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The Washington herald., 1920-10-11
US. TOPLUG UP
BIG GAS WASTE
Evaporation Amounting to
$50, 900, 900 a Year Will
Be Cut By Half.
BUREAU MAN EXPLAINS
Nation S Rapidly Vanishing
Supply to Receive Time
ly Conservation.
OBy UNIVERSAL Serytce.)

At a time when the American oil
supply is rapidly being exhausted
particular Importance is attached
to the discovery of a method by
which the United States Bureau OF
Mines announced yesterday consum-
ers in this country will be able to
save 3O0,00O,000 gallons of gasoline
now being wasted each year
through evaporation
This saving alone viii be sufh-
cient to keep 100000 automobiles
in service, alloting each one $50
gallons per year, according to j.
c. Lewis, petroleum technologist OF
the bureau.
Details of the discovery will be
communicated to oil operators in
the near future, Lewis said. The
Bureau of Mines, 1t was stated, re-
Gently investigated conditions in
the oil fields and was surprised to
learn that about 20 per cent of the
gasoline in crude oil went into the
air.
Evaporation Is Immense.
FROM In6 lAulS Inc OL4 a1E1NSS dI
the redneries the loss of gasoline
by evaporation is 60O,0OO,o0O gal
Ions every year. The bureau has
prevented.
The worst feature is the fact
that the gasoline wasted is the
most volatile, and consequently of
the best quality obtainable," said
7 fn11nWE that fha
vention of this loss would not only
terialIy, but would also increase the
general standard. The 100000, 900
gallons of gasoline lost is worth as
a national asset about sI5O,OO0, ,O0O."
The method of Transporting crude
petroleum to the refineries has re-
mained practically unchanged from
the time gasoline was a drug on
the market and when there was no
incentive for saving it, Lewis point
ed out.
Escapes Into Air.
From the time the oil reache,
the surface Of the ground it passes
| through a series OF tanks and pipe
lines to the refinery, sometimes
thousands of miles away. In the
course of its journey it is exposed
| to sun and air, and the gasoline,
being very volatile, escapes into
| the atmosphere.
Although it has been generally
| known that such losses occur" said
Lewis, no one up to the present
time has called attention to their
magnitude. Until recently no one
stopped to consider whether th'
methods devised for conditions
/ twenty or thirty years ago were
still satisfactory for today"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-11
Payne Again President
Of Federal Workers Union

B. W. Payne succeeds himself a.
president of Federal Employees
Union No. ., it was announced yes
terday as the result of the recent
election Of officers, the ballots of
which were turned in Friday.
Count will be resumed today and
The union will announce the COM
Dlete list Of new officers tonight.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-11
Doctors Recommend
Bon.0pto for the Eyes

Physicians and eye specialists pre-,
lcribe Bon-Opto as safe home remedy
n the treatment of eye troubles and II
Jtrengthen eyesight. Soldunder money
refund guarantee by all druggists
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
OLD CHANcERY INN FOR SALE
Famous London Building, Six Gen.
turtles Old, Will Be Offered
at Auction.

London.-After six centuries the
historic CliffOrd's inn, oldest Of the
nine inns of Chancery. is to be offered
for sale by auction.
The first authentic record Of Cliff
ford's dates back TO 1910. when 1t was
granted to Baron Clifford Oy Edward
II. 1t was first let to students of law
IN the reign of Edward III.
In the quaint old hall Sir Mathew
Hale and seventeen others sat after the
great fire Of London In 1860 to adjudI-
cate upon claims Of landlords and
tenants of burned houses. There are
preserved in the British museum forty
thick volumes recording their decisions.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
Dives of West
). Being Closed

cent Of half century ago, and a num-
Der Of plain seats and benches for
those not inclined to the expensive
semi-privacy of the boxes"
From near the theater section a pas
sage led to a space surrounded by sew
cral hundred small rooms. colloquIally
known as "the yard" where outcast
women lived.
Much Of the costly gambling para
phernalla that was used in this old es-
adjustment was saved when the build
Ing burned and was used later In the
new "Owl."
Ordered to Close.
September 4, when orders came
from Mexico City, where the new gov
ernment had frowned upon the gam
bling and other conditions along the
international border. to close the
place, a dramatic scene was enacted.
Manager Coburn read the order, look.
ed for a moment over the crowd of
hundreds. representative of nearly ev-
cry nationality. and summoned the
house police. he gave them hasty in
structions and they, starting ut the
rear of the main room and shouting
the word as they went. cleared the
place within a minute or two OF all
except the dealers, lookouts and other
employees. Many Chinese. not under.
standing the order, stampeded through
the doors to the street
The dealers quickly gathered up the
big piles of silver coins and the gam
bling pnraphernalia. Soon the arch
Of lights above the entrance. that
spelled out the name of the place
flickered out. The "Owl" was closed
According to the order from Provl
sional President de la Huerta, II neveI
Is to reopen.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21

It is easier to cultivate a girls
imagination than her voice.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
Road in Australia Crosses lnhcs-
pitable and Waterless
Stretch Of Country.
TOOK FIVE YEARS TO BUILD
Daring and Skill Of Engineers Con.
quers Most Desolate Waste In
\ World-Hsat and Insects Mako
Life Unbearable. =

Melbourne.-When the Prince Of
Wales decided to make his recent
journey from Perth to Adelaide BY
means of Australians first transconti.
mental railway, II was a compliment
TO the daring and skill Of the Austra-
Han engineers who conquered one of
the worlds most formidable deserts.
1t was the late Lord Kitchener who
suggested the line, pointing out that
Tor strategical and other reasons
western Australia should be linked
with the other states OF the common
wealth by an iron road.
But the great Victorian desert lay
between, a barren. inhospitable and
waterless stretch Of country. Not a
rivulet is to be found In the whole of
this vast region. II is. one dreary ex-
panse Of sand and limestone rock,
relieved here and there by salt-bush,
which even cattle refuse TO eat. Worse
still are the intense heat and the blood
sucking insects which abound.
Five Years Required.
The fact meant a five-year battle
against terrible odds. II was only COM
pleted just before the armlstlce.
The survey work alone occupied
two years, and cost 100000. the total
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
Resorts That Have BuIked Large
in Traditions Win Soon Be
Only a Memory.
FOWL" IS THE LATEST TO GO
New Government Of Mexico Frowns
on Gambling and Other Evil Con-
ditions Along the international
Boundary-Orders Cleanup.

Mexicali, Lower Californla.-One by
one the resorts whose names have
bulked large In the traditions OF the
West are meeting an end. Latest to
90 is the "Owl" at Mexicali, which Its
operators and officials of the Cantu
regime in Lower California freely ad-
mitted had paid large sums for per
mission to operate.
In the Owl we're to be found all the
attractions that went to make up the
typical dance hall Of frontier days.
The building itself was new, the "Old
Owl" having been destroyed by FIRE
last February, but the traditions of
the place were much the same and
those familiar with the older estab-
Iishment were at home in the new.
A Busy Place.
The old Owl was huge, barn-llke
structure. Gaming tables and some
pool and billiard tables, surrounded
by high seats for spectators. occupied
Its front spaces. Along one side rang
ed a lengthy bar, where In busy time
ten or q dozen bartenders we're no un-
usual sight. Further back was q
stage with Himsy scenery, curtalned
boxes" that we're strongly reminis-
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21

fat, and not q river or a noticeable hill
interviewed, little grading work was
necessary. It was simply a case of
making an even bed on which the
sleepers were quickly laid. Then
came the placing of the steel rails
across them by means Of track inyer,
and spiklng and boiling them.
Very trying, however, was the heat,
particularly during the summer
months. It was often impossible at
midday to touch the steel rails or
handle a shovel without fear Of bills
tering the fingers. The men had TO be
provided with rubber gloves to enable
them to handle their tools, and also to
save their finger nails from splitting,
and wear masks as protection against
the insects. Life was only made pos
sible by liberal daily supply Of Ice,
obtained from the refrigerating cars
attached to the construction trains
which followed them.
Discover Water.
At intervals OF so miles or so, water
tanks were built. the intention being to
uoC III COuuSNtiOh WIN ltC
working of the trains. They were TO
be supplied with water pumped from
the reservoirs at Kalgoorlle. But after
two and a half years work, during
which the track had progressed at the
rate Of about a mile day, the engi-
neers realized that II really efficient
service was TO be maintained the pro-
posed method of obtaining water
would have to be modified.
So they sent for boring plant, and
at point $50 miles from KalgoorIle
began boring for water. Everyone
shook their heads. declaring there was
no water In the whole OF that barren
land. But at a depth of 1900 feet
water was found.
This discovery of water not only re-
lleved the engineers OF considerable
anxiety and greatly lessened their
work, but II has changed the whole
aspect Of the country. Sheep now
Craze along the track. which a few
years ago was a barren waste. Elk
perts declare that the once formidable
desert will become great grains
country. carrying at least 8.OOOoOC
| sheep.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
HEALS RUNNING SORES

OF thanks for your wonderful Peterson'G
Ointment had a running sore on my
left leg for one year. began to use
now It is healed."-A. c. Gilbrath, 100
Reed st., Erie, Pa
For years / have been selling through
6 6T1IgEEisss,. 2 large bog Of PETERsoiM's
power in this ointment IL marvellous.
Eczema goes in a few days Old sores
heal up like magic; piles that other RENEE
dies do not seem to even relieve are
speedily conquered. Pimples and nasty
blackheads disappear in a week and the
distress OF cha6ng goes In a few minutes.
Mall orders nlled. Peterson Ointment Co..
Inc. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
Many Travellers Take Ships to Mar
settles or Venice to Escape Arou-
ments at the Frontiers.

Constantlnople.-Nin vises are re-
quired TO carry a traveller from Con.
stantinople to Paris on the Oriental
express, and the task is so great most
travellers take steamers to Marseilles
or Venice in preference to the jumbled
rail trip across the Balkans. which ne
cessitates endless controversies with
officials at various frontiers.
An American going TO Paris by rail
must start with the wise of the United
States consulate on his passport. then
go to the Swedish legation to get the
Bulgarian wise. The Serbian stamp is
next in order. II must be followed by
three Greek stamps
Then Vlses must be had of the Ital-
ian and the French military controls.
Many passports are not large enough
to carry all the stamps. An English
man who recently attempted to get
the collection on an old passport sx-
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
SEVERE ON TOURISTS

hausted all the blank space In four
calls. His embassy would not permit
him TO attach q blank sheet to his
passport. Consequently he had to
have a new one issued and started
over again on the round.
Since the Polish disaster. bolshevik
agitation has become so acute in Tur.
key that travellers are watched more
carefully than ever before by the al.
lied officials.
On a recent passenger ship from
Batum, q so-cnlled Russian colonel,
whose conversation with British on
cials showed a decided ignorance of
military affairs. was arrested. He had
FIVE passports In his trunks. with great
quantities Of soviet literature in many
languages. The bogus colonel was
sent to General wrangel In the
Crimea.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
orouehy Comment.

"That baby has its mothers nose"
"No. II hasn't. Her nose is at this
minute pokcd into my affairs"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21

expenses Of the undertaking amounting
to over f7,000000. Camels had to be
requIsitIoned to carry the surveyors
and their stores. The chief engineer
records how It was impossible to use
ink, as 1t instantly dried on the pen
and the leads dropped out of the shriv-
eled pencils. To secure relief from
the rays of the midday sun they had
to bury themselves In holes In the
sand, where they were attacked by
fierce insects.
The route having been decided on,
the steel rails were laid simultaneous
ly from each end across the desert.
AS the country was for the most part
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
heIonas % the "oId School"

Connersville. Ind.--A woman called
for jury service In a magistrates court
here refused TO serve. She said she
had dishes TO wash and homework to
do and II forced TO serve she would
not return q just verdict
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21
MsrrIes Friend Of Slain First Love

MarrIes Friend Of Slain First Love-
Louisville. Ky.-It has just been
learned that Capt. George A. Jordan
of the Seventy-seventh infantry, Camp
Taylor. was secretly welded to Miss
Rose Margaret HeverIn August II. He
met the girl at the bier of Miss Eliza
beth Griffith, the Louisville girl who
was found murdered Christmas eve.
Captain Jordan was to have married
Miss Griffin on New Years day.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21

FRECKLES s. ;:i;E ~: 2 { 3 Il: q!
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21

The rear sight OF new sporting
rife can be adjusted in the dark. as
every turn Of the thumb screw makeS
a clicking s0yNS
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21

Pretty women probably would not
marry homely men If they were not
asked.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1920-10-21

Most of the coal used In Argentin
is required for the railways and In
dustrial establishments.
The Washington times., 1920-05-19
SERVICE MEMS PAY BILL
IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
Increases of From 20 to 35 Per Cent
Are Retroactive to
Jan. /. 1920.

The nav bill. carrying increases OF
from 90 to 35 per cent for enlisted
men and officers OF the Army, Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard. and
for employees of the Geodetic Sur.
yey and Public Health Service, has
been signed by the President. 1t Is
retroactive to January 1. 1920. and
the Increases provided aggregate ap-
proximately 500. 100000 annually.
The money to care for the retro
active nay for the navy and marine
corps was Immediately available from
a fund now to the credit of the navy,
amounting to s20,00o.00 which had
not been touched. 1t Is estimated
this fund will be sufficient to give
this retroactive pay to all men In
cudod in the provisions OF the bill
from enlisted men to csptains-and
checks for the individual amounts are
beInr mailed to them today
The increases for the army and
Coast Guard go. up TO the rank OF
colonel The retroactive pay of
those services and employees OF the
Gcodctic Survey and Public Health
Service will be taken care OF In the
general deficiency bill which is to be
passed before Congress rccossns on
Juno 4 -
The Washington times., 1920-05-19

Thousands of women throughout the
country, Outraged and ready for ac-
ton" are waiting for the rallying
call, "On to Chicago" said Mrs. Be
nigna Green Kalb, of Houston. Tex
secretary of the Farm Women's Ma
tional Congress, one of the leaders In
the movement.
II shall walk to Chicago " neccs-
ssry," said Mrs. kslb, land thousands
of other women arc willing to do like
wise. We shall need no invitation to
go into the convention. We shall
walk in without permission and turn
II into a suffrage demonstration. II
will be protest army of women
voters, and II will express all the
pent-up Indignation of the millions Of
women. As a Repub-
lican ] am ashamed of my party. l
am outraged. How are Mary Garret
Hay and other suffragists with ofi-
cisl positions in the party going to
explain to the women? Either Miss
Hay Is loyal to the politicians or to
the women; she must repudiate either
one or the other: there are no two
ways about II. The women demand
her resignation as chairman OF the
The Washington times., 1920-05-19
S5 .000. 600 FUND Being RAISED TO BACK M'AD00
BRITISH PLAN RAID
ON U.S.. CREDIT,
SAYS SENATOR

MADISON, Wis, May 19.-Eng-
land plans a raid on American
credit to the extent OF at least
81 ,0OO. 900, 900. Senator Robert M.
La Toilette declared In the lead
ing editorial In his magazine,
published today. AS proof, the
Senator submits what he declares
to be the secret report OF Sit
George Paish, English financial
Ambassador TO the United States,
TO prove his assertions. In the re-
port Paish urges home rule Tor
ireland at once, "in order to quiet
Americans"
"Sir George Paish says that
without the good will OF the
American people Europe Is LOST,
declares Senator La FoHette IN
his editorial 1T Is the Pasn
plan to borrow of the United
States, using the American trade
balance and issue to Americans
League of nations bonds.
"If this bold buccaneering
scheme goes through, Gold help
.The plot is fairly plain. and
discloses just how the nnanciai
pirates OF America propose 10
turn over $1,000. .oOo. 900 of the
taxpayers money to England.
where, as Sir George naively says:
And here 1t would have to re-
main
But the scheme does not stop
there. Sir George Ia no piker in
finance. He plays In a world game
where the stakes are not counted
in millions. but in tens OF billions
Having enmeshed us in his credit
scheme through our financial trait
ors. Sir George Paish's passes on
to develop the game in it's widest
scope. No longer is he dealing
with two nations directly involv-
ed. but the whole world is to be
ensnared and fleeced by the Eng
lish empire.
with American loans England
has gone into the markets CT the
world and appropriated its raw
material and supplied her people
with cheaper necessities than our
people to have here in America"
The Washington times., 1920-05-19
WISH GERMAN
BONDS ON j. S.
French Would Repay Loans by
Transferring Teuton
Debt.
WILL CONSULT WASHINGTON
Acceptance Of Proposition by
Britain Depends on Ameri-
cas- Attitude.
WILL CONSULT WASHINGTON

PARIS, May 19.-The co-opera-
ton Of the United States is largely
counted upon by the allies, particu-
larly France, for success OF the
scheme of liquidation Of war debts
and reparations.
This scheme for capitalization"
( the German indemnity was drafted
by Premiers Lloyd George and Mil
lerand in Hythe, England, last
week.
Failure Unless u. s. Agrees.
The viewpoint of Freneh official
circles II that the German bend Issue
on which the whole plan rests must
largely be accepted by the United
states In payment OF French debts
or the system will fall. .Britain's SC
eeptance OF these bonds In payment
of the debt of France also depends
upon their acceptance by the United
SaateG
The principles OF the plan as
sketched by the French and British
premiers will be referred to Wash
ington. as we'll as to the allies, for
approval 1t is probable that each
government consulted will be asked
to suggest any improvements on the
plan in order to make 1t acceptable
all around.
1t was said yesterday in official
circles that there was plenty OF room
left for sugg gestions. since the Hythe
conference left the details to be work.
ed out by experts Even the total
amount OF reparation will be open to
modificat ton. 10000 100000 marks
being the maximum.
The French appear to accept freely
the idea OF linking the question OF
Germany's economic revival with the
question of reparation payments, SO
| long as such a course does not inter
| fere with the working OF a plan for
the settlement of the interallied
! debts In n way that will make POS
| sibIe American cooperation.
1t is held that the bond issue pro
posed at Hythe is the only practicable
way yet offered. and tie success Of
| that plan f. considered certain II II In
approved by Washington.
Premier Millerand, who returned
Sunday night from his conference
| with Premier Lloyd George at Hythe.
England, presided over yesterday s
meeting OF the cabinet and reported
to it regarding the conversations on
| financial questions affecting the Ger
man settlement in which the two
premiers engaged. He told the cabi-
net members that the technical OK
perts were continuing consultations
| on this question.
The Washington times., 1920-05-19
C|TESBR|T|SHFUND
T0F|GHT CARRANzA
Senate Witness Says England
Would Back Diaz With
S2,500,000.

Documents purporting to disclose
an agreement between the British
government and the Felix Diaz revo-
lutionary forces in Mexico, by which
Diaz was to receive $2,500.000 from
England to fight Carranza, were pre-
sented today before the Senate Mex
ican Affairs Committee by Charles
L. Jones, of New York, former secret
service agent.
Quoting a letter from Pedro De-
livalier. Diazs representative in New
York, to Disz, Jones read:
"I have told you before ] am taking
advantage of the German-Carranza
deal, and remembering your idea Of
the necessity of a good understanding
with England for the maintenance OF
peace and a strong government in
Mexico, / have endeavored anew to
approach the English interests. How
ever. they never really have come out
openly, due to the influence of Rabass
over them: but. anyhow, I obtained
through Colonel Robert, one OF the
secret agents of the British embassy,
who was present At our uieetiuS, al
understanding: and Mr.. Alfredo Cur
phey was authorized to draw up an
agreement.
"The final outcome was that the
British government will hand over
to me. as your representative,
through person or corporation
which 1t deems most fit, the funds
necessary to bring about the absolute
triumph of your movement; and as a
first installment they will give 5O0.-
900 pounds in the instance that the
said officer, Bartlett, will inform his
government you are standing back or
my declaration with a friendly un-
derstanding with the United states
and our friendship of the allies, and
especially for England"
The letter declared Ellis Ashmeade
Bartlett. OF the British army, and
General Blankhead were present at
the conferences.
Jones read a part OF the Mexican
revolutionary code which he declared
had code word, Meddler, to signify
President Wilson and Mr.. Chump Tor
the then Secretary of State Bryan.