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The Kusko times., 1921-02-26
Mears Fried to Get
 ,000 Salary Raise

Washing gton.-Beeause Secretary of ahe Interior Payne sought an increase in salary for Colonel Frederick Mears, chairman of the Alaska Engineering Commission. to Sl5,000 year, the item in the sundry civil bill appropriating s4. 000.0 for completion of the Gov. srnmsnt railroad had great trouble in getting through the H 1t,seeF
 The. itemeemePged bearing the fol- lohings provision: Provided, That DO indiTidual shall be paid an annual salary out of this fund of more than slO,0oo''
 Tom Conley arrived from the Peluk foothills ousThursday to spend few days here.
The Kusko times., 1921-02-26
The Wonders of
 Radio Telegraphy

Washington. Sailors on United States naval vessels within 509 miles of New York are hearing the best opera singers-and not by photograph Partly to entertain the men, but more to develop wireless telephoning, Secre' tary Daniels is enlisting singers,iu this voluntary service. This week Madame Tetrazini sang her highest notes in New York, and the sailors on the ships at sea "fistened in,' hearing her per fectly.
 Dan MeRae left Thursday on a trip to Nixon.
 John E. Strand. came down from Nixon on Thursday,
The Washington times., 1921-02-06

she passes he scatters roses In her path.
and when she has gone out he spits, In dis
gust. at her feet poet friend comes from
the services apotbeosiSing Don Juan, say.
Ing that he will make famous book and
play of his history. Don Juan's vanity Is
fed, and when the poet leaves he Is In
quandary whether to remain dead as a
great man or to take the chance. In having
a resurrection, of outliving his greatness.
He tosses a coin to decide and his death
is decided upon. He breaks his sword,
scatters the petals of a rose over II when
he has crossed the pieces on the floor, and
sprinkles it with holy water! Then he
leaves the church to seek obscurity for the
rest of his life. Gy-g
The widest imagination could not con-
ceive of man daring to place such action
within a church when service for the
dead was going on. If 1t could It would
certainly indicate depravity of mild and
utter disregard for the holiness Of sacred
things that one could not believe to exist
oven In this materialistic age! But Il has
been done, aud, while II may be artistic
DlaSpBeuly 10 say IL, pdIdliie 10 Ino non
who has done It! .,s. -
In the third act Don Juan has sCbecome
the keeper of an inn. His reputed me-
moirs, as false to the truth as they we're
in the roseate glow in which his poet
friends imagination had embellished them,
were the sensation of the day. Everyone
was reading of the famous love hero. Don
Juan read his supposed memoirs with dis
gust. His silvered hair and advancing age
did not take from him that which was the
motive of his life. He is trying to win
princess. lie tries all his wiles upon her
But she tells him that glory and fame for
her are the only things that she could love
In q mani .s
He is surprised When she confesses 70
him that sho prefers au old, almost de.
crepit general, made famous by many wars,
to him. a younger man but only On Inn
keeper! Dou Juan becomes frantic In his
appeal to ber, and finally tells her In des.
peratiou that be Is greater than any one
Tor he Is the famous Don Juan! She ridi
cules him and thinks that he has gone In.
sane as he insists. she calls IN the otbers
to share In the ridicule. .
The sacrilegious features of the play
have so incensed the newspapers Of Paris
which have Catholic affiliations that they
have ignored the piece entirely, after vain
" having protested against its production
TO the police authorities. But the Came
lots du Roi." the young student element Of
the supporters Of the Royalists have been
more active. They have sent their threats
OF personal violence to Andre Brule. ae
we'll az TO Bataillc. II IL hardly possible
that any manager will dare TO produce thg
play or o motion picture version Of n IN
America. ....
The Washington times., 1921-02-06

dead debauchec They see many OF the
former loves of Don Juan enter-some
griefstricken, others Indifferent and others
IN seeming satisfaction.
Don Juan, from behind pillar OF tho
church, recounts his adventures as they
are recalled to him by seeing his former
loves. He does not spare his victims. lie
ridicules the husbands whose wives he had
stolen az they pass by and jeers at the
frailty of women. He flays them all, with
out respect, with his cynical philosophy.
But his over-ruling vanity and egoism
get the best Of him, and be desires to know
what these old loves now think of now that
he is dead aud gone, He sends his friend
to intercept them AZ they come from the
service to question them. He remains in
the background listening TO what they have
TO say.
He points out one with whom bo had been
in love for ten years, but had parted with
five years before, aud sends his friend TO
sneak with her. He asks her If she would
like some little souvenir Of Don Juan, as he
was his friend and would obtain 1t for her.
She is Indifferent and merely thanks him,
turning to leave. Don Juan urges his
friend to detain her, so he asks her II she
The Washington times., 1921-02-06


cs "old," aud this being told-he was old
was the hardest thing for Don Juan TO-
bear Again out comes his mirror and he
confesses TO his friend that he has received
the first rebuff of his life. '-..
He Is worried aud pDilosophiZes on age,
but the appearance Of i common girl OF the
street, who rushes into the church, mad
with grief and In bitter anguish throws her.
self down upon the stone floor in an agony
of sorrow, attracts him. Don Juan regards
her. but does not know her. His friend
cannot enlighten him either. Who can this
grief-stricken woman be? He covers his
face with his cloak and approaches her.
asking n all these tears were for Don
Juan. When she replies Automatically ne
is more perplexed.
He couldn't remember her. When he
asked her II she had seen Don Juan often,
she replied only once at q fete in Seville,
but for fifteen years he had ever been in
her heart and mind. This fattGred Don
Juan, after the rebuffs he had received and
he revealed himself to her, She recognized
him at once and screaming with fear,
sought TO run away. Don Juan held her
hand lopg enough TO make a rendezvous
for that evening In the market place!
Don Juan Is pleased. He boasts to his
friend that time had not changed him az
he thought when a woman who had seen
him once remembered him with love for
fifteen years This was his consolation!
His first mistress, old and pompous,
comes out, supported by her ladies. AS
The Washington times., 1921-02-06

ing bis face with his sword. Don Juan,
seeing the incident and the possibilities OF
It, enters the house unseen and places In
the pocket of the dead man his memoirs,
upon which he has been working. The hnd-
ing of these identify the disfigured man as
the noted Don Juan, and great funeral is
arranged for him, his memoirs being in
tered with the body or the supposed Don
Juan
The second act is placed in the Cathedral
of Seville. 1t is wonderful satting; the
great pillars of the church, ornamented
with figures of the Virgin, the golden grill
with the chancel behind It, the fonts OF
holy water, tho candles burning every
where, the confessiouals and small chapels
reproduced with fidelity much too exact
TO please those who have a reverence for
holy things. Aud this is the setting IN
which Bataille chose to unfold the super
worldly philosophers of wicked Don Juan!
Don Juan has come to attend the last
obsequies over his supposed body. In at
tending his own funeral he brought his
friend with him. All the magnillcence and
pomp of Spanish Catholic funeral are
faithfully portrayed. The pageant of the
priests and bishops, with their acolytes,
franciscan monks in sombre robes con.
trasting strongly with the wonderfully
costumed majordomos; the coffin, black
and foreboding, illumined with numerous
candles, carried on the shoulders of four
penitents, gowned, as is the custom of the
persons who perform this service, in bril-.
liant red, with mask-like hoods covering
the entire head, holes for the eyes inteusi-
flying the gruesome effect; the mourners
following, each costume work of art de-
signed from the old Spanish masters-all
these give a realistic effect that caused n
genuine emotion, for 1t was difficult TO ap-
preciate you were not actually attending
Don Juan's funeral yourself as you sat in
the audience
AS the Mass proceeds Don Juan and his
friend comment upon the mourners who
are present. They watch them come and
20 as they pay their last respects to the
The Washington times., 1921-02-06

would like to see a man who resembles her
former lover greatly.
She turns, without emotion, and asks
where he Is. The friend points to the real
Don Juan standing there, but the woman
merely smiles and says he Is but poor
and unworthy imitation of the man she
once loved, and bowling, leaves the church.
Don Juan Is disquieted. He takes mirror
from his pocket and looks at himself, say
ing to his friend that 1t is not possible that
he could have changed so in five years t.
young girl enters and commences her
devotious before the confessional. Don
Juan Is, attracted by her. He turns to his
friend and tells him he has won queens In
five minutes and that he would win the
sixteen- -year-old girl in two. lie approaches
her. first excusiug himself, saying for her
10 continue her prayers AZ he Is not In n
hurry. She accepts his excuses and con-
tluues her deyotions more earnestly, trying
TO avoid him. He persists. wicked and ac-
complsred as he Is IN all the graces that
win womeDs hearts and so apt In all the
snares that beguie women.
She Is annoyed and afraid and rushes
for protection into the confessional, where
Don Juan follows, first asking his friend to
sing a serenade. which he does using MS
The Washington times., 1921-02-06
PARIS, Jan. 25.

PARIS, Jan. 25.
TSHE religious world of Paris, both
Catholic and Protestant, is
shocked beyond measure at the
extraordinary daring Of Henry Bataille's
new play, "L'Homme a la Rose"-the Man
with the Rose. 1t is not that the costumes
are too scant nor because the lines of the
play are unfit for public utterance, nor
because the episodes and scenes are ex-
ceptionally wicked or disgusting.
The outcry of protest and indignation
against their outraged feelings is because
Of the astonishing lack of respect for
Ihings sacred and religious.
The famous playwright chose the his
toric Don Juan for his theme. No objec-
'tion would have been raised against Sc
lecting this notorious roue as his hero.
but when the playwright chooses the
sacred precincts of o cathedral as place
10 develop and exploit all this cynical,
worldly jesting and r1baldry he has gone
q little further than even a person without
any professed religious scruples can ac-
cept without shudder.
When a Bataille play Is announced In
Paris 1t Is looked upon as a great event
IN the theatrical world. When Bataille
gave out that he would produce "L'Homme
ala Rose" he surrounded the piece with
Sc much mystery and secrecy, not even IN
tihating what tho subject of the play
would be-wbich could never be surmised
from the title itself-an promised such
Surprises that I'll Paris was on the Qui
Ape. When the general rehearsal was an
rermced there was n rush to obtain tickets,
which on such occasions are invitation
Affair.".
NBul the favored few who were to witness
the Grst production OF his new play had
been chosen by the author himself, who,
claiming to himself the prerogative that
comes to genius to do things In some eS-
sIAordnary way, insisted upon having the
Rbole house turned over to him to invite
@Bom he wished. When this was known
the demand for tickets became greater,
and as much as a thousand francs seat
was offered. The interest in the play was
asYgreat as that shown in the first produc'
tron of Rostand's "Chantecler," though
more restricted and not international.
"a magnificent sight was presented when
rhc audience Gathered for the first night
dttH .'uoume In Rose" The Theatre de
pitts was crowded with the elite Of Paris
oCtIho worlds of society, letters, politics,
ayi aud the stage. A great author woulu
hG slttiug next to q renowned actress, wnO
would be touching elbows With some Tam
oLs society leader The house was veri'
iahre exposition Of the people who are
making Paris what II is in art, literature
and science.
,Andre Brule appeared in the principal
role and Il was discovered that the play
was written on Don Juan and his historic
love adventures.
Bataille is perhaps original IN having
taken the decadence Of the great lover.
Don Juan, for the theme OF his play. The
MAY opens at n time when Don Juan,
stepped In licentiousness and dissipation,
tirIng of bis many love affairs, asks a
rrtend to take his place In a rendezvous
which he has made with a duchess. The
rrlrnd accepts and the frivolous wife is
awaiting her adventure with the noted
lover on her balcony.
Tho ducal husband returns unexpectedly
and kills the supposed Don Juan, dishgur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
Spsstal Cabls to The Tribune

LONDON, July HAZARDOUS factors
have been responsible for the improved
tone in the British business world dur
ing the last week. There is degree
of optimism, but many ,disappointments
make Tor caution and the improvement
necessarily is slow. With the govern
ment taking practical steps to reduce
national expenditures by tho limitation
CT financial commitments on housing
and other economies in general, the
Public is reaping the benefit Of it's long
campaign against extravaganza.
President Harding's invitation to the
Washington conference on international
disarmament and the Far Eastern cues
ton received the stamp of approval in
nearly every quarter, but no group was
more pleased than the British business
interests. Politics, aside from the con-
ferences, promises to give material
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

benefits TO overwhelmed Taxpayers in
this country, and relief in that dircc-
ton will be sincerely welcomed.
Hope in the Irish Situation
Similarly the public sees in the mo-
iuentous Irish negotiations a big adj
vance toward general settlement of
world affairs and return of solid peace
time finance. In addition there has
been a marked Improvement in the do
insstic labor situation, the engineers
following the miners in signing an
agreement accepting reduction in
wages. The drop in wages has not been
confined to these unions, but extends
to practically all classes Of workers,
and with it comes a decline in prices,
perhaps not in the same proportion,
though large, especially to the middle
classes, whose incomes remained al
most stationary during the long period
OF rising prices and wages
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
British Tax Cuts Help Business;
Caution Tempers Growing Optimism
Public Reaps Benefit of Fight ON Extrava-
sance - Hard ing Conference Among
Several Encouraging Political Developments

Signs Of Improvement can he found
in the fact that small traders are doinr
brisker business and the number of
factories reopening after the coal
strike is steadily increasing. This
naturally breeds a feeling OF greater
confidence and reviving interest. The
marked expansion in the sales of cot
ton reported from Liverpool during the
week indicates that the volume of bust
ness is larger than for several monthu
previously
Minister MacNamara told constitu-
ents during the week that of all the
European belligerents Britain has been
the most successful in recognizing,
and that the tide has now set in
strongly in the direction of better
times. The speculative activity 80 ap-
parent in the early months Of 1920 has
given place to more orderly revival
in business. The stock markets are not
particularly lively, but few find fault
with this situation.
Country Sick of Government Control
The government suffered a parlia-
mentary defeat in the committee hear
ing on the hill! designed. among other
things, to fix a maximum rate for the
railways. Several speakers declared
that the country was sick of govern
ment control, and they undoubtedly
voiced general sentiment. Notable
reductions in excursion and special
fares were announced by the railways,
and the public has been taking ed
vantage of this easier opportunity to
travel.
A protracted debate in Parliament on
the question of customs duties con-
tinues, but the question is so involved
IN party politics that little Roadway
has been made.
The empire agricultural conference,
organized to discuss measures tending
to make the British Empire self-sup
porting. is being held here, with many
notable speakers taking part in the
discussion. The subject OF imperial
preference is being considered from
every angle, and apparently has the
general support Of the delegates. Even
many free traders favor imperial pref
erence,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18
DAYS Ne,v Issues

Merrill, Lynch & Co. and Cassatt &
Co. are heading a selling group for the
ale of a new issue Of $1,500,000 Spicer
Manufacturing Corporation ten-year 8
per cent sinking fund gold bonds, due
July /, 1881, at 90 and interest. The
bonds are being issued to provide the
company with additional working CAPT.
tai and to care for 5000 900 serial per
cent notes, due October l, 1921. The
corporation will provide sinking fund
beginning July /, 1922. to be applied
to the retirement Of the entire issue at
10T Il and interest, by drawing by lot
each year at least one-tenth OF the
largest principal amount of bonds
which may have been issued and have
been outstanding at or prior to the
date of each drawing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

in 1920 was $3,ssi against si.T16 In
1910.
For the ten year period the value of
the farms increased 117.5 per cent and
the number of farms operated by th.is
owners and carrying mortgages debts
increased 1875 per cent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

doubled between 1910 and 1920, the
census bureau reported to-day. The in
crease in mortgage charges was 1925
per cent or from s1.g2o.172,s5l in 1910
to s4,012,711,21s in 1920.
The mortgages amounted in 1920 to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

2a.t per cent of the value of the farms
against debts of 27.3 per cent in the
values in 1910. The values of the
farms in 1920, the report said. was
$13, 7T2. 72a, $40.
The average amount of mortgage
debt per farm for the United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

$1,000, 900
Rochester Gus and Electric Corporation
GENERAL MORTGAGE TWENTY-FIVE 7es GOLD BONDS
nd Septmbe IN New York
date thereafter pauy ana0 ordat interest.
Payable Without f Ta o a@na4. o,ot2G
OF ' 'A''f0N
BANKERS
President
M
"e"' ""'s va" PERIOD l" hos "@em@ais capitalization only 1920
i nesearing,
u interested charges. Em1anh
80 1871 '""N
op~da"gEsp"e d
4""" 1oa1,So
% % P s s So gce eo s9s g &
oou $4,000 TheeB dby
f." the
The abore Bonds
at 9o3o and accrued interest," yield approximately
J. CO.
h8sl NATIONAL BANK Ne~ York CRY
GUARANTY COMPANY or .NeyY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-18

01&GGT@ u ~dlkI UT E1Ed
SUI Highway Gold Bonds
payable January NwYor
of for
Bonds
Exempt from all Income faxes
The State OF California with population of
has an Assessed Valuation OF
included OF $50 10000, luauon
These Bonds
of Hforni
Legal Investment for Savings Banks in
the New England and Estates
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1921-03-24
GRAND n1ARAls COUPLE 10 81.
5 s5* MARRY IN MONTH Or May

Hans Larson, Monday secured a
marriage license to we'd IN IS. Andrea
Cecilia Smith. The marriage is not
to take place until some time in
May, and will probably be held in
the Lutheran church of this place.
Mr.. Larson has been one of the
popular bachelors Of Cook County
for a long time, and owns beautiful u]
bungalow in the western part of
the village, besides having other in
terests in the county and village
Mrs. Smith is the widow of George
Smith, of Schroeder who died several
years ago. She is a young woman of
noble character and popular both
here and in the western end of the
county, her former home. -:
The people Of Grand Marais are
glad for this turn of affairs which
has brought the parties concerned
into the present mutual understand
ing, and we consider that each is
worthy of the other, and we there.
fore congratulate them both upon
this public announcement of their
intended matrimonial alliance, join
ing with their many friends in sc
doing.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1921-03-24
COOPERATIVE MARKET
COURSE FOR The "U''

The University of Minnesota is be-
ing asked to establish a special
course in cooperative marketing, as
the best means of developing lead
ers capable of improving the present
methods of distributing the food
raised on Minnesota farms. The ex-
ecutive board of the Minnesota Farm
Bureau: federation voted unanimous
"ly to request such course. The sdi-
rectors pointed out that Minnesota,
after leading the country in the de-
velopment of cooperative organiza-
tions, should also lead the way in
developing leaders and improving,
the process of distribution by edu-
cation. The American Farm Bureau
Federation has sent a similar plea
to the leading universities through
out the country.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1921-03-24

relief organizations that are fighting
to- save the lives zof thousands
doomed to die in famine stricken re-
gions Of Europe and Asia. The corn
goes to the European Relief Commit
tee, under Fir Hoover, the Chinese,
Near East, and Polish relief COM
mittees: The railroads and the rail-
way employees brotherhoods have Of
fered their services free to trans
port the grain. MIR. Hoover has Civ
en- his pledge that every bushel of
gift corn, or it's full equivalent in
corn products, will be shipped
abroad.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1921-03-24
MINNESOTA JOINS fight
ON PRESENT RAIL ROAD LAW
Repeal of Guaranteed Income for
Roads Demanded at National


Minnesota farmers joined nation
wide demand for lower freight rates
and the repeal of legislation guaran-
teeing the railroads a fixed return,
when Thomas E. eastman appeared
for the Minnesota Farm Bureau
Federation at conference of ship
pers, railway executives and en-
ployees at Chicago.
Mr.. eastman has just returned
from this conference. He reported
that the delegates voted overwhelm-
ingly to demand that congress give
back to the states their control over
intrastate rates. A committee of
five, representing farmers and other
shippers, was named to present the
request directly to congress.
An urgent appeal was addressed to
the interstate commerce commission
to begin an immediate adjustment of
freight rates, to permit the move
nent of commodities now frozen in
by high charges.