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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-05

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from his post at Washington. and
then came on 20 this country, her
husband meeting her at the pier In
New York fortnight after the cere-
Aony was performed. The wedding
Was In Mexico City. with Senior
rellez' brother serving as proxy.
Sonora de Teller was formerly Sc
norita Dona Emilia Benoit.
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ever tasted II was to him an entirely new
gastronomic sensation and struck him very
favorably. He asked for more. The kindly
woman and the little boy were able to con
verse only by a sort of pantomime, but II
suf6ced, and on the trip she contrlouteo
many another inorsel to the subsistence OF
the two poor immigrants.
When they reached Chicago they found
there the uncle, and also an epidemic OF
cholera. Those were days when there was
no effective quarantine against diseases that
might be imported by ship, and domestic
health regulations were by no means what
they are at the present time.
The uncle's wife, his two children and
Knute contracted the dreaded malady, and
all died except the boy. When he was we'll
enough he got a job to deliver copies of a
newspaper, the Free Democrat, which in
later years was merged in the Tribune. The
paper was owned by Long John" Went
worth, a famous character and politician.
who owed his descriptive name to the fact
that he was over seven feet tall.
Chicago at that time was a metropolis of
nearly 10000 inhabitants Knute and his
mother lived there less than year and then
moved to Wisconsin, where the boy worked
on a farm and went to school. When the
Civil War broke out he enlisted in the Fourth
Wisconsin Regiment, and in June, 1868, he
was wounded and taken prisoner at Port
Hudson, La.
After the war he went 20 Minnesota,
studied law, served in the state Legislature,
and from 1872 to 1874 was county attorney
of Douglas county. Thereafter he was a
representative in Congress for six years.
served two terms as governor of Minnesota
and was sent to the United States Senate
in 1895.
Knute Nelson today is seventy seven
years old. He is rather short of stature,
clean -shaven except for a snow white chin
beard, with jolly manner and a twinkling
eye. Everybody likes him: they can't help
it. His one vice is chewing tobacco. He
farms and raises stock on $50 acres of land
near Alexandra, Mimi, and his only
daughter is married.
The United States Senate today is mostly
made up of comparatively young men,
There are those who mourn, saying that the
great deliberative body is no longer what 1t
vas in times gone by. But it's reputation
Tor dignity and sobriety is still upheld by a
group of elder statesmen, among whom are
no fewer than nine septuagenarians. The
three oldest of the nine-Nelson, Page and
Dillingham-were born, oddly enough, In
the same year, 1S43.
The senior of these three, and therefore
the oldest man in the Senate, is Carroll
Smalley Page, of Vermont. But for the fact
that they were born of entirely different
-arents, he and Dillingham; would be almost
The Washington herald., 1920-06-13
Weighs TinieSt
Thing Kn0Wn
By Robert H. MouIton

THE nearest physical approach to the
i algebraic minus quantity is an electron,
one of the constituent parts Of an atom.
II, for example, an atom could be magni-
fed to the size Of one Of the pyramids, an
electron under the same glass would be only
n dot. and a very small dot 1t would be.
According to Sir Oliver Lodge, who sue
ceeded in taking an atom apart, We may well
fear future wars II the terrible secret Of
how to utilize the energy contained in the
atoms falls into the hands Of an uncivilized
power. Not only human life, but the whole
planet could be destroyed, he asserts. Ra-
dunn ID merely the expulsion Of electrons
from highly charged" atoms. They are
discharged with sufficient force to carry
them at q velocity only a trife slower than
that of light. This power is dormant in each
atom.
Sir Oliver gives credit to Prof. Robert
A. Milliken, Of the University of Chicago,
for discovering the method Of studying The
action and nature Of the electron. Discov-
cry Of the electron itself in 1881 meant little
until the study of radium' gave the clue.
When Professor Milliken announced not
long ago that he had discovered a way to
isolate and accurately measure an electron.
the scientific world Immediately sat Up and
took notice.
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Copyright. 1890. by Public Ledger Co.

'arity Of Judgment and cool common sense.
ye is an immigration expert and is chieny
tesponsible for the adoption Of the iiteracy
est, which cequires that any adult alien
seking admission to this country shall De
able to, read or write at least one Language.
He has. one son, who Is married, and
-,randdaughter, Ruth Dillingham;, thirteen
years old.
On the twelfth day of May, in the present
year. Henry Cabot Lodge Joined the bunch
of septuagenarians in the Senate, the year
of his birth having been 1850.
Lodge was born in Boston, but his. home
Is Nahant. very aristocratic summer re-
sort is Nahant. 1t has been well described
as "a slice of cold roast Boston" No more
than that need be said.
The distinguished senator is a remarkable
man in more ways than one. Though born
with q gold tnot merely q vulgar silver)
spoon in his mouth, and inheriting q large
fortune ae GAS devoted mis- life to hard
work. Historian and annalist, he comes
pretty nea9 10 bein. the foremost American
statesman today. The Senate looks to him
as its man OF learning par excellence, and,
whenever question of history comes up for
discussion in that body, his fellow members
defer 10 mis- opinion.
Lodge is no fewer than nine LII. D.'s,
having received this honorable degree from
that number of colleges. He is president Of
the Massachusetts, Historical Society, and
among his numerous published works are
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lives" of George Washington. Alexander
Hamilton and Daniel Webster.
Graduated from Harvard in 1871, ne
studied at the Harvard Law School after
ward, and in 1875 obtained from Harvard
the degree of doctor of philosophy by his
:hesis on ''The Land Law of the Saxons.'
After serving two terms in the Massachu-
setts Legislature, ne was representative
in Congress for eight years, and thence was
elevated to the upper house in 1893.
ODGE does not call himself lawyer or a
Hpolitician. His profession, according to
ais own account, is literature. His hobby is
books. One of his works is Hero Tales of
American History" which he wrote in COL
liberation with Theodore Roosevelt. Up to
couple of years ago he rode horseback
good deal, but of late he has had no time for
hat kind Of exercise.
Roosevelt, soon after he went to Harvard,
net Lodge, and the two became fast friends,
heir close intimacy continuing up to the
lime of the younger mans death. When the
Rough Rider was President the senator fror
Massachusetts, was distinctly a power behind
the throne, his advice, when sought from the
White House, taving great influence. He
and Roosevelt decided many an important
question Of state while riding together in
the environs OF Washington.
Lodge, As might be expected, resides in
Washington on Massachusetts, avenue, vnere
his house, of brick and one of the finest in
the city, has double frontage. He is man
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BE had not money enough to take with him
his wife and son, and so he went alone, with
the idea of sending for them to join him as
soon as he could earn enough to pay their
passage across the ocean.
Unfortunately, cholera was raging in the
United States at the time that he arrived,
and soon after he landed he was stricken
sick with the disease and died.
This was a very sad safe Of affairs for
little Knute and his mother. But she was
q brave woman and made up her mind to
take her boy to America. With this end In
view, every penny possible was saved. He
was then only three years old, and three
pears elapsed before she was able q sart
Even then she could not have gtu1 Cs 1t
not been for the generous kin6ch$ 81
farmer neighbor who waA tm,s.tSnS with
bis own family and who lent neI st5.
That was a long while ago, ior Kpute was
born in February, 1S43, and h. was six years
old when he and his mother left Norway for
the land of liberty The English spelling Of
his name, by the way, is Canute-the Saxon
king who ordered the tides to recede.
Knute-the little boy who was destined
some day to be a senator of the United
states-and his mother arrived in New York
harbor on the Fourth of July, 1S49. The
,hip lay all that day in the harbor and at
night there was a big display of fireworks
on Manhattan Island. Knute and his
mother thought that the city was on fire,
but the captain explained to them that the
New Yorkers were celebrating ''the Ameri-
ran 18th of May"-the 18th of May is lib
erty day in Norway-the date on which that
country separated itself from Denmark and
declared its independence.
So the mother and boy found themselves
at last in America, all but penniless and
owing S45. But they had tickets to Chi
cszo, where lived an uncle who had promised
to look out for their safety.
A CCORDINGLY, they started for Chicago,
n the first part of the journey being on
hoard of a canal boat, which, with several
other canal boats, was towed up the Hudson
river BY a tug as far as Troy. Thence they
we're to proceed to Buffalo through the Erie
canal.
Two kinds Of canal boats navigated that
inland waterway, express and freight. The
EXPRESS canal boat was drawn by three
horses at a slow trot. But Knute and his
mother could not afford SO luxurious a con :
yeyance They travelled by q freight boat,
which was pulled by two horses at walk.
The captain Of the canal boat and his
wife lived in the stern Of the craft, and she
gave little Knute the first piece OF pie he
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the family, Braxton Bragg Conner. to be
United States senator, in the place of John
Hollis Bankhead. deceased.
Conner, however, had already been gov
elnor of Alabama. He is a cotton planter
and manufacturer and q millionaire. Born
in November, 1S4S, be is seventy two years
old. His home is in the town of Conner.
Hunting and fishing are his favorite
amusements.
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the battlefield at

of honor for gallantry on the battlefield at
zoe siege of Port Hudson.
In 1858 he left Massachusetts, for WSom-
ing, which at that time was part OF the
.erritory Of Dakota. Being penniless, he
worked his way through Iowa as foreman
Of section gang on the railroad then build
ing. Reaching Cheyenne, Wyo.. at length.
he got job in store kept by a man he
had known back East, and later he bought
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Chairman of the COM
mittee on naval AFFAIRS
70 very important Joo)'
ne is proud to be sena-
tor: but his chief pride
is in the fact that he Is
largest sealskip
dealer in the world.
What Page doesn't
know about leather
isn't worth knowing.
He sells not only calf
skins, but also sheep
skins, horseskins, goat
skins and even dogskins.
He grinds bones for
fertilizer. manufactures
tallow and deals in
poultry foods.
A really wonderful
business man is Senator
Page. He founded and
built up in Hyde Park
VT, where he has his
home the largest and
most prosperous bank
that can be found in
any rillooa In tho xyorld
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any village in the world,
When it is stated that Hyde Park has e.
inhabitants and that lhe banks assets are
$3.50, 900, it will be seen that the above re-
mark is amply justified.
Page was born in Uestfeld, Vt, January
10, 1S43. He was N the state Legislature
for several Terms, was governor from 1881
to 1892 and vas appointed to the Senate IN
1908, taking the seat vacated by the death
of Redfeld Proctor. There he still remains.
special legislative interest Of his Is
federal aid 70 yocationai education; but his
nobby, as we'll as his business, is leather.
WILLIAM PAUL DILLINGHAM;, OF
w Montpelier, was born in Waterbury,
Conn, December IL, 1913, and is, therefore,
about eleven months the junior of his calf
skin colleague. Unlike Page, ne IS a poor
nan. even pointing with pride 10 the fact
that after twenty years in the Senate he has
less money than when ne first 'ecame
member Of that august body.
Nevertheless, he is president of a bank
He knows how to take care of other people s
money. A Methodist by persuasion, he is
prominent in the councils Of the church. He
is particularly fond Of womens society, and
the women like him. Now and then he goes
to a baseball game. Often he plays solitaire
while he thinks or talks.
Senator Dillingham; is by profession a
lawyer. Ye was states attorney for Wash
ington county (vt.) for two terms, served
III the Legislature, was governor from 1883
to 1890, and in 1900 was elected TO the
Senate seat mae acant by the death OF
Justin s. Morrill,.
Dillingham; has a ligh reputation Tor
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ONCE upon Q time there was q little boy
" named Knute Nelson, who dwelt in
village in Norway. His parents were very
Poor and the bit of land from which they
sought to gain q subsistence was rocky
and barren.
ambitious withal, and letters written by
neishbors who had gone to America and
prospered there convinced him that he like
wise could better himself by emigrating.
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wins. Both IRE IRON Vermont
nd each has been governor of that
'l;e.
rage looks rather ike James g.
- s.e. Pis beard and mustache
ae white and his forehead is ex-
'enred somewhat toward the back
,. ais head by reason of badness.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23
RARE DOUBLES TO MONARcHS
Resemblance, Fancied and Real, Have
Given Rise to Some Highly
Imaginative Stories.

Most monarchs possess at least one
double. but so far the double of the
present shah of Persia has not been
discovered. His grandfather. Nasr-ed-
Din. had famous double in the person
of Edmund Yates The resemblance
between these two was so striking that
Yates photographs were sold in Brus-
sells as the shah's when Nasr-ed-Din
visited that city. However, he never
suffered through the possession of a
double as another monarch did, IL we
may credit a theory of Andrew Lang's.
According to that ingenious historian,
Queen Elizabeth and Darnley were
doubles. The second husband of Mary
Queen of Scots was not, as Is generally
supposed, blown up In the explosion Of
Kirk o. Field, but escaped into Eng
land. He then somehow got Elizabeth
at his mercy and ultimately secured
her throne. posing as the queen to the
end of his days. Thanks to the amaz-
ing resemblance between the two, the
imposture was not discovered until
after Darnley's death. = Manchester
Guardian.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23
Lines Of Gowns Straight instead
Of Pulled Out, According
to EdiCt.
TAFFETA GROWING IN FAVOR
Popularity Of Fabric Indicates That II
Will Be Favorite for Spring Wear;
Guaranteed to Give Rea-
sonabIe Service.

The latest fashion In Paris-to
which the eyes OF persons interested
In dress persist in turning in spite Of
what America now has to offer OF
Its own--include many useful hints to
the woman who has still to think OF
winter clothes, states leading fash
ion correspondent. In the first place,
Paris fashions are apt to indicate what
our fashions will be season or two
hence, and, In these days of the high
cost of everything, II one must buy
a frock now, It is only good sense to
see that It is the sort of thing that
Is to be instead of what has been or
is ceasing to be.
One important assertion. from a
Paris fashion authority is hat the
lines Of the gowns that the Parislans
have accepted for the winter are
straight instead of being puffed out In
places. The further the season ad
vances, she states, the more evident
II becomes that the paDnier silhouette
is not so popular, at least in Paris, as
1t was expected it might be. For an
astonishing number of seasons that
have trailed into years the straight
silhouette has been the thing in Paris,
and it looks as though the French
woman Is determined to hang on to
a mode which so well becomes her.
Keeping Clear of Extremes.
The Partisan, too in her dressing is
keeping clear of any extremes in fash
ion. She has always done this more
or less. and she is still holding to
the rule that her style once discovered
must be chung to rather than changed
merely for changes sake. The straight
silhouette seems to suit the majority
of them. They all love 1t and keep
on wearing it. We in this country
are taking up the style more and more
as time goes on. Within its llmita-
tions there are many variations posi-
BILE. An infinite variety of the gowns
can be designed without depending
upon the idea of straightness.
Sleeves In Paris are still short-very
ton to halfway measures. If they
are not very short, they are long anC
tight and reach over the hands, fitting
snugly oil the way down. Skirts, too
are as short as they were at the fal
openings, which means not almost knee
length, as they were in the summer, bu
a good IL or II inches from the grount
to hem.
Coats are medium length and are
trimmed sparingly with fur. Some
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23
Reasonable Deduction.

"Jurd Loop is norating around that
as he was going home from the store
luther night he was attacked by pas
sci of screech OWLS" related a citizen
of the Fiddle Creek, Ark, neighbour
hood. "He says he beat off the first
batch with q club, but they whooped
and bellered till lot more, forty or so,
popped out of the darkness and tore
into him. He lows they'd have ripped
and clawed him to death If he hadn't
slid into n holler log"
Just as I've said dozen times"
cried the acquaintance to whom the
episode was told, that there cuss
knows whur bone-dry still Is at!"-
Kansas City Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect It
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
these conditions. The mild and healing
influence of DR.. Kilmer's SWAMI. Root 10
soon realized. 1t, stands the highest for
its remarkable record Of success.
An examining physician for one Of tho
prominent Life Insurance Companies, in
an interview on the subject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
30 many applicants for insurance are re-
jected 10 because kidney trouble is 90
common to the American people, and the
large majority Of those whose applica.
tions are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease. 1t is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes,
medium and large.
However. If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamtop, N. Y. for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23
PARIS CLINGS TO
MODE THAT SUITS

guaranteed. too. to wear reasonably
well, so that the purchase of them
does not mean the taking Of any very
desperate chances.
One of the very latest Of taffeta mod.
els is from Madeleine ct Madeleine. a
house which is the recent rage Of
Paris The color Is black and the
stripes across the front are little tucks
run in by fine hand stitches. Then
there is plated frill Of the taffeta
about the neck. tied with 2 ribbon
woven In bright green and gold threads.
The overskirt, low in front and high
at back, Is edged with deep fringe
of monkey fur. The sleeves in this
model are short and pulled.
The Partisan Waist Line.
The. basque on this frock is one OF
the new DEGREES of Paris. 1t does
not reach as low line as basQues
of the past few months have done.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23
BREAKS YOUR COLD IN
JUST A FEW HOURS
sPape's Cold Compound" instantly re-
iieves stuffiness and
distress

Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffling! A dose Of ''Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours I'M
til three doses are taken usually breaks
up a severe cold and ends all grippe
misery.
The very first dose opens your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pass
ages Of the head; stops nose running;
relieves the headache, dizziness, fever
ishness, sneezing, soreness and stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only a few cents at drug stores. 1t
acts without assistance, tastes nice,
contains no quinine-Insist upon
Pape's ADV.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23
RHEUMATISM
Mustarine Subdues the Inflamma.-
tion and Eases the Soreness
Quicker Than Anything
Else on Earth.

Begy's Mustarine, which Is the original
mustard plaster and Is made of strong.
real, yellow mustard-no substitutes are
used.
It's known as the quickest pain killer
on earth, for. In hundreds Of instancee
II stops headache, neuralgia. toothache,
earache and backache in minutes.
ter for bronchitis, pleurisy. iumbago,.
and to draw the inflammation from,
your sore feet there is nothing so good.
You get real action with Mustarine-it
goes after the pain and kills IL right on,
the reel. Yes, Il burns, but II won't bls-
ter-it doesn't give agonizing pain a slap
on the wrist. 1t does give II a good healthy
punch In the jaw-it kills pain. Ask for
and get Mustarine always in the yellow
box.
s. c. Wells & Co. lie Roy. n Y
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23

times the fur is used to give slightly
exaggerated hip line as It finishes the
lower edge Of coat. Then again II
is employed only for tiny collar At
ting the neck snugy.
Trimming In Moderation.
The trimmings on the Partisan mid
winter frocks are gorgeous and beau
tIful. but rather sparIngly used. Little
strips of gilded trimming edge necks
and sleeves in clever fashion. and
sometimes these edges are repeated on
pocket flaps on on the edges OF long
slit pockets. Fringe - almost extinct,
but there are bits of II seen on the
ends Of tapping panels or to trim the
abbreviated evening skirt Of an other
wise tightly hitting gown. Embroidery
is more fashionable than ever, though
when the French do It they lean, espe-
cially just now, to rather fnconspicu-
GUS strips rather than to large and
heavy banding. NJ
Taffeta IL fast growing in favor,
and every day from the couturfera
come new models made Of this mate.
rial. This would seem to Indicate
the popularity Of tsffcta for spring
wear m oar own country. TaiRetaa
nov are soft and p,iAbls, and thsy sss
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23
Powerful French, Wireless station.

France will shortly possess the most
powerful wireless station in the world.
1t is at Croix d'Hines, near Bordeaux.
and has four masts, each to carry
aerials. These masts measure 275 me-
tiers in height Zone meter equals about
40 inches), that is to say. % meters
less than the Eiffel Tower, in Paris.
The new station will be able to com
municate direct by wireless with WASH
ington to the west and with China to
the east.-"Flaneur," in Indianapolis
Star.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-01-23
A SYMBOL.

W. 3. Trites. novelist, who Is tall
and lean, said ut dinner in Phila-
delphia:
Bernard Shaw is rich man now,
but there was once time when he
was very poor. ] met him during that
time, and / ventured to say to him :
"'How excessively tall and lean you
arev
"'All artists he answered, are ex-
cessively tall and lean--a symbol Of
lofty aims and narrow MEANS"