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The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
TO PRESIDE OVER
 VIRGIN ISLANDS

WASHINGTON June 4 (by Associ- ated Press Rear Admiral Joseph w. Oban was renOminated today by Pres ident Wilson as governor of the Vir- gin islands.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
TAPS LEAVING
 HAWAIIAN ISLES

HONOLULU, June 4 (by Associated Press) During the first four months of 1920 total of 2,O26 Japanese left the Hawaiian islands for Japan, ac- cording to figures published by the Nfppu Jiji, a Japanese newspaper here.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
TWO STEAMERS
 CONTRACTED FOR

VANCOUVER, B. C., June 4 (by As sociated Press. Two more 8,100-ton steel steamers are to be built in Van couver, according to word from the, Ottawa department of marine and fish cries. The Coughlan yards were awarded the contracts.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
PETERSBURG CAN ISSUE $75,O)O
 WORTH BONDS

WASHINGTON, June 4 (by Associ- ated Press) s).-Petersburg, Alaska, is under a senate bill passed today by the house to issue $75,00O in bonds for the erection of a munic- ipal lighting and power plant and school building. The bill now goes to- the president.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04

President Wilson accepted the resig- nation regretfully. Secretary Polk will take rest of several months be- fore returning to the practice of law in New York.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
SAN FRANCISCO AND SEATTLE REAL ESTATE PROMOTERS IN
 ALLEGED FRAUDULENT DEALS

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 by Asso- ciated Press) Suit to recover approx imately $9OOOOO alleged to have been secured from them by illegal con- spiracy of three Seattle and San Fran cisco land promoters in fictitious land deals was filed in the superior court here today by Edward Wineman and wife of San Luis Obispo
 The suit followed a statement to the grand jury by Kay Mckay, a pro- moter that himself and Clarence D.. Hillman and D. J. Walsh had swindled
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
LOUISIANA MAY
 RATIFY SUFFRAGE

BATON ROUGE, June (by Asso- ciated Press).-The senate committee on privileges and elections has re- ported out the suffrage ratification bill.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
U. 5. TRANSPORT
 COMING NORTH
 WITHLABORERS

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 (by Associated Press) The govern ment transport South Bend will leave here June 15 for Seward with 700 laborers for the Alaska railroad.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
LAND DEALERS ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRACY
THREE HURT AT
 $1O0,OOO FIRE IN
 OREGON TOWN

BAKER CITY, Ore, June 4 (by Associated Press) ).-Three persons were injured and $10O,- 900 damage resulted from a fire last night at the town of Half way, near here.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04

Wineman out of the bulk of their es- tate. Hillman was arrested, but re- leased on a $5,OOO bond, instead of $50000, as had been fixed as the amount. Walsh disappeared. Mckay is held under bond.
 The conspiracy centered around San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, San Fran cisco and Seattle. The Wineman, who are an aged couple, were taken from place to place and kept from their relatives, Mckay is said to have told the grand jury.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
HUNGARIAN PACT
 IS SIGNED TODAY

VERSAILLES, June (by Associ- ated Press) )-The Hungarian peace treaty was signed here this afternoon.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
"DO-NOTHINC
 POLICY SCORED
 BYLABOR MEN

SEND MESSAGES TO WASHING TON PROTESTING AGAINST THE ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS UNTIL MUCH NEEDED LEGIS- LAYTON HAS BEEN ENACTED
The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-04
POLK RESIGNS FROM
 STATE DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON, June 4 (by Associ- ated Press) Frank l.. Polk, under secretary of state, resigned today, the resignation to be effective June 15.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

why is the deaf man you brought
here so anxious to go to police
court?"
Because somebody told him the
magistrate there would give him a
hearing"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25
Dead Sons Made Him p,

John Henry Selbv ro.-
lord, DEL has suddenly go, 80 Ct sss,
the richest negroes on ~ ' I'M. 'ae Il
result Of four Of his so- T,.''nsrla a.
ed during the war. la y, .s, ,s a-s
according acc. to selby, ha- q ,,o @'s sons
risk insurance pon,, ~ -'y'yI "a.
rev due to rece c S.Dcl. SsSg IS
According to Sc = ,bs,
Maryland draft an. Re 'oe hra
Salisbury, Md, conduc,,,g : .l''g a,
Harvey Morris, of Salissur am Tot
all Of his sons were d-7f,st "s Saas
to Camp Dix. In short time ''- '''t
'hey were put aboard a trs-., ~. sdy'
started across the ocean. -r. ~ sn'
which they sailed was to-,.,. Yy4' On
all OF his sons lost their ,.s 'a'
ing to Selby. He says ,As '-'''
him before leaving Amer, ,b.. ', ,
mad each taken out a SlOm1 w.. VIZ!
insurance policy in his favor u. H. '@
er heard from either Of trs,, INK. NV
he says he has had the n,,,a- 5 -?
Washington lawyers hanis a,I n. ~ 4
there last Thursday his lawyer to,t ~;
the papers proving his gh,, ~ ~. .s
94o,ooO had been sent to Wapis,,,.
Foskey, at Salisbury, ami vonri =.
there when he arrived. . On a-r,.;.
Salisbury and calling upon Noo,s,,..
Foskey, Selby found wha, the l,n.-'
had told him was true. Mapis,,,..
Foskey, he said, corroboya;sJ vl., II.
lawyer had told him AM SAIL he W..
now wealthy man, being pessess., =
$4,000, which would be paid him >,
the rate of $3.50 a month for IN ,,,.,
Selby says he is native of Worcs,
ter county, Maryland, having been ho,,
at Snow Hill 48 years ago. He is ,
cripple, one of his legs being sbor,.,
than the other. The negro didn', Seem
to realize he had suddenly becon.
wealthy, and when asked what he i.
tended doing with his money talked !,
an Indifferent manner. He said hi,
vie was dead and now 'gt Err had
little money he suppose he could
get another one.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25
The Possibilities of Oil Shale.

Gasoline, the best fuel for the
internal combustion engine, has be-
come one OF the prime necessaries Of
our industrial life II is being pro-
duced at an astonishing rate from the
petroleum wells Of the world, but the
use Of it increases so fast, and prom
Uses 10 increase so much faster, that
among those who think about the
future there has been some uneasiness
about the extent Of the available sup
ply. No one knows how much petrs-
leum there is in the world After sew
eral years Of pumping, even the largest
and richest fields begin to show signs
of exhaustion. The experts Of the oil
industry dare not promise more than
fifty or a hundred year of production
from known sources.
But oil is found above ground as
we'll as below. Shale rock often con-
tains il in very great quantity, and
there is tremendous amount of shale
rock in the world. 1t is especially
common in the Rocky Mountain system
Scientific men who have explored the
shale deposits of Colorado for the gov
eminent believe that they alone would
supply 100000 barrels of oil day for
eight hundred years. The deposits
across the line in Utah are as large as
those in Colorado, if not larger, and
there are extensive though UNEMPLOYED
deposits in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,
Nevada and California. 1t is perhaps
extravagant to speak of our oil-shale
resources as "limitless," but they are
50 great as to offer the chemists and
physicists several centuries of leisure
in which to find a way of using those
other sources of force that scientific
men believe to exist in nature in liter
ally inexhaustible amount.
incidentally, the distillation of oil
shale releases as a by-product am
monium sulphate, which is a most use
full fertilizer. On the basis of the
figures already quoted hundreds of
million of tons of sulphate could be
recovered from the shales of the Rocky
Mountain States.
AT present there are in this country
no distilleries of Importance at work
extracting oil from shale rock; they
could hardly complete proftably\ with
the native petroleum that is being pro-
duced with no further expense than
that of boring into the ground. But
the process is not difficult; it has been
carried on for years in Scotland, and
1t can be established here whenever
conditions call for it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25
Honor.

Whom one who chisels a bust denies
honor to one who lays brick, he con-
fesses ignorance and narrow vision.
So a barnyard hen, poised on fence
to cackle her citation over the laying
of an egg, might ridicule the plow
horse TURNING burrows in an adjoining
field.
"A mere pillow horse" the hen will
say, "while i have laid an egg"
II a prophet is without honor in his
own country his countrymen are SIM
pletons.
Each mans vision is narrowed by
his vocation. Each thinks of achieve
ment in terms of his own task. The
banker gets money and ridicules his
son who would write verse. The poet
communes with the stars and feels con-
tempt for one who devotes his life to
getting money. One who thinks in
Latin phrases feels superior to the car
penter who builds his house, and the
carpenter chuckles because the profess
sor cannot distinguish between a
sleeper and a joist. We mortals are
absurd creatures-each offering him.
self as standard of excellence, each
denying honor to the other lest him
self seems less important
AS one gains wisdom and under
standing he learn 10 honor all men and
question his own worth He learns
that all craftsmen are equally worthy
of praise, so their task be useful and
we'll done.
If the excellent plumber is honored
only by plumbers, the excellent writer
only by writers, the excellent states
man only by statesmen, we are far
from brotherhood of man founded on
the principle that all men are equal
We cannot love one another until
we respect one another, and we cannot
respect one another until by getting
acknowledge we discover the worth of
each mans task. The fool thinks him
self wise because he has not the wi.
to measure himself by other standard
than his folly.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

The Register will be sent to any ad
dress one year for Sl.50. II will keep
you posted on the local news Of your
town and county, and will have special
articles from time to time on matters
OF interest to the people of our COM
munity. Send or bring us your sub
scription and enjoy the Register the
coming year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

My eyesight's so poor can't see
any distance at all" said an English.
man who sought to be exempted from
military service.
"Oh, that-won't matter at all" the
medical examiner replied. "You'n get
line view. Well put you in trench
right in the front line"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

Two legs for short distances and
four legs for long ones" is the com.
mon method of transportation in
China. Although railroads and steam.
ships are coming into service, camels
and donkeys trains are still frequently
used.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

The road to success is apt to be a
long, hard one, my boy"
Are there no short cuts, father ?"
Yes, my son. Our penitentiaries
are full of men who took the short
cuts"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

A Florida editor makes the dscOv.
cry that gardener is man who raises
a few things; a farmer is a man who
reises many things, and a middleman
is one who raises everything.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

Did you read about the man who
swallowed his teaspoon?"
mo; what happened to him?"
"Why, he can't STIR"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

Although the wild bison is supposed
to be practically extinct, herds of 1000
or more have been discovered in Far
Northern Canada.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

The wedding ring takes Its origin
from the bracelet, which was regarded
among the ancient Egyptians as the
symbol of marriage.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

Millions of native women in India
are born, live, suffer and die with 70
medical care whatever, for the reason
that their caste and customs forbid
their being attended by q male physi-
clan.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-11-25

A Scotch banker left his two daugh-
tiers legacies of their weight in five
pound bank notes" The elder daugh-
ter received about S256,OOO while the
younger and plurnper one inherited
S2S6,7OO.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-09

the largest plumb lines ever used any.
where in two Of the shafts Of a mine
in Michigan. AZ first, two lines Of No.
p piano wire. each 1850 feet long aud
carrying a cast iron bob weighing 50
pounds. were suspended about Il feet
part in shaft No. 6
Careful measurement showed that
h. lower eKtremities Of the lines q.
Urged eleven one hundre,hs Of = foot.
three quarters 81 an inch. This
fss . surprising circumstance. Of whch
arious explanations were offered.
To eliminate possible magnetic Re.
a5isien. bronze wires. carrying 60
sound lead bobs. were hung in shaft
~. { These wires we're 4s40 feet in
myth They showed slight con
rrzeucc ~ the bottom, but vhen they
we're hung - shaft No 2. instead 81
esHeerginz they diterged - the steel
re- had done.
These fact. together with other con-
lsFstious. Jed IL the conclusion that
fbe eause 81 ths divergence was nsi-
fher rrsvitstion ar magnetism. tut
iaost inperctpiitle ar current in the
shafts-Nsv XoTk Evening Poet
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-09
EAST ORANGE

Mrs James Rouhan and son, James
jr., and Mrs c. G. Simpson and son
Otta, went to South Ryegate Friday
to get Miss Dorothy Rouhsn, who has
been visiting her grandparents, Mrs.
Helen Rouhan. the past few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Ralph Pierce and
two sons of Maiden, Mass. has been
visiting at o. L. Hutchinson's
Mr. and Mrs. S. c Dsshner and two
sons and Mrs. Frank Bowen and son,
Hilas, were in Barre last Tuesday,
The community social proved a sue
cess. They RELAXED about s27 There
was large number Of people from out
OF town. Mr.. and Mrs. S l. Slocum of
Berlin and Mr. and Mrs Harry W.
Downing and daughter, Miss Lyle. Of
Barre and several from Washington,
Waits River and West Topsham, being
among them.
Miss Evelyn Richardson Of syria
cuse. y y. came "wednesday TO visit
her uncle, +, l.. Sanborn, and family
for few weeks.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-09
STOWE

! Friends are glad to Learn that Miss
/ Martha Curry is gaining slowly and is
able to sit up an hour and a 1alf ey,
! cry day in wheel chair
! Mrs. J. +. Carey is confined to the
bed by illness at the home of Mr.. and
! Mrs. l.. j. Harlow in Stowe Hollow
The Carey family is moving into the
house purchased of B. G. Bull on Maple
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. win Kimball who mo.
tored here from Bristol, Conn, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs c. A. Sim
| mons.
George Burnell returned Saturday to
Athol, Mass, after visiting his niece
Mrs. w. A. Slayton, and other relatives
in town.
Mrs. n. B. johnson gave party to
nine little girls Friday afternoon in
honor of the ninth birthday of her
daughter, Edith. Games were played
and refreshments served and gifts we're
bestowed upon the little hostess.
Mrs. A. G. Atherton of Waterbury
and daughter, Mrs. Roy Arnold of
Springfield, Mass, are visiting at J..
G. Morgan's.
Miss Thelma Salter of Cleveland, O.,
is passing some time with Miss Vir-
ginia Gale.
Major and Mrs, Dwight r Smith
have gone for two weeks visit with
friends in Bethel, Boston and putnam,
Conn. where Major Smith viii act as
best man at the marriage Of Mrs,
Smiths brother, DR.. George Abbott.
II. E. Shaw, county chairman Of the
tuberculosis drive, was in Eden, Hyde
Park and johnson Friday; making ar
rangements for the competition If the
work in those towns, which have been
hindered by illness and death Of some
members of the town committees.
A. w Christensen of the Green
Mountain Violin company is moving
his family here from St Johnsbury
into tenement in the house recently
purchased by J. J, Robinson at the
lower village by the Stowe Butter
Package company.
Miss Sadie Hart has returned from
Barre, where she has passed some time
with her sister, Mrs. j. c. Robbins.
She was accompanied by John lawson
of Barre. who visited her over the
week end
S. NJ. Boardman of Burlington,
chauffeur for II. H. Hickok, called on
friends in Stowe Friday, when Mr.. and
Mrs. Hickok were here with a party Of
friends.
Mr. and MRS. c. f. Burt and guest,
Miss Alice Mower of Sioux City, la,
were guests at the Lake Mansfield
Trout club house Friday. Seventy were
entertained at dinner there that day.
There were $50 guests at the Mt.
Mansfield hotel on one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Dawson of Spring
field, Mass, were guests of Miss Grave
Bigelow at the Lodges over Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-09
SEA SERPENT BACK TO SHORE.
English Press Agents Put Legs on the
1920 Product.

Signs Of the summer and the sill,
season multiply. The sea serpent ha
arrived. This year it has legs to it, ant
has been washed ashore in the shape o
corpse on the Argyllshire coast. /
does not sound very handsome corpse
but the inhabitants of Argylshire new
err lie, and we accept the details of thei
sea monster" as accurate.
Report describes it as the size of &
horse with four very stubby short legs
| the body being covered with cream col
bored fur about three inches long"
1t is exactly a description thai
would satisfy the passport authorities
but from what there is of it the ''sea
monster" sounds uncommonly like the
popular idea of a polar bear. How
ever this is much too simple a sugges
ton; at this time of the year we can.
not have our sea scrpents, even dead
ones, explained in this contemporary
manner
u may, the report adds, 'be a man
moth buried in the ice age and now dis
lodged by sea action 1t may, OF
course; as the bishop of Exeter re.
marked to the enthusiastic visitor who
said, How like Switzerland" when
confronted with Torquay, Yes, very
like Switzerland, my dear lady only
there are no mountains here" The
monster sounds very much like a mann
moth, only the mammoth was the
size of an elephant and not horse
and its hide was not cream colored, I'M
less the cream of Argyllshire happens
to be reddish brown.
As a matter of fact, it is fatal TO
start explaining your sea serpent.
Never explain anything" is the guild
ing principle of all its really accom-
plished discoyerers- Sea serpents are
not there to be explained, any more
than giant gooseberries are there to be
eaten. Both exist as part of the cal.
endar-snd you cannot make pudding
out of Tuesday afternoon, or enter into
an historical publication OF the week
end after next Both serpents and
gooseberries have got to be accepted
simply as evidence that summer has
arrived.
just as spring makes some people
break out into poetry, summer makes
another class of writers break out into
sea serpents and giant gooseberries
One of these days some genius will dis
cover both of them simultaneously
the gooseberry viii be found inside the
serpent, together with bunch of keys,
perfectly good bottle OF horseradish
sauce, and return ticket to Cheadle
Heath with the date chewed off In the
meantime it is all excellent evidence
that the world is getting back to its
pre-war form But one could wish
that the Arkyllshire specimen had left
its legs behind. They are not worn
by the best sea serpents Manchester
Guardian.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-09
MAGIC FOR BOYS IN OLD BARN
Hay Loft the Place of Many Delightful
Dreams.

II was painted red All barns in our
town were II was much larger than
the massive house and quite as solidly
built
The rafters were massive and heyn
from tree trunks by axmen such As this
country no longer needs.
There was a magic for small bovs in
the old barn There was glamour in
the mingled aroma of harness leather,
mammonis and hay. There was drudg
cry for you in the harness room and
revolving toll in the stable, but the
hsyloft was a place of dreams
Dainty shafts of sunlight crept in
through knotholes. Above, in the Gu
pols. pigeons cooed softly all day long
and flew back and forth with whistling
wings. Below. you could hear the
horse champ champ and stirring now
and then with heavy hoofs and long
drawn signs.
The perfume Of dry clover and limo
thy enveloped you. You lay on yeur
back and watched the dust notes swirl
through the sunbeams, and heard the
little creature of the field that had
been brought in with the haystacks
stirring beneath you.
And after you had lain there a little
while. the pain and despair-ior you
sought the comfort Of the hay loft in
time Of bitter crises-seemed TO ebb
away and presently across the cloudy
amber Of the sunlight. the pirate craft
I scudded. rail under, through the Span.
I ish main, or you on rsmping horse
led your men in full charge against
battery.
The days when the rain murmured
on the lichened shingles Of the roof.
and YOU and your sccomplices would
seek the fragrant shelter Of the loft
and stage epic dramas with every man
Of your actors and only a dog or so
for audience.
Once YOU were Eva, ascending 10
heaven by wsy Of the hay hois, and
a runnv sack. when the sack ripped he
fore YOU reached Peters doom au1 IRE.
cipitated YOU upon the weeping Tnsle
Tom. who thereupon gave a most real
istic rendition II unrestrained and
heartfelt grief
u would h. ~ bad II you had a hsv
nov near a. hand these dsvs. INTO
which you might retreat wheu the
world was using you rather rnercilass-
". and dream the drains you used %
b. able Worcester Telegram.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-09
Youthful Hustler Had His Job Ready
Picked.

Into the Office of a business man
rushed bright faced lad For three
minutes he waited and then began to
show signs of impatiencc
Excuse me, sir he said at length,
I'm in a hurry
We'll, what do you want?" asked
the business man.
"A job"
But why the hurry
Got to hurry" replied the lad brief
~ Left school yesterday, and have
not struck anything suitable yet The
only place where | can stay long is
where they pay me for it
How much do you want?'
Fifteen dollars week for start"
And when can you Gomez
Don't need TO come; I'm here. l
could have been at work five minutes
ago if you'd only said so."--Chicago
News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-09

left is that the Republican government
is ruling the country properly but hav-
ing some difficulty with an army OF
occupation and number of police
men
Cur volunteers arc maintaining or
der where representatives of the Brit
ish government could not, our courts
are organized and respected and 9th
err branches of our government are
working smoothly" said Mr. Griffith
to a correspondent.
Griffith's sphere is only political, tie
planning and execution of force of
arms being under jurisdiction Of the
volunteer army.