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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Who Was
The Liar?

There it was again. Was this en-
thusiastic devotee of the gentle art of
angling also liar? We shall see.
Thus it came about that Percy Ham
lton became the guide of the party.
didn't like the name percy Hamil-
tom at all. He looked very much as
though the cognomen of Larry Law
renee" would fit him better. and here
after I shall call him Larry"
At seven o'clock we slipped our
canoes into Grand Lake, haven of all
Ravens, and padded to the north end
without stop. The thick shadows of
evening had begun to fall when we
docked in q distant cove near a ridge
which divides Grand from Green Lake
sheet OF water that is kin to Killar-
est point between, taking shelter in
some scrub pine and hemlock, through
which the night winds breezcd q per-
petual lullaby. The evening star, in a
deep blue sky. twinkled a welcome A
fair moon, cold and remote, hung in
the opal east.
We piled the axe to the timber, gath
cred our fagots and hung the pot
Larry stoned his fire like true dis
ciple Of the open, and presently the
perfume Of bacon and the aroma of
coffee permeated the periphery. We
gorged like men, each unfolding a
separate tale of hope for the morrow.
A billion stars tumbled into the zen
it'll, splashed down the sides of the
purpling dome above US and spangled
the horizon. God was in His heaven;
all was right with the world.
From the bald peaks Of the aged
Laurentians. oldest geological lorna
ton on the Western Hemisphere, stark
naked trees, gnarled by time, thrust
their twisted forms into the gloom A
faint glow in the west paled into
sombre tone, darkcned and died in
sea Of velvet.
1t seemed rs though our voices were
the last in the world, our speech rls-
ing through the trees into the cngulf-
ing night. The laughter was tumbled
back and forth from lake to lake. A
hull in the conversation heralded the
birth of indescribabe silence
Then McLaurin pulled out corncob
pipe, tamped it full of shag tobacco
and put the place on the bum.
Shag, for the benefit of the untutored,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

have it. The fever was upon me. |
was battling with a trio of demons.
A wild yell from the other shore
split the morning air. "Three at q
crack" MACEDONIAN was at them, too.
l had no time, however. to applaud his
prowess. I had my hands full.
For Gods sake" said Larry, choking
with emotion, "you'v- got to land these
fish. Don't let MacGowan beat you to
it,"
Evidently Packard was some canoe
list, as l observed when Larry brought
our canoe around so that l could see
the banker and the novelist at play.
1t took me fifteen minutes to turn
the trick. The total weight of those
fish was four and three quarter pounds.
Even so, I was doomed to the low
record. MacGowan's three were five
plus.
l cast and recast, taking one and
two fish repeatedly, and finally, from
motives of pure sport, l eliminated two
flies. MacGowan had two flies stripped
once and landed a three and q half
pound fish on the remaining Dung
hill.
1t was a smashing hour for both of
US. Mac knew his bass tackle from
every angle. He was born caster,
patient and skilful.
a light wind had begun to play upon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
The Story OF An Intrepid New Yorker Who Went Forth to ANGLE
With Novelist a Banker Bushman, and the
Owner of a Mica Mine

is a combination stencil that suggests
a smoulderng hair mattress that has
caught fire in the livestock sheds of
a state fair. During the Tai-Ping re.
bellion in China, when the stinkpots
were introduced as a phase Of warfare.
shay tobacco was in its infancy But
in later years it came into it's own and
has since established a record for pu-
trescence that is without a peer in The
history &C odors. McLaurin, through
persistent endeavor, an inconquerabe
will and inexhaustible patience, had
learned to inhale it.
What some of US that night mistook
for sleep was, in reality, asphyxiation.
On the morning of July 81 Larry,
with herculean effort, emerged from
his coma, and by throwing buckets Of
cold water in the faces Of his swooning
comrades revived us one at a time
Packard, being a sensitive man and
somewhat delicate, owing to the pursuit
Of literature, did not recover conscious
ness until after breakfast, Upon dis
covering that he had missed a meal,
he again lapsed into q state Of insen-
sibillty. A hasty conference was held
after the novelist was brought around,
and four desperate men notified Nc
Laurin that thereafter, so far as we
were concerned, there was an embargo
on shay in Canada.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

TO me then | landed the pair. One
weighed two pounds, the other pound
and a half, scart. They were deep
green fish, with clean, white bellies,
nurtured in water clear as crystal
cast again. A lunker rushed it. l
struck too soon and only pricked him
Plunge. He came out Of the water,
turned a back somersault and fled for
the open.
"Shoot one over there" The morn
ing sun glistened on Larry's bald bean
and wild light danced from his eyes.
He was q master at the paddle. The
canoe crept down the shore like a
ghost. "Now right off the point"
A gentle wind rounded the corner.
Sling it in the rifle"
got a long one out A big bass
smashed the tail fly before it hit the
water. struck him hard. He went
under, describing a wide arc to the
right. Zingl Pngol Two bass came
out; but it was plain from the angle
Of the line that third fish had hit
for keeps
"Three at crack" from Larry.
"Three at a crack" from me.
With dexterity born of long ex-
perience Larry backed away. "Give
'em all the line you've got" let them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
4 Census of
Six Lakes

We covered from our camp six
lakes in all: Barnes, where we took
our four and five pound speckled
trout; McGregor, Grand, Green. Nc
Arthur, and Wakefield 1t is impos-
sible to go five miles in that country
without encountering water.
The scenery is perfectly wonderful.
although the mountains are not high.
They were once, but ages have worn
the Laurentians down, and they now
lie tired upon the face of the earth,
sprawled like wrinkled old men asleep.
There is not peak in the range. All
projections have been rounded and
smoothed by the batteries of heaven.
1t is an ideal and beautiful place, and
Grand Lake, in my opinio,, stands su-
preme as a bass water.
If I have left anything unsaid about
this incompatible corner of Canada.
it is due to a lack of space. It is quite
impossible TO condense into a few
columns all that q trip of this sort
awakens in one.
The two things remember most
distinctly are the cast where I first
landed three at crack. and the after
noon bade Larry goodby at the
foot of Lake McGregor.
"Do you, by any accident, know g
man in New York named Andrew
Bridgcman ?"
"Sure I know him, Larry He's
member Of the Dunwoodie Countrw
Club. Many a time I have pounded
the white pill with Andrew"
"Is he smart guy?"
Every smart-oh, very"
"Good business head 7"
"If he lives long enough he'll have
Rockefeller backed of the boards.
t'You don't mean I'll He's got sense,
has he7" Larry scratched she Pink
fringe over his ear and hatted his
blus eyes.
"Lots Of it,
"Well, he made an awful bad play
up here"
"How sors
II offered him something"
"Did he pass It upr"
"He did"
what was It, Larryr"
"A mica proposition.
"well. gcedhy. Larry. TIL see
! you next year,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

lhe water and our canoes were drawn
together az we came into the apex of
the pond. Within sixty feet of one
another we had strike after strike, the
fish running from pound to three and
one-half pounds, and in both boats we
had repeated records Of three at a
crack
Could such things be, the last week
IN July? Believe me, they could
was warm with the activities of
battle.
"I'll put her nose on the shore. y
said Larry, land we'll have a smoke"
Eleven bass lay in our canoe. Mac
Gowan had fourteen. uttered silent
prayer of thankfulness. Larry pured
at his pipe. ITS an idle spot, amt
it ?"
Yes. Larry, it's the gateway to
heaven l murmured. There are times
when speech is superfuous.
The shade of vast blue birch gave
us sanctuary. MacGowan and Packard
drltted in beside us. Macs face was
flushed with victory. In the softest
possible voice Packard leaned over and
said to me: "How about it, Fatty?"
Would either of you gentlemen like
to buy a mica mine?" The voice
seemed quite apart from us. looked
at Packard and MACEDONIAN. Neither
OF them had spoken Then looked at
Larry. He was leaning on his paddle.
which rested on the thwarts. The voice
was his. Because if you do, III let
you in
[ didn't quite get the drift at first.
Il know man in Pawris (Paris)
| who would take all the mica YOU could
ship to him.
Larry was astride his hobby.
Nobody knows where this mine is
but me. It's in an idle spot and it's
got the best mica you ever saw: two
be four, three be four, five be four.
It's amber-colored. Some Of it's pink.
It's all up there waiting to be sacked.
thumb trimmed it myself"
what do you mean by thumb
trimmed Larry?" I asked.
well, when you rake it out of the
ledge you break off the rotten pieces
with your thumb and what's left is the
two be four, the three be four and the
five be four. That means inches" He
teetered forward on his paddle a>d
then Strengthened up again.
Look at that bass jump over there!"
He jabbed his paddle into the water,
slid the nose of the canoe from the
beach and was again on the trail of the
bass. His mining hobby was forgotten.
l watched Packard during the con-
versation and l believe he picked up
some material for his next novel
We went to casting again and re-
NAMED on the water until the sun beat
too fiercely upon us. 1t was a glorious
day. BY 10 O'Clock we were back to
camp again, after having returned the
smaller fish to the water retaining
only enough for food
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Bv Robert H. Davis

Editor OF NgnseyS Hdga~sHe
vNLESS you arc interested in
waters where black bass can
~ be taken on flies three at a
crack and on plugs in pairs,
-or had better pass up this article.
Vow must come 10 this contribution
with an open mind, free, untrammelled
and unsullied by narrow prejudice. I
h.ys no stomach for any one who
doubts me in advance.
Now get this:
4. 1916 on July Goth | stepped off
canadian Pacific train at East Tenn
ale,on Templeton Township, Ottawa
ronntv Canada. accompanied by Frank
Packard (author OF The Miracle
y.p~) an ample equipment OF fishing
..,kls, two tump-line packs and
light hears.
solitary citizen standing on the
,ls..orm in his shirtsleeves walked
ovsr and extended his hand to the
no,elist. was introduced to a Mr..
I X. McLaurln, grizzled, sunburned
uouutain man who was the soul Of
hospitality l don't know that [ ever
met one more agreeable from the go-otf.
He rounded our junk up with
,r.ctised hand and announced that
inueh was ready at small French
hotel 200 yards from the depot.
Have YOU heard anything from the
lakes" asked Packard
AZ have" said McLaurln. "MacGowan
tslsphoned in that the bass are taking
the fy three al crack in Grand Lake,
and the speckled trout in Barnes run
from five TO seven pounds"
That's exactly what he said. I
looked at him rather sharply.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Poor Luck
For NinrOds

"All up and down in those waters in
front Of Percy's house the lake trout
sre slamming the minnows to beat the
Dutch. We might be able to hook a
f.w redspots in Green Lake, and, if
we're lucky, couple OF landlocke d
salmon. Do you care about fishing,
Mr.. Davis >"
That's fine question to ask man
WHO is choking to death" I replied. l
never heard anybody reel off fish bunk
like McLaurin
well we'll give you run for your
money. How long do you expect to
stay up"
Iyentured to remark that if the fish
ing was as good as his rambling talk
indicated a couple OF hours would be
enough for me.
panied expression fitted across
Packards face Apparently he OBJ
served a note OF incredulity in my
voice.
= Well. we had lunch at the French
Inn, temperance pension, after which
we piled our duf7e into a two scatter
and hit the road behind e team Of draft
horses. For the first five miles | had
very little to say. That three-a "a
crack break Of McLaurin's was quite
stiff punch from total stranger
When we breasted the FIRST hill I
made bold to inquire Tor further par
-uculars, and By the time we got into
he Laurentian Mountains, about ten
miles from East TemDleton. the novel
ISL and the bushman rad my angora by
the whiskcrs fo~ fare-ye-well.
e At 1 o'clock We dropped into a val
ley, through which crept the lower
arm Of Lake McGregor A friendly
voice echoed W to US, and one Jim
.hse1owan. who afterward turned out
10 De banker, stood UP in a motorboat
and gave long yell.
Packard cupped his hands. How
are the bass biting, jim ?"
lnree at a crack" came back the
response echoing and reechoing from
shore to shore.
/; pidnt we tell YOU" exclaimed the
TWO worthless who had brought me up
the line.
And the sneokled bovs? >" yelled Nc
I&a'ln' not content with the previous
- ,0h' four, FIVE, six, seven pounds.
All you want o. en-
"nas destiny had brought me into
tbs community Of liars?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Into the
Motorboat

Ne tumbled out Of the two scatter
s~4 ''owed ourselves in MacGowan's
s'S'' The first turn Of She engine she
y" asr spark and we were on the wing.
~ half hours time we were at
'-'"o"an's cabin, where we shifted
= s'ore clothes and climbed into the
.s.sscr'0abie apparel which tramps,
-AAssos and fishermen prefer TO pur-
se and fine linen.
ssain "e boarded the lugger and
a'asa north by northwest. stopping
A. me wharf Of the Blackburn Mica
A., ~here we took on couple hun
~ pounds Of grub. Of again.
ABOUT O'Clock we hove 10 in q
a..', "1i cove, on the shores of which
-, rambling farmhouse with a
&c &c FsFanda. Altogether it was q
",s'isi Institution.
~. 'a'a- headed party with canary
N''ea eyebrows and a fringe n nInL
a. 'S''ng above his ears saun.
!, :" a'"n the path to meet us. He
arssssd in the fatigue costume Of
.'a''s' hickory shirt and po,jceroa,
esndera. sourn was in bia eve
-" 'naf even HIS bald and gligten-
-, s'fae could not eliminate
H. 's are you fellows going7" he
saas. '4'' "aee'~an, throwing
ssasnw
ksht nou."
nasre'' inquired the hairless an.
s'sna Lake, you lobster,~ expIoden
sD' you can bet your SOCKS pr
s With you'" ehortled the bronvs
I, y the meanwhile yanking sufus
4 y The boat. ''"s
49, - banker. the bushman and II.
s''ss ,o'ned in a trinity Of o,,,ya ' 81.
sssan siapping one another " ~ ,hs
y. Bob" said Packard; n wan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
By Walter Evans Edge

4 notable statement BY prom
inent figure Of the party until the
last jet0 days the Governor Of Neg
Jersey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
Concerning
The Heat

So far as the heat of the day is con-
cerned, 1t Is apropos that l set forth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
TURN DOWN REDS
German Workers Back to Jobs
and Country Quiets Down.
Refuse TO Recognize Continue
tion OF Strike a la Communists.

Berlin, April 23.-Almost as sud-
denly as the recent strikes began here.
There and everywhere, Germany APP
pears to be quieting down again. The
coal miners in the Ruhr district are
returning to work in increasing num-
bers, and yesterday those in the Dush-
burg and Muehlheim districts as well
as half a dozen of the other places re-
turned to the collieries-
The fact that the men are resuming
work is remarkable because the COM
munists at their more recent meet
ings have urged a continuation of the
strike. Men who formerly needed this
appeal have rejected it almost unani-
mously A big factor in the situation
has been the distribution of American
food which has proved a special at
ira ction to laboring men, An increase
in coal production is already noticeable
similarly in upper Silesia, where the
situation has been improved by the
notification of a majority of the
dispositions of mine directors. State
arbitrator have been busy con vincing
the workers that the dispositions were
unnecessary and unjust The cases In
which the action has not been revoked
have been sent to a court of arbitra-
ton.
The situation in Brunswick has
uuieted down sufficiently so that the
authorities have been able to modify
and tighten the regulations incident
to martial law. Almost normal con-
ditions prevail there and industries are
working again for the first time in
fortnight, the workmen having almost
all returned. During the general strike
80, 900 workmen were idle there and
have sacrificed wages totaling five
million marks. Hamburg is almost the
only city, with the exception of
Munich, where matters have not
quoted down. at least for the moment.
Military forces are still in charge at
Hamburg and with the police succeed
ed yesterday in bringing about order,
after communists had vainly stormed
the police station. The communists
have been guilty of number of cru
elites at Hamburg, it is charged. as a
result of which innocent people have
| lost their lives or have been injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
SAGE TEA
DANDY TO
DARKEN HAIR
Look years younger! Use the old
time Sage Tea and Sulphur
and nobody will know.

You can turn gray. faded hair beau
tifully dark and lustrous almost over
night if you'll get a bottle of "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound" at any
drug store. Millions of bottles of this
old famous Sage Tea Recipe. improved
by the addition of other ingredients.
are sold annually. says a well-known
druggist here. because it darkens the
hair so naturally and evenly that no
one can tell it has been applied.
Those whose hair is turning gray or
becoming faded have a surprise await
ing them. because after one or two
applications the gray hair vanishes
and your locks become luxuriantly
dark and beautiful.
This is the age of youth. Gray
haired, unattractive folks aren't
wanted around. so get busy with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
tonight and you'll be delighted with
your dark. handsome hair and your
youthful appearance within a few
days--Advertisem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
WILL COST 100000
Scottish Rite Bodies will Finance New
Temple in Topeka.

The new Masonic temple which has
been contemplated in Topeka for sew
eral years IS soon to be built at the
corner of Tenth and Van Buren, streets,
it has been announced by the Scottish
Rite council of administration. The
building will cost approximately $780,
600 and will accommodate the twelve
Masonic lodges of the city
An auditorium TO accommodate
1900. persons, pipe organ, stage and
scenery, lodge rooms to accommodate
all the organizations. with equipment
and dining rooms with arrangements
for turning the whole into one great
banquet hall with a seating capacity
of 5000, are among the present plans.
Facilities for all kinds end features of
lodge work will be created
The Scottish Rite bodies have ar
ranged for the financing of the project
and the construction and none of the
other bodies will be asked to con-
tribute. but the bodies desiring to, oc-
cupy the building will be charged a
nominal rent, based on actual main
tenance expense. it was said. Archi-
tects will be asked to submit plans in
the near future, it was stated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
NEW PEABODY BOOM
Five New Rigs Set Ur; s-Acre Lease
Brings $4,000.

Peabody. Kan. April 25.-Five new
rigs were ordered Thursday to be
erected at once around the Holden
well in 40-39-4. This well has been
flowing for twelve hours and prom
ises to be the biggest field in Kansas
since the Trapshooters. Estimates
continue to increase and some of the
conservative oil men are putting the
production of this well at 5000 BAR
rels daily
A A. Fawley. who owns land a mile
north of the Holden, sold lease on
eight acres yesterday for $4,000.
Practically all the land around this
well was leased by the larger oil COM
pa mics several months ago.
The Holden is midway between the
Elbing and Peabody fields.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
FLYER STICKS TO STORY
Chamberlain Tells Court Martial of
His Alleged Battle Line Flight.

Paris, April 25.-"This story may
read like a fairy tale but upon my
oath it is true" was a statement made
by Capt. Edmund G. Chamberlain of
San Antonio, Texas, testifying in his
own defense today at the American
his reported exploit on the British
front during the fighting last sum-
mer.
Captain Chamberlain related with
an abundance of detail the story of
the great battle in which the British
squadron. in which he says he was
flying. took part. Returning after
bombing expedition over Fismes,
where he was positive he brought
down two German airpianes in flames
and two other enemy machines of
which he was uncertain, he said, he
became separated from the squadron
because of engine trouble and came
down between the lines where he cap
tured one German soldier land sue
ceeded in bringing in a wounded
French officer. He made his report
of the flight at the request of the
British officer commanding the
squadron he said, ito cover him up"
He said the officer asked him for the
report as he was liable to court
martial for permitting the American
aviator to fly in a British machine.
Captain Chamberlain gave vivid de-
scription of the battle in the air and
of how he captured the German with
a compass torn from his broken air.
plane. He demonstrated this method
in court by picking up compass from
table and Threatening an invisible
enemy. He said he had no idea at
the time that the compass resemb1ed
hand grenade, but merely desired to
throw the first thing that he could
see. Chamberlain told his story
calmly and it appeared to make a
deem irnnreSSiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
LEMON JUICE
FOR FRECKLEs
Girls! Make beauty lotion for
a few cents-Try 1t!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons
into a hOttl. ronta lining three ounces
of orchard white. shake we'll. and you
have quarter pint of the best freckle
and tan lotion. and complexion beau
tifier. at very. very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will sup
ply three ounces of orchard white for
few cents. Massage this sweetIy
fragrant lotion into the face. neck.
freckles and blemishes disappear and
how cIeal, soft and rosy whitet the
skin becomes. Yes, 1t is harmless
and never initiates. ADVERTISEMENT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-25
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anstrator n
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Store eSatur-
day.
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