertaking would involve the
expenditure Of about S150O00,0 900 and
would require two years to accom-
plish.
While Congress would have to de-
termine the financial plan, Mr.. Pence
proposes that the Government and the
District take owe rthe Improvement.
seeking Reimbursement in charges for
leases and franchises placed at rates
TO cover interest on and sinking fund
for bond redemption, cost of repairs,
maintenance, and improvements.
He points out that thousands Of SOL
dfers would be given employment and
The Government reap a handsome
profit
Mr. Pence has statistics showing
that 92,000,OoO tons Of SOFT coal are
sent to the tideW7ater from the coal
fields of West Virginia, Virginia,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
aStatistics- for 1916 show that 30,-
coo 900 tons of coal could. be diverted
to the new railroad" he says. III the
transportation cost saving could be
only 20 cents a ton. or one-half the
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
ADMIRAL CAPERTON
WILL Be RELIEVED

Admiral Caperton, commander OF
the Pacific fleet, will be relieved
April 80, the Navy Department has
announced.
Until his retirement on June 80, he
will be engaged in writing an ac-
count of his activities during the war
for the official naval history. During
the war Admiral Caperton, in con-
junction with the British and French
fleets, cleared the southern Atlantic
of German raiders and patroled the
east coast of South America He put
in at leading ports of South Amer
ican republics and strengthened
friendly feelings between them and
the United States, the Navy Depart
ment stated.
The Washington times., 1919-04-13
Lafe Pence Would Turn
G. so. Canal Into Coal
Railroad to Cumberland

; estimated cost of saving, the total
saving would be $s,0OO,OOO. or per
cent interest on $3.50, 100000.
This estimate does not include The
certain revenues from passenger and
general commercial uses of this pre-
posed railroad, or revenue. from
charges for use Of the subway under
the roadbed." '--.-
Mr.. Pence says that the proposed
line would connect with the Baltimore
and Ohio. the PENNSYLVANIA, and tile
Western Maryland railroads at Cum
berland and relieve them of some Of
the heavy burden Of handling the coal
business of taat section-
The line would connect with the
Washington terminals by entering
washington at Georgetown, passing
through tunnels under K and l.
streets and under Massachusetts, and
New York avenues.
A spur track is proposed under tho
Public Library to the old Land Of
fice building, which would be used
for depot, terminals and express ard
mail station. Other terminals would
be erected on the Mall, according to
the plan.
The aggregate length of the pro
posed tunnels under the city would DC
six miles, according to Mr.. Pence.
Would Relieve Congestion.
Mr. Pence sees in the plan posi-
bility Of relief in the existing street
ear congestion
'The tunnels. under the business
streets of Washington" he explains,
"from the canal railroad route to the
Union Station will afford the, pro-
posed road outlets from Washington
TO the north, south, and east. Sub
way stations in the shopping Districts
and a station at the Georgetown tun-
mel entrance would assist materially
in relieving the street railway con-
gestion-7
Details Affecting the Georgetown
terminals and freight yards have not
enter ed into the plans of Mr.. Pence
and his associates.
He is already working out plans for
taking the matter to the State Legis-
latures Of Maryland, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Should Great Falls be developed,
the proposed railroad could be cleo
trihed, Mr.. Pence says.
At Great Falls, he says, a 5000
acre park could be developed and
He urges the building of a paved
road from Washington to the falls.
Could BE Beautihed.
Along the canal route, wherever
small power sites. are developed, Mr..
Pence says the lakes from the i'm
pounding of the waters could be beau
tiful and each OF them used as the
site OF a park
''The whole system is proposed as
an adjunct to existing carriers and
not as a rival or competitor to any
Of them" says Mr.. Pence. ''They are
overburdened now.
"As to terminals and many other
details, we are not concerned. That
Is for the proper authorities to deter
mine"
The Washington times., 1919-04-13

Tor the small family this
4 is the ideal refrigerator.
Takes up but little room in
the kitchen and while small
in size is perfect in its re-
frigeration qualities.
Fair play., 1919-11-15

vering. We could not make out what
they were doing until they crossed the
border. Then we thought they were
going to attack the British Africans.
Things looked very serious and we de-
cided to move camp. The rapid ap-
proach of the blacks forced us to leave
hurriedly, but we were able to hide
nearly all of our supplies and equip
ment.
''Three weeks later we reached Nal
robi and reported what we had seen.
The British authorities sent out run.
ners to learn what was going on. They
reported that the German Africans had
seized all the water holes and were
occupying other strategic points. This
was four weeks after we had report
ed. A day or so later news reached
Nairobi that Germany had declared
war. Thus you can see the blacks in
Africa had had orders from Germany
to act more than seven weeks before
war was declared"
Fair play., 1919-11-15
FIND BONES OF 32-FOOT GIANT
Natives of Mexican Village Who Cling
to Ancient Traditions, Guard
Remains as Sacred,

Mexico City.-The fossilized remains
Of giant measuring 80 feet 10 inches
In height were, according to report,
recently discovered by workmen near
the little village of Nanacamilpa, state
of Vera Cruz.
The natives, who still cling to many
of the traditions of their Indian an
cestors, declared the giant was re-
lated to the gods of their forefathers.
They erected catafalque in the plaza,
on which the giant rested in state for
many days, covered with flowers and
at night carefully guarded.
The discovery attracted the atten-
tion of scientists here. Manuel Gamio,
director of anthropology at the Ma
tional museum, expects to leave soon
for Nanacamllpa to investigate. He
Is inclined to believe the fossil is that
Of prehistoric vertebrate not human.
Fair play., 1919-11-15
The Attractive City.

In word, then, so far as l am per-
sonally concerned, you will not make
your city more attractive to me by
buildings, parks or monuments-what
other city has not these things? But
if you can show the heart that l know
is In your breast, if you can forget to
look straight ahead in order to cast
look of friendly interest on a passing
stranger, if you can cease TO fear be-
ing done" and become inspired by the
desire once in a while to show that you
are a human being amidst your bricks
and stones, just to that extent will you
do your part in making your city at
tractive. Oil may draw money to
Tulsa; social eXclusiveness will always
make Newport and Palm Beach desir-
able to limited number: the palaces
of Pasadena will attract other million
aires there. But you'll prefer smoky
old Pittsburgh or noisy Kansas City,
or st. Joseph, or any other city that
shows its heart beneath the CRIME and
takes the lid off its smile.-J. Brecken-
ridge Ellis in the Twilight Hour Mag
azine.
Fair play., 1919-11-15
Removing Warts From the Face.

One of the difficult disfiguring
things to get rid of is the eruption
of many small warts on the face.
The British Medical Journal tells how
DR.. Charles Ind has succeeded in
eradicating them. He paints the warts
three times in one day with a satu-
rated solution of salicyllc acid in al
cohol and the following morning he
cuts them off with a fiat sharp steel
instrument, beyeled on one side only.
This is painless, but it leaves a tiny
bleeding point at the site of the wart
This he Immediately paints again with
the salicylic acid solution, which is
applied twice again the same day. On
the second morning the sites of the
warts have small brown scabs, which
are bathed once a day with pure al
cohol till they drop off, leaving a
healthy skin.
Fair play., 1919-11-15
MIGHTY HUNTRESS
SEEKS NEW TRAILS

herd or great herds of elephants. At
other times they have told us of huge
lions, great rhinoceroses, hippopota-
muses., and other great beasts. 1 want
to find out If their tales are true and to
get some specimens. I know that big
snakes are to be found along the river,
for l have seen them. They are what
really fear.
after l have supervised the Sip
ment of the trophies, 1 am going to
visit the Nasal. I want to take with
me complete surgical and medical
outfit, including a medical man and
his assistants. This race, one of the
most remarkable In Africa, Is afflicted
with an eye disease that closely resem-
bles trachoma. Unless 1t speedily is
checked, the tribe will become totally
blind in few years.
81 also hope to accomplish another
mission. The. Nasal women are practic-
ing form: of race suicide. They fear
that in time the whites will make them
and their children slaves and servants.
l saw only seven children in the tribe
1t is only question of q short time
before this race becomes extinct, un-
less they are made to understand the
white people no longer make slaves of
black people,"
How Germans Prepared In Africa.
Illustrating some conditions she Will
face on her trip. Lady Mackenzie told
of incidents Of her expedition in 1916
She gave an interesting sidelight on
how thoroughly the Germans in Ger
man East Africa had prepared for the
war. She said:
"We We're hunting lions on the Ger
man East African border when one
day we saw party of blacks maneu-
Fair play., 1919-11-15
New Electric Lamp.

An electrical lamp has been devel-
oped in Europe which virtually con-
sists of metallic arc inside of n seal
ed bulb containing attenuated helium
and neon gases. The wire anode ter
inmates so closely to the edge of the
hemispherical iron cathode that the
current discharges across the gap
spontaneously. The rays have an or
ange hue and are only slightly actinic,
making the lamp useful in photo
graphic dark rooms. 1t is also recon-
mended for use in mines, and other
places where inhammable gases may
be present, because breaking of the
bulb instantly extinguishes the light.
Fair play., 1919-11-15
FLAT RUOFS FOR HOT LANDS
American Indian Desert DWellers
Knew Secret of Home Building We
Seem to Have Forgotten.

We dwelt with Colonel Roosevelt
upon the historic and cultural value
of the ancient Indian towns of Ari-
zona which, had they been in Europe,
would doubtless have been preserved
unchanged as living records Of success
full cOmmunistic forms of government,
whose social and ceremonial life Of
fered study of the greatest possible
importance to our knowledge of man
kind as a whole. And we asked:
What right have we in "free Ameri-
ca" to stretch forth an autOcratic
hand arbitrarily to change the village
life of this ancient and peaceful folk?
We spoke of the characteristic
architecture of the pueblos, by many
centuries the oldest inhabited towns in
America, whose fat-roOfed, terraced
houses are not only in utter harmony
With natural surroundings, but consti-
tute, from a practical standpoint, the
most successful type of building for
desert cities. High above the sands,
the fiat roof forms a porch for the
open-air Indian, whereon at certain
seasons he works, rests, receives his
guests, eats, and sleeps.
In North Africa, in Spain, in Asia
Minor, where climatic conditions are
similar to those in Hopi Land, the
same fiat roof may be found. But we
think we know better In a land of
burning sun, the slanting, hot, tin roofs
of the government dwellings clinging
in an inherited architecture of rain
soaked central Europe, cut their incon-
gruous outline against a rainless sky,
impOtent in their longing to shed wa
teri And the sun Streamed into their
big European windows, inviting myr-
lads of flies, and forming a contrast
indeed to the shadowed cool of the
thick-walled Indian houses, whose
open fireplaces insured at all seasons
wholesome ventilation, in spite Of
high narrow windows.
And yet the white mans impractical
transplanted house, brought from far
other climes, is urged upon the Indians
as "civilized." With no eye to either
beauty or fitness, our arbitrary stand
ards (rarely, in the Indians case, put
to the test of experimentation first)
are forced upon people who through
centuries of experience have learned
how to conquer conditions foreign TO
us. Improvements there might certain
ly be in the Indians manner of life
but why not along those lines which
tap
ate te?-Natalie Curtis, in the Outlook.
Fair play., 1919-11-15
Thousands of People Are Dying
of Dread Disease in
Siberia.
Tells HORRORS OF SITUATION
American Red Cross Nurse Writes
Pltiable Story of Conditions She
Personally observed-Lack
Hospital Facilities.

Tokyo.-In q letter from Omsk, 81
IBERIA, Miss Charlotte Boardman Rog-
ers, of New York city, who was on
the western front when the Kolchak
armies recently evacuated several cit
les, writes a pitiable story of the hor.
rors of typhus which she personally
observed as a nurse of the American
Red Cross. She says:
II have spent twenty-four hours In
hell. Our train was stalled at the rail
way station at Petropavlovsk, Far
Western Siberia, and somewhere to
the west of us the Red armies were
coming on.
ITO the right of us, left of us, rear
of us, were typhus fever trains, box
cars, passenger cars, twenty-five, thir-
ty, even thirty-fve cars to train,
and all loaded with men from the
front and from the evacuated hos
pltals, with thousands of patients dy-
ing Of the dread disease.
mo nurse waited on them, no doc
tors administered medicines to stimu.
late the action of their weakened
hearts. They lay on rough board
shelves erected around the sides and
ends of the cars, or on the floor where
even cattlemen would have placed
straw If animals were to be carried.
No sanitary conveniences were sup
piled; the patients clothes were stain
ed with filth and blood; their feet
caked with mud and manure: their
bodies alive with little gray typhus
lice-the plague of Serbia.
"Cheek bones protruded through
their yellow skin, eyes sunken into
their sockets, hands like birds claws
stretched out with cups for water
Fair play., 1919-11-15
BREW This tea
FOR BILl0USNESS
Costs next to nothing, yet Keeps
bowels In fine order and
ends constipation.

The head of every family that values
its health should always have In the
house q package of DR.. Carters X. ano
B. Tea.
Then when any member of the family
needs something for a sluggish liver,
sick headache, or to promptly regulate
the bowels, simply brew cup and drink
It Just before bedtime.
It's an old remedy, is DIR. Carter's K.
and B. Tea, and has been used for years
by thousands Of families. who get such
good results from its use that they nave
no desire to take anything else.
Give It to the children freely-they like
It and IL will do them good.
Fair play., 1919-11-15
Lady Mackenzie Plans Trip of
Discovery on Tana River in
African JungleS.
REGION OF Dense FORESTS
Stream Broken by Rapids and Water
falls and Astounding In Big Game
and Snakes--Land of
Big Animals.

New York.-Heading an expedition
to East Africa, which has as It's OBJ
iject the exploration of the Tana river
and the hunting of big game, Lady
Mackenzie, the woman huntress, is
in New York completing details of the
trip and arranging to dispose Of tro-
phies obtained in two expeditions she
already has made to Africa.
Upon her arrival at Mombasa, Af-
yrica, she will remain several days, SUI
perintending the shipment Of nine tons
of trophies she has stored there.
These include many rare specimens of
heads and skins of animals, and will
be presented to the Bronx Geological
museum, the American Museum of Nat
ural History, the Smithsonian institu-
ton, and other institutions.
One rare trophy Is the head and skin
Of garanak, an animal with a neck
and head like giraffe, which is sell
dom seen in the OPEN, according to
Lady Mackenzie, who Shot the beast.
In her forthcoming expedition Lady
Mackenzie said she would be accom-
~ ty II. IOSlului WIN was Will
her on her other hunting trips. VIII
liam C'BilrO Judd, who was with
Colonel Roosevelts hunting expedition
In Africa; E. Shelley, one of Paul
Rainey's hunters, and Pete Pearson.
The Tana river, Lady Mackenzie
said, is one of the most treacherous
streams in the world. 1t is full of
whirlpools. waterfalls and dangerous
rapids. At places along It's winding
course the forests are so dense that
travel is possible only by literally
climbing over the tops of the trees.
The length of the river is estimated at
from 1000 to 5000 miles.
Land of Big Animals.
81 am returning to continue work
that was interrupted by the war;" she
said. "In 1916 l was about to start
the exploration of the Tana, and had
established my camp at the junction
of the Tana and the Theki, when was
told l would have to stop.
II appreciate the danger that lies be-
fore me, but feel the discoveries that
will be made will be worth risking my
life for. What is along that river can
only be guessed at The Somalis and
the WInderobas have at times reported
too much elephant meaning a great