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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
Rocking Island of
Tahiti Has Two
Earthquakes a Day
Natives, However, Do Not
Suffer Because Work Is
Interrupted, for Delicious
Meal Grows by Roadside

WASHINGTON, July 6.-Two earth
quakes day has been the average for
the last few months in Tahiti, news
paper dispatches state. This cooking
island is described by II. w. Smith in
a bulletin of the National Geographic
Society. as follows:
Tahiti, Of the Society Islands, is
one Of the most important Of the
French possessions in the Pacific with
steamship connection to San Francisco
and New Zealand
THE Society Islands are Of volcanic
origin, arising from the low bed of the
ocean, which has depths near the ISL
ands Of 1900 to 1000 fathams, while
the highest peak, in the center of the
Island of Tahiti. reached an altitude Of
1900 feet. On a clear morning the
view as the ship approaches the har-
Dor Of Papeete is most beautiful, show
ing deep valleys penetrating from the
coast to the mountain peaks Of the
interior.
Near Papeete the beautiful Fatauua
Valley may be visited in an afternoon.
For good part of the way carriage
road leads up the valley, Offering
changing vistas.
"Why, indeed. should the Tahtian
toll? There are great leaves of the
WIN 'oAV glowing Wy IHt IOdUSlue /,
the young leaves are delicious boiled
and the curious stranger will find many
other new delicacies of the table-the
alligator pear, the baked papya. the
Mantis crab, the raw fish. as good as
the best oyster, served with Tahitian
sauce. and on rare occasions a salad
made from the heart of the cocoanut
tree.
I'm Tahiti. as we'll as in most of the
South Sea Islands. great numbers of
cocoanuts are grown. and. after being
dried for copra, are shipped in large
quantities to Europe. We we're much
interested in the different methods Of
gathering the nuts in various islands.
In Tahiti the natives climb the trees
with the help Of q strip of green, fibrous
bark torn off the steam of hibiscus
tree. After knotting the two ends to-
gether. the climber slips his feet half
through the circle. and, standing with
his legs apart, so as to stretch the
thong tight. ascends the tree in a
series of leaps. with foot on each
side of the trunk.
"A practiced climber will thus mount
trees of very considerable height
with a CELEBRITY and ease which do not
suggest the long practice actually re
CURED. On maxine a trial myself. |
found it difficult to climb even so much
as a foot from the ground.
'In its fresh, green state the cocoa
nut provides a most refreshing drink,
but a it grows older the milk hardens
and forms the white inner rind with
which we are all familiar. This is the
celebrated copra and is is CONNER
cially put to many different uses. In
Tahiti it is used for sauces and for
cocoanut oil. Once sauce. which was
served with fish at very enjoyable
picnic. although compounded of scraped
nut and sea water, was palatable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
Millionaire Accused of
Plotting to Stay Wife

WASHINGTON, July Colchester A.
Snow, millionaire patent attorney, was
released on $4,000 bail to-day after
his arrest on warrant charging him
with conspiracy to @rir4c about the
death of his wife, Addic II. Snow
The complaint filed by Mrs. Snow,
who was granted limited divorce
about two years ago on a charge of
cruelty, alleged that Snow last January
entered into conspiracy with two UNI
identified persons to murder her.
Neither the complaint nor Mrs. Shows
attorney disclosed the method to be
used in the alleged conspiracy.
Mrs. Snow, in her divorce proceed
lnGs. was awarded the custody Of her
SIX -ycar-o old son, Dexter H. Snow. The
father was permitted to see the child
each Sunday. but recently he asked
the District OF Columbia Supreme Court
to modify the decree. that he might
sec the boy more frequently. The
court at present has the matter under
adViScmcnt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
Yes, the Postlnan
Has a asst Dating
Back to Romans
Post Marked Place i'm Road
Where Relay of Couriers
Was Effected, Naming
System Before Its Birth

WASHINGTON. July 6.-Did it ever
occur to You that your city letter
carrier your village postmaster, or
your rural route carrier has a past?
re is the agent by which the long
arm OF Uncle Sam taps your shoulder
one, two, maybe three times a day. vet
ne IS so unobtrusve that you probably
DO not know him half so well as the
policeman or the school teacher.
recently. however, he has been in
the public eye by the presentation Of
his need for increased pay. and in this
connection the National Geographic
Society calls attention to him as a
historic figure.
ihe history Of the postal service
and its employees extends to the DAVIS
of the Romans, when the earliest known
means of transmitting message was
by courier" says a bulletin from the
washington headquarters of that So
clety These admirable organizers,
the Romans, marked by post the
place in the road where the relay of
one runner by another was effected:
thus they named our system long be-
fore 1t was born.
Ihe first letter post seems to have
existed IN the Hansc towns in the
thirteenth century in order to facili-
tate relations between the merchants
OF the various members of the Hansea.
tic League.
"Postoffice System in Embryo"
THE British postotfce had it's BEGIN
ming in the sixteenth century and our
own colonial methods of handling mail
were inherited from our British fore
fathers. Long before the people had
any means of exchanging either per
sonal or official letters. the King had
established system for conveying hia
personal messages and official docu-
ments by royal messengers. In the
reign of King John this petulant mon
arch paid out a large sum for q postal
service and charged it to the house
hold and wardrobe accounts Mes
sengers who were thus intrusted with
matters of state had to be above sus-
picion. They went the whole distance
and we're paid according to the length
and danger Of their journeys
when Edward " found the Scots
were too hot upon his trail he decided
that he needed system of commune
cation between his own headquarters
and those of his fighting forces, so
he had horses placed at twenty mile
intervals on the road between England
and Scotland. That was our present
postofficc in embryo. Finally. in 1912
Sir Brian luke became the first
Postmaster General of Britain. and
personally took charge of all the royal
messengers
"Pcrsons' Of less Importance than
kings had to arrange to send their let
ters by their servants. messengers
merchants. or friends, but there is
evidence that by the close of the
fifteenth century regular couricrs
between few main points were
employed.
Duties ArduOus in 1903
an a Privy Council proclamation in
1903 the duties of mail carriers were
made extremely arduous. The post
man had to have two leather bags lined
with hayes of cotton for his letters
he had to foot a horn whenever he saw
any one approaching. or at least foui
times in every mile; he might not della y
more than fifteen minutes al any point
and he had to make at least seven miles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07

an nour IN summer and five in winter.
p1es'oes this he had to keep a record xof
'he name and address of the sender
and recipient Of each letter.
IN 1888 New England proposed to
the British sovereign that a postoffice
system be established in the colonies,
rs IL was so useful and absolutely nee
essary.' His majesty paid no attention
20 the plea, but Richard Fairbanks in
,ne same year set up an Office in Bos-
Ton TO receive letters from ships. He
undertook to deliver the letters received
ana charged penny for each letter.
re also received mail for outgoing
shlps, but no one was forced to send
mail through his office
W hat step it is from those DAYS
10 system that specially delivers our
eager and anxious words, carries our
parcels, registers our valuables. banks
our money or transmits it to pay our
bulls, and was the Paul Revere of our
drafts for service in the World War,
lllng Americans to Concords and
Bunker Hills on the fields of Flanders
To-day in many sections of our
country the farmer has his daily paper
just as the Wall Street banker has
his, and often he has superior ad-
vantage, in that the mail man who de-
livers it to him is his friend and NAV
add verbal bulletins on items of local
interest
Thrilling Days of Pony Express
thrilling story Of the devotion of
man men to their duties is that of the
fony Express, the first rapid transit
maii line across the 1866 miles of
prairle, desert, snow-caped mountain
peaks and alkali wastes between the
missouri River and the Pacific Coast
1t was lnauguratcd early in 1860 in
order that the West might be kent
more closely in touch with the North
IN view of the trouble brewing from
the slavery question: and, though it
mad an existence of only sixteen
months it made the East and West
only ten days apart at time of
crisis
The date Of starting was to be
March 90, 1860, and Forts Kearnev.
Camp Floyd. Carson City. the
Washoe silver mines, Placerville and
Sacramento were to be the points Of
delivery Of mail. In ST. Joseph, Mo.
eager and excited crowds gathered in
the streets to see the first courier. the
why twenty yearold Johnny Frey. as
he dashed away on his jet black steed
tor the first lap of the race of flesh.
blood and determination against the
desolate spaces of an unpeopled coun-
try.
"Thesc riders were clad in buckskin
shirts. ordinary trousers, high boots
and soft SLOUGH hats and were armed
with sheath knife, Colts revolver
and Spencer carbne. The best time
they made across the trackless waste
was in carrying Presidents Lincoln's
inaugural speech to San Franciso-
seven days and seventeen hours
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
lines Attacks
Japanese Stand
On Marine Bill
n.clares Ship Interests of
Orient Are Fomenting
Propaganda to Nullify
n s. Protective Measure
Cons the British Protest
canada and Japan Both
Have Similar Policies OH
Trade. Asserts Senator

RI, T-.oune's Washington Barcau
DISTINCTION. July 6.-Senator
r..l.v.1. Jones, Of Washington. chair
=. the Committee on Commerce.
a.v denied the right Of foreign ma
.,x to protest against American
..,;.ime laws designed to protect do
..stic interests.
q. declared the new merchant ma
80. act does not discriminate between
.,;,s Of other nations, but does seek
:. insure that only American ships
,..v carry merchandise moving be
,,..n points in the United States and
.r.-iean possessions. whether moving
5,.,tly or through foreign ports.
japanese shipping representatives, he
,s.red, are fomenting propaganda
,ninst the law He referred also to
Canada.
As the result Of the war TIE United
s.,tes came into possession OF mer-
..,r. feet Of more than 1000 ships,
r,t;ne more than $4,000 600, 900 of the
,1psyers' money Senator Jones said
q, vas incumben upon the Congress
:. establish a shipping policy protec-
NJ. Of the American national interest
The merchant marine act, 1920
~,,ks the return TO carrier policies
VEN vessels OF the United States car
red over 90 per cent Of our exports
.,i imports. When we abandoned
.s.se policies our relative Importance
n ocean carrying trades diminished
.,t.l Just before our entrance into the
r,r We carried IN our own vessels less
han per cent OF our exports and
IMPORTS.
This &C. is an American measure
Intended to aid American ships to sue
usstuly compete with foreign ships
i,r the privilege Of carrying at least
psrt Of the merchandise we buy from
!. sell to other nations.
The act does not discriminate as be
.r.en the vessels of foreign nations.
.nder its provisions they all receive
most favored nation treatment They
20 rot receive. nor are they entitled
v receive, national treatment such as
ss accord to ships OF the United States.
an this act Congress has amended
statute Of the United States dealing
With purely domestic problem. Great
srain has protested against such en-
sctmsnt. standing the Congress
,.s but restored landmarks of legls-
alton which were maintained by our
coyernment from our very beg inning
Town to the year 1918. when. at the
solicitation OF Canadian carrier. an
opinion contrary to the intent of the
s-t was rendered by the Attorney Cen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
Mrs. Cavanaugh
Is Found Guilty
OF Rent Theft
Former Member of Mayors
Protiteering Committee Is
Convicted of Grand Lar
ceny by Jury in 25 Minis.

Mrs. Alice J. Cavanaugh, former
member Of the Mayors Committee on
Rent Profiteering, who has been on
trjal before Judge Gibbs. in Bronx
County Court, charged with grand
larceny. was found guilty yesterday af-
ternoon. The case went to the jury
al ass o'clock. They returned with
their verdict at o'clock
The defendant, who is accused speci-
fically OF the theft of $2,197 in rent
moneys, heard the verdict quite calmly.
Her complacency astonished court of
fcials. At request of her counsel, Judge
Gibbs postponed sentence until to-mor-
row. She was remanded to the Bronx
County jail
In her final testimony, delivered yes
terday morning, Mrs. Cavanaugh spoke
OF the informal manner in which she
kept track of the money she handled
tor the tenants whose cases she was
looking out for.
Il kept no books" She said, but I
handled s357,oo which represented
eleven months collections During that
time | was assigned to adjust matters
between tenants and landlords
worked from $50 a. M, through to 2
o'clock the following morning. had
no time to keep books. kept memoir
anda. but it would take three weeks to
go over them and straighten matters
out
Mrs Cavanaugh said that she never
deposited the rents turned over to her,
but kept them in her pocketbook as a
general fund, with one exception. At
one time, she said, she kept $4,000 in
the safe Of . Bronx clergyman. She
refused to tell his name.
IN his charge to the Jury. Judge
Gibbs laid stress on the fact that the
jury had TO return definite answer
to the charge.
"She is either guilty OF grand
larceny or she is not guilty" he said
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
Wireless Telephone TO
Cross Atlantic Planned

ST. JOHNS. n. f, July 6 Estab-
hshment of wireless telephone COM
munication between Newfoundland
and Great Britain Will attempted in
order to keep the empire press confer
cnce aboard the steamer Victorian in
touch with Great Britain during the
voyage from Liverpool to Halifax
This will be tried by means Of "a sta
ton in Cornwall, England; a second at
Signal Hill. st. Johns. \. F., and a
third on the steamer
It Is hoped to have everything ready
for the test by the end Of this week or
early next week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
Some of US are still paying for our
fathers education" he declared.
Pay-as-You-GO Policy

Discussing bonding practices by the
cities of the state, he said:
For the last ten years or more
there has been marked improvement.
especially in the larger and second
class cities. In some more than 9TH
ers. Many of the cities have for some
years been dangerously close to the
debt limit. and each in its own way.
possibly with some exceptions, has
been trying to average down in the
direction Of pay as-yougot policy Of
financing This principle is necessary
to protect the taxpayers Of the future.
10 safeguard the credit Of the munic-
patty, and to save our children from
legacy of municipal bankruptcy"
Purchasing of all municipal supplies
III city by one central Office. so a.
ito eliminate waste and over drafts
obtain lower prices, reduce city eX-
penditures. eliminate graft, and save
taxpayers money was suggested b.
c. A. Bingham. OF WATERFOWL. He
told the conference that there -
abundant proof on record in our cities
where one department is paying from
33 to 100 per cent more for the same
make of goods than another depart
ment. and often even purchasing from
the same dealer"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
Farmers Need 200 Girls
Hudson Valley Fruit and Vege-
table Crops Must Be Saved


Twelve hundred girls are needed to
save the Hudson Valley fruit and
vegetable crops from total loss, accord
ing 10 an emergency call sent out yes
terday by the American Land Service,
of 57l Lexington Avenue Officials say
that only better class girls are want
ed. that the camps in which nearly
5000 workers are now established are
conducted under capable supervision.
and that the work. besides being a
patriotic duty. is an interesting and
healthy as well as d profitable way Of
passing the summer or part of it,
There also is a call for ten camp
cooks and It dozen supervisors. The
latter should be mature women of good
phys que, preferably with some expert
ence in handling large groups of girls.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07

Not once during this season have
we announced that we sell
Mohair Suits-and yet we've dis
oosed Of thousands of them
and no wonder
We sell EN- at SIS
A quality not to be equalled else
where at $40.
Alterations, if necessary, without
cost.
Plenty of Stouts Nolu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07

We still have goodly variety
of Extra Pants that are double
Extra Values We've grouped
them in two lots and claim for
them the best Pants Values this
season has offered.
A wonderful buy for
any man in need of a
pair Of extra pants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-07
Georgia House Endorses Cox

ATLANTA, July 6.-ResoIutions COM
mendng the Democratic National Con
venton for nominating Governor Cox
of Ohio for President and plcdgng hin,
active support in the November cleo
ton were unanimously adopted by the
House Of the Georgia Legislature to-
day
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-11-26
RIO GRANDE STOCK.
HOLDERS GET NOTHING
Continued from First Page)

CONTINUED from lFSt Iagcl
Was TO link Denver with II Paso. De
ycIopment Of mining enterprises in
the western part Of the state resulted
in a change in the direction Of the
roads Development. Extension of
branch lines westward into the mining
communities became a part Of the con
test between the Denver & Rio Grande
and the Santa Fc for the control Of
the Rocky Mountain territory.
The Jay Gould interests which con-
trolled the Missouri Pacific at the
time, caused the retirement of General
Palmer in 1888 and from that time
on until the rcccivcrship in 1918, this
road was the object Of financial cam
paigns by rival financial interests.
The domination Of the Gould inter
csts, it is charged by the stockholders
committee finally caused the downfall
Of the Denver & Rio Grande. The NJ.
T., then dominated by the Goulds, ran
from St. Louis to Pueblo. II needed
an outlet to the West, Control Of the
Denver q Rio Grande gave il that out
let as far as Salt Lake City. Then the
Goulds sought TO link their Salt Lake
City terminal with the Pacific coast.
II was out Of the question for the
iNlb htAtltlF 10 tNAs-ilh ikS
Salt Lake City to the Pacific coast. Its
outstanding bonds covered not only
the road already built, but any lines
which the company might build in the
future. So the financial powers con-
trolling the destinies Of the Denver &
Rio Grandc, decided that 1t would or
Vanize n new railroad company-the
Western Pacifie-and build new rail-
road from Salt Lake TO the coast
The company was organized with
the Denver & Rio Grandc holding the
stock A bond issue of $4,000, 900
was voted by the new corporation TO
build the Western Pacific road. But
capital demanded more substantial Sc
cui-ity than mere bonds Of an unbuilt
railroad. The Denver g. Rio Grande
then guaranteed the $4,000, 900 OF its
Western Pacific child.
When the child was forced to de-
fault on the bonds, the parent-the d.
& Il. G.-was held legally liable for
the debt. The parent could not pay
il. In 1918 the Equitable Trust Com
pany of New York, as trustees of the
bondholders, brought suit in the feder-
al court in New York and obtained n
judgment. On January 26, 1918 Ed
ward l.. Brown, president of the
road, and Alexander r. Baldwin, vice
president Of the Western Pacific, were
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-11-26
HYPHENATES AGAIN

Pueblo start Jg-ELa. .--
las lea5e HyPEaual.a are Ele0DeL-
.r- lg tE. propaganda heritage Of tho
b. lr EgTE-U4tH-. GragE E-AweTacal.
rlbIed L.oyi-G-org, telling him g.Eat
Ha ought 20 do for GnraCr. LTrhGaul-
sG-AUnri cane age demanding Am-uC4
cease a.-InE munitions of var 20 F0-
.and b1ralsa Poland must not b. en-
outraged TO continue fighting LItIhpan-
ans. Many Italian American news
plp-gs during the presidential cam
pa IN pTEls- instructions 10 their
Fn5.a.rs HDw 70 vUt. 20 that Italy might
b. ra.sngsd- Iush- Americans urge
that An. meas foreign policy b. sub
ord mated % the needs Of Ireland The
a-i could b. prolonged Indlfntely.
!. .s time for Uncle Sam 20 insist
upon undivided loyalty 20 himself.
The hyphcnates who try 10 Use this
country FOR alien purposes should re-
mcmDrT Ahat finally happened TO the
German -Ameucans- Jnhyphcnated
America Is patient with the foreign
born and with the unassimilatsd child
rcn Of the foreign born, but there j. a
limit 10 all things
America handled her war hypheu-
ates rclentlessly when they went too
FAR. The peace hyphsnates' turn Will
come next unlcFs they cease trying 20
use Jncl" Sam for the benefit Of their
oger5sas fatherlaui.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-11-26

Hzmal receiver ! month later II.
BALDWIN vas made sole receiver 70
comply @lth the regulations Of the
United SAT- railroad a1uinistra
during the war.
u st1ckh0.dcrs' committee last Mon
day failed to obtain . P0ztp0nemeu; Of
the sale.
Attorneys 'ygho have followed the
legal battle which Ierm5 mated IN the
order Of sale. declare the fate Of the
Denver 4 Rio Grandg il fixed and s..n-
not b. avoided. Il VIII not b. swal-
lowed b. IL child-the Western Pa
argue On the contrary.
both parent and child vlll pass into
the OWncTship and control Of the per
sons gho put up the money 70! the
support ana maintenance Of the
child on the guarantee Of the parent.
In other words. the money which built
the Western Pacific for the Denver &
Rio Grande is 20 become owner Of
both Western Pacific and Denver 4
BIO Grande.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-11-26
THE ANTI-sALooN LEAGUE

Tom Blackwell Ia North Fork Times
Tho alleged tn,i-sa.oon League Of
Colorado got U-f e pGb.uhsd alist Of
Pho. candidate or Office 10 the last
.arla.gn brand .ng every man who did
mo-, comply HI'h their request 20 vote
fnl an adequate Appropriation. as
-s. Ir. rabl. 20 the League. w notice
that a few of the thus branded were
a1.D elected This autlsaiouu league
must have great political influence.
The above may explain why the re-
port vas circulated that aome OF the
Temperance people were working
aga!ns, the Times editor election day
and during the campaign. We did no.
answer The questions asked by the
aHti-saloon league. for the reason that
the Temperance people Of Delta county
knew our position on the prohibition
question ard we did not prupO=s 20 be
cat"CHissd hy anyone outside Of the
county Furthermore, we expected 10
vUi" UH the Temperance question just
- I. y0t. on all others. a. We
th.Ea b. p. and no grafters need both
cr Us about il, And after fighting for
prohibition for the pa, y years, b;
make. u. lItt|e sore 20 have some
Urunr zap pull something OF on US
like the report that was circulated.
To make il worse, there were some who
f,ll for the buns.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-11-26
How Fish at.

When goldfish eats II takes an oy-
ster In Its mouth. cracks the shell. de-
-rsts the meat, and elects the she'll
Crabs crack the shells Of their smaller
ncighbors and suck out their meat
This accounts for the mounds Of shells
which are found beneath the waves
And. ms further illustrating the con
stHnt destruction going on In the
oceans depth, 1t Is said that II ship
sinks at sea II viii be eaten by the
hsh with the exception Of Its metal
portions