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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
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THE GREAT UNKNOWN?

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
s. A. WEEK -
She Couldn't Peek
at Woman's Age

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Oct. 20
Jerry Kelly. West Park oitien. says
registration at hts precinct was held
up while officials convinced a woman
regsEtrant that she couldn't even
peek al her neirhbor's are.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
Frenchmen Send
Query to Senator

CHICAGO. Oct so.~An Informal
request has been r~nt him by =
French organization suggesting con.
sereucen be h~ld with a view 20
forming Franco American alliance
for prevention ~ warn. Senator J, l..
France. 81 Maryland. declared In .
Hieech here.
Senator Frances statement WINS
made in support os Senator Hard.
ins'm Statement, he had received un.
offlclai hints from France suggest.
inT the formation OF an association
Of nAtlonh
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
Early Bird Lost
Out in This Case

SAN rIlANcIaco. Oct so--Fol.
iowinx treasury department ruling
that Notwithstanding beverages
might 10 made At home. Eastern
buyers rushed 10 California 10 buy
grapes, They we're 40 anxious to
secure tho crop that they bought
!, while green. had the grapes pack.
ed and shipped 20 New York. Tho
grapes arrived there 10 = deeayed
condition. snsaslinK loa. of several
million dollars.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
Cox Will Call"
Senator Harding

PROVIDENCE r. 4. oct 10
Gov Cor declared today he would dc.
mand that Senator Harding reveal
the Identity Of the pereons who gave
him the imprrnmlon France would
lock with favor on the republican
oandidats's proposal for now asno.
citation Of nations.
Cor attacked the French spokes
man Issue an vigorously AZ he went
after the "siush fund
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
Cat Not Disease.
Carrier, He Says

LONDON. Oct. 20l-ExperimeniH
show. says DR.. W. a. Savage. that
the family cat IL not. as believed.
spreader Of diphthsria. The mucous
membranes Of a cat are unfavorabie
10 the growth Of the bacillus. he con.
tends
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
Wonderful Sunshine
Was All Lost on Her

VENICE. Cal. Oct zo--@'siiow
could anyone commit suicide on a
dap like thls." said DR. Joseph nay.
lin. AZ no hufrssily answered a call
at q time when the sun was tiuting
the sky. sarsh and sea with the mys.
terry huas Of evening lie found hts
patient young wife who had In.
hailed gas. How could h. began.
then stopped Tbs woman Was
blind.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
De kobra Says He
Didn't See Harding

NEW YORK Oct Maurice ne
kohrA whom Governor Cor ints-
mated was the man who tnad Eena-
tnr Harding tho FrVneh people would
ike America 10 fead movement for
n~w association of nations. today
denied he hid ever nsen Harding.
III kotn~ n correspondent for In
flif-rsA . Paris Newspaper.
u tried 20 Interview Senator
Harding bat hs rufi,ssd 10 - ma
IL KotrA mid +
--a K ~ wxxx--
wheu spuse - - neuey they
employ . lawyer And io~e rome more.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
Horse Is Gone but
the Comb Lives On

SAN FItAScIsco. Oct. 600
Dobin has gone his way. but the
rusty eurrycomb which hung beside
him In the stall. eth remains, Pa
eifie Coast hardware dealers are now
unable 10 supply the demand for
them. Investigation has disclosed
that they're being used In the can
neriea 10 scrape scales off fish.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20

Thousands Of psople take antifiu
remedies. Herb Medicine Mfg Co.
y. q. Boz tsi, Seattle ADV.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
Gosh! Thief Steals
Lady COPS Badge!

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2o,--A pick
pocket IN a downtown market saw
purse hanging from the arm Of
Mrs Loretto Mefssk. opened u and
got away with "a round. metal OBJ
ject. probably n diamond brooch"
But Mrs. Mcpeek has been on the
police force for some time and the
thief had taken her badge.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20

ND you know that the Salvation Army operates inter
- national detective bureau with 1000 local branches
in 66 countries and coloniesg
The purpose Of this great international bureau Is to
locate lost and missing friends.
Thru this bureau families reunited. husbands who
have neglected their families brought To justice
and daughters who have become lost in the maesrom OF
great cities located who have down in the
battle Of life restored to their children.
This is but of the many activities of the Salvation
Army. There scores of others.
Support the Salvation Army drive
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20
Big Brothers of
ELkS Comb Homes
For S.A. Campaign

With five times the organisation OF
last year, IN. Seattle Tlkn' lodge.
with thu aid OF many prominent bust.
ncra and civic organizations. IL car.
rying on the drive 10 ralsa ti2s.oo0
for the salvation Army home service
campaign.
Most OF the downtown buildings
have been thoroly canvassed
-rraiicrss are being run In all tho
movie houses. depicting The work OF
the salvation Army among the poor
Three.minuta SPEAKERS will talk 20
audiences at all large public gather
ingA
While II II stu too early To pre-.
dict the result OF the drive Chairman
W, II. klepper declared "wednesday
that results 81 far attained paint To
a successful conclusion.
The two institutions which viii
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-20

be erected In Seattle with the pro.
e.eda Of this and last year's drives
are an urgent necessity here" he do
clar.d The need % a girls home
has long been recognized. Social
workers have commented on the lack
Of such an institution IN Seattle. The
central office building for the saliva
tlonistH IL ahaolutsly necessary at
this time. II the work OF tho Army Ii
a. proceed efficiently"
Among the most earnest workers
for the campaign are tho membars Of
the Mtg nrothers' Boys club, con
Quoted BY the seattle Eiks The boys
arr canvaasing the residence dis
trtets.
Zig business men are rapidly com.
Ing 20 the assistance of tho drive
leaders. many N the most prominent
men IN seattle business life being On
the advisory board of the campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

tor Searles, also nephew, to break
the will.
The predictions are not Of any inn
portance in themselves, and their
only significance, if they have any, is
as they are taken in connection with
the stubborn fight that was made
by the former owner Of Pine Lodge
to establish monument in the
neighborhood which would perpet-
uate his name and lay forever the
hostile wrath Of criticism growing
.Qsas sQe s.hias nsazzaaga skQa shA asxtEs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
By Arnold Prince

TN HE sentineled estate of. Pine
Lodge, which the late Ed
y. ward F. Searles set down
in the midst of the pleasant
countryside at Methuen, Mass, is to
have for its new master a ten-year-
old boy, Benjamin Allen Rowland,
e Philadelphia, who is to assume
tha name of Searles and found a
hew family dynasty in that peaceful
domain.
By the terms of the will left by
Searles this much of the "$50,O0O,-
900 fortune" is withheld from
Arthur T. Walker, of Brooklyn, who
was made over in day from a
salaried worker to a man of many
millions. And so, if all goes we'll,
the wall-begirt grounds, the towers
and unscalable masonry protected
~ guards are to resound to the
happy laughter Of children, The tes-
sator having specially requested
that the two little brothers of Ben
jamin Allen Rowland and his
mother take up their residence with
in them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
0NE of the entrance lodges
W Of the splendid Sedrles
estate at Methuem, Mass.

eight-year-old woman from whom he
inherited his wealth.
The public memory is short, and
so few will recall the sensational
trial at Salem, Mass, when Timothy
Nolan Hopkins attempted to break
the will made by the former Mrs.
Mark Hopkins, widow of the Cali.
fornia pioneer, in favor of Searles,
her second husband. 1t 10 consid-
cred not at all unlikely that the
bitterness caused by that suit had
something to do with forcing Searles
to became recluse and deciding to
erect an edifice on the site of his
boyhood home which, by its very
magnificence, would overshadow
the unfavorable reputation that re-
suited from the litigation.
His Dearest wish
The few persons who knew
Searles intimately admit that the
perpetuation of Pine Lodge as the
Searles family seat was one of tbs
dearest ambitions of his lonely l;ecs,
and yet it is significant of his chsr-
acter that in attempting to carry out
this ambition he did not delegate it
to Victor A. Scarles, his nephew.
who already bears his name and
whom he "cut off" with bequest
of $25o000, but intrustcd it to a
more distant relative, ten-year-
old boy, who may or may not adopt
his name
The marriage for which Scarles
was so widely criticized took place
in Trinity Chapel, '.w York City,
in 1887. Scarles vas then for.y-siX
years old and Mrs. Mary Hopkins,
the bride, siNty-eight.
Mrs. Hopkins was the widow Of
Mark Hopkins, one of the Forty
Miners" who went to California
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

fund Of 100000 each also was Gre
ated for the two other boys. Going
into details as to the occupancy Of
Pine Lodge, the recluse made this
request in his will:
at is my earnest wish and desire
that Benjamin Allen Rowland,
George Rodman Rowland and John
Bruce Rowland, the children Of my
cousin, Mary r. Rowland, all Of
whom are minors, shall assume the
family name Of Searles, and tina:
such Of them as shall become en-
titled to q life estate in the family
home known as Pine Lodge in Me-
thuen, Mass, shall maintain the said
Pima Isc6gs as o place Of perunagaart
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
" HE MAIN hall of the
Il SeGrles estate at Me-
thuen, Mass.

the testator's Earnest wish and de-
sire" that they adopt the name Of
Searles; but so habituated is Me-
thuen to seeing the Searles under
takings left unfinished that it can
not bring itself to believe that this
time things will go through as
planned.
Something will happen. You'll
see," at least a half dozen inhabi-
tants Of the place predicted to me
after the will was read. "They al
ways have and they will again."
Possibly the something" will be
the prospective suit by Albert Vic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

riage to the sixty-eight-year-old
widow from whom he inherited his
money and the widespread criticism
it evolved, and not many months
afterward he lost the ownership of
the paper. When he tried his hand
at being baker he found that mis-
fortune followed him into that call
ing also, and he finally had to give
up his store and go elsewhere to
make living.
After that Methuen was 8 little
more cautious about what it said or
wrote about the owner Of Pine
Lodge, and the round of building
and making changes went on with
out attracting audible comment.
Searles gave the town music hall,
Serlo Hall, he called it, and when
talking to a friend admitted that
he had had the ceiling "done over
thirty-two times" and that it had
taken the workmen three years to
build it. He gave the city mag
nificent high school, but included
the condition that if the town ever
became annexed to Lawrence-a
city for which he had conceived an
undying hatred-it was to revert to
the Pine Lodge estate.
He paid Thomas Ball, the sculp.
tor, large sum to design O beau.
tiful monument OF George Wash
Sngton to tbs placed in what was
10 BIO Was ingson PssSss nsp Pine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

during the gold rush and laid the
foundation of his fortune by going
into the hardware business at Sac.
ramento with The late Coils p. Hun
tington. Huntington and hopkins
sold prospecting outfits to the min
ers, accepting in payment mining
stock which made them rich
Boyhood of Poverty
The employment Of his money in
cooperation with the Cxockers and
others to build the Central Pacific
Railroad, now part OF the South
ern Pacific system, il q matter OF
history, and it was after this pref
ect had achieved success that Saastss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
r HIS painting depicting the charge of the Rough Riders
San Juan Hill is the vork of Victor Seares and has
place of honor in the home of his uncle

rer in which maintained the prop
erty during my lifetime.
Asked That They Live There
1T is my desire, but I impose no
trust or conditions to that effect,
that during the tender years OF the
said children Of the said Mary r.
Rowland, they and their mother
shall make their family home at
Pine Lodge"
1t is, Of course, not suggested by
any one that the Rowlands will re-
|ject tho hsquesss. 'totaling $4.5oo;-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
A Surprise Co the Town

| Inc gl1L TO benjamin Allen Row.
land was made through the same
remarkable instrument which be-
slowed the bulk of the $4,000, 900
fortune" upon Arthur T. Walker.
No one except the lawyers, appar-
emily, knew that Walker was to be
transformed overnight from q sal
aried employee into a multimillion-
aire, and an equally limited few had
any inkling Of the inheritance that
was to fall to young Rowland. 1t
is an astonishing thing that in
community as small as Methuen,
where the acts of every one are
within such easy range of observa-
ton of everybody else, no one even
knew that Searles was acquainted
with the boy or his family.
Benjamin Allen Rowland is the
son Of Mary r. Rowland, OF Phil
adelphia, cousin Of Searles. The
boy has two brothers, George Rod
man Rowland, nine years old, and
John Bruce Rowland, eight, who are
to inherit Pine Lodge in turn in
case the brother with the right of
tenure dies. Mrs. Rowland received
100000 outright under the will
land another ..$2,A0O, 900 was set
laafde 100 o ssuae fund Cor Dasa1ausin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
VICTOR SEARLES, nephear of Edavard f. Searles avho
svos left only $250,000 of the immense estate

either tearing them down again or
making them over.
The same was true Of the impos-
ing places he put up at Great Bar
rington, Mass; Windham, N. H.;
Saltwater and other spots. Az
Great harrington, the birthplace of
his wife, he spent 100000 on a
country seat, Kellogg Terrace, but
soon afterward virtually abandoned
it az a residence. There was re-
port that he meant to sell it, but
even this deal never went through.
At Windham he was always making
changes, adding new walls, new
gates, new Enclosures, without ever
being entirely satisfied with any Of
them.
A Driving Unrest
1t was az IL the man were under
the influence Of some driving i'm.
pulse which he himself could not
explain, but which kept him always
on the move, now tearing down
what he had built and now begin.
ming the work all over again, or in.
PRODUCING some feature which al.
tered It's appearance entirely.
Once resident Of the town--he
was the editor Of it's only paper
printed an article which might have
suggested an explanation, bsst seor
sitter IL sppsaved unpleasant thsngl
llbssan sc hausscss 10 him Tlsa edi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Methuen Unconvinced


But Methuen, always apprehen-
sive of anything undertaken by the
former owner Of the Castle" is not
certain that the children will come,
or at least stay long, and this state
Of mind is characteristic of the way
the community had long looked upon
the recluse and his acts. To the
inhabitants there was always some
thing little unreal and fantastic
about Searles-and this is a feeling
winch is apt to overtake even a
casual visitor to the family seat.
Methuen is about twenty-five miles
from Boston on the Boston & Maine
railroad, and a short trolley ride
. from Lawrence, one of the centers
OF the cotton mill country. At Me-
shuen one sees wide, placid streets !;
roomy frame houses with old-fash-
Toned gardens, a profusion of trees,
which in the summer all but hide
'ne homes in their leaves, and a
quiet, easy-going population.
Then further out is the Searles
estate.
here one suddenly encounters
walls suggesting the bastions of
!eadal days; men on guard at the
aign gates, although against whom
OF what puzzles the mind, and over
aead battlemented tower, the eff
'ees on the spectator being that Of
gong for stroll in some sylvan re-
"eat and coming upon a medieval
Knight, fiercely clad in armor, stalk
ing through the sunshine.
At least, that was the way II
seemed on recent day, after the
WIZ dlsposing of the property had
esen read. The tiny town lay against
NIL like coin that had dropped
uus a giants pocket and rolled into
sae meadow. Main Street, with it's
ssur or five stores, meandered
s'ssrely past the red brick City
man and tavern perched precarious-
" On an embankment. All about
were pines and the naples, oaks
ssd elms, with flowers showing in
ssOnt Of the houses.
A Grim Picture
Then at a turn the road came
saenly to an abutment of formi-
oIe stone walls with q guard stand.
~ ut the entrance, and the whole
ssss changed at once. Something
aaar'sndly and .dour erept into the
ssosphere, which could not be dis.
ssed until the place had been lef.
Snind and sunshine filled the fields
asssn.
Meehuen finds II hard 10 accept
- new arrangement for Pine
se, because II never quite under.
So sts 3ayrasr owner or his ways
man was always undertaking *
thsngs which he never fin.
va sIways bull sng bul
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
CEARLES, Who loved stone
- s0alls, built this bridge for
the toWm of Methuen

before the shaft was unveiled, and
the park is still uncompleted.
The fatal gift for never finishing
anything pursued Searles into other
undertakings, which explains why
when he has bequeathed Pine Lodge
to ten-year-old boy Methuen con-
tinues to wonder if this time s1me-
thing fixed and definite is to result
from it. y
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-05-14
POISONING Field Mice

Field mice are very destructive to
fruit trees this year $pd do not over
look some ornamental trees. The
mice can be poisoned by cutting ap-
pies into pieces about an inch square
and placing small amount of pow
dered strychnine in each piece.
Poisoned wheat can also be used to
kill mice. Bailey gives the following
formula: Scald five quarts of clean
wheat and drain. Take two-thirds Of
a cupful of white sugar, dissolve with
sufficient water to make a syrup, add
powdered strychnine, stir thoroughly
until thin paste rs formed. Pour
this on the damp wheat Stir thorough
ly for at least fifteen minutes. Add
one pint of powdered sugar, stir; add
five to ten drops of rhodium and the
same quantity of oil of aniseed. Scat
ter where the mice are troublesome.
Washing the trunks of trees in
mild weather with lime wash in which
is placed paris green, sulphur and
tobacco dust will usually keep rabbits
and mice away.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-05-14
MAKE WAR ON TREE PESTS
Method by Which School Children May
Be of Great Service to
the Community

Public school children of Trenton,
N. j., are setting good example to
the country in their war on the tus-
sock moth. The American Forestry
association at Washington wants to
receive reports on what other cities
are doing in this regard and would
like to find the city with the best rec
ord in collections. In the Trenton
Times this account is found.
"Boys and girls of the public schools
Of the city are still continuing their
activities in the tussock moth cam
paign, and their last report shows
that during the month the boys and
girls have collected 1.2S4,809 cocoons.
Last year the pupils collected 100000
during the entire campaign, and their
total this year will far exceed that.
"a splendid record has been made
by the Mcclellan school pupils, who
head the list with 1,1S6,795 cocoons.
The other schools reported as follows
Centennial, 2,237; Cook, 1908; Ham,
ilton, 13,050; Hewitt 10000: Jeffer-
son, 1857; Mcclellan, 1,1S6, 1916; Nc.
Kinley, SOB; Parker, 953; Washing.
ton, 2,610; Columbus, 11,152; total
1,2S5,S09."
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-05-14
IN WORDS THAT APPEALED
POLITICALLY Expressed Offer of Needed
Assistance Touched Elderly Spin
steIs Romantic Heart.

After the personally conducted"
tour abroad band of English travel
ers were crossing the channel home.
1t was very rough, and most of the
ladies retired to the cabin. Only one
an elderly little spinster-stayed on
deck.
AS the vessel pitched and tossed,
and heavy showers of spray drenched
everything, fellow tourist came to
her.
Excuse me, Miss Black, but I
thought perhaps you feel the need Of
a strong arm to lean on-something to
support you, you know"
'Oh, Mr.. Binks!'' sighed the lady.
as she lurched toward him and landed
her head on his shoulder. "How
sweetly and romantica1ly you have ex-
pressed it,"
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-05-14

ments in Alaska, created in large part
with the view of preserving some very
fine examples of these curious relics
of bygone days.
Sitka National monument was ere
ated in 1910. 1t is about mile from
Sitka and contains 81 acres. 1t con-
tains Is totem poles, the highest Of
which rises 60 feet. These totem poles
are carved from red cedar and when
the paint wears off the unprotected
wood cracks badly. These totem
poles have recently been given two
coats of paint by the National park
service in six colors. Where the carv-
ingS were broken or decayed they were
replaced. This monument is a pie
turesque place and from it there is a
panoramic view of beauty and inter-
est as the scene of the massacre of
Russian fur hunters by Indians in the
early days when all this region was
owned by Russia.
Old Kansan National monument was
created in 1916. 1t contains SO acres
and within it's bounds are an aban-
doned Indian village, numerous re-
markable totem poles and other OBJ.
jects of historical interest.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-05-14
HE REMEMBERED THE LAW
Boy Scouts Explanation Somewhat
Disconcerting in That 1t I'm
piled So Much.

The boy SCOUTS were telling their
scoutmaster of some of the good turns
they had done during the last week.
He was having this done for the bene-
hit of one of the city school teachers
who was visiting the'meeting. One of
the little scouts said, 81 helped an old
lady across the street"
The next little scout looked at the
visiting teacher, who happened to be
his teacher, and who also was in the
early thirties. 81 brought my teacher
q pitcher of we'll water when she was
not feeling WELL" he told the scout
master.
The teacher smiled, "Why didn't you
say you helped another old lady?" she
asked.
The retort that came back staggered
her. The little scout said sweetly, "a
scout is courteous. "-Indianapo
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