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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
Sea Captains
Act as Mates

had under him as mates two men
under whom he had formerly worked
when conditions were reversed. His
third mate, during the war commanded
an American ship which made nu-.
merous trips through the war zone
carrying supplies for the American
army In France.
Accept Reduced Rank.
1t is to the lasting credit Of these,
American masters, shipowners says
that they accept reduced rank cheer
fully and In their service they render
very high degree Of allegiance and
obedience to the officers temporarily
above them. This applies not only to
their periods Of actual duty, but to
the traditional sea discipline when OF
watch.
The laying up of one ship after an.
other until practically one-half Of
Americas postwar feet Of commerce
carriers has been relegated to quiet
anchorage, awaiting return OF nor
malcy in world commerce, has put
thousands Of good American seamen
ION the beach," as they term It.
Officers suffer with the firemen and
the sailors in the enforced idleness.
Clubrcoms of associations Of officers
always are we'll filed now by licensed
men awaiting possible opening ON
some trip. When a call for an officer,
comes In It is rendered to the man.
understood to be most in need Of the
work, and by him II Is cheerfully &C
cepted regardless Of the rank II car
ries.
The records show that but compara-
lively few are In actual financial dis
tress through enforced idleness. A
man who has reached the bridge
through long years of hard work has
generally learned to be thrifty, and
in the good years to lay aside some
thing for the lean ones.
Back to Farms.
Hundreds of American captains now
are scattered all over the New Eng
land and eastern states doing period
of shore duty on farms which they
purchased as safe harbor in which
TO weather the stormy seas Of old age.
Generous to the last degree, these men
keen track Of and aid their less for
tunate associates.
Sailors, deck hands, fireroom forces
and stewards to the number Of thou
sands are sharing with the officers
the effect Of the shipping depression
Many of them have been forced to
depend on their union and semtchari-
table institutions for keep. 1,
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
Harvard Professors Win World
Recognition by Researches
With Metals.
RESULT OF 35 YEARS. WORK
Investigation Throws New Light on the
Nature of Matter-Finding Of
Two kin1s of Lead I'm
portant Discovery.

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 1.-The
atomic weights of nearly forty Of the
ninety or more chemical elements out
Of which everything in the universe Is
built have been definitely determined
by Harvard chemists in the course Of
investigations begun thirty-five years
ago and extending up to the present
time.
Attention was called to this pro-
longed research today by the an
nouncement that largely on account
lof his work In this field, Prof. Theo-
dore w. Richards, Nobel prize winner
in 1914 and director Of the Wolcott
Gibbs Memorial laboratory at Har-
ward, had been appointed member
Of the international committee Of
scientists on elements. while Prof.
Gregory P. Baxter, formerly a pupil
Of Prof. Richards and now an indie
pendent investigator at Harvard, had
been chosen for the international COM
mittee on atomic weights.
The Harvard research Is said to
have thrown new light on the perplex-
ing problem Of the nature Of matter,
while data obtained are being used
daily by thousands Of chemists
throughout the world.
Weights Found Constant
The atomic weights of the elements
are described as the relative weights
In which these elements combine with
each other to form the countless sub
stances of which the universe is con-
structed. These weights have usually
been found to be amazingly constant.
Silver from all parts of the world and
from many different ores has always
the same atomic weight. Copper from
Europe Is identical ID this respect with
that mined under the bottom Of Lake
Superior.
Prof. Baxter's work long since proved
that iron and nickel which fall from
the sky in meteorites coming from the
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01

lighter lead with a heavier variety.
perhaps due to the disintegration OF
the element thorium, and whether
other elements, hitherto supposed to
be final and indlvisible, may not also
prove to be mixtures and thus open
up whole series Of new problems as
to the composition of matter, are qccs-
tions to which the answers are being
eagerly sought by scientists over the
world today.
Prof. W. D. Harkins Of Chicago mas
strong evidence that ordinary chlorine
is a mixture, and F. w. Aston OF Cam
bridge, England, by an entirely differ'
ent method, indicates that many other
elements are probably likewise COM
posed Of atoms Of different weights.
Harvard chemists are working at pres
ent to try to find out more about these
two kinds Of lead, but they are NAM
pered by the fact that, once mixed. the
two kinds cannot by any ordinary
chemical methods be separated.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
Finds Lead Has
Two Weights

spaces far beyond the earth's orbit
have exactly the same atomic weights
rs iron and nickel from the earth, a
fact cited as indicating In one respect,
at least, the unity Of the universe.
The most important single result Of
the Harvard study Of atomic weights
Is said to be the discovery, first proved
definitely some years ago by Prof.
Richards and still holding good
through recent careful tests, that
there exist at least two kinds of lead,
instead of one. II was found that lead
from radium minerals, while 1t posses
ses properties exactly similar to those
Of ordinary lead, has distinctly
smaller atomic weight, 208.1 as against
2O7.8.
Working on Lead.
The lead from the radium minerals
is supposed to come from the decom-
position of radium. Why its atomic
weight Is different from that Of ordi-
nary lead, whether ordinary lead may
not itself prove to be q mixture Of
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
Alaskan Tribes, Once Active, Fast
Passing Away.
Many Hundreds Of Them May Never
Survive the Wlnter-Fishing Falls,
Furs Are Cheap and Natives
Gamble Proceeds.

Seattle, Wash.-The native Indians
of Alaska are doomed. Many hundreds
of them may never survive the winter
just setting in along the islands of the
Aleutian group and Bering sea. The
fishing season was failure, furs are
very cheap and the natives gambled
away what they did receive.
Once there was time, many years
ago, when the natives of Alaska were
alone in the wilds Of the north. They
depended upon the fruits of the chase
for sustenance and nature gave freely.
KinGly moose, 1.-the, agile caribou.
the great grizzly Of the mountain
slopes. black bear of the lowlands,
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01

malnutrltion are hurrylng them to ex.
tinction.
Missions and government schools In
scattered regions have attempted
rescue of small groups of natives and
have fairly succeeded. The reindeer
stations have delivered other groups;
but the majority Of the Alaskan
aboriglnes Is rapidly decreasing.
During the last ten years, according
to the late census, more than 5000
deaths were Offset by $40 births.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
Depression In Shipping Forces
Officers to Take Reduced
Rank to Get Work.
HUNDREDS OF CAPTAINS idle
Four Shippers Serving on One Vessel
Not Uncommon occurrenee-of
feers Suffer With Firemen
and Sailors.

New York.-Four captains on one
ship, each of them qualified by expert
ence and license to navigate unlimited
tonnage in any waters, but three of
them serving as mates Is not an un-
common occurrence now. due to the
low tide Of world ocean commerce.
On ship which recently sailed from
New York for round-trIp voyage to
the West Indies the master thereof
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
ParlsIans Pet Carved Cats.

Paris.-Finely carved in some dark
handsome wood and polished till the
brilliant surface draws the hands to
d caress, sleeping cat is the latest
accessory in a modern Paris salon.
She lies not on a pedestal but on
rich cushion and has become craze
with smart women.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01

colonial In the United
hall Alexandria, Va They have been
Fairfax
solid which composed yardsck for measuring cord
all capacities both
The Colonial Danes Virginia
Theophilus
Baliu
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1921-12-01
Released Prisoner Who
Was Too Expensive

Lang Milton, colored, Of st.
Louis, has a new "panacea for
prisoners" Eat heartily, he
says. Milton was paroled by
Sheriff John Willmann Of st.
Louis county after spending sew
eral weeks in Jail. His "ration
return" was so heavy that the
sheriff released him uncondl.
tionally.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
CALDWELL RECOMMENDS
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT

That charter revision adopting n
commission form of government be
submitted to popular vote was rec
commended by Mayor Hugh M. Cald-
well in his annual message trans
mitted to the city council Monday.
Under the mayors plan the only
elective officers would be the mayor.
four commissioners and the comp
troller.
'.rhe city has engaged in the utili.
ty business to the extent OF over
$40. .000, ,000." Caldwell stated. But
the policies and control Of the busi-
ness are determined partly by the
nine members OF the council, partly
by the mayor and partly by the
board OF public works. There should
be some centralized responsibility for
the operation OF this enormous bust
ness
Caldwell quoted the annual railway
statement to show that the net loss.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
Railroad Repair
Is Being Rushed

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, June
6.-Repair work on bridges and
tracks Of the Denver 4 Rio Grande
railroad. weakened by the flood
waters in the Fountain river, is prog
ressing rapidly under the personal
supervision Of w. L. Brown, train
master OF that road. from Pueblo.
This morning we expect to be able
to handle the relief train which is
now waiting at Colorado Springs"
Brown said. -.
This train will be the first to reach
the devastated city and will take q
large force OF trained nurses, doctors
and Red Cross supplies.
The first rolling stock Of any kind
to reach Pueblo was the Hanged
wheel truck Of the Crescent Mining
company, which made the trip Sun.
day morning. carrying Gov. Shoup.
Col. Hammock and numerous newspar
per men.
A limited passenger train service
between Colorado Springs and Pueb-
10 will be in effect within 4S hours,
according to advices at local yards.
Regular service cannot possibly be
resumed for many days.
Trains going thru win use both
Santa Fe and Denver 4 Rio Grande
tracks in order to avoid the numerous
washouts on both sides
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
Crest OF
FLOOD ON
way THRU
KANSAS!
Farmers Moving Out of
LowIands; Trains Halted
West of Dodge City

TOPEKA. Kan. June 6.-The Colo
rado flood was sweeping over the
western plains OF Kansas today. ac-
cording to reports being received by
local railroad officials.
Santa Fe general office officials
here. with only one telephone line
remaining intact in the flood dis
trict. were trying desperately to keep
in touch with the situation
No trains were being run west Of
Dodge City and California passengers
were being routed via Amarillo,
Texas.
More than 100 miles Of the Santa
Fe track were said to be under water
between Pueblo and the Kansas line.
Hutchinson would probably not get
flood waters before Tuesday night,
II was said.
At Syracuse. IS miles east of tho
state line. the Arkansas river has
risen five feet in the last IL hours
1t is coming at rate OF an inch an
hour. Farmers are moving out OF
the bottoms. The sheriff at Syra-
cuse said that the river is not expect
ed TO rise more than eight feet at
that point. 1t must rise ten feet to
cause great danger.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
MAHONEY TRUNK
HUNT TO END?

Search Of the upper end Of Lake
Union for the mystery trunk believed
by the police TO contain the body of
Mrs. Kate Mahoney. wealthy aged
bride of James L. Mahoney. ex-con-
Wet city Jail prisoner. was resumed
early Monday by divers working
with their U-sled, with the time limit
OF their explorations fixed at 30 days.
IL the trunk is not found at the end
Of that period. il is understood Capt.
of Detectives Charles T.. Tenant will
order the quest stopped.
Meanwhile half a dozen OF Ten
nant's men continued Monday their
check OF the movements of James
Mahoney for several days prior to
and after April 16. the date on which
Mrs. Mahoney mysteriously van
ished, leaving the handling OF her
property to her bridegroom by vir-
tue of alleged bogus papers.
Mrs. Carrie Hewitt, niece OF the
missing woman, is reported to have
made the statement that for several
days prior to her aunts disappear
ance Mahoney spent hours at a time
trying TO initiate his wife's hand
writing.
She Is said, too. to have recalled
that some days before April 16 Ma
honey called upon her while she was
i'll in bed and showed her two tick
cts he had bought, explaining that
he and Mrs. Mahoncy were going to
take a trip East.
April 10, according to Milwaukee
railroad employees, two tickets to St
Paul were sold here, but who pur-
chased them is unknown.
The police have found a letter
written by Mahoney to his sisters
brother-in-law. Gus Johnston, of VIII
mar. MINI. 1t reads:
II arrived home safe last Wednes.
day april 27) morning and have been
busy ever since putting my house
in order as the Chinese say. Mother
and Margaret and l are living at 400
Denny way and Sis will be here as
soon as she sells the hotel. l just
finished collecting my rents today
May p and my lawyer has Just
phoned that he has $4,000 in his safe
for a mortgage l sold yesterday
Mahoney made a misstatemcnt In
the letter, according to the police, re-
garding the mortgage being sold, as
Il was not until he had been In Jail
three days. on May rs, that the
assignment OF the mortgage was
made to his attorney. Lee Johnston.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
Boy Struck by Ball
Is Seriously Hurt

Two were injured in baseball
games Sunday. Roger Holman, II
years old. 1927 21st ave. N. was
struck on the head by batted ball
while playing baseball with play
mates. He was taken to Swedish hos
pital. where he was found to be suf.
fering from concussion Of the brain.
He has not regained consciousness
since the accident and his condition
Is said to be critical.
Robert j. Boyd. 21, 401s 18th ave.
N. e., was struck In the eye during
ball game Sunday near his home.
He was taken to Providence hospital.
Boyd's condition Is not as serious as
Holman'a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
Portland Is Again
Flood Threatened

PORTLAND. Ore. June swim
rapid rises in both the upper Colum-
bia and Snake rivers today, the
weather bureau predicts that the
backwater flood in the willamctte
river win reach a new high stage Of
24.7 feet Thursday morning.
This is six inches below tho level
OF Fourth ST.. one Of Portland's prin-
cipal downtown streets.
The upper Columbia and Snake
rivers are carrying more flood waters
today than at any time since the
flood was first reported.
Points along both rivers report
rises ranging from 1.2 to feet This
is due to continued warm weather
thruout the eastern portion of Ore
gon and Washington.
The Willamette mark at Portland
early today was 22.9 feet.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
Also
LOSES BY
CONTRACT
Effort Made to Sign Up High
Price Concessionaires
for Ten Years

Charges that children arc being ex.
plotted by conccssionaircs Mt Wood.
land park in the price OF ice cream
cones. sodss and other refreshments.
were today coupled with charges that
the city itself and the park board
are being exploited
1t develops that an attempt Is be-
ing made to sign up the concessions
for TEN YEARS.
This has never been done before.
Heretofore the Concessions have
been let out for one year at q time.
TEN.yEAR PROPOSITION
BROUGHT UP QUIETLY
The 10-year proposition was
brought mp. luther quietly. carly this
year. and the Lewis-I ester company
was awarded the contract The con.
tract however. has not yet been
signed.
The Lcwis-Lester company offered
$4,000 year for tho concession.
agreeing 10 put up a building In
which to seli refreshments. the
building TO revert TO the park board
In 10 years.
with the exception OF the building.
the offer Is not higher than the pre-.
vious conccssionaircs paid. II is now
urged that II II was worth $4,000 last
year TO the old conccssionaires. the
privilege of monopolizing refresh
ment sales In Woodland park in the
next few years will run into many
thousands Of dollars more than the
Lewis Lester company is bidding
now.
To give away the concession for a
io-ycar period Is therefore branded
as unfair to the city. II is claimed
that the proposition failed to receive
general advertising: that while the
legal requirements were fulfilled.
many people who would have been
interested in making bids for a 10
year period. remained unapprised OF
the fact that the park board was
willing TO make a contract for that
long.
While the contract has not been
signed. the Lcwis-Lestcr company,
however. has been handling the re.
freshments at the park this season.
PRICES ON
EVERYTHING INCREASED
Prices on everything were In
creased over the prices that had pre-
vailed under last years concession
aire. Ice cream cones, peanuts.
balloons. candies, sandwiches, coffee,
all went up.
Numerous protests have been filed.
The park board has been urged to
insert definite provisions in whatever
contract 1t may grant. whether for
one year or for 10, that the prices
to be charged the public shall be
those generally prevailing thruout the
city. ana nos any higher.
The park board has also been
urged to sign no 10-year contract un-
der any circumstances. 1t Is claim.
ed that II the proposition Is now
thrown open to general bidding. the
park board will receive at least twice
what II Is to get from the Lewis
Lester offer.
Ice cream cones are 10 cents. cof.
fee 10c, balloons Csc. ham sandwiches
15c. etc. under the new price
schedule.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
By CLAIRE DULAC

Bf CLAIRE DtiAAC
have said that dope is often sold
in some OF our most fashionable
places.
was trailing one evening q ped,
'dier VINO caters TO the YaAhionabic
trade We wanted to land him to
find out what he knew. where he
was getting his stuff and from
whom He led me into the dining
room Of one OF our best hotels.
As entered I noticed. seated at
one OF the tables. u. s. deputy In.
ternal revenue inspector. William II.
James.
OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T
KNOW u. $. DOPE SLEUTH
II was obvious that the pcddler
did not know James. else he would
have given the United States dope
sleuth a wide berth. To my surprise.
no walked directly into what seemed
a certain trap. He passed James
table, but sat down at the next
took an observation post at a
table nearby and waited. Here, I
surmised. ! should soon see a little
dope ring drama enacted In real life
--as soon as the peddler began 10
pcddle and the revenue agent spotted
him.
! waited an hour. The pcddicr had
ordered something 20 eat. Under the
napkin on his lap he had concealed
package of "bindles' OF dope. Sew
eral men and women customers had
come to his table, handed him money
and received their ''bindle." And all
this time James had sat there OBJ.
livious. He hadn't seen the drug
traffic going on right under his nose.
IL was getting late. II we were TO
catch the peddler with any dope left
"on his person." realized we would
have to act at once. I gave a pre-
arranged signal.
Two plain clothes men. r. T.. Baer.
man and N. j.. Anderson, OF the DO.
lice narcotic squad. stepped over "a
the pcddler's table and put him un.
der arrest.
To this day cannot say whether
James realized the man at the next
table was ''pinched" when Baerman.
Anderson. the peddler and walked
quietly out of the place.
won't divulge the peddlcr's name,
because his life wouldn't be worth a
penny IL the drug ring found out 1t
was he who gave us the tip that
led to the downfall OF Fred c'Duke'D
Bonar.
Duke" and his brother are known
as big peddlers." From the tip the
hotel oeddler gave US, we learned
that the Duke" intended going to
Vancouver the next day to turn a
big deal. saw one $1,000 bill that
the Duke" had on the outside of
his "bankroll."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
LIE ADMITS HE'S
IL A GOOD JUDGE

Judge Daniel II. Carey OF Col
vile. WASH. who swapped courts
last week with Judge J. T. Ronald
here, remained on the bench here
Monday morning. He explained that
he had received a letter from Judge
Ronald stating that the latter had
been forced to remain In Colville an.
other week because of the universal
opinion in that city that It Is a fine
thing to have real judge"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
Chinese Trapped by
White Cross Agents

Trapped into selling smoking
opium to agents OF the White Cross
anti-narcotic society. three Chinese
were lodged in the King county jail
Monday. while federal charges are
being prepared against them.
George Ong. Arthur Lee and Len
Yat are the names they gave. They
were arrested in Bcllingham Satur-
day and were brought TO Seattle by
Edwin II. Tobey. deputy United
States marshal. They are alleged to
have sold $50 worth of smoking
opium to the White Cross operative.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
.EPT HUBBIES
Ia ON THE JUMP

Henry William Hanson filed a di-
vorce complaint against Clara Young
Hanson Saturday charging that
before marriage she possessed and
dispossessed herself OF former hus.
bands" and that "she subjected him
to intensive mental and physical
cruelty"
The case, covering but six type
written lines. was filed by Attorney
Thomas Byron MacMahon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
Denver Il Warned
of Flood Danger

DENVER, Colo. June e.-Police
guards were thrown around the dan
ger zone in the low-lying Platte river
bottoms here early today as the rc-
suit Of the stream overflowing part
OF the railroad yards. Families in
the district were warned to be feady
to leave on few minutes notice if
the stream continued to rise.
Platte river and Cherry creek.
which run thru the southwest part
of the city. have been bank full for
the last three days. Railroad tracks,
factories and many residences win
be flooded II the stream continues to
rise
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-06
Ho, Hum! Here They
Are Back Once More

The street car deal bobbed up again
in federal court Monday when argu-
ments on the motion of S. B. Asia
and Ia other Taxpayers" for dismis-
sal OF the amended complaint filed
against them by the Puget Sound
Light G. Power Co. were heard by
Judge Jeremiah Neterer. Judge Ne.
terer took the matter under advise.
ment