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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-10-18
Old Man With No Sons.

swell, the sultan was quite an edu-
Gated man, and spoke English quite
fluently. I used to visit him at his
home and have long chats with him.
He was eighty years old then; you
see, he must have been about eighty
six when he dieS told him all about
America and our ways, and he would
sit and listen for hours.
II guess he was sort of in his dotage,
for he grew so fond of me that he
said he wanted to make me his legal
son, since he had no legitimate male
heir. I don't really know whether he
had any daughters or not, because
with all his harem, l never saw a
woman about the place.
II thought he was joking about max.
ing me his heir, but one day received
a summons to come to him at once,
and bring two of my friends along.
II took Frank Korncum, who was
killed in France, and Sergeant Wal.
ter Of the marine corps, along with
me. When we reached the sultan's
home we were ushered into the pub.
lie hall, which was really only good.
sized tent pitched high on stills. There
l found the sultan looking very state
ly and important.
Ceremony Of Adoption.
"My friends and I we're taken into
an adjoining room and dressed In long,
flowing robes, and then we were
brought before the sultan, who first
barred his own chest and made little
slash in it with a Moro kris. Then he
made me open my robe and bare my
chest, and he cut the same sized slash.
Taking drop of blood from his chest
he mixed 1t with a drop of my blood,
and from then on I was his adopted
son. I left that next week, and have
never seen him since"
"And have you ever written to him
or had any word by friendT" asked.
mot a line" was the sergeant's
quick reply. ITO tell you the truth,
had almost forgotten the incident, but
now you can just bet your boots I'm
going to see this thing through, and
If he has left things in a bad mixup
and is head over heels in debt, I'll see
him through, some way or other"
"And If he has left you a fortuneF'
an get it together as quick as can
and beat it back to little old New
York"
And what about the haremT
But Sergeant Mclean only arched
his eyebrows.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-10-18
Unearth Ancient Tablets

Workmen engaged in rOadmaking
near the Indian village of KispiOx, B.
c., nine miles from Hazleton, have IN
earthed a sandstone tablet. 1t is Gu
riOusly engraved and is of considerable
interest to scientists. The Indians are
unable to trace in the figures any re-
semblance to any of their totem signs.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-10-18

ana ma you Will have to pay MS ru-
neral expenses" l pessimistically sug-
gested; you know sons have to do
that many times, and probably adopt
ed sons, too"
"In that case I will sell off the har-
en-" laughed the sergeant. II haven't
been there In six years, and Of course
haven't the slightest idea of the
amount of property am left.
"To begin with, the term sultan may
be overestimated In Importance; down
there 1t is about the same rank as
mayor here.
But coming back to my adopted
pater: He lived upon an island, which
he owned, three miles in circumfer-
ence and really, you know, he may
have quite a good deal, for all know.
His house was two stories high,
and made of nipa fiber. 1t was set
upon stills eight feet high and had 20
rooms. The cows and pigs and chick
ems were kept In the space under
meath the stills. There were no win
dows of glass, but instead they are
made of this same nipa fiber, slide up
and down, and are always kept closed
during the rainy seasons.
"And speaking of the harem, they
were off in quarters by themselves,
and during my stay in my adopted
fathers house l never set eyes upon
them; so, whether they are as old as
my grandmother or mere fiappers. I
know not. Some of the native wom-
"A are quite pretty"
"Rut how-dtd tho sutton ooyoo ~
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-10-18

ssrgt. Robert Mclean in Costume Of
Moro Sultan.
me at the recruiting station, writes
Fay Stevenson, 'and / am going to
see the thing through. Perhaps the
old sultan doesn't own a bit Of prop
erty, saving the harem, but / am go
ing to investigate"
May Meet undertake's Bill.
HPerhaDs you will get down there
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-10-18
YANKEE Marine
HEIR OF SULTAN
Harem He Has Never Seen Is
Part of Estate.
IS ADOPTED BY MORO RULER
Serst. Robert Mclean, While Serving
In the Philippines, Becomes Friend
Iy With Natives, Learns Language
and Makes Hit With SuItan-RuIer
Dies Without Male Heirs and Ser
geant lnherits Fortune.

Sometimes it's an advantage to fall
heir to property, and then again 1t
makes difference just what the prop.
erty is. How would you like to wake
up some morning and find that over
night you had fallen heir to 40 wives
Well, that is the situation confront
ing Sergt. Robert Mclean of the ma
rine corps recruiting station, "a East
Twenty-third street, New York.
You see, it all happened this way.
The sergeant, who is "devil dog'l<s,
several years service, spent tweA 3
The, yesrs intiss sQsAas2 ply
pines afsulg the savage Moros %ho
inhabit that region.
While there he mastered the native
language, and became so friendly with ,
the native "sultans" that on his de-
parture he was officially adopted by
the sultan of Llang-Llang, a small
island off the Borneo coast. 1
The "sea soldier" returned to this
and his memories Of LANG
Llang became hazy until the other day. {
when he was notified that the old sui
tan had died without legitimate heir,
and he, the sergeant, had inherited the {
title, with its accompanying perqui.
sites, which include healthy harem.
But Sergeant Mclean is a good
sport, and he Is going right there to
see just what his property is, wives
and all.
II have been released from the ma
rine corps to make the trip" he told
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-10-18

take such fancy to you, and did he
legally adopt you, and just what cere.
mony did you have to go throughT' !
asked.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-10-18

The DAILY NEWS will be published of the peopIe
Palatka and Putnam County first Our purposes will
be found on the editorial The will will
issue every day the week Sunday will the civ
by carrier and the elsewhere following
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02

BY American troops following the Wills
attack on Juares, the assaulting and
robbing Of Mexican paymaster, Nj.
Palma, south Of Maria, Tex, last July !;
the killing OF Mexican, Anacleto
Salssar, by a policeman In Eureka,
Utah the beating and robbing OF a
Mexican, Francisco Rosales, during race
troubles in the state Of Washington |;
the shooting OF Mexicans by an Amer.
lean patrol on the belief that they were
deserters, and the injury by nobs In
Chicago last August Of two Mexicans,
Jose planco and Elisando Gonzales.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02

foodstuffs Is limited to the ability Of
the peoples to buy on credit.
This years speculations," Mr..
Hoover said, ''are due, in my opinion,
chiefly to the belief Of food merchants
and manufacturers that when the block
ade was removed there would be an
enormous demand for foodstuffs and
other commodities in central and east
ern Europe. This speculation was not
due to any important shortage at present
of actual supply.
Foodstuffs Glut Ports
This speculative fever, which is not
confined to foods. was greatly stimu-
lated by the long delay in the re.
moval of the blockade until the
peace treaty was signed at Versailles.
There is plenty of evidence that this
wns true of foodstuffs in glutted ports
in northern Europe, where only ncu-
trails have the means to buy"
Responding to an inquiry as to how
food speculation could be checked in
America. Mr.. Hoover replied:
Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer is on the right track when he en-
deavors to break down speculation and
seeks to secure powers never possessed
by former administrations to enable
him to accomplish this step.
1--WE are now coming into a food of
production of foodstuffs in the north
ern hemisphere and will again cause a
great surplus in the United States. If.
in the meantime. Europe has not found
credits to purchase the coming win
ter's supplies we are likely to have a
glut and prices may fall below tn.
cost of production to American farm
ers.
''The present high prices of food are
not due to overexports to Europe from
the United States during the last year. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02
AlRMAN SALUTES EX-KAlSER
Loops the Loop over Garden Dur.
Ing Woodehopplng Hour

Amerongen, Holland, Sept, 2.-(By
A. P.)-Much excitement was occa
stoned in Ameronsen yesterday when
an aviator, passing above the Won
Bentinck castle, suddenly looped the
loop and dived low directly over the
garden where the former German EN-.
peror was engaged in his daily task Of
saving wood.
Many of the villagers believed that
the one time emperor was in danger,
but the aviator merely descended to
about fifty feet above the garden, leaned
over the side of his plane and waved a
greeting to Hohenzollern and then PRO :
ceeded on his journey.
The aviator is presumed to have been
Versteegh, a Hollander. The former
emperor is said to have been greatly
pleased over the airman's greeting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02
CALLS KAR0LYl MURDERER
Kin Of Count Tisza Traces Death to
Hunuarlan Ex-Premier

Berlin, Sept. 2.--(By A. P.)-Buron
Radvenszky, brother in law Of former
Hungarian Premier Count stephen
Tisza, has filed charges with the police
at Budapest against Count Michael
Karolyi, also former premier. al
leging that Count Karolyi agitated for
the murder of Count Tisza and parti-
cipated in the crime, according to
budapest dispatch to the Tages Zeit-
ung.
Bela szanto, peoples commissary for
military affairs during the Soviet re-
gime In Hungary, and brother of the
late peoples commissary, Tibo Szamu.
ely, Is reported to have been arrested
near Lake Platten and it is said huge
sum of money belonging to the Austro-
Hungarian bank was found In his pos
session.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02

Hecslsr, for many YEAR, superintendcsf
Of tho Masonic Home here, stated that
his son, John Heckler, sailor in the
navy, had been drowned in fcreisn
waters and that his body had bean
washed ashore at Brest. No detsila
were given.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02

Six food elements srovinx
boys and girls must haue
Health and proper growth de-.
pend on food, and are irnpos-
sible If one Of these sixelenents
Is lacking or insufficient.
I. Proteids--Tissue and
BODYBUILDING foods.
z. Carbohydrates (starchy
foods) energy producing.
s. Fats - Producing heat
and energy.
&. Minerals (Lime phos-
phorus, salt, etc. Foods
that build bones and reg
ulate bodily functions.
S. "Vitamines" - growth
inducing elements pre-
sent in wheat and milk.
9. Water.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02
Asia Minore, owe trovasi una miniera di
carbone, e in Anatolia.

carbone, e in Anatolia.
Parigi, I settembre. - II Supreme
Concilio della Conferenza della Pace ha
oggi discusso II trattato di pace con
rAustria, il quale probabilmente sara
consegnato domain nella mani della
Delegazione Austriaca.
II Concilio ha anche preso in con-
siderazione IL trattato con la Bulgaria,
c 81 attende che questo sara completato
con la massima sollecitudiue, ad ecce-
zione del problema relative ALA Tracia
e comprendente Ia questione di Aegean,
come sbocco sui mare per la Bulgaria.
Roma, I settembre. Re Vittorio
Emanuele ha oggi firmato TN decreto di
amnistia che condona riduce le con-
dame a lungo periodic di prigione intiitte
a circa 40. 600 soldati durante il periodo
della guerra.
(Abbiamo riportato il telezramma di
cui sopra, come 10 ha trasmesso lAsso-
ciated Press, ma os serviamo che non
e. possible potter dire se Iamnistia riff
letta soltanto militari che siano stati
condannati durante il periodo che erano
sOtto le armi, oppure che comprenda l
militara che furono condannati in con
tumacia per non aver risposto ala
chiamata soto le armi, trovandosi all
'Estero. D'Altra parte ci sembra i'm
possible che durantc la guerra 10000
soldati in scrvizio abbiano riportato con-
dame. come dice il tclcgramma, a lun-
go periodic di tempo vogliamo augu-
rarci che qualchc altro dispaccio dia
~ NR
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02
Corns [ss~s,sl [sss~ 81

For I6 years A. r. Pieres's Corn
pissters have been sold, on . positive
nnoney.bssk guarantee to remove eorns
without pain or Inconvenience. There's
40 need 10 experiment with harsh, dan.
serous acids. There's no need TO wear
bulky, bungiins, thick plasters. A. F.
Piefee's Corn Plasters ft the foot snusly.
The stocking and shoe may be worn with
out Inconvenience. The pain will stop
sInost Immediately and the corn may
chances. Buy the old reliable corn rem.
edy. ASK for A. F. Pieree's Corn
Plasters, at 25e per box, or smaller sire
paekags at loc. II not convenient to
buy of your druggist we will send them
by mail. Winthrop Sales Co.. 1i6 West
32nd St.. New York City.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02

Elizabethtown Sailor browns
Elizabeth, Pa, Sept. "A cable
gram received today by N. Franklin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02

per far ritorno negli stanti Unit. Bgli
il e imbarcato sui trasporto Leviatban,
che ha lasciato il porto allie ore 3 pom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02
HOOVER BLAMES
SPECULATION ERA
Says Dealers of World Are
Flooding European Ports
With Food
URGES CREDITS BY U. S.
BY the Associated Press

Paris, Sept. 2!-Appearins today be.
fore the subcommittee Of the congress
sional committee on war expenditures
Herbert Hoover, director general of in
terallied relief. said he believed 1t i'm
perative for the United States to ex
tend to Europe credits of from $1,000,
100000 to $4,000, 200, 900 for year
and half or two years in order to
provide a market for the American
surplus and save Europe from disaster
The credits, Mr.. Hoover declared
should be issued to established Euro
pean merchants, under guarantee OF
their own governments, and guaran
tee in turn should be given by the
United States to the American mer
chants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-02
Blames Speculation for H. o. l..

Mr.. Hoover, in an interview with the
Associated Press on the eve Of his de-
parture for the United States, declared
distressing efa of speculation is
largely responsible for high food costs.
Wharves and warehouses in northern
European ports are overhowing with
foodstuffs, principally meats, fats and
dairy products, sent by. merchants from
all over the world. 1Ir. Hoover said.
These merchants, he declared had gam
bled on sales in Poland, Czecho -Slova =
kia, the Baltic states and Germany at
high prices, but these states have only
a deprecated local currency and many
commodities are in danger Of spelling,
us the central European market for
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-29
The Little Liberty May Queen.

Loranda was a little orphan who
 lived with another little girl and her
 brother. Nellie Thompson. which was the other little girls name. was very
 Kind to Loranda and shared every thing with her that she had. It was nearing the month of May, in which was Loranda's birthday The first of May was just a few days ahead Nellie and her chums except Loranda were sitting together on stone wall with their heads close to each other, whispering into each others ears, with Leranda staring at them, for she did
 not know what they were up to. One more day for Lorandais birth day! Of course, she didn't expect any thing, so at night she went to bed and found it empty. She wondered where Nellie could be. After saying her pray CTS she fell asleep. The next morning when she awoke it was broad daylight. She looked around and to her surprise she saw Nellie was | not there. It was the first of May and Loranda's birthday. but she didn't think of that
 'Loranda!' called a sweet voice
 breakfast. It is waiting for you. and l it is 10 o'clock"
 1 Loranda jumped out of bed, and in a minute she had her clothes on and
 ran down stairs as fast as she could go
 for she never got up so late. But when
 she got down stairs she looked at the
 clock and it was only 8 o'clock. l ''Is it April fool teday?" she asked 1 of Mrs. Thompson.
 Why, no, dear, today's your birth 1 day, the first of May" answered Mrs. l Thompson kindly.
 | Loranda was astonished. for now she i remembered she was 10 years old
 'Loranda, come here," called Nellie Loranda obeyed and followed Nellie into her mothers bedroom Nellie had a little bundle under her arm when she entered the room. The next minute came a little Statue of Liberty. alive out of the room with her golden hair l hanging down on her shoulders and 1 with white shoes and stockings. Her l dress was red. white and blue, and she wore a little cap of red, white and blue upon her curly head
 Then she was followed by ike boy: and five girls who joined her from an
 other room. Now the3, ali were sing.
 ing a merry song. The mystery wa:
 clear to Loranda now. si She was led into the newly bHil l playhouse with three rooms. There ol 3 the table was layer cake with ter
 burning candles and surrounding 7 there were dishes of bananas. oranges 2 pies. etc. no end of candy and ic . cream. There seemed to be no end t l the good time.
 yl Later they played games an
 sports.
 At night when Loranda went to be- { she kissed Nellie and Ter mother e "Oh, you have been so kind to me k really don't know how to start thank | ing you. T'fi pay you back, yeti" n o1- g ] answered Nellie. But Loranda dit e Indeed, that day was one of the bes
 days Loranda ever had and she wa t satisfied too.
 d She also had her picture taken an 8 each one invited received a picture f LOUISE LEBER, Age F. g} Plaintield.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-29
The captured Princess,

Once upon time a beautiful prin cess was captured by a giant.
 She was never let out until yestef. day. With her she had two guards on each side of her. She did not stay out more than five minutes when all of a sudden the giant opened the win dow and said: Come ini" When the princess heard this she and the guards ran into the house. 2
 It happened that day strange man came to the giants house and asked if he could stay over night.
 The giant said yes"
 The strange man was dressed like an ordinary man.
 The giant thought if the prince would come he would be dressed in armor: but the stranger was the prince.
 The princess recognized the prince even in these clothes. First she wanted to scream, The prince has con1e.' but he beckoned her not to do so. At night when the giant was asleep the prince went into the giants room and killed him. The prince then ran to the room of the princess and said, You are free, my dear, for have killed the giant" Today the princess will start out to see her father with her rescuer. When they got to the princess fath- CT they asked if they could be mar ried the first thing. 1 The father was so glad to see his daughter back that he answered 'YeS.' '' l After they were married they lived l happily in their own castle with their 1 children.
 1 SARAH SHADE, Age F. ;, New London.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-29
EAST WOODSTOCK

Miss Edith Eddy of Springfield. Mass, is spending a few weeks at Valley farm.
 F. A. Jordan and family entertained for the week end Sam Clark of South bridge, j.. C. Lowell and Merrill Cow den of Worcester.
 Lewis Morse is spending a few weeks in Worcester with his cousins. MT. and Mrs. Stephen Morse, who mo- tored from that city, Sunday. accompa- nied by their daughter and her hus-
 band.
 Walker White GaIen Pike, Wallace Frink and Louise Linderman, members Of the senior class of the academy from this place, spent the week end at Storrs college. Mir. and Mrs. Aiken of Providence
 have been spending a few days with Arnold Stone and family. Frank Gordon is moving his house. hold goods to West Woodstock, where he purchased a home recently. C. H. Potter and son Alison and Mir. and Mrs. Herbert Potter motored to Ware, Mass. Sunday to attend fam fly reunion at the home of Mrs Harris Potter.
 Memorial services were held at the Congregat ational church Sunday, George o. Robbins being the only veteran present Mrs. Arnold Stone sang Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. The annual thank offering meeting
 was held in the chapel Friday after noon, the attendance being 30. The
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-29

Its real diameter is about ten miles and about 100 miles of passage way have been explored. including avenues, chamber pits, domes and rivers.
 There is one part of it called the main cave, which is three miles long, varying in width from 10 to 1To feet cave was supposed to have. been the and other relics have been found in abundance.
 Oval depressions known as sinkholes drain through the pits and chasns and form lakes and rivers which find an outlet in the Green river.
 The largest Is the Echo river. Boats are provided for short voyages. All sorts of insects and blind fish abound in this cave.
 Beyond River Hall. long avenues extend, many adorned by marvellous gypsum rosettes and brilliant arches of crystal icicles.
 Cleyeland's Cabinet is often men tioned. storehouse of cave flowers but some of the smaller caves can boast of finer displays The tempera lure is 54 degrees r. everywhere the | year round.
 1 The locality first gained notoriety by reason of it's immense deposits of salt peter used for gunpow6er in the war O. 1 1912. It has passed into the hands O 1 many men, but an earnest wish ha! been expressed that the famous caverr should eventually become a state O. national park.
 IORANDA HEBERT. Age. 14. ] Plaihheld.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-29
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES,

The Return of Our Country's Heroes.
 There is railroad track near my house and most every day for the last five or six months troop train passes by with many soldiers going to some camp to be discharged
 How happy they look. Even the poor wounded ones have a pleasant smile.
 How glad tho people are when they see them shouting and waving their hands.
 Sometimes the train slackens it's speed and the soldiers throw post cards out addressed to their dear mothers so anxiously waiting their re- turn.
 Other times they throw out their ad- dresses.
 When the little children see puffs of smoke from a distance. when it is not time for passenger trains they shout Soldiers! Soldiers!" and many peo- pie gather at the bank to see them shouting and waving flags.
 Last summer when they passed by how sad they looked-they were thinking of what was before them.
 As we watch the soldier trains now we notice that there are not SO many soldiers coming back as there were going.
 Perhaps the ones we were waving to are now resting on Flanders fields.
 There is always sunshine after rain ELEANOR M. DAYON. Plainfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-29
VOLUNToWN

The committee in charge of the ex- ercises for Memorial day in Voluntown announces that the parade will leave Union square at 9.S0 a. III. and will be composed of the following: Band of music, school children, men who have been in service, in uniform. Court Lib
 erty, No. 132. F. of A., Court Advance, I. o. F.. Grand Army. and automobiles containing speakers and other guests. The line of march will De from Union square down Main street to the Baptist church. countermarching up Main street to the Robbins cemetery, where exercises will be held, after which the line will reform and return to Union hall, where pleasing program will be given. Attorney Arthur F. Libby of Norwich will be the speaker of the day
 The committee is requesting all Grand Army men and all men who have seen service to meet at Union hall at o'clock a. m. Automobile owners are being requested to furnish transporta- ton to the cenfetery and return fol members of the Grand Army. Those
 wishing to do so are to notify Thomas Mcdonald, chairman of the committee