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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-02
Curious Electrical Display in
North Carolina Excites In
terest of Scientists.
ONCE THOUGHT TO Be PHANTOM
Suddenly and Without Warning Light
Sometimes Biazes Out on Crest OF
Mountain, Moves Down Side
and Fades Out.

Washington, ID. C.-"Tired profess
sors and business men who sought
surcease from their sorrows In the
mountainous regions of western North
Carolina have during the past few
summers given up some of their much
needed hours of sleep to chase what
most of them believed to be nothing
more than phantom, or the witch
fires of some maker of mountain dew,
but the Brown mountain light is now
coming into its own as an accredited
electrical phenomenon" says bulle-
tin of the National Geographic so
ciety. issued from its Washington. D..
c. headquarters.
Brown mountain lies II miles from
Blowing Rock In the Blue mountains
| in the western part of the state, and,
though plainly visible from the resort.
Is in an uninhabited and sparsely
wooded section. Suddenly and with
out warning light sometimes blazes
out on the crest of the mountain, SLOW
| ly moves down Its side and then fades
out; sometimes It seems to rise from
the top Of the mountain and hang sus-
pended In the air where 1t fades.
A Wrath Of Infinite Variety.
ut has as many whims and moods
as temperamental artist, sometimes
appearing several times during
one night, now stationary. now slow
again swift in Its flight, and
sometimes 1t cannot be seen for 9
comparatively long period Of time. bu
1t usually is most active when the
sky is clearing after rain. Those
who have studied 1t in all its guise!
say that 1t often Is not unlike the
star from a bursting sky-rocket
though much brighter, and that 1t Il
sometimes red and sometimes yellow
due probably to the condition Of til,
atmosphere.
Scientists were at first prone t,
cavil at the stories which came out o
the mountains with the tourists, think
ing perhaps that locomotive head
lights or willy mountaineers were play
ing tricks on active imaginations, bu
today DR.. w. j. Humphreys, physics
of the United States weather bureau
and other meteorOlogists Of note, bt
lieve that there occurs around tn
, mountains crest q brush discharge G
( lightning, similar to the famous Ande
] lightning, or the st. Elmo's fire, whic
+ gave rise among the ancient Greek
). to the myth of Castor and Pollu,
q That glow which accompanies til
q slow discharge Of electricity to Il
I earth from the atmosphere. In sout
a ern climates, during thunderstorm
seen on the tops Of masts. spires.
other pointed objects was named s
Elmo's fire by sailors after one
their patron saints, because they fe
that when the sign appeared the
had nothing further to fear from t
storm.
Compared TO Andes Display.
"Perhaps the most remarkable Il
ture Of the electrical discharge viii
takes place either from the earth
the clouds or from the clouds to I
earth around Brown mountain is tn
1t Is silent. The same thing Is tr
Of the electrical displays In the And
which have long been known to sci,
lists and travellers in the South Am
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-02
Mates
in Big Demand

country who read that story immedi-
ately wrote Sheriff Clark for hus-
band. And every widower and every
old bachelor under whose notice the
article came wrote the sheriff to find
them wives among the hundreds of
women who had written him for hus-
bands.
Show Terseness and Speed.
Mrs. S. Brickley, East Broadway,
New York, wrote one of the shortest,
right-to-the-point letters Of them. II
am looking for husband; can you do
anything for me?" she asks the sheriff.
James George. box $40. Mount Yer
non, N. Y, is also very laconic In his
demands: Il want wife; put me in
touch with one, Quickl" he writes
Sheriff Clark.
Charles Olsen. "a Woodruff street,
Brooklyn. Is not quite SO terse. His
letter to the sheriff says: II arm q
machinist, former chief engineer ON
Danish ship. want home again,
but don't know woman whom can
ask? Please send the names of several
who want husbands" Sheriff Clark
sent him the names Of half dozen or
SO.
Avery G. Wooden, 1928 Lage avenue.
Rochester, N. y, writes the sheriff he
is twenty-seven years old and that he
wants n young widow.
Charles Ryan, Clifton Springs, N.
Y, told the sheriff he is a farmer. but
that he has taken two years In n medi-
cal college and expects to complete his
course. He wants wife.
Peter Grub, box 270. Erie Railroad
Y. NJ. c. A., Hoboken. N. j., says in
his letter: II see where you have lots
of wives to give away. Give me one"
Thaddcus Stargeski, 100 Waverly ave-
nue., Newark, N. j.. is delighted with
the prospects. Just read the joyful
news Of an unlimited supply Of let
tiers from females wanting husbands"
he writes Sheriff Clark. II am gradu-
ute electrician. Send me some letters"
Wants a Sensible Widow.
"Your name sounds good to me-"
Frank Ryan, Cos Lenox avenue, New
York, wrote to Sheriff Clark. II want
q sensible widow"
Charles F. Mcdonald, 2S3 West 147th
street, New York, is searching for an
uncle who disappeared thlrty-flve
years ago. The uncle's name was NJ. o.
Connor An estate in Ireland cannot
be settled until he Is found. Help me
find my uncle and I'll marry any WON.
IN YOU want me to marry" he tells
Sheriff Clark.
Miss 5. Morand, $50 st. Marks
place, Tompkinsville, Staten Island
New York, Is just 10 years old, ant
has hopes" she writes the sheriff. :"
have the very highest ideals Of West
erners," she says In her letter.
Miss Rita Z. Waleker, 2O5 Wes
101st street, Manhattan, New York
says: Il hear you have n supply O
married men on hand. l want to settl,
down to home life. l nm a tralne,
nurse, 40 years old, brown hair, g.u.
eyes"
George Muir. 351 West Thirty-nintl
street. New York, has real reaso
for wanting to get married: II hav
nose bleed and the doctor says II chi
get married 1t will cure the trouble.
he wrote Sheriff Clark.
ii New Jersey bids" number NOR
!, than 100. Letters from PRACTICAL
IF every state In the Union are include
IL In that bushel of letters which stano
on the slierifr's desk.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-02
Third Boy Found Hanged in Bar

Third Boy Found Hanged In Barn.
Chicago. = Anthony Szkolny, the
third boy to have been found hanged
here, was discovered suspended from
rope tied to rafter in the barn
In the rear Of his home. The body
was found by playmate. No reason
Is assigned for any Of the suicides. as
they have been pronounced by the
police.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-02

Plain wide satin ribbon and narrow
fancy ribbons, with handsome metal
lie mounts, are used to make these
elegant shopping bags. Ribbons In
the richest qualities and most bril-
liant patterns are chosen for them
and they are lined with gay and
equally good silks. Besides being bits
Of the splendor dear to women these
bags have the additional value that
belongs to a gift made by Its donor.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-02
Family Leaps From Fire.

Danville. Ky.-Leaping from their
front porch to the limbs of tree In
the yard, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Hudson
and family escaped after flames had
cut off the stairway. Mr.. Hudson
leaped from the porch to the tree and
babe the others follow him.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-12-02

Gifts that every woman who enter
tains will delight in are pictured here
and they will be all the more appreci-
ated because they are made by their
donor. A set Of numbers for card
tables Is attractive and easy to make.
They are cut from white cardboard
and have gummed figures In black
placed on one side. On this black and
white background graceful sprays OF
gay flowers are painted and the cards
are supported by small wire holders.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-04

that direction; and this declaration
can only be made by their majority"
WARNS OF THE FUTURE.
1t is not expected that any states
men in our modern states will go
AZ far as Jefferson. Those In power
might. however, realize that giving
to France the control OF Germany
for over forty years. and thereby
giving her also the control of Eu-
rope, is no light matter.
They might realize that IL such a
shackling of a Europe still unborn is
going to be endured by those who are
babies now. the infection of this long
penalty must be guided by the highest
ethics generally known to the present,
by grave responsibility and a tolerant
spirit.
Instead OF any such longer vision,
however we see the pressure OF i'm
mediate popularity and the contests OF
opposing office-seekers. The only po-
litical philosophy that operates Is the
discredited philosophy OF fear and
force.
President Harding's chance may not
be entirely over yet. There's Is a good
deal OF blum in the foreign attitude.
The French leaders know they are on
the brink Of an abyss.
TELLS vICTORs TO BE SANE.
Mr.. Harding and Mr.. Hughes have
to protect themselves. of course. from
the asses who are ready to charge
them with being pro-German. what
ever that may mean. They must ac-
cept the general view that 1t is for
the children of the beaten to pay the
children of the victors.
Their only task is to help the
victors to act with a certain degree of
sanity, inst cad Of like men crazed by
q double fear-fear of q future Ger
many and fear OF the voters at home
who have been led by politicians to
expect the impossible. Their OPP
portunity to render Informal help may
not be ended yet. ~
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the first
Paper to
sell out

Advertisers will do we'll to note
this fact whenever they pass a
newsstand on Sunday-keeping in
mind the further fact that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-04
who yesterday resigned as president
of the National City Bank.
MODS TO REPORTERS.

of the National City Bank.
MODS TO REPORTERS.
Mrs. stillman. in light-hearted
mood. despite sensational new dis
closures threatened by opposing
counsel, nodded to a group OF news
paper men and smiled as she entered
the building.
Mrs. Stillman wore heavy fur
coat trimmed with astrakhan over
a black crepe gown, black enamel
shoes, and dark velvet turban
hat, set at a charming angle.
1t was said that her twenty-nine-
months -old boy Guy. whose paterni-
~ Stillman has repudiated. was be-
ing held in chambers before Sur
rogate Daniel j. Gleason, the
ne fierce.
QUEBEC LAWYER PRESENT.
william Rand appeared In behalf
of Stillman. 1t was said he would
c' oss-examine witnesses. Francois
La Joie, Quebec lawyer, appeared TO
act as Interpreter forl French
canadian witnesses.
Two of the witnesses present were
said to be residents of the Three
Rivers district of Quebec, where
the Stillman hunting lodge Is To-
Gated. They were counted upon TO
corroborate testimony previously
given by woodsmen who testified
they observed, from the vantage
point of a ladder. Mrs. Stillman and
Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide, to-
get her in an upper room of the
lodge.
Two important new witnesses, one
of them a physician, were waiting 10
testify in behalf Of Stillman.
Their testimony was said 10 be OF
a highly sensational character Meth
err has figured in the case before.
The physician Is DR.. b. X. Russell,
| of Buffalo. 1t Is understood that his
Testimony relates to the paternity of
Guy >Stillman, youngest child in tho
Stillman household. 1t was reported
hat the doctors testimony would be
{ vital importance to the banker
lain that Fred Beauvais. Canadian
Indian guide, is father of Guy. Beau
yais was named correspondent by the
banker.
The other new witness is woman
Her name and residence were kept
secret. She was one-time friend
OF Mrs Stillman, it is said, and
through her testimony the banker !
lawyers hoped to get the substance oil
the much mooted "hysteria confess
sion letter" spread upon the record
Mrs. Stillman was alleged to have
written the letter to her husband
few months before Guy Srlilman was
born. The letter was barred from
consideration in the alimony proceed
ings before Supreme Court Justice
Morschauser at White l'lains on the
ground 1t was q privilsse commun:
cation between wife and husband.
Mr.. Stillman's attorneys intirated
their intention OF trying 20 INTRODUCES
it on an appeal from the alimony
decision, but the appeal was never
filed. II it's contents can he sprea !
O, the record through the testimony
of an "outside" party, IT is declared
that the stroke would be of the ut
most Importance to the bankers case,
particularly in his efforts to keen
little Guy from sharing in the mil
! lions of the Stillman estate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-04
ALLIES FIX MARTIAL
LAW IN S|LES|A
Fresh Battles Between Germans
and PoIes-CIashes in Coal
Fields, IL Killed.

BERLIN, May 4.-AllIed troops in
Upper silesia have become embroiI-
ed in battle with armed bands of
Poles, following the declaration OF
martial law, according to ndvfces
received here this afternoon.
The Poles occupied PIess md
Rybnik, but Italian troops later re-
captured the former city. IL IL re-
ported that the Italian casualties
were three Officers md twelve men.
BERLIN, May 4.-Allied troops
have captured Tarnowitz from the
Polish Insurgents, according to In
formation received here this after
noon.
French troop. were still engaged
with armed Polish bands at katto-
witz NJ last reports.
WARSAW. May IN. Korfanty,
Polish com missioner In Upper 81
Icsin. was recalled today on the
ground he had exceeded his pow
ers.
BERLIN, May martial law has
been proclaimed in Upper Silesia by
TIE Inter-Allicd Control Commission
as the result of violent fighting be-
tween Germans and Poles, in which
many persons have been killed and
wounded.
Fresh battles were reported from
Upper Silesfa today.
A Polish mob attacked a barricaded
police station near Kattowitz and was
reported to have killed eighteen OF
he policemen after the latter had
surrendered and marched out under
white flag.
Armed Poles are reported to be
encircling Beuthen.
Fighting Is reported from Pless
where there were numerous casual
ties. The French officer commanding
the allied troops Is taking vigorous
measures to restore order. Tanks
are being sent into the districts
where fighting has been most severe.
Rowing bands of guerrilas are do
ing much damage to property
Five railroad bridges were blown
W near the Polish frontier.
MODS attacked and wrecked Ger
man language newspapers at Kat
towitz and Beauthen.
Clashes have broken out in the coal
fields. where many of the striking
miners have secured arms. Twelve
persons were reported killed in che
Rybnik district.
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either on this or on our side OF
the water. That no such OBJ
legation can be transmitted think
very capable of proof. j set out on
this ground. which / suppose to be
ref-evident, that the earth belongs
in fact to the living. that the dead
have neither powers nor rights over
IT,"
Twenty-seven years later Jefferson
wrote to Samuel Kircheval:
The dead have no rights. They
are nothing, and nothing cannot
own something. The corporal
globe. and everything upon 1t. be-
long to the present coropreal in
habitants, during their generation.
They alone have a right to direct
That Is the concern of themselves
alone. and to declare the law OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-04
Black Cat Insists on
Having His JOY Rides

HADDONFlELD, N. j., May a.
Whenever DR.. A. X. Wood backs
his sedan out of the drive along
side his MansSPn avenue home
members Of the family are obliged
to make sure that "Tee." the
black feline pet. is not perched on
top Of the car. insisting upon a
ride.
Several times lately the doctor
has been obliged to stop somewhere
down the street because someone
has discovered the pet serenely
holding on despite the smooth
surface of the top.
Tee" has a passion for auto
mobile touring, but II not allowed
inside the car, SO Is forced to
make the climb on q chance of
getting a ride.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-04
WILSON seen
|. D|S|LLUS|ONED
Ex-President Aware Of Avarice
Through Behavior Of European
Statesmen, Says Hapgood.
BY NORMAN HAPGOOD.

A shade lies over all interests IN
Washington except one. Other top
les are mentioned, other work is
carried along, but there seems TO
be little life in any Jiss iss"n tx
cept that which bears on the i'm
pending tragedy OF another great
European error Cav State i'','vFt-
ment is given credit for obtaining
a delay in the fatal plans OF tile
French. That is much.
INTENSITY BITTERNESS.
That the victorious European ma
tons learned no spiritual lessons from
the war becomes constantly more I'M
bedded in the American conscious
ness. woodrow Wilson himself. 80
long the leader In the attempt 10
bring some ethical gain out OF the
general ruin, has been, in more re-
spects than one, sadly disillusioned oy
the recent behavior OF European
statesmen.
Dispatches about sending in black
troops may or may not be true. III
they are true II shows that the In
sanity of the French government 10
q little more complete even than most
of us have come to believe.
To the bitterness they have already
planted among the Central Powers,
among the French people themselves,
and in liberal elements all over Eu-
rope, they would thus add q pecu-
liarly needless intensification. q
| II is some satisfaction that every
body believes our State Department
| IL conducting itself as skilfully as the
| circumstances permit
| The pressure that can be exerted
by a country itself disclaiming re-
sponsibility is limited. and there is
TO doubt that Mr.. Hughes represen-
tations have been as strong as ETH
ouette would allow. Never in my ex-
terience has there been seen more
| Immediate and complete confidence
than the new Secretary Of State has
won.
To get q breath of fresh air in
these days Of European darkness
have been reading some of the ener-
getic wisdom Of Thomas Jefferson. 1t
might give our friends on the other
side of the water something to
ponder.
QUOTES JEFFERSON.
Take, for example. . letter which
Jefferson wrote to James Madison
n ON Paris in 1889. At the beginning
of Frances epoch making revolu-
ton:
| 1.-THE question whether one gen
Grafton of men has q right to bind
another seems never to have started
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-04
f|fr APPEARS
TO FACE QUIZ
Mrs. Stillman, Debonair and
Smiling, on Hand As d.
vorce Hearing Opens.

T! NEW YORK. Nav 5.--Mrs. "Fifi"
Potter Stillman, emerging from the
seclusion she has maintained since
the sensational Stillman divorce suit
became public, suddenly appeared at
the Bar Association today to at
tend the hearings before referee
in the suit BROUGHT by her milliop-
airc husband. James A. Stillmah,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-04

NEW YORK May 4-The filing the Court Yesterday
judgment $0227 against Charles Bkey, football
Harvard member Of the Stock Exchange firm of Charles
f. Bckey until dissolved a few weeks revealed
threat by Mrs Miriam Renhard wife Of New York physician and
Bckey
of to a
a loan
disclosed Charles
S. Sinhemer who by Mr. Jackson and his
family to $4,000 from Mr. Brickley.
Attorney said Mrs Renardt her mother
Reinhardt
Brckley to cher of right and Justice
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-04
QUOTES JEFFERSON.

Prices realized On swirl . Co. sales q
carcass beef In washingtno for week emo
ing Saturday, April 30. 1921. on shipments
sold out ranged from Is cents per pound
to Is SO cents per pound.-Advt.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-08
INTRODUCING A "WISE GUY"
Husbands, Meet Mr.. Perkins-He Has
Thought Out Wrinkle That
May Save You Money.

Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins had sat silent
for half an hour, when he looked up
from his paper and said:
MY dear, you are very silent to-
night, Has the cook quit her job or
do you feel slck?"
"No, neither" replied Mrs. Perkins.
ut is that have something terrible
to tell you. and | don't exactly know
how to begin. 1t is horrible-terrible
and expect, after you hear 1t, you
will not speak to me again for two
weeks"
"You fill me with alarm!" said Mr..
Perkins, "but go on and let's hear the
worst of IT,"
swell, you know that had birth
day two weeks ago. As gift, you
bought me a $500 ring. It was beau
tlful, and l thought | would always
treasure it, but something has hap
pened. | went shopping today and |
lOst-lOst-"
"You lost the stone out of the ring
didn't your
"Yes, Mr.. Perkins. and have done
nothing but weep for the last four
hours"
swell, my dear one, weep no more I!
Yes. you had birthday and gave
you a gift. but 1t wasn't 5000 dla-
mond ring. Knowing what careless
woman you are and knowing you
would lose the diamond In less than
month, ! paid s25 for glass dia-
mond. You have lost II, but we have
saved $575. Instead of crying, let us
rejoice and feel good Yes, dear. we
have saved $575. and tomorrow night
we viii go out to some tirst-class res
taurant and get a bang-up dinner"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-08
STANDARDIZATION OF
WOOL GOING FORWARD
Resume of Work Shows Much
Progress in Past Year.
Tentative Grades as Promulgated Are
Based on Studies of More Than
Two Years Duration - Not
Much Change Expected.

prepared by the United States DEPART
ment OF AgTiculture)
A resume Of the wool standardiza-
ton work of the bureau Of markets,
United States Department of Agrlcul-
ture, shows that much progress has
been made since the tentative estab-
lishment of definite wool grades just
a year ago. Following the prepare
ton of Il few sets for its field agents
and the subsequent press announce
ment that tentative wool grades had
been developed, requests for the sets
have been distributed among the bu-
reaus field agents, agricultural col
leges, wool-growers' associations, wool
dealers and manufacturer textile au-
thOrities, and others interested.
The tentative wool grades as pro-
mulgated are based on studies Of
more than two years duration. In
the course of this study thousands Of
samples of wool submitted by deal
ers and manufacturers as their inter-
pretatiOns of the market grades we're
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-08
Craphomania.

In the eow-path they call IT vanity.
and that is the name the preacher,
who was. king in Jerusalem. had for
Il when his own cows were lowing
by the Jordan. But Prof. Bergs0n,
in the most advanced manner, calls
1t graphomania. or the mania for
writing. Juvenal had yet another
name for IL. To him II was cacoethes
scribendi or the itch for writing. On
the whole. SOlOmon's name is the
simplest and the most impressive. II
Is a case. presumably of every one
to their liking. as the old lady In the
proverb said when she kissed her COW.
But just where that cows path lay
no one seems TO knOw.-T. U. In
Christian Science Monitor.
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examined. AS the tentative grades,
before being put in final form, were
submitted to some of the leading wool
authorities in the country for sugges-
tions and criticisms, 1t is believed that
little, If any, change will have to be
made when official standards are es-
tabllshed.
During the past year investigation
al and Unconstitutional work to test
the commercial utility of the grades
was conducted In 10 states. Before
meetings Of woolgrowers and others,
demonstrations were given to show
the preparation of the fieeces and the
proper care and handling of the wool
before its shipment to market. In
the states of Maine, New Hampshire,
Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and Ar
kansas the several expert wool grad
ers engaged by the bureau graded APP
proxlmately 100000 pounds of wool
In accordance with the tentative wool
grades. This work has been looked
upon so favorably by wool producers
that requests have been received for
resumption of these activities dur
ing the coming season.