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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-07-06
CHAPTER a.


E~as re in the afternoon. the day
s-E Erl @ chilly wind blowing OF
ta rsae. when / reached jersey City.
~ inst policeman encountered gave
Or 4 laea-slry directions. 50 that /
a-l tuu "a street car within a
s 90 Ig destination. A saloon on
-a Urusr corner Ut the block fur
-sa. .e tLe necessary ciew. aud,
-s- .r as "a marker. / succeeded In
r 0.es until satisfied I had thus
safely .aHr.I ->TG.H Ir was an abau-
@ factory. built az brick. two sto-
Ee .-a. evidently extending over con-
-rHElI no the rear. but with
.r-.-e uul Go exceed forty feet
4.. ."#.r windows were boarded up.
---.r 1t those fn the second story
sl and fEe main entrance. large
sa .T- the passage % a motor
-a was tightly secured BY an inn
-.>e .r.l bar. A smaller door 90 the
f--s alone offered any possibility OF
-e although L. was tightly
E
-a a1 outward appearances the
f-Es I'D heen unoccupied for months.
-- perhaps years. From the sidewalk
2 vas impossible % gain any glimpse
a only one discovery served 10
e-E-1s me that might be on the
-. rraeE-tl.ag I had not been en-
-..E Deceived 4 small sign. 50 COW
H.- H..a dust and dirt as 90 be almost
1.H.e. was nailed over the smaller
% lr the growing dusk I was
t7 study ID inteutiy % declpher
cords hgt finally made them out
ar rv letter.
OFFICE ALvA MALLEABLE IRON
COMPANY
e VAS a strange coIncident. n
- more. Tor Gustave AIva had
enc ut the names signed on the
- -.stEr. Beyond doubt this old,
- iron foundry was his prop
~ -Hf what better spot could be
~ .l which 90 meet and concoct
u crimeI What a place TO
-e aurs Tor shipment Whatever
@ z may have felt regarding my
e vanished In the presence Of
- -e-s-al name. This was unQues-
E the place named In the letter
y r.l-eEvUuss here was where the
lt " that letter was 70 80 and
a Instructions; where he was TO
me Mysterious raps. and the coun-
-- -Cervantes." IN order 20 gain
ie-ce. The knowledge that I
-#--aliy upon the threshold OF
discovery brought with II a de-
-.lI not 20 lose the advantage.
=. 1lt ccsld I DOT What further
night be safely taken aloneg
NE l.sht was dark. a slight drizzle
cir no one abroad except from
"saGy. No sign Of life Was visible
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-07-06
O TIE O.
AMERICAN
LEGION
GOLF OUTFIT FOR PRESIDENT
Mayor Bailey Of Denver, Commander
Of Legion Post, One Of the First
Contributors.

Presidential golf paraphernaiia
enought to last the four-year term
was received by President Harding
when Miss Pauline Trumbo entered
the White House bearing golf sticks
and bag and golf balls from many
parts OF the country. The sticks and
bag, chosen by "Chick" Evans, open
golf champion. are the gift of the
Fort Morgan (Colo) post of the Ameri-
can Legion to the nations chief ex-
ecutive.
Miss TrumbO visited twelve states
In the course of the journey from
the Colorado city TO the national cap
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you're charlett, Amt YOU"
no BE coNTINUED)
To Remove Grit From Eye.

Small foreign bodies which are not
imbedded in the eyeball may often be
removed by going into a dark room'
looking up toward the lighting fixture
then turning the light on quickly,
writes n correspondent. II the light
Is strong enough. IL viii cause vlo-
lent reaction which win cause the
particle TO be washed to the corner OF
the eye. IL is then easily removed
by means OF a clean handkerchief.
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his sergeant char
acterized ely d e
ii. DoOllttle. twen-
{ y-six-y e no I d
American Legion
m @ m b er. tn e
youngest lawmak-
er I'm tie Iowa
state legislature.
Mr.. ID Olittle
was a law student
at Iowa univer-
sity when war
.
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Itol. In every city aud state visited
the mayor or governor contributed
an engraved golf ball for President
Harding.
The collection Of golf balls started
In Denver with gutta percha pills"
from Governor Shoup of Colorado,
Mayor Bailey of Denver, the com
mander OF the Legion post and a
Denver newspaper.
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prov.rb Analyzed.

A proverb hopes nothing. fears moth
ing that the eyes do not see, the ears
do not hear. II Is the doubling Thorn
as OF life, OF literature. "A man OF
the world Is" as Mr.. Balfour once
neatly epitomized hin. zone VINO does
not believe anything good OF tie
world" Wen, so is a proverb.--v. h
Friedlaender, In Country Life
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Not So Funny, Then.

When you smoke a cigar you are
smoking more labor than tobacco. II
seems a funny thing 10 think Of-ex-
cept I'm some cases. when you perform
most OF the labor yOurself.-BOstOn
Transcript.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-07-06

Miss Carey's total of votes was 49,
254 which was 5000 more than her
nearest rival. a well-knOwn movie ae-
tress. got. When Miss Carey returned
from France, after serving IA months
In the A. +. F.. she was elected COM
mander Of Sig-Yeo post Of the Amer
lean Legion. composed Of former Sig
nal corps girls and yeomanettes
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A4 sENoRrTAI"

9Th "a New YORK feweiry
~ severn. United states
rH- rerE notices a small box
.a attracts him. he purchases
rrsr- Is discovers ln a secret
writing giving a
.-.- Ia. 4. evolutionary movement
=. ...a country rsteusitly seeking
y. --s-sr-rw a. the Chilean gov
49,. faf evidently International
= --esa~ and On any event
ere welfare % the Unit
- -.He TIE wr.rer mentor a
-.-Hr.Ha ana severn. tempo- lay
ERE. determines 20 invesu-
go CT his rwu account
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lean Legion, but
when II comes 10
a showdown they
vote for their ex-
service comrades.
This was demon
strated when Miss
Helen Hunt Carey,
a former signal
corps girl, was
voted the most
popular girl in
Chicago at the
LegiOnnaire club
show.
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Inc TO Be Remembered.

Write il on your heart that every
day is the best day in the year. No
man has ever learned anything right
" until he knows that every day is
DoOmsday.-R. W. Emerson.
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enroll in the ex-service mems Organiza-
ton. Legion men are operating the
big steam shovel in the photograph.
OF a membership OF sixty-six in
Mulberry post. fifty are now union
labor men. Forty-six are members Of
the United Mine Workers Of America.
The post also includes six merchants,
three farmers, three clerks. two doc
tors and two school teachers.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-07-06

commander of the
Virginia depart
ment OF the Amer
lean Legion. rose
20 the rank OF
major during the
World war.
Mr.. RartOn was
born In Winches-
ter. Va. and re-
ceived his educa-
ton at Shenan-
dOah VALLEY Acad-
envy and the Uni
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1921-07-06

James Flanagan,
eighty four years
old and actually
the last surviving
scout Of General
Clusters Seventh
valry massa-
cred on the Little
Big Horn, was
laid to rest by
the American Le-
gion in AIandan,
n. D., in one of
the most unique
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Baby Bonds

All issues. $1,000 TO $4,000 and
$1,000 Participating Certificates; also
foreign currency and bonds. DeScrip-
tive circular on request. Edgar Kir-
wan. 90 So. Gay St. Baltimore. Md
Advertisement.
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Ffty-FiftY.

He-You women can't keep a Sc
cret.
She-NOt any more than the mer
who tell them TO US.
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POPULAR SIGNAL CORPS GIRL
Helen Hunt Carey Carries of Honors
at Chicago With Actress as
Opponent.

Motion picture actresses are allur-
ing 10 Chicago members Of the Amer
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LEGION MAN is LAWMAKER
Iowa Ex-Serviee Boys Are Proud Of
Their Most Youthful Member
of Legislature.

"a fightin' little devil and a captain
I'd 90 plumb 10 hell for" is the way
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LEGION MEN BURY PATRIOT
@sargint" James Flanagan, Last OF
Custer Scouts. Laid TO Rest in
North Dakota.

Indian fighter. veteran Of the Civil
var and ardent patriot, "Sargint'
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VIRGINIA LEGION MAN WINS
From Second Lieutenant TO Major,
Was Climb Made by Depart
ment Commander.

Entering the military service as a
second llentenant. Robert Il. Barton.
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CHAOS IN THE NEAR EAST

TNHE prospect of a new siege of Constan-
l. tinope by the Turks-the first since
1453--is suggested by reports of the tension
snapped almost TO the breaking point. If not
beyond, in the Near East. British warships
are speeding to the Bosporus. The rumor
of an invasion by the Ottoman Nati"nalsts
of the neutral zone established by the Treaty
of Scvres is in part responsible for these
warltke preparations.
Other causes however, arc operative, and
it ia by their very complcSity that the Turks
as usual are protiting. In the unending
Near Eastern imbroglio there is ever one
cardinal, conspicuous and Ineligible fac
tor-thc Ottoman determination to play
both ends against the middle and to cling to
the remnants Of their former vast empire
as long as possible.
with ominous regularity events seem to
consprc to their advantage. The Turkish
NgHonalists are favored at present by the
plight Of the Greeks burdencd by n costly
war in which their gains have been mediocre,
by the icalousics and rivalrios within the
Entente and by the insecure standing Of the
Treaty of Sevrcs, many of the provisions of
which have never been executed.
That pact marks only paper peace.
There is still war in the Near East with
serious possibilities of its expansion to the
very gates Of Coustantinoplc unless disor-
repaired
France and Italy have obviously viewed
with extreme disfavor the tightening of
British authority in Constantnople, That
prize. which was originally to have been
awarded to Imperial Russia, has been sub
iectcd to a confused and trouble breeding
administration, which the Turks have been
quick to capitalize. TO add to the confu-
sion. Constnntin" of Greece, inflated with
BYZANTINE ambitions in inverse ratio to his
abilities, fantastically cOntemplates the re-
yiyal of the Greek Empire in the East.
The British judging by the comments
of the London press, are convinced that II
they had held the lines sufficiently taut in
the beginning of the occupation the present
crisis would never have arisen. A naval
demonstration may forestall direct attempts
Of the Turks to regain their former capital.
The Kemalists, operating from the interior
Of Asia Minor, possess fleet.
But q Gordon of British hatteships in the
Posporus and Golden Horn can be but n
temporary expedient without effect upon the
dangerously intricate fundamentals of the
situation.
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ABOVE PARTY

tt Is generally conceded that the clash of
l. political parties in the United States
generates the force which moves the wheels
of government. The reluctance of the first
President TO admit this was doubtless largely
responsible for the anguish which all but
overwhelmed him In the executive Office.
His successors were not similarly trou-
blcd. Partisanship is today in good standing.
For all its practical merits, however, the
prevalent code will not always stand the
test of the higher ethics and the broadest
public spirit. An unimpcachably sincere
infraCtion of the conventional principles is
calculated to thrill even the NEST hardened
partisan and to impart n vision of rcspOn-
sibilities finely realized that is as tonic and
refreshing as it Is rare
Such was the case when William II. Taft
rs President appointed Edward ID. White,
a Democrat, Chief Justice of the United
States.
Precisely In the spirit of this high minded
act, although of inferior practical produc-
tlveneSs, Is the disclosure made by Alton B.
Parker concerning an appeal indorsed by
leading members and cx-presidents of the
American Bar Association to induce Presi-
dent Wilson to appoint Mr.. Taft to the
Supreme Bench in 1915.
In n letter to the New York Herald ex-
tollng the qualifications of Mr.. Taft for his
Il'Stul bLHte llC bCIil'ClullC lOi
President in 1904 rccounts the tale of the
communication signed by eminent lawyers,
fifteen of whom were Democrats, n like
number Republicans and one a Roosevelt
champion of 1912. Among the noted sigma
tories in addition to Judge Parker himself
were Elhu Root, Joseph II. Choate and
Francis RawlC.
Judge Parkcr's opinion on this subject has
not changed with the lapse of years, and he
exhibits no hCsitanCy In expressing the belief
that former President Taft is in every way
fitted to fill the highest judicial post in the
land.
Party lines temporarily melt away in this
statement. What remains is fearless spirit
of patriotism and unblemished national pride.
Justice Taft and Judge Parker. each in their
day the spokesman of rival parties, are
alike honored by this exhibit.
Custom and contracted thinking have been
spurncd by wholesome and heartening sur
vey of facts which ring truer than even the
most loyal political affiliations. The rarity
Of this sort of wisdom invests 1t with
distinctive luSt"r
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ership In Congress that perceives this. In
the Senate, Lodge and Underwood were out
voted this week by the farmers bloc when
they asked for recess until August. The
members of the farmers bloc insisted that
Congress remain in session to do something
for the producers of food and cotton.
1--WE can't do much" they said, "but we
ought to do what we can.
This was plainly a political excuse Of
fered by men who wish to do something to
appease the farmer vote at a time when
that is the last thing of which Congress
should be thinking.
The country is pleading for bread, and
the farmers bloc in the Senate proposes to
offer 1t the stone of futile legislation passed
merely for political effect.
The Knox Porter peace resolution is, In
its field, like the proposed legislation to
appeasc the farmers. 1t leaves the great
issues of the war unsettled so far as this
country is concerned. 1t does not commit
the United States to cooperation with the
Allies in the readjustment Of Europe and
so to the restoration Of normal world con-
ditions.
No congressional majority entered Office
with a greater opportunity than that which
confronted the Republicans in Washington.
That majority will have to develop more
competent leadership, and that right soon,
II It is to justify the confidence Of the
country,
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cerity of the sentiment is hardly TO be dis
puted. 1t is significant, none the less.
Rich in worldly goods and assured princely
income through his royalties on talking
machine records, after sixteen years of ad-
ulation and glory in America alone, after
activities that can scarcely be matched by
any tenor in history, Enrico Caruso is loath
to retire, is moved almost TO tears at the
possibility.
The desire Of his audiences that he should
return in full lyric vigor is explicnble. 1t
is in the main selfish. But the attitude OF
Caruso himself Is altogether another affair.
Perhaps the answer is TO be found In art,
that Unsuitable mistress. The aspirations Of
her true servants are ineXtinguishablc.
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POLICE AND BooTLECGERS

A CCUSATlONS such as were made against
~ Police Lieutenant Mcbride In the course
OF hearing before the Civil Service Com
mission yesterday were not needed to sug
gest the extent and danger of possible under
ground relationships between ward politics
and the Illicit whisky trade. Whether you
like 1t or not, it Is necessary TO admit that
the power of ward politics Is still success
fully cxertcd in innumcrable instances to
direct police policies, and that what is
known as police corruption is merely the
corruption Of ward methods made visible by
enforced police corporation.
So, with the authority for enforcement
and the power to grant Informal immunity
thrust into the hands of minor police Off
cials under the new dry law in pPnnsyl
vania, 1t is not too much to assume that we
are approaching time when the lesser
bosses will WELD the most powerful weapon
that ever was made available to them.
Time and again in this city there have
been rumors of working agreements between
few police officials md those who syste-
matically violate the Volstend law. 1t ought
to be remembered that all the graft ever
charged against policemen of the old school
was petty in comparison to that which the
dry era and the State enforcement laws
swept within reach of almost all men in
uniform.
This is, of course, an old story. 1t Is
easy enough to say that il isn't news and
to ask what can be done about it. Nothing
can be. done about it unless you can remake
the police organizations Of the State and
appoint on every force and in every execu
tive office only confirmed. convinced and
incorruptible advocates of bonc-dry pro-
hibftion
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FRESH FISH

fINllE Allied (Bcst the tie that bindsN
i Aquarium Association
(Composed OF men of many minds
But one distinctive avocation)
Informed the Mayor (his thoughtful frov,r
Somewhat dismayed them as he bnord
thcm) "'"ru
They wished to give a show in town.
And to the Council he referred them
Now is 1t possible that he
with conscience waggiShly elastic
Has handed them lemon-sccP-
Or (as 1t were) "writ sarcasticr2
Is t possible he had the wish
-. To get some dub 1--WE won't say which ono>
To fight the plan because, poor fish, ''''
Ot Jealousy of every rich one?
All, mo- While heat on sea and sboro
Makes man to stew and fry and sizzIa.
Whenas the daily grind's a bore
And life itself seems but a 6Zzlo.
He would not be unkind as that
He hopes the opposition cold fish
WIN show fellow feeling pat
And find harbOr for the goldfish.
All, when ut last the fnny tribe
Dwells in the Hall of Horticulturo
wen can the taunt; destroy the gibe:
m To differences give sepuhure.
Thus Councilmen with heart and sopI
VIII boost the plan with comment clevor
All, that's the life The flowing bowl
eSill surely solace them forever!
n H
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lcoNcERT-GoERS BY THOUSANDS

A THEATRE or opera house responding
"A to an instant and imperative necessity Of
increasing its seating capacity by 1000 would
straightway be classified as phenomenally
successful. The band concerts on the Park
4 way Plaza are logically entitled to u similar
rating
The appeal of good summer music under
the auspices of the municipality has devel-
oped far beyond the original conceptions.
Since the series of excellent entertainments
given by the Philadelphia Band began this
season public attendance has overwhelmingly
outstripped the seating accommodations.
although these are far in excess of those
formerly provided on the north pavement of
City Hall.
One thousand more chairs have already
been ordered by Chief Baxter of the Bureau
I of City Property, and it is hoped will be
Installed By the end Of this week Plainly
the public has passed beyond the stage in
which liking for music is fostcrcd by So
licitous propaganda.
The taste for concerts is genuine and
general. 1t is the part of the city at this
time to keep pace with this hopeful index
of sincere artistic enthusiasm in the com
munty.
This means not only that the physical de
mands of the case be met, but also that the
purveyors of municipal music should strive
to increase the quality standard wherever
and whenever possible. There need be few
fears of depressing the public with alleged
'highbrow" offerings
4 Musical Philadelphia in its present devel
opment is quite capable of approaching the
best products Of tho art W "omnostion.
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SHUTS IN IRELAND

GENERAL JAN CHRISTIAN SHUTS
" is swiftly becoming the biggest man in
Europe. He was a soldier and n very brave
one, who fought the British in the Bocr War
and later became the dominant and guiding
mind in the new Union OF South Africa, n
Premier representing British authority. lie
has always had a genius for Conciiation,
and his brilliant achievements seem to have
been inspired chiefly by love Of reason and
of his fellow man.
No twist of international events ever
brought about a spectacle more strange than
that Of this great hearted Afrkander Jour
neying to Ireland TO bridge the vast and
deep abysseS created by centuries of misrule
and of misunderstanding between peoples
whose interests, because of the ineXOroble
factors of natural laws and geographical To-
cation, ought to run forever parallel. Smuts
the statesman of the future, ia merely trying
almost single handed 10 atone for the ap-
palling errors of an army of statesmen of
the past. The greatest barrier in his way
and in the way of the British Government
IN Ireland Is the terrible wall of religious
prejudice created for the most part by poll
ticians, now long dead, who believed that
they were thus building surely for the future
security of the empire.
III you want to know what is the matter
with the world, give n thought to SHUTS as
he appears in contrast with recent events in
the United States. No crowds watch the
bulletin boards for news OF the Irish pill
grimage Of General Smuts. Few people will
!. give that adventure a serious thought. Yet
the Premier of the Union Of South Africa
is some millions of times more courageous
than either Dempsey or Carpenter. and the
work in which he is engaged means more to
humanity than all the prize fights ever
fought
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz


l. On the night OF April 1919. l775, Paul
Revere rode from Charlestown, Mass
10 a point between Lexington and Con-
cord where he was captured by the
British
2. n Macedonian cry is n cry for help. And
vision appeared TO Paul in the night
There stood a man in Macedonia and
prayed him, saying, Come over into
Macedonia and help us. Acts, xvi. O.
3. Eight Kings of England were named
Henry.
4. Matinee is a French word which orig
inally described the period between
daYNTeak and noon, matin being the
French for morning
B. worcester Is the second largest city in
Massachusetts.
6. John L, Sullivan yielded the title Of
Wor!dS pugllstic champion to James
J, Corbctt In New Orleans In 1897,
7. Lataka tobacco takes It's name from a
town OF that name In Asia Minor
opposite the Island of Cyprus The
iohHCco Is grown in the hill country
back or the port from which 1t is ex-
ported
s. An isothcrm is lire connecting placea
m OF the same mean annual tcmperature
u Inc samoan Islands are divided between n
Lhc United States and Great Britain
jurisdiction over the British islands Is
del' gated to New Zealand The chieF
american possession Is the Island oP
luiuNa, containing the excellent har-
hOr Of Pago-Pago
10. y maCh!COlatCd tower was n product ne
medieval warfare, It was surmounted
py " parapet with openings between
supporting c0rbels for dropping stones
etc, on aBsalants. Corbeis are nro
wall. 'oi" ''a