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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

"It ir tho door across tho hail.
Morley smith might have answered
that no door was tho wrong door for
him since no door was the right ono.
Instead he said. II bog pardonE
aucstioningly. while his eyes took the
girl in.
II, is tho door across tho hall the
Girl repeated You arc tho under
takcr, aren't youf'
In the course of his first adventure
Morley Smith had accepted tho sug-
rcstion that he was an Insurance ad-
iustcr. and he wss ready to accept
almost any similar suggestion " II
might further his adventures but he
r-rpilcd from tho necessity of posing.
oven temporarily, as all undertaken.
My word moi he exclaimed. by
Iovo. now don't loo quito that.
do IT,
Tho Girl stared a, him doubtfully.
"What7" uunried tho cluhmsn.
But YOU bron't-ypu can't be she
exclaimed. almost vith ca sgcrness. and
her tone was question.
Morley Smiths heart beat even more
-apidlN Tho adventure was moving
swiftly aud we'll With feeling that
he was casting all prccsuticn to the
winds he answered
'But am" he said 'toys. yes!
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

tho firs, word was spoken. When he
was buttoned into his fur-linod coat
and stood with ono foot on the step
Of tho taxi. the adventure was well
along.
"whcr. to. Mr.. Morley" asked the
driver
on his way from the courtroom 10
the street. Morley Smith had plunged
deeper into advcutur, than he had
ever imagined possible. This umo he
would choose no nuict. respectable
street but plunge into tho heart OF
danger. where adventure teens. He
would leap into the heart OF the black
area known as tho East Sidc-Nagucly
so known to Morley Smith.
East Houston street. he said l
say. don't recall tho number. what
When sou got there, drive. along a
bit slowly. old chap. and I'll know
the place"
This was going u strong. lie halt
cd tho taxi before tenement house
that was as like all the others ON the
block. as ono third rsa i'm pod is
like tho fourth and fifth. He step
pod out Of the cab aud looked up at
tho facade Of the building, Tho East
eidei
wait here for me, he said and the
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11
HONEYMOON ON FOOT
FOR $500 MILES

RcdisTds. Cal. Sept. 1o.-A $500
mile honeymoon on foot is tho accom-
plishmcnt Of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Woods
OF New York city. who reached thi,
city recently on their nfty fourth day
out of tho metropolis. Travelling with
only small kit and expressing from
station to station trunk containing
necessary articles. tho couple said th.v
hnd made between - and 80 miles !.
day. They declined all lifts" oNccp.
one Of 200 miles across tn, desert near
Phoenix. Ariz.
Their route TO this city took ,hcr,
over tn" northern route TO Chicago.
thru BinShamton, EIffalo and clc,c-
land. from there to Kansas city and
wcit Phoenix. hriz From Phoenix
they loft for ~ rasp. Tex. aud
reached California by way of tho piNi"
Highway. They expect to take
northern route back 4, New York after
wglkin: up the Pacific coast.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11
SOUTHERN SECTION OF WEST
VIRGINIA NOTED FOR FEUDS

Logan, ". Va, Sept 10. = The
southern section of West Virginia,
scene OF the present conflict between
miners, reEidents and public author
tiles, has been noted for its bloody
conflicts. fcuds and lawlcrncss for
a century.
The picturesque mountain section
comprising the counties OF Wyoming,
Logan, Mingp, Mcdowell and Boone
has rarcly>bccn without some sort of
warfare or smouldcring quarrel, like
~ At ANY moment to burst into the
flame of rifle fire.
Hemmcd IN BY rugged mountains,
the early settlers were cut off from
the outside world and succeeding gen
crations have so remained TO n more
or less extent. Roads are few, travel
is slow and tedious and the advance
Of civilization has skirtcd this noun
famous region until today it has
gained the reputation of being one of
the most primitive sections cast of
the Mississippi river.
From the carly period when the
hardy mountainccrs fought the In
diAns until today, the inhabitants
have had a tendency to take the law
into their own hands and to mc,c out
justice according to their own ideas.
This. no doubt. has been due in par,
10 the fac, that Law and order have
had hard struggle to gain foot
hold IN n section sparsely settled. al
most impossible during the winter
months and often almos, entirely cut
off.
Except for the small towns. the in
habitants for the most part arc noun.
taineers. Many live in log cabins
and combine farming ., small scale
with fishing and trapping. Schools
and churches arc few md far apart.
Many children do not attend school.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

authority. and at tho second rappins
the door opened.
4 gtrl. not more than sixteen, thin.
hiE-c and pale. answered. Thc
room behind hor was 40 scantily fur-
uishod as to seem but temporary
lodging place. There was NO carpet
on IN" floor. ON couch pushco
against tho opposite wall was an un-
made pile of cheap bedding; there
was no chair and no table. instead
there were a short. rondescript wood
on bench and packing case on which
stood an oil lamp. On tho box verc
bottle of milk and loaf OF bread
from which perhaps half had been
cut away on tho wall. ON hooks.
hung several articles Of female wear
ing apparel and q ipvsy n''lo nat
The feather of the hat was sttll Wet,
or had dried white preserving us
water soaked appearance. Nll thus
Morley Smith saw. but moro clearly nc
saw Tint tho face Of tho girl was
streakcd with tears. aud that tears stu!
slistencd in hrr eyes She supported
herself against the door frame: in her
hand she held vad of wet hardker
,hiof. and she used n on hor eNes oe
fore she spoke
This Is tho rrcnE deer Ihs said
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

others have the advantage Of six
months term. ~
Probably one Of the Art aMaire Of
the section to gain the attention of
the outside world was the Hatfield
Mccoy fcud which continued inter
mittently for the greater part of half
\ century.
Few OF the many feud killings re-
suited in prosecutions and fGwer still
in convictions. In many eases it was
found almost impossible to obtain
jurics rs practically every inhabitant
knew the fcudis,s or was related.
The section. like some other noun
famous regions, also became known
years ago as stronghold for moon
sinners. Revenue agents and state
prohibition officers had almost in
Vulnerable clashes with mouutainccrs
when they penetrated the region in
search of mountain dew. Often
they were successful in scizinc stills
and illicit liquor. seldom however did
they bring back prisoners for the
mountainccrs, according to the rcvc-
nuc agents, had an intelligence system
of their own and their coming was
usually hcraldcd long before their
| arrival.
The Mingo coal fields. however.
have proven the latest and most
bloody ground of conflict. This
trouble started with efforts, of. the
miners union to unionizc the Min-o
fields. almost the only coal section in
the state not organized.
The operators resisted md at frs,
the miners themselves showed slight
enthusiasm. There were frequent
clashes between union and non-union
miners. Many Of tho mines were
closed down. union miners began to
picket the miacs and the operators re-
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

taliatcd by evictins union miners
from company houses.
1t was such an affair that resulted
in tho noted Matcwau "tricgcr" fight
n which number of citizens of Mate
wan, including the mayor and several
private detectives employed by the
mine operators were killed.
Nearly a score OF Mingo men, in
cludin: Sid Hatfield, were indicted in
connection with the death of one OF
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

Who else would I hc7''
~ didn't know, shc said II
thought from tho name. you were a
a lady. OF course. or I wouldn't nave
asked YOU to como here. But YOU
can come IN. I'm not afraid"
by Joyc. no. said Morley smith.
why should you boz
L Hc wondered who he was that she
had thought FROM his name. he was
lady. This. he thought, was jolly veil
worth while; 1T was ripping, don't you
know 4 girl in tears. and corpse
across tho hail, and bread and milk on
a raw pine boy. and all that sort o'
thing-vhat7 II might be some trick
she might try to risckmail him. but
what Of thatT That in Itself would h-
adventure. for he had never been
tlackmailed lie ~ntrred tho room. and
The ziri closed the door. She stood
with her back against " with her
hands behind her aud on the knob. a.
II to prevent his leaving or too facili
tate her escape " need be. Morley
Smith placed his hat ON the tor nf tho
paclSn box. where " touched elbor
with milk bottle and tho hslf-lcaf
"weii7" uucricd tho girl
tCcnciudirs chapters viii be rue'ish-
cd Ncrdsy and TUESDAY rcr-,nss)
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

the detectives. Weeks were spent re-
Gently in obtaining n jury and other
weeks in trying the case. The ac-
cuscd were acquitted. In the mean
time there had been other acts of
violence. miners from outside the
region had been brought in and often
tho situation was beyond control
of the state police and the county
authorities.
At vnrions times state and fcderal
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11
BiG FEET GIRL.S ARE
\ IHE BEST SFfnN Ems

Venice. Cal. sept. io.-Girl- With
large feet make The best swimmer. IL
IL asserted hy Tom Kendall of tho N~r-
i"r swimming association. He told a
number OF girls who wished To- learn 10
swim that big feet were great aid IN
propcllinE swimmers rapidly and safely
thru tho water.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

II. expects TO take care OF sttendsnce
better than last year. reports rrcaidcnt
David kirley
rho. G''vrrSi;y .of Michigan. Use
wise anticipates a manifest increase
1tur to ~ vs, l'rO ss.'u- nut as in. ms
past. to take care Of students and Ito
do iis duty hy those who come. writes
Natalie Z. Murphy, secretary to Prcsi-
dent Burton.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

GENEROSITY 80 Sur-. - why.
Bobby. YOU selfish little boy. Why
didn', YOU give your sister a piece OF
your applc7''
Bobby-'t gave her the seeds. She
can plant 'cm and have whole ORCH
ard. d.''-kinEs,on Standard.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

troops have been sent TO the section
and maintained order under martial
! law.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

The above popular Pueblo girls leave for colleges and
their studies while others will the first years course
Top left to right:
Catherine who Colorado Springs
Irene Johnson to Colorado College
Dorothy Ovesdorf the Uverly Of Color ado Boulde,
Julia Boons who Baldwin school, Ryn Mawr Penn
Bottom row. left o right: ..
Leone Voorhees, who The National Park Seminary Washington
Nina Koperfk, who return the of
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11
Bv ELLIS PARKER BUTLER

Author
by
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11

,Ccnciudirs chapters viii be rue'iss-
cd Ncrdsy and TUESDAY -cr-,nss)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
COOPERATION, NOT DEFIANCE

Co generation. not hindrance and defiance, is what is to
be expected from the local police in connection with the
work being done by Prohibition Enforcement Officer Sam
ul H. Cone in this city. The statement by the local oficlals
that it will be hard to get evidence to back up the charges
made by the prohibition officer is not creditable to them.
Alderman Sofeld, evidently speaking for the police de-
partment, is quoted as saying in regard to the Majestic
cafe raid: 1--WE don't know how far we can go in this case.
We are going TO try to get in touch with the agent again,
however, and ask him to elaborate on his charges"
Why does the alderman not know how far he can go in
the case? Having assumed the responsibilities of the head of
the law enforcement body of the city one would suppose
that he could go the limit. The aldermans reputation and
standing in the community is such that it is to be expected
that he will leave no stone unturned to clean up this unsav-
~ery mess.
Both the chairman of the police committee and the chief
of police must certainly know the reputation that the Ma
iestic cafe has had. Holding the positions that they do they
cannot plead innocence and surprise. To say that they are
going to get in touch with the prohibition agent to ask him
to elaborate his charges is only making them ridiculous. In
stead of expecting the prohibition agent to elaborate for
them, they should be in a position to elaborate on the work
already done.
And the Majestic cafe is not the only place in the city
that needs attention. The local police must be well aware of
the places referred to. If they are not then they are I'M
worthy of the responsibility placed up them, and if they re-
fuse to clean up these places of their own accord they must
not be peeved when outside authority comes in and does the
trick over their heads.
At least this raid that has just taken place refutes the
charge that has so frequently been made that when it comes
10 making raids only the comparatively insignificant places
on the outskirts of he/city are picked out while the larger
and more influential places on the main streets are allowed
TO run about as they please. OF course, it is bound to be said
that politics was the underlying motive for this raid. This
Hpsto be seen. A continuation of this work where the
local police have apparently fallen down will refute this ac-
cusation. For the good name of the city it is to be hoped
that it will go on.
In the meantime the local police cannot escape their
share of the responsibility. The least they can do is to CO.
operate and not hinder the prohibition officer in the per-
Torrance of his duty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
MORE DUST FOR PERTH AMBoY

We congratulate the Asbury Park Chamber of Com
merce on the announcement that it. is able to make regarding
the inauguration of a new winter express train service on
the Pennsylvania railroad between Asbury Park and New
York. 'This train will be known as the Asbury Park Ex-
press" the announcement reads, and will leave Asbury
Park every morning except Sunday at S:l2 and North Asbury
Park at S:15. 1t will take on passengers and without further
stop will arrive at Newark at 9:2O and Hudson Terminal,
New York, at 9:44. Returning this train will leave Hudson
Terminal at 1852, excepting Saturday, arriving at North AS
bury Park at SAS and at Asbury Park at 6:24."
Here is another train to throw dust in the eyes of the
people waiting at the Perth Amboy station until the dinky
local comes along to carry the passengers from this point
to the city. Here is another sign for Perth Amboy to read
as they enter the New York terminal: First stop Asbury
Park" while they are forced to go over to some other track
where a local is showed in, which, after making two stops
in Newark, three in Elizabeth, not to mention, Linden, Rah-
way. Avenel, Edgers and Woodbridge, finally bangles into
the depot here at about the same time the other train which
started from New York when the local did, arrives at
Asbury Park.
If the Perth Amboy business men and manufacturers,
as well as those who feed at the public crib, could only for
get their petty jealousies and bitter partisan feelings long
enough to get together to make the Chamber of Commerce
here a really effective organization, putting the welfare of
the city above their individual and party interests for a time,
something really worth while might be accomplished for the
advancement of Perth AmbOy in the way of railroad accom-
modations and other features that make an up to date city.
The curse of this city seems to be the inability of the aver
age citizen to see beyond his own individual selfish self
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
TOO MANY WOMEN?
BY DR.. W. +. BARTON

The impression is that America is
short of potential husbands. There
are in fact 104 men to every 100
women. Every ensus from the be-
ginning OF America has shown an
excess of men over m More
male children than female are born.
More men than women immigrate
from other countries to America.
But men do not hold their advan-
tage. They die in childhood more
easily than girls. They weaken
their hearts by the excessive use of
tobacco. They are more subject to
accidents. They are more exposed
to fatalities in war. O
In the times of Isaiah a situation
was described in which seven women
would lay hold on one man and Of
fer to support themselves if he
would marry them all. This merely
means that after var has killed off
large numbers of men, there is great
shortage of husbands, and an abnor-
NAL social condition.
In the United States there are still
more men than women, but this is
due largely to foreign immigration.
Native born young women have not
any more than an even chance OF
getting a husband. In Nevada there
are far more men than women, not
withstanding the number of women
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
BY DIR. II. III. BISHOP

1t is a strange fact that the in
veterate candy eaters are women OF
sedentary habits.
Such women, because of their in
active lives, are just the ones who
should eat the least candy. The ac-
tive business woman or society wom-
on who is OIL the go all the time is
little harmed by candy, although as
a rule such women eat little of it.
inactive is laying up a decidedly IN
when she INDUCES overmuch in her
favorite sweets.
Candy is a greatly concentrated
food; that is. it contains a large
amount of food units or calories per
cubic inch. When we eat candy we
are taking food at a fearful rate.
One chocolate caramel. IN inch
square contains 100 food units
When we eat a square inch of fudge,
we are absorbing 100 food units also.
Persons who lead a more or less
inactive life do not require nearly
as many food units to keep them
healthy as the person who works at
hard manual labor all day and uses
up his tissues at a high rate. An
active person may use up $500 or
5000 food units a day.
Only a big muscular man engaged
in manual labor ali day could use
up $500 Galleries a day. The mac
tive oma 1000 food units a day.
Divided by three for the three meals
in the day it is easily seen that 1000
~calories make a good-sized meal.
Yet how easy it is to eat 1000 cal
cries and never know it. A cup OF
chocolate, 200 calories; two small
baking powder biscuits, 100; a pat
Of butter, 100; n serving OF
creamed salmon on toast. 200; one
serving of Green peas, 100: n cup
of custard, 800; total, 1000 calories
One can see then that the average
woman should not eat a lot of candy
unless she wishes to put her diges-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28

"What is the ~'Shantung question
after all. and what part do kiao-
chow and Tsintao play in ftY'
This question is answered IN a
bulletin issued from the Washing
ton, d. c., headquarters of the Ma
tional Geographic Society as iol-
lows:
.aThe 'Shantung Question had its
genesis when Germany, eager 10
compete with other European ma
tons which were becoming more
and more important in the Far
East, determined to have a port ana
naval base of her own on the
shores of northeast China. 1t took
definite shape when in 1897 two
German missionaries were killed In
teeming Shantung, most densely
populated and economically and
sentimentally one of the most i'm
portant of China's provinces. BY
way of indemnifying herself for the
loss of her nationals, Germany
forced China to grant her a 80 year
lease on an area roughly ten OF
twelve miles in diameter on the
coast of Shantung at the entrance
to Kiaochow Bay, and to neutral
ize a zone 33 miles wide skirtine
the entire bay and including the
leased region. On the leased plo'
the Germans built a typicD Ger
man town, Tsingtao.
Forst Only a "Kiao-Chow' Problem
1.-THE leased and neutral zones to-
gether comprise a relatively small
part of the 5000 square miles OF
Shantung. So far as area is on
cerned, it is very roughly as though
Virginia, Maryland and Delaware
were substituted for Shantung, the
District of Columbia for Tsingtao
and for the neutral Kiaochow terri
tory, a fan shaped area of Mary
land counties with a radius equal
ine the distance between Wash
ington and Baltimore.
when this most stubborn or tai
Eastern questions first emerged
with Germany and China as the
chief parties concerned, it seemed
to be only a 'Kiaochow Question.
But the Kiaochow inch rapid,
developed into the indefinite but
Il oming Shantung ELI when Ger
many's economic designs were un'
derstood; and the latter amendment
of the plans made the problem still
broader. For the agreement In
cIuded concessions to build railways
| outside the leased and neutra
areas. in Shantung proper; ant
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
Learn One New Thing Every Day
BULLETINS BY THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIE TY

coupled with the railroad conces-
sions was the right to explicit mines
in zones twenty miles wide trayersei
by the railroads.
THE 255 mile railway line from
Tsingtao to Tsinan, the capital OF
Shantung. was opened in 1904.
When in 1914 Japan announced that
she .ouIo support Great Britain's
II t. rests by taking the town of
Tsingtao, athe Chinese wished to
send troops to make the attack a
concerted affair, but were dissuaded
When Japan had stormed the town
and taken it from the Germans, the
Chinese considered the matter
merely a "Tsingtao Question but ii
rapidly grew into a "Shantung
Question again when secret trea-
ties were disclosed whereby Japan
had obtained more than a year be-
fore the Peace Conference the en-
France, Russia and Italy to support
Japanese claims to all privileges
which Germany had acquired in
Shantung. Although the Chinese
delegates protested that when their
| country entered the war against
Germany and abrogated all treaties
with the latter, the territories and
! concessions automatically reverted
Ito China the Paris council followed
the secret treaties and provided in
the Treaty of Versailles for the
transfer of all rights formerly Ds-
longing to Germany in Shantung
to Japan. The Chinese refused to
sign the treaty; and there the mat
ter may be said 80 rest. though it
has since been the subject of almost
| ceaseless diplomatic discussion.
Most of the coast of Shantuns
is rough, but within this minor
barrier much of the province is
plains country with unending fields
of beans and kaoling, a kind OF
grain sorghum. The level sections
of the province are traversed by
the great Yellow River, which peri
odically mandates the country; and
the Grand Canal. a waterway Sec
ond in Importance as a commerce
carrier only to the Yang-tsze-kiang
Near the central part of Shan
tung rises Tai-Shan, the highest
and most famous of the five sacred
mountains of China. A short dis
lance to the south of the mountain
is a little town which probably
ranks as the most venerated spoi
in all China, the birthplace and bu-
rial place of C~onfucius, one of the
worlds greatest religious teachers
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-28
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

are not molested. The ~so-called civil
war in China is a political quarrel
which Toes not affect the lie OF
China as a whole in an appreciate
way.
China is governed today, just as
II has been governed for some 5,Ooo
years. by its numerous provincial
M corresponding to o
of our states, Some of these prov
incial governments are highly efh-
cient and Just and others are more
or less corrupt, as is the case IN TINS
country. The chief difference is that
in this country the central govern
ment for over half a century mas
been slowly usurping all n rune,
tions of the state governments uhtii
loca. government a been or minor
Importance. In China, local govern
ment is still thtreal government anu
national government is a farce.
In their strong instincts for local
government the Chinese probably
have a political asset. A strong ma
tional government has some dlsad-
yantages. To much national govern
ment. in the opinion OF many pohti-
cal economists. is Just now what ar
ficts most of the western nations. II
is the national governments that pie
up great ornaments and that MAXI
necessary heavy taxes. At the same
time. these central governments tend
to take political affairs out OF the
hands of the citizen and remoVe
them to a great distance. In a couh,
try where the chief governmental
mower was vested in town
nearly every man would have such a
share in the government of his coun-
trv as he was capable of bearing. In
a country like ours, where nearly all
Of the real power is vested in a ma
tional congress and national exeeu,
tive, government get utterly peyoIu
The control and comprehension OF
the comman man. He has to support
it. but it is a mere fiction that ne
controls ii. s.
What China Needs.
China, therefore, is not altogether
10 be pitied for not having a strong