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The Washington herald., 1919-06-29

ter because the allies are not putting
forth greater and more active efforts
to help Russia / found him hang
ing around an American garrison In
Northern Siberia.
When a fatheriy doughboy asked
Nicholas II he would like to go to
America and live. In a land OF peace
he was almost insulted and answered
sharply. II don't want a peace job
want to be a soldier in a fighting
armyp'
His history is that of born ad-
venturer
81 was in an orphan asylum in Pet
rograd when the war. came" he told
me with the aid OF an interpreter.
My mother and father died when 1
was 3. Lots of the boys were rum
ming away to Join the army so went
along. / belonged to a Baku regi-
ment as a scout and had a horse.
zone night after I had been with
the regiment two years we ran into
some Turks They outnumbered US
five to one. That's how I got this. '
and he pointed to the saber cut In
his head. The Turk thought he had
killed me or / couldn't have escaped
"It put me in the hospital for about
a yCoA-NhaA was "OhoO lhAdA hbhtAhe.
We ran out of food and medicine
and they shipped me from Moscow to
Petrograd and from Petrograd to
Cheliabinsk. got well and when the
Czechs came along and the Bolshev-
iks started trouble i Joined up with
the Seventh Regiment. I just trans
ferred myself from the Russian army.
I'VE had a lot of fighting after that
all along the line to Vladivostok and
=" he opened both his hands with
a quick significant gesture. smiling
one of his boyish smiles-'T got more
than that" He meant more than
| ten
Yes" he went, on thoughtfully. II
i got more Bolsheviks than L can
| count"
| But the old wounds and the saber
| cut began to burt and the Czechs
| shipped him to Vladivostok, wh<re
he was discharged as unit for fur
ther service. but Nicholas Is Russian
and II and hope never died in a heart
so young.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29
WORLDS GREATEST AIRSEIIP
WILL BEAR 81 PASSENGERS
SPEEDING AT 9O-Mu E. RATE

) London. Eighteen and one-half tons
shooting through the air at
ninety miles an hour! That's the rec
ord designed to be. achieved by Brit
aims newest master Of the air-the
Tarrant triplans-which was wrecked
on Its maiden trip. causing the death
of one. It IL monster airship-the
worlds iargest-snd was designed by
w. q. Tarrant and constructed by the
Tarrant Aircraft Company. Of Surrey.
It really Is q nying giant. It's dimen-.
sions are greater than any yet at
tempted for heavier than air craft
Originally designed to bomb Berlin.
ana any other cities scheduled Tor a
similar greeting. It Was converted into
q peace carrier. Why the great plane
wrecked itself IL q matter still pussllng
the experts. But the experiment will
not be abandoned.
Ninety-two pasengers will be carried
by this monster In flight It stands 81
feet above the ground. II reminds
the spectator Of various things huge
fowl, a submarine. as Atlantic liner
and q flying machine Its fusilage Is
70 feet long, and the interior has not q
single wire or span to obstruct the
Wow. Looking at it from the front.
the three tiers Of wide spans OF wings
might stand for the three decks OF an
ocean liner.
Two of these giants were under
construction by the air ministry
during the last months of the war.
Each would have dropped sixteen
bombs of $50 pounds weight. Three
and one-half tons of explosives in
one single release of the bomb
rack lover. That's the fate the
armistice saved Gcrmnny's capital.
The tripianc has an advantage
over the biplane. in so far as II
economics on the spread of wings.
The span OF the largest plane of
the Tarrant machine Is 13l feet,
which in itself involves very
considerable strain on the joints.
To gain the lift obtained by three
planes out of two only. the span
would have to be increased to
III feet. To drive this great bird
there are six engines which develop
in the aggregate 5000 horsepower.
The fusiiage when converted to
peace usage was sixteen feet wide.
as against the original width of
ten feet.
1t has been possible to gain all
necessary strength in the fusilage
without the use Of any cross-sup-
porters or struts. Circular girder
rings spaced at distances apart
with lighter rings between with
longer ones running the entire length
of the body do the work. and there
Ia a clear walk from the end to end Of
the seventy-six-foot interior.
Seats for two pilots are raised
well within the nose. advanced
twelve feet before the planes and
the propellers. thus giving an un-
cbstructed view. For fghting pur-
poses each pilot would have n light
machine gun by his side. gun
pit advanced still further into the
nose has accommodations for two
more guns. and gun stations are
! made on the top wing to fire over
the tail. and below to fre under
the tail. Altogether eight guns
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29

banker who lives at the Biltmore.
He says that within sixty days the
public will sec days on the New
York Stock Exchange when trans
actions will go~well over 3.000.-
600 shares.
when one stops to consider that
for three years hardly a new Sc
curity has been brought out" says
Mr.. Andrews. while during the
same period of time We have ex-
perienced such a great flood of gov
ernment securities and consequent
currency imitation. the reason is ap-
parent. The deprecated dollar is
reflected in an enormous increase in
market values in the existing Sc
curities which represent the true
Industrial worth of the country.
The general stock market has only
started its advance and the very
rich man has less and less induce
ment to sell, as the larger the
profit the less he makes net under
the present income tax"
These are hectic days on the
New York Stock Exchange, but as
Mr.. Andrews predicts days even
more hectic are at hand. Million
share days have become quite COM
mon and the 100000 mark has
been passed, but the 5000, 900 day
is something else again, Is Mawruss
Perlmutter would say.
What Mr.. Andrews says about
the very rich being unwilling to
sell their stock holdings on which
they have made a profit is evident
on every side. A New Yorker who
bought 10000 shares of a certain
stock at SO some weeks ago has
made nearly two and one-half mill
lions since it has advanced to 2l5.
Yet he cannot sell and take his
profit for under the present in
come tax law he would have to
pay the government more than q
million and q half.
Short stun: Rumor that Maurice
and Walton are to quit dancing to-
gether. Maurice is to have a new
partner. A visitor lost a wallet
containing $500 on Broadway. A
cabman found il and returned It.
A head waiter has bought a pri-
vate home on Park Avenue-the
most exclusive street in town.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29

would have been carried on tho
raids during the war.
Immediately behind the pilots
seats Is an engineers room. Here
are the various levers and mecha-
nfsm for working the engines. The
engineer can take vocal instruc-
tions fro mthe pilots In starting.
the pilots by this method being left
free to control tho fiying. However.
they exercise a master control over
the engines and have levers by
which the throttles can be sepa-
rately adjusted. The engineers
room Is very cramped. fianked as it
Is by the main gasoline tanks with
others overhead. Their combined
capacity is 1000 gallons. Supple
mentary tanks were TO have been
fitted for the Atlantic Night. The
average speed with six engines go
ing was designed to keep a maxi
mum OF ninety miles an hour.
The triplane Is too huge an affair
TO De hauled out of Its hangar by
ordinary means. and the weight rests
on trucks running on a special lino
out 10 the flying ground from which
Fit takes of.
Apart from the immense spread of
the planes. the most imposing feature
Of the giant are the engines. -Four
Of the propellers are two-bladed II
foot tractor screws. arranged two In
line between the middle and lower and
middle and upper planes respectively.
Tho other two are at the back Of the
planes and are four-bladed propellers
OF ten feet diameter. The starting
system is operated from the engineers
compartment The depth Of tho plane
Is fifteen feet two inches. and the
great middle plane extends over a
span OF III feet, with the length of
the upper and lower planes ninety
eight feet. The total wing surface is
900 feet.
Capt. Dunn. X. A. F.. who in France
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29
INDEPENDENT MONGOL
SURE, SAYS AMERICAN

Manila will become m
Independent state with Gen. Semenoff
at its head This is the prediction
Of n. +. Romanoff. agent OF the
American Army Intelligence Bureau.
who is In Manila after a year in ST.
IBERIA. Col. Barrows. former head OF
the intelligence bureau in the Phil
ippines, has been charged by Japanese
with influencing the Mongolian inde-
pendence movement. That was i'm
possible" says Romanoff. "Semenoff
was practically dictator OF Mongolia
when we arrived"
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29

the triplsne Is an amateur. A Itrnp,e
Improvement in wing span construc-
ton nrst led his attention 10 aero
plane construction two years aEo.
1T was simple enough when IDtotl
started thinking about st." he con
fessed. There's nothing so wonderfui
about It. but this arr baby will ny.
and ny well. am sure Of that"
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29

has flown every type OF British and
German aeropiane. will be in the nayi-
gators seat during the trial flights.
With him as pilot win be Capt Town
ley Rawlings. d. r. c.. who set out
from Margate. bombed Constsntinople.
and descended at MundrosA Lieut. J.
Adams. r. y. c., will be engineer with
two assistants
Strangely enough the designer OF
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29
VETERAN OF II
FIGHTS SOVIET
Cukuviin. Battle Scared,
Resents Suggestion Of
Peace Job" in U. S.

Nicholas Gukuvin Is a strange prod
uct Of q great war.
He is small. slender. smooth-cheek-
ed and II. although he looks 10. in
spite OF his three years service with
tne Russian army on the eastern
'front.' He showed me a saber cut
and several bullet wounds to prove II.
Nicholas Is a peculiar combination
OF boy and a man. He is intense
~ anti-Bolshevik. vehement and Bit
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29

Consul General Robertson has cabled
from Buenos Aires, May 6. 1918. that
by an executive decree of May the
decree OF February 4, 1913. establishing
minimum prices for cereals has been
annuled
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29

1t is estimated that the worlds
railways represent one-seventh of
the worlds entire wealth.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-29
MORE, BETTER BEER,
BRITISH BREWERS CRY

London-British brewers are urg-
ing the immediate removal OF re-
strictions on brewing. They want
to make more and better beer. they
declare. Under the defense of the
realm act. the output and the quail
ity were reduced for the duration
of the war, but the brewers declare
the public is no longer in danger
and the realm no longer subject to
attack.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05

by. and on all sides is a sea of foam
ing waters, with boulders pokIng
their heads through here and there,
sometimes the rapids narrow to d
width hardly wider than the boat. but
each time the craft escapes by the
traction of a foot. 1t requires some
hours in reality to complete the pass
age oi the. rapids, but the Howe films
snow in much less time all the thrills
OF the actual adventure.
Mr.. Howe's Japanese tour has many
other interesting features. including
Sllmpses OF the famous temples, OF
coolie labor, OF the little geisha girls,
oi the sacred parks and the DeaulIIui
gardens.
Aside from the tour of the Flowery
hlnguom, MIR. Howe is Offering many
other striking features in his newest
travel Festival program. These in
cluue a recent and fascinating eXcur-
sion through Yellowstone National
Seysers, waterfalls and canyons; a
strenuous hunting and fishing trip
thlCugh the rugged wilds of Canada /;
an unique explanation in motion OF
the insignia of the United States
Army; unusual scenes of Italian ski
sclolers in the Alps; a sensational
south Sea series, howing the hazard
Gus capture of sea- elephants, sharks
ana swordhsh; steamer ride down
the placing and beautiful Ocklawana
In the Florida everglades; a demon
stration of twentieth century effici-
ency, wherein a single caterpillar
the streets of a city: and
some startling aviation stunts over
the national Capitol at Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05
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High medical authorities say
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notably in wasting diseases which are
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To give these statements in full
would take too much space, but we
will furnish on application the list
of ingredients of Father Johns
Medicine, the names of the medical
authorit isss~ referred to, what they
say, the publications and the dates
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Stops Indigestion

Coated tongue, bad breath, pains
in stomach, back and bowels, sleep
lessness, poor appetite, sallowness,
lusterless eyes, that tired feeling" "
belching of gas, bloating and other
symptoms of stomach trouble disap-
peared after taking but one bottle
of Nu Vim Iron Weed Tonic. Mrs.
E. Davis, .537 North Hobart street,
Philadelphia, speaks for both herself
and her husband when she says:
after taking one bottle of Nu
Vim Tonic l feel much better.
Pains in my back have gone. and
color is fast returning to my
cheeks. My husband also feels
great change for the better. His
stomach was very bad before he
took Nu Vim, Now his tongue
has cleared. and l have great
faith in your tonic"
Disordered stomachs, livers, kid
news, bowels and blood need an iron
tonic, but many people do not care
to take mineral iron. However, the
vegetable iron contained in Nu Vim
Iron Weed Tonic has been found to
have even quicker, better effect. Try
it also for catarrhal, scrofulous or
rheumatic troubles. Gorgas' 8
stores have Nu Vim. Demonstration
of this safe tonic is now going on at
Gorgas'. 16 North Third street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05
Daily Health Talks
GOING BACK TO NATURE
By DR.. w. Lucas


People get sick because thew eo
away from Nature, and the only way.
to get we'll is to go back. Sometbiny
grows out of the ground in the for,,o
of vegetation to cure almost every
i'll. Some of these vegetable prowths
are understood by man, and some
are not. Animals, it woud seem
know what to do when they are siot
better than men and women. Oh
servers have noted that q sick horsa.
dog or cat VIII stop eating food and
seek out some vegetable growth in
the neld or yard, which, when found
ana eaten, often restores appetito
and health. Haven't you seen 4basa
animals do this very thing yourseiSS
Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y. long
since found the herbs and roots nra
fided by Nature to overcome constt-
patton. and he had these vegeta bIes
collected and made up of MayapnIa
leaves OF Aloe, root of Jalap, into III,
tie white. sugar-coated pills, that he
called DR.. Pierce's Pleasant PeiIats
You must understand that when
your intestines are stopped up. moi
sons ana decayed matter are 'impris-
oned IN your system, and these are
carried by the blood throughont
your body. Thus does your head
ache, you get dizzy, you can't. sleep
your skin may break out, your apne,
tite declines, you get tired and de-
spondent. AS a matter OF fact. vo,,
may get sick all over. Don't Won,
see how useless all this sufferins is9
All that is often needed Is !. few of
DR.. Pferce's Pleasant Pellets. which
he has placed in all drug stores for
your convenience and health. Try
them by all means. They are prob
ably the very thing you need right
now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05

S William acknowledgements
ambitious and
hate I'm
al d
Is lave The Gcrma
n mailman? dcncc and who
witnesses?
of is in of the
cd of
tenn
twenty millions. .
papers
Household woman who
No the
subject dccaycd and deCaying German Royalty
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05

one but the Almighty,"-how often
did hear this story in the Imperial
Household from the lips of the
Kaiser. the Kaiserin. and all the
Princes and kin-even the servants
believed 1t and the mass of the Ger
man people. How easy would be
its denial upon proofs smouldering
in royal Prussian archives!
The only really new thing in the
early Coblentz utterances is the
statement that the Kaiser's grand
father was born a king, Gods
chosen instrument" while as mat
ter of fact the first Williams king
ship depended upon his predeces-
sor's inability to have an heir.
The mad Frederick William died
without issue, and "Grapeshot Billy
as William I was styled by his low
ing Prussians then, mounted the
throne.
Prince Henry a Figure Head
AS for Prince Henry's famous Kiel
speech (this is the same Prince
Henry who came to America on a
propaganda junket and was feted
and tined by American society the
criticisms upbraiding the amiable.
but stupid Henry for what he said
are as little justified as would be
condemnation of the phonograph
for a false note sung into one of
Mr. Edison's machines by a dime
museum tenor.
I know His Royal Highness well,
and this very knowledge conVinces
me that the expression "the evan
gelium of Your Maiesty's sacred
person" did not originate with him.
"Sacred person." by the way. is
phrase that occurs frequently in the
records of the descendants of the
mad Juana of Spain. the Roman
German Emperors Charles V and
Rudolph TT. Indeed. an anecdote
dealing with the latter says that he
once admonished his physician. who
was irving to locate the imperial
patients stomach under the quilt, hv
the laundering words: stop, there's S
the holy Roman belly"
To return to Prince Henry (who
buncoed American society), he has
never originated ANYTHING. care
loss. unlettered youth. he spent his
first vears of manhood as riotous'v
ns his slender allowance nermitted.
To save him from himself he was
married. at the age of twenty-s1X,
TO his cousin Irene. an amiahle
woman. of domestic habits, but with
out an ounce Of esprit. "Henry's
father" the late Princess Of Hohen-
lohe once said. was just such n
man, but fortunately he had wtfe
that prodded him on and forced him
70 ACQUIRE Fnowledgo and assume NJ
least sennblanco of into-ast in lit
eroture. and tho fine arts"
German "Kultur"' was the worlds
NJ
culture in the Tmperia1 family-the
Hohenzo1Ierns were and are gross
vulgar and depraved.
As tn the relations between the
rovaI brothers. they were never
hearty and frequently strained
princess Irene and my mistress dis
Iiiked each other. and the men took
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05

is an American, who has left him in
Paris, where his father. a Frenchman,
died. The mother marries again in
New York. The boy, being of impress
sionable nature, falls in love with an
adventures and she wrecks his life.
He takes to drink to drown his sor-
row and is brought to his senses by
the story of a fellow He goes
to New York and there through the love
of an American girls finds regenera-
ton. His half-brother gets into the
clutches of his former mistress and
threatens to marry her. The artist,
in order to disillusion him. makes an
appointment with her and the brother
informs his fiancee. This situation
develops into a thrilling climax in
the last act of the play. At the end
1t all concludes happily.
Mr.. Tellegen has with him an eN-
cellent company of players, includ-
ing artists who have appeared with
him during the New York engage
ments. The east includes: Jennie A.
Eustace. Sidney Riggs. Jean Robert
son. Mark Smith, Ralph Locke. Miriam
Sears, Sidney Riggs, Maria, Noralina,
Man DeVoe and John Holland.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-05

used to read to the Empress. follow
ing in the wake of all imperial hunt
ing excursions, and announcing the
number of game killed, were very
sIaulying from sportsman's stand
point DuL considering that Williams
reign yielded not a single act of par
uoh, or OF human kindness, these
rccords OF blood, by William, are
s,shIncant. 1t is one thing to measure
strength and wits and the velocity
oL ones own, or ones horses legs.
WIN the beasts of the forests. as the
late theodore Roosevelt did, and an
other to butcher game, released from
Ine pens, by the hundred as the
Kaiser used to do.
Louis, the Mad King of Bavaria.
was half a Hohenzollern and he. too
was forever a-thirst for blood.
During the last five or six years of
MS life, Williams cousin used to
vary the monotony of inventine, new
puilding projects by studying minute
accounts of battles and other CORY
happenings. and afterward, his brain
ahame with visions of blood. he
would fall upon any servant near to
sttansle, bite. cut off his ear or
otherWise MAIN him. The Baya rians
are sun paying pensions to rovaI
SeINants who lost a nose. an eve n
.t .es, or the use of other limbs, bv
'hgir masters cruelty.
heard the Emperor boast
Mnen ne had killed his fifty-thou-
of AZ neau OF game. When I think
forost e number of animals in NV
er;cI ne said. Il feel like Fred
sbor. me Great at Kolin when he
would We live forever If Ss, Kina.
cannot go to war, he must he onae
Ieht with practising in the forest
how" e''ihs trim' any
lager 10 Sign Death Warrants
1w the emperor felt about sign
ing ueath warrants is easy TO i,,dpa
hnoW that he signed every one s,Ih-
hiitted to him, and that in ali w,Jtc
oi execution, issued since Emneror
rrederick's demise, there occnrred
the phrase: His Majesty having re-
iused TO interfere, the delinouent is
10 die by the sword" etc.
LIKE most selfish persons. William
IS hard-hearted,> and never pardons
anyDody, save duelists or officers
~ LOT exceeding their author
ny. ne approves of insane big-head-
.L pneSs even IN others. Previous to
the william the First celehra tion
many thousand petitions arrived ~
the kaiser's mail. but His Ma iesty
being busy with the preparations for
Wfllehalm." refused even to see the
extracts and recommendation which
the Minister of Justice had prepared
Il have no time for miscreants );
he said to Lucanus: Let a few men
suffering for defending their honor
sword or pistol in hand, be picked
out and l will set them free. AS for