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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-23
NEW FLAGSHIP TAKES
NAME OF COLUMBIA
Grcnt Northern, Formerly nm ARMY
Transport. HcfnE Ncnttcd for
Service with Fleet.

''i''Su iltSS.J
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22-Thc namo
or the Great Northern, the new flag
ship OF the Atlantic Fleet. has been
changed to the United States steam
snip Columbia. Formerly an army
transport. she is now being rehttcd
1T the New York Navy Yard as an
administration flagship for Admiral
Hilary Jones.
The Old cruiser Columbia. from
which the name is taken. f. now on
the list of naval ships to be sold.
She was built In 1892. ana during tho
Spanish American War was In the
Northern patrol feat, serving at one
time as ono Of the convoy which
escorted General Nelson ~ Miles to
Porto Rico.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-23
1t fights film

lnis method combats the film
on teeth - that viscous coat YOU
'ee- Film is the teeth's great
enemy, 1t clings to teeth, gets be-
tween the teeth and stays.
Brushing in the old ways does
not end this film. And most tooth
troubles are caused by what is left
Film absorbs stains, making the
teeth look dingy. II is the basis OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-23

tartar. It holds food substance
which terments and forms acid. It
hoids the acid in contact with the
teeth to cause decay.
Millions OF germs breed in il.
lhcy, with tartar, are the chief
cause OF pyorrhea. Very few peo-
pie nave escaped these troubles
caused by film.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
TO MAKE SWIMMING SAFE.

1.-THE old swimming hole" is all right
If you know all about 1t, but every
year many lives are lost because peo-
pie attempt to swim In uncharted
lakes or rivers with dangerous holes.
Out in Shelbyville, Ind, boy scout
lost his life In one of these treacher-
GUS gravel holes and the tragedy
awoke the public to the dangers In it's
own midst. The Rotary club immedi-
ately came to the front and enlisted
the willing cooperation of the boy
scouts in chartlng and permanently
marking all the danger points in the
vicinity Of the town. The scouts made
the signs and the Rotarians sold them
Under the slogan Of Buy sign and
save boys life" Wires as well as
signs were placed over these treacher-
Gus holes by the scouts and trash and
dumpage were also cleared out.
How about your town? Any need
of this kind of safety-frst work? II
so, set your scouts to work. That
good old ounce of prevention of which
We have all heard so often Is still re-
markably worth while as a substitute
for the pound of cure, which is, some
times, as it was in Shelbyvllle, a sad
business.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

erans and are liking the experiment.
Heading the municipal machinery
IL Mayor George e. Leach, who never
had taken part In politics until after
he had commanded the One Hundred
and Fifty-flrst Field artillery Of the
FOrty-secOnd division. His city attor-
ney is Nell NJ. Cranin. who had a com
pany of infantry In the One Hundred
and Fiftleth regiment, Eightieth divi-
sion. A. G. Jensen, his chief Of p0-
lice. commanded battalion in a
depot brigade. The mayors secre-
tary is Frank r. Cullen. who led a
platoon Of engineers.
Mayor. Leach was elected after
bitter contest fight In which his sup
porters declared disloyalists and luke
warm Americans lined up solldly
against him. His platform was straight
Amerlcanism and straight business.
Bringing home his artillerymen of
the Rainbow division after the armis-
tice, Mr.. Leach made successful at
tempt to get every man Of them Job.
He and his staff are members of the
American Legion In posts In Mime
apolis and vicinity.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
Home From Sea and Weds.

Home again from the sea, Claudlus
G. Pendill, Milwaukee, Wis, national
vice commander of the American Lee
glon, recently has married Miss Ger
trude Elizabeth Wollaeger of his home
city. A direct descendant of Don't
Give Up the Ship Lawrence Of early
American naval fame PendIll him.
self established a record in the United
States navy when he climbed from a
regular enlistment on May 8. 1917, to
the commission Of ensign on Mas /,
1918. He was a lieutenant q. 81
at the close of the war. The BRIDE
groom is graduate Of the University
of Michigan and Mrs. Pendlll gradu-
ated from vassar. They will live In
the classic atmosphere Of Boston,
Mass.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

force lost S02 traffic coppers, plain
and fancy patrolmen. detectives, desk
sergeants and police officers, when
America sent out her general alarm
for the roundup Of Germany. Ten per
cent Of these men received commits
slons In the. army and navy, and so
per cent of them won promotion, both
In the ranks and among the shoulder
straps. Nineteen bluecoats were
awarded the Cr0ix de Guerre for gal
iantry In action, and the same number
were killed in battle. The police post
buried the 10 dead with military and
police honors.
The soldier-policemen have their
own summer resort, maintained by
the post, at Broad Channel, Long Is
land, where they may spend their an
nual vacations They will form an
auxiliary to their post this fall, as
most Of the force are married.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

ferred from his station at San rran-
cisco to new post at New York, Pri-
vate Gilbert sought permission to hike
the distance. He was given a fur
Tough and sent upon his way. He car
ried a 5l-pound pack during the en-
tire trip.
Between marches the marine found
shelter and food from American L.
gion posts along the way, and when he
reached st. Paul, his home. st. Paul
Post, No. s, turned out to greet him.
The distance of 1000 miles hiking
was covered In little more than a
month. He made the 2,2OO-mlle walk
from San Francisco to st. Paul in IL
days actual time. Automobiles along
the way materially helped the marcher
by frequent and long lifts"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
UNIQUE GOOD TURN.

Troop 10 of Baltimore, Md, recent
had an opportunity to do a rather
nusual good turn when the directors
II an orphan asylum invited them to
help teach the Riddles how to play. II
seems the orphanage had been moved
from the city to the rural outskirts
end the poor youngsters who had
iever known before the freedom Of
The great outdoors didn't at all know
what to do with their own new privl-
iegas and were pathetIcally helpless
IN their changed environment.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
THE FIRST OCEAN CABLE

When It was first proposed TO lay
cable from Dover to Calais II was
denounced as mad freak" "gigan.
tic swindle.' So little was known
about II that when fisherman hnued
up the line with his trawl he thought
II a new species Of seaweed. Some
thought the signals were TO be given
BY pulling on the wire like doorbell,
SO they argued the ocean he'd was
too rough and uneven for thai, While
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
BOY SCOUTS POLICE AIDES.

Thirty-slx boy scouts have been for
mally sworn in as members Of the Els.
sex county IN. J) park commission
scout police, an organization formed
to act as auxiliary to the county
police forces in protecting the parks.
A picked group Of these boys will act
as leaders and will receive direct in
struction from Chief Gilhooly Of the
park police. They will wear metal
badges, combining the insignia Of the
boy scouts with that Of the park DO
Moo
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
Legion Men Fight Fores. Fire.

When forest fires raging in north
eastern Minnesota recently threatened
several towns and woodlands, so mem
bers Of the American Legion of Du
luth turned out to fight the blaze
Twenty-Five of the fire fighters, lee
by the Legion state adjutant, were
trapped In 150.foot ring of fire when
a backfire they had started fiared ur
In a stiff change of wind. The men
wet their handkerchlefs from can.
teens, lay fiat on the ground, and the
flames swept aver them.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

some objected that II would kill all
the fish, others believed that fish
would gnaw off the insulating gutta
percha covering and put the line out
OF business. Lieutenant Maury. a
marine. not a cable expert. ventured
to express the opinion that there never
would be a time calm enough. the sea
smooth enough and wire long enough
Or a ship big enough to lay an Attain
TIC cable. When, after few weeks Of
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

boys, proficient In games, but tongue
tied when II comes to explaining them.
Poe Is an outstanding exception. He
knew what he was trying to do before
he did It and explained In criticism
that is notably better than his com.
ment on his contemporaries. Thoreau
and Emerson had much to say Of how
they thought, but little of how and
why they wrote. Where else, until one
comes to Whitman, with his formal
and informal defences of his own par.
ticular methods. Is there another?--
Literary Review.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
To Make Arlington Most Beautiful.

Plans to make the national ceme-
terry at Arlington the most beautiful
soldier memorial in the world have
been completed by officials Of the
American Legion, and VIII be pre-
sented to congressional committee
in the pear future, according to wash.
insaoa adyices. Landscape gardeners
of international fame win submit de-
signs 10 the memorial committee, and
the one which best typifes the heroic
spirit Of the American dead, win be
commissioned to complete the work.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
O TIE O.
Ar[ERI(,AN
.LLGlON
<cspy for This Department Supplied by
the American Legion News servtce,)
WORLD WAR MEN GOVERN CITY
minneapolis Entrusts Entire Munich
pal Control to Veterans, With
George Leach as Mayor.
With the service men of the United
States unwlllingly beginning to be-

lleve that the pe0-
pie thereof have
entirely forgotten
them, the city Of
Minneapolis is a
fourishing oasis
In the alleged des-
ert Of drled-up
memory. The clti-
zens have en-
trusted their COM
plete city govern
ment to the young
World war vet
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

taken for q bandit
and looked upon
with suspicion in
the communities
where the marine
uniform never had
been seen, Charles
e. Gilbert, United
States IN a rim e
corps, arrived in
New York re-
C tly hale.
hearty and tired.
Ordered trans
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
WRITING on WRITING.

1t is curious how few American
writer's have cared or been able to
write upon the art Of writing. espe-
cially upon their own art. II we look
back through our literary history the
novellsts, poets, even the essayists
seem like file OF American school
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

operation, the first Atlantic cable
gave out, some declared that 1t never
had worked and no messages ever
had been sent, and some doubted If
II ever had been laid.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

The Pilgrims and the Purtans should not be
COMPOUNDED in the readers mind. Frank NJ. Gregg
sets forth the difference between them clearly in
his Introduction to "The Founding of Nation"
Doran)
The colOnists of the Mayfower were Engshmcn
of the period Of zoos, while the PurItans of Massa-
chusetts bay colony (Salem and Boston, were
Engshmen of the period Of 1923. The name
"Pilgrms" was given to the Plymouth colonists
by Gov. William Bradford, who was passenger
on the MayfOwer. The name 'Puritans" was ap.
the early part of the Seventeenth century by the
supporters of the court and king.
When the Pilgrims fed from England to Hol-
land In 1905 the Stuart dynasty had not fully de.
veoped its despotic theory Of the divine right of
kings. The commoners at this period were still
loyal. The Pilgrims themselves attributed their
prosecutions to the bishops Of the established
church and not to the king. But In 1923 Kings
James | and Charles | had denied many of the
ancient rights of the English parliament and peo.
pie; and dsloyalty was rife throughout the nation
II is evident therefore, that the men of these
periods were not impelled by the same motives
The Pilgrims came to America to enjoy religious
freedom. The Puritans came to America to enjoy
political as well as religious freedom. Consider
ing the conduct of the two colonies in after years
toward the mother country, 1t is reasonable to as.
mouth colony could the Pilgrims have written the
Declaration of Independence On the other hand
at almost any time between 1923 and 1776 the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

saw service In tine
World war, have
b a n d e d them
selves together In
the General La
fayette Police
post Of the Amer
lean Legion, New
York city. Peter
j. Masterson, a
lieutenant of po-
lice. commands
the organization.
The New York
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

to the court and the prisoners
dock was stopped up.
The dock itself was abolished,
and Its Seventeenth century
wooden rails and balusters were
sold. Only recently have they
been repurchased and retrieved
from II garden; and they lie In
neglected heap In the basement.
In fact, the Boston town council
for long years seems to have
been possessed with a fury of
sale or destruction. In 1887 II
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
POLICE POST OF THE LEGION
Peter Masterson Of New York's "Fjn.
est" Commands an Organization
Of 1900 Members.

Twelve hundred members of the
"hnest police force in the world" who
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21
MAKES HIKE OF 1000 MILES
Marine Corps Fellow Travels From
San Francisco to New York ,
Carrying 5t-Pound Pack.

After facing death from thirst on
the great American desert, heing mis-.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

s0ld Tor t6OO Its ancient and very valuable
civil silver plate. Recently 1t has risen once
more to the occasion and has had the parlor. rich
In the Seventeenth century pltchpne panelinp
with noble fireplace and overmantel, all thlckly
painted In sealing-waX or pOstoffce red. 1t Is
remarkable indeed that the very fine and curious
Henry VIII period linenfold paneled doors of what
was once the municipal strong-room and reposi-
tory OF documents have been allowed to remain
In their olden condition.
Assuredly these BostOnians are not sentimental.
lists; and where such ancient buildings as remain
are allowed to exist 1t Is mostly because they can
be put to commercial use. The most interesting
Old warehouses left In the town are for example,
those which face confectionery factory in Spain
lane, and are used by it, Spain lane Is an ex-
ceedingly picturesque nook. 1t takes It's name
from the old merchant family of De Spayne These
surviving old stone buildings are perhaps some of
those which once belonged to various abbeys in
Lincolnshire. row of projecting stone bosses
perhaps indicate the means by which the goods
raised lowered to or from the upper floors.
The very irreguarly shaped Market place.
in spite of its containing no buildings of any note
Is remarkably suggestive of the central "place"
Of some foreign towns This is due not merely
to Its wide area, but largely to the imposing sight
Of Boston stump" which is as well viewed from
this standpoint as from any other and looks not
little un-Engsh with its lantern stage like
corona, delicately supported by flying buttresses
at the angles. A not Improbable time may be
spent along the riverside, whose ancient buildings
and oldworld SAVIOR inevitably recall Longfellow's
lines
81 remember the black wharves and the ships,
sand the sea-tides tossing free;
"And the Spanish sailors with bearded lips
% Il the heaut1 nd IllrSt of 10
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-10-21

OSTON In Lincolnshire Is not the
decayed seaport 1t is generally rep
resented to be, and IL indeed for a
town Of 1900 inhabitants com.
munity Of busting and vigorous life.
Boston Is situated five miles
from the open seas, on the navlga-
Bile river Witham, which here has
tidal rise and fall of some 20
feet. That river is picturesque in
sketches, rather than beautiful to
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-09
ALA. CONGRESSMAN
DIES AT BARLOW
Representative Fred [. BIackmon Dies
Suddenly at Home of Nephew in
Florida.
(Ry Associated Pressl

BARLOW. Fla. Feb. 8.-Represen-
tative Fred L. Blackmon, of Admission,
Ala, died here at the home of his
nephew. DR.. r. L. Hughes, shortly af-
ter midnight last night. The body will
be shipped to Admission this morning
for interment
The deceased was recently re-elect-
ed for the seventh consecutive time
to his seat in congress from the
Fourth Alabama district He arrived
in Florida Sunday. accompanied by
his young son. Death was due to heart
disease.
Representative B1ackmon was born
at Lime Branch. Polk county, Ca,
September is, 1873, and moved to Cal
noun county, Ala, in 1883. He was
married December 81. 1908. Two chill
dren. Fred L. Blackmon, Jr., and Sara
Bellinger Blaekmon, survive him
One week ago Representative Black
mon presided in the house of repre-
sentatives at memorial exercises for
the late Senator Bankhead of Ala
bama.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-09
Sound Kidneys
Save Suffering

The hustle and hustle of modern life
cause weak Kidneys. Overwork and
worry invariably create poison faster
than the weakened kidneys can filter
it from the blood. Pain in the back,
nervousness and lack Of ambition are
the first warnings that the kidneys
are deranged and for these conditions
warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Rem
edy should be used for beneficial ac-
ton. For SO years this dependable
medicine has proved itself beneficial
for kidney .disase and its ofttimes ter
rible effects. Here's an instance of its
remarkable efficacy:
81 wish to say that your remedies
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of Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Remedy in our home, and It has saved
many a doctors bill. It is wonder
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p. Schmidt, r. f. d. No. I, Dunkirk,
Ohio.
warmers Safe Kidney, and Liver
Remedy contains no harmful tngredi-
ents and should be used when the kid
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sample sent on receipt of 10 cents
warmers Safe Remedies Co, Dept.
Rochester. N. Y.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-09
SOVIET PREMIER
HEARD WILD TALE
fey Assoelated Pressl

LONDON Feb. s.--The Russian soviet
authorities We're told by an American
millionaire that the United States was
after Kamichata as an Asatic base in
ease of a war between the United States
and Japan. according TO an utterance
made recently in speech by Nikolai
Lenine the bolsheviki premier.
Asserting that the proposed treaty con-
ceding Kamichata is part of a scheme to
utilize the bourgeois capital to accelerate
the countrys industrial development,
Lenine is quoted as having said:
IAN American multi millionaire who
has been here spoke very frankly about
the motives of the treaty namely, tina.
America has desires to have a base in
Asia in case of war with. Japan. This
millionaire said that If we should sell
Kamichata to America he would promise
us such enthusiasm on the part of the
population of the United States that the
American government will Immediately
recognize the soviet government in Rus
sia."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-09
ENHANCED NEGRO
CAUSES QUESTION
Sheriff's ForsetfuIness Raises Inter-
/ estinu Point.
(By Associates Press,

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 3.--Wuth APP
parently no precedent to guide him.
Attorney General A ". Coco Is to-
night trying to determine the legal
status of Lonnie Eaton. negro, OF Mon
roe. La, the date of whose execution
on Feb. for the murder of a white
man was completely forgotten by
Sheriff T. A. Cant of Ouocf1ita parish.
The forgetfulness Of the sheriff, who
became so engrossed in other matters
that he entirely overlooked the sched-
uled hanging Of the negro has raised
one of the most interesting legal ques-
tions ever met with in this state, ac-
cording to legal authorities, whose
opinions in regard to the negro's stat
us widely differ.
The attorney general frankly adj
mits that he does not know what the
negro's status is-whether he is al
ready legally dead In the eyes of the
law and should go free by reason of
having his life once placed in jeop-
ardy with the setting Of the date of
his execution by the governor or
whether the man must yet be execut-
ed in expiation for his crime. He
states, however. that he will thorough
~ examine all cases in the records
which may have bearing on the mat
ter before rendering a decision.
Another complication in the case is
the fact that an application for a
communication OF the sentence to life
Imprisonment is now pending before
the board of pardons.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-02-09
RAILROADS WILL
RECEiVl, PAYMENT
(sy Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Brcught
up under rule giving it privileged
status, the winslow bill authorizing
partial payment to railroads under the
act was passed today by the house.
The bill was defeaed yesterday whom
voted on under suspension Of the
rules, which required a two-thirds
vote on passage. Some democrats who
led the fight against it then on the
ground that effort was being made to
rush it through, turned about and sup
ported it today after opportunity had
been given for debate and amend
ment.
There was plenty of debate, but only
one amendment, designed TO protect
the government against over payment,
was adopted,
Chairman Esch. Of the interstate
commerce committee which reported
the measure. said legislation was
needed because the treasury had re-
fused to accept the ruling of the in
terstate commerce committee that
about $350,e00,0 900 due the carriers
should be paid now, as the law which
he helped frame stiplated.
BY giving the roads the money due
them Representative Rayburn, demo-
declared they would be able to oper-
ate on a sane basis, free from entan-
clements with the government"