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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25
OF Valuable
Cocoanut Land For
Sale Are Erroneous

Papeete, Tahiti, (Society islands,,
April 1.-(Mail. )-Many recent ar
at the Tahiti and Marquesas
Islands from other countries were at
here by the n reports
that have gone abroad that great
tracts Of rich cocoanut lands can be
had at low prices and that only q
small amount of capital and patience
are necessary for one to COME into
possession OF property that will pay
good dividends Tor a lifetime.
Disappointment and h%ardships
have been met by the newcomers for
there is no truth in the reports they
received. In the first place. island
lands here arcsnot for sale. as the
native will sell everything else nc
owns before he parts from his lands.
He considers himself a trustee of his
acres, bound to pass the property un-
impaired on to his descendants. What
lands have passed from possession Of
for sale only at figures beyond their
value.
A second reason why the reports
arc untrue. is that it takes about
twelve years to bring a occanut tree
into profitable hearing. The plants.
tions require constant clearing and
care, work. which white me cannot
do and retain their health. Plantation
owners must depend upon native OF
Chinese labor and in these days it i,
hard to get help. for the natives, be.
ing land owners. have sufficient for
their own needs and the Chineze are
engaged in trade or attending to lhei,
own gardens. The idea Of importing
labor was proposed but later shan.
doned.
; At present Tahiti is very quiet. OF
account Of the absence Of any marke'
for the large stocks of pearl shell hello
market and the drop in prices of mer
chandise.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25

17S# ~ E NAeE%t % u }EstE Ets2A
county. therefors making = total esti-
mate Of 4l,<24;0oo for Oklahoma,s
"A proper description during the
winter in Oklahoma would appear
fictitious to persons who have not
seen some proof of the crows pres
ence in the state" the entomologist
declares. Persons who do not travel
over Oklahoma much. but have mo-
ticed hOrdes Of crows towering over
certain sections of the state, might
think that all of the crows in the
country were bivouacing in that par
ticular Mcality.
The most serious complaints rcla-
tvs to- crop damage indicate that In
dian corn. kafr, sorghum, maize. dar.
so. peanuts. pecans, mclAns and cot
ton are the products usually seriously
damaged by tho crows. They also in
jure terminating corn and oats.
Their damage to crops, purioinins
Of eggs and destruction of wild ami
NAL life is not only, tremendous, but
their habit, Of CARTON eating makes
them disseminators of livestock dis.
eases. This latter damage Is potential
in character and practically incom.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25
Once A Skipper On
Ship; Now He Seeks
Job Passing Coal

Mcdonald, aged "a. once a ru,er OF
nen-king of his dominion on til.
ship-icft the st. Louis county poor
farm last week, to look for . ion On
the lakes. lie is haunting the La..c
Carriers employment Office wai.;ns
Tor a chance to get on 'paseins coal"
Tho old skipper, who has followed
the wake of the waves for more than
30 years. found refuge at the poor
farm last winter when illness over
took him in the northern lumber
camps. where he sought work at the
close of the shipping season.
Mcdonald does not remember the
day when his parents bundled him
him to America from Scotland. His
father was also a skipper on an At
lantic ocan vessel. Mcdonald first
came to Duluth in 1856 when. ths
town was in its infancy.
The veteran skipper related the fol-
loving story of his sea life:
~ sailed on grain boats. fishing
snacks, everything I worked OF the
coast trade, made trips around the
! was mate. 1t wasA short time aft
er / Joined the American navy.
Il was at Saratoga and I ren1enl-
Der we'll a review We had at Washing
ton. 7 was playing a piccoIo in the
band and the President and Mrs. Gar
field were listening to ua. They
called to Captain Taylor and he called
to me. Mrs. Garfield asked me to
play for her and I played my favorite
piece, Blue Bells Of Scotland" She
sent me a piccolo and 1 kept it until
a month ago. It's gone now, just like
iseyerythjps else.
II left the nary and soon WAS made
a skipper. I sailed from Australia to
London with grain and back with
merchandise. l made % trips around
the world. L LOST only one ship. the
Isle Wara.' That was at Cape. Horn.
Our cargo of grain shifted on US. We
worked like slaves. but she was fin
ished. I was out in a little dory for
eleven days with six men before nc
were picked up. Maybe the rest of
the crew was picked up tool never
heard.
Storms? All kinds, but one soon
forgets them unless there was a spe-
cial incident, like when the Medusa
hit an iceberg in tho North Atlantic.
"My last trip was on the Arabian
only six years ago. ] was carrying
Mohammedans from Calcutta, India,
to Mecca. Persia. They were pill
srir1s on their way to kiss Moham-
NETS grave. They would dye their
whiskers red and go on their way
expecting to get a ride to heaven in a
W~heelharrow.
We'll, it was in the Bay OF Bengal
and we hit a monsoon. An awful
storm it was, lightning and thunder,
and the lightning struck ms. For
two years I was in hospitals at CAL
cutta and Sinia. 1t was the end. I
can't see to read any more
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25
Sim Feiners
Will Contest Election

Dublin. April lit is TO- general
ly believed that the Sim Fein will
nominate candidates and contest the
election Of members of the new a
lament for the south of. Ireland with
the intention of preventing its consti-
tuition by refusal of the Sim Feiners
elected to attend it's organization and
meetings.
It was the inclination OF the Sim
Fem to ignore the home rule act so
far as it applied to the south of Ire
land and to let the elections go by de-
fault. This course is now said to have
been abandoned because of fears that
if it were carried out, the opposition
parties might he enabled to organize
the proposed new governing body.
The elections are to be held In May
to ipauguratc the new parliament or
June IL. 1t had been expected that
the government would put a home
rule act into operation first in north
ern Ireland and wait a o conven-
lent opportunity before starting the
new system in the south: but the
British cabinet has decided to go
ahead with the whole plan:
The chief secretary has been Assur-
ed that the nationalist party win
name a sufficient number OF candi-
dates to insure q contest against the
Sim Feiners.
II the Sim Fetrers should b elect
"a, ! they fully expect TO b. and
should refuse to take the oath and At.
tend the sessions Of the new parlia-
ment, the act provides a method by
which the south Of Ireland shalt BE-
governed. The king in council is au-
thortzed under these conditions to
call upon the lord Lieutenant with the
aid Of q committee composed Of men,
hets Of the privy council and other
parsons nominated for that purpose,
to exercise the powers which Others
'wias would have been within the pre-
negatives Of parliament.
The existing system Of Irish gov
eminent appears therefore In any
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25

Armenian Christian population per-
ished from starvation during the war,
while in the whole of Syria not less
than Is per cent persisted from the
same cause. 1t is estimated that had
1t not been for the American air fur
nished through. the Near East Relife,
fully half of the present Armenian
population Of the Near, East would
have succumbed.
The ieldyo of operations of the, Near
East Relief, covers European Turkey
(Thrace), Anatolia, Armenia, Cilicia.
Kurdistaf,. Syria, Palestine. Mesor
potania, Persia and Transcaucasia.
While relief is given impartially to all
without distinction of race or
religion, the greater part Of the work
is declared to have been carried on
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25

among the Armenians. Greeks, Nes-
torians. Syrians and Assyrians, large
~ Christian, of whom 5sl,s70 were
Furnished food during a large part of
1890 while 900, 900 garments comprts-
ing 100000 pounds OF clothing and
shoes were distributed to refugees.
In regard to the work among the
children. Mr.. vickrey avs in the re-
port:
"a few millions of dollars wisely
expended at this time in the support.
education and moulding Of these
young lives will be worth vastly more
to the world than billions Of dollars
that otherwise may later be required
in suppressins warfare and strife.
This distinctivcly humanitarian relief
work as an expression Of brother
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25
POILU OF
FRANCE IS DEAD

Paris, April 25.-tcharles surugue.
the. oldest poilu of France" veteran
OF both the F'ranco-Prussian and the
world war. died today, aged 50 years.
SuruEue, who served as a volunteer
throughout the war of 1901. volun-
teered again in 1915 at the age Of q.
and was assigned to duty rs a sapper.
He Joined the army at Souchez and
was in constant service.
He was cited in order three times,
was made second lieutenant after the
Verdun campaign, was awarded the
Legion of Honor in 1917 and was
made an officer OF tire legion in 1919.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25
Steady Decline lin
Cost OF Living u
France Is Reported

Paris, April c5.-Steady declines ins
living costs In France r shown in
figures made public today ny the
French general statistical bureau. The
maximum price advance was reached
in September, 1920. Today's prices
represent a fall Of SO per cent from
the maximum for wholesale prices
and is per cent In retail prices.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25
LAUNCH
FURIOUS ATTACKS
AGAINST GREEKS

Athens. April 25.-Furious attacks
againht, Greek forces along the Mean
der river. In Western Anatolia. have
bean launched by the Turkish Nation
aliSts, but have been repulsed, says
N unodaciAl statement.
The GrsAks have 6een s~uceAssful.
farther north In holding their, post
tons akattstssIdsktsh AaAAnltA
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-25
ROBBERS GET $50.

Mankato. Mimi, April 25.-Thieves
gained entrance to the Cedar Rapids
Oil company's ofices at this city last
night. blew the safe and got away
with about fifty dollars. A finger
print. expert from st. Paul is or the
way TO Mankato.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13

Here's joyful news for every feshy per-
son who loves good thingS to eat. especially
those who are denying themselves the
things they like most because Of their de-
sire to keep down their weight or to re-
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Of fat at the rate of two to four pounds a
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- Simply use Marmola Prescription Tablets
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10 Marmola Company, 4612 Woodward Ave
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and postpaid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13

lions committee section on the navy
expenditures. led by Chairman Kelley
had an easy time IN breaking down
sESesitiea @ tAs EAxz feT reennee
expenditures.
While admitting that the navy
could be held together with this re-
duction In its enlisted men Secretary
Daniels has stated that IL would be
impossible 10 keep any except the
most recently built ships In commits
sion and that many OF the important
ships OF the fleet would have 70 be
laid up.
The navy appropriation bill was the
target for all kinds OF attacks from
many members. Congressman Blan-
ton sought at every opportunity 10
cut down appropriations made for
citizen employees and for the mechan.
les at the navy yards. He had read
a letter from a Philadelphia com
planning OF the useless number OF
female and other clerks at the League
Island Navy Yard. Philadelphia. His
efforts met with defeat
The big night on the bill will come
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13
j. s. PA|DB|G
SHIP PROFITS
Edward N. Hurley Admits Con-
tractors Drove Hard Bargain
In War Times. .

All contractors who built ships for
the Government during the war
drove hard bargains for high profits,
Edward ii. Hurley, Of Chicago. for
mer chairman of the Shipping Board,
testified before the Walsh investi-
eating committee yesterday.
PROFITS WE'RE LARGE.
Mr.. Hurley's admission was made in
response to question by Chairman
Walsh, who asked:
Did you see any effort on the part
OF the contractors TO hold up the
Government; did they say they would
not build ships II the price were not
raised? In other words, did they
drive for hard bs-galns?"
Certainly" replied the former
shipping Board head. who let most of
the contracts. "All of them were
driving for hard bargains. That was
natural. The contractors averaged
up TO any other group of business
men 1 have ever dealt with"
Mr.. Hurley said he thought some OF
the wood ships could be used sue
| NN'o'"'y w NooSt"lSt Out
| others should be junked. He was
heartily in favor" of charging on
as war loss the cost OF the junked
wood vessels and the difference be-
tween the construction cost and sale
price OF steel steamers. Nobody took
the wood ships seriously as a per-
mament program. he said.
NEED ADEQUATE FLEET
ANY nation that carries more than
| 80 per cent OF its own exports Is maxi
| ing a mistake" said the former Ship
ping Board chairman in discussing
the surplus OF ships now afioat. "ln
| her best year." he continued, Great
Britain carried only 81 per cent of
her own exports and 20 per cent OF
outside tonnage,
1--WE need a well-balanced feet, say
to carry 80 or IS per cent OF our
| exports and come back with imports.
II we should have enough ships to
carry IS per cent OF exports, they
would be coming back in ballast"
Mr.. Hurley did not think 1t neces-
sary to repeal all of the La Toilette
seamen's act to make successful COM
petition possible. Labor costs amount
to only 10 per cent of the total ex-
pense of operating a ship, he said.
His only strong objection was that
| ii permits seamen to leave one ship
when 1t reaches a port and sign on
another vessel This should be reme-
died at once. he urged. II am an OPP
timist with regard TO our merchant
MARINE" he said. Great Britain can't
produce ships today much cheaper
than we can"
Four or five years will be neces-
sary to bring the American merchant
marine up to efficient operation. Mr..
Hurley believes. The ships must be
gotten into private hands and opera
tors and crews trained. The first
thing to be done. he said, is to get the
prices down to a fair level.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13
BAKER CALLED
BEFORE HOUSE
Flood Asks Secretary to Tell
Why Records Denied to Al
legged BIackmailers.
BY Universal Service.

Charges that two agents Of a
House war investigating subcommit-
tee tried to obtain confidential War
Department information for pur-
poses of blackmail, or sale TO a news
paper if the blackmail failed. were
brought to light by a resolution in
troduced in the House yesterday by
Representative Flood, of Virginia,
a minority member of the 'subcom-
mittee.
WANTS BAKER TO EXPLAIN.
II calls on the Secretary OF War
to advise the House why he refused
to allow two men named Hill and
Lindsey 10 withSsaw or inspect GER
tain documents In the secret files
OF the War Department. This was
the only instance, Flood declares, In
which the War Department declined
to honor a request for an examina-
ton of it's records by agents or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13

members OF the invoatisstins com
mittev.
Congrsasman Johnson. Republican,
of South Dakota. chairman o. tNe
subcommittee, admitted Hin ana
Lindsey were employed by one Oh inc
investigators OF the subcommittee.
IL is understood that vouchers Tor
81. 400 TO pay for their services nave
been held up by the Commit'ee On
Accounts.
Floods charge was made a. an
executive session OF the whole war
committee last June
and now is a part of the ofnciai
record. He made the statement IN
refutation OF an assertion ny ma
jority members that the ATTITUDE OF
the War Department was uniaVora-
BILE to the inquiry.
WILL PRESS MATTER.
Flood says his resolution VIII De
privileged II the Military Affairs
Committee. to which IL was reierred'
fails 20 ac, upon II after seven day
and he will call IL up for passage IN
the House. IL Is understood bsher
will Immediately communicate ths
desired information.
"Mr. Hill and Mr.. Lindsey SAID
Flood, went TO the War Department
with letter. requesting that they
be given access to certain secret
records containing the settlement OF
certain contracts. Upon investigation
the War Department suthorities
found that the real purpose OF MT
Hill and Mr.. Lindsey was TO oofain
money from a newspaper Tor this IN
for ati IN the ayfIt tlsY WGTe
urable to obtain a large sum throus h
blackmail. The proper authorities In
the War Department very properly
refu led to honor the rc1neJt, and th'
Secretary of War wrote letter tt
tho chairman OF the select committee
la which he set forth reasons FOL
! such REFUSAL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13
MELLON SELLS SHARES
IN OLD OVERHOLT RYE

GREENSBURG, Pa, Feb. IA. S.
Mellon, who has been mentioned as
possibility for Secretary OF the
Treasury in President-elect Hard
ing's Cabinet, and who was assailed
by the Anti-Saloon League as a
wet" has sold his interest in the
A. Overholt & Company distillery at
Broad Ford, it was learned today.
The attack by the Anti-Saloon
League forces was launched early
last week. Yesterday Mellon is re-
ported to have sold his Overholt
stock to his brother. r. B. Mellon,
and the estate of the late Henry C.
Prick, each of the two purchasers
taking S24O,0 900 worth of stock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13
PARIS OPPOSES PLAN
OF SENATOR FRANCE

PARIS, Feb. I3.-"The gravest con
sequences are bound up In the pro-
possl OF Senator France at Washing
ton that the United States buy the
former German colonies for $1,000
100000" said the newspaper L'Homme
Libre today.
The press 10 devoting much space
to Senator Frances suggestion. Some
newspapers express the fear that II
the proposal 10 adopted, lit will i'm
medistely restore Germany and pre-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13
SMALL NAVY MEN
TRIUMPH IN HOUSE
Succeed In Reducing Personnel
by $4,000 In New Appro-
priation Bill.

Navy economists and the smaller
navy men" had their way with the
navy In the House late yesterday. and
after a short but vigorous contest
slashed the navy personnel from l43,-
900 the present maximum. TO 100000.
Congressman Britten, Hicks, oliver
and other members OF the general
Naval Affairs Committee protested
the action, but the House sppropria-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13

early next week when the sections
OF the bill providing for new con
structlOn are reached. The House
has xnci0stee des,re 20 kesp ms
BULLYING program down az much as
possible by rejecting an amendment
authorizing an aeroplane cruiser
carrier 10 cost an estimated t2s.-
900. 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13
Is No Larger Collection of
Spring Millinery at IS

Here you will find all the newest
ideas in straw and straw and ribbon
combinations, as well as smart models
in fancy braidS, beautifully flower
trimmed. There are other unique
touches of trimming which will surely
compel your attention.
All the colors in Joseph's coat are
represented, and many new ones that
have certainly been more recently in
troduced. You cannot help but find
one or more hats in this tremendous
collection that will look well with
your late winter and spring wardrobe.
second FIoor-Sansbursh a brother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13

pare her for a war OF revenge
..,batOT q raneo'h pn~posai Was
the form of resolution introduce
=, I'VE tS,eri-a senate ON Thursda'
It A. understood mat me sgonsor ..
,,,n.a Al A. a means OF assisting IN
financial rehabilitation OF Europe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13
The Materials:

Crisp Tafetas, Silk jersey Canton Crepe
Crepe de Chine, Charmeuse, Tricotine and Poiret
Twill-developed in new apron and tunic effects
basque styleS-embroidered braided, beribboned
tucked pleated-they are all here in delightful array
The colors-zinc gray, copen, beige taupe rein
deer sand, brown, navy and black Sizes for women
and misses
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-09-29

After new feel of the ole
Nezperce spirit and anothe'
"close up" contact with this com
mnnity's way Of doing things
Editor Under Of the Craigmon
Register is inspired to nicely re
mark about us as follows:
For reasons unknown to us, WI
were asked to go to Nezperce, IL
an effort to preach the urgent
necessity of increasing the contni
buttons to the County Fair. We
had misgivings as to how We
would be received, and approach
ed the job in fear and trembling
for we know something of, how
hard it is to raise money, even for
the preacher. We fully expected
to be asked why we were there,
and what business we had iii
bounding the peaceful citizens
that had never done anything t.
us. But nothing of the kind hap
pened; everywhere we were re-
ceived pleasantly, and with only
one exception every subscription
was doubled and this was in
creased. OF course it was owing
to the assistance Of Curtis j. Mil
Ter and Ray Reinhardt, who are a
pair of first water stock men and
carry an extra load of enthusiasm
that they have the happy faculty
of imparting to others. We could
not help reflecting what a great
exhorter Curtis would have made
If he had turned his attention
that way, and had lived in Mis-
souri, when we were there. Any
BODY that can, while talking white
face bull to Jim Wright, on Nick
Later, cause tears to flow like an
April shower is capable of great
things. And we met no one that
could face Ray Reinhardt for a
few minutes and not catch an ag-
gravated enthusiasm that caused
everybody to grab for their purse.
1t was better than we could have
hoped, and settles forever that
the business people of Nezperce
are. boosters with big B. Prob
ably the percentage of pikers in
our neighboring town has been re-
duced to the lowest known terms,
and he may be as extinct as Dodo,
at least we did not meet him.
We went along with the afore
gentlemen.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-09-29
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