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The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-28
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The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-28
VOTE REFUSAL 0f WAGE CUTS
 BY RAILROAD
(By the Associated Press)

Chicago, June 2S.-Members of the shopcraft unions of railroad employees today voted ' to 1 against acceptance of the recent order of the United States railroad labor board, reducing the pay of rail employees from 85 to 70 cents per hour, or approximately 12 per cent for all employees on the principal American roads.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-28
(By the Associated Press)

Jersey City, June 28.-Vice Chan cellor Stevens today declined to act on the motion of the International Reform Bureau for an order direct ing Promoter Tex Rickard to show cause why he should not be restrained from staging the Dempsey Carpenter fight.
 Chancellor Stevens, however, gave the bureau representative permission to make the same application to an- other court, and the clergymen de- pated in search of one.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-28
SENATE TO ACCEPT
 HOUSE BEER BILL
tBy the Associated Press,

Washington, June 28-The Willis Campbell anti-beer bill, which would forbid the sale of beer to the sick, is in the hands of the senate today after it's adoption by the house last night, 25O to 93. Indications are that the measure will be enacted by the sen- ate before the end of the week.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-28
ENGLISH COAL
 MINERS AGREE
 10 END STRIKE
(By the Assocmted Pressj

London, June 28.-British coal min- CTS, who have been on strike since April 1, 1920, will return to work.
 Settlement of the strike was off, cially announced today at the success ful conclusion of long series of nego- tiations in which the government join ed in an attempt to restore peace in industry.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-06-28
UNION FORCES WOULD .ENJO|N
 FIGHT JULY 7
tBy the Associated Press)

Washington, June 28.-Fellow Su- perintendent Craft of the Information al Reform Bureau today announced that the legal action taken at Jersey City is only the first step in a con- certed effort to prevent the scheduled Carpentier-Dempsey fight Saturday for international heavyweight honors.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09
WoodchOpper Still AcfUe at 100

From the New York Times
In the foothills Of the Berkshiros,
about four miles west OF the Con-
necticut line, in "A little cabin he
has built from rough boarding, lives
Joseph Gillette, woodshOpper onw
in his hundreth year. lie lives
alone on the edge Of the wood, all
though he has three sons with
grOWn-up families an within IL short
distance of his hermit home.
For many years now he has car
rled on "A business In stove and fire.
place wood. going out each morn
ing with his axe and saw and work
ing until dark, five dayS ot the week,
cutting, splitting and saving enough
" uud 10 Keep him busy on Saturday
delivering il in EasthamptOn 10 GUS
toners, many Of whom have bought
their wood from him FOR almost
half a century. One end Of his shack
II barn and shed which shelters
his horse and wood wagon.
on recent sunday rather early
I'm the morning. we called To see
him, but did not find him. Inquir-
ing at nearby cottage where one "f
hia daughters lives We learned that
the venerable woOdsman had been
gone an hour.
Sunday" his daughter said" Is
the only day grandpa takes of and
he has gone 10 Florence 10 spend the
day with my brother, lie generally
walks, but de drove over today"
Florence is seven miles from the
Gillette cabin and We learned that
grandpa" thought nothing Of the
fourteen mile walk over the hills
and country roads 20 his sons house
and back
We called again IN the evening a
few days later and found him sittlng
on a bench outside his home putting
the finishing touchcs TO an axe for
his next days work. After questions
as TO his health and business. %
which he answered "IhriVlngi ]
asked him 10 tell me something Of
his life.
II was born" ne said. August 4
1922, on a farm IN Canton, st. Law
renee county, York state. and went
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TO diatrlct school thorc. The school
houses in those days were built OF
logs as were many Of tho homes
Of the farmers around thOrc, and
we wont TO school only In The winter.
I'm the spring and fall most Of us
had TO help on the farms. We used
10 have spelling matches. II was
quite an honor In our town 10 hc the
best spollrr. Sometimes these
matches were held In the evening
and every one who could would
come ana take part old and young.
Indians sfill lived I'm nearby aot-
Elements and came "a our village
store tu trade. I remember how su-
porlOr We felt tQ thom ana how they
were obliged To stand aside untl
We were served boy the storckcepcr"
Mr, Gillette paused moment az
ne thought hack through the years,
and then ho Hnilcd,
THAT village store was interest
Ing for another reason hu said -
guess there are not many folks to-
DAY who can remember seeing old
soldiers, veterans Of the Revolution.
There were several .n our town and
we children used to go 90 the store
20 hear them t,l' aj0rips OF the Rev
ulut.Ou ana adventures iu their
lIbH'1 VIII AF' iI'IHHl' anu iIHl'hHs
Mr. Gillette was 30 years old whom
the Clyll War started. Hc cast his
frE vote for President Polk.
Askod 90 what ho attributed his
long life, De- answered quickly:
Hard work, and plenty OF IL.
Then folks eat too much. / don't
use much meat. though when / was
young / ate pOrk--liycd on II. | eat
a lot yf bread and drink tea. | have
smoked ever since / WIS "a, and
never expect 90 give It up"
"WaB your father an old man
when he died?"
"NO,' he said, "he met with an
accident when he was only 90 which
took him away but / had an aunt
who lived to be 90,
Az We prepared 90 20 he got up.
too, tall man and straighter than
many man Of fifty years younger.
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Italian Poet
Calming Down

GARDONE. ITALY,--Sinco COM
mnndcr Gabrielle d'Aununzio has be-
come "a COiucr ~ words Aside from
having "a special d'AnuunIiO diction-
airy complied and publishcd by some
cuterpHsinR italian publishers 20 as
slst hA readers In knowing the
meaning OF words not found In the
ordinary dictionaries, the premier
Italian poet and advonturcr let's very
few weeks pass without rromulgat-
ing some new addition TO tho ltnl-
ian vocabulary
The former dictator Of tiume iH
in Il quiet retreat on the lake mere.
Various pilgrimages are made to
him by men who were advcniurcrH
with him In the Quarncrp enterprise.
Some Of them asked him FOR a new
name for coRuac. He said
There is but one name for cOgnao
and that is arzento,' which signlties
that Il is the very force OF the wine"
Ho inquired how the people Of
Florence were taking his suggestion
that the name or Florence be
changed from the present Italian
name ~ Fircnze tO Florcnz1, mean
ing "a city Of flowers" The three
pilgrims stated that tho people Of
the town welcomed the idea and
may adopt his proposal
Tho poet In doing a little literary
work while there are no moro fiume
ficldA TO conquer.
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Elihu Root, Big Figure
in American Politics,
Harding'sSecOndChoice

one ~ his first acts WA to put
it"onard Wood tn charge of pacify-
VIZ tuba. lie then organized a
HnTi'IGn'etr army and pavifcd the
Inu!pplnes, after which he pcrsnn e.
any dicW up a system of govern
heht 10 TAX" the place of the
nIIllall autoyraCy which had pcr-
nnA'u since the CcSsian from SDain.
Lhe system of government which
root drew up was complete I'm
SN,IN particular even to the rstab-
isn ineht OF a school system.
These things accomplished he
turned his attention t1 affairs at
nome, rcorgduized the war dcpart- o.
ment and created q general staff.
Nhilc he was thus engaged John
nay, secretary uf state, fell IN. So
great was Mckinlcys confidence
IN MS war secretary that nc en-
truhted to Root much of Uav's
work. so that for a timo Root was.
practically speaking, both secretary
of war and state.
The Boxer uprising I'm China
came aiing during Havs illness. and
Root handled 1t in abe same ef-
ticient manner that he did any
thing else.
When Roosevelt succeeded Mo
Kinley after the assn sslnation at
ButtaIo, Root handed In his
resignation. desiring 10 retire. no
sad, ~ order 60 augment his small
financial sources" lie and Roose-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09
Ry FAITH HEIRONYMUs

THE way some folks act, you'd
think a peach was cocoanut.'
The speaker was the manager OF
one OF Tuisa's grocery stores. JIG
was discussing the Tulsa that gro
cerymon Xnow-thc Tulsa that IL
its own sweet natural SELF as Il
buys It's Sunday dinners across the
counter. probably there Is no one,
unless II is the delivery boy or the
man who reads the meters, VINO
knows Tulsa women as tney really
are better than the groceryman,
When a woman walks into gro
Gerry store for the first time, she Is
making friends or failing 10 make
them lust as surely as though she
were being introduced To a group
OF strangers at a social function fur
the fret time. Upon her success
depends TO a certain extent the kind
of service that she Is going % have
from that particular store should
she become it's regular customer.
kindly courtesy Is appreciated ana
reciprocated no less from across the
counter than Il is across the bridge
table and sometimes It pays much
better dividends Listen To the
groceTyman speak.
IL have seen women walk into
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09

when they stock UP their pantry
shelves as well as they DO when thoy
are replCnlshiug their linen closets,
Like any other merchant. the gro
Ger does not object 90 the customer
making sure that she is getting full
value for her money. 10 is the Gus
toners who bruises the basKetful
Of tomatos In tho scramble % get
the biggest and the fIrmest for her
self who strips every ear Of corn
20 get tho fullest one, who, In short
acts as though peach was a cocoa
nut in order tu get the most luscious
ones for her dessert that evening
that, In the brazon vernacular, gets
the Rroceryman' goat,
$3.50 Proposition.
TITS pleasure 70 walt on some
OF our customers said one clerk
In one OF Tulsas stores, "Thcy
don't act as though they were mad
because they mad 10 buy; they are
always pheasant. A friendly nod
and greeting 10 us is part Of the
orders apparently. We like TO see
them come IN, and you can bet that
we do our best TO get them the best
OF what they want
IL might be observed just here
that there are some stores that Gus
toners like TO 90 into. too. The
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09
Martans SlOtUIy Dying for Water
Air There So Thin Elephants Could Jump
Scientists Who Claim to KnOU Figure Out

NEW YORK. oct Rocket.
radio or Camcra--which will bo first
TO lay bare the secret OF Mars?
OF course, 10. isn't at all certain
that any one OF tho three will proyp
a successful Sherlock Holmes uf the
skies but scientists lurod on boy an
agc-old curiosity concerning our
ncighboring planet. are pressing
along an three paths.
The latest development 20 set the
scientist and Prof. David Todd,
old question ot whether there wus
life on Mars was IN, announcement
from Paris of h. McAfoc. American
scientist and Prof David Tood,
American astronomer. that they
purposed to snap-shoot the planet
by using an abandoned mlne-shan
IN chile as the barrel for Il tclc-
scope.
only a short time before Signor
Marconi OF wireless fame had put
a Kick Of interest in the most fan
tastic or scientific inquiries by sug.
gcsting that radio signal OF l5O,-
600 meters which he had picked up
might have come from some
Marian armed with mammoth
sending set.
Some Volunteer ''to Go"
But It was left to PROT Robert II.
Goddard OF Clark college ln Wor-
ctstur Masa, 20 suggest making an
lnyestgatiun OF the moon by means
Of a multiple-Chargc, high efficiency
rocket, capable OF carrying cameras
or other recording apparatus needed
TO explore the unknown regions of
the upper air. As the claim was
made that a rocket could he con-
stTuCtcd of unlimited cruising
power. II has been suggested that il
might be shot up 10 Mars instead of
the moon, which many scientists
affirm Is uninhabitcd. one or two
daring individuals even have vomn-
tcercd to be shot In place OF a
camera
The possibility that some folk
might be wandering up and down
the valleys of Mars has excited the
curiosity OF astronomers and laymcn
throughout all the agos for Mars is
the nearest planet TO the earth and
the easiest TO observe.
Imaginative writer's took their
readers on trips to the moon and
laid the scenes Of their stories in the
surroundings Of Mars, Saturn and
other planets but thore was little
scientific knowledge to furnish
basis for such fiction.
The perfeCtinB Of tho high pow
cred telescope and the Rdaptatloa of
phOtOgra to the uses OF the
astronomers quickened their interest
in the possibility of life on another
world. Mars, which was seen to
have large areas Of BLUSH groen
and other areas of an ochre red
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Welt were close personal friends
and when. a year later, Roosevelt
asked him to accept the secretary
ship OF the state left vacant
by Hays death, he did so.
Elihu Root Is generally credited
with inaugurating "Pan-American-
ISM or the policy OF closer
and more friendly understanding
between the Americans, north and
south. He labored incessantly
toward this goal during his Ions
service In two cabinets.
Perhaps the best remembered act
OF Root ~ secretary Of state was
his negotiation OF the "gentleman's
agreement with Japan, by which
Japan agreed 10 restrict her flow
OF coolies into the United States.
II was at Roots ins.igat!on that
President Roosevelt sent the fleet
around the world on It's emorable
trip. Admiral Bob" Evans eX-
pressed himself on that famous
tourney as ready for a fight or
frolic." and the result was sub
stantial betterment In Americas
foreign relations.
Root retired from the state de-
partment few weeks before
Roosevelt was succeeded by Taft
and took his seat In the United
states - nate. lnFre NlS great
abilities were Immediately recogn-
lied and he soon become the
administration leader lie retired
from the senate in 1915.
lie was stauuch advocate OF pre-
paredneS5 before the United states
entered tho war Since his retire
mcnt from the senate Root has led
a comparatively quite lIfe--for him.
At the earnest solicitation OF
President Wilson he consented TO
head the extraordinary mission to
Europe during the revolution Of
1917. his last governmental under
taking.
Flihu Root fame il not confined
to his own country. Foreign states
men and critics have chorused his
praises. ViscOunt Bryce, author OF
THE American Commonwealth
once characterized him as the
greatest secretary OF state Amer
Tea ever had" Sir Cecil Spring
Rice, former British ambassador,
said that "as diploBatlst Root
has no peer" Lord Manley said he
was the abl'st man I ever met
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09

clerks Gont act like they are mad
because We feel that they are giving
always pleasant a friendly nod
ana greeting 10 us ls part OF the
transaction, apparently They like
10 zee us come In. and you can bet
lhai We DO our best 20 go In there
because we tCll that they are giving
us the best OF what We want. But
this story Isn't about customers on
the outside looking In. It's about
those on the inside looking out so
We stick 70 tho repOrtorial and the
clerks and omit tho editorial and
the customers.
Men FASTEST IN Handle.
Men az "A rule are easier 10 deal
with than women" said one gro
Coryman. '"rhey know what thuw
want generally get II with no dick
ering ana leave. a woman VIII PICK
over, and ponder, and Lsk questions
and change her mind and fuss may
he because thesprice or tho article
isn't right. That is. just some
women, understand. Some others
are the best shoppers in the world.
But lots OF them dout know what
they want and then don't Ike u
because you haven't got g. And
let me tell you something elise. n
is often the case thUt the woman
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09

this store" he said, "snub the clerk
unmerCifully when he started 90
pick out something for them, and
treat them as though they were
there 20 be rude TO- The next time
one Of them comes into che store,
you can bet that that clerk isn't go
ing TO be in "a big hurry to wait on
her and / can't blame him, They're
human. on the other hand, II a
woman comes In, IL pleasant to the
clerk who waits on her and patient
while he gets her stuff. he'll hustle
around 10 get her order IL she comes
back again. Most natural thing in
the world. We have our friends
among our customers and we have
our regular customers that are,
few OF them, waited on faithfully Of
course but aren't given the same
kind Of service that others get sim
ply because they are grouChes"
The woman who comes in TO
really buy and the woman who
comes IN 10 shop are as familiar
in the grocery store az they are In
the ready-to-wcar shop, The clerks
can spot EN- nearly every time.
They price everything in the shelyes
and take away loaf Of bread and
a half a pound OF butter OF course.
nowadays especially women shop
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09

explosion ut prupoillug wbtvrirl EN
increasing this velocity through tu.
crCaAiug the proportion Ut the pro.
polling material to weight Of pro
JeCtilc and through % greatly inn
proved nu2zlo shaped puHsBEe Tor the
escape of gases Professor Gudddard
claims To- have raised the efficiency
~ the rocket To nearly 90 per cont
Many investigators are convinced
that NE exists on Mars uud expect TO
prove II with the novel telescope.
what they viii find 600 their photo.
graphic plates is the object ut EuuD-
ulatlon by scientific men ,hc world
over
Lowell has said that Mars o. level
and unintcrrHting with mo- mountains
and only "a few dried up beds ut
shallow soas Co diversity 'Is tupog
raphy More than hvlI NJ ~ i7
desert land and the rest iH only green
when the canals are bringing water
from the polar Tee caps. Dust storms
which blot out hundreds ~ square
miles of tho plnnota surface from
the view of soivnuf. observers
sweep over It's equatorial section.
Gravity Weak There,
The phVsical conditions uf Mars
are entirely different from those We
h now on fhIllr Hf i'I' q W ~ " w
cxcrted by Mars ip only three clghthH
that OF the earth. while the ntmos-
pheri6 pressure that is about 10
pounds to the square inch at sea level
on our world, Ia less than four pounds
on Mars. The air ~ very thin ana
no known animal could live ON g.,
These conditions, however, make "
possible for great weights to bc mt
ed with little effort.
Lowell computed that tho Mar
tlans could do seven times more work
than humans beings could accom-
plish, with the same amount ot ot-
fort. A human observer ON Mars he
sair. would be impressed by the
Blowucsg ana flatncrs oi MS sur
ruuudingS.
An elephant could lonp Ike a ga
2ollc IN such an ntmoFphcro, he said
water would Flow with "a hcsitnnt,
law current and "a stone thrown into
the air would sink with graceful
moderation 10 the ground. lio made
no attempt to describe how the
Mhrtlans themselves might appear
10 worldlingH but he said they would
not resemble human boings.
The Martian day is ~ minutes
Longer than ours but the seasons are
twice as long LoWoll asserted thal
Mars is slowly dying for want ut
water and the canals had bvon butlt
I'm an epic struggle OF tn" Mart.auh
10 maintain NE. lie suggested thht
tho sputs observed AT the intcrsoc-
iious OF some Of the canals might ho
cities built up around points where
the greatest TInount Of water could
no concentrated by the canals.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09

made by scuu,ut organisms NJ high
intelligence
500 uf Them Named
Moro than 600 canals and ouscs.
az Lowell claimed the spuis Co he
have been mapped out ana their
names are so well known that Mar
ward observatory announced last
April that snow has been observed
falling ai lsidia m thc district OF
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win 'h' '"IlU.
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h'pt Nn''I 'ppHi ''us 'un'n y" 'H''u
such message sH MhI'ohl urscrlptu
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